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FC Internazionale players sing new Pazza Inter anthem

31 March, 2020

Milan’s FC Inter won the Serie A championship, the Coppa Italia and the European Champion’s League in 2010, making it a hugely successful season for the team, headed by coach Jose Mourinho (who now moves to Real Madrid). The Italian…

Summer holidays in Italy: Capoliveri on the island of Elba

31 March, 2020

The beautiful island of Elba is divided into eight municipalities among which the mysterious town of Capoliveri especially stands out; located on the coast, the place boasts a breathtaking landscape featuring, among other things, an enchanting lake called Sassi Neri…

Dolce & Gabbana book Uomini, more pics

31 March, 2020

Last week we gave you an exclusive sneak peak, today we have a new batch of hot pics from the just published Dolce&Gabana book Uomini by talented photographer Mariano Vivanco. All the major models of the moment are in this…

Venice Film Festival: Claudio Santamaria, Natalie Portman and the ladies from "Il pranzo di Ferragosto"

31 March, 2020

The hunt for shots of Natalie Portman at the Venice Film Festival took place, as the paparazzi always like a challenge. While we got hold of a couple, it seems that she has an agreement for exclusive shots and so…

Wine from Umbria: wine tasting from Terre De La Custodia wines

31 March, 2020

Umbria has always been one of my favourite regions, less spoiled by the rampant tourism you get in Tuscany. And I can really recommend discovering Umbrian wines - they are definitely worth it.In Rome tomorrow, Saturday October 25, at the…

Nokia N97 video: Milan central station

31 March, 2020

We’ve already talked about the great Dolce & Gabbana orgy at Milan’s central train station, but this time advertising in Italy takes a sober turn with the “making of” video for the Nokia N97 poster at the station. Not as…

Italian vintage show biz: Giorgia's La gatta retro interpretation

31 March, 2020

After our post on Italy’s cinevideo music clip (Gino Paoli’s La Gatta), here is a fantastic interpretation from Giorgia in vintage style, but with a modern song. The clip opens with a famous football referee and continues with Giorgia in…

The Amana Knox Story live pics from set

31 March, 2020

It’s almost eery seeing these pics for how similar they are to the court case surrounding the death of Meredith Kercher. Meredith was killed on November 1st 2007 in Perugia and since then her flatmate, student from the US Amanda…

Venice ferries now with air conditioning

31 March, 2020

Transport in Venice just got comfortable with air conditioned bus-boats. I have visted Venice several times in my life so I know very well what it means to be on one of those steamers with people packed in like sardines…

Milan women's fashion week autumn-winter 2010/11: Just Cavalli

31 March, 2020

To watch a Just Cavalli show is always a bit like taking a stroll down an art gallery; his creations more often than not look like walking paintings but I mean that as a compliment of course!This time in Milan…

Caffe al bacio: coffee with a chocolate kiss in Naples

31 March, 2020

A bar in Naples is serving up a new take on Italian coffee, called the “caffé al bacio”. “Bacio” means ‘kiss’ in Italian, and much like the bacio gelato flavour, this involves using Italy’s premier hazelnut spread, Nutella.The caffé al…

Italian mountaineering legend dies

31 March, 2020

Back in 1954, Italian Achille Compagnoni reached the peak of K2, along with fellow expeditioner Lino Lacedelli. The feat was a huge one, coming just a year after Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay reach Everest.Compagnoni’s and Lacedelli’s achievement was a…

Giorgio Armani cruising through the Italian islands on Main Armani yacht

31 March, 2020

Italian designer Giorgio Armani has been spotted in Amalfi. His luxury yacht Main ancored off the Amalfitan coast was cynosure of all eyes. Built just a three years ago, this super boat cost King Giorgio more than 40 million euros!

MV Agusta, Pagani and the Frecce Tricolori

31 March, 2020

Recently the Italian jet fighting aerobatic team, the Frecce Tricolori celebrated its 50th anniversary and it’s not exaggerated to say that the incredible team is one of Italy’s pride and joys. The team often performs all over Italy to the…

Interview with Berlusconi escort girl Patrizia d'Addario on television

31 March, 2020

It is very very difficult to over-emphasise the incredible figures that Italian state producer Rai had on interviewing Patrizia d’Addario, the escort girl at the centre of the Berlusconi scandal. At peak, more than eight million people tuned in to…

Tuscan cooking and restaurants: wild boar at the Antica Osteria Agania in Arezzo

30 March, 2020

While wild boar is not perhaps Italian summer fare, it is definitely a traditional Tuscan dish which is being celebrated in Arezzo with an event called “The boar in history: archaeology and myth”.The event is organised by Castiglion Fiorentino town…

Bernardo Bertolucci jury president at Venice Film Festival?

30 March, 2020

Venice film festival artistic director Marco Muller has lots of new ideas for what should be his last festival! In fact, according to Il Manifesto, he’s planning to offer the presidency of the jury to Italian director Bernardo Bertolucci and…

Cortina d'Ampezzo: Hotel Cristallo offers Canaletto exhibition package

30 March, 2020

Cortina d’Ampezzo is one of the most exclusive ski resorts here in Italy, so if you’re planning to spend a few days in this delightful town up in the mountains, the famous hotel Cristallo - established since 1901 and frequented…

Art, Design and Technology at the Salone del Mobile 2009 in Milan

30 March, 2020

The 48th edition of Salone del Mobile 2009 is now officially over. It was impossible to see everything, but I loved what I saw and was thrilled by the atmosphere I could breathe there. Its combination of art, design and…

Armani woven zippered key holder

30 March, 2020

This Armani woven zippered key holder made from the softest calfskin leather you can imagine and complemented by the Armani logo is extremely classy and elegant; a beautifully crafted item that can be bought online at www.emporioarmani.com

Kevin Munroe's Dead of Night to open the Rome Film Festival

30 March, 2020

The Rome film festival is about to ring up the curtain on its fifth edition (October 28 - November 5) but fans of the twilight saga will be bitterly disappointed, the much awaited new movie starring heartthrob Robert Pattinson will…

Venice: Johnny Depp turns graffiti artist

30 March, 2020

Last May Johnny Depp and Angelina Jolie were in Venice to film The tourist; one evening after dining at Rossa Rosa in piazza San Marco, one of his favourite restaurants in the city, the Hollywood actor, happy and satisfactorily full,…

George Clooney to buy new Italian villa on Lake Maggiore

30 March, 2020

In more gossip from Italy, George Clooney could buy a new luxury villa in Italy on Lake Maggiore, replacing the famous Clooney Villa Oleandra on Lake Como at Cernobbio. According to reports, the new villa may or may not be…

Moving to Italy? Quality of life classification best in northern Italy

30 March, 2020

If you’re moving to Italy and looking for a good quality of Italian life while you’re at it, you’d best consider the northern regions of the Belpaese. In a time when Italy is struggling through a significant financial crisis, and…

Christmas in Val d'Aosta : Christmas markets, food festivals and art contests

30 March, 2020

December is the best month to discover (or rediscover if you have already been there) the Aosta Valley up in the north of Italy; Christmas markets and rustic food festivals (along of course with its snow trails) are its chief…