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De Niro.  He is recognized as one of the most successful Italian Americans in the world today, with a set of unmistakably dark inky eyes, which convey everything from calm murderous rage to pure tenderness.     The actor, who …

Arcangela Aiello’s first fell in love with fashion when she was just a little girl. Whenever she could, she loved to visit a local dressmaker’s studio near her home in Sicily. While most little girls would be bored and want …

‘Tis the season for dreams to come true, and if your specific dream is to own an affordable home in Italy, happy holidays to you.     In the small hillside hamlet of Gangi, Sicily, village officials faced with a …

Sometimes we are too prone to think that countries like Italy, rich in artistic, historical, natural, and culinary traditions, barely need any promotion as tourist destinations. Thanks to its stunning landscapes, fascinating lifestyle, and quality manufacturing, Italy is also supposed …

The International Highrise Award (IHP) is an international award in architectural design, founded in 2003 by the City of Frankfurt, the German Architecture Museum (Deutsches Architekturmuseum), and DekaBank.   Every two years the award is assigned to a building or …

Screenwriter Giuseppe Cossentino and entertainment presenter Giuseppe Nappa have much more than their first names in common. They also represent Napoli’s newest generation of young, hot talent who are bringing to the public a series of innovative projects, and work …

Singing, dancing and even walking in the rain just got a little easier thanks to the creation of RainUP, an innovative way to keep your shoes, even those three inch stilettos, dry throughout the rainy season. The RainUP “copriscarpe,” as …

It’s always a big deal for the film industry when an artist gets recognized with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, but the event becomes particularly important for the Italian-American community as well when said artist has a …

One of the objects of this column is to explore the Italian ethnicity of actors and filmmakers when their heritage doesn’t appear obvious at a first glance. An Italian last name is always a giveaway but there are often cases …

In Turin, the chocolate is at home. Piedmont chocolatiers got their first license to sell chocolate in 1678, almost 200 years before the first gianduia bar entered the chocolate scene in Turin. But when “CioccolaTò Festival” takes place, as during …