Life + Style

Everybody would love to take an Educational Sabbatical Year. Who wouldn’t? You could have the possibility to spend an entire year traveling, visiting your favorite places and studying something interesting. All without working! Only you can decide the appropriate timeframe …

When talking to people about the nicest actors and filmmakers in the business a few names recur in every conversation. Alyssa Milano is one of them. She is one of the most cherished actresses who have emerged from American television. …

Even statues need sleep. The lucky ones recline on their pediments and snooze in the sun. The rest of us are carthorses, napping on our feet in the wee hours. Thus refreshed, we can better shoulder the burden of time. …

Shot on a low budget, mostly in and around Levinson’s own Connecticut home, The Humbling successfully premiered in Venice, opened the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival (Tiff) with a big bang. The Tiff , now in its 39th year, is …

Citizenship by ancestry:  Italian citizenship is based upon the principle of “iure sanguinis” (blood right). This means that a child who is born to an Italian father or mother is also an Italian citizen. Citizenship is passed on from parent …

Hollywood sells the American dream to the whole world, a clear example of that is the movie Pretty Woman, which ends the modern Cinderella fable with the line “This is Hollywood, the land of dreams. Some dreams come true, some …

If you ask any woman who she dreams to look like at the age of 80, she would probably say Sophia Loren. A real icon of cinema and style, the Academy Award-winning Italian actress will turn 80 on September 20, …

The fashion world is a place that most people are unaccustomed to. Behind the scenes are rarely considered when the latest trends are brought to stores. The film The Director, directed by Christina Voros and produced by James Franco, recounts …

Italian cinema continues to be one of the dominant voices in the world. The selection of the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival provides a glimpse of the incredible diversity of Italian cinema ranging from audience-driven genre films to powerful documentaries. …

Like many great stories, it starts in a little garage. In 1928, Enzo Ferrari formed Scuderia Ferrari, literally “Ferrari Stable”, and usually used to mean “Team Ferrari”, as a sponsor for amateur race drivers headquartered in Modena. Enzo Ferrari initially …