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Enrico Mentana is a brilliant Italian anchorman, probably the first one to introduce the concept of “hosting” the news rather than just reading it, a concept very popular in the United States, but relatively unknown to Italian Television until the late 1980s. Mentana, early career Mentana, still very young […]
There are so many things we believe to be Italian that you won’t find in Italy at all. Read on, and learn which ones, among our best known Italian clichés are, in fact, not Italian at all. 1. Caesar Salad The most famous salad served in almost every Italian […]
The painter went on to say “In fact it is something that gives me lots of satisfaction”. “Why?” asked the peasant. “Because I imagine that this painting will be displayed in some important exhibition halls and lots of people will see it”. “Oh in that case…”. In the second […]
“Non ci sono più mezze stagioni,” the weather is not what it used to be: I think it must be one of Italy’s favorite safety net phrases. It could also be a motto to describe prosaically climate change in Italy. Rain, snow, sea levels rising, the heat, the risk of […]
Francesco Totti. Ph. Roberto Vicario on wikimedia “Il Capitano” (The Captain) is the nickname that Francesco Totti goes by among the supporters of A.S. Roma, but others in the soccer world often refer to him, in a mostly friendly manner, as “Er Pupone” (The Big Baby). Whatever you want to […]
Minorities in Italy (Map from europeanunionmaps.com) In the past few decades, things dramatically changed in Italy in terms of immigration and illegal entries. This issue, which until the 1980s seemed to be only a problem for the United States, rapidly and like an oil spill, hit the Italian coastline with violence. It […]
Paolo Bonolis is the biggest star Italian television can offer at the moment. It all started around 35 years ago when a very young Bonolis, alongside a very young Licia Colò, was called to host the kids’ TV container show Bim Bum Bam, a major hit and one of the […]
Ezio Greggio. Ph. Marco Albanese on flickr (flic.kr/p/5jSaRe) From cabaret to stardom, Ezio Greggio has perfected the art of being in show business, finding success without compromising his private life. Greggio owes a great deal to Antonio Ricci, the author of many live hit shows on Italian television, and […]
Emanuele Filiberto di Savoia Ph. Radio Radicale on Wikicommons The history of the Savoia family, and its relationship with Italy, is long and complicated, and both positive and negative. The House of Savoia is the former Royal House of Italy, which was responsible for the unification of Italy more […]
Gigi Marzullo is one of the most interesting phenomena on Italian television, the host of a very late-night talk show, offering long, deep, and personal interviews that close the day’s programming on the major Italian network, Rai Uno. He is an interesting phenomenon because Marzullo is not your traditional TV […]