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Sunday 5 February 2012

Quiet birthday for Kate Middleton as she turns 30

The former Kate Middleton turns 30 on Monday - but royal fans expecting a lavish birthday bash to mark the milestone will be disappointed. Palace officials say the...

Life is betting. Gambling invades cities and houses

Once upon a time there were pools, State lotteries suitable for anyone, while horse racing, roulette and poker only suited “immoral” people. This was the Middle-Age...

Italians do it better? How to dispel the myth of Latin lover

(Silvia Andretti) Tales about Casanova, Rodolfo Valentino’s movies, that’s a long time ago. Learned quotations of Italian male seem to have come to Lino Banfi’s complete filmography. TV has been bombarding us...

16-year-old-girl forced to virginity. Has the world changed?

In an interview, Stefania Sandrelli reminds her debut as an actress with two Sicilian movies that brought her fame, “Sedotta e Abbandonata”, and “Divorzio all’italiana”...

Italy: football coaches’ firings
What about bankers, rulers, administrators, managers?

According to journalism criteria, the Palermo football team president, Maurizio Zamparini, firing the team coach should be published on the 15th page, in a really...

'Law&Order' vet Meloni to join 'True Blood' cast

HBO says "Law and Order" veteran Chris Meloni will be sinking his teeth into a role on vampire drama "True Blood." The network confirmed Wednesday that Meloni will be...

Another celebrity says 'arrivederci' to 'Dancing'

The Italian actress who romanced George Clooney has done her last dance on "Dancing With the Stars." Elisabetta Canalis was dismissed from the TV dance competition...

Mussolini's duds sell
for $5.5K at Texas auction

A suitcase and clothing purported to have belonged to Italian dictator Benito Mussolini and his mistress and obtained by a World War II veteran from western New York have been sold at an auction for more than $5,000...

What happened to the dear old postcards? Victims of Facebook, Twitter, chat and email

(essepì) While listening to the car radio, I heard with interest of a pleasant conversation...

Naked on the Internet, eliminated from Miss Italia competition - PHOTOS

Celebs raid the Sicilian islands

tv bans

Iranian TV bans
provocative love stories

Iran's state television has banned programs featuring...

tattooes

Disclosing the art of tattoo to the uninitiated

It is definitely not a matter of fashion: the art...

health

366 million people
now have diabetes

Health officials estimate that 366 million people world...

fashion

White Valentino collection haunts Paris shows

Is life just a dream? It certainly seemed to be in the diaphanous, white and haunting spring-summer collection from Valentino on Wednesday that ended Paris' haute couture week. Models in sparkling lace choker collars and long smocked taffeta...

Chanel aims sky-high, and Armani courts A-list

On day two of Paris's frantic three days of haute couture collections, Chanel took the fashion crowd...

Gucci outfits a modern dandy

Next winter's Gucci guys are part rocker romantic, part dandy dreamer. "Tormented poets," creative director Frida Giannini calls them in her show notes, men who have a passion for roses, and are committed to a quest for a personal style. The overall look of the...

Zegna layers against the winter elements

Ermenegildo Zegna is layering up for next fall and winter with menswear looks to cozy up against the winter chill...

Armani offers fashion pearls of wisdom for summer

"A pearl of a lady" is how designer Giorgio Armani defined his 2012 woman. His Spring/Summer 2012 collection at Milan fashion week was created out of fabrics that have the iridescence of a precious pearl and the lightness of a feather. Speaking to reporters after the ultra...

Bright colors mark London Fashion Week last days

Cacophonous floral prints and opulent silks brightened up catwalks at London Fashion Week Tuesday, as the weeklong whirlwind of glamour and glitz featured...