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...back to me in the morning." The performance was vintage Benigni, a longtime leftist and frequent Berlusconi basher. But, above all, the spectacle was an awesome display of Celentano's media might. Since first airing two weeks ago, RockPolitik has smashed all ratings records; some 12.5 million Italians, a 49% audience share, tuned in to see last week's show. Celentano is pulling them in with his rocker roots (in the 1950s, he was Italy's Elvis Presley) and his biting critique of Berlusconi's private and political domination of Italian broadcasting. During the show's premiere, Celentano gave...
Thank you for including in your list of Heroes Italian comedian Beppe Grillo, known for his barbed social and political commentary. We Italians have become used to political corruption and abuse of power in such a way that we neglect to praise the country's freely critical voices. Andrea Silvestri Dalmine, Italy...
...tried several times to convince the American President to not go to war." SILVIO BERLUSCONI, Italian Prime Minister, who was publicly a staunch supporter of the U.S.-led war in Iraq, recalling private conversations he says he had with President Bush...
...60th anniversary of the Nuremberg Trials, Del Ponte discussed how her tribunal attempts to address the unlawful actions of political and military leaders from the former Yugoslavia. Born in Lugano, Switzerland, the 52-year-old Del Ponte rose to the position of Swiss attorney general, investigating connections between Italian drug dealers and Swiss money launderers, former Russian President Boris Yeltsin, and the traditional secrecy of Swiss financial institutions. Her investigation of the Sicilian mafia led to a failed attempt on her life when in 1988, when a half-ton of explosive was discovered in the foundation of her home...
...last summer, Fontana del Papa, tel: (39-0766) 93455; www.cookitaly.it, a family-run cooking school in Monti della Tolfa, an hour's drive north of Rome, has run courses for children. Husband-and-wife team Assuntina Antonacci and Claudio Pierotti teach bambini of all ages how to prepare traditional Italian fare, using the estate's organically grown herbs and vegetables. While parents relax in the 16th century country house, their sprogs concoct fresh pasta, tomato sauces and jams. Pierotti, a trained sommelier, even introduces the idea of wine appreciation. But there's no wine tasting for the tykes?that pleasure...