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Rocco's, DiSpirito says, is a deeply personal venture that pays homage to his southern Italian heritage. So why turn over his dream--not to mention his 78-year-old mother, who makes meatballs in the kitchen--to the all-seeing cameras of Mark Burnett, producer of Survivor? "I may be naive to say this," he says, "but I knew my second restaurant would be a highly scrutinized affair anyway--young chef, three-star restaurant down the block. The fact that cameras are running around doesn't make you feel any more scrutinized." Not if you're one of PEOPLE...
...some actors and actresses who have waited here, and every night they're Ethel Merman, playing to the cameras," says Rocco's maitre d', Alex Corrado. "I just try to be myself." It doesn't hurt that Corrado's self happens to be a rotund, New Jersey--accented Italian-American actor (he was eaten by wild boars in Hannibal) who earlier in the evening was singing opera in front of the restaurant. Says Burnett: "This cast would do great on Survivor, as far as dramatic television." Some of the customers are also cast members: they apply on the show...
...However the government and company officials denied giving the rebels any money. The kidnapping raised fears that the rebels are regrouping after a decade-long lull. Temper Fidel CUBA Fidel Castro and his brother Ra?l led hundreds of thousands of demonstrators outside the Spanish and Italian embassies to protest the European Union's decision to review policy toward the country because of human-rights concerns. Protesters held signs emblazoned with DOWN WITH FASCISM! and LONG LIVE THE REVOLUTION! Castro said the change in European policy reflects an alignment with U.S. efforts to isolate the island. Meanwhile In Egypt ... Matrix Unloaded...
...GRANTED. SILVIO BERLUSCONI, 66, Italian Prime Minister; immunity from prosecution; in Rome. Berlusconi, Italy's richest man, is accused by Milan prosecutors of bribing judges in the 1980s to prevent a business rival taking over a state-owned food group? a charge he denies. The new immunity law bans any court proceedings against Italy's five most senior government figures during their time in office. Berlusconi's term expires in 2006, but he has the option of running for re-election...
...Bullitt and Le Mans. But most actors have taken more lessons at the Pasadena Playhouse than at the Richard Petty Driving Experience. On the Hollywood Homicide shoot, Hartnett fouled up a chase by crashing into a fake police car. Mos Def, a Brooklyn native who co-stars in The Italian Job, didn't even have a driver's license. Mark Wahlberg, the film's lead, threw up five minutes into driving class. The only racing demon in the cast was Charlize Theron. "My parents were both mechanics," she says. "I grew up with engines and cars. It's under...