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Jacob & Co Creates “The Godfather Watch” to Celebrate its 50th Anniversary

Jacob & Co CEO Ben Arabov on Thursday visited the Vitelli bar in the Sicilian town of Savoca, where some of the most famous scenes from The Godfather with Al Pacino were shot, as part of the watchmaker's tribute to...

Arts

Sacheen Littlefeather Gets Apology for Being Booed at the Oscars in ’73

byLa Voce di New York

After nearly half a century, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has apologized to Sacheen Littlefeather for the booing that accompanied her rejection of the Oscar statuette on behalf of Marlon Brando. Littlefeather represented Marlon Brando at the 45th Academy Awards in...

Spettacolo

I 50 anni del Padrino di Coppola, capolavoro immortale del cinema

byGiuseppe Sacchi

Il Padrino: a cinquant’anni dalla sua uscita sugli schermi (15 marzo 1972), dopo aver suscitato infinite analisi e dibattiti, aver invaso gli argini della cultura popolare e della mitologia contemporanea, cosa dirne di più, oggi? Innanzitutto che, innegabilmente, è stato...

Spettacolo

Il Padrino ha 50 anni: se Brando non avesse impedito il licenziamento di Coppola…

byValter Vecellio

Se… Se quel giorno uno scrittore con il cronico vizio del gioco d’azzardo, e per questo pieno di debiti, avesse accettato il consiglio del suo agente, e rifiutato l’offerta di circa 12mila dollari e venduto i diritti della sua storia....

Arts

How the Mob Stole Coppola’s Cinemobile to Keep The Godfather from Being Made

byGrace Russo Bullaro

Russo’s book, written in 2019, is filled with what could either be “whoppers” or true tidbits of forgotten cinema history. In any case, it’s fun to read and a real eye opener on some little known “facts”…. Apparently, Anthony Colombo...

Leaders in the US: How Long Before There Is a Woman in the White House?

News

Trumpworld, the GOP and Personal Loyalty: Kiss the Ring Until it’s Tarnished

byGrace Russo Bullaro

Moral baseness reached even greater depths when those like McConnell and Haley, who metaphorically had crawled in the mud almost to the finish line, did a complete turnaround when it became politically expedient to abandon the “leader” they had formerly...

People

Manufactured Outrage; Is It a Case of ‘Povero Fredo’ or ‘Poor Chris’?

byPasquale Palumbo

I’ve been Italian American my whole life; I’ve felt insulted when called a guinea, when called a wop, and when called a dago, but I’ve never been called Fredo, nor would I be terribly irked if someone called me that.

Primo Piano

“Dove sei andato, Joe DiMaggio?”

byAnthony Julian Tamburri

Di italo-americani ne è pieno il mondo, ma la figura di Anthony Scaramucci (responsabile della comunicazione per la Casa Bianca per 10 giorni) non ne ha ripercorso le caratteristiche migliori. Lo ricorderemo per la sua conversazione telefonica con Ryan Lizza...

Arts

“The Godfather” Masterpiece and the Memories of the Old Wise Guys and Girls

byGeorge De Stefano

Forty-five years after the release of Francis Ford Coppola's epic film about "la famiglia" Corleone, the director and his stars were reunited at the Tribeca Film Festival to reminisce about the making of a masterpiece. What they talked about and...