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AFP. Chasing the American dream, thousands of Italian entrepreneurs have flooded Miami in recent years and despite the country's ongoing economic woes are thriving in niche luxury markets. (Read the article)
THE GUARDIAN. She giveth with one hand and she taketh with the other. Speaking at the Hamptons film festival this weekend, the actor Susan Sarandon applauded the previous pontiff – to whom she had sent a copy of Sister Helen Prejean's Dead Man Walking, the film adaptation of which Sarandon starred in – for his stance on the death penalty. But then she clarified that she was referring to John Paul II, rather than his successor, by saying: "The last one, not this Nazi one we have now." (Read the article)
ASSOCIATED PRESS. The Oct. 27 event marks the 25th anniversary of the first such interreligious prayer for peace, which was promoted by Pope John Paul II and held in the town known for its native son St. Francis.
No common prayer planned for pope’s peace meeting with Hindus, Jews, Taoists in Assisi (Read the article)
ANSA. Like Prince Charming looking for the owner of the glass slipper, reclusive Italian singing legend Mina launched a social media campaign Tuesday to identify who wrote a song on her upcoming album. (Read the article)
ANSA. New car sales rose in Europe last month but Fiat failed to benefit from a 1.1% year-on-year increase due to a slump in several key markets, Italy first among them, according to sector data released on Tuesday. (Read the article)
BROADWAYWORD.COM. The international hit comedy MY MOTHER'S ITALIAN, MY FATHER'S JEWISH & I'M IN THERAPY!, featuring Ron Tobin, will come to the Herberger Theater, 222 E. Monroe, for a 5-week engagement, January 18 through February 19. (Read the article)
CBC NEWS. The Lady, Luc Besson’s film about Burmese activist Aung Sun Suu Kyi, is to open the International Rome Film Festival on Oct. 27. Another 15 films vying for the Marc' Aurelio Prize at the festival were announced on Thursday, including The Eye of the Storm with Geoffrey Rush and Charlotte Rampling and U.S. director Tanya Wexler's Hysteria (Read the article)
THE SUN. Thousands of people took to the streets of Casal di Principe, Naples, Italy, to watch as the bride travelled to the church in a vintage car and the veil was carried by a procession following behind. The veil, which was two metres wide, was designed by Gianni Molaro Campania and has now entered the Guiness Book of World Records. (Read the article)
BBC. She looks and dresses like a traditional Indian woman, yet she speaks with an American-Italian Brooklyn accent.Maria Provenzano Singh is also one of the few women cab drivers in New York City. (Read the article)
REUTERS. A group of students stormed Goldman Sachs's central Milan offices on Friday ahead of worldwide protests against financial inequality planned for the weekend. (Read the article)