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ANSA. The Colosseum has added to its allure by opening the undergrounds pits where gladiators and wild beasts waited before being winched from darkness into the light of the killing ground. (Read the article)
AP. This week, an Italian company put online high-resolution images of "The Birth of Venus" and five other masterpieces from the Uffizi gallery in Florence, including works by Caravaggio and Leonardo da Vinci. (Read the article)
ANSA. Milan is paying tribute to one of Italy's greatest design legends, the Alfa Romeo, with a short exhibition celebrating the car manufacturer's 100th birthday. The event at Milan's Triennale complex showcases 13 pristine models from the manufacturer's history, starting with the Alfa 15 HP Corsa from 1911. (Read the article)
ANSA. Italian screen divas Virna Lisi and Gina Lollobrigida on Thursday remembered Tony Curtis after his death at 85. "I'm really very sad," said Lisi, 73, despite only appearing opposite Curtis in one film, the 1966 hit Not With My Wife You Don't. (Read the article)
Il Presidente Napolitano ha appreso con vivo rammarico la notizia della scomparsa di Frank D. Stella, uomo d'affari, filantropo, eminente rappresentante degli italo-americani.
Generoso promotore di numerosi progetti culturali, tra... i quali si ricorda il restauro del teatro dell'opera di Detroit, Frank Stella si è distinto per l'impegno profondo e instancabile a favore della comunità italiana d'America. Egli contribuì in particolare alla diffusione della lingua e della cultura italiana e fu fondatore e presidente per lunghi anni della NIAF.
I valori di libertà e solidarietà di cui fu alfiere sono l'eredità che egli lascia ai cinque figli e a tutta la vasta e qualificata comunità dei cittadini americani di origine italiana.
Roma, 29 settembre 2010
TIME MAGAZINE - Controversial (Italian/American) Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia argues that the Constitution does not bar sex discrimination. In 1971, the Supreme Court unanimously ruled that women are protected by the equal-protection clause. Now, Adam Cohen writes, "It is no small thing to talk about writing women out of equal protection — or Jews, or Latinos or other groups who would lose their protection by the same logic." Read the article by Adam Cohen.
ANSA. A long-awaited restoration of the Colosseum should be finished by 2013, Italian Culture Undersecretary Francesco Giro announced on Monday. "The restoration will involve the entire amphitheatre and will cost around 30 million euros," the undersecretary said. (Read the article)
Screen goddess Sophia Loren showed beauty pageant contestants exactly how it's done as she arrived at the Miss Italy contest yesterday. The actress, who looked absolutely incredible for her 75 years, wore a tight silver dress which enhanced her toned figure as she sat on the judging panel for the pageant in Salsomaggiore Terme. (Read article)
Film director Sofia Coppola took home the top prize at the Venice International Film Festival, receiving it from her former boyfriend Quentin Tarantino. She said she was very proud to win the award and thanked her father for teaching her. (Voices of America)
TEHERAN TIMES. Italian filmmaker Vittorio De Seta, who is mostly known for his documentaries, will travel to Iran in late September. De Seta has been invited by Iranian documentarian Kamran Shirdel, who was one of his students, the Persian service of ISNA reported on Sunday. (Read the Article)