On Saturday night Silvio Berlusconi – the man who has dominated Italian politics for the last 18 years- drove from his Roman residence Palazzo Grazioli up the street to Italy’s Quirinale Presidential Palace and submitted his resignation as Prime Minister. He had to take a round-about route because the streets were filled with joyful protesters …
Last week I did a story for AP television on Alessia Giuliani, the first woman photographer dedicated exclusively to covering the Vatican and the Pope. I decided to do the story while we were both covering the Pope’s trip to Madrid for World Youth Day last August. On Pope trips I have to drag around …
Here are some thoughts on three generations of female stars that I had a chance to interview at the Rome Film Festival. Actress Charlotte Rampling, age 65, is about a big a star as they get. She has been in dozens of films from “The Night Porter” to “The Verdict.” She has acted with Paul …
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After Thursday’s moving film “The Lady” about Aung San Suu Kyi, yesterday my emotions were thrown in the opposite direction with the uproariously funny film “Hysteria” about the invention of the vibrator in Victorian England. One woman says she is always hungry, another anxious, another has crying jags. It is 1880 and each woman is …
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Just another day at work….. This morning I went to St. Peter’s Square because I was supposed to have a brief interview with the head of Vatican Security, or Gendarmerie, for a story I am working on on the first woman photographer dedicated to covering the Pope and the Vatican (Blog Post coming soon on …
I had the opportunity today for a brief interview with actor Jeremy Irons after he was named the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization’s new Goodwill Ambassador. The FAO has its headquarters in Rome. A quick glance at Irons’ biography is mind-boggling. He has starred in dozens of movies (“The French Lieutenant’s Woman, Reversal of Fortune, …
Associated Press Television News (APTN) is the little-known television side of the famous AP wire service. The TV side basically does the same thing but with video. While the wires and photos go out to newspapers around the globe, our video edits go out to hundreds of broadcasters all around the world from NHK in …
Amanda Knox is now back at home in Seattle, APTN has pulled out its satellite truck, we’ve pulled the cables out of the courtroom, packed up our computers, and now I am back in Rome. After spending six days in Perugia, I finally have a moment to write down some of my reflections on the …