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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It is not just long, luscious, hairless legs that are required in Italy, women are expected to have perky, plump breasts. The Italian ideal is more or less the Sophia Loren look (another blog post on her coming soon). I never could cut it. As a working Mamma, I have always found it hard just …
Probably the most popular and symbolic Italian delicacy is the mozzarella. A mamma friend once explained to me that she was worried she was raising her children to be mozzarellas. A lot of Americans think of mozzarella as that yellowy, gooey glop on the top of a cheese pizza. That doesn’t count. Real Italian mozzarella …