Life in the Living Museum
This lady is a star of Italian TV. Simona Ventura gets paid lots to do sophisticated stuff such as Isola Dei Famosi, the Italian version of fated UK reality show Celebrity Love Island.Ventura pretty much sums up the outstanding quality contemporary Italian TV.Here is a little video of Ms … [Read more...]
One of the students on a course I am holding at the moment is an ex-aspiring Italian politician. I won't mention his name, or the course he is doing because he does not know I am writing this, and I hope he won't mind.Anyway, it is a bit of a shame to see someone as young as this person pulling … [Read more...]
I saw Man of the Year on Monday evening, which is a film starring Mork, sorry Robin Williams. It's about a comedian who almost manages to get himself voted in as president of the USA, but it is not really a comedy. In fact, it is part thriller. I'm not going to tell you the plot and spoil it, … [Read more...]
Various Italian politicos are going on both the defensive and the attack with regard to Mr Grillo's attempts to get Italy back onto a truly democratic track. Aside from Bertinotti, we now have D'Alema and Fassino having a go at dismissing Mr Grillo for having had the temerity to have stated that … [Read more...]
Beppe Grillo, the Italian comedian who was excommunicated from Italian TV many years ago after he made a few quips about the behaviour of certain politicians, and who runs one of the most popular blogs in the world, organised 'Vaffa' day. 'Vaffa' if you did not know, is short for 'vaffanculo', … [Read more...]
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