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Toto’

Thursday, April 25th, 2013

You’d probably either need to be Italian or be a serious Italophile to know anything about this person. He is one of the most famous comic Italian actors ever, at least from the previous generation of actors. Now take a deep breath because here comes his formal name: Prince Antonio Focas Flavio Angelo Ducas Comneno [...]

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Amanda Knox – in the news again

Wednesday, April 17th, 2013

Perhaps you’ve always followed the long and twisted tale of Amanda Knox. I’ve now written two blog posts about her. I was unaware of the trial in Umbria when it was actually happening but became intrigued enough to do a substantial amount of research. In the second blog post I went into considerable detail. You [...]

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Habemus Papam

Saturday, March 30th, 2013

This is not, as the title suggest something about the new pope, as interesting is that news is with highly unusual retirement/resignation of Ratzinger. It is, however, equally interesting that I became aware of this movie at about the same time that people were crowding into Saint Peter’s square at the Vatican anxiously looking at [...]

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Beppe Grillo

Monday, February 11th, 2013

When I first heard that name I thought of some new outdoor cooking product or a cleaning product for same. But if you are in Italy or have an interest in the bizarre world of Italian politics you are familiar with Beppe as a comedian – going into the really strange and comedic world of [...]

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