I look just like Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson — I even got 50 tattoos to match

I look just like Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson — I even got 50 tattoos to match

He is Rocking his look. A personal trainer has claimed that he is constantly stopped — and once “mobbed” — by people due to the fact that he looks “just like” Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson. Bald and brawny Antonio Muratore, 54, said that he is detained on a daily doppelgänger basis by fans asking if … Read more

New York Times ridiculed for carbonara recipe with tomatoes: ‘War on Italy’

New York Times ridiculed for carbonara recipe with tomatoes: ‘War on Italy’

Tomatoes in carbonara? Fuhgeddaboudit. The New York Times is the subject of ridicule on Twitter after re-sharing a carbonara sauce recipe on Sunday. Carbonara is typically made with eggs, cured pork, Parmesan and cracked black pepper. But the newspaper’s recipe called for an extra ingredient: tomatoes. “Tomatoes are not traditional in carbonara, but they lend … Read more

‘Gunther’s Millions’ doc reveals wild hoax, orgies behind ‘world’s richest dog’

‘Gunther’s Millions’ doc reveals wild hoax, orgies behind ‘world’s richest dog’

Gunther III was the stuff of legend. The German Shepherd reportedly inherited somewhere between $400 and $500 million from a wealthy German countess named Karlotta Liebenstein in the early 1990s. The story went that Liebenstein had lost her 26-year-old son to suicide, and having no other human in the world, left her vast fortune to … Read more

How an iconic New York video store wound up tied to the mafia in Sicily

How an iconic New York video store wound up tied to the mafia in Sicily

For nearly 30 years, Kim’s Video and Music, across five downtown locations, was a haven for NYC movie lovers offering a trove of 55,000 often rare, otherwise unfindable titles. After the most famous location, Mondo Kim’s on St. Marks Place in the East Village closed in early 2009, the massive collection went on a wild … Read more

Foodies flock to these countries for their stellar cuisine

Foodies flock to these countries for their stellar cuisine

Three in four Americans who have traveled in the last five years went for the food (74%), according to new research. A survey of 2,000 adults found that there’s still more to see — and eat. Respondents said that if they could visit any country based on their cuisine alone, they’d go to Italy, France, … Read more

Italian film icon Gina Lollobrigida dead: ‘Hunchback of Notre Dame’ star was 95

Italian film icon Gina Lollobrigida dead: ‘Hunchback of Notre Dame’ star was 95

Italian screen legend Gina Lollobrigida has died. She was 95. She passed away on in Rome on Monday, her lawyer Giulia Citani said. Lollobrigida made a name for herself as an actress in the 1960s and 1960s, starring with icons such as Humphrey Bogart, Rock Hudson, Burt Lancaster, Tony Curtis and Frank Sinatra. Over her … Read more

Michael Bay charged with killing pigeon in Italy — director denies claim

Michael Bay charged with killing pigeon in Italy — director denies claim

Michael Bay is allegedly facing charges that a pigeon was killed during a film shoot five years ago in Italy, but he is denying the allegations. The acclaimed filmmaker is now responding to the allegations after supposedly attempting to clear his name with authorities, The Wrap reported. “I am a well-known animal lover and major … Read more

Ruggero Deodato — director of the ‘most controversial film ever’ — dead at 83

Ruggero Deodato — director of the ‘most controversial film ever’ — dead at 83

Ruggero Deodato — known as the director of the “most controversial film ever” — has died at the age of 83. Deodato — who reportedly inspired US filmmakers such as Oliver Stone, Eli Roth and Quentin Tarantino — was responsible for directing the legendary 1980 horror film “Cannibal Holocaust.” As of Thursday, his official cause … Read more

Nun who won ‘The Voice’ has left the order for a brand new career

Nun who won ‘The Voice’ has left the order for a brand new career

A nun who won Italy’s version of “The Voice” has once again shocked fans — announcing her decision to abandon her religious lifestyle to move to Spain and become a waitress. Cristina Scuccia, 34, also known as Sister Cristina, stunned the judges during her blind audition for the reality show in 2014 with a cover … Read more

Bulgari’s new Eden: The Garden of Wonders line leads us to temptation

Bulgari’s new Eden: The Garden of Wonders line leads us to temptation

Iconic fashion house Bulgari harnesses the seductive power of colorful lush gemstones in its latest High Jewelry and watch offering, Eden: The Garden of Wonders. Unveiled in June during a two-day event studded with shining stars Anne Hathaway, Priyanka Chopra Jonas and Carla Bruni at the Italian embassy in Paris, the collection features 140 jeweled … Read more

Italian fashion exec Carolina Cucinelli on her favorite luxuries

Italian fashion exec Carolina Cucinelli on her favorite luxuries

Italian fashion exec Carolina Cucinelli’s favorite luxuries Carolina Cucinelli, co-creative director of Brunello Cucinelli, reveals her ultimate Italian luxury shopping list. NY Post photo composite Source link

‘White Lotus’ star Beatrice Grannò on her Italian must-haves

‘White Lotus’ star Beatrice Grannò on her Italian must-haves

‘White Lotus’ star Beatrice Grannò’s Italian essentials “White Lotus” actress and singer Beatrice Grannò shares her dolce vita shopping secrets. Phrancesco Guarnieri/NY Post photo composite Source link

London Jewelers kicks off its annual Italian fest

London Jewelers kicks off its annual Italian fest

Italy is coming to London. London Jewelers, that is. The retailer is hosting a grand Italian celebrazione, featuring food, drink and (naturally) glorious jewels this month at the company’s luxurious Manhasset flagship. The mood will be jubilant, according to London’s president, Candy Udell. Roberto Coin Obelisco bracelet in 18-k yellow gold with diamonds, $10,600 “It’s … Read more

TikTok’s Pasta Queen calls out Kim Kardashian’s tortellini ‘blasphemy’

TikTok’s Pasta Queen calls out Kim Kardashian’s tortellini ‘blasphemy’

Nadia Caterina Munno, a k a “Pasta Queen,” assumed her semolina-flour throne by accident. In February 2020, the 36-year-old mom of four was deleting the TikTok app from daughter Desiree’s phone when she stumbled on a problematic lasagna-making video. Watery noodles and random bits of food were being thoughtlessly tossed in a pan. “I was … Read more

Meghan King’s ex Jim Edmonds, 52, marries Kortnie O’Connor, 37, in Italy 

Meghan King’s ex Jim Edmonds, 52, marries Kortnie O’Connor, 37, in Italy 

Jim Edmonds officially tied the knot with Kortnie O’Connor in a lavish and elegant affair in Lake Como, Italy on Sunday just over a year after their engagement. The bride, 37, and groom, 52, were pictured sharing a passionate kiss after saying ‘I do’ in front of an intimate audience of friends and family. Photos … Read more

Artist Ai Weiwei warns against hubris in ‘troublesome’ times

Artist Ai Weiwei warns against hubris in ‘troublesome’ times

VENICE, Italy (AP) – Chinese dissident and artist Ai Weiwei has warned against arrogance, calling it “a time of so much trouble” with “Memento Mori,” with his first glass sculpture ever created on the Venetian island of Murano: “Memento mori,” Latin for “remember you must die.” Russian bombs were dropped on Ukraine. China is increasing … Read more

Italian man tests positive for COVID-19, monkeypox and HIV all on the same day

Italian man tests positive for COVID-19, monkeypox and HIV all on the same day

An Italian man has become the first person in the world to test positive for COVID-19, monkeypox and HIV in a single day. An Italian man has become the first person in the world to test positive for COVID-19, monkeypox and HIV in a single day. According to a case study in the Journal of … Read more

This couple travels the world full time. Here’s what it costs — and how they pay for it

This couple travels the world full time. Here’s what it costs — and how they pay for it

Ernestus Tyminas felt “stuck” in his role as marketing manager at a newspaper in Colorado Springs, Colorado. So he requested a two-month vacation to backpack through Asia, he said, landing in Beijing in January 2019. “The first day … I meet this,” he said, pointing to Darina Karpitskaya, sitting next to him. The couple, speaking … Read more