If you had a normal first conversation with Michael Benzaia, he would tell you that he is just a regular Italian-American guy from New York. However, as someone who is both an actor/television personality and a CT/XR Technologist at Resolution Imaging in Santa Monica, he is living the LA life in a most unique way.   "I might be the only CT/X...

di Fabio Grilli   Finisce in un lungo applauso, la conferenza stampa che Special Olympics Italia, ha organizzato al Salone d'Onore del CONI. L'occasione era di quelle importanti, che capitano infatti soltanto una volta ogni quattro anni.   Tanti ne serviranno per partecipare alla prossima edizone dei Giochi Mondiali Estivi, la manifes...

Italy comes to college next week for the fourth annual "Il Cinema Ritrovato: Rediscovered Film" festival, a series of free film screenings at Loyola Marymount University.   Masterpieces of Italian cinema recently restored by one of Italy's most esteemed film restoration and preservation archives, Cineteca di Bologna, will be screened at LMU'...

Sixty years ago Anna Magnani won an Oscar for Best Actress for The Rose Tattoo, starring Burt Lancaster, directed by Daniel Mann. The Istituto Luce-Cinecittà dedicated to a great actress retrospective, La Magnani, who is conquering New York and will involve other cities of the United States- Chicago, Detroit, Berkeley, Los Angeles, San Francisco, H...

Doppio riconoscimento per l'olio dop salernitano al "Los Angeles International Extra Virgin Olive Oil Competition'" premio internazionale che vede competere, ogni anno, centinaia di oli provenienti da Argentina, Australia, Cile, Francia, Grecia, Italia, Giappone, Marocco, Nuova Zelanda, Perù, Portogallo, Arabia Saudita, Slovenia, Sud Africa, Spagna...

This month in LA dining news: Freds at Barneys New York lets shoppers enjoy farm-to-table twists on American classics in an artfully rendered setting, Culina gets inspired by a new region of Italy every month, and more. The closing of Barney Greengrass earlier this year marked the end of an era, but the power lunch lives on at the new Freds at Bar...

Date: Monday, October 05, 2015 Hours: 6:30 PM Venue: IIC Los Angeles Jazz concert featuring Giovanni Tommaso (double bass), Professor of Jazz at the Conservatory in Perugia and director of the Umbria Jazz Clinics seminars since 1986. Tommaso has collaborated with many great Italian and international musicians such as Riccardo Cocciante, Mina, Gi...

With a focus on Italian identity, the new Calligaris Store is at SOCO (South Coast Collection), located in Orange County south of Los Angeles, a center specializing in interior design. The space of 243 square meters on one level is very bright thanks to large windows, and it reflects the Calligaris concept, offering intriguing micro-environments f...

by Michael R. Blood   Councilman Eric Garcetti, who jammed with pop star Moby and fashioned himself as a voice for a new generation of city leaders, has opened a growing lead in the race for Los Angeles mayor with the pool of uncounted ballots steadily shrinking.   Garcetti, 42, who made a mark helping resuscitate neighborhoods from t...

Chi non ricorda, forse con un pizzico di nostalgia, la storica pubblicità di Lavazza in cui Nino Manfredi portava la tazzina alle labbra e recitava: "Il caffè è un piacere: se non è buono, che piacere è?"   Si è aperta proprio con una carrellata di immagini tratte dai suoi migliori film e dagli spot televisivi, frutto di una collaborazione t...