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WHAT’S LIFE without glamour?… Pretty boring. For some, glamour is winged eyeliner and a black plunging strapless dress, for others, glamour is an afternoon siesta on a striped sunbed, with Dean Martin crooning softly in your ear. For others, glamour transcends the physical form; it’s an attitude, a mindset, an energy that enters a room before you d...

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Gina Lollobrigida’s death on January 16, 2023, inspired us to look back and reflect on an extraordinary era of Italian cinema that spans the neorealism of the 1940s to the early 1970s. During that time, numerous directors with different styles brought Italy to life on the big screen, and the actresses became as well-known around the world as any Ho...

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When I watch them today, my movies seem even better.” This is what Gina Lollobrigida used to say, not with self-complacency but because there is truth in it. Those movies shaped our collective imagination. If we watch them, if we look at those actors, directors, stories, at those incredibly beautiful actresses who made the history of cinema, photog...

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Sophia Loren on Monday led tributes to Gina Lollobrigida, long her rival for the title of Italy's sexiest screen bombshell export, who has died at the age of 95. "I'm deeply shaken and saddened, and above all incredulous at what has happened," said Loren, 88, after the passing of her fellow diva and legend. Talking to ANSA, Loren said that for the...

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Oscar-winning Italian actress Sophia Loren on Monday opened a new restaurant in the centre of Milan, near Piazza Duomo on Via Cesare Cantù. The Hollywood legend, 88, was greeted by fans as she walked the red carpet into the restaurant, accompanied by Italian entrepreneur Luciano Cimmino, who has invested in the venture.

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Though she rose to fame thanks largely to her looks, Italian superstar Sophia Loren more than proved her acting chops with a series of international hits and an Oscar win for Best Actress. But how many of her titles remain classics? Let’s take a look back at 15 of her greatest films, ranked worst to best. Born in 1934 in Rome, Loren began appearing...

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Ambassador of Italian beauty in the world as well as the most beloved diva in the history of international cinema, a name that has entered the Walk of fame: Sophia Loren turns 88. Seventy years into her career, two Oscars and five Golden Globes, the actress, born Sofia Costanza Brigida Villani Scicolone, was born in Rome on Sept. 20, 1934, to Romil...

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When I think back on my life, sometimes I’m surprised that it’s actually all true. I say to myself, one morning, I’ll wake up and find out that it’s all just a dream.” With these words, Italian superstar Sophia Loren, the bombshell of classic films including Two Women and Marriage, Italian Style, sets the tone of her delightful 2014 memoir, Yesterd...

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Pizzeria Sophia, located west of Florida’s Turnpike on the corner of 441 and Atlantic Avenue in Delray Beach, is among a crop of casual Italian eateries that opened their doors in the past year. This is a non-kosher restaurant that offers vegetarian selections. There is plenty of outdoor patio dining, but the restaurant’s centerpiece and namesake c...

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Oscar-winning Italian actress Sophia Loren will be honoured by the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, the long-awaited Los Angeles venue set to open this week. Loren is to receive the inaugural 'Visionary Award' from the Academy's new museum, alongside Ethiopian filmmaker Haile Gerima who will be presented with the 'Vantage Award.' The Visionary Aw...

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