by John Mancini | Jan 1, 2023 | Uncategorized
The Wall Street Journal had an interesting article on the Frank Capra film It’s a Wonderful Life. It seems this Christmas classic was a financial flop when it premiered in 1946. In fact, Capra’s production company Liberty Films took a loss of $25,000 – $400,000...
by Bill Dal Cerro | Dec 31, 2022 | Uncategorized
Christmas Day is officially over and a new year begins. For the holidays, I bought a relative one of those popular new calendars which feature a “fun day” item listed for all 365 days of the year. Example: April 17, National Haiku Poem Day. July 20,...
by John Mancini | Dec 26, 2022 | Uncategorized
The Feast of the Seven Fishes? Sounds like a solid tradition until the first fish-hater comes to the table. Then tradition takes a back seat in the name of hospitality. Granted, clams, mussels, and oysters turn some people off. Octopus, squid, and...
by Bill Dal Cerro | Dec 19, 2022 | Uncategorized
Finalmente! Eight years ago, at the 2014 World Cup Soccer Championships, Argentinian football great Lionel Messi missed a final penalty kick and hung his head in despair. Redemption came on Sunday, December 18th, 2022 however, when La Pulga (Spanish for “the...
by John Mancini | Dec 18, 2022 | Uncategorized
Last week the National Archives released almost 13,000 new documents on the JFK assassination. Many pages were redacted and another few thousand are still under lock and key. The good news is that this trove of information appears to debunk the Mafia hit theory,...
by Rosario Iaconis | Dec 12, 2022 | Uncategorized
The merger of Warner Bros. and Discovery may spell the end of the road for Stanley Tucci’s CNN series Searching For Italy. And that’s a good thing. Though billed as a culinary journey up and down the Italian peninsula, Tucci’s oeuvre was more derogatory than...
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