by Bill Dal Cerro | Mar 29, 2021 | Uncategorized
Whenever he got exasperated by the antics of his skinny friend, Stan Laurel, his partner, Oliver Hardy, would sigh, “Oh, Stanley!”– which rather sums up my reaction to Stanley Tucci’s six-part CNN series, Searching for Italy. Now that’s...
by John Mancini | Mar 28, 2021 | Uncategorized
There’s a new book titled Lincoln on the Verge, about the newly elected president taking a whistle-stop journey from his home in Springfield, IL to Washington D.C. in 1861. Covering thirteen days, with stops in eight northern states, the purpose of the trip was...
by Rosario Iaconis | Mar 27, 2021 | Uncategorized
The Fourth Estate holds a hallowed place in the American pantheon. Thomas Jefferson averred that “Our liberty depends on freedom of the press, and that cannot be limited without being lost.” Therefore, criticizing Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo is both a fair and...
by Bill Dal Cerro | Mar 22, 2021 | Uncategorized
In the final episode of CNN’s Searching for Italy, actor Stanley Tucci says he ate some of the best food he’s ever tasted in Italy. I think I know the possible reason why, backed up by much of what he highlights and says in this episode: It’s because...
by John Mancini | Mar 21, 2021 | Uncategorized
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo is reportedly seeking solace from his political agony with the Black community, rather than the Italian American community – so reports the NYTimes. The irony is that Letitia James, his own Attorney General – a Black woman – initiated...
by Bill Dal Cerro | Mar 16, 2021 | Uncategorized
In this week’s episode of CNN’s Searching for Italy, actor Stanley Tucci returns to Firenze, known to the world by its Anglicized name, Florence. As a twelve-year-old, Tucci and his siblings lived in the great city while his father, also named Stanley,...
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