TORONTO – Back in 2022, CNN’s Searching for Italy hosted by Actor Stanley Tucci was cancelled due to a cut back on original programming produced by outside production companies. The show followed food enthusiast Tucci as he travelled around Italy exploring its regional cultures, mainly through their culinary traditions. Tucci, whose grandparents were from Cosenza and Reggio Calabria, returned to his ancestral region as part of the show – his first visit back since he was a child. Tucci lived in Florence for a short stint when he was 11.
TORONTO – A “modest downturn”, but also an opportunity “for upside – and action”. This might be the “summary” of the report published today by “Deloitte Canada” and entitled “Trade Tensions Stall Momentum” (it’s the latest economic outlook – April 2025 edition). →
TORONTO – New Democrats never so badly. In these Canadian federal elections, one of the records to be reported is certainly the negative one set by Jagmeet Singh, leader of NDP, who brought his party to its lowest historical result: 7 seats. Only in 1993, with the leadership of Audrey McLaughlin, the “Left” party (“Left” in the Canadian sense of the term: hence the quotation marks) had done so badly, with 9 seats. Well, Singh managed to do worse, going down to 7. →
TORONTO – Celebrated filmmaker Ridley Scott, now 87, has returned to filming in Italy for his latest project The Dog Stars. It was well reported that Scott had intended to shoot Gladiator II at Rome’s legendary Cinecittà, but lost out to another Gladiator-based TV show Those About to Die. Both productions were shooting concurrently which meant Scott had to use Malta as a stand-in for Ancient Rome. Fortunately, the filmmaker is back shooting in Italy as of yesterday.
