"non-Disney stories such as ""Tim Tyler's Luck"" (""Cino e Franco""). In 1935 ""Topolino"" published ""Bobo the Elephant"", ""Mickey Mouse and the sacred jewel"" and ""Mickey Mouse and Pluto the racer"". The same year the publishing house Mondadori bought the newspaper; the first issue published by Mondadori was #137. In 1937 ""Topolino"" and ""I tre porcellini"", Mondadori's newspapers for kids, merged into Topolino - Grandi avventure (""Mickey Mouse - Great adventures""). The number of the pages of the weekly increased from eight to sixteen. The first page published a story in instalments by Floyd Gottfredson starring Mickey Mouse and his friends;"
"Tonino"", a restaurant on the island. Born December 20, 1778, on the nearby island of La Maddalena, Giuseppe Celestino Bertoleoni Poli was a shepherd and the only inhabitant of the island before Carlo Alberto's visit. He claimed to have impressed him as an educated man and to have been made king of the island shortly thereafter. He brought his two families from other islands to live with him. The Italian government tried to prosecute him for bigamy, but failed because of his title. Passed kingdom to son Paolo in 1845; died 1849. Giuseppe's origins are a mystery. Because he claimed"
"Lino Toffolo Lino Toffolo (31 December 1934 – 16 May 2016) was an Italian actor, singer-songwriter, author, and television presenter. Born in Murano (Venice), shortly after his debut he moved to Milan where he obtained his first successes in ""Derby Club"", performing the character of the drunkard who sang his songs in Venetian dialect. Toffolo made his film debut in 1968, in ""Chimera"". He appeared in 24 titles between 1968 and 1978, including films by Dino Risi, Mario Monicelli, Salvatore Samperi, Pasquale Festa Campanile, then focused his works on stage and on television. His variegated career includes three music albums"
"film ""Her"" is dedicated to Gandolfini. Jonze and Gandolfini had previously worked together on ""Where the Wild Things Are"". In 2014, Gandolfini was posthumously inducted into the New Jersey Hall of Fame. James Gandolfini James Joseph Gandolfini Jr. (September 18, 1961 – June 19, 2013) was an American actor best known for his role as Tony Soprano, the Italian-American crime boss in HBO's television series ""The Sopranos"". He was widely hailed for his performance, winning three Emmy Awards, three Screen Actors Guild Awards, and one Golden Globe Award. His notable film roles include mob henchman Virgil in ""True Romance"" (1993),"
"order he became a legend throughout Italy and abroad. He became the subject of many Calabrian folk tales and popular songs. The 1950 film ""Il Brigante Musolino"", by Mario Camerini, was based on his life. His real life events were also the subject of the concept-album ""Il Brigante Musolino"" by Otello Profazio. Giuseppe Musolino Giuseppe Musolino (24 September 1876 – 22 January 1956), also known as the ""Brigante Musolino"" or the ""King of Aspromonte"", was an Italian brigand and folk hero. Musolino was born in Santo Stefano in Aspromonte, in a rugged area of Calabria, in southern Italy. He worked"
"and several music singles, of which the most successful was ""Johnny Bassotto"", that in 1972 ranked 2 in the Italian Hit Parade. Toffolo even wrote two books, ""A Ramengo"" and ""A Gratis"", and is the author of two theatrical plays, ""Gelati caldi"" and ""Fisimat"". Lino Toffolo Lino Toffolo (31 December 1934 – 16 May 2016) was an Italian actor, singer-songwriter, author, and television presenter. Born in Murano (Venice), shortly after his debut he moved to Milan where he obtained his first successes in ""Derby Club"", performing the character of the drunkard who sang his songs in Venetian dialect. Toffolo made"
"Toto, Peppino, and the Hussy Toto, Peppino, and the Hussy (originally Totò, Peppino e... la malafemmina) is an Italian comedy film directed by Camillo Mastrocinque in 1956. It stars the comedy duo of Totò and Peppino De Filippo. The film also stars the popular singer Teddy Reno, and features Reno singing some of his songs as well as ""Malafemmena"", Totò's most famous work as a songwriter. It was the top-grossing movie of the year in Italy with a 1,751,000,000 Italian lire revenue (about 40 million Euro in 2009). The brothers Antonio (Totò) and Peppino (Peppino De Filippo) Caponi are boorish"
"Francesco Golisano Francesco Golisano (June 25, 1930 in Rome, Italy – December 21, 1991 in Velletri, Italy ) was an Italian film actor. He was an employee of the Post Office when film director Renato Castellani held auditions to appear in ""Under the Sun of Rome"" (1948). Golisano was chosen along with other young people of the street, and played the part of Geppa. This led to more work with filmmaker Giorgio Bianchi. In 1951, Golisano played his most famous role - the kind-hearted Totò in Vittorio De Sica's ""Miracle in Milan"", which won the Palme D'Or at the Cannes"
"Giuseppe Musolino Giuseppe Musolino (24 September 1876 – 22 January 1956), also known as the ""Brigante Musolino"" or the ""King of Aspromonte"", was an Italian brigand and folk hero. Musolino was born in Santo Stefano in Aspromonte, in a rugged area of Calabria, in southern Italy. He worked as a woodcutter in the Aspromonte area of Calabria, an isolated and mountainous region near the ""toe"" of the Italian ""boot"". Musolino was reputed to have turned outlaw when he was falsely accused of attempted murder in 1897. False testimony was brought forward against him and he was sent to prison in"
"Domenico Modugno Domenico Modugno (; 9 January 1928 – 6 August 1994) was an Italian singer, songwriter, actor, guitarist, and later in life, a member of the Italian Parliament. He is known for his 1958 international hit song ""Nel blu dipinto di blu"". He is considered the first Italian cantautore. The youngest of four children, Modugno was born at Polignano a Mare, in the province of Bari (Apulia), on 9 January 1928. His father, Vito Cosimo Modugno, was a municipal police commander, while his mother, Pasqua Lorusso, was a housewife. At the age of 9, his family moved to San"
"Dino (Italian singer) Eugenio Zambelli (born 3 May 1948), best known as Dino, is an Italian singer and actor. Born in Verona, Zambelli started his career as the singer of the group ""I Kings""; in 1963 the group won the second edition of the Festival degli sconosciuti held by Teddy Reno in Ariccia; struck by the voice of the singer, Reno contracted Zambelli with his record company, with the stage name of Dino. Between 1964 and 1968 Dino was a real teen idol and a successful singer, with two major hit singles, ""Eravamo amici"" and ""Te lo leggo negli occhi""."
"Giovanni Battista Tiepolo Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (; March 5, 1696 – March 27, 1770), also known as Gianbattista or Giambattista Tiepolo, was an Italian painter and printmaker from the Republic of Venice who painted in the ""Rococo"" style. He was prolific, and worked not only in Italy, but also in Germany and Spain. Giovan Battista Tiepolo, together with Giambattista Pittoni, Canaletto, Giovan Battista Piazzetta, Giuseppe Maria Crespi and Francesco Guardi are considered the traditional Old Masters of that period. Successful from the beginning of his career, he has been described by Michael Levey as ""the greatest decorative painter of eighteenth-century"
"name a character Topolino was a reference to Walt Disney, whose character of Mickey Mouse was known as Topolino in Italian. Hergé included a reference to his friend and colleague, the former opera singer Edgar P. Jacobs, in the story, adding a figure named ""Jacobini"" to the billing on the opera performance alongside Castafiore. He also inserted a cameo of himself as a reporter into the final scene of the story. ""The Calculus Affair"" began serialisation in ""Tintin"" magazine's Christmas edition on 22 December 1954, and continued to appear in the pages of that publication until 22 February 1956. It"
"with a Milanese policeman (""nous voulevan savua'..."")). Toto, Peppino, and the Hussy Toto, Peppino, and the Hussy (originally Totò, Peppino e... la malafemmina) is an Italian comedy film directed by Camillo Mastrocinque in 1956. It stars the comedy duo of Totò and Peppino De Filippo. The film also stars the popular singer Teddy Reno, and features Reno singing some of his songs as well as ""Malafemmena"", Totò's most famous work as a songwriter. It was the top-grossing movie of the year in Italy with a 1,751,000,000 Italian lire revenue (about 40 million Euro in 2009). The brothers Antonio (Totò) and"
"The only exception to the censorship was ""Topolino"", the Italian name for ""Mickey Mouse"", published by Nerbini starting on December 31, 1931. Apparently, the reason behind this special treatment for Walt Disney's character was Benito Mussolini's children's passion for the little mouse. In 1935 Nerbini sold ""Topolino"" to Mondadori, which published it with great success until 1988. In 1932 Milan publisher Lotario Vecchi started ""Jumbo"", a weekly magazine that many consider the first true Italian comics publication. The magazine reached a circulation of 350,000 copies, sanctioning comics as a mainstream medium with broad appeal. In 1937 ""Il Vittorioso"" appeared, a"
"early 1930s, and Federico Pedrocchi wrote and illustrated the first long Disney comic as early as in 1937. Italy is the country of origin for some of the most famous Disney comic authors, including Guido Martina, Luciano Bottaro, Giovan Battista Carpi, Romano Scarpa, Carlo Chendi, Giorgio Cavazzano, Marco Rota and Silvia Ziche. Italy has introduced several new characters to the Disney universe, including Donald's superhero alter ego Duck Avenger (original name ""Paperinik""), created in 1969. Production has been handled by (1932–1937), Mondadori (1937–1988), Disney Italy (1988–2013) and Panini Comics (2013-present). ""Topolino"" is the main Italian Disney publication, and its first"
"Luciano Tovoli Luciano Tovoli, , (born 30 October 1936 in Massa Marittima, Italy) is an Italian cinematographer and filmmaker. With a career spanning over five decades, he is considered one of Italy's premier cinematographers, collaborating with numerous acclaimed filmmakers such as Michelangelo Antonioni, Francis Veber, Dario Argento, Ettore Scola, and Julie Taymor. Films that Tovoli has photographed include ""The Passenger"" (1975), ""Suspiria"" (1977), ""Titus"" (1999). He has been a longtime collaborator of Barbet Schroeder, having worked with the Iranian-born filmmaker's ""Reversal of Fortune"" (1990), ""Single White Female"" (1992), ""Before and After"" (1996), ""Murder by Numbers"" (2002), and """" (2008). In"
"the screenplays of his film appearances. Luciano Tajoli Luciano Tajoli (17 April 1920 in Milan – 3 August 1996 in Merate) was an Italian singer and actor. Luciano Tajoli participated several times (1961, 1962, 1963, and 1970) in the Sanremo Music Festival, winning in 1961 with the song Al di là. It is estimated that he sold over 45 million records. Luciano came from a poor family and was a self-taught singer. He trained as an apprentice in tailor, barber and cobbler's shops. Due to polio in his childhood, Luciano always leaned during his performances, e.g., against a chair or"
"Tony Soprano Anthony John Soprano (born 1959) is a fictional character and the protagonist in the HBO television drama series ""The Sopranos"" (1999–2007), portrayed by James Gandolfini. Usually referred to as Tony, the Italian-American character was conceived by ""Sopranos"" creator and showrunner David Chase, who was also largely responsible for the character's story arc throughout the show's six seasons. The character is loosely based on real-life New Jersey mobster Vincent ""Vinny Ocean"" Palermo, a former ""caporegime"" (""capo"") and ""de facto"" boss of the DeCavalcante crime family. Bobby Boriello and Mark Damiano II portrayed Soprano as a child in one episode"
"Piero Tellini Piero Tellini (16 January 1917 – 22 June 1985) was an Italian screenwriter and film director. Born in Florence, the son of the soprano Ines Alfani(the Soprano Opera singer for 10 years with Arturo Toscanini), Tellini graduated at the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia in Rome and in 1938 he entered the cinema industry as an assistant director. He later dedicated to the activity of screenwriter, contributing to the success of the Italian neorealism and notably collaborating with Luigi Zampa, Alberto Lattuada, Michelangelo Antonioni, Alessandro Blasetti and Eduardo De Filippo. In 1947 Tellini won the Nastro d'Argento for the"
"stories (30 pages), reinterpreting famous works of literature in 'Parodie', writing long stories up to 400 pages. Among the most important artists and authors are Marco Rota, Romano Scarpa, Giorgio Cavazzano, Massimo De Vita, Giovan Battista Carpi and Guido Martina. The best known Disney character created in Italy is ""Paperinik"" (known as Duck Avenger or Phantom Duck to English audiences). Italy prints around 8000 pages of new Disney stories per year, exported worldwide (it makes up 50% of the total production). The main publication, digest size ""Topolino"", prints only new stories every week, but there exist 32 different series of"
"Provolino Provolino was an Italian puppet character who enjoyed huge success in Italy between the late 1960s and early 1970s. He was created by Castellano and Pipolo who also wrote the dialogues. The puppet was introduced by Raffaele Pisu in the RAI variety shows ""Vengo anch'io"" and ""Ma che domenica amici"" in 1968. A baby with big teeth, he was featured as the disrespectful alter ego of Pisu, with whom he had constant bickering which always ended with the catchphrase: ""Boccaccia mia statti zitta!"" (i.e. ""bad mouth of mine, please shut up!""). The puppet was animated by the same Pisu"
"James Gandolfini James Joseph Gandolfini Jr. (September 18, 1961 – June 19, 2013) was an American actor best known for his role as Tony Soprano, the Italian-American crime boss in HBO's television series ""The Sopranos"". He was widely hailed for his performance, winning three Emmy Awards, three Screen Actors Guild Awards, and one Golden Globe Award. His notable film roles include mob henchman Virgil in ""True Romance"" (1993), Lt. Bobby Dougherty in ""Crimson Tide"" (1995), and Mayor of New York in ""The Taking of Pelham 123"" (2009). Other roles are enforcer and stuntman Bear in ""Get Shorty"" (1995) and impulsive"
"was sufficiently respected to be painter to Doge Giovanni II Cornaro, in charge of the decoration of Palazzo Mocenigo in the ""sestiere"" of San Polo, Venice. Giovanni Battista Tiepolo Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (; March 5, 1696 – March 27, 1770), also known as Gianbattista or Giambattista Tiepolo, was an Italian painter and printmaker from the Republic of Venice who painted in the ""Rococo"" style. He was prolific, and worked not only in Italy, but also in Germany and Spain. Giovan Battista Tiepolo, together with Giambattista Pittoni, Canaletto, Giovan Battista Piazzetta, Giuseppe Maria Crespi and Francesco Guardi are considered the traditional"
"Carlo Pepoli Count Carlo Pepoli (22 July 1796 – 7 December 1881) was an Italian politician and journalist. He was also acclaimed as a poet, his most well-known work being the libretto for Vincenzo Bellini's final opera, ""I puritani"" which was given its premiere in Paris in January 1835. Born in Bologna to the aristocratic Pepoli family, he was active in the movement opposing Austrian rule of Italy before being imprisoned and forced into exile in France after 1831. He spent a large portion of his adult life as an exile in both Paris, where he initially taught Italian. He"
"Piazza Castello (Castle Square). Because the castle was built at the base of a small valley, its tactical purpose continues to puzzle modern-day historians throughout Europe. The Fountain of Bellerophon was executed in the 17th century by Cosimo Fanzago. In the HBO television series ""The Sopranos"", mob boss Tony Soprano has his family roots in Avellino. Tony's grandfather, Corrado Soprano Sr, a stonemason, emigrated from Avellino to the United States in the early 20th century. In the episode ""In Camelot"", Junior Soprano claims ""The whole village of Avellino settled in this area"" in which the main characters live, in Essex"
"Sergio Tofano Sergio Tòfano (20 August 1886 – 28 October 1973) was an Italian actor, director, playwright, scene designer and illustrator. Tofano was born in Rome. In 1909, he made his first appearance on stage with Ermete Novelli, then joined Virgilio Talli's company (1913–23). He soon specialized as a comic actor, giving his role a new elegance and complexity. He worked with other famous actors and directors: Dario Niccodemi (1924–27); Luigi Almirante and Giuditta Rissone (1927–30), Elsa Merlini, Vittorio De Sica, Evi Maltagliati, Gino Cervi etc. During those years, he made his famous performances as Doctor Knock in Jules Romains'"
"Tony Lip Tony Lip (born Frank Anthony Vallelonga; July 30, 1930January 4, 2013) was an American actor and occasional author, best known for his portrayal of crime boss Carmine Lupertazzi in the HBO series ""The Sopranos"". He portrayed real-life Bonanno crime family mobster Philip Giaccone in ""Donnie Brasco"", and real-life Lucchese crime family mobster Francesco Manzo in ""Goodfellas"". It was at the Copacabana Nightclub where he first met Francis Ford Coppola and Louis DiGiamo, leading to a small role in ""The Godfather"", his film debut. He also co-wrote his own book in 2005 named ""Shut Up And Eat!"" His time"
"the Italian Antonio Tamburini (1800–1876). He was a famous Don Giovanni in Mozart's eponymous opera as well as being a Bellini and Donizetti specialist. Commentators praised his voice for its beauty, flexibility and smooth tonal emission, which are the hallmarks of a bel canto singer. Tamburini's range, however, was probably closer to that of a bass-baritone than to that of a modern ""Verdi baritone"". His French equivalent was Henri-Bernard Dabadie, who was a mainstay of the Paris Opera between 1819 and 1836 and the creator of several major Rossinian baritone roles, including Guillaume Tell. Dabadie sang in Italy, too, where"
"and one grandson. Tony Lip Tony Lip (born Frank Anthony Vallelonga; July 30, 1930January 4, 2013) was an American actor and occasional author, best known for his portrayal of crime boss Carmine Lupertazzi in the HBO series ""The Sopranos"". He portrayed real-life Bonanno crime family mobster Philip Giaccone in ""Donnie Brasco"", and real-life Lucchese crime family mobster Francesco Manzo in ""Goodfellas"". It was at the Copacabana Nightclub where he first met Francis Ford Coppola and Louis DiGiamo, leading to a small role in ""The Godfather"", his film debut. He also co-wrote his own book in 2005 named ""Shut Up And"
"Mario Tobino Mario Tobino (16 January 1910, Viareggio, Province of Lucca, Tuscany – 11 December 1991, Agrigento) was an Italian poet, writer and psychiatrist. A prolific writer, he began as a poet but later wrote mostly novels. His works are characterized by a strong autobiographical inspiration, and usually deal with social and psychological themes. Mario Tobino completed his degree in medicine in 1936, after which he embarked on a career that centered on the mental hospital setting, treating people with mental disabilities. Mario Tobino's work took him to Libya in June 1940. He worked as a doctor in Libya until"
"Aldo Tambellini Aldo Tambellini (born 29 April 1930) is an Italian American artist. He pioneered electronic intermedia, and is a painter, sculptor, and poet. Aldo Tambellini was born in Syracuse, New York, the second child of an Italian-Brazilian father, John Tambellini, and an Italian mother. At the age of 18 months his mother legally separated from his father. This prompted John Tambellini to move the family from Syracuse back to Italy, to the township of Lucca in Tuscany. He then returned to New York, and Aldo Tambellini saw him only when he visited Lucca. Tambellini grew up in Italy speaking"
"Topo Gigio Topo Gigio () was the lead character of a children's puppet show on Italian television in the early 1960s. The character, created in 1958 by artist Maria Perego, debuted on Italian television in 1959 and has been customarily voiced by actor Giuseppe ""Peppino"" Mazzullo and later Davide Garbolino. The Italian nickname ""Gigi"" is a derivative of Luigi (""Louis""), so ""Topo Gigio"" could be translated as ""Louie Mouse"". Topo Gigio, a soft foam mouse with dreamy eyes and a friendly, childish personality, was very popular in Italy for many years—not only on TV, but also in children's magazines, such"