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☆ Salma Hayek Pinault and her billionaire husband keep their finances separate — just like many Gen Z and millennial couples
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-31 | by ( Ayomikun Adekaiyero | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Salma Hayek Pinault told the Wall Street Journal that she and her husband keep their finances separate. Many young couples are also choosing to keep their finances separate rather than having joint accounts. AdvertisementSalma Hayek Pinault said she and her husband, François-Henri Pinault, the billionaire CEO of Kering, keep their finances separate. Hayek Pinault told The Wall Street Journal in an interview published Tuesday that she did not sign a prenup, unlike many high-net worth individuals do before they marry. That was compared to 24% of Gen Xers (aged 44 to 59) and 16% of baby boomers (aged 60 to 78).

Persons: Salma Hayek Pinault, Henri Pinault, —, François, Hayek Pinault, Gucci, Balenciaga, Alexander McQueen, Saint Laurent, Hayek, Salma Hayek, Vittorio Zunino Celotto, Gen Zers, Gen Xers, millennials, ERIC PIERMONT, Gillian Coote, Coote, It's, Jen Glantz Organizations: Wall Street Journal, Service, The Times, Wall Street, Bank of America, Baby Boomers, Getty, Coote Family, Guardian, Business Locations: London, AFP, New York City

☆ ‘Nothing less than a miracle’: How one California woman snagged Italy’s new digital nomad visa
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-18 | by ( Julia Buckley | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +13 min

But although the Italian government’s digital nomad visa launched in April 2024, so far there have been few accounts of people securing one. Italy’s digital nomad visa scheme was first announced in 2022 and launched in April 2024. Apart from anything else, she had a full-time job in San Francisco at the time. Although the website warned of a minimum four-month wait time, she saw an available slot at the San Francisco consulate for 10 days later. Despite her travails to get the visa, Waite says it was worth it.

Persons: we’ll, Stanley Tucci, It’s, Chelsea Waite, —, Tuscany Chelsea Waite Waite, Waite, Bel, “, I’d, Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II, Giuliano Benzin, ”, it’d, ” Waite, Lisa Mei, she’d, ‘ We’ll, Waite – —, ” Chelsea Waite, Milan –, Milan, I’ve, She’s, she’s “, Simona Sirio, — Waite, don’t Organizations: CNN, intel, Getty, San, Milan Cathedral, Duomo, London, Milan, –, Dante Locations: Italy, Italian, lunchbreak, California, San Francisco, Milan, Tuscany, Florence, United States, Galleria Vittorio, Lake Como, London, Como, Greece, Lombardy

☆ Taylor Swift shook off publishers for her new book. That could spell trouble for the rest of the industry.
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-17 | by ( Samantha Grindell | Madeline Berg | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

Taylor Swift is self-publishing "The Eras Tour Book" and releasing it exclusively at Target. By excluding traditional publishers, Swift ensured she would get more of the book's revenue. With her latest announcement, the singer is back to her business-disrupting playbook with "Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour Book." AdvertisementIn what most closely resembles her book deal, Swift self-produced last year's "Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour" film. "Obviously, Taylor Swift is sort of a case under herself for this stuff in terms of just her reach," Hane said.

Persons: Taylor Swift, Swift, —, she's, it's, Clayton Durant, Simon &, Erik Hane, they're, It's, Ashok Kumar, Courtney Maum, Jessica Maddox, Gareth Cattermole, Maddox, Hane, Vittorio Zunino Celotto, Durant, vinyls, Taylor, John Shearer, Beyoncé, Paul Dergarabedian Organizations: Target, Service, Taylor Swift Publications, Nation School of Music, Sports, Entertainment, Simon & Schuster, Macmillan, HarperCollins, Hachette —, Literary, University of Alabama, Department, Universal Music, Big, Bloomberg, Poets Department, AMC, Mojo, Disney Locations: Long, Target, London, TikTok, Milan

☆ Taylor Swift is now the world's richest female musician — there's one key difference between her wealth and Rihanna's
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-08 | by ( Mia Jankowicz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Taylor Swift has topped Forbes' list of the wealthiest female musicians. Swift's estimated $1.6 bn net worth comes mainly from music sales and performances. AdvertisementTaylor Swift has topped the ranking of the world's wealthiest female musicians, according to Forbes, which as of Tuesday estimated her net worth at $1.6 billion. That sees her overtake Rihanna, estimated by Forbes to have a net worth of $1.4 billion. (Jay-Z, the musician with the highest net worth on Forbes' ranking, got at least half of his estimated $2.5 billion net worth through his liquor business, per Forbes.)

Persons: Taylor Swift, Rihanna, Jay, —, Swift, Forbes, Swan, Brad Pitt, James Cameron, Vittorio Zunino Celotto, Stella McCartney, Kylie Jenner Organizations: Forbes, Service, Paris, Ticketmaster, Associated Press, Disney, Capital, Apple, Los Angeles Times Locations: Forbes, Milan

☆ Gigi Hadid walks the runway in a DHL packing tape mini dress
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-30 | by ( Leah Dolan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —First Rihanna’s bathrobe, now Gigi Hadid’s DHL tape dress — it seems that luxury fashion is looking right under our noses (or at least inside our houses) for inspiration. On Friday, Hadid walked in the Vetements show during Paris Fashion Week wrapped tightly in a roll of yellow and red DHL-branded packing tape. The adhesive tool was styled into a strapless mini dress, while two heeled pumps were wrapped in the same tape to match. The tape dress was paired with two heeled pumps similarly covered in the branded adhesive. In 2011, Iowa State University staged its first annual duct tape fashion show — covered by the New York Times — only permitting designs that were made entirely from the hardware store staple.

Persons: Gigi Hadid’s, Hadid, ”, Raf Simmons, Jeremy Scott, Kim Kardashian, Vanessa Friedman, Kardashian, Vittorio Zunino Celotto, Vesta Stoudt, Kitty, Lady Gaga Organizations: CNN, Gigi Hadid’s DHL, Paris, DHL, FedEx, New York Times, Iowa State University Locations: Paris —, American

☆ Jus sanguinis - or ‘blood right’ - might entitle you to EU citizenship
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-24 | by ( Terry Ward | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +13 min

Some countries are fairly straightforward about their requirements for citizenship through jus sanguinis. Hungary offers citizenship based on jus sanguinis with some caveats, too. “When both of my parents got their Hungarian citizenship around four years ago, it made it easier for me to get it,” said Koszorus, 41, who received his Hungarian citizenship this summer, less than a year after he started the paperwork and application process. And a private Facebook group called Dual US-Italian Citizenship has more than 70,000 members and is among many other resources available to people who think they might have a blood right path to Italian citizenship. Florida-based travel writer Terry Ward lives in Tampa and has the blood right to Italian citizenship through her paternal great-great-grandfather.

Persons: Lisa Wixon, jus solis, she’d, ”, Wixon, ’ ”, Sophie Jo Wasson, Fragomen, Czechia, Wasson, Frans Sellies, “, ” Wasson, Franco, Ferenc G, Koszorus, Koszorus That’s, Marco Permunian, Vittorio Emanuele II, Marco Bottigelli, Permunian, Janna Graber, ” Graber, Graber, Richard Orbidans, Orbidans, Drew Angerer, won’t, Terry Ward Organizations: CNN, New, European Union, “, Croatian, Getty, Irish, Department of Foreign Affairs, Nazi, First Armored Division, Citizenship Assistance, Vittorio, ICA, Facebook, Go, Latvian, Baltic, Visitors, Ellis, National Museum of Immigration Locations: New York City, United States, Rijeka, Croatia, Europe, Ireland, France, London, Italy, Spain, Austria, Poland, Romania, Hungary, Yugoslavia, Moher, Northern Ireland, Germany, Austrian, Spanish, American, Washington, DC, Hungarian, Nazi, West Germany, Milan, Italian, Baltic, Colorado, Riga, Latvia, Lithuanian, Lithuania, Ellis, European, Florida, Tampa

☆ Milan Fashion Week highlights: A surprise drop-in from Madonna and an ‘anything goes’ attitude
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-24 | by ( Scarlett Conlon | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +12 min

Vittorio Zunino Celotto/Getty ImagesCreative director Mattieu Blazy said “it’s like that first day at school when (you arrive) looking impeccable and you come back at the end of the day crumpled.” Vittorio Zunino Celotto/Getty ImagesPerfectly imperfectHigh octane glamour was dialled right down, too. Blouses also popped up at Marni, N°21 and Bottega Veneta — ranging from clean cut, office-ready designs to the more flouncy and feminine. Vittorio Zunino Celotto/Getty ImagesPointe shoes were reimagined as thong sandals. Vittorio Zunino Celotto/Getty ImagesElsewhere at Fendi, soft, bathrobe-like gowns — much like the one recently worn by Rihanna — were worn with sheer embroidered socks. Vittorio Zunino Celotto/Getty ImagesMiuccia Prada told the press she was "very very nervous” about presenting this collection.

Persons: Milan, Miuccia Prada, Prada, Max Mara’s, Max Mara, Ian Griffiths, ”, Maximillian Davis, Matthieu Blazy, Vittorio Zunino Celotto, Mattieu Blazy, “, Kim Jones, chunky, Kate Moss, Kate, Gucci’s Sabato de Sarno, Normcore, she’s, Peter Pan, Jil Sander, Lucie, Luke Meier, chinoiserie, you’ll, Francesco Risso’s, Alessandro Dell’Acqua, ord, Versace, Donatella, Madonna, philes, Jean, Paul Gaultier, Gaultier, Rachpoot, Bauer, Griffin, Domenico Dolce, Stefano Gabbana, Julianne Moore, Jacob Elordi, Kendall Jenner, Michelle Yeoh —, Steven Spielberg’s, E.T, Blazy, Jacopo M, Donatella Versace, Jonas Gustavsson, Maximilian Davis, Victor Virgile, Prada Sabato, Daniele Venturelli, Karen Elson, Roberto Cavalli, Piovanotto Marco, Rihanna —, Versace Kim Jones, Gabriel Bouys, Adrian Appiolaza, Marco Beroorello, Marco Bertorello, Ferragamo, Delphine Achard, Francesco Risso's Marni, Mattieu, Judy Blame, Justin Shin, Boss, Raf Simmons Organizations: Milan CNN, Milan, Brands, Prada, Bottega Veneta, Red Wing, Dolce, Gabbana, Rocky, Getty, Moschino, Milan Fashion Locations: —, Ferragamo, Bottega, buttoned, Marni, Milan, AFP, British

☆ Brands are so scared of culture wars and controversy that it's ripping apart the media business
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-27 | by ( Lara O'Reilly | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +12 min

download the appSign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. Related storiesBut it wasn't until Trump's 2016 election that brand safety really entered the mainstream marketing vernacular — and the culture wars. In 2023, more than 21,400 jobs were cut in the US media industry, according to the employment agency Challenger, Gray & Christmas. But some industry experts think it's too late to put the "content adjacency" genie back in the bottle. AdvertisementThe result, Tobaccowala fears, is a further winnowing of the media industry where only the biggest platforms and individual content creators survive.

Persons: —, Elon Musk's, Donald Trump, Alex Marlow, Breitbart, Mark Penn, Tobaccowala, Tucker Carlson, Ingraham, Jessica Sibley, Taylor, Taylor Swift, Vittorio Zunino Celotto, Penn, it's, Richard Raddon, Ben Shapiro, Shapiro, Gregory Woodman, John Deere, Davidson, Kid, Bud, Bud Light, influencer Dylan Mulvaney, Gene J, Rob Kim Organizations: Service, Global Alliance, Responsible Media, Business, Breitbart News, News Corp, Groupe, Association for National, Companies, Giants, YouTube, Fox, Fox News, Facebook, Poets Department, Challenger, Getty, Penn, Publishers, The Daily, State of, US Department of State, Supply, Harley, Associated Press Locations: Ukraine, State of Texas, America

☆ Milan men’s fashion week: Sun, sea and short shorts
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-20 | by ( Scarlett Conlon | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

Milan CNN —There are few things more synonymous with Italy in spring and summer than its beaches. Pines, agaves, the scents of salt and resin were inspiration for designer Massimo Giorgetti at MSGM as the label celebrated their 15th anniversary. “This collection speaks of encounters — ‘icontri’ — between the city and the beach and among people who love life,” said Napoli-born De Sarno. Actor Paul Mescal — a known fan of the short short — was sat front row at the Gucci Men's Spring-Summer 2025 show. A theme of reflective team spirit prevailed in sporty collegiate silhouettes featuring the Fendi crest comprising a squirrel, the Fendi stripe, and a Roman God.

Persons: Milan, Massimo Giorgetti, Justin Shin, Rimini —, Gabbana, Stefano Dolce, Domenico Gabbana, Vittorio Zunino Celotto, ”, Sabato de Sarno, —, Napoli, De Sarno, William Finnegan’s, Paul Mescal —, Victor Boyko, Pixelformula, Sabato De Sarno's, Gucci, Ik, Prada, creased, tromp, Miuccia Prada, “, Raf Simons, chimed Simons, tromp l’oeil, Ik Aldama, JW Anderson, Jonathan Anderson, Adrian Appiolaza, Lev Tanju, Karl Lagerfeld, Shutterstock, Daniele Venturelli, Silvia Fendi Organizations: Milan CNN, Dolce, Gucci, JW, Astra Marina Locations: Italy, Amalfi Coast, Milan, MSGM, agaves, Rimini, Ligurian Coast, Northern Ireland, Moschino, Northern Irish, Fendi, Italian

☆ G7 summit: Mafia-style violence is on the rise in the same region of Italy where G7 leaders are meeting
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-11 | by ( Barbie Latza Nadeau | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

The town of Fasano and surrounding countryside, near the luxury resort of Borgo Egnazia, the venue of the G7 summit, on June 4, 2024. A view of Borgo Egnazia, in Puglia, where the G7 summit will be held from June 13 to 15, taken on May 26, 2014 in Savelletri, Brindisi, Italy. The security machine that will protect the world’s leaders of the world’s most advanced economies is well established, and headed by DIGOS. Workers at the attendee accreditation point for the G7 summit in Fasano, Italy, on Wednesday June 5, 2024. Donato Fasano/Getty ImagesSpecialized military police working with the anti-mafia law enforcement unit are keeping a close watch on known criminal groups.

Persons: Rome, Giorgia Meloni, Francesca Volpi, That’s, Vittorio Pisani, DIGOS, Luigi Carnevale, ”, Borgo, Donato Fasano, Victoria Beckham, Madonna, Ivanka Trump, Aldo Melpignano, Pope Francis, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Saudi Arabia’s King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al, Saud, Pisani, ” Pisani Organizations: Rome CNN —, Sacra Corona, Cosa Nostra, Camorra, DIGOS, Brindisi –, Bloomberg, CNN, Interior Ministry, Michelin, Workers, Getty, Saudi, US, ” Locations: Italian, Puglia, Foggia, Cosa, Sicily, Naples, Calabria, Italy, Balkans, Bari, Brindisi, Fasano, Borgo Egnazia, Savelletri, David, Turkish, United States, Germany, Britain, France, Canada, Japan, Schengen, Borgo Egnazi

☆ Dutch tourist accused of graffitiing ancient Roman villa in Herculaneum
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-05 | by ( Story Reuters | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

Reuters —A tourist from the Netherlands has defaced a frescoed wall in an ancient Roman house in Herculaneum, near Naples, damaging a building that survived the volcanic eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD, Italian police said on Monday. The police statement said the 27-year-old tourist was swiftly identified after staff at the archaeological site discovered tagged graffiti writing made with a black, indelible marker pen on a white section of a painted wall. The tourist, who was not named, faces charges of damage and defacement of artistic works. It is not the first time that historical monuments have been vandalised by tourists in Italy. In response to repeated acts of vandalism, Italy this year introduced tougher penalties on those who damage monuments and cultural sites, imposing fines of up to €40,000 (around $43,500) for those found guilty of defacing monuments.

Persons: Gennaro Sangiuliano, Emanuele II Organizations: Reuters, Police, Galleria Locations: Netherlands, Herculaneum, Naples, Vesuvius, Italy, England

☆ Scarlett Johansson says OpenAI ripped off her voice after she told the company not to use it in software
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-20 | by ( Jennifer Elias | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

ROME, ITALY - NOVEMBER 10: Actor Scarlett Johansson attends 'Her' Premiere during The 8th Rome Film Festival at Auditorium Parco Della Musica on November 10, 2013 in Rome, Italy. (Photo by Vittorio Zunino Celotto/Getty Images)Actor Scarlett Johansson says OpenAI CEO Sam Altman used a voice similar to hers for its artificial intelligence voice software despite declining his invitation for its use. "Sky's voice is not an imitation of Scarlett Johansson but belongs to a different professional actress using her own natural speaking voice," the company wrote in a blog post on Sunday. Two days before the ChatGPT 4.0 demo was released, Mr. Altman contacted my agent, asking me to reconsider. Consequently, OpenAI reluctantly agreed to take down the "Sky" voice.

Persons: Scarlett Johansson, Vittorio Zunino Celotto, Sam Altman, OpenAI, Johansson, Altman, Samantha, " Johansson, Mr, Walt Disney, We've, OpenAI didn't, Scarlett Johansson's Organizations: Parco, Musica, CNBC, Disney, Microsoft Locations: ROME, ITALY, Rome, Italy, ChatGPT

☆ JR punches a tunnel through Milan’s central railway station in latest optical illusion
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-15 | by ( Leah Dolan | James Imam | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

Editor’s Note: This article was originally published by The Art Newspaper, an editorial partner of CNN Style. CNN —The French street artist JR has unveiled perhaps his most complex Italian trompe l’oeil illusion piece yet, turning a square outside Milan’s Stazione Centrale railway station into a temporary exhibition site of epic proportions. Entitled La Nascita (The Birth), the piece evokes a rugged Alpine terrain with layered black-and-white images. However, while the Florence and Rome projects consisted of flat images mounted onto the fronts of the buildings, in Milan JR has tried to create a sense of depth. “While the exhibition is temporary, even when it’s gone visitors will never see (the station) in the same way,” JR said.

Persons: JR, ” JR, Piazza Duca D’Aosta, Covid, ”, ” Gabriel Bouys, —, Benito Mussolini, King Vittorio Emmanuele III, Palazzo Strozzi, Rome’s Palazzo Farnese, it’s Organizations: The Art, CNN, Art, Getty, Stazione Centrale, Milan JR Locations: Milan’s Stazione Centrale, Piazza Duca, AFP, Italy, France, Milan, Florence, Rome

☆ All the times Zendaya served looks on the ‘Challengers’ press tour
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-11 | by ( Leah Asmelash | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

But her latest press tour is, well, a grand slam. Scroll to see Zendaya’s best looks from the “Challengers” press tour. Zendaya's press tour began with the Australian premiere of "Challengers" in Sydney on March 26. Emmanuel DunandAFP/Getty ImagesIn one of her more literal looks, Zendaya wore a custom Loewe dress to a photocall in Rome on April 8, clearly designed to mimic a classic tennis outfit with its pleated skirt and classic lined v-neck. Gareth Cattermole/Getty ImagesDuring the “Dune: Part Two,” press tour, Zendaya’s co-stars, including Florence Pugh, Rebecca Ferguson and Timothée Chalamet, matched her commitment to the sartorial ‘bit’ with their own red carpet wardrobes.

Persons: CNN — Zendaya, ” Zendaya, ” Law Roach, Zendaya’s, Thierry Mugler, ” Roach, Flavio Brancaleone, Louis, Emmanuel Dunand, Kristy Sparow, Louis Vuitton, Emmanuel DunandAFP, Zendaya, Daniele Venturelli, Calvin Klein, Vittorio Zunino Celotto, Thom Browne, Hoda Davaine, Dave Benett, Gareth Cattermole, Florence Pugh, Rebecca Ferguson, Timothée, ”, Josh O’Connor, Mike Faist, O’Connor, Tashi, Loewe, Jonathan Anderson —, — Organizations: CNN, ”, British “ Vogue, US Vogue, British Vogue, Getty, Paris, Rome, “ Locations: British, Sydney, Paris, AFP, Rome

☆ Paolo Taviani, Half of a Famed Italian Filmmaking Duo, Dies at 92
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-10 | by ( Clay Risen | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Paolo Taviani, who with his brother Vittorio made some of Italy’s most acclaimed films of the last half century — including “Padre Padrone,” which won the top prize at the Cannes Film Festival in 1977 — died on Feb. 29 in Rome. His son, Ermanno Taviani, said the cause of his death, in a hospital, was pulmonary edema. The Taviani brothers emerged in the late 1950s as part of a generation of Italian filmmakers — including Bernardo Bertolucci, Pier Paolo Pasolini and Gillo Pontecorvo — who were inspired by the country’s Neorealist movement but determined to push beyond it. (Vittorio Taviani died in 2018.) “Padre Padrone,” for example, tells the story of a boy’s struggle between the demands of his overbearing father, who wants him to be a farmer, and his own dreams of becoming a linguist.

Persons: Paolo Taviani, Vittorio, Padre Padrone, —, Ermanno Taviani, Bernardo Bertolucci, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Gillo Pontecorvo —, Vittorio Taviani Organizations: Cannes Film Locations: Rome

Mickey Todiwala | CNBC Make ItShe first learned about the program from her husband, who'd read about it online. Mickey Todiwala | CNBC Make ItRubia Daniels says her background in construction is helpful to envision what her final space will look like. On one recent visit to Mussomeli, Daniels brought along two fellow Californians, Alfredo Ramirez and his mother, Elena, to tour the houses. Meredith Tabbone 1-euro homeowner from ChicagoTabbone flew to see her new home for the first time in June 2019. Mussomeli, Sicily, has seen its population decline from roughly 16,000 in the 1950s to less than 10,000 today.

Persons: Rubia Daniels, Daniels, who've, Vittorio Sgarbi, Mickey Todiwala, Toti, who'd, didn't, she's, Alfredo Ramirez, Elena, Meredith Tabbone, Tabbone, Chicago Tabbone, I've, Danny McCubbin, who's, Jamie Oliver, McCubbin, Mussomeli, Prezioso, Natalie Milazzo, Milazzo, Nigrelli, Martina Giracello, Gianluca Militello, Giracello, It's, Meredith Tabbone Tabbone Organizations: CNBC, realtors, U.S Locations: Sicily, Berkeley, Calif, Italy, Salemi, Towns, Sicily's, Palermo, Belgian, Mussomeli, California, Petaluma , Calif, Sambuca, Sicilia, Chicago, United States, Australia, London, Mussomeli's, Milan, Cammarata, Caltanissetta, Europe, Africa, Airbnbs

☆ Meet Cyrille Vigneron, the CEO of luxury jeweler Cartier who personally approves all of its designs
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-20 | by ( Talia Lakritz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

As president and CEO of Cartier, he helped reinvigorate the brand with new strategies. Cyrille Vigneron speaks onstage during at a press conference in Milan, Italy, in 2020. The strategic move helped bring the vintage watches back in style — Cartier sold 15,000 of them that year. A ranking of the top Swiss watch companies published in April 2023 by Morgan Stanley named Cartier the second-largest watchmaker behind Rolex, overtaking Omega for the No. With 60 new pieces released in 2023, Cartier's watch business continues to boom, occupying an estimated 7% of the retail market share, according to the Morgan Stanley report.

Persons: Cartier, Cyrille Vigneron, Vittorio Zunino Celotto, Vigneron, — Cartier, Morgan Stanley, it's Organizations: Cartier, Australian Financial, Forbes, Rolex, Omega Locations: Milan, Italy, Swiss, watchmaking

☆ Vittorio Emanuele of Savoy, Son of Italy's Last King, Dies Aged 86
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-03 | by ( Feb. | At A.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +3 min

ROME (Reuters) - Vittorio Emanuele of Savoy, the only son of Italy's last king, who lived in exile in neighbouring Switzerland for most of his life, has died aged 86 at his home in Geneva, a note by the Royal House of Savoy said. Vittorio Emanuele was eventually acquitted of the killing in a French court in 1991 and given a suspended sentence for illegal possession of a rifle. Vittorio Emanuele disputed the authenticity of the video. His grandfather, King Victor Emanuel III, abdicated in favour of his son Umberto just before the 1946 referendum in a final, futile attempt to save the monarchy. Vittorio Emanuele is survived by his wife and his son, Emanuele Filiberto, who said in 2023 that he would renounce his claim to the Italian throne in favour of his daughter, Vittoria, when he felt she was ready for the challenge.

Persons: Vittorio Emanuele of Savoy, Italy's, of Savoy, Umberto II, King of Italy, Vittorio Emanuele, Pope John Paul, Benito Mussolini, Dirk Hamer, Hamer, Vittorio Emanuele's, OF, Marina Doria, Shah, King Victor Emanuel III, Umberto, Maria Jose, Emanuele Filiberto, Vittoria, Keith Weir, Toby Chopra Organizations: Royal, Fascist, Netflix, Italian Agusta Locations: ROME, Switzerland, Geneva, Italian, Naples, Rome, Corsican, Potenza, Swiss, Lake Geneva, Iran, Tehran, Italy

☆ Vittorio Emanuele of Savoy, son of Italy's last king, dies aged 86
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-03 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Vittorio Emanuele of Savoy, the only son of Italy's last king, who lived in exile in neighbouring Switzerland for most of his life, has died aged 86 at his home in Geneva, a note by the Royal House of Savoy said. Vittorio Emanuele was eventually acquitted of the killing in a French court in 1991 and given a suspended sentence for illegal possession of a rifle. Vittorio Emanuele disputed the authenticity of the video. His grandfather, King Victor Emanuel III, abdicated in favour of his son Umberto just before the 1946 referendum in a final, futile attempt to save the monarchy. Vittorio Emanuele is survived by his wife and his son, Emanuele Filiberto, who said in 2023 that he would renounce his claim to the Italian throne in favour of his daughter, Vittoria, when he felt she was ready for the challenge.

Persons: Vittorio Emanuele of Savoy, Italy's, of Savoy, Umberto II, King of Italy, Vittorio Emanuele, Pope John Paul, Benito Mussolini, Dirk Hamer, Hamer, Vittorio Emanuele's, Shah, Marina Doria, King Victor Emanuel III, Umberto, Maria Jose, Emanuele Filiberto, Vittoria Organizations: Royal, Fascist, Netflix, Italian Agusta Locations: Switzerland, Geneva, Italian, Naples, Rome, Corsican, Potenza, Swiss, Lake Geneva, Iran, Tehran, Italy

☆ Italy's Junior Culture Minister Quits After Stolen Painting Scandal
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-02 | by ( Feb. | At P.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +1 min

ROME (Reuters) - Italian junior culture minister and art critic Vittorio Sgarbi, under investigation over possession of a stolen painting, said on Friday he was quitting because Rome's antitrust body was trying to curb his unofficial duties. Sgarbi, 71, is a long-serving parliamentarian and outspoken TV personality who was close to former primer minister Silvio Berlusconi who died last year. Sgarbi said the antitrust authority, which is investigating him over a possible conflict of interest, had informed him he should not attend an art conference. "According to the antitrust notice, I should not talk about art, I should not deal with art. I should be a junior minister dealing with administrative duties, and limited ones," he said.

Persons: Vittorio Sgarbi, Sgarbi, Silvio Berlusconi, Michelangelo, Gennaro Sangiuliano, Alessandro Parodi, Christina Fincher Organizations: Prosecutors Locations: ROME, Milan, Turin

☆ Anna Wintour kept her sunglasses on while firing Pitchfork staff, writer says
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-23 | by ( Tom Carter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Read previewAnna Wintour is famous for her intimidating black shades — and one writer says she didn't remove them while laying off workers at music site Pitchfork. This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. Allison Hussey, a former staff writer for Pitchfork, wrote on X that the longtime Vogue editor kept her sunglasses on in a meeting informing staff they were losing their jobs. Wintour was elevated to global chief content officer of Condé Nast and global editorial director of Vogue in 2020. Condé Nast did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Business Insider, made outside normal working hours.

Persons: —, Anna Wintour, Allison Hussey, Wintour, Condé Nast, Anna Wintour —, Hussey, Puja Patel, Semafor, Meryl Streep's, Wears, Meryl Streep, Catherine Martin, Baz Luhrmann, Vittorio Zunino Celotto, Lauren Indvik Organizations: Service, Pitchfork, Business, Vogue, GQ, Fox, CNN, Financial, Ritz Locations: London

☆ Italian Culture Official Investigated in Stolen Art Case
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-20 | by ( Elisabetta Povoledo | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

A deputy culture minister in Italy is under investigation, accused of laundering stolen goods, in particular a Baroque painting that had been reported stolen from a castle in Piedmont, Italy, a decade ago. The deputy minister, Vittorio Sgarbi, who is an art historian and critic, as well as a media personality, has said he is innocent. The tale of the investigation began in 2013, when, according to police documents, a painting was reported stolen from the castle, which had been a restaurant for a time. Eight years later, in 2021, Mr. Sgarbi featured a painting called “The Capture of St. Peter,” attributed to the 17-century artist Rutilio Manetti, from his own collection, in an exhibit that he curated in Lucca, Tuscany. Mr. Sgarbi, though under investigation, has not been charged with a crime.

Persons: Vittorio Sgarbi, Sgarbi, Peter, ”, Rutilio Manetti Locations: Italy, Piedmont, Lucca, Tuscany, Macerata

☆ The sexiest new hotels for 2024
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-05 | by ( Julia Buckley | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +23 min

This list tries to do just that – spotlight the hotels opening (or reopening, as one of them is) in 2024 that make us want to visit for the hotel alone. Properties with a little bit of oomph – the sexy hotels of 2024, as we like to call them. For spring 2024, Costa Rica’s on the cards, with this beachfront hotel at surfer central Santa Teresa, on the Pacific Coast. Existing ones have been refurbished, and new pool villas, suites and bungalows have been added to the mix. Pool villas are cute cabins with patio doors opening on the open-to-the-elements plunge pools, while the bungalows will be wood-clad, tropical spaces.

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Politicians from across the spectrum have visited the garrison of workers permanently stationed outside the Crevalcore plant, less than 40 kilometres from Ferrari's headquarters. Marelli has put the plan on hold but confirmed it wants to abandon the plant, leaving workers in a limbo. Samira Chouri, 50, has worked at the Crevalcore plant for 18 years. Some 37% of the EU's 800 billion euros ($845 billion) post-pandemic recovery fund is earmarked for climate friendly investment. Climate change think tank ECCO said Italy needed to spend between 7-13 billion euros more per year to meet Europe's decarbonisation goals.

Persons: Marelli, Grazia Vitiello, Samira Chouri, Calsonic, I'm, Sergio Manni, Francesco Simeri, Chouri's, Giovanni Sanfelice, ANFIA, Francesco Zirpoli, Zirpoli, Giorgia Meloni's, Europe's, Vittorio Sarti, Giulio Piovaccari, Vagnoni, Toby Chopra Organizations: U.S, KKR, Volkswagen, BMW, Fiat Chrysler, FCA, Venice University, Center, Automotive, Mobility, Thomson Locations: Italy, Italy's, Emilia Romagna, Marelli, Stellantis, France, Crevalcore, Europe, Rome, Italian

Forza Italia leader and former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi arrives for a meeting with Italian President Sergio Mattarella at the Quirinale Palace in Rome, Italy October 21, 2022. Vittorio Sgarbi, an art critic and former lawmaker with Berlusconi's Forza Italia party, told state TV RAI this week that the former prime minister spent around 20 million euros to create the collection. Sgarbi told the paper the collection was "monstrously entertaining", but of little value, with only "six of seven" deemed interesting. The family spokesperson said the collection had sentimental value and denied reports it was being dismantled. Forbes estimated that Berlusconi and his family had assets worth around $6.8 billion, of which around two thirds were held by holding company Fininvest.

Persons: Silvio Berlusconi, Sergio Mattarella, Guglielmo Mangiapane, Vittorio Sgarbi, Berlusconi, Sgarbi, RAI's, Elvira Pollina, Angelo Amante, Alvise Armellini, Deborah Kyvrikosaios Organizations: Forza Italia, REUTERS, La Repubblica, Berlusconi's Forza Italia, RAI, Forbes, Thomson Locations: Rome, Italy, Arcore, La Repubblica

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