As if the city wasn't already beautiful enough, this makes it even better.
Shift Buzz Karima El Mahroug (aka Ruby Heartstealer) said in a newly-revealed wiretapped phone call that the former Italian Prime Minister was “crazy” about her and offered her 5 million euros (about $6.6 million) to keep their relationship secret. However, Mahroug, who was 17 at the time, also insists they never had sex.
Culture Buzz Warning: this man is not David Beckham. He does do some impressive jiggling, though.
Sports Buzz Here's the video of Clint Dempsey's game-winning goal in today's friendly. So take that Italy! What have you ever given us, but gorgeous, charming women and beautiful architecture, and fantastic food and wine… On second thought I'm sorry for your loss, Italy. We should hang out soon.
Culture Buzz I vote “Aw.” Europe may be suffering from a crippling economic crisis, but they're certainly not suffering from a cute deficit.
Culture Buzz Paolo Patrizi's photo essay “Migration” documents a young Nigerian woman who sells her body on Italian roadsides through her own accord so she can send money back to her family. “Most migrant women, including those who end up in the sex industry, have made a clear decision to leave home and take their chances overseas,” the photographer says. “For many girls prostitution in Italy has become an entirely acceptable trade and the legend of their success makes the fight against sex traffickers all the more difficult.”
Celebrity Buzz “Game of Thrones” star Peter Dinklage went on the Italian Chiambretti Sunday Show and this happened. That about all the explanation we can offer you.
Culture Buzz “Dilated (beep beep) cervix (beep beep).” A father gets bored in the hospital while waiting for his wife to give birth and decides to lay down some impromptu lyrics to the beat of the fetal heart monitor. Hilariously cute.
Culture Buzz Surreal and unsettling photos of the massive cruise ship after it capsized off the coast of Italy. As of this writing, 6 people are dead and 14 are still missing.
Italy is super hot on the BuzzFeed Network right now. Here's all the best viral buzz on Italy.
http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/low_conce...
Remember when we went to that wildlife preserve? You whined about the cold like a little Ukrainian seal baby. Good times, good times.
Celebrity Buzz Considering the hideous crime she's forever associated with, maybe dressing up as a home invader wasn't the best idea. As we say in the hyper-judgmental media, “bad optics.”
Spotted in Seattle, hometown of Amanda Knox. Should we give them the benefit of the doubt and assume they don't know she was acquitted of a horrific stabbing murder? Nah.
Celebrity Buzz You know you were thinking it. Foxy Knoxy vs. Racy Casey…which accused murderess would you rather pervert the justice system with? Take our poll at the bottom and settle the raging debate! These are the kinds of arguments they have in hell.
There are some really curvy roads along the Amalfi Coast. Didn't the cast of the Jersey Shore go to Italy? (via reddit.com)
Culture Buzz In our latest #GOODAsks, we asked our Twitter followers and Facebook fans: “If you had to leave tomorrow, where would you go??”
Culture Buzz MTV has posted some pictures of the new Jersey Shore house in Florence, Italy and it looks pretty awesome. How did we get to this point? (via remotecontrol.mtv.com)
Who knew they were such super friends? Photo taken in Rome, Italy, by this redditor.
Double the awesomeness with a collaboration between two famous street artists, Blu (mural) and Erica Il Cane (watchtower). The works are located in Italy (no specified location). (via Official Hype)
Celebrity Buzz While filming Jersey Shore in Florence, Snooki ran around with a bullhorn and started yelling at people to eat at the pizzeria where she's “working.” This drew an old fashioned condemnation from one local in the form of a curse. Anybody see “Drag Me To Hell”? More at Daily Mail.
Celebrity Buzz Note that I didn't say “bikini.” Perhaps not the most flattering thing she's ever worn, but I still love her. More over at PopSugar.
Culture Buzz Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi is a man of many gesticulations. Look for some or all of these to appear in court while he is on trial for sleeping with an underage prostitute.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/04/06/berlusconi-sex-t...
The Moroccan teen at the center of the underage prostitution scandal enveloping Premier Silvio Berlusconi insists any damage she has suffered has been at the hands of the media, not the Italian premier.
Culture Buzz In chronological order! Today's disaster is merely one of many reminders that Mother Nature only tolerates our presence most of the time. From ancient Greece to modern day Peru, millions have suffered the devastating effects of tectonic shift.
http://www.thestreet.com/story/11025761/solar-winners-los...
Great, now Italy's economy is going in the crapper.
Celebrity Buzz In honor of her newfound bacherlorettehood, here's a gratuitous gallery of the internet's other favorite Olivia. The definition of “topless,” in this instance, has been expanded to include see-thru tops and other revealing garments. Because someone, somewhere will care about that distinction.
Culture Buzz The effects of Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi’s stinky government are spilling over into the streets of Italy’s third-largest city. So far, more than 10,000 tons of trash have piled up in and around Naples due to lack of landfills.