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Sophia Loren, 89, Takes a Fall at Her Swiss Home

Movie legend is now recuperating after surgery for a leg fracture 'went very well'

(Newser) - Film legend Sophia Loren is recovering from successful surgery for a leg fracture after she fell in her Switzerland home, an agent for the 89-year-old Italian actor said Monday. Agent Andrea Giusti said in an email that Loren fell in a bathroom on Sunday and that the surgery was performed...

Radio Station Sorry for Killing Off Queen, 99 Others

Obituaries mistakenly published during RFI website work

(Newser) - Dozens of political leaders, cultural figures, and celebrities did not die en masse on Monday, though anyone perusing the website of Radio France Internationale might have thought otherwise. Obituaries for roughly 100 people were mistakenly published—and some automatically picked up by partner sites such as Google, Yahoo, and MSN—...

Sophia Loren Returns to Feature Films After 11 Years

New movie is coming to Netflix in November

(Newser) - Sophia Loren has not done a full-length feature film in more than a decade—which makes The Life Ahead, coming to Netflix on Nov. 13, a movie 11 years in the making, per the New York Post . It stars Loren as Madame Rosa, a Holocaust survivor who takes in a...

10 'Mature' Ladies Who Went Nude

 10 'Mature' Ladies 
 Who Went Nude 
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Jun 23, 2010 12:00 PM CDT

10 'Mature' Ladies Who Went Nude

In Hollywood, you're never too old to go naked

(Newser) - Helen Mirren’s naked photo shoot inspired Olivia Allin to find other “foxy ladies who took it off in their golden years.” From The Frisky :
  • Sharon Stone: Posed topless on the cover of French magazine Paris Match at 51.
  • Cloris Leachman: Went nude on the cover of Alternative
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Italy Depressed by News Story Calling Italy Depressed

Portrait of Italian malaise hits a nerve

(Newser) - In a self-referential moment, the New York Times interviews its own reporter, Ian Fisher, about the nationwide soul-searching set off in Italy by Fisher's Dec. 13 article that depicts Italians as wallowing in a collective funk. Fisher's description of a dispirited national mood has prompted an impassioned response from all...

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