Sophia Loren's mother had the makings of a Hollywood starlet. An aspiring actress, Romilda Villani began her career by winning a Greta Garbo lookalike contest hosted by MGM studios in Italy.

The star says he’s too old to play any more romantic leads. But something odd has happened: that kind of big film has almost vanished ...

Ponza is the largest of the six Pontine Islands, a string of volcanic formations off the coast of Lazio, some 25 miles south of Cape Circeo in the Tyrrhenian Sea which is part of the Mediterranean ...

Kerryman Michael ‘Butty’ Sugrue was known as ‘the splendid spoofer’, so few believed he’d convince the most famous athlete in ...

For every charming chalet-filled village, there’s a contemporary city center full of Michelin-starred cuisine and luxury ...

There's a reason Hollywood comes calling to Marigot Bay (scenes from the original "Doctor Doolittle," starring Rex Harrison and "Firepower," starring Sophia Loren, were shot here). It's because ...

Straddling the Franco-Swiss border is Lake Geneva, a 224-square-mile lake formed by the Rhône River. It has been a popular vacation spot for years, drawing such memorable names as Audrey Hepburn ...