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Sophia Loren Latest News

Birth Name:Sofia Villani Scicolone

Birth Place:Rome, Italy

Profession Actor, model, singer

A Day Out With Rizzoli & Isles Star Sasha Alexander

Sasha Alexander is nothing if not brave. After all, this is the same actress — currently starring as medical examiner Maura Isles on Season 3 of TNT's smash procedural Rizzoli & Isles — who walked away from a lead role on NCIS after only two seasons. She married the son of legendary Italian sex symbol Sophia Loren, a gig not for the faint of heart. And today, Alexander, 39, is swinging upside down from a trapeze suspended far above the Santa Monica Pier — her suggestion — despite admitting that she's spooked by heights. We set out to investigate what fuels her fearlessness.

Tue, Jul 31, 2012

Rizzoli & Isles' Sasha Alexander Welcomes a Son

It's a boy for Sasha Alexander.The Rizzoli & Isles star and her husband, writer/director Edoardo Ponti, welcomed son ...

Mon, Jan 10, 2011

Sophia Loren Surveys Her Classic Career

Each Wednesday in June, TCM has been paying tribute to Sophia Loren with an all-night marathon of her films. (This week's block opens at 8 pm/ET with 1958's Desire Under the Elms, costarring Anthony Perkins.) For six decades now, Italy's most intoxicating export since vino has dazzled fans with her voluptuous beauty and estimable talent. Since this is no time for false modesty, we persuaded her to take a bow. TV Guide: Onscreen, we see a goddess. What is it like to watch yourself?Sophia Loren: I’m always afraid because there will be things I may not like. But when I get accustomed to my face, I always say “I’m not so bad after all!” TV Guide: You affect guys like an aphrodisiac!Loren: [Laughs] You scare me! I think it’s nice to be looked at like a spec

Wed, Jun 18, 2008

Short Cuts: Smallville, Roger Corman and More

Attention, Smallville fans! Series cocreator Al Gough is taking your burning questions, to be answered in an upcoming Interviews & Features column. Go here for more.... The Corman Cult, an official fan community for director Roger Corman (the original Little Shop of Horrors), is now live.... Clive Owen is the face of Lancôme's new men's grooming products.... Carlo Ponti, one of Italy's best-known film producers and the husband of Sophia Loren, died on Wednesday at the age of 94.

Wed, Jan 10, 2007