Silvio Berlusconi

Sour notes thanks to opera cuts

Ozzy Osbourne channels a Canadian farmer, M.I.A. feuds with the New York Times, and there’s a new Gadhafi in town

Newsmakers of the week

A crackdown in Italy has netted 17 of the 30 most-wanted fugitives

So a blond walks into a courtroom, A royal plot goes for naught, and a partridge in a pear tree

He told Bindi, ‘You are more beautiful than intelligent’

Newsmakers of the week

Women, riches, power—Italy’s Silvio Berlusconi has it all. But is his act finally wearing thin?

From the Summer ’09 Newsmakers family edition

As the scandals mount, is Italy’s gaffe-prone PM at risk of cancellation?