NEWS OF THE WEEK: Sophia Loren leads tributes to screen icon Gina Lollobrigida

The display icon and intercourse image, recognized for starring in 1953’s Beat the Devil, handed away on the age of 95 on Monday. Over the course of their careers in Italian and Hollywood, Loren and Lollobrigida had been recognized for competing for a similar roles and depicted within the media as having a long-term rivalry. Following the news, Loren issued an announcement reflecting on Lollobrigida’s loss of life. “I’m deeply shaken and saddened,” she advised Italian news company ANSA. Elsewhere, Italy’s Culture Minister Gennaro Sangiuliano tweeted Lollobrigida’s “charm will remain eternal”…