I have often found news articles to be great learning tools.  They open portals to new jargon in short bursts, as well as acquaint you with the events of your target country/culture.  Dan makes some good points; I appreciate the quip of a headline juxtaposed with a more formal body. 

Being a celebrity: a dream or a nightmare?

Everyone has dreamed of being a celebrity at least once in our life. Celebrities are beautiful, they have everything they want, they have a lot of money and travel around the world. When we women were <font style="background-color: yellow;">children</font>, we pretended to be a singer or an actress and we wore the heel<font style="background-color: yellow;">s </font>of our mum to be <font style="background-color: yellow;">fashionable</font>. But <strike>it is</strike> <font style="background-color: yellow;">is it</font> really as we believe it to be? It is not so easy to be famous. Obviously there are a lot of advantages, <font style="background-color: yellow;">such</font> as being rich or being <strike>in</strike> <font style="background-color: yellow;">on</font> television, however there are disadvantages too.
For instance they <strike>haven’t</strike> <font style="background-color: yellow;">don't have</font> a private life. Every time they go for a walk or <font style="background-color: yellow;">if</font> they want to go somewhere people ask them <font style="background-color: yellow;">for</font> photos, autographs and scream out loud when they see them. If they want to go somewhere they have to cover their face <strike>not to be</strike> in <font style="background-color: yellow;">order to not get</font> <font style="background-color: yellow;">recognized</font>, because people could be impertinent and annoying. Just think about <strike>the</strike> school. If they have children they have to take them to school and there will be a lot of people who recognise them.
Furthermore they are always judge<font style="background-color: yellow;">d</font> <strike>in</strike> <font style="background-color: yellow;">on</font> social media. People like judging other people behind a laptop and they <strike>could</strike> <font style="background-color: yellow;">can</font> be very cruel, so celebrities have to fight <font style="background-color: yellow;">("deal with")</font> false news about themselves.
In conclusion, being famous like celebrities isn’t always a dream, sometimes it is a nightmare. Obviously they <font style="background-color: yellow;">lead</font> a better life, <strike>speaking about money</strike> <font style="background-color: yellow;">in terms of financial comfort</font>, but I think having a private peaceful life is better than having money. “not all that glitters is gold”

Why is there so much litter scattered in the streets of Rome?

Why is there so much litter scattered in the streets of Rome?
There are many causes, such as two long vacations, the difficulties the composting plants are facing ("difficulties faced by composting plants" flows better, sounds more formal), and <strike>a</strike> <strike>below</strike> <font style="background-color: yellow;">sub-standard</font> waste collection. 

For <strike>a few</strike> <font style="background-color: yellow;">several</font> days, the Roman streets have been scattered with litter <strike>again</strike>, as <strike>it’d </strike> <font style="background-color: yellow;">has</font> happened <strike>so many times</strike> <font style="background-color: yellow;">frequently</font> in <strike>the past</strike> <font style="background-color: yellow;">recent</font> years <strike>yet</strike>. The situation is getting worse in the neighbourhoods of Tor Sapienza, <strike>at</strike> <font style="background-color: yellow;">to the</font> west, and Nuovo Salario, in the north of the town, but some discomfort <strike>s have </strike><font style="background-color: yellow;">has</font> been recorded in other areas, also. Mayor Virginia Raggi has acknowledged the harsh criticisms <strike>of these days</strike> and yesterday her staff came up with a plan to deal with this serious situation. At the same time, Raggi criticized the Democratic Party, the former administration and the region, since, according to her, they are doing very little to work this out ("address the issue"?). The Democratic Party arranged a demonstration to be held next Sunday, in many areas of the city. The demonstrators will clean up streets and parks (even if it’s not that clear where all this rubbish will be collected)

The Roman litter issue has a long <strike>past</strike> <font style="background-color: yellow;">history</font> <strike>though</strike>. The city started recycling <strike>after many years</strike> <strike>compared to</strike> <font style="background-color: yellow;">many </font><font style="background-color: yellow;">years after</font> other Italian and European cities, <strike>whereas.</strike> <font style="background-color: yellow;">while</font> the composting plants are supervised by Manlio Cerrni, a fat cat who has been suspected for many years of managing his plants in a controversial way. It must be added that AMA, the company managing the city litter, had some financial issues and was about to go bankrupt a couple of years ago.

Devi fare una ricerca su rockit.it...ho scoperto un sacco di gruppi con suoni freschi, se sei una di quelle persone che evita i troppo mainstream. :P Alcuni dei miei perferiti, piu' o meno di stile rock: Violacida, I Muri, Tre Allegri Ragazzi Morti, Bud Spencer Blues Explosion, I Ratti della Sabina, Fast Animals and Slow Kids, Zeman, Nu Bohemien. Ci sono anche Verdena, The Zen Circus, e Finley.