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Yahoo! My Yahoo! Mail Yahoo! Search Search: Sign InNew User? Sign Up News Home - Help Navigation Primary Navigation Home Singapore Asia Pacific World Business Entertainment Sports Technology Top Stories Most Popular Secondary Navigation Asia Pacific World Search Search: Hollywood image behind Berlusconi's staying power: author AFP - Monday, March 9 ROME (AFP) - - Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's staying power is largely down to his carefully crafted celebrity image, according to a new book. ADVERTISEMENT "Berlusconi is the first Italian politician since the end of the Second World War to be concerned with his image with the same regularity as Mussolini," said Marco Belpoliti, whose book "The Body of the Boss" sold 10,000 copies in a few days. Berlusconi, who will mark 15 years in Italian politics at the end of March, has modelled himself on the US actor-turned-president Ronald Reagan, said Belpoliti, who studied semiotics with philosopher Umberto Eco. The goal, of course, is to project a glamorous image of eternal youth, to charm the electorate with the promise of a "happy ending," Belpoliti told AFP. The television age has allowed Berlusconi to go far beyond Mussolini in image crafting: "For his photos, Mussolini struck poses like silent movie actors. He was expressive without words," Belpoliti said. The downside is that Berlusconi -- whose media empire includes three television channels -- "knows that he will be seen up close." The leader known by the nickname "Il Cavaliere" (The Knight) has had cosmetic surgery on his eyes and hair grafts, he wears foundation makeup and dyes his hair. For official photographs, the camera lens was once covered with a stocking to soften his wrinkles, just as they did in Hollywood. Digital photography has since brought about more sophisticated techniques. After Mussolini's execution in 1945, when his body was hung by the feet in a Milan square, political figures disappeared from the scene, to be replaced by the competing Communist and Christian Democrat ideologies that dominated Italian political life for half a century. "Berlusconi's body is everything, because he doesn't have an ideology, neither right nor left," Belpoliti said. "In today's society, the body is our only asset, the only value that we must take care of and that everyone shares. What is different about Berlusconi is that he uses it in an exaggerated way." Berlusconi, whom Belpoliti described as a "producer of signs", was re-elected in 2001 and again in 2008, keeping his brand alive while in the opposition through a sort of "televised populism." Can he keep going, now that he is 72, 15 years after winning March 27, 1994, elections just a few months after launching his Forza Italia party? "He has arrived at a very delicate time in his career," Belpoliti said. "He has to address the economic crisis. And the election of (US President Barack) Obama (aged 47) made him realise his age. He wanted time to stop, but he is dying a little each day, as we all are." The book, in Italian, is published by Guanda. Email Story IM Story Printable View Blog This Recommend this article Average (0 votes) Sign in to recommend this article » Most Recommended Stories » Related Articles: Hollywood Hollywood image behind Berlusconi's staying power: authorAFP - Monday, March 9 Rita Wilson joining Streep and Baldwin in movieReuters - Monday, March 9 Hollywood pulling plug on hospital for its ownAP - Saturday, March 7 Football star, actor Brian Bosworth arrested for DUIReuters - Saturday, March 7 Related Articles: Entertainment & Lifestyle Grand Ole Opry member Hank Locklin dies in Ala.AP - 55 minutes ago U2 announces concert dates for European tourAP - 1 hour 1 minute ago Metallica singer Hetfield hospitalized in SwedenAP - 1 hour 16 minutes ago Iggy Pop releasing 'quieter' album with French touchAFP - 1 hour 51 minutes ago Documentary filmmaker Ken Burns losing GM backingAP - Tuesday, March 10 Enlarge Photo Italian writer Marco Belpoliti poses for a photo during an interview in central Rome, on March 4. Belpolti's recent book "The body of the leader," about Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, sold some 10,000 copies in just a few days. Related Photos Slideshow Hollywood Related Full Coverage Hollywood News Get the latest Hollywood news All Full Coverage Most Popular – Entertainment Viewed US calls on G20 to help bolster int'l demand: report Russian media teases Clinton over 'reset' button GM, Canadian union agree to wage, pension freeze Business groups slam German nationalisation bill Bleak jobs report dampens hopes for US recovery View Complete List » Search: Home Singapore Asia Pacific World Business Entertainment Sports Technology Top Stories Most Popular Copyright © 2009 Yahoo! Southeast Asia Pte Ltd. (Co. Reg. No. 199700735D). All Rights Reserved. Privacy Policy - Terms of Service - Community - Intellectual Property Rights Policy - Help

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