https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Germany in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed A German actress has filed a lawsuit against Harvey Weinstein alleging the disgraced movie mogul raped her in 2006 at the Cannes Film Festival. https://www.thelocal.de/20180822/german-actress-accuses-harvey-weinstein-of-rape Wed, 22 Aug 2018 10:26:26 +0200 german-actress-accuses-harvey-weinstein-of-rape Chancellor Angela Merkel this week added Hollywood actor and previous People magazine's sexiest man alive, Richard Gere, to her long list of celebrity friends. https://www.thelocal.de/20170209/merkel-adds-richard-gere-to-her-long-list-of-hollywood-connections Thu, 09 Feb 2017 19:32:39 +0100 merkel-adds-richard-gere-to-her-long-list-of-hollywood-connections Natalie Ackermann was crowned Miss Germany in 2006. After building her career in Latin America she thinks she can bring something unique to Hollywood. https://www.thelocal.de/20160427/miss-germany-tries-to-break-hollywood-through-latino-soaps Wed, 27 Apr 2016 18:25:03 +0200 miss-germany-tries-to-break-hollywood-through-latino-soaps Berlin's world-renowned film festival, the Berlinale, on Wednesday announced Meryl Streep as its jury president for the 2016 event. https://www.thelocal.de/20151014/meryl-streep-names-jury-president-for-berlinale-2016 Wed, 14 Oct 2015 16:11:45 +0200 meryl-streep-names-jury-president-for-berlinale-2016 Leonardo DiCaprio is set to make a movie about Volkswagen's emissions cheating scandal, after his film company bought the rights to a book on the subject. https://www.thelocal.de/20151013/dicaprio-to-make-movie-about-vw-scandal Tue, 13 Oct 2015 12:06:10 +0200 dicaprio-to-make-movie-about-vw-scandal Hit US thriller series Homeland will receive €1 million of public funds from the Berlin-Brandenburg Media Board (MBB) for its fifth season, which starts shooting in the German capital on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.de/20150601/homeland-gets-1m-funding-for-berlin-shoot Mon, 01 Jun 2015 18:37:50 +0200 homeland-gets-1m-funding-for-berlin-shoot Director Steven Spielberg is to shoot his next film in Germany, the Berlin-Brandenburg Film Board announced on Monday. The Jurassic Park and Saving Private Ryan director is turning his attention to a Cold War spy thriller. https://www.thelocal.de/20140930/spielberg-to-shoot-spy-thriller-in-babelsberg Tue, 30 Sep 2014 10:56:00 +0200 spielberg-to-shoot-spy-thriller-in-babelsberg George Clooney confused a German man in a posh Berlin restaurant by paying for his dinner. The Hollywood star apparently feared he and his friends had been rude, but the baffled businessman didn't even notice the actor at the next table. https://www.thelocal.de/20130128/47599 Mon, 28 Jan 2013 11:20:00 +0100 47599 Hollywood actor Bruce Willis caused some hot and steamy commotion in Frankfurt over the weekend by taking a shower so sweltering that it set off the fire alarm in his luxury hotel suite, officials told The Local on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.de/20100622/28019 Tue, 22 Jun 2010 14:40:00 +0200 28019 German-born California socialite Frédéric Prinz von Anhalt, also known as the ninth husband of Hungarian-American actress Zsa Zsa Gabor, has announced his candidacy to become the governor of California. https://www.thelocal.de/20100127/24847 Wed, 27 Jan 2010 13:37:00 +0100 24847 Luise Rainer, a huge film star in Hollywood in the 1930s and the only German actress to win an Oscar, celebrates her 100th birthday on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.de/20100112/24529 Tue, 12 Jan 2010 19:41:00 +0100 24529 A piece of German art has found its way into Brad Pitt’s home: The actor bought Neo Rauch's "Etappe" for €710,000 at Art Basel. https://www.thelocal.de/20090611/19865 Thu, 11 Jun 2009 14:30:00 +0200 19865 British acting heavyweights Kate Winslet, Jude Law, Clive Owen and Naomi Watts will headline the next Berlin Film Festival with a clutch of new pictures, organisers said Friday. https://www.thelocal.de/20081212/16101 Fri, 12 Dec 2008 16:48:00 +0100 16101