https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Spain in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed He is Spain's best-known actor, but Javier Bardem says he has trouble getting work there. https://www.thelocal.es/20190404/oscar-winner-javier-bardem-struggles-to-get-work-in-spain Thu, 04 Apr 2019 11:01:18 +0200 oscar-winner-javier-bardem-struggles-to-get-work-in-spain Spain's Oscar-winner Javier Bardem warned Tuesday that the country risked a return to the era of dictator Francisco Franco as concerns mount over freedom of expression with artists probed or jailed for voicing their opinions. https://www.thelocal.es/20180523/javier-bardem-sounds-free-speech-warning-after-row-over-giant-vagina Wed, 23 May 2018 11:54:19 +0200 javier-bardem-sounds-free-speech-warning-after-row-over-giant-vagina It was where Javier Bardem memorably declared his love for Penelope Cruz in 2010 -- now the golden couple of Spanish cinema will open this year's Cannes film festival together on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.es/20180507/golden-couple-of-spanish-cinema-return-to-open-cannes-festival Mon, 07 May 2018 11:37:13 +0200 golden-couple-of-spanish-cinema-return-to-open-cannes-festival The Cannes film festival will open next month with Iranian master Asghar Farhadi's new film "Everybody Knows", starring Penelope Cruz and Javier Bardem, the organisers said Thursday. https://www.thelocal.es/20180405/penelope-cruz-and-javier-bardem-film-to-open-cannes-film-festiva Thu, 05 Apr 2018 13:20:55 +0200 penelope-cruz-and-javier-bardem-film-to-open-cannes-film-festiva Spanish acting royalty and real life husband and wife, Javier Bardem and Penelope Cruz will star in a new biopic of Colombian drug lord, Pablo Escobar. https://www.thelocal.es/20150514/cruz-and-bardem-to-team-up-for-escobar-biopic Thu, 14 May 2015 11:43:33 +0200 cruz-and-bardem-to-team-up-for-escobar-biopic Javier Bardem has been confirmed as the latest addition to the fifth outing of Pirates of the Caribbean. The Local takes a look at five essential films to reacquaint you with one of the most acclaimed Spanish actors of all time. https://www.thelocal.es/20150205/shiver-me-timbers-bardem-to-star-in-pirates-5 Thu, 05 Feb 2015 13:36:00 +0100 shiver-me-timbers-bardem-to-star-in-pirates-5 Spanish actress Penélope Cruz has been named the sexiest woman alive in 2014 by the US magazine Esquire, just months about being derided as 'the fool of the week' by conservative US television channel Fox News. https://www.thelocal.es/20141013/penlope-cruz-named-worlds-sexiest-woman-esquire Mon, 13 Oct 2014 18:13:00 +0200 penlope-cruz-named-worlds-sexiest-woman-esquire Husband and wife pair Javier Bardem and Penélope Cruz are among around 100 Spanish actors, artists and writers who have published an open letter denouncing what they are describe as 'genocide' in the Gaza Strip. https://www.thelocal.es/20140730/spanish-celebrities-slam-gaza-genocide Wed, 30 Jul 2014 14:58:00 +0200 spanish-celebrities-slam-gaza-genocide The 2014 Oscars ceremony could be one to forget for Spanish actress Penélope Cruz after it emerged the US Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scientists doesn't actually know who she is. https://www.thelocal.es/20140303/oscars-fail-academy-gets-spanish-stars-name-wrong Mon, 03 Mar 2014 18:39:00 +0100 oscars-fail-academy-gets-spanish-stars-name-wrong With the 86th Academy Awards just around the corner, The Local takes you on a guided tour of some of Spain's great Oscar moments. https://www.thelocal.es/20140228/spanish-oscar-secrets Fri, 28 Feb 2014 19:41:00 +0100 spanish-oscar-secrets Hollywood director Steven Spielberg is planning to pick Spanish actor Javier Bardem for the role of conquistador Hernán Cortés in his upcoming movie Montezuma. https://www.thelocal.es/20140108/spielberg-plans-epic-conquistador-movie-starring-bardem Wed, 08 Jan 2014 17:55:00 +0100 spielberg-plans-epic-conquistador-movie-starring-bardem The Spanish Hollywood star is enjoying being a mum at 39; so much so that she doesn't want to stop breastfeeding her baby girl. https://www.thelocal.es/20131218/breastfeeding-is-addictive-penlope-cruz Wed, 18 Dec 2013 15:20:53 +0100 breastfeeding-is-addictive-penlope-cruz Makers of upcoming Hollywood blockbuster The Gunman, starring Javier Bardem and Sean Penn, have been barred from filming a bullfighting scene in Barcelona. https://www.thelocal.es/20130729/bardem-blockbuster-hit-by-barcelona-bullfight-ban Mon, 29 Jul 2013 13:56:00 +0200 bardem-blockbuster-hit-by-barcelona-bullfight-ban Spanish celebrity couple Penélope Cruz and Javier Bardem welcomed the arrival of their new baby daughter on Monday, on the same day that Britain's Royals greeted a new member of their own family. https://www.thelocal.es/20130723/penelope-cruz-gives-birth-to-baby-girl Tue, 23 Jul 2013 17:35:00 +0200 penelope-cruz-gives-birth-to-baby-girl Spanish star Penélope Cruz is set to become the latest Bond girl at the age of 39. https://www.thelocal.es/20130603/penelope-cruz-set-to-become-latest-bond-girl Mon, 03 Jun 2013 12:08:00 +0200 penelope-cruz-set-to-become-latest-bond-girl The first public photo of a happily pregnant Penelope Cruz has been printed on Hola's front page. https://www.thelocal.es/20130313/hola-premieres-penelope-cruz-pregnacy-pic Wed, 13 Mar 2013 14:08:00 +0100 hola-premieres-penelope-cruz-pregnacy-pic