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 Hollywood star Penelope Cruz warned Sunday that technology was driving high anxiety that would one day make "all our brains explode". https://www.thelocal.es/20190902/penelope-cruz-i-have-my-personal-war-with-technology Mon, 02 Sep 2019 10:52:19 +0200 penelope-cruz-i-have-my-personal-war-with-technology Spanish Oscar winner Penelope Cruz said Wednesday that putting a firewall between acting and her private life -- even when working with husband Javier Bardem -- had put a stop to the "torture" of her early years in the industry. https://www.thelocal.es/20180509/penelope-cruz-puts-torture-of-early-work-behind-her Wed, 09 May 2018 17:26:54 +0200 penelope-cruz-puts-torture-of-early-work-behind-her 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 Oscar-winning Spanish actress Penelope Cruz has expressed her support for the women who have had spoken out about "horrible experiences" and alleged sexual assaults at the hands of Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein. https://www.thelocal.es/20171013/penelope-cruz-speaks-out-on-weinstein-abuse-of-power Fri, 13 Oct 2017 12:23:14 +0200 penelope-cruz-speaks-out-on-weinstein-abuse-of-power Oscar-winning Spanish actor Penelope Cruz is moving behind the camera to direct a documentary on childhood leukaemia. https://www.thelocal.es/20151013/penelope-cruz-to-direct-documentary-on-childhood-leukaemia Tue, 13 Oct 2015 10:48:37 +0200 penelope-cruz-to-direct-documentary-on-childhood-leukaemia The oscar-winning actress returns to Spanish cinema after a nearly six-year absence, playing the role of a woman fighting breast cancer. https://www.thelocal.es/20150910/penelope-cruz-returns-to-spanish-cinema-with Thu, 10 Sep 2015 11:08:12 +0200 penelope-cruz-returns-to-spanish-cinema-with 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 was ordered to pay the editor of a Danish tabloid 25,000 kroner (€3,350) after she lost a court battle over topless photos. https://www.thelocal.es/20150202/penlope-cruz-to-pay-tabloid-over-topless-pics Mon, 02 Feb 2015 17:44:00 +0100 penlope-cruz-to-pay-tabloid-over-topless-pics 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 Spanish film star Penelope Cruz has been called 'Fool of the Week' by Fox News as she and her husband Javier Bardem continue to suffer the consequences of speaking out against Israel in an open letter they signed together with other Spanish artists. https://www.thelocal.es/20140806/penelope-cruz-named-idiot-of-the-week-over-gaza-comments Wed, 06 Aug 2014 12:43:00 +0200 penelope-cruz-named-idiot-of-the-week-over-gaza-comments A Spanish publishing company is paying tribute to the successes of the country's most famous Hollywood export, Penélope Cruz, by turning her into a comic character. https://www.thelocal.es/20140319/penelope-cruz-comic Wed, 19 Mar 2014 08:44:00 +0100 penelope-cruz-comic 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 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 To celebrate the San Sebastian Film Festival currently being held in the north of Spain, The Local has put together a picture gallery of ten of the country's most beautiful actresses. https://www.thelocal.es/20130923/top-ten-beautiful-spanish-actresses Mon, 23 Sep 2013 19:09:00 +0200 top-ten-beautiful-spanish-actresses Spanish actress Penelope Cruz has made her directing debut with a lingerie commercial that features her very pregnant sister Monica alongside footballer Cristiano Ronaldo's model girlfriend. https://www.thelocal.es/20130802/penelope-cruz-shoots-spicy-lingerie-video Fri, 02 Aug 2013 12:12:00 +0200 penelope-cruz-shoots-spicy-lingerie-video 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