Daily entertainment news covering Pedro Almodovar en-US http://backend.userland.com/rss 60 http://www.starpulse.com/ http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2009/11/11/casule_reviews_of_20212_the_fantastic_mr Wed, 11 Nov 2009 09:01:39 EST Entertainment News 143711@http://www.starpulse.com/news "2012" — The end is not near enough for this latest nihilistic disaster flick, directed by end-of-the-world specialist Roland Emmerich ("The Day After Tomorrow,"

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"Hercules" star Kevin Sorbo (1958)

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Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/09/24/celebrity_birthdays_september_91 Wed, 24 Sep 2008 03:00:00 EST Entertainment News 97655@http://www.starpulse.com/news Happy Birthday to Olympic gymnasts Paul and Morgan Hamm (1982), Knight Rider star Justin Bruening (1979), Slipknot percussionist Shawn "Clown" Crahan (1969), "My Big Fat Greek Wedding" star Nia Vardalos (1962), "Hercules" star Kevin Sorbo (1958),

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/09/24/celebrity_birthdays_september_60 Mon, 24 Sep 2007 03:00:59 EST Entertainment News 59583@http://www.starpulse.com/news Happy Birthday to Olympic gymnasts Paul and Morgan Hamm (1982), WWE star Stephanie McMahon (1976), Slipknot percussionist Shawn "Clown" Crahan (1969), "My Big Fat Greek Wedding" star Nia Vardalos (1962), "Hercules" star Kevin Sorbo (1958),

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/09/21/pedro_almodovar_slams_u_s_cinema_ Fri, 21 Sep 2007 09:53:56 EST Entertainment News 60918@http://www.starpulse.com/news Spanish director Pedro Almodovar has slammed contemporary U.S. cinema - because of its "infantile" approach to filming. The movie maker insists the quality of new movies across the world is diminishing, but singles out America for criticism over its reliance on computer game-like sensibilities.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/07/05/gaultier_eyes_hollywood_royalty_with_ari Thu, 05 Jul 2007 08:35:53 EST Entertainment News 50091@http://www.starpulse.com/news PARIS (AP) - Paris designers looked to Hollywood on Wednesday with haute couture collections that could vie for ''best dressed'' on the red carpet.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/06/22/diana_rigg_takes_lead_role_in_almodovar Fri, 22 Jun 2007 12:23:22 EST Entertainment News 48416@http://www.starpulse.com/news Emmy-award winning actress Diana Rigg has landed one of the main roles in the U.K. stage adaptation of Spanish director Pedro Almodovar's film All About My Mother. The former The Avengers star will play Huma Roto, a famous actress who is responsible for the death of a 17-year-old boy, at London's Old Vic. And the casting has met with the approval of Almodovar.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/06/12/spaniards_prefer_hollywood_films Tue, 12 Jun 2007 19:30:00 EST Entertainment News 46753@http://www.starpulse.com/news Spaniards would prefer to watch Hollywood movies than films made in Spain, according to a revealing new survey. Almost 60 per cent of Spanish film fans polled by media group Sigma Dos confessed they'd turn their backs on movies by homegrown directors Pedro Almodovar and Bigas Luna if a blockbuster U.S. film was showing at their local cinema.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/03/19/stars_take_part_in_peace_rallies_over_th Mon, 19 Mar 2007 08:54:15 EST Entertainment News 34291@http://www.starpulse.com/news Celebrated Spanish movie maker Pedro Almodovar and actor Martin Sheen were among the celebrities taking part in peace rallies around the world on Saturday. Volver director Almodovar joined tens of thousands of people to protest the war in Iraq in Madrid, Spain, while Sheen took a break from his studies in Ireland to march in Los Angeles.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/02/23/penelope_cruz_aamp_javier_bardem_re_team Fri, 23 Feb 2007 09:15:55 EST Entertainment News 31479@http://www.starpulse.com/news Spanish cinema stars Penelope Cruz and Javier Bardem are reuniting for Woody Allen to shoot their first screen pairing since 1992. Jamon Jamon launched the pair's glittering career when Cruz was just 19 and her co-star Bardem was 23. They since appeared in Pedro Almodovar's Live Flesh in 1997 but didn't share a scene.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/01/30/penelope_cruz_and_pedro_almodovar_to_ret Tue, 30 Jan 2007 16:11:54 EST Entertainment News 27653@http://www.starpulse.com/news Oscar nominee Penelope Cruz is set to re-team with Volver director Pedro Almodovar for his next feature - La Piel Que Habito. The film is based on French author Thierry Jonquet's 1995 novel Mygale about a plastic surgeon who exacts hideous revenge on his daughter's rapist.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2006/12/21/volver_aamp_alatriste_lead_goya_nominati Thu, 21 Dec 2006 09:39:19 EST Entertainment News 24371@http://www.starpulse.com/news Pedro Almodovar's Volver and Agustin Diaz Yanes' Alatriste are the leading contenders for Spain's Goya Awards, taking 14 and 15 nominations respectively. The two movies will go head-to-head at the end of January in the Best Film and Best Director categories.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2006/10/31/tom_cruise_s_exes_to_make_film_together Tue, 31 Oct 2006 09:16:40 EST Entertainment News 20103@http://www.starpulse.com/news Tom Cruise's ex-wife Nicole Kidman is set to star alongside his latest former lover Penelope Cruz in a new movie. Spanish filmmaker Pedro Almodovar and his muse Cruz are hoping to persuade Kidman to join the director's forthcoming untitled project.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2006/09/29/volver_to_compete_for_foreign_language_o Fri, 29 Sep 2006 09:16:47 EST Entertainment News 17232@http://www.starpulse.com/news Spanish filmmaker Pedro Almodovar was celebrating last night after his Penelope Cruz-starring film Volver beat off stiff competition to represent his homeland at next year's Oscars. The movie was chosen ahead of Agustin Diaz Yanes' "Alatriste" and "Salvador" by Manuel Huerga by the Spanish Film Academy to battle it out in the foreign language category.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2006/09/24/celebrity_birthdays_september_24 Sun, 24 Sep 2006 03:00:00 EST Entertainment News 15578@http://www.starpulse.com/news Happy Birthday to Olympic gymnasts Paul and Morgan Hamm (1982), WWE star Stephanie McMahon (1976), Slipknot percussionist Shawn "Clown" Crahan (1969), "My Big Fat Greek Wedding" star Nia Vardalos (1962), "Hercules" star Kevin Sorbo (1958), Morphine bassist Mark Sandman (1952; d. 1999), Spanish film director Pedro Almodovar (1951), "NewsRadio" star Phil Hartman (1948; d. 1998), "NYPD Blue" actor Gordon Clapp (1948), Gerry and the Pacemakers singer Gerry Marsden (1942), singer Linda McCartney (1941; d. 1998), "Muppets" creator Jim Henson (1936; d. 1990), and "The Great Gatsby" author F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896; d. 1940)

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2006/09/15/volver_director_inspired_penelope_cruz_t Fri, 15 Sep 2006 08:38:58 EST Entertainment News 16016@http://www.starpulse.com/news Spanish beauty Penelope Cruz was inspired to become an actress after watching a film by Pedro Almodovar when she was only 13. And Cruz was so amazed when the filmmaker offered her a part only three years later, she thought it was a joke at first.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2006/08/09/movie_snippets Wed, 09 Aug 2006 15:51:39 EST Entertainment News 12610@http://www.starpulse.com/news * Matthew McConaughey and Kate Hudson are to team up on the big screen again in a new adventure comedy. The pair, who played lovers in How To Lose A Guy In 10 Days, will play divorced treasure hunters in new film "Fool's Gold."

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2006/07/31/sony_pictures_classics_re_releases_eight Mon, 31 Jul 2006 13:35:28 EST Entertainment News 11654@http://www.starpulse.com/news "Viva Pedro" will open in New York and Los Angeles in August and expand throughout the United States this Fall. The theatrical re-release will introduce new audiences to Almodóvar and at the same time present the films to his many fans in the manner which they are meant to be seen and appreciated. Brand new prints have been made of all eight films. Several of these titles have not been shown in theaters since their original release.

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