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PENELOPE CRUZ KEEPS FAMILY UNDER WRAPS

No surprise that Penelope Cruz, 47, is looking adorable as usual- she’s in Madrid promoting her latest movie by Pedro Almodovar called Parallel Mothers. She was already named Best Actress for the movie at the Venice Film Festival so it looks like a hit. We didn’t realize that Penelope has two children with husband Javier Continue reading “PENELOPE CRUZ KEEPS FAMILY UNDER WRAPS”

Monday, October 4, 2021

CASTING CALL FOR FRED AND ETHEL MERTZ

Nice to hear that Aaron Sorkin has written and is directing a feature film about Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz called Being the Ricardos and it looks like Nicole Kidman and Javier Bardem will be starring. Lucy and Desi filmed 180 episodes (that’s a LOT!) of the hit show I Love Lucy for the six Continue reading “CASTING CALL FOR FRED AND ETHEL MERTZ”

Monday, January 11, 2021

CATE BLANCHETT: THE PERFECT LUCILLE BALL

Looks like Cate Blanchett’s Amazon project about Lucille Ball is finally happening and not a minute too soon! Aaron Sorkin’s script was originally called “Lucy & Desi,” but it’s been changed to “Untitled Lucille Ball Project”– maybe Desi isn’t so important. At one time Javier Bardem was suggested to play Desi – THAT we would Continue reading “CATE BLANCHETT: THE PERFECT LUCILLE BALL”

Monday, June 29, 2020

JAVIER BARDEM HAS GOT THE MOVES LIKE JAGGER

We love this moment on the Jimmy Kimmel show where Javier Bardem reminisced about the night HE won his Oscar and “ended up at the after-party dancing on a table doing an impersonation of Mick Jagger singing Sympathy for the Devil!” Bardem has that Jagger strut and hand movements down pat…

Wednesday, February 27, 2019

PENELOPE CRUZ AND JAVIER BARDEM: WHAT EVERYBODY DOESN’T KNOW

Now that the Met Gala has past, we turn our attention to The Cannes Film Festival – the next major fashion event. Spain’s power couple Penelope Cruz and Javier Bardem are as fabulous as anyone at the Met. They costarred in a new kidnapping thriller “Everybody Knows” that opened the festival, and the movie really Continue reading “PENELOPE CRUZ AND JAVIER BARDEM: WHAT EVERYBODY DOESN’T KNOW”

Tuesday, May 8, 2018

WOODY ALLEN DID SOMETHING RIGHT

Our favorite Spanish couple, Penelope Cruz, 43, and Javier Bardem, 49, introduced their new film Loving Pablo in Madrid. It’s the true story of Virginia Vallejo, a Spanish journalist who fell in love with notorious –and married- drug lord Pablo Escobar. She documented their volatile and dangerous romance in her memoir. We love that these Continue reading “WOODY ALLEN DID SOMETHING RIGHT”

Tuesday, March 6, 2018