Daniel Brühl Takes the Directorial Leap with ‘La puerta de al lado’: A Dark Comedy Exploring Social Inequalities

Cinema

The Hispanic-German actor makes his directorial debut with ‘The Door Next Door,’ a farce with a ‘thriller’ ending that delves into social inequalities. “Populism is rotting us and dividing us,” he warns.

Daniel Brühl in 'The Door Next Door'
Review | The Door Next Door

The German actor debuts behind the camera with a black comedy about the glass bubble of stardom.

Jamie Dornan at the Los Angeles premiere of 'Belfast,' the film by Kenneth Branagh that could take him further away from his remembered role as Christian Grey in the '50 Shades' saga.
Please try to forget that he is super handsome

He accepted one of the most coveted roles of the century but paid the consequences. After some years in lower-budget productions and away from fame in the English countryside, his role in ‘Belfast’ could earn him all the awards that Christian Grey denied him.

Junior García during the press conference this Thursday in Madrid.
CUBA

“I broke,” acknowledges the playwright and one of the main leaders of the opposition to Castroism, in a YouTube interview after arriving in Spain.

Iñaki Gabilondo receives his award at the Ondas gala this Tuesday.
Ondas Awards

Carles Francino hosts the gala for the “reunion of the awards after the pandemic.”

Britney Spears during the MTV Video Music Awards gala in 2016.
Singers

The singer enjoys her first weekend without parental guardianship alongside her fiancé, Sam Asghari.

Nick Mohammed, creator and co-star of 'Intelligence,' in the second season of the series.
Series

The British comedian, one of the central characters of ‘Ted Lasso,’ is the creator of the comedy ‘Intelligence,’ starring David Schwimmer.

Britney Spears (left) and Paris Hilton at the MTV Awards 2008.
Britney Spears

It has been a month since the Superior Court determined that her father would no longer have custody of the singer, something that many artists have celebrated on social media.

Will Ferrell, on the left, as Marty, and Paul Rudd, the psychiatrist, in the first episode of 'The Shrink Next Door'.
Series

Will Ferrell and Paul Rudd star in ‘The Shrink Next Door,’ a drama with touches of black comedy based on true events.

Georg Friedrich and Franz Rogowski, in 'Great Freedom,' winner of the Giraldillo de Oro in Seville.
18th European Film Festival of Seville

The French film ‘Onoda’ receives awards for best screenplay and the Grand Jury Prize, which it shares with the Hispanic-Lebanese film ‘Costa Brava, Lebanon.’

Tristán Ulloa, actor, depicted in the Plaza de las Cortes, Madrid.

Tristán Ulloa, actor, portrayed in the Plaza de las Cortes, Madrid.

The Upside and the Downside

He still has the air of a teenager who argues with himself. He is now rehearsing for the theater play ‘True West’ by Sam Shepard, where he is the brother of Pablo Derqui.

Admiring fans of Britney Spears celebrate the verdict outside the Stanley Mosk courthouse in Los Angeles.
‘Britney Spears Case’

The California Supreme Court ends 13 years of parental guardianship over the singer. The star’s fans celebrate the ruling in Los Angeles.

Taylor Swift at the premiere of 'Cats' in New York in 2019.
Singers

The new 10-minute version of ‘All Too Well’ is included in the re-recording of one of her old albums, to which she has added six other unreleased tracks.

Paris Hilton and Carter Reum at the LACMA Art + Film gala 2021 in Los Angeles on November 6, 2021.
Celebrities

The couple has said “I do” in a Los Angeles mansion that belonged to Barron Hilton, the late grandfather of the bride.

Luis Tosar and Blanca Portillo in 'Maixabel'.
Forqué Awards

On television, the series ‘Hierro’ and ‘La Fortuna’ achieve three nominations at the audiovisual producers’ awards, whose gala will be held on December 11.

Actress Macarena Gómez poses at the Academy of Perfume in Madrid.
Actresses

The 43-year-old actress makes her singing debut with ‘Your Fragrance Flies,’ a disco-tinged song produced by Carlos Jean.

Actor Dean Stockwell in 1988.
Obituary

The performer was an Oscar nominee for ‘Married to the Mob’ and began as a child actor in ‘Kim’ and ‘Taking Off.’

Bertha Ocaña, Nerea Godínez, Octavio Pérez and Ana Lucía Ocaña, relatives of actor Octavio Ocaña.

The mysterious death of actor Octavio Pérez Ocaña, 22 years old, after a police chase has shaken a family that only stands strong due to a belief: ‘Tavo’ was murdered.

Antonio Resines, photographed at his home in Madrid.
Actors

The actor has participated in over a hundred films and series. “I’m an average guy. Plus, I’m bald, and since there are many, that equalizes me with the average,” he says.

George Clooney, at the presentation of the miniseries 'Catch-22' in Hollywood in 2019.
George Clooney

The actor, who has previously sued other magazines for the same reason, has sent a letter to ‘The Daily Mail,’ among others, asking for “moderation” when including images of his twins’ faces in their articles.

Kieran Culkin (left) and Macaulay Culkin, at an awards gala in March 1991 in Los Angeles.
Succession, indeed

A despotic father and the early overwhelming success of an older brother made Kieran Culkin look suspiciously at the entertainment industry throughout his life. Now, thanks to his acclaimed portrayal of Roman Roy, he embraces the profession while trying not to become a celebrity.

Alejandro Amenábar and Karra Elejalde at the party for the ICON awards held at the Nave La Mosca.
Parties

The sixth edition of the men’s magazine EL PAÍS awards brought together an unusual mix of movie stars, architects, urban music idols, and 21st-century philosophers in Madrid.

Tom Hanks at the premiere of 'Finch' on November 2, 2021 in Hollywood, California.
Actors

The actor and producer explained that he might have reconsidered if the trip had been free, as was the case for William Shatner from ‘Star Trek.’

Actor Will Smith at the premiere of the movie 'Aladdin' in London in 2019.
Actors

In the memoirs that bear his name, the actor talks about the most traumatic moment he lived in his childhood and the crises faced in his marriage to Jada Pinkett.

Teri Hatcher, Felicity Huffman, Marcia Cross, Eva Longoria, actresses from the series 'Desperate Housewives'
TELEVISION SERIES

It was one of the most relevant series of the early century, turning its protagonists into stars and its influence remains current; however, it has not achieved the same status as its generational peers. Why?

Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck, last September in New York.
CELEBRITIES

The couple composed of the singer and the actor spent Halloween night with Affleck’s children and his ex-wife, with whom he was married for 10 years.

Actress Kristen Stewart and her fiancée Dylan Meyer in New York in September 2021.
Kristen Stewart

The ‘Twilight’ actress announces her engagement to her girlfriend after two years of a formal relationship, although they met seven years ago on the set of a film.

Hayden Christensen perfecting his winner look before one of the cameras covering the MET gala held in New York in 2005, when his career was on the rise.
Anakin, second attempt

The role of Anakin Skywalker in the ‘Star Wars’ saga seemed destined to make him a star, but the dark legend of the character also engulfed him. Now, at 40, he is trying again in the TV series ‘Ahsoka,’ the new fiction of a franchise that refuses to die.

Actor Octavio Ocaña during the presentation of a new season of the series 'Neighbors' in 2018.

Octavio Pérez rejects the version of the Prosecutor’s Office that states the ‘Neighbors’ actor accidentally shot himself in the head during a police chase.

Yon González, one of the most recognized faces on television, returns to cinema with the drama 'Once Upon a Time in Euskadi'.
Please don’t go, Mr. González

The actor, one of the veteran faces of Spanish television, returns to the big screen with the drama ‘Once Upon a Time in Euskadi,’ which portrays the years of lead in a Basque town.

Actor Octavio Ocaña, known for the character Benito Rivers from the series 'Neighbors'.

The ‘Neighbors’ actor fired the gun he was holding at the moment he lost control of the car and crashed.

Actor Octavio Ocaña in 2020 during the presentation of a season of 'Neighbors'.

The 22-year-old actor appears still alive in a video recorded a few minutes after crashing and receiving a gunshot to the head. He later died in the hospital.

Actor Alec Baldwin speaking to the media waiting for him outside the house where he is sheltering these days, northeast of New York.
Alec Baldwin Case

In a conversation with his wife, Hilaria Baldwin, recorded on his mobile phone, the actor states that he is in constant contact with those responsible for the investigation as well as with the widow of the cinematographer.

Emilio Gutiérrez Caba, actor. Photograph by BERNARDO PÉREZ. Video by OLIVIA LÓPEZ and PAULA CASADO
PEOPLE WITH LIGHT

The great actor, the only male sibling of a saga of actresses, collects three career awards, claims his feminine side, and demystifies the advantages of aging inside and outside the stage: “Aging is a total drag.”

Octavio Ocaña during the presentation of the seventh season of 'Neighbors' on February 11, 2020.
Actors

The 22-year-old actor died on Friday afternoon in the State of Mexico after a police chase.

Cosimo Fusco: “Fame is an ugly beast and stars know it”
In a few words

The actor is one of the protagonists of the film ‘Veneciafrenia,’ a nightmare about the rampant tourism by Álex de la Iglesia.

Ángel Solo, actor from the scene 'The Dinner' from Don Juan of Alcalá de Henares, in the Cervantes Salon Theater.
Theater

Myth and reality in the 35th celebration of Zorrilla’s work in Alcalá de Henares with artists like Blanca Portillo and Ángel Solo.

Frame from the third season of 'Luis Miguel: the series'
Netflix

Netflix releases the last six episodes about the singer’s life, revealing some of his most critical moments.

Olivia Colman as Elizabeth II in a scene from the fourth season of 'The Crown'.
Elizabeth II

Series, films, and novels exploit the fascination for a figure that has become a global icon and enlarge her legend with a character that is now part of pop culture.

Actor and presenter Óscar Cadena at a social event in Cancun, Mexico.
OBITUARIES

The iconic actor and presenter will be remembered for spaces that broke audience records on Mexican television.

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