Javier Bardem responds to people criticizing his casting as Desi Arnaz in the movie ‘Being the Ricardos’

Javier Bardem is having a busy 12 months. Not only has he already shot a live-action version of Disney’s “The Little Mermaid,” but his Spanish dramedy “The Good Boss” made the shortlist for the Academy Award for International Film (selected over Pedro Almodovar’s critically acclaimed “Parallel Mothers” starring his wife, Penelope Cruz, no less).

Academy Award-winning actor Javier Bardem experienced a reawakening while becoming intimately acquainted with Desi Arnaz, the I Love Lucy star who Bardem brings to life in Amazon’s Being the Ricardos. And it all happened while the past and present collided during multiple musical numbers including “Babalu” and “Cuban Pete,” and while listening to private audio recordings shared by Lucy and Desi’s daughter, Lucie Arnaz.

Penelope Cruz is opening up about why her children with husband Javier Bardem will not be on social media.

Penélope Cruz and Javier Bardem have always kept their children’s lives private and say they will continue to do so.

Javier Bardem recently commented again on the sexual abuse allegations made against Woody Allen. In 1992, Allen's daughter Dylan Farrow claimed her father molested her when she was seven years old.

Javier Bardem has claimed that the allegations of sexual abuse that have been made against Woody Allen are “just gossip.”

Jack Grealish feels like he is coming into form at Manchester City but accepts that people will look at how many goals and assists he is getting.

Vicky Cristina Barcelona in 2008, has spoken out in support of the director before, after he was cleared by two investigations in the 1990s of accusations of child molestation by his adopted daughter Dylan Farrow. Allen has always denied any wrongdoing.Bardem also attributes meeting his wife Penélope Cruz to the director, after they met on the set of Vicky Cristina Barcelona. Now in a new interview, Bardem has doubled down on his stance.

Javier Bardem is defending his casting in Being the Ricardos.

Nicole Kidman and Javier Bardem hit the panic button a month before they were scheduled to begin filming .

For Javier Bardem and Nicole Kidman, the pressure of taking on one of the most iconic sitcoms of all time came with a lot of pressure.

William Earl Variety will honor Academy Award-winning actor Javier Bardem at the Palm Springs International Film Festival on Friday, Jan.

Palm Springs International Film Awards. The acclaimed actress is the recipient of the Career Achievement Award for her performance in Being the Ricardos, a biopic about Ball and her husband, Desi Arnaz.“On American television there are few classic stars more beloved than Lucille Ball.

Jamie Lang The Spanish Academy surprised some this year when it selected Fernando León de Aranoa’s Javier Bardem-starrer “The Good Boss” (“El buen patrón”) as the country’s submission for this year’s Best International Feature Oscar race.

Golden Globes. Belfast and The Power of the Dog lead the pack with seven nominations each.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorTurning Nicole Kidman into Lucille Ball and Javier Bardem into Desi Arnaz in “Being the Ricardos” wasn’t only about creating a facsimile of the iconic 1950s TV duo.Rather, director Aaron Sorkin instructed hair department head Teressa Hill and makeup department head Ana Lozano, “We are not taking a photograph; we are painting a picture.” The approach is generating awards buzz for the below-the-line duo.The film, opening Dec.

Owen Gleiberman Chief Film CriticContrary to popular belief, not every piece of drama with Aaron Sorkin’s name on it has the inimitably timed, exquisitely percussive sound of I-top-you-no-I top-you combative patter known as Sorkinese. “The American President,” in its way, had a sweet flow to it.