Oscar Nominees Javier Bardem & Penelope Cruz Couple Up for the Annual Luncheon

Oscar winner Javier Bardem is enjoying a strong awards season run with a Best Actor nomination for Being The Ricardos and is also coming off his first Spanish-language movie in nearly two decades, Goya laureate The Good Boss. Below, we talk about balance — both at home and at work, as well as what the future holds. On the day Bardem and I were initially due to speak, Russia invaded Ukraine and the actor made a beeline to protest at the Russian embassy in Madrid. When we did hook up, we discussed why that was so important to him.

Steven Spielberg cited the hit Netflix Korean drama Squid Game as a game changer for the industry. Spielberg was among the nominated producers for the PGA Awards Zanuck Award speaking on a panel Saturday Morning at the Skirball Center in Los Angeles.

Being The Ricardos, said in a new interview that he once drunkenly agreed to work as a stripper when he was 20 years old.He told The Ellen DeGeneres Show that he’d been “stepping out of a friend’s fiancé’s cake” at a club when the venue owner asked him to return.“I did my routine again on the disco dance floor, and the owner of the disco said, ‘Will you do that every Friday?’ And I said, ‘Yeah, of course!’ because I was drunk,” Bardem said.He said that the club then hired him. Bardem appeared the following Friday for his debut (and only ever) performance, bringing along his mother and sister for support.“I was so nervous, I called my mom and my sister to accompany me to my striptease number,” he said.

Tim Gray Senior Vice PresidentOscar voters: If you still have films to watch before casting your Oscar ballot March 17-22, make sure one of them is writer-director Pedro Almodóvar’s “Parallel Mothers.” The film boasts two nominations: Lead actress Penélope Cruz and the music score of Alberto Iglesias, both incredibly good. Though some subtitled films may seem like homework, this one is a treat from start to finish.The work of the two nominees is closely connected.

EXCLUSIVE: Oscar-nominated filmmaker Stanley Nelson (Showtime’s Attica) is teaming up with Jacqueline Olive (Lincoln’s Dilemma) to direct the feature documentary, The Color of Cola.

Courtney Howard The delicate facets of parenthood are on full display in this season’s awards contenders. Whether they’re capturing the struggles of training world-class winners, instilling compassion and hope during the Troubles or tackling the stresses surrounding motherhood either by protecting or rejecting it, the acclaimed actors portraying these disparate parents blend movie magic with memory and imagination.Back in the late 1980s as “The Fresh Prince,” Will Smith scored a hit with “Parents Just Don’t Understand.” Yet, in a few decades’ time, he’s experiencing a royal ascension in director Reinaldo Marcus Green’s “King Richard,” playing father Richard Williams, who does understand what it takes to raise tennis champions. Aunjanue Ellis proves the perfect partner for verbal volleys as Oracene “Brandy” Williams, mother of Venus and Serena Williams.

Penelope Cruz wows in a gorgeous red dress while being honored at the 2022 Santa Barbara International Film Festival held at Arlington Theatre on Tuesday night (March 8) in Santa Barbara, Calif.

Javier Bardem’s might be the most unexpected of them all.The Academy Award-winning actor stopped by The Ellen DeGeneres Show on Wednesday, March 9. While on the program, Bardem talked to host Ellen DeGeneres about Being The Ridcardos, finding out he was nominated for an Oscar alongside his wife Penélope Cruz, and how his daughter helped convince him to join the cast of the upcoming The Little Mermaid live-action remake.Elsewhere in his interview, the 53-year-old revealed what happened back when he was 20 and decided to surprise a friend by popping out of their birthday cake.

Javier Bardem discusses his very short-lived stripping career as he chats to Ellen DeGeneres on her show Wednesday.

Nicole Kidman was a no-show at Monday’s annual Oscar Nominees Luncheon.

Maggie Gyllenhaal keeps close to husband Peter Sarsgaard for the 2022 Oscars Nominees Luncheon held at Fairmont Century Plaza on Monday (March 7) in Los Angeles.

COVID-19 pandemic and the subsequent health and safety protocols.  With invitations having just started to go out this week for the always glamorous March 27 bash, Page Six is reporting that it will again take place at the Wallis Annenberg Center For The Performing Arts in Beverly Hills, only this time the venue will be reimagined as an 'open air space.