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Javier Bardem Can’t Believe Penélope Cruz Is Really His Wife

Javier Bardem Can’t Believe Penélope Cruz Is Really His Wife

Javier Bardem has been sharing his life with Penélope Cruz for more than 20 years. The couple, who married in an intimate ceremony in 2010 and have two children, rarely talk about their relationship as a couple, but on this occasion, the star of The Good Patron made an exception in an interview with Variety in the lead-up to to the Cannes Film Festival. “She’s a woman I’m so blessed by having had the chance to be at the same time, in the same place, in life,” Bardem told the magazine. Javier Bardem and Penélope Cruz have been together for more than 20 years. Carlos Alvarez/Getty Images “It’s important that you respect and support your partner, but also that you admire that person for what she is, for what she does,” Bardem said. “Penélope is an amazing, beautiful, good human being—the way she relates to her family, to her friends, to our kids, to me, to herself. It’s been a lot of years, and I haven’t seen a hint of malice in her.” “On top …

Cape Fear remake drops terrifying trailer as Javier Bardem takes on killer role

Cape Fear remake drops terrifying trailer as Javier Bardem takes on killer role

It’s just one month until Apple TV’s adaptation of Cape Fear lands on our screens and now we finally have an official trailer for the 10-part series. While a teaser was unveiled back in March, this is our first proper look at the new iteration of the psychological thriller – and it promises to be just as twisted as expected. The trailer starts with Anna (Amy Adams) and husband Tom Bowden (Patrick Wilson) informing their children that convicted killer Max Cady (Javier Bardem) is being released from prison. Freed by new evidence in the violent murder that put him behind bars, Anna – who served as Max’s lawyer – is visibly shaken when she looks up from the stage at an event she’s presenting only to find Max in the crowd, slowly clapping her. It’s clear that Max is on a revenge mission but for what? Well, as Anna questions Tom about whether Max “could know about what we did”, it seems as though he’s found out something about his case that Anna wanted to …

Javier Bardem claims he’s lost out on roles and brand deals over his support for Palestine

Javier Bardem claims he’s lost out on roles and brand deals over his support for Palestine

Get the latest entertainment news, reviews and star-studded interviews with our Independent Culture email Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Javier Bardem has claimed he’s faced “professional punishment” due to his outspoken support for Palestine. The Spanish actor, 57, is among the most vocal celebrity activists for Gaza amid the war with Israel. At the 2026 Oscars in March, Bardem wore an anti-war patch and a pro-Palestine pin on his suit. “No to war and free Palestine,” he declared before presenting the award for Best International Feature Film, alongside Priyanka Chopra. Speaking to Variety in a new interview, the Oscar-winning No Country for Old Men star said that, like Susan Sarandon — who in February said it’s been “impossible” for her to even find television roles after her participation in a pro-Palestine rally in 2023 — he, too, has lost out on jobs because of his stance. “Yes, I’ve heard things: ‘They were going to call you about that project, but …

Javier Bardem Condemns ‘Trump and Netanyahu’ for ‘Another Illegal War’ at a Very Political Oscars

Javier Bardem Condemns ‘Trump and Netanyahu’ for ‘Another Illegal War’ at a Very Political Oscars

There is a long history of stars wading into politics at the Oscars, from Marlon Brando’s refusal of his best actor award in 1973 to Michael Moore’s acceptance speech the last time the awards ceremony happened within days of the US launching a war in the Middle East. (The documentarian condemned the Bush administration from the stage to a mixed response from the room.) With the increasingly high stakes of American politics, many stars are braving potential loss of work or public eye-rolls to speak out. ICE pins, worn in protest of Trump’s bloody immigration crackdown, have been a recurring character on red carpets this awards season. And there is one person who absolutely cares about what these stars say and think. Trump, who has yet to weigh in on this year’s Oscars, has expressed outrage at past winners, including 2020 best picture Parasite (“What the hell was that all about?”) and The Apprentice, which scooped up two nominations in 2025. (Trump labeled the withering biopic “a cheap, defamatory, and politically disgusting hatchet job.”) The …

Berlinale 2026: Javier Bardem and Tilda Swinton sign ‘dismayed’ letter slamming Berlin film festival’s ‘silence’ on Gaza

Berlinale 2026: Javier Bardem and Tilda Swinton sign ‘dismayed’ letter slamming Berlin film festival’s ‘silence’ on Gaza

Get the latest entertainment news, reviews and star-studded interviews with our Independent Culture email Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Javier Bardem, Tilda Swinton, and Brian Cox are among 81 artists who have signed an open letter addressed to the organisers of the Berlin Film Festival, questioning the “institutional silence on the genocide of Palestinians”. The celebrities on Tuesday also called for Berlinale to take a clear stance on Israel’s war in Gaza. The letter has come amid severe backlash to statements made by the festival’s awards jury president, Wim Wenders. The jury was asked about their views on on the German government’s “support of the genocide in Gaza” and the festival’s “selective treatment of human rights” issues, to which Wenders responded saying filmmakers “have to stay out of politics”. “We are the counterweight of politics, we are the opposite of politics. We have to do the work of people, not the work of politicians,” he said. Backlash to his statement …