José Coronado, No Rest for the Wicked Pedro Almodóvar didn't have much luck at the Spanish Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' Goya Awards this evening in Madrid: Almodóvar's The Skin I Live In won a total of four Goyas, but none for its director/writer. Starring Antonio Banderas as a plastic surgeon, Elena Anaya as his captive woman, and Jan Cornet as the good-looking young man whom the doctor blames for the death of his daughter, the sex-bending mystery melodrama won Goyas for Best Actress (Anaya), Best New Actor (Cornet), Best Original Music (Alberto Iglesias, his tenth Goya win), and Best Makeup/Hair. [Full list of Premios Goya winners/nominations.] Instead of the internationally renowned (and BAFTA winner) The Skin I Live In, the 2012 Goyas' big winner was Enrique Urbizu's No habrá paz para los malvados / No Rest for the Wicked, the story of a murderous, corrupt cop. No Rest for the Wicked won Goyas for Best Picture,...
- 2/20/2012
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
MADRID -- Spanish judge Baltasar Garzon, acting on the prosecutor's request, dropped the investigation into Telefonica's purchase of European television producer Endemol on Friday. Garzon said there is no indication of wrong doing in spite of the "apparent" excess of the amount paid. Garzon has questioned former Telefonica chairman Juan Villalonga and Telefonica's present chairman Cesar Alierta, in addition to Endemol founders John de Mol and Joop van der Ende during his inquiry into why Telefonica paid $5.3 billion to acquire the producer in May 2000. Prosecutors had earlier alleged that personal gain was the motive for Telefonica, a public company, to pay so much money to acquire the Holland-based company.
- 11/14/2003
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
MADRID -- A Spanish judge, acting Friday on the request of the prosecutor, dropped the investigation into Telefonica's purchase of European television producer Endemol. The judge, Baltasar Garzon, said in a staterment that there is no indication of wrongdoing in spite of the "apparent" excess of the amount paid in the acquisition. Garzon has questioned former Telefonica chairman Juan Villalonga and Telefonica's present chairman, Cesar Alierta, in addition to Endemol founders John de Mol and Joop van der Ende during his inquiry into why Telefonica paid $5.3 billion to acquire the producer in May 2000. Prosecutors had alleged that personal gain was the motive for Telefonica, a public company, to pay so much money to acquire the Holland-based company.
- 11/14/2003
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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