By Andreas Wiseman
23.03.2020 - 21:17 / variety.com
Things were looking grim for Spanish sports fans heading into the country’s second weekend under a government mandated lockdown, and grimmer still for those with rights to broadcast the nation’s favorite game of football.
An early outside-the-box idea materialized when football league La Liga, Banco Santander, Spanish broadcaster Movistar Plus and eSports celebrity Ibai hosted a first-of-its kind Unicef fundraiser pitting actual players from 18 league teams against one another in a three-day
By Andreas Wiseman
If you’ve never heard of the Netflix series Money Heist, chances are you’re going to finally learn about it this weekend.
LaLiga Santander Fest -- a marathon of musical artists and athletes each appearing from their homes -- raised over 600,000 euros (about $665,000) for medical supplies to be used in Spain’s fight against COVID-19.The solidarity telethon, organized by the premier Spanish soccer league and Universal Music, was broadcast on sports channels and streamed on the LaLiga site on Saturday evening (March 28).
Spanish musicians play for comic relief, wear pajamas (or in one case, only a banana), entertain their kids, dance with their pets and get silly with cabin fever in the video for “Quédate En Tu Casa,” a new song created by seventeen artists in their respective homes for their fans in confinement. The video comes as the Spanish public is in the second week of at-home lockdown.
We’re on Day 13 of our special coronavirus coverage, and we hope everyone is staying safe! Get caught up on Saturday’s reports and Sunday’s news, or keep reading for the latest trending COVID-19 news from the celebrity and royal world:
By Tom Grater
Lucia Bosé, the Italian actress and mother of Spanish Pop star Miguel Bosé, has died at age 89.Miguel Bosé confirmed his mother’s death via social media on Monday (March 23). "Dear friends...my mother Lucía Bosé has just passed away.