Penelope Cruz could win her second Oscar with ‘Parallel Mothers’

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A staple of awards season returns to Hollywood next month with the 2021 edition of AFI Fest.

After opening the Venice Film Festival and continuing on to the New York Film Festival, Oscar winner Pedro Almodóvar’s Parallel Mothers from Sony Pictures Classics will have a red-carpet premiere at this year’s AFI Fest at the TCL Chinese Theatre on Saturday, Nov. 13.

Penélope Cruz has stunned in a black mini dress while on the red carpet at the New York Film Festival. The 47-year-old was all smiles on October 8 as her acclaimed new film Parallel Mothers closed out the world-famous festival. Her short black dress was adorned with sequins and featured a mesh overlay on her chest and at the hem. She paired the look with towering black pumps, a silver bracelet and matching silver drop earrings as she stepped out at Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall.

Penelope Cruz shows off her chic black dress at the premiere of her new film, Madres Paralelas, during the 2021 New York Film Festival at Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center on Friday (October 8) in New York City.

Jessica Chastian has some cuts and bruises on her face from a previous fight in the brand new trailer for The 355.

Clayton Davis Closing out the New York Film Festival, Pedro Almodóvar’s newest venture, “Parallel Mothers,” debuted with an endearing and scintillating turn from Penélope Cruz and newcomer Milena Smit, both of whom will be angling for much-deserved awards attention. But can it go any further than that?Fresh off winning the prestigious Volpi Cup at the Venice Film Festival, it’s easy to see why Cruz was a jury favorite.

Work together or die alone, that’s the motto of “The 355,” an action thriller about a dream team of spies, played by a formidable group of female stars, that come together in a hard-driving original approach to the globe-trotting espionage genre. The film is jampacked with names, Jessica Chastain, Lupita Nyong’o, Penélope Cruz, Diane Kruger, Fan Bingbing, Sebastian Stan and Édgar Ramírez, all star.

Work together or die alone, that’s the mottos of “The 355,” a action thriller movie about a dream team of spies, played by a formidable group of female stars, that come together in a hard-driving original approach to the globe-trotting espionage genre. The film is jampacked with names, Jessica Chastain, Lupita Nyong’o, Penélope Cruz, Diane Kruger, Fan Bingbing, Sebastian Stan and Édgar Ramírez all star.

In 1999, Spain selected “All About My Mother” as its submission for the Foreign Language Academy Award (now known as the International Film Oscar), and the Pedro Almodovar masterpiece won the coveted Oscar. Just three years later, the same Spanish committee passed over Almodovar’s follow-up, “Talk to Her,” which was even more critically acclaimed.

Katie Song Pedro Almodóvar’s “Parallel Mothers” starring Penélope Cruz will open the the Miami Film Festival GEMS on Nov. 4.

Penelope Cruz hugs it out with Milena Smit during a photo call event for their new movie, Madres Paralelas, held at the Mandarin Oriental Ritz Hotel on Monday (October 4) in Madrid, Spain.

Strictly Come Dancing's seasoned judge Craig Revel Horwood told off newcomer to the panel Anton Du Beke during Saturday night's live show. While King of Ballroom Anton, 55, has been a part of the BBC competition ever since the first series – as has Australian pro Craig, 56, – until this year he's always been partnered up with celebrity contestants.

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