Spain's 'El Gordo' Christmas lottery shells out $489,000 in winnings

Extreme weather in Spain has caused widespread disruption, including the postponement of nominations announcement for the 2021 Goyas, the country’s national film awards.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorAnimated feature Oscar contender “My Favorite War” has been sold to Spain and France for European distribution. Based on director’s Ilze Burkovska-Jacobsen’s childhood memories, “My Favorite War” recreates her own escape route from the totalitarian regime that was Soviet Latvia.The feature, which is a documentary, sold to Versus Entertainment in Spain and Destiny Films in France.

direct to your inbox2020 was an extraordinary year - and as the curtain opens on a new one, life remains bleak for many.Unemployment is at a record high, entire industries are still shut down, and the economy has certainly seen better days.

Spanish “roots” can be traced back to her padre.The beleaguered yoga instructor’s father revealed his own decades-long infatuation with all things Spanish in a 2015 blog post, in which he noted, “My path in life has been heavily influenced by Spanish language and culture, and not because I have one iota of latin [sic] blood in my veins.”David L. Thomas Jr.

Well this is awkward AF…

Hilaria Baldwinis opening up amid public scrutiny.

John Hopewell Chief International CorrespondentSavaged by COVID-19, global box office plunged between 57% and 76% in major markets outside the U.S., with the U.K. and Ireland leading the rout, crashing 76% against 2019, according to a Comscore study, published Wednesday.Also hit hard were China (-70%), South Korea (-71%), and Italy and Spain (both down 72%).

Jamie Lang In today’s Global Bulletin, Netflix picks up the rights to Spanish feature “Sky High” for a series adaptation, French crime series “Balthazar” posts record audience numbers for TF1, Mexican filmmaker Juan Ernesto Regalado Morales receives this year’s Guillermo del Toro-backed Jenkins-Del Toro Scholarship, and French journalist Augustin Trapenard announces he’s leaving Canal Plus.Netflix has acquired global rights to the feature film “Sky High,” the leading Spanish film at the

Alec Baldwin impersonated the accent of his wife, Hilaria Baldwin, and claimed, "My wife is from Spain," during an appearance on David Letterman's late-night talk show in 2013, according to an old clip that has surfaced online. Hilaria Baldwin's heritage has faced new scrutiny after she recently confirmed she was born in Massachusetts -- and not Spain, as she had previously claimed.

The past is coming back with a BITE!

A Missouri double-homicide suspect whom police describe as being armed and dangerous remains on the run Tuesday as chilling new details are surfacing surrounding the Christmas Day killings of his ex-girlfriend and her 2-year-old daughter.  Timothy Brown, a 30-year-old from Spanish Lake, is facing two counts of first-degree murder and two counts of armed criminal action in the deaths of Charese Garvin, 28, and Alayah Butler.   Police say the body of the woman and her toddler were found at a home

John Hopewell Chief International CorrespondentBox office in Spain crashed 72% in 2020 to a total €169.7 million ($207 million), with COVID-19 wiping over half a billion dollars from box office sales this year, Comscore announced Tuesday.By way of comparison, 2019 total box office in Spain stood at €605 million ($738 million).

direct to your inbox Spain and Portugal are the latest in a string of countries to ban travel from the UK after the discovery of the mutated strain of coronavirus. On Monday, the Spanish Government announced that flights from the UK would be suspended - with only Spanish citizens and those who currently live in the country allowed to enter.Madrid said it would also reinforce controls at the border with Gibraltar to ensure travellers complied with the restriction.

Do you think anyone has the right to comment on how much someone has bought their child for Christmas? Have you been in a similar position to Kayleigh? Let us know in the comments here, or share your views on our Manchester Family Facebook page. As a fan of Spanish clothes, she's also got a new Spanish dress and Spanish shoes for Christmas Day.Kayleigh admits her daughter's had pretty much the best of everything since she was born.She said: "She's also the only grandchild to my mum and she gets

John Hopewell Chief International CorrespondentLegendary Global, the TV production-financing house launched by Chris Albrecht and Anne Thomopoulos, has teamed with Barcelona-based ESPotlight to acquire rights for a small screen adaptation of “Los Forasteros del Tiempo,” a family-targeting, illustrated time travel book series from Spain’s Roberto Santiago.The first season makes over the first title in the saga, “La Aventura de los Balbuena en el Lejano Oeste,” said ESPotlight partner Anxo