The Mediapro Group Taps Hollywood Rep in Bid to Lure More Productions to Spain, Portugal (EXCLUSIVE)

Coronation Street star Alexandra Mardell looked absolutely incredible as she showed off her sensational figure in a mesh bikini during her sun-drenched getaway to Portugal.The 28 year old soap star wowed in a stylish black halterneck style top and matching bikini bottoms which showed off her envy-inducing curves. Joking that she was "doing homework", the television favourite held onto a folder, which presumably had scripts that she needed to memorise for when she got back to work.

STAYC have shared their renditions of hits by The Kid LAROI, Ed Sheeran and more in a medley of popular songs worldwide.STAYC recently featured in 1TheK’s ‘W.W.C’ series, which sees K-pop artists covering current chart-toppers from around the world.

Entertainment One (eOne) has picked up international distribution rights (outside of Spain and Portugal) to Operación Marea Negra, a four-part submarine drama series.

Emilio Mayorga Portugal’s Sardinha em Lata and Latvia’s Atom Art have boarded two new projects – “Saari 2” and “Taste Buddies” respectively – at Cartoon Forum, the biggest European animation event devoted to TV series.Both series are lead-produced by Helsinki and Barcelona-based Pikkukala (“Royals Next Door Sisters,” “The Stinky Dog”), run by Pablo Jordi. “Saari 2” marks a new installment of the first series produced by Pikkukala.

Jessica Chastain has arrived in Spain!

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EXCLUSIVE: Spanish indie production powerhouse Mediapro is at San Sebastian Film Festival this year screening two of the buzziest local features in the program: the Antonio Banderas, Penelope Cruz and Oscar Martinez-starring Official Competition, which arrives from Venice, and the Javier Bardem-fronted The Good Boss, which premieres here.

Travel rules for going on holiday abroad are changing next month, with the traffic light system to be scrapped for good. From 4 October, the red, amber and green countries will be scrapped and replaced with one red only - which will act as a no-go list for travellers.This means anywhere not on the red list is a green destination and is clear for travel because there will no longer be an amber list.

Mario Camus, the acclaimed Spanish writer-director behind La colmena, Young Sánchez, The Holy Innocents and more, died in his hometown of Santander on September 18. He was 86.

San Sebastian Film Festival is in mourning as Spanish director Mario Camus, celebrated for his sober but caring adaptations of distinguished Spanish novels such as “La Colmena” – written by Nobel prize winner Camilo José Cela – Ignacio Aldecoa’s “Young Sánchez” and “The Holy Innocents” by Miguel Delibes, died on Saturday in Santander, northern Spain, the city where he was born.

Martin Dale ContributorCrime thriller “Sequía” (Drought), the first-ever fiction co-production between Spain and Portugal’s pubcasters, RTVE and RTP, was discussed at a Conecta Fiction panel session moderated by the forum’s director, Géraldine Gonard,The session was sponsored by ONSeries Lisboa, a new event running Nov.

EXCLUSIVE: Spain’s flagship film event, the San Sebastian Film Festival, gets underway tonight. Ahead of the fest, Deadline sat down with Netflix’s two top content executives in Spain to hear about the streamer’s strategy in the key European market, which has the unique advantage of also being a content bridge into the company’s Latin American activities.

Jamie Lang France’s Les Films d’Ici has has issued a letter of interest to board as a co-producer on “Luis Mariano, All the Colors of the Rainbow,” a new feature-length biographical documentary from Spain to be highlighted at this week’s Conecta Fiction in the Pitch Euroregion NAEN series section.Vet Spanish producer Jose María Lara (“El cielo gira,” “Aupa Extebeste!”) at Basque label Lumiere Produkzioak is participating in this year’s pitchings, dedicated to projects from the emerging

Anna Marie de la Fuente Barcelona-based production-distribution outfit Filmax has sold the German-speaking Europe rights to Telepool for ‘Beyond the Summit’ by Ibon Cormenzana (“Guilt”), marking its first international deal for the adventure thriller.The film was first presented at this year’s Berlinale.

María Mendiola was a singer with Baccara, a Spanish disco duo known for their 1977 hit, “Yes Sir, I Can Boogie.”Mendiola was working as a flamenco dancer when she formed Baccara along with fellow dancer Mayte Mateos in 1977. Their first single, the breathy “Yes Sir, I Can Boogie,” was a European hit, climbing to the tops of charts across the continent.

Baccara star Maria Mendiola has died at the age of 69. The singer - who formed one half of the Spanish pop duo - passed away in Madrid surrounded by her family on Saturday (11.

The Michael Kors show during New York Fashion Week had an incredible turnout this year!