George Clooney receives Golden Lion in Venice

George Clooney will receive the Golden Lion in Venice after eleven appearances at the festival.

George Clooney will be awarded the Golden Lion at the 83rd Venice Film Festival, which will be held from September 2 to 12. It is the eleventh time that the actor and director has set foot in Laguna.

His first appearance was in 1998 with Out of Sight, by Steven Soderbergh. There he played Jack Foley, a bank robber who falls in love with a federal agent (Jennifer Lopez). The film catapulted him beyond the ER series.

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Last year he returned with Jay Kelly, by Noah Baumbach, where he plays an actor in crisis. Although he did not attend the press conference, he did walk the red carpet with his wife, Amal Alamuddin.

“I’ve had so many extraordinary moments in Venice. The festival is, without a doubt, my favorite, and receiving the Golden Lion is a huge honor. It probably also means I’m getting older, but that’s okay,” Clooney said.

The actor, director and producer has two Oscars and four Golden Globes, as well as an Emmy, a BAFTA, two Critics Choice and the American Film Institute’s lifetime achievement award. He is also a UN Messenger of Peace and a human rights activist.

The director of the festival, Alberto Barbera, highlighted its triple facet:

“In his triple role as actor, director and producer, Clooney is a consummate and charismatic artist: passionate and original. His charisma is based on credibility rather than mere image. He is a perfect blend of old-school star glamour, great professionalism and modern sensibility.”

Barbera mentioned his versatility in genres such as war films (Three Kings, Syriana), thrillers (Michael Clayton), sophisticated comedies (Ocean’s Eleven, O Brother, Where Art Thou?) and science fiction (Gravity, Solaris).

Behind the camera, he has directed nine films. Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, Good Night, and Good Luck, The Ides of March and Suburbicon reflect his social commitment and demanding vision of cinema.

Clooney has visited the Lido on multiple occasions: in 2003 with Intolerable Cruelty; in 2005 with Good Night, and Good Luck (winner of the Osella Award and the Volpi Cup); in 2007 with Michael Clayton; and in 2008 with Burn After Reading. In 2013 he opened the festival with Gravity, by Alfonso Cuarón. In 2017 he competed with Suburbicon and in 2024 he presented Wolfs.

With eight Oscar nominations, he is the person with the most nominations in different categories. His Broadway debut in Good Night, and Good Luck also earned him a Tony nomination.

Through Smokehouse Pictures, his most recent direction was The Boys in the Boat for MGM. On television, he produced the series The Agency for Showtime, based on the French series Le Bureau des Légendes, already renewed for a second season.

Enjambre faces the challenge of its massive debut at the GNP Stadium

The Mexican band is preparing an unprecedented show for two dates.

Rock band Enjambre is preparing for its headlining debut at the GNP Seguros Stadium in Mexico City. The appointment is August 29 and 30. High demand forced them to open two dates.

They already performed on the same stage as part of the Vive Latino festival. But now the public will go exclusively to see them. A large-scale challenge: more than 60 thousand attendees per night and a stage of dozens of square meters.

Training and new stage bets

Vocalist Luis Humberto Navejas told The Associated Press that he trains rigorously to be in the best physical condition. “The challenge is to make sure that the return they give to this large and important place is beyond what they expect,” he said.

They also announced that they are preparing visuals created especially for these concerts. Guitarist Isaac Navejas said: “I think you are going to like it a lot, because it goes hand in hand with the music, it goes hand in hand with the energy that we perceive from the public.”

Before the event in the capital, on July 18 they will play at Pershing Square in Los Angeles along with Inspector, La Unión, Comisario Pantera and Pastilla.

Launch in physical format of ‘Daños Luz’

Prior to their dates at the GNP, they will release the CD and vinyl version of their album Daños Luz, released at the beginning of the year. Includes songs like “Angustias”, “The Difference” and “Vínculo”.

“This is an album where there was a hunger to play rock again,” explained Luis Humberto. “We had just recorded and taken our acoustic album ‘Noches de salon’ on tour. It gave us a lot of satisfaction, but we already wanted to get back to the noise, the distortions, the electricity.”

The drummer recommended listening to it from beginning to end, song by song, “as we wrote it.” In addition, they plan to reissue the rest of their discography on vinyl: Próximos prójimos, Imperfecto strange, Proaño and The second is feline.

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Brad Pitt and Inés de Ramón debut as a couple on Instagram

Brad Pitt and Inés de Ramón appear together on Instagram for the first time.

Brad Pitt and jewelry designer Inés de Ramón took advantage of Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s wedding to publicly show their relationship on Instagram. The couple, who has been in a relationship since 2022, appeared together on the social network for the first time thanks to some images shared by stylist Laurie Zanoletti.

The photos were taken before the exclusive celebration at Madison Square Garden last Friday. Pitt sports a classic black tuxedo with a bow tie, sunglasses, and his hair swept to the side. Ramón wears a tight lace dress, delicate jewelry and a high ponytail. In one of the shots, the actor hugs his girlfriend around the waist; she smiles at him.

Zanoletti wrote in the post: “My favorite lovers, @inesdrmn and Brad Pitt, for an amazing time in New York.” He accompanied the message with the song “Lover”, by Taylor Swift, to give it a romantic touch.

No wedding plans, but with a good family relationship

According to a source consulted by Page Six, the actor and the designer have no plans to marry for now, although their relationship is stable. The same source assures that De Ramón has been well received by Pitt’s family: “They adore her and welcomed her with open arms from the beginning.”

This step on Instagram occurs months after Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie officially concluded their divorce, after a legal process that began in 2016. However, both continue to dispute over the Château Miraval vineyard, located in French Provence, where they married in 2014.

Who is Inés de Ramón

Inés de Ramón is a jewelry designer of Madrid origin, considered an influential figure in luxury. She is currently vice president of Anita Ko, a brand whose pieces have been worn by celebrities such as Demi Moore, Ana de Armas, Natalie Portman and Michelle Obama.

She was married to actor Paul Wesley until 2022. That same year, rumors of a romance with Pitt arose after meeting at a party after the Oscars, although they never confirmed the relationship. In 2024 they made their first public appearance hand in hand at the Formula 1 British Grand Prix.

According to Forbes Spain, De Ramón speaks Italian, English, French and German, and studied Business Administration. She is the daughter of a businessman and became Pitt’s first romantic partner that he makes public since his separation from Angelina Jolie.

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Marina de Tavira: the Oscar nomination changed the way we look at her career

The Mexican actress reflects on the real impact of the Oscar nomination for Roma.

Marina de Tavira assures that the greatest impact of her Oscar nomination was not at work, but in the perception of her career. The Mexican actress was a candidate for Best Supporting Actress in 2019 for her role in Roma, alongside Yalitza Aparicio.

The real change

Almost eight years after that moment, De Tavira explains that the recognition brought an unprecedented focus on his work.

“It was a crucial moment and a turning point in my career, not because that was why more projects had arrived, but because there was a look. I was already of a certain age when I was nominated and I had done a lot of things, and suddenly that began to have a focus that it had not had before,” he said at a press conference.

For her, awards have never been the goal.

“Recognitions are not something you have in mind when you start working, or when you make a film, or when you decide to be an actress. When they arrive, of course they feel beautiful, but I also recognize that both theater and cinema are collective arts,” she added.

Recognition of The Muse

This year, the Guanajuato International Film Festival and the Women in Cinema and Television association will award her the La Musa award.

“I never imagined that one day I would receive recognition within the framework of this festival and that excites me very much,” he confessed.

Upcoming projects

De Tavira is getting ready for a new work directed by Diego del Río. In addition, I’m Always Your Mother Animal, a film that was presented at Cannes, will continue its tour of international festivals.

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