Penelope Cruz on Working with ‘Inspiring’ Pedro Almodovar and Emotional ‘Parallel Mothers’ Role: ‘It Was Like a Ticking Bomb’

THE One Show will have a new line-up this week after Jermaine Jenas was ruled out with Covid. Viewers were expecting to see him on the show today but were greeted instead by Lauren Laverne and Angellica Bell.

LYDIA Bright really went all out for her daughter Loretta's 2nd birthday party. The proud mum-of-one made sure her little girl had the best day ever and treated her to an incredible celebration, which included real life farm animals.

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The world's biggest spider, which can grow to a foot in width, has been found in the UK by terrified dock workers who noticed it in a shipping container.Staff at the dock in Hull saw the huntsman, which hitched a ride 5,000 miles from China, and rushed to call the RSPCA.The spider is not deadly to humans but can cause a series of issues when it bites, including heart palpitations, vomiting and headaches.A spokesman from the animal welfare charity said: "The spider fancied a holiday so he hopped on a shipping container in China and ended up in Hull."He gave staff quite a fright.

Arthur and Luana make £56,000 a month by coaching and inspiring others about sex on OnlyFans. However, some predict their relationship is destined to fail.Talking about their non-monogamous situation, Luana said: “Many people reject it, and many find it strange, they say that we haven’t found God, that our relationship doesn’t work, but we don’t care because we know very well what we want and that our choices make us happy."Arthur added: "Many say that our relationship will not last, but I'm sure we make it work better than many in a monogamous relationship."He continued: "There is no right formula, but there are paths we can follow to make it work, and one of them is trust."It is also necessary to establish small 'rules' with the other person that you can follow in a nice way."The most important thing for the relationship to last and go further, is certainly respect."Arthur and Luana set up their OnlyFans during the pandemic to help those in relationships who were struggling in the bedroom.Speaking about their venture in February last year, the pair said: "We were able to inspire other couples to have sex in the pandemic."They added: "We teach everything through the platform, from different positions to even encouraging couples to go swinging."Many did not know or were afraid of the techniques, but our tips made couples get closer at home." Get all the biggest Lifestyle news straight to your inbox. Sign up for the free Daily Star Hot Topics newsletter

Reddit user has found an abandoned city on Google Maps thousands of years after it was reduced to a desert ghost town.The poster, known as u/mystery_unrolles shared three aerial images of the historical city of Ur, that still has huge buildings peeking out of the sands that have taken back the land.The Redditor said: "City of Uru/Ur, Founded in 20th century BCE (4000 year's ago). At that time it was the most populous city with 65,000 inhabitants."They later added in the comments that they found the site at 30°57′42″N 46°06′18″E and that the city isn't the oldest around.The posters comment said: "There are urban cities which are older than Ur, Mohenjo daro of Indus valley civilization was founded 4500 years ago (most likely)."According to Britannica, the district in southern Mesopotamia, which is now classified as southern Iraq, was once situated on the former Euphrates River and remains one of the oldest cities in the area.Settlers arrived sometime in the 4th millennium BC and was once a capital city before its decline.

Manchester United saying that he “will remember it all his life".The now 32-year-old joined the side in July 2015 after impressing for Southampton.But it was a relatively short-lived tenure in the northwest, with the Frenchman leaving to Everton just 18 months later. "I learned a lot from my departure from Manchester United.

Jane ‘Nightbirde’ Marczewski was one of the most inspiring contestants on all of America’s Got Talent. The musician bravely shared her cancer story on the show, which she competed on during season 16.

“Life doesn’t always give breaks to those that deserve it—but we knew that already.”She continued: “Thank you for all your support, it means the world to me. “Stay with me, I’ll be better soon.

Penélope Cruz is giving credit to her mom for her hair and makeup skills.

Benedict Cumberbatch is opening up about his role in Zoolander 2.

Playing a mother on screen really got to Penélope Cruz’s head.

Showbiz news here. She dated Tom Cruise from 2001 to 2004 after they met on the set of Vanilla Sky, a science fiction psychological film. At the time Tom was married to Nicole Kidman and he and Penelope began dating after they had filmed Vanilla Sky and Tom was no longer with Nicole.

There’s nothing like working with a true visionary to bring out the best in an actor.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorWomen have always been in the center of Pedro Almodovar’s films, driving his narrative. For the past few years, a woman has also been in the editing chair. For years, José Salcedo Palomeque was his go-to editor, until Palomeque died in 2017.

Penélope Cruz (“Parallel Mothers”) and Benedict Cumberbatch (“Power of the Dog”) sat down for a virtual chat for Variety’s Actors on Actors, presented by Amazon Studios. For more, click here.Benedict Cumberbatch is so over Zoom. But a new spike in COVID-19 cases with the omicron variant has meant that his planned sit-down with Penélope Cruz will instead unfold over a screen.

Hollywood actress Penélope Cruz and iconic Spanish director Pedro Almodóvar spoke about their film Parallel Mothers on today’s episode of The Graham Norton Show.The Spanish drama film features Penélope and her co-star Rossy de Palma, who portray two single mothers who give birth on the same day.Penélope, 47, began by praising the film’s director Pedro for placing “a lot of trust” in her judgement.Talking about the birth scenes in the film, she said: “Pedro is so great because he knows so much about almost everything but when there is something he is not an expert in, he is not afraid to ask questions.  “He gave me and the other women a lot of freedom and trust.  “He pointed the camera at me and just said, ‘Have a baby’”.The star went on to reveal that she was completely devoted to the baby they would have on set, admitting that their bond made her have a “crazy reaction”.She explained: “We were all trying to take care of her and compete for her affection.

Tim Gray Senior Vice PresidentHollywood has given us a wide range of mothers, including the hard-working and devoted (“Claudine”), the self-sacrificing (“Bambi”) and the monstrous (“The Manchurian Candidate”).It’s hard to come up with anything new on the subject, but first-time writer-director Maggie Gyllenhaal, adapting Elena Ferrante’s novel, constantly surprises us by depicting several mothers who are complex, original and have the ring of truth in “The Lost Daughter.”“The book and, I hope, the film articulate a lot of the experience about being a woman that we don’t often talk about,” Gyllenhaal tells Variety. “Not just in terms of mothering and how complicated it is — it brings you to your knees.

Tim Gray Senior Vice PresidentJ.K. Simmons was reluctant to appear in “Being the Ricardos.” But reading Aaron Sorkin’s script, “I was able to see the gift that Aaron was giving to each of the actors.”It’s a gift exchange: Simmons is so versatile and talented that he brings gifts to any filmmaker he works with.Oscar voting runs Jan. 27-Feb.

Clayton Davis Penélope Cruz is luxuriously refined in “Parallel Mothers,” a performance that has picked up critical acclaim and notable accolades since debuting at Venice. The voting bloc of the international community is a key demographic that pushed last year’s “The Father” from Florian Zeller, another Sony Pictures Classics feature, to perform exceptionally well with the Academy despite significant misses from key guild groups leading to nominations.

Critically acclaimed specialty holdovers continued to plant their flags in theaters as awards season advances and Oscar nominations loom — and on a weekend with few new releases, most not reporting grosses today.