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PEOPLE & ARTS Tuesday 28 January 2020
Almodóvar, Banderas

triumph with "Pain

and Glory" at Goyas

MADRID (AP) — Pedro Al-
modóvar's "Pain and Glory"
swept the top prizes at the
Spanish Film Academy's
Goya Awards, including
best picture, best director
and a best actor victory for
Antonio Banderas.
"Pain and Glory" is nominat-
ed for an Academy Award
in the best international
film category. Almodóvar
is hoping to claim his third
Oscar in two weeks.
The film, which is consid- Spanish film director Pedro
ered the most personal Almodovar poses with his In this Dec. 19, 2014 file photo, Brazilian author Paulo Coelho appears during an interview at his
for the 70-year-old Al- trophy after winning the best apartment, in Geneva, Switzerland.
modóvar, also won best film award for "Dolor y gloria" Associated Press
original screenplay, best during the Goya Film Awards
original music, best edit- Ceremony in Malaga, south- Coelho deletes children's book
ern Spain, early Sunday, Jan.
ing and a best supporting 26, 2020.
actress prize for Julieta Ser- Associated Press
rano. co-written with Kobe Bryant
"I realized that I was writing Alejandro Amenábar's
about myself and the past "While at War" won five SAO PAULO (AP) — Kobe Bryant's death Sunday, and how much of a larger
(and) I wasn't sure if I should awards, mostly in the tech- Bryant and Brazilian writer Coelho announced that than life person he was,"
continue and open myself nical categories, while the Paulo Coelho were work- he would delete the draft, Coelho said. "But the chil-
up to such a degree, but award for best actress went ing together on a children's rather than finish without dren's book did not make
I did, and now I am very to Belén Cuesta for her role book, but the author of the 41-year-old five-time sense anymore."
happy," Almodóvar said in "The Infinite Trench." "The Alchemist" said he de- NBA champion. Coelho's decision disap-
at the awards gala held in Benedicta Sánchez won leted the draft after Bryant's "I deleted the draft be- pointed many of Bryant's
Málaga on Saturday. for best new actress at death in helicopter crash. cause it didn't make any fans, who flooded the writ-
Banderas had been nomi- age 84 for her role in "Fire The 72-year-old novelist sense to publish without er's social media channels
nated on five previous oc- Will Come," a film by Oliver told The Associated Press him," Coelho said by phone asking for the draft not to
casions for a Goya but had Laxe made without profes- Monday that the two men on Monday from his home be erased. The acclaimed
never won other than the sional actors in Spain's re- started discussing the proj- in Geneva. "It wouldn't add writer, who has sold tens of
honorary Goya for his ca- mote northwest. ect in 2016, when Bryant anything relevant to him or millions of books, said the
reer in 2015. In her acceptance speech, retired after a 20-year NBA his family. idea of the book was to
Two films about the 1936-39 Sánchez reminded her career. They began writing "That doesn't stop me from inspire underprivileged chil-
Spanish Civil War were also grandchildren "to not for- a few months ago. writing someday about dren to overcome adver-
recognized. get their grandma." q
Within hours of hearing of things I learned from Kobe sity through sports. q

Salma Hayek apologizes for

praising controversial new novel

NEW YORK (AP) — Salma chosen by Oprah Winfrey be a "bridge" between dif-
Hayek is apologizing for for her book club. On Sat- ferent worlds.
promoting a controversial urday, it ranked No. 4 on Earlier this week, Hayek
new novel, Jeanine Cum- Amazon.com's bestseller had posted a picture of
mins' "American Dirt," with- list. herself on Instagram hold-
out actually reading it. But numerous Mexican- ing the book, and she
"American Dirt," published American writers have praised Winfrey for "giving
Tuesday, tells the story of called "American Dirt" a voice to the voiceless
a Mexican woman and an ill-informed narrative & for loving harder in re-
her 8-year-old son fleeing about Mexico that rein- sponse to hate." But after
to the U.S. border after nu- forces stereotypes. Cum- facing criticism online, the In this Jan. 7, 2020 file photo, actress Salma Hayek attends the
merous family members mins, a non-Mexican, Mexican-American actress world premiere of "Like a Boss" at the SVA Theatre in New York.
are murdered in drug car- even acknowledged in an pulled back Friday, writing Associated Press
tel-related violence. The author's note that she had that she was unaware of
heavily publicized book reservations about writing any controversy. and for setting me straight, she wrote, "I apologize for
has been praised by Ste- the novel. She has said she "I thank all of you who because that means you shouting out something
phen King and Ann Patch- wanted to personalize the caught me in the act of know me and gave me without experiencing it or
ett among others and was issue of immigration and not doing my research, the benefit of the doubt," doing research on it."q