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Javier Bardem on board for González Iñárritu's Biutiful

By Jeffrey Bloomer on 11:35 AM on October 27, 2008

With a new Oscar for No Country for Old Men and a prized art-house role in Vicky Cristina Barcelona behind him, Javier Bardem has cemented his status as a marquee star of the specialty industry. The prolific Spanish actor is set to continue his ascent in Biutiful, the new film from Babel director Alejandro González Iñárritu.... read more

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Vicky Cristina Barcelona

By Kelly Marages on 4:00 PM on August 14, 2008

In his most delightful subversion yet, septuagenarian... read more

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Javier Bardem awarded Spanish National Cinema Prize

By Julia Reidy on 3:18 PM on June 25, 2008

Spain's ICAA film institute has awarded actor Javier Bardem its National Cinema Prize in the amount of $46,000. For what, you ask? Well it's not for "being terrifying," as his Oscar-winning role in No Country For Old Men might suggest (see above).... read more

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Daniel Day-Lewis rumored for lead in Nine

By Nikki King on 10:23 AM on May 20, 2008

Daniel Day-Lewis might be set for the lead in Nine, a film adaptation of a musical that will be directed by Rob Marshall (Chicago, Memoirs of a Geisha). Fans should still hold their breath, however, according to the Weinstein Co., who is behind the film. The following is not set in stone.... read more

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Javier Bardem drops out of Rob Marshall’s Nine

By Christina Hansen on 12:44 PM on May 1, 2008

Actor Javier Bardem has dropped out of Rob Marshall’s upcoming film Nine, Variety reports. Bardem was expected to play the lead role of Guido Contini, a film director whose life grows increasingly complicated as he struggles to juggle all of the women in his life. Nine is Oscar-award winning director Marshall’s adaptation of a stage musical inspired by the Federico Fellini film 8½. Fresh off of his Academy Award winning performance in the Coen Brothers’ No Country For Old Men, Bardem was ready to start shooting Nine late last year. Production on the film was postponed, though, when needed refinements... read more

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