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Spain’s Karla Sofia Gascon will go to the Oscars after all- despite backlash over offensive social media posts

SPAIN’S Karla Sofia Gascon will go to the Oscars in Los Angeles on Sunday despite the row over offensive social media comments she had posted.

25 Feb, 2025 @ 14:00

Celebrity·Entertainment·Lead

Netflix sidelines Spain’s Karla Sofia Gascon from ‘Emilia Perez’ Oscar campaign after offensive tweets resurface

THE Spanish star of Oscar-tipped movie, Emilia Perez, has been removed from promotional events film ahead of next month’s Academy Awards according to The Hollywood

4 Feb, 2025 @ 17:34

Celebrity·Entertainment·Lead

Spanish Netflix star dead at 37: Tributes pour in for much-loved Toy Boy actor

TRIBUTES are pouring in for a Spanish Netflix star who has died at just 37 years old. According to reports, Jose de la Torre (pictured

6 Dec, 2024 @ 11:37

Celebrity·Lead

Exclusive: Martin Freeman is spotted filming for Agatha Christie Netflix series in Spain’s Ronda

By Jon Clarke and Paul Whitelock IT is a famous 1920s murder mystery that keeps readers guessing until the final page. So unsurprisingly the producers

18 Sep, 2024 @ 07:00

Andalucia·Celebrity·La Cultura·Lead

Watch: Spanish director Pedro Almodovar receives an ‘unprecedented’ 17-minute standing ovation at the Venice Film Festival for The Room Next Door – alongside his new ‘muses’ Julianne Moore and Tilda Swinton

LEGENDARY Spanish director Pedro Almodovar received an ‘unprecedented’ 17-minute standing ovation on Monday evening at the premiere of his new film, The Room Next Door.

3 Sep, 2024 @ 11:12

Entertainment·Lead·Video

True crime doc row in Spain: Mother of murdered boy demands an end to Netflix shows that ‘use’ tragedies – while father of teen whose body was never found insists they help expose police failures

PATRICIA Ramirez, the mother of murdered eight-year-old boy Gabriel Cruz, has publicly called for television and documentary producers to scrap any plans to make content

9 May, 2024 @ 16:56

Crime & Law·Entertainment·Lead

Netflix drops trailer for highly-anticipated mini-series ‘El Caso Asunta’: Viewers are left with ‘goosebumps’ over re-telling of historic murder trial in Spain

VIEWERS have been left with goosebumps after Netflix drops the trailer for highly-anticipated mini-series ‘El Caso Asunta’ (The Asunta Case), a retelling of a historic

27 Mar, 2024 @ 10:07

Galicia·La Cultura·Lead·Other News

Julio Iglesias series to be filmed for Netflix

STREAMING giant Netflix is teaming up with the legendary Spanish crooner Julio Iglesias to bring his life to the small screen. “For the first time,

12 Feb, 2024 @ 15:37

Entertainment·Lead·Other News

Must-visit: The snow-topped hills of Spain’s Andalucia where Netflix filmed its latest hit film Society of the Snow

NETFLIX’S latest film, Society of the Snow, has featured this must visit location in Spain’s Andalucia. The snow capped mountains found in the Granada area

12 Jan, 2024 @ 13:50

Andalucia·Granada·Lead·Olive Press Travel

Rafael Nadal is back on form: Spain's tennis champ thrashes Dominic Thiem in straight sets following a months-long break due to injury

Spain’s tennis hero Rafa Nadal will miss Australian Open after a new injury to his hip is detected

SPANISH tennis hero Rafa Nadal will have to miss the upcoming Australian Open so that he can receive more treatment to his hip, after a

7 Jan, 2024 @ 14:28

Lead·Sport

Nadal and Alcaraz to face each other at the Netflix Slam

It’s Nadal v Alcaraz! Spain’s top two tennis stars will battle it out at upcoming ‘Netflix slam’ in Las Vegas

SPANISH tennis fans will be marking March 3, 2024 in their diaries, after streaming giant Netflix announced that it will be broadcasting a live exhibition

12 Dec, 2023 @ 13:40

Entertainment·Lead·Sport

Netflix Spain loses 1 million users in only three months after cancelling shared accounts

NETFLIX has lost a whopping one million users in Spain since it decided to put an end to account sharing last February. The figures come

26 Apr, 2023 @ 15:45

Business & Finance·La Cultura·National News·Other News

Ricky Gervais to visit Spain on upcoming ‘Armageddon’ stand-up comedy tour

BRITISH comedian Ricky Gervais will be making a stop in Spain on his upcoming ‘Armageddon’ tour, thanks to a show in Barcelona on August 31.

29 Mar, 2023 @ 20:30

Barcelona·Catalunya·Entertainment·Lead·Other News

Why Netflix users in Spain will no longer be able to share their passwords with friends and family

THE DAYS of sharing your Netflix account with friends and family outside your own household are over in Spain. The streaming giant has just launched

9 Feb, 2023 @ 16:30

Lead·National News

Man convicted in Spain for horrific ‘Alcassar murders’ arrested in Barcelona drug den

MIGUEL RICART, who was convicted for the rape and murder of three teenagers from the Valencian municipality of Alcàsser, was arrested in a Barcelona drug

21 Dec, 2022 @ 17:48

Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid·National News·Valencia

A little slice of Chile that was really Chilly!: Spain’s Sierra Nevada stands in for the Andes

WHEN Spanish director JA Bayona needed some snowy high mountain scenery for his new movie, he knew where to look. The Jurassic World film-maker headed

16 Dec, 2022 @ 18:45

Granada·La Cultura·Lead

With new opening, Netflix’s biggest European studio is now in Spain

GLOBAL streaming giant Netflix on Tuesday unveiled its expanded studios in Madrid, which are now the biggest that the company counts on in the entire

23 Nov, 2022 @ 18:45

Business & Finance·Entertainment·Lead·National News

Mysterious Netflix series begins setting up in Spain’s Marbella

NETFLIX is behind a film set that has sprung up in Marbella, filming a new mythical drama called Kaos which is based on the Costa

5 Jul, 2022 @ 15:45

Celebrity·Lead·National News

The ten best Spanish language shows on Netflix to binge watch right now

SPANISH crime drama Money Heist (La Casa de Papel) has proved a big hit with English speaking audiences around the world. Telling the story of

26 May, 2022 @ 12:00

La Cultura·Lead

Streaming giant Netflix signs ground-breaking deal in Spain

INTERNATIONAL streamer Netflix has signed its first-ever collaborative deal with a Spanish council which will see it support future TV and movie makers in Cartagena.

18 Apr, 2022 @ 19:30

Entertainment·La Cultura·Lead·Mar Menor·Murcia

Narrow escape for Money Heist star Miguel Herra as fire destroys home in Avila

A FIRE ravaged the home of Miguel Herran, the star of popular Netflix show Money Heist, forcing the actor to jump out of his bedroom

11 Apr, 2022 @ 19:00

Lead·Madrid·National News

Extras wanted! Netflix seeks fair-haired expats for Malaga-based series on Spain’s Costa del Sol

NETFLIX is looking for ‘guiris’ – expats living in Spain – to be extras in its new series ‘La Chica de Nieve’. The series is

15 Feb, 2022 @ 12:30

La Cultura·Lead·Malaga

Actor Joseph Fiennes and Spanish wife Maria Dolores Dieguez renovate country home in Spain’s Mallorca

AN outbreak of Covid on the set of new movie The Mother, filming in Gran Canaria, allowed star Joseph Fiennes to fly back to spend

30 Jan, 2022 @ 17:01

Balearic Islands·Celebrity·Lead·Mallorca

EXCLUSIVE: Incredible survival movie about Andes plane crash to be filmed on location in Spain’s Sierra Nevada

IT is one of the most harrowing tales of survival ever told. The incredible 1972 ordeal of the Uruguayan rugby team who managed to survive

18 Dec, 2021 @ 09:15

Entertainment·Granada·Lead

EXPLAINER: Why Spain is still fascinated by the 1999 Rocio Wanninkhof murder on the Costa del Sol

IT’S no surprise the death of Rocio Wanninkhof in 1999 is still fascinating armchair sleuths, writes Olive Press editor Jon Clarke, who wrote a book

20 Nov, 2021 @ 11:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga·Must Read

New Netflix film starring Adam Sandler set to be filmed in Spain’s Mallorca this summer

Produced by Adam Sandler and basketball legend LeBron James, the film finds the Hollywood legend starring as a down-on-his-luck basketball scout who discovers a new

3 Jul, 2021 @ 15:00

Celebrity·Lead·Mallorca