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14 August 2008 9:30 AM, PDT | From Popsugar.com | See recent Popsugar news

David Beckham will star in the surprise finale of the August 24 closing ceremony of the Beijing Olympics, when China transfers the honor of the summer Olympics to London for 2012. — People Paula Wagner announced yesterday she is leaving her role as CEO of United Artists but will maintain her co-ownership interest with Tom Cruise. — Variety The 40-Year-Old Virgin actor Shelley Malil pled not guilty today to charges of premeditated attempted murder after allegedly stabbing his ex-girlfriend 20 times. His bail is set at $10 million. — La Times Oprah Winfrey will attend Obama's acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention in Denver on Aug. 28, though she is not planning to take the stage. — Entertainment Tonight Julia Child is listed as one of the 24,000 spies who helped the Us government during World War II as part of the Office of Strategic Services, an early version of the CIA. — YumSugar Gael García Bernal and his girlfriend

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14 August 2008 5:01 AM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

Latest: Mexican movie star Gael Garcia Bernal has confirmed he is to become a first-time father.

Following weeks of speculation, The Motorcycle Diaries star has announced that his girlfriend, Argentinean actress Dolores Fonzi, is pregnant.

The couple, both 29, has never confirmed the romance, but they reportedly met and fell in love while shooting the movie Vidas Privadas in 2001.

A statement from Bernal's production company, Canana Films, confirmed the happy news: "This statement is to say that, after so much speculation and comments, the actors Dolores Fonzi and Gael Garcia Bernal are indeed expecting a baby at the start of next year."

Bernal's best friend and Y Tu Mama Tambien co-star Diego Luna became a first-time dad on Tuesday - welcoming a baby boy with his girlfriend, actress Camila Sodi.

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12 August 2008 6:32 PM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

Mexican movie star Diego Luna has become a first-time father.

The Y Tu Mama Tambien star's actress wife Camila Sodi gave birth to a baby boy on Tuesday.

Luna and Sodi, who starred in the first movie directed by her new husband's actor pal Gael Garcia Bernal, wed in Mexico City in February.

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11 August 2008 5:02 AM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

Mexican actor Gael Garcia Bernal is a regular victim of crime in his native land - but confesses he is too scared to fight back.

The Motorcycle Diaries star has been targeted by muggers on numerous occasions.

But Bernal admits he is too scared to ever confront the assailants.

He says, "It's just sensible. What are you doing to do? Fight back and get knifed?

"It's probably something that many men do not admit. I don't mind saying that it's happened so many times and I always feel scared."

But despite offers to move to Hollywood, Bernal will never leave Mexico.

He says, "My problem isn't more important than anyone else's, just because I'm an actor. And I'm also not afraid to say that it is more of a problem in Latin America."

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26 June 2008 11:58 PM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

Mexican actor Gael Garcia Bernal is baffled by the criticism he has received for taking on roles portraying homosexual characters, because he considers it "cool".

The Latin hunk played a gay man in director Pedro Almodovar's La Mala Educacion (Bad Education) in 2004 and kissed Diego Luna in 2001's Y Tu Mama Tambien (And Your Mother, Too).

And he insists he is unabashed about his on-screen past, because it should not have any implication on his acting credentials.

He says, "It's so cool. I don't see what all the fuss is about playing gay characters. When I did Y Tu Mama Tambien, I was asked, 'Don't you worry about what people will say to you in the street?' It seemed like it was such a huge deal.

"Why would it be an issue for me? I think it is a very American thing. In Mexico, no one has given me any s**t for playing gay roles, for playing a transvestite, whatever. They don't confuse the actor with the role. I mean, they don't think Al Pacino's a cop!"

Bernal also admits he is unfazed by nudity - and can't understand why his peers would make such a fuss about disrobing for any movie.

He adds, "Whenever an actor or actress says, 'I won't do nudity unless the story demands it', they're the first people to take their kit off! 'I would only do it for artistic reasons.' Yeah right! Come on, there's nothing artistic about it, but I don't have a problem with it either."

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