School may be out for summer, but that didn’t stop Salma Hayek from whipping her “Grown Ups 2“ co-stars into tip-top Spanish shape.
The Mexican actress took on the role of Spanish teacher during the cast’s promotional visit to Univision’s morning show “Despierta América” on Monday. While waving a wooden pointer and yelling “Attention” at a very rowdy classroom, a very strict Mrs. Hayek instructed actors David Spade, Kevin James, and Adam Sandler.
During the crash course, the actors learned to say simple phrases like “I want a very hot cup of coffee” to the more complicated Spanish tongue twister: “Tres tristes tigres tragaban trigo en un trigal...” (Say that 3x fast). But it was Sandler who took the gold star for pronunciation when he managed to say “Coatzacoalcos,” the name of Hayek’s hometown in Mexico.
How did they do? Salma didn't seem very impressed...
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The Mexican actress took on the role of Spanish teacher during the cast’s promotional visit to Univision’s morning show “Despierta América” on Monday. While waving a wooden pointer and yelling “Attention” at a very rowdy classroom, a very strict Mrs. Hayek instructed actors David Spade, Kevin James, and Adam Sandler.
During the crash course, the actors learned to say simple phrases like “I want a very hot cup of coffee” to the more complicated Spanish tongue twister: “Tres tristes tigres tragaban trigo en un trigal...” (Say that 3x fast). But it was Sandler who took the gold star for pronunciation when he managed to say “Coatzacoalcos,” the name of Hayek’s hometown in Mexico.
How did they do? Salma didn't seem very impressed...
Check...
- 7/9/2013
- by The Huffington Post
- Huffington Post
Right now, the New York Film Critics are convening for the Nyfcc Awards for 2011 season. They are announcing their winners via Twitter, and the winners so far are (we'll bring you the latest winners as the information trickles in via Twitter, of course!):
"Margin Call" for Best First Feature for director J.C. Chandor. Zachary Quinto produced this brilliant film about the stock market collapse. Quinto also starred in the film alongside Stanley Tucci and Kevin Spacey.
The Best Nonfiction Film Award goes to Werner Herzog for his documentary "Cave of Forgotten Dreams" which explores the Chauvet caves of Southern France.
Best Supporting Actress goes to Jessica Chastain for her triple threat performances in the movies "The Tree of Life," "The Help," and "Take Shelter." (My interview with the actress for "The Debt" right here, I love her!)
Best Actress goes to Meryl Streep for "The Iron Lady!" I agree,...
"Margin Call" for Best First Feature for director J.C. Chandor. Zachary Quinto produced this brilliant film about the stock market collapse. Quinto also starred in the film alongside Stanley Tucci and Kevin Spacey.
The Best Nonfiction Film Award goes to Werner Herzog for his documentary "Cave of Forgotten Dreams" which explores the Chauvet caves of Southern France.
Best Supporting Actress goes to Jessica Chastain for her triple threat performances in the movies "The Tree of Life," "The Help," and "Take Shelter." (My interview with the actress for "The Debt" right here, I love her!)
Best Actress goes to Meryl Streep for "The Iron Lady!" I agree,...
- 11/29/2011
- by Manny
- Manny the Movie Guy
Chilean-born film-maker who became the darling of the French avant garde
Raúl Ruiz, the Chilean-born film director who has died aged 70 after suffering a lung infection, held audiences with his glittering eye for more than 40 years. Baroque imagery, bizarre humour and labyrinthine plots made his elusive and allusive oeuvre unlike anything else in contemporary cinema.
Although most of his films were made while he was an exile in France, his work was part of the fabulist tradition that runs through much Latin American literature, such as the writings of Gabriel García Márquez, Jorge Luis Borges and Alfonso Reyes. Ruiz liked to quote the Cuban surrealist writer José Lezama Lima, who stated that the task of the poet is "to go into a dark room and build a waterfall there".
Born in Puerto Montt, in southern Chile, Ruiz studied law, theology and theatre before becoming a prolific avant-garde playwright. His first feature,...
Raúl Ruiz, the Chilean-born film director who has died aged 70 after suffering a lung infection, held audiences with his glittering eye for more than 40 years. Baroque imagery, bizarre humour and labyrinthine plots made his elusive and allusive oeuvre unlike anything else in contemporary cinema.
Although most of his films were made while he was an exile in France, his work was part of the fabulist tradition that runs through much Latin American literature, such as the writings of Gabriel García Márquez, Jorge Luis Borges and Alfonso Reyes. Ruiz liked to quote the Cuban surrealist writer José Lezama Lima, who stated that the task of the poet is "to go into a dark room and build a waterfall there".
Born in Puerto Montt, in southern Chile, Ruiz studied law, theology and theatre before becoming a prolific avant-garde playwright. His first feature,...
- 8/19/2011
- by Ronald Bergan
- The Guardian - Film News
Revered Chilean filmmaker Raul Ruiz has died in Paris at the age of 70.
The director and film aficionado made over 100 movies including Mysteries of Lisbon, Klimt, Time Regained, Shattered Image and The Golden Boat.
He made his feature film debut in 1968 with the movie Tres tristes tigres, and he quickly became a leading figure in Chilean cinema.
Ruiz was forced to flee his homeland for political reasons in the mid-1970s and he spent the rest of his life living in exile in France.
Often described as a cinematic genius, Ruiz was also a theatre director and playwright, and he taught at Harvard University.
Among his many accolades, the director was awarded the title of Docteur Honoris Causa by the Ecole Normale Superieure de Lyon in 2005 and he also holds a Professorship at the University of Aberdeen and a Doctor Honoris Causa honour from the Universidad de Valparaiso, which he received earlier this year.
Ruiz was also presented with Chile's National Prize of Arts.
He is survived by his wife, Valeria Sarmiento, a Chilean writer-director.
The director and film aficionado made over 100 movies including Mysteries of Lisbon, Klimt, Time Regained, Shattered Image and The Golden Boat.
He made his feature film debut in 1968 with the movie Tres tristes tigres, and he quickly became a leading figure in Chilean cinema.
Ruiz was forced to flee his homeland for political reasons in the mid-1970s and he spent the rest of his life living in exile in France.
Often described as a cinematic genius, Ruiz was also a theatre director and playwright, and he taught at Harvard University.
Among his many accolades, the director was awarded the title of Docteur Honoris Causa by the Ecole Normale Superieure de Lyon in 2005 and he also holds a Professorship at the University of Aberdeen and a Doctor Honoris Causa honour from the Universidad de Valparaiso, which he received earlier this year.
Ruiz was also presented with Chile's National Prize of Arts.
He is survived by his wife, Valeria Sarmiento, a Chilean writer-director.
- 8/19/2011
- WENN
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