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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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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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18 May 2008 6:31 AM, PDT | From ifc.com | See recent IFC news

By Erica Abeel

The abiding humanism we've come to expect from Walter Salles is abundantly present in "Linha de Passe," his luminous competition entry in this year's Cannes. Co-directed with Daniela Thomas, the film explores the Brazilian underclass through the lives of four brothers who live with their mother on the outskirts of teeming São Paulo. But though the family leads a hardscrabble life in an unforgiving milieu, "Linha" is no "City of God." The brothers may skirt violence and crime, yet they struggle to reinvent themselves, continuing to search, however misguidedly, for a way to rise above their circumstances.

One son (Vinícius de Oliveira from Salles's "Central Station," sole actor in a cast of non-pros) hopes to use soccer as his ticket out. A second braves the mockery of friends and family to embrace religion and assist a local pastor. Touchingly, the youngest boy, fathered by a black bus-driver,

Erica Abeel

2 May 2008 10:30 AM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

Mexican movie star Gael Garcia Bernal is set to become a first-time father, according to Argentinean reports.

Gossip magazine Paparazzi claims The Motorcycle Diaries star's girlfriend, actress Dolores Fonzi, is pregnant.

The 29-year-old couple has never confirmed the romance, but they reportedly met and fell in love while shooting the movie Vidas Privadas in 2006.

Ironically, Bernal's best friend and Y Tu Mama Tambien co-star Diego Luna is set to become a first-time father later this year - he is expecting a child with his girlfriend, actress Camila Sodi.

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