Benicio Del Toro

Del Toro Urges Puerto Rico To Nix Monkey Breeding Facility

AP | Posted 12.02.2009 | Green


SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Benicio del Toro is asking Puerto Rico to halt a planned monkey-breeding facility, arguing the primates would suffer "ex...

A Full Moon, Werewolves, and Betrayed Love

Jane Minogue | Posted 10.19.2009 | Entertainment


Jane Minogue

Werewolves are in the news these days, so let's analyze a story of werewolves, love, and betrayal circa 1180 from Marie de France.

Benicio, Bill Murray, Caan And Duvall In Cuba For Awards

AP | WILL WEISSERT | Posted 08.30.2009 | Entertainment


HAVANA — Benicio del Toro accepted a new Cuban government award for international artists at a ceremony in Havana on Thursday, while Bill Murray...

The Young Castro Comes Alive In Soderbergh's Epic Che Through Actor Demian Bichir's Performance

Brad Balfour | Posted 06.06.2009 | Entertainment


Brad Balfour

Now that director Steven Soderbergh is in the public consciousness again with his intimate portrait of a high-class escort in The Girlfriend Experienc...

"Three Stooges" Film Cast: Sean Penn, Jim Carrey & Benicio Del Toro

AP | Posted 04.25.2009 | Entertainment


NEW YORK — Sean Penn is going slapstick. The studio MGM says the double Oscar winner has signed on to play Larry in the Farrelly brothers' big-...

The Best Actor and Best Movie of 2008 Weren't Even Nominated

John Eskow | Posted 03.28.2009 | Entertainment


John Eskow

The most amazing "performance" of 2008 was that of Benicio del Toro as Che -- which, for my dough, was also the movie of the year.

Benicio del Toro Talks About Che: The Man And The Movie

Peter Kornbluh | Posted 03.05.2009 | Entertainment


Peter Kornbluh

"Every thing you do turns to gold," one female fan told him at a recent showing in D.C. "And my mom's in love with you." I caught up with BDT afterwards and asked him about playing Che.

A Great Lack of Latinos at the Academy Awards

Daniel Cubias | Posted 02.25.2009 | Entertainment


Daniel Cubias

In the eighty-one years the Academy has been handing out awards, just 14 Hispanics have been nominated for acting Oscars. The last was Adriana Barraza in 2007 for Babel.

A Letter from Bernie Madoff

Andy Borowitz | Posted 01.15.2009 | Business


Andy Borowitz

"Dear neighbors, in exchange for all the support you've shown me, I'd like to do something for you -- in the form of the investment opportunity of a lifetime."

Che The Movie, Exquisitely Detailed: It's Not Just One Film, It's Two, Though a Little Bit Overdone

Michael Russnow | Posted 02.06.2009 | Entertainment


Michael Russnow

Benicio Del Toro is magnetic and haunting as Che, but he has the difficult task of communicating to us through subtitles, as most of the film is told in Spanish.

Benicio Del Toro Promotes "Che" At Havana Screening

AP | Posted 01.07.2009 | Entertainment


HAVANA - Actor Benicio del Toro says protesters at the Miami screening of "Che" should have watched the film first. Del Toro plays Argentine-born Ern...

New "Che" Trailer: 4+ Hours Of Benicio (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Posted 01.03.2009 | Entertainment


The new 257-minute Che Guevara biopic is being released in two parts in January 2009, but has a special single-picture engagement starting December 12...

Soderbergh's "Che": Masterwork Or Folly?

LA Times | Posted 12.02.2008 | Entertainment


Charging across the globe like an insurrectionist guerrilla cadre, Steven Soderbergh's sprawling, Spanish-language epic "Che" has been playing at inte...

Soderbergh's "Che" Gets US Distributor

AP | Posted 10.11.2008 | Entertainment


TORONTO — Steven Soderbergh's Che Guevara film biography "Che" has found a U.S. distributor that will release it in theaters this December to qu...

Benicio del Toro Wins Best Actor In Cannes, French Film Wins Best Picture

AP | DAVID GERMAIN | Posted 06.03.2008 | Entertainment


%meta(topic:01005000;ap_topic:general entertainment;subtopic:movies;%) CANNES, France (AP) _ The French film "The Class," a frank tale about classroo...

Steven Soderbergh Defends And Explains Epic "Che"

AP | DAVID GERMAIN | Posted 05.30.2008 | Entertainment


%meta(topic:01005000;ap_topic:general entertainment;subtopic:movies;%) CANNES, France (AP) _ Unless it is one of his "Ocean's Eleven" casino romps, S...

Cannes Wednesday: 'Che' Panned Plus Madonna, Mike Tyson, Benicio, Sheer Dresses And More (PHOTOS)

Huffington Post | Posted 05.29.2008 | Entertainment


Wednesday in Cannes the stars were out for two different premieres. Sharon Stone joined Madonna (who had visible nipples) and Guy Ritchie at the premi...

Steven Soderbergh's Che Guevara Epic Misses Cannes Deadline

Variety | Posted 04.26.2008 | Entertainment


Today's Variety has a rundown of movies playing, and not playing, at this year's Cannes Film Festival. One long-anticipated film, or films, will not b...

First Look: Benicio Del Toro As "The Wolfman"

Entertainment Weekly | Lindsay Soll | Posted 03.28.2008 | Entertainment


It's been 67 years since the Wolfman first attacked the box office, but he'll be making a comeback next year in a remake by Joe Johnston (Hidalgo, Jur...