Word: spaniards
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...including several enduring works that examined his homeland's troubled past. Among the many tales he spun out of the jarring legacy of the Spanish Civil War, Belle Epoque earned him an Oscar for Best Screenplay in 1992. The film, which marked the first major leading role of fellow Spaniard Penélope Cruz, harked back to a less complicated time, on the eve of dictator Francisco Franco's rise. With a deft ability to move between drama and levity, innocence and anguish, he is credited with inspiring anew Spaniards' passion for film in the postwar...
...excused for failing to share in the sport's enthusiasm for Hamilton's stunning rookie year. Accusations flying (Alonso felt the British team was favoring the Brit Hamilton despite Alonso's superior status), the pair got themselves to a place from which there was no way back, and the Spaniard has returned to Renault, where he won his titles in 2005-'06 but may be facing a lean year based on early results...
...there were few surprises. Oscar shoo-in Javier Bardem picked up the award for best supporting actor, thanking "the mommy and daddy of [directors], Joel and Ethan Coen." The Spaniard acted as if he really wasn't expecting to win, despite having already won every award going - and probably some that haven't even been invented yet - for his villain in No Country for Old Men. The leading actor award went to Daniel Day-Lewis, whose speech seemed designed to show everyone that he's not really as scary as he comes across on screen in There Will Be Blood...
...Thomas Langmann - who co-helmed the movie with fellow Frenchman Frédéric Forestier - told the daily Le Parisien that the challenge this time is to "compete with American cinema, without betraying our own identity". To broaden the appeal, he also cast stars from across Europe, like Spaniard Santiago Segura, Germany's Michael Herbig, as well as Australian wrestling colossus Nathan Jones. "We could either have aimed to target 60 million viewers in France alone, or 300 million potential viewers throughout Europe. I decided to go for the second option," Langmann said...
...Nicolas' biography shares a striking parallel with another of his more recent predecessors. Pedro Arrupe, the charismatic and controversial Superior General from 1965 until 1983, was another Spaniard who rose up through the ranks in Japan before being chosen to lead the Jesuits. Arrupe's reign was marked by progressive challenges to the Church establishment, including clashes with both Pope Paul VI and Pope John Paul II. Arrupe's reign, consistent with order's history of experiments with theology and philosophy, saw the rise of radical Jesuit participation in politics, from the anti-war movement...