Gael Garcia Bernal & Diego Luna Interview on Cinemablend There have been more famous onscreen duos in screen history, and even some of them have been friends in real life, but few are as fun to watch together as Diego Luna and Gael Garcia Bernal. The two broke into stardom in 2001’s Y Tu Mama Tambien, when both were around 21. Now in their 30s, with families of their own, they’ve reunited for Rudo y Cursi, a dramedy about two brothers from a rural community who become soccer superstars, each handling fame in equally poor ways. Luna and Bernal walked into the roundtable interview...

Thanks to Cris for sharing this news about Gael. 2009 Los Angeles Film Festival Celebrities and Film Independent Staff will gather at the Hotel Palomar to announce the line up for the 15th annual Los Angeles Film Festival at 9:30am on Tuesday, May 5th. Hosts Gael Garcia Bernal, Diego Luna, Film Independent’s Executive Director Dawn Hudson, and Director of Programming Rachel Rosen will welcome new Festival Director Rebecca Yeldham, to announce the line up for 15th Los Angeles Film Festival. source Jimmy Fallon And for those with access to US television, Gael and Diego are going to be on Late Night...

The 2009 Tribeca Film Festival starts today and Rudo y Cursi will be among the films screened. The story is about two bumbling half-brothers from the sticks who both get signed to play for rival soccer clubs in Mexico City. Models, fast cars, gambling, drug-use, pet monkeys, cup-o-noodle, sibling rivalry and vanity singing careers all ensue from there. During the Festival, the Apple Store (Soho) will be hosting film events, one of which will include Diego Luna, Gael Garcia and Carlos Cuarón on April 27, 2009. And good news for the Spanish speaking impaired! Sony Classics has launched a Rudo y...

Gael Garcia, Elena Fortes and Diego Luna in Oaxaca, Mexico – April 9, 2009      GALLERY LINK Ambulante Press Conference, Oaxaca (April 9, 2009) Read the article   Leer el articulo

Quién Magazine has nominated Gael as one of the 50 people that move Mexico. During 2008, the Charolastra’s career continued to ascend. He released Déficit, his first movie as director, and connected his first hit Billboard song “Quiero que me quieras”, the adaptation of the original song by Cheap Trick, “I want you to want me” and one of the subjects of the movie Rudo y Cursi. Gael was versatile last year. He presented the staging of the play “Together”, participated at the Rome Film Festival and formed part of the actors movement made up of actors looking to create awareness about...

City of God director Fernando Meirelles has revealed he paid the price for letting Gael Garcia Bernal spoof a Stevie Wonder song in his new film Blindness. The Babel actor spontaneously broke into one of Stevie’s hits during a break in fliming and the director decided to use the footage in the film. “They charged us 50,000 US dollars so it was a very expensive joke but we paid,” said Fernando. He continued: “We were waiting to shoot the scene where Gael was supposed to talk into the microphone to threaten everybody. Before doing that he had the microphone in his hand and...

Gael was presented with the Guadalajara Award last night at the Guadalajara Film Festival. Gael’s mother, grandmother and his good friends Diego Luna and Pablo Cruz were among those present. GALLERY LINK Public Events > 2009 > Guadalajara Film Festival (March 20) Also check out this video (in Spanish) where Gael thanks his grandmother for this award!

Gael Garcia Bernal is to be honored at the upcoming International Film Festival in Guadalajara for his contributions to cinema.   The film star isn’t just a pretty face — Garcia Bernal is also the co-founder of the documentary film festival Ambulante with his close friend and fellow actor Diego Luna. Ambulante just finished its fourth run in Mexico and has traveled to many parts of the world, including the United States, Britain, Ireland and Cuba. The statement from the Guadalajara film festival commends Garcia Bernal for his “tireless concern for films,” adding, “Gael...