Sisters and best friends Krisse Brock Kelly and Julie Brock Campbell are sharing their passion for the Spanish language by trying to make it easier for children to learn Spanish.

It's the sixth year of the Phoenix Film Festival, and thanks to vérité hits such as like “March of the Penguins” and “Murderball,” the competition boasts an abundance of documentaries.

CANNES, France - Pedro Almodovar reveled Wednesday in his gig as opening act at the Cannes Film Festival, saying he felt like a puppetmaster about to draw back the curtain on a 12-day burst of cinema.

SAN SEBASTIAN, Spain - The San Sebastian Film Festival opened Thursday with a star-studded retinue including Woody Allen and Meryl Streep due to stroll the elegant promenades of the seaside city in Spain's northern Basque region.

PARIS - American directors Clint Eastwood and Steven Soderbergh are to headline the streamlined competition at this year's Cannes Film Festival, which features fewer big-name directors and more emerging voices from across the globe.

Jessica Alba in a bikini!

A straight-up action picture may sound unusual coming from Steven Soderbergh, but as he's repeatedly demonstrated throughout his career, he's keen to experiment with every genre imaginable. And if you look closely at his latest, "Haywire," you'll find it reveals glimmers of some of his greatest hits.

It's the sixth year of the Phoenix Film Festival, and thanks to vérité hits such as like “March of the Penguins” and “Murderball,” the competition boasts an abundance of documentaries.

December 1, 2004

As more than 10,000 people flock to Harkins Shea 14 in Scottsdale this weekend for the Scottsdale Film Festival, founder Amy Ettinger will be breathing a well-deserved sigh of relief.

It is hard to determine whether Spanish director Pedro Almodóvar’s growing reputation is now so widespread that he is recognizable even on the streets of Los Angeles. The reason it is difficult is that nobody walks on the streets of Los Angeles, so there is nobody around to recognize him.

Brian Pulido wants nothing more than to share his love of death and dismemberment with the rest of the world. And he’s doing a right fine job of it.

MADRID, Spain - Pedro Almodovar's "Volver" - a comic drama about women making do without men - has been chosen to represent Spain among movies vying to be candidates for the best foreign film Oscar.

MEXICO CITY - Ed Norton is happy for his ex-girlfriend, Salma Hayek, whose "Ugly Betty" series for ABC has become a first-year hit for ABC. In an interview with Mexico City's Reforma newspaper, the actor said the show is "marvelous" and that he would like to appear in it.

PANAMA CITY, Panama - Mel Gibson, fresh off his Mexico-based epic "Apocalypto," is thinking of heading south to film a movie in Panama, tourism officials said Monday.

NEW YORK - Jennifer Lopez, who has proudly declared herself "just a girl from the Bronx," delighted fans in her old neighborhood Wednesday by appearing at a local record store to sign autographs and promote her first all-Spanish album.

The Dream Center-Scottsdale First Assembly church ordered 250 tickets for the much-anticipated film "The Passion of the Christ" so the congregation could go en masse to see the film Thursday night.

When the original Django picked up the phone, he was just winding down from a few games of tennis and was about to wrap presents.

SANTA MONICA, Calif. - "No Country for Old Men" was the big winner at Monday's Critics' Choice Awards, winning best picture, best director for brothers Joel and Ethan Coen and best supporting actor for Javier Bardem.

May 11, 2005

The rivalry still exists between the teenage street gangs in the new revival of the musical “West Side Story,” but with a more realistic approach. In previous productions and the film, the Puerto Rican Sharks always have spoken and sang their songs in English. But in the new version, Bernardo and his gang will speak and belt out some of the signature tunes in Spanish.

The rivalry still exists between the teenage street gangs in the new revival of the musical “West Side Story,” but with a more realistic approach. In previous productions and the film, the Puerto Rican Sharks always have spoken and sang their songs in English. But in the new version, Bernardo and his gang will speak and belt out some of the signature tunes in Spanish.

The rivalry still exists between the teenage street gangs in the new revival of the musical “West Side Story,” but with a more realistic approach. In previous productions and the film, the Puerto Rican Sharks always have spoken and sang their songs in English. But in the new version, Bernardo and his gang will speak and belt out some of the signature tunes in Spanish.