by the El Reportero’s wire services
An extraordinary concert of 39 songs and a resounding rejection of President Sebastian Piñera sealed the return of Paul McCartney to Chile in a National Stadium crowded by more than 50,000 spectators.
A few days ago, Piñera had unexpectedly invited his entire cabinet to attend the concert, and last night the president, his wife and their ministers attended the presentation of the ex-Beatle on his fourth visit to Chile, now as part of his international tour Freshen Up.
In a gesture of courtesy, in the middle of his presentation McCarney announced the presence of Piñera in the stadium with a ‘I would like to greet the president, we are happy to see him here tonight’, totally alien to what would come immediately after: a resounding reckoning that was viralized by the images of the moment captured by thousands of cell phones.
The president and his staff had to face the public’s snub while the disconcerted visitor tried to save the situation by quickly returning to his songs.
Before and after that ‘parenthesis’ the night was a wide and excellent show of rock in which McCartney interpreted a score of emblematic songs of the boys of Liverpool, of Wings and of his most recent disc, Egipt Station, up to a total of 39 pieces making the public enchanted throughout the almost three hours that lasted the concert.
A show that excelled in sobriety, without too much paraphernalia, unnecessary to the artistic quality of a star like Paul McCartney.
Spain’s actress Penelope Cruz shoots film in Cuba
Spain’s actress Penelope Cruz is in Cuba to resume shooting Wasp Network film by French director Olivier Assayas, which will have its premiere this year.
According to local media, Cruz arrived Wednesday to Havana accompanied by her husband and scene partner Javier Bardem although they do not give further details about their stay.
Her arrival coincides with that of the US actors Susan Sarandon, Owen Wilson and Shailene Woodle, who these days visited the historical center and famous places in Havana such as the Boulevard of San Rafael and the Cuban Art Factory.
Before this visit, Penelope was in Cuba in February with the Mexican Gael Garcia Bernal and the Cuban Ana de Armas, as confirmed on that occasion by the team in charge of processing their trip and hosting.
The new work of the model and winner of an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress in 2008 by Vicky Cristina Barcelona, will focus on the story of a group of Cuban anti-terrorists infiltrated in the US during the 1990s.
The film will tell the story of Gerardo Hernández, Fernando González, Ramón Labañino, Antonio Guerrero, René González and Juan Pablo Roque, based on the book The Last Soldiers of the Cold War by Brazilian Fernando Morais.
No Manches Frida 2 triumphs in cinemas in the United States
No Manches Frida 2 raised $ 3,894,000 on its first opening weekend, with a solid $ 8,250 per room and received an A in CinemaScore rating. It is a great achievement for this Mexican film that exceeded the collection of the opening weekend of the original feature film and that premiered in only 472 screens in the American Union. This is another great triumph for Pantelion Films, after its previous Latin hits like Instructions Not Included, the highest grossing Spanish film in US history; How to Be A Latin Lover and Overboard.
The first film of No Manches Frida premiered during a long weekend (Labor Day – 2/9/16) and raised $ 3,600,00
