Source: Tina Franklin, Flickr Commons 2.0 New York, Aug 26 (EFE).- Irish-American actor Pierce Brosnan, who played James Bond in "GoldenEye" and three other installments of the iconic spy series, said in a recent interview that the possibility of a gay 007 should not be ruled out, although he believes a black Bond will come first. "Sure. Why not?" the 62-year-old Brosnan, whose last Bond fl...

Flickr Commons Stockholm, Aug 25 (EFE).- Fans of late Swedish author Stieg Larsson's Millennium trilogy are eagerly awaiting the release this week of "The Girl in the Spider's Web," the fourth installment in the best-selling series. The latest book in the series, which has sold more than 80 million copies around the world, was written by David Lagercrantz, a Swedish journalist and author se...

The landscape and greenery of Ecuador Munich, 24 August 2015 — Once more, Ecuador tops the list of the best places to live abroad in the InterNations Expat Insider 2015 survey, which is with more than 14,000 respondents one of the most extensive studies ever conducted to explore the general living situation of expatriates. This year’s top ten also hold some surprises: small country Malta m...

"Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes Yahoo 2006" by Kevin Ballard - http://flickr.com/photos/eridius/116003811/in/set-72057594087529032/. Licensed under CC BY 2.0 via Commons Medellin, Colombia, Aug 23 (EFE).- Hollywood star Tom Cruise met with the mayor of the northwestern Colombian city of Medellin, Anibal Gaviria, to discuss the filming of "Mena." "It was a friendly and productive meeting that l...

Wikiemedia Commons On a global level, dental tourism is an industry that produces billions of dollars each year. Costa Rica is often cited as a leading destination for dental tourism thanks to the affordability of treatments and quality of care. Marketing is one of the major aspects driving the international dental tourism industry, and one particular marketing element in this regard is the po...

Ashley Madison screensho A Spanish firm that specializes in data visualizations has produced a map that shows the concentration of Ashley Madison subscribers around the world, and at least eight municipalities in Costa Rica made the list. Ashley Madison is an infamous dating website that promotes adulterous sexual encounters among their members; in recent weeks, however, this site has been ...

After Words Movie Poster After an exclusive premier in New York City, the film After Words will be widely released in various Internet streaming venues. The reviews are in, and they fare much better than the last film that was mostly filmed in Costa Rica, the critically-panned science fiction blockbuster After Earth, starring Will Smith and his son Jayden. Meave Gallagher of the Houston Pre...

Source: FlickrCC The Costa Rican movie theater chain CCM Cinemas plans to open four movie screens in Tamarindo Beach before the end of 2015. According to a news report filed by Marcos Ureña of Guanacaste online news site PrimeroEnNoticias.com, the national chain estimates that this project will cost $4 million. At this time, CCM Cinemas is not certain exactly where in Tamarindo Beach they w...

Wikimedia Commons Washington, Aug 19 (EFE).- Actress Yvonne Craig, who played Batgirl in the iconic 1960s television series "Batman," died from cancer, Variety reported on Wednesday. She was 78. Craig died on Monday at her home in Pacific Palisades, California, surrounded by her family. The actress, who was born on May 6, 1937, in Taylorville, Illinois, died from breast cancer that sprea...

Source: Wikimedia Commons By Carlos Meneses Sanchez Rosario Islands, Colombia, Aug 18 (EFE).- A scuba diving center in this Caribbean paradise is using an experimental therapy for people with disabilities, most of them victims of Colombia's armed conflict, who can forget about their physical limitations amid the coral. Diving Planet director Andres Obregon created this recreational scuba...

Source: Kevin Manzur for T-Mobile Los Angeles, Aug 15 (EFE).- Colombian singer-songwriter Shakira is part of the voice cast for the upcoming 2016 Disney computer-animated comedy "Zootopia," the studio said at its D23 Expo, an event for fans in Anaheim, California. Shakira will voice the part of Gazelle, a pop star in the mammal metropolis of Zootopia, where a police lieutenant bunny and a f...

Salma Hayek. Wikimedia Commons Los Angeles, Aug 15 (EFE).- Mexican actress Salma Hayek has obtained a restraining order against two female fans she says have been impersonating her and even threatened to kidnap her 7-year-old daughter, Valentina, celebrity news Web site TMZ reported.   A Los Angeles judge issued the temporary order after reviewing evidence submitted by the celebrity...

After Words Movie Poster Event Brite Announcement – Level 33 Entertainment is proud to announce the release of the feature film AFTER WORDS, a transformative & romantic adventure set largely in picturesque Costa Rica, starring Academy Award ® Winner Marcia Gay Harden (Fifty Shades of Grey, Pollock, Mystic River), Goya Award Winner and Platino Award Winner Óscar Jaenada (Cantinflas, Pirates...

Wikimedia Commons Today is the feast of Assumption of the Virgin Mary into Heaven, a Holy Day of Obligation in the Roman Catholic faith, and it is also Mother’s Day in Costa Rica as well as in some regions of Belgium. Home appliances are some of the most traditional presents for mothers in Costa Rica on their special day; some of the most popular choices are stoves, refrigerators and washing m...

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 13, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- In response to enormous popular demand, IMAX Corporation (NYSE: IMAX) and Universal Pictures today announced that Universal and Amblin Entertainment's global-record-breaking film, Jurassic World, will receive a special week-long engagement in domestic IMAX® 3D theatres beginning Aug. 28. Since its record-setting global IMAX release on June 12, Jurassic...

Source: Wikimedia Common3 Los Angeles, Aug 11 (EFE).- Colombian actress Sofia Vergara confirmed that she would be the voice of Bart Simpson's new teacher on the animated television series "The Simpsons." Vergara, who has previously voiced characters on "Family Guy" and "The Cleveland Show," will have a role in this season's episode 27, "Teenage Mutant Milk-Caused Hurdles," which will air on...

Sabrina Luxury Collection LAS VEGAS, Aug. 11, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- This week leading international luxury travel network, Virtuoso®, is conducting its 27th annual Virtuoso Travel Week conference – an event akin to Fashion Week where travel buyers seek out the latest trends in luxury experiences by meeting with thousands of travel purveyors, all preferred partners of the network. At the center ...

Source: Nicole Carboni Facebook The 2015 Miss Costa Rica beauty pageant culminated over the weekend with the traditional crowning of the new Queen of all Ticos, who also received a sash, a bouquet, and an earful of snide comments about how the fix was in the entire time. Each year, there seems to be at least one Miss Costa Rica contestant who: A – Was not crowned Miss Costa Rica B – Cla...

Since late May 2015, major airlines in North America have been announcing great deals on low airfares to Costa Rica, and this trend seems to be developing into an all-out war. The ongoing airfare battle has been reported on by The Costa Rica Star over the last few months. One of the first airlines to launch an initial salvo in this battle for cheap plane tickets was Volaris, which operates in M...

Logicoins Press Release -- San Jose, Costa Rica – July 31, 2015 – Ready to turn your Bitcoin into $200,000 in a matter of hours? Then you’ll want to be online at Americas Cardroom on Sunday, August 2nd. At 3pm ET, the US-facing online poker site is hosting its signature Million Dollar Sunday poker tournament, a $1 million guaranteed Texas Hold’em event with a first place prize of $200,000 guarante...

Miss Costa Rica 2015 Brenda Castro Thus far in 2015, judges at beauty pageants in Costa Rica have been swooned by contestants from the Caribbean region. Earlier this year, The Costa Rica Star reported on the crowning of Shakira McDonald, an Afro-Costa Rican beauty queen who is currently Mrs. Costa Rica. Last night, television network Teletica (Channel 7) aired the grand finale of Miss Costa Ri...

Wikimedia Commons By Alexandra Mendoza San Diego, Aug 7 (EFE).- Since Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump made his controversial remarks about Mexicans, the piñata fashioned to look like him has been a must-have at Latino parties, where it is given a few whacks for what the magnate thinks about immigrants. "In the 14 years we've been making piñatas, this is the first time we've ...

PR-Inside.com: 2015-08-07 -- Sacred Warrior’s Vanessa Chakour and powerhouse yogi, wellness educator and internationally known musician, Bibi McGill are running two back to back retreats in Costa Rica later this year, with a corresponding online course starting in October. The retreats will offer daily yoga and Sacred Warrior boxing, plant medicine, vegan meals, ceremony, jungle hikes with animals...

Wikimedia Commons New York, Aug 4 (EFE).- Bruce Willis, Kristen Stewart and Jesse Eisenberg will be part of the cast for Woody Allen's next film, an as yet untitled project that will begin filming this month in New York and Los Angeles, the moviemaker announced on Tuesday. Also appearing in the film will be Parker Posey, who was in Allen's "Irrational Man," Blake Lively, Jeannie Berlin, Cor...

San Francisco, Aug 4 (EFE).- Apple's digital assistant, Siri, will soon be able to transcribe voicemail messages from iPhones, according to the publication Business Insider, which reported that the new service could make its debut next year. "Apple employees are testing a voicemail service that uses Siri to answer your calls and transcribe voicemail messages," said Business Insider. "Apple's...

2015 National Geographic Photo Contest Winner WASHINGTON (Aug. 3, 2015)—Selected from more than 17,000 entries, an underwater photograph of divers swimming near a humpback whale taken by Anuar Patjane Floriuk of Tehuacán, Puebla, Mexico, has won the 2015 National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest grand prize. Floriuk wins an eight-day National Geographic Photo Expedition to Costa Rica and the ...

Wikimedia Commons Los Angeles, Aug 1 (EFE).- Spanish actor Antonio Banderas will play the lead character in the TV series "Havana Quartet," based on the Mario Conde police procedural thrillers created by Cuban journalist Leonardo Padura, the Starz channel's CEO Chris Albrecht announced. Banderas and Cuba's "Magic City" author Eduardo Machado are executive producers of the series, while Mach...

Singer/songwriter Debi Nova, known for popular hit singles Drummer Boy and One Rhythm, was headed to the altar during the first weekend of August. According to a news report filed by Ariel Chaves Gonzales of daily tabloid Diario Extra, the Costa Rican pop star will tie the knot with Tico architect John Osborne.   Debi Nova was born Deborah Nowalski Kader in San Jose; she currently resid...

Source: Comex Visual cleanliness must be your ally when choosing lighting and paint colors for your Jaco Beach condominium unit. By Carolina Ruiz When you are dealing with small living spaces, there is nothing better than applying the proper measure of light and color to create comfort and space where it does not exist. Furniture and decorative elements can be key allies as well, as long...

Juliana Lopez Sarrazola. Source: Miss World Colombia 2015 Juliana Lopez Sarrazola, a 22-year old Colombian bikini model, could face the death penalty in China for the alleged crime of smuggling cocaine into the People's Republic of China. According to the online news daily El Mundo from Spain, Miss Lopez, who was also the 2015 Miss World Colombia candidate from Antioquia, a major coffee-pr...

Wikimedia Commons Buenos Aires, Jul 27 (EFE).- U.S. actor Leonardo DiCaprio is in far southern Argentina to shoot the final scenes of "The Revenant," directed by Mexican Alejandro Gonzalez Iñarritu, the recent winner of the Oscar for Best Picture for "Birdman." The Hollywood star arrived in the city of Ushuaia on Sunday and will remain there for four days filming several scenes that it was ...

"48 Hours Mystery logo" by Source. Licensed under Fair use via Wikipedia 48 HOURS: "Paradise Lost" was Saturday's #1 broadcast at 10:00 PM with the key adult news demographic and viewers, according to Nielsen live plus same day ratings for July 25. 48 HOURS was also the #1 program for the night in viewers. 48 HOURS (R) (10:00-11:00 PM) delivered 4.16 million viewers and a 1.0/04 with adult...

Wikimedia Commons New York, Jul 27 (EFE).- Thirty-five women who say they were victims of sexual abuse at the hands of Bill Cosby give details of their accusations in the latest edition of New York Magazine, published on Monday. The women's black-and-white photos of them seated in similar poses - and next to a vacant chair representing others who have not been able to make their accusations...

Source: Wikimedia Commons HSI Media Release -- The Court of the Union of Tres Ríos made a major ruling in favor of animal welfare in Costa Rica after convicting a person for breeding dogs in an illegal breeding facility, or puppy mill. Humane Society International /Latin America applauded the court for its historic ruling, the first against a puppy mill. HSI worked with the National Animal Hea...

Sony Pictures Beijing, Jul 25 (EFE).- Producers of the American science fiction comedy "Pixels," which debuted this week in the United States and Europe, changed the film's screenplay to avoid offending China and ensure access to that market, leaked internal e-mails appear to show. Among the thousands of internal Sony Pictures Entertainment e-mails made public by WikiLeaks in recent months,...

British actor Daniel Craig performs during the shooting of the 24th James Bond movie 'Spectre' in Rome, Italy. EFE London, Jul 22 (EFE).- The makers of "Spectre," the 24th installment in the James Bond saga, on Wednesday unveiled the first full-length trailer for the film, which features the usual mix of spectacular explosions, high-speed chases and gorgeous women. The two-minute, 32-second...

Source: Wikimedia Commons Portland, Maine (PRWEB) July 22, 2015 – CIEE: Council on International Educational Exchange is expanding short-term study abroad offerings to increase access to international education opportunities for U.S. undergraduates of all academic disciplines and majors. Beginning in 2016, the leading nonprofit international education and exchange organization will offer 36 ne...

San Francisco, Jul 21 (EFE).- Puerto Rican actor Benicio del Toro is currently in negotiations to play a villain in the eighth "Star Wars" film to be produced by Lucasfilm, Variety magazine reported. The publication says that an agreement has not yet been struck between the studio and Del Toro, and among the other actors being considered for the part is Joaquin Phoenix. Variety says that act...

Source: BBCEarth.com The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is planning to increase its footprint in Latin America with BBC Earth, a specialty channel that is hoping to capture the burgeoning market of television viewers looking for quality programming related to nature, science, technology, and adventure. According to a news report filed by Emiliano de Pablos for entertainment industry...

Wikimedia Commons By Maria Eugenia Fernandez Montevideo, Jul 20 (EFE).- Uruguayan Emilio Arenas, the holder of five Guinness records as the king of pencils and one as the top fan of ashtrays, is poised to earn yet another for his collection of 18,300 pencils, a treasure trove that he told EFE comes second only to his family. The septuagenarian, who runs the Granja Arenas tourist attracti...