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Volume six issues of Antonio Admirers newsletters for the year 2000

 

Highlights of 2000,
the millennium year:

  • Play It to the Bone premiered
  • Original Sin and Spy Kids were shot
  • Antonio received an honorary doctorate from Dickinson College.
  • Antonio delivered  the  pregon for Malaga's feria and received the love and acclaim of his countrymen
  • Antonio won  Almas for both acting and directing.
  • Future plans look bright for Frida Kahlo and Fu-Manchu.
  • Antonio got a new toy, a  red Harley that Melanie gave him for his birthday

 

Antonio Admirers Back Issues 2000, volume 6 -- Click on the issue number to retrieve.
 

Issue

vol. 6

Highlights

 

01
01/03/2000


Melanie and Pedro nominated for Golden Globes
Parents join the family for New Years in L.A.
Portrait of Stella presented to Antonio's parents.
Stories of danger and hardship from Israeli wrap-up.
Dancing in the Dark in mid-February in either New Orleans (Variety) or Mexico (Spanish sources)

02
01/17/2000

Tonight Show Appearance
PITTB premieres in Hollywood
Disney proposes Antonio as Oscar candidate for performance in PITTB
Antonio approached to play Padre Pious Pietralcina in La Gran Luz
Antonio presented with De Sica Award in Rome
Interview Spanish Playboy, November 1999
Interview Mercado, November 1999
03
01/31/2000

Changes at the Mall
Golden Globes 2000 -- Antonio, Melanie, and Pedro
Ana Bandera talks of baptisms and her granddaughter
Los Angeles Times Ron Shelton article, "Blood, Sweat, and Tears"
Early Show interview

04
02/14/2000


Mexican pre-coverage of Dancing in the Dark
Italian men want Antonio's derriere
Details magazine interview, December 1991 (KC)
Harper's Bazaar interview, August, 1995 (KC)
transcript of Melanie's chat (JaqWyn) 
Melanie wins Best Foreign Actress (Sant Jordi Award) from National Radio of
Spain in Catalunya
Six Degrees of Antonio -- new game at Mall's Scrapbook

 

05
02/28/2000


Filming in Mexico
French chat with Antonio from Sandy
Ana Bandera Speaks Again
Career, family make Banderas a very happy man -- Minneapolis Star, Jan. 1997
Antonio Meliveo, Antonio's longtime friend and colleague
Retrospective articles from EPOCA

 

 06
03/13/2000

Antonio most important Andalucian artist of all time according to survey
Antonio and Penelope Cruz will present Oscar for Best Foreign Film
Extensive Security in Mexico while filming DANCING IN THE DARK
MALAGA BURNING postponed due to Antonio's other film commitments
Antonio's Political video in support of PSOE effective back home
Antonio becomes a partner in remodeling Principe Pio Railway Station into multipurpose theatre.
Antonio's next film project remains in doubt (sources disagree)
07
03/27/2000


PEDRO WINS!
Antonio may film again under Pedro Almodovar's direction
Antonio to shoot Spy Kids with Kelley Preston
Antonio Nominated for Almas for best actor and best director
13th Warrior (about an Arab among Vikings) nominated for honoring positive portrayals of Latinos and Latino culture (?)
Dickinson College will present an honorary doctor of arts degree to Antonio.

 

 08
04/10/2000


Almodovar's possible offerings 
13th Warrior receives Imagen Award
All about the Post-Oscar partying
While shooting is postponed, Ron Shelton works on Malaga Burning script
Dancing in the Dark shoots in Campeche, Mexico with local cooperation
Bathtub Scene in Dancing in the Dark
Rodriguez says there may be Desperado sequel

 

09
03/27/2000 


Antonio wins two!
Antonio wins ALMA awards for acting (13th Warrior) and directing (Crazy in Alabama)
Earth Day 2000 breakfast hosted by Melanie
As Antonio readies to work with Robert Rodriguez for the third time...
Retrospective articles on Rodriguez and Desperado
Reporters at Campeche set of Dancing in the Dark resort to gossip 

 

 10
05/08/2000
A busy May anticipated
Carla Gugino replaces Kelly Preston in Robert Rodriguez's Spy Kids
Tau Ceramica does very well in competition.
Antonio's parents and good friend Meliveo to see him get his doctorate.
Antonio and Melanie's passion
11
05/22/2000 


It's now Doctor Antonio!
Melanie "branded" Antonio for fourth wedding anniversary [tattooed]
Melanie at Cannes and Good word on Cecil B. Demented
New movie hint and a question: Is Corto Maltese Almodovar's project?
On the set of Spy Kids with Entertainment Tonight and E!
Antonio starring in the "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang" of the new millennium?

 

 12
06/05/2000

Antonio on the Dancing in the Dark set on ET and AH
Two interviews with Antonio's mother 
Mary Doria Russell and Karen Hall will write The Sparrow screenplay
Oneworld networks files lawsuit against former ICM agent
Melanie interview from France Soir (donated by Sandy)
13
06/19/2000

Venice Magazine interview, July 1998
Antonio and Melanie's responses to the latest gossip
Antonio presents at the L.A. Education Awards
Finally, the Almas on television 

14
07/03/2000
Pedro gets doctorate, talks about Antonio and Penelope
Ana Bandera gets her own star
Stella goes to bilingual school 
Antonio 2nd 'best image' in Spain 
Spanish Sighs -- Article from August 1995 
15
07/17/2000



The family arrives (sequentially) in Spain -- to remain until September
Melanie receives diamond award at film festival at Taormina, Sicily
Antonio's next project Morton Orwell
In Spain, Antonio talks, skis, and gets political
Aol online chat transcript
Melanie interviews with The Mail and Ladies Home Journal interview
People en Espanol  -- Spy Kids

 

16
07/31/2000



Melanie nominated for Emmy for RKO 281
Antonio to be Proclaimer for Feria of Malaga, August 11th
Antonio performs impromptu at Joaquin Sabina concert in Malaga.
Background Behind Antonio's and Sabina's friendship
Meet Trebol, the latest Banderas' family member
Spy Kids script
White River Kid
Ecstatically Melanie

 

17
08/14/2000


Two newspaper interviews from Spain (El Mundo and La Opinion)

Antonio's Heartfelt Proclamation to Open the Feria
'Something a Little Less Wild' -- LA Times interview with Melanie
Antonio Will be designated 'Favorite Son of Malaga'
Málaga's Enthused Reviews of Antonio's Proclamation
Birthday Surprises -- a dark red Harley and LA property
Dinner with the King and Queen in Mallorca during the Copa del Rey
AB Meets with PSOE leaders Felipe González and Manuel Chaves

 

18
08/28/2000


NEW and Not-to-be-missed August 27th Antonio Interview From Diario Sur!!!
Antonio and his new love [initials HD] stop traffic
On other wheels, Melanie's much publicized bicycle fall
Melanie's online chat -- conceiving after 35
Antonio (and Melanie) receive more awards from Málaga
More on the feria and dinner with their Majesties 

 

19
09/11/2000


Hispanic Heritage Awards

Silver Fork Awards -- the Chaos at Los Monteros
On the menu: the perfect cherry to the summer --
Pata Negra Ham, Virgin Olives, AB paella, and Mama's garlic soup
Melanie's Interview in Paper Magazine
Interview with Antonio Meliveo
Antonio and Melanie complete exhausting summer vacation

 

20
09/25/2000

 

Kahloand Return of Fu-Manchu
Two potential projects depict contrasting worlds and styles
Little Mermaid Premiere brings out Melanie and daughters
New York Fashion Week 2000
Melanie on Rosie O'Donnell
Latin Grammys
Antonio (and others) discuss the Meaning of 'Hispanic'
AB and Melanie honor Bruce Willis at Moving Picture Ball

 

21
10/09/2000

 

Wonderful Nostalgic Interview with Antonio's mother
ORIGINAL SIN release date moved to February
Antonio Banderas, Now Also in Stamp
AB in Madrid confirms Almodovar and de la Iglesias' projects
1996 Almodovar Interview -- When a Filmmaker Loves a Woman

 

22
10/23/2000

 

Tidbits from 'La gran ilusion'
short interview with AB at Raphael's Jekyll and Hyde performance
Melanie and Antonio support SAG
The Body to be released by SONY early next year
Kahlo to shoot in January
Comida (Antonio's paella recipe hits Spanish websites and other tasty tidbits
as Spaniards lick AB, Celia talks Andalucian food, and AB and Mel patronize LA eatery)
National Enquirer exposes Melanie's great legs!

 

23
11/06/2000


Biography Interview
Two Antonio Interviews from Hola!
New Madrid Home
Ecks vs. Sever shooting in Toronto in February
Pedro's Habla Con Ella for Antonio & Penelope? 

 

24
11/20/2000 

 


Melanie in Hospital to step down from pain medication
Victor Jara Still Looms in Antonio's future
Antonio's mother receives award, denies Antonio has bought Madrid home
From Almodovar on Almodovar, Tie Me Up, Tie Me Down

 

25
12/04/2000

 

Melanie's Recovery Continues
Ana Leza Marries and details of divorce settlement
Ana Bandera Continues Support of Disabled and AFIM
Emma Thompson scouts in Chile for Victor Jara
Alex de Iglesia scouts in Indonesia for Fu-Manchu
Details on Frida Kahlo

 

26
12/18/2000

 

Antonio and Melanie at Fire and Ice Ball
Frank Hola! interview with Antonio's Mother
More details of Antonio's and Ana Leza's divorce settlement
Fu Manchu: Antonio as new James Bond come October
Hancock Park Property


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