2006
2005
Photo taken from the upcoming film Things We Lost In The Fire .
Benicio visits the University of Puerto Rico (UPR) to have a conversation
with the students of the School of Communication about the Puerto Rican
cinema industry. He was accompanied by the makers of Maldeamores ,
Carlos Ruíz and Mariem Perez, and two other directors, Juan Esteban Suárez
and the Cuban Aarón Vega. Benicio was in Puerto Rico
to work on the post-production of Maldeamores .
November 19, 2006
Early in the morning, Benicio attends the liberation of
about 20 Puerto Rican Cotorras (parrots) in a forest located
between Arecibo and Utuado, along with the Puerto Rican governor
Aníbal Acevedo Vilá and the governor's family.
November 17, 2006
Benicio is in Puerto Rico for the 2006 CinemaFest.
Click here for the original article in Spanish.
November 13, 2006
Benicio writes a letter to Puerto Rico's governor Aníbal Acevedo Vilá
protesting the planned construction of new hotel-complexes.
Read Benicio's letter here .
(Photo taken in Puerto Rico / 2005)
November 3, 2006
Benicio leads Q & A at Mercersburg Academy .
Click here for details.
November 1, 2006
The book
Home: The Blueprints Of Our Lives
by John Edwards
is being released today and Benicio is one of about 60 contributors
(everyday people as well as celebrities) to the book. Proceeds of this book go to Habitat For Humanity and other charity organizations.
Quote from the book:
" She taught me always to treat women with respect.
And she inspired me to always enjoy life, every step. "
- Benicio del Toro reminisces about his mother
Variety reports that the two Spanish language films
about Ernesto "Che" Guevara directed by Steven Soderbergh,
The Argentine and Guerrilla , will be filmed back-to-back,
starting in May 2007, on location in Mexico and South America.
October 18, 2006
Benicio will be one of the presenters at the Hollywood Film Festival's 10 th Annual Hollywood Awards Gala Ceremony at the Beverly Hilton hotel in Beverly Hills, California, this coming October 23 rd .
(Photo added on October 23rd, 2006)
Benicio presented the Composer of the Year Award
to Gustavo Santaolalla
October 6, 2006
Filming on Things We Lost In The Fire wraps up
in Vancouver, B.C. (Canada)
October 5, 2006
Benicio was an Honorary Comittee Member at the Second Annual United Nations Documentary Film Festival last April. Click here to read more.
October 3, 2006
21 Grams Collector's Edition DVD (Region 1) is out today.
Things We Lost In The Fire begins filming in Vancouver, B.C. (Canada)
August 4, 2006
Benicio attends the Hollywood Walk of fame star ceremony where Stella Adler is honored with a posthumous Star in Hollywood, California.
Front row, from left, honorary Mayor of Hollywood Johnny Grant, Ellen Adler, daughter of famed acting teacher Stella Adler, and Leron Gubler, president and CEO of the Hollywood Chamber of Commerc e. Back row from left are Benicio, Irene Gilbert, director of Stella Adler L.A., actor Mark Ruffalo, and Tom Oppenheim, grandson of Stella Adler. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
Benicio and Mark Ruffalo
IMPERIA Vodka celebrates the launch of Amy Sacco's book entitled Cocktails (Memoirs) at Château Marmont, L.A.
(Photograph by Claufield / Wireimage)
July 6, 2006
Benicio attends the Comité Vendôme & Vogue dinner party
at the Ritz Club in Paris, France .
Benicio and Eva Herzegova
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Benicio and Carine Roitfield
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Benicio and a friend
(Photo s by Eric Ryan/ Getty Images )
Teaser poster for the release of Guerrilla scheduled for 2007.
Benicio attends the Producers Guild Of America Presents 2006 Celebration of Diversity at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills .
Benicio presented a Diversity Award to the band Los Lobos
May 7, 2006
Benicio and Halle Berry will be starring in the drama Things We Lost In The Fire
by Danish filmmaker Susanne Bier .
According to Variety magazine, Maldeamores is to be directed by Carlos Ruiz and executive producers will be Benicio Del Toro, Don Ranvaud and Ruiz.
The movie will be 80% financed by the Puerto Rico Film Fund.
Filming will begin next month in Puerto Rico .
April 5, 2006
Benicio has been nominated for a NCLR Alma Award in the Outstanding Actor
in a Motion Picture category for Sin City .
Benicio will lend his voice to the animated feature based on Maurice Sendak's
Where The Wild Things Are . The film is slated for a 2008 release by
Warner Bros. and co-financier Legendary Pictures .
Update
:
Benicio dropped out of this project to fully concentrate
on Things We Lost In The Fire .
The scheduling would have been too tight to do both projects.
March 15, 2006
Benicio will star in a new version of The Wolf m an . The script is being written
by Andrew Kevin Walker (Se7en). Filming will begin in 2007 with a
2008 tentative release date.
March 7, 2006
Benicio to take part in a documentary about Hunter S. Thompson.
Click here for the official press release.
Benicio turns 39 today.
February 14, 2006
Benicio is in Puerto Rico.
February 13, 2006
Benicio visits Macaluso's Italian restaurant in Miami .
February 7, 2006
Benicio attends Donatella Versace's store party in New York.
February 6, 2006
Benicio is in New York City.
Benicio, Julian Schnabel, Mickey Rourke and Stephen Bauer
attend a soirée at The Raleigh, Miami Beach
(Photo: Browarnik / Wireimage )
January 24, 2006
B e nicio is filming Che in New York City .
Duration of filming in NYC: January 21 - 28, 2006
(Including two days of filming inside of the United Nations headquarters.
Only the second ever film production allowed to do this).
January 10, 2006
Director's
cut (2 discs) DVD of Sam Peckinpah's The Wild Bunch
is released today, which among its
special features has the documentary
Sam Peckinpah's West:
Legacy of A Hollywood Renegade
(2004)
, which includes Benicio.
(Photo: www.oceanfrontgallery.net )
January 3, 2006
Snatch Deluxe Edition released today.
Recut, extended, unrated version of Sin City released today.
A fan met Benicio while visiting the childhood home
of Che Guevara, in the village of Alta Gracia, Argentina.
The house is now a museum.
(Click on thumbnail to enlarge)
(Source: Fan blog )
Benicio is in Argentina doing research for the upcoming film Che .
Benicio in Argentina talking to journalists
Benicio took part in the Shelter From The Storm: A Concert For The Gulf Coast telethon for the victims of Hurricane Katrina.
(Photograph by W.I. House / Wireimage)
September 2005
Benicio supports The Nativity School of Harrisburg .
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