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This Happened - April 28: Penelope Cruz Is Born

Spanish actress Penélope Cruz was born on this day in 1974, in Madrid, Spain. She began her acting career in the early 1990s.

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Where did Penélope Cruz grow up?

Penélope Cruz Sánchez grew up in Alcobendas, a town near Madrid, Spain. She grew up in a working-class family, the daughter of a hairdresser mother and a car mechanic father. Cruz has two younger siblings, Monica and Eduardo. She showed an interest in performing arts from an early age. At the age of 15, she enrolled at Spain's National Conservatory to study classical ballet.

What awards has Penélope Cruz won?

Penélope Cruz has won numerous awards for her acting, including an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in "Vicky Cristina Barcelona," a BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for the same film, and three Goya Awards for her roles in "Volver," "Blow," and "Broken Embraces."

Is Penélope Cruz married?

Penélope Cruz is married to Spanish actor Javier Bardem. The couple got married in 2010 and has two children together. Bardem and Cruz have worked together in several movies, including "Jamón Jamón" (1992), "Vicky Cristina Barcelona" (2008), and "Loving Pablo" (2017).

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Italy's Right-Wing Government Turns Up The Heat On 'Gastronationalism'

Rome has been strongly opposed to synthetic foods, insect-based flours and health warnings on alcohol, and aggressive lobbying by Giorgia Meloni's right-wing government against nutritional labeling has prompted accusations in Brussels of "gastronationalism."

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Creation of home made pasta

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ROME — On March 23, the Italian Minister of Agriculture and Food Sovereignty, Francesco Lollobrigida, announced that Rome would ask UNESCO to recognize Italian cuisine as a piece of intangible cultural heritage.

On March 28, Lollobrigida, who is also Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni's brother-in-law, promised that Italy would ban the production, import and marketing of food made in labs, especially artificial meat — despite the fact that there is still no official request to market it in Europe.

Days later, Italian Eurodeputy Alessandra Mussolini, granddaughter of fascist leader Benito Mussolini and member of the Forza Italia party, which is part of the governing coalition in Rome, caused a sensation in the European Parliament. On the sidelines of the plenary session, Sophia Loren's niece organized a wine tasting, under the slogan "In Vino Veritas," to show her strong opposition (and that of her government) to an Irish proposal to put health warnings on alcohol bottles. At the end of the press conference, around 11am, she showed her determination by drinking from the neck of a bottle of wine, to great applause.

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