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Bardem cited: Javier Bardem has won Spain’s 2008 national film award from the Culture Ministry. Bardem was selected for the $46,500 prize for “goals achieved throughout a long career,” the ministry announced Wednesday.

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Good deed: Students at a New York school for autistic children liked Jennifer Lopez’s video for “Let’s Get Loud” so much they learned the lyrics and dance moves and wrote to her for autographs. Instead, on Tuesday, the singer-actress performed the song for the 10- and 11-year-olds at their graduation ceremony.