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6 new movies and shows to watch this weekend on Netflix, Apple TV, Prime Video, and more (May 1–May 3)

A new month brings loads of fantastic TV and movies to watch this weekend

Total Film

Teary Eyed and Deeply Vunerable: Alfonso Herrera Alfonso Herrera Says 'La Casa de los Espíritus' Is The Pain of Latin America - INTERVIEW

Alfonso Herrera does not try to soften Esteban Trueba. He knows the man he plays in Prime Video's La casa de los espíritus can be called evil. He knows he is cruel. He knows he wounds the women around him, builds power through possession, and becomes one of the forces…

Latin Times

The House of the Spirits review – this twee adaptation of Isabel Allende’s novel isn’t good enough

In some ways, this expansive Spanish language series improves on the Chilean family saga about a psychic girl and a military coup. But it mainly just feels old-fashioned and naive

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Top new shows to stream this week on Netflix, Apple TV and more (April 27-May 3)

This week’s TV lineup is packed with drama, thrills and laughs that you can stream, including "Man on Fire" and "Widow's Bay."

Tom’s Guide

What to Stream: Michael B. Jordan, Kacey Musgrave, Tori Amos and a double dose of Matthew Rhys

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The Independent UK

New on Prime Video in April 2026: Top picks and all the new movies and shows to watch

Our guide to all the new movies and shows coming to Prime Video in April 2026, including a new comedy movie with Mark Wahlberg, "The Boys" season 5, and more.

Tom’s Guide

My Name Is Emilia del Valle by Isabel Allende audiobook review – portrait of a fiercely independent young woman

Sent from San Francisco to report on the war in late-19th century Chile, a young writer embarks on a journey of self-discovery in this tale of love, loss and liberation

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‘I was censored for a long time’: the woman who photographed Chile’s sex workers and dissidents

From brothels to boxing rings, Paz Errázuriz’s tender images always challenged the Pinochet dictatorship. Now 81 years old – and ahead of a UK show – the spiky-haired artist recounts a career spent on the fringes

The Guardian - UK

Celebrities and authors reveal 7 books they're reading this summer

What do the people who write books for a living like to read on their holidays? Here's what they told us

Woman & Home

Journalist Caught Using AI After Publishing Summer Reading List Full of Made Up Books

A freelance journalist was caught using AI to create a summer reading list that included fake books by real authors, including Isabel Allende and Percival Everett.

Latin Times

A civil war in Chile and a president's death by suicide inspired Isabel Allende's new novel

A bloody civil war and the death by suicide of an ousted president served as inspiration for Isabel Allende’s most recent novel, “My Name is Emilia del Valle.”

The Independent UK

Ex RBD Alfonso 'Poncho' Herrera Stars in the New Adaptation of 'The House of the Spirits'

The new adaptation of Isabel Allende's novel will also celebrate the 42nd anniversary of the publication of the first edition.

Latin Times

World Book Day: five unmissable Latin American classic novels

The Latin Times compiled a list of the most significant fiction books in Latin America

Latin Times

Isabel Allende tells a story of impossible love in 'Lovers at the Museum'

We spoke with the prolific, 81-year-old author about her new short story — a powerful allegory of the human condition and the mystery of love — and also AI and what's she's working on now.

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Isabel Allende, Yung Pueblo in The Latin Times List of Top 5 Latin Books of 2023

From memoirs to novels, these are the Latin Times' top 5 Latin Books of 2023

The Independent UK

Million-selling novelist Isabel Allende has a deal to write 3 children's books

At age 81, Isabel Allende has decided it's time to try writing children's books

The Independent UK

Family separations at the US border inspired Isabel Allende's newest novel

The separation of migrant families at the U.S.-Mexico border has always caused Isabel Allende pain: When she saw it during the Trump administration, her first impulse was to help reunify children and parents through her foundation

WEKU

'The Wind Knows My Name' is a reference and a refrain in the search for home

Isabel Allende's latest is a tale of two child immigrants — a boy who escapes Nazi occupied Vienna in 1938 and a girl who escapes military gangs in El Salvador in 2019 — and their shared experience.

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The Independent UK

5 new books to read this week

This week’s bookcase includes reviews of Another Person by Kang Hwagil and The Wind Knows My Name by Isabel Allende.

The Independent UK

Book Review: Isabel Allende's 'The Wind Knows My Name' explores lives of 2 children adrift alone

Prolific Latin American-born author Isabel Allende skillfully braids the traumatic stories of two young children separated from each other by decades and thousands of miles in her latest novel, “The Wind Knows My Name.”

The Guardian - UK

Monday briefing: What’s at stake for Prince Harry as he gives evidence in a major phone hacking trial

In today’s newsletter: The Duke of Sussex is a part of a hundred-strong lawsuit against the Mirror Group over allegations of hacking – but his participation is unprecedented for a royal

WEKU

Here are 19 books our critics are excited for this summer

We asked some of our regular book critics what soon-to-be-published titles they are most looking forward to reading this summer. Here's what they said.

The Guardian - UK

Márquez overtakes Cervantes as most translated Spanish-language writer

Author of One Hundred Years of Solitude tops list of those most translated into 10 languages this century ahead of Don Quixote creator

The Guardian - UK

Forensic study finds Chilean poet Pablo Neruda was poisoned

The toxin clostridium botulinum was in his body when he died in 1973, days after Chile’s military coup

Asharq Al-Awsat

Isabel Allende’s ‘Violeta’…from Spanish Flu to Coronavirus

Beirut’s Dar Al Adab is set to release an Arabic translation of Isabel Allende’s new novel by Marc Jamal. The novel, ‘Violeta’, revolves around the life between two pandemics, starting with the Spanish flu and ending with the coronavirus. In letters full of purity and vivacity, Violeta tells her own…

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