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HOLLYWOOD Alister Morgan Freeman sur prised locals when he was spotted dining at Mallorca restaurant San dro on Sunday, January 8. Freeman said: “It’s the best Bolognese I’ve ever eaten in my life,” accord ing to the Italian restau rant’s owner Sandro Putignano. The restaurateur told one publication: “Until they turned up I didn’t know it was going to be him. At first we were a little doubtful and we were looking for photos of him on the internet, until we were sure. “They arrived early in the service, around 7.15pm, and left around 10pm. They were a group of five people and they were having dinner qui
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MORGAN FREEMAN: Was spotted in a restaurant in Mallorca.
etly, like any other client.” The actor later posed for photos with the San
dro, which the business owner later posted to In stagram saying: “We still can’t believe it. Morgan
SPAIN’S glamorous royal family is famous for holidaying on Mallorca each summer and now their official residence on the island, the Royal Palace of La Almudaina in Palma, is set for a facelift thanks to a grant from the Spanish gov ernment. The work will include the musealisation and adaptation of the Visitor Reception Centre with an investment of €1.64 million. On Wednesday, January 11, the Minister of In dustry and Tourism, Maria Reyes Maroto, con firmed: “We are continuing the work begun last year with Patrimonio Nacional to strengthen Spain’s tourist attractions and the wealth of its destinations. We are improving heritage assets whose historical and artistic value are a power ful magnet for attracting visitors to the country.”
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Freeman at home, we couldn’t be more excited. We will never forget this moment, thank you!”
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Lights, camera, action ONCE again part of Palma will be on the big screen as filming has begun on a new series starring Academy Award winner, Nicole Kidman. On Wednesday, January 11, activity began around Hotel Gloria with scores of film crew seen milling about. Security was tight, with even the windows that look out onto the street of the five star hotel boarded up. Nicole is set to star alongside series leads Zoe Saldana and Laysla De Oliveira and will also serve as an executive producer. Lioness is based on a reallife CIA programme and follows Cruz Manuelos (De Oliveira), a rough aroundtheedges but passionate young marine re cruited to join the CIA’s Lioness Engagement Team to help bring down a terrorist organisation from within. Kidman will play Kaitlyn Meade, the CIA’s senior supervisor who has had a long career playing the politics game and must juggle the trappings of be ing a woman in the highranking intelligence com munity. Filming has begun in Palma.
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Issue No. 1958 12 - 18 January 2023