Open Arms celebrated its tenth anniversary of rescue missions this Monday night, during which it has saved more than 76,000 people. The NGO organized a charity gala at Barcelona's Lonja de Mar, bringing together volunteers and representatives of civil society, as well as well-known figures such as American actor Richard Gere, who has been collaborating with the Badalona-based organization for years. "They thank me for coming to support this cause, but we should thank them and the people for their solidarity," said the actor, who also called for an end to the war in Gaza: "Netanyahu must go," he said. He also asked for applause for the people sailing on the flotilla to the Strip.

Armani is now history. With the death of Giorgio Armani, the fashion world bids farewell to one of the greatest names of the 20th century. His house hadn't been at the center of the creative storm for years, but it would be unthinkable to explain contemporary fashion without his influence. Armani is part of an unrepeatable generation of Italian designers—Gianni Versace, Franco Moschino, Gianfranco Ferré, and Dolce & Gabbana—who, for the first time, made Italy a global focal point. Today, it's natural to look to Milan for its trends, but it's thanks to this generation of designers that this revolution took place. Within this group, Armani opted for his own path, diametrically opposed to Versace's: while Versace sublimated the Baroque. kitsch, ostentatious ornamentation and explicit sexuality, he was embarking on a path of essentiality, clean lines and restrained sophistication that would write the first chapter of the minimalism that would dominate the following decades.

Richard Gere He greeted the group of journalists he was scheduled to meet with this Wednesday at the door of a room in the Hotel Casa Fuster with big smiles and handshakes for everyone, a good sense of humor and a closeness that, he later explained, had a purpose. "If I had been sitting and looking at my phone, the atmosphere of the interview wouldn't have been the same, would it?" he said. "A smile and a greeting change everything. Kindness is the value we all share." It's an attitude that ties in with the Dalai Lama's speech in Wisdom and happiness, the documentary produced by Gere and presented at the BCN Film Fest, which gives voice to the spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism and, through his words and archive images, tells his personal story and summarizes his philosophy. A simple and accessible homily that repeatedly claims the right of Tibetan culture to exist, a cause that Pretty Woman and American gigolo has embraced for decades

Spies, undercover agents and hired killers are gaining ground in prestigious television fiction. A few weeks ago, the series landed on Netflix Black doves, with Keira Knightley ready to show her most violent side. With a fifth installment already announced on Apple TV+, Slow horses has become a cult series in a landscape where it is increasingly difficult for a title to gain loyal followers. And now it is coming to SkyShowtime The Agency, the American remake of The Bureau, by Frenchman Éric Rochand. The adaptation is by British playwright Jez Butterworth —whose work we have seen here the splendid Jerusalem by Pere Arquillué—, and his brother John-Henry, with whom he had already signed the scripts for films such as Ford v Ferrari and Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny. On his own, Jez also collaborated on the writing of one of the last James Bond adventures, Spectro (2015), so this isn't the first time they've ventured into spy fiction.

There are times when the positions in which we mentally place many celebrities collapse like a house of cards with just a small touch. This happened this week with Gisele Bündchen, the richest model in history – she was the highest paid in the world from 2012 to 2016; the one that has conquered all the spaces within the world of fashion that anyone would have dreamed of; the one who has withstood all the pressure in the world on hundreds of occasions, and the one who one would assume, once retired, is living a happy and fulfilled life. But it turns out that reality is not entirely like that.