Isabel Allende Wins €1 Million Premio Planeta Under Pseudonym Luz Ventura
Isabel Allende, aged 84, has been awarded Spain's Premio Planeta, which carries a prize of €1 million, for her sequel to The House of the Spirits, titled Los que faltan, submitted under the pseudonym Luz Ventura. This marks her first entry into a competition, previously avoiding them due to a fear of finishing last. In Texas, Ana Mota, a senior at South Grand Prairie High School, was selected for the role of Seymour in Little Shop of Horrors, but the school board replaced it with Frozen in compliance with the 2025 anti-DEI law, Senate Bill 12. TikTok initially suspended the ad account of Bleecker Street for Alex Gibney's documentary Musk due to "political content," but later reinstated it, citing an error. Meanwhile, Billy Joel, 77, is putting more than 70 motorcycles up for auction after his neurologist compared his performances to experiencing concussions.
Key facts
- Isabel Allende, 84, won Spain's Premio Planeta, worth €1 million
- Her winning entry, Los que faltan, is a sequel to The House of the Spirits
- She submitted the manuscript under the pseudonym Luz Ventura
- Allende said she had never entered a contest before for fear of coming last
- Ana Mota of South Grand Prairie High in Texas lost the role of Seymour in Little Shop of Horrors when the school board substituted Frozen, citing Senate Bill 12
- TikTok suspended Bleecker Street's ad account for "political content" as Alex Gibney's documentary Musk reached 470 screens, then restored it and called the move an error
- Billy Joel, 77, is auctioning more than 70 motorcycles after his neurologist likened his performances to concussions
- NBC's The Sound of Music Live drew over 18 million viewers in 2013 against a 10 million internal target
Entities
Artists
- Isabel Allende
- Ana Mota
- Alex Gibney
- Billy Joel
- Catharina van Hemessen
Institutions
- Premio Planeta
- South Grand Prairie High
- TikTok
- Bleecker Street
- The Guardian
- Downstage Center
- The Hollywood Reporter
- The New York Times
- NBC
- Variety
Locations
- Spain
- Texas
- United States