MADRID, Nov. 29  -- U. S. actress Winona Ryder is the apparent victim this time when some expensive jewelry disappeared while she was in Spain, TMZ. com reports.

TMZ said the magazine Marie Claire had loaned Ryder a Bulgari Bracelet and a ring worth $125,000, along with an outfit, to wear to an event it had scheduled in Madrid last Sunday. The next morning, Ryder apparently left the jewelry and clothes behind in her room when she checked out to head to France, and that's when the bracelet and ring disappeared.

Madrid  - A 3-0 win away to Sevilla, with two goals from the exuberant Lionel Messi, late Saturday has left impressive Barcelona six points clear at the top of the Spanish Liga.

Their sixth successive away win means that Josep Guardiola's slick side now have 32 points from 13 games, six points more than Real Madrid, who crashed 3-1 in Getafe earlier on Saturday.

In third place, on 25, are Villarreal. Sevilla stay tied on 24 with Valencia.

Sevilla were expected to give Barca a tough test but the "Pep Team" carried on from where they left off on Wednesday against Sporting Lisbon - dominating possession and creating countless chances.

Madrid - Spain's fifth-biggest property developer Habitat on Friday sought banktrupcy protection due to its high debt level.

Madrid  - Spain's fifth-biggest property developer Habitat on Friday sought banktrupcy protection du

Madrid - Novelist Juan Marse, 75, was Thursday awarded the Cervantes Prize, regarded as the literature Nobel of the Spanish-speaking world, Spanish Culture Minister Cesar Antonio Molina announced in Madrid.

Marse, whose novels are often set in his home city Barcelona, was chosen because of his "capacity to reflect post-war Spain," the jury said.

Marse dropped out of school at age 13 and became a jeweller's apprentice after his adoptive father was jailed for being a leftist during the dictatorship of General Francisco Franco.

Madrid  - Spanish media Thursday hailed the appointment of Belgian Gerard Mortier as the artistic director of Madrid's Teatro Real opera, expecting him to raise its profile.

Mortier, 65, who currently heads the Paris National Opera, will occupy the post in Madrid from January 2010 for five years.

Described as an "authentic intellectual" and "agitator of consciences" by the daily El Pais, Mortier was expected to develop ambitious projects at the Teatro Real, which has tried to raise its international ranking to the top level for several years.