Take It All, Miranda
01/25/2017 - 04:33
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Oscar Nomination Puts Puerto Rican Lin-Manuel Miranda One Step Closer to an EGOT (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, Tony)
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A new study by the University of South Carolina says between 2007 and 2018, only 3% of the main roles in Hollywood were given to Latinos.
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Is Donald Trump a Mirror of Hugo Chávez?
01/17/2017 - 03:47
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El Mundo interviews Venezuelan film director Carlos Oteyza about his latest film "El Reventón" and his views on US politics.
Speak Up: American Reporters are an Example to Follow in Donetsk
01/17/2017 - 02:52
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Reporting on Trump may be hard, but it is much worst to be a journalist in the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR), reports The Guardian
Meryl Streep canta las verdades en los Golden Globes
01/09/2017 - 16:53
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Nunca una verdad fue mejor dicha: Meryl Streep ha aprovechado su discurso de aceptación del premio a sus logros de toda una vida para llamar la atención sobre la verdadera responsabilidad de los intérpretes y actores en Hollywood.
More than a Latino "Reboot"
01/09/2017 - 02:53
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Despite the fact that One Day at a Time deals with universal issues, almost every headline announcing its comeback qualified the show as Latino, reports Refinery29.
Is Univison Losing young Latino viewers to the Competition?
01/05/2017 - 11:16
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Univision's archrival Telemundo has been scoring more viewers aged 18 through 49 since July, reports the Los Angeles Times.
"Rogue One" and the Importance of a Multicultural Cast
01/05/2017 - 05:10
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Rogue One: A Star Wars Story is a good example to understand why having a Film’s Multicultural Cast Is So Important. According to Slate Magazine, Latinos are the most underrepresented ethnic group in Hollywood despite making up approximately 17 percent of the U.S. population.
2016: un año fatídico para las artes
12/27/2016 - 20:46
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Estos últimos doce meses se han llevado consigo a figuras importantes de la escena artística internacional, dejando desolados a miles de fans y dejando un vacío importante en la plantilla de artistas, que pareciera no tener generación de relevo.
Desde David Bowie hasta Carrie Fischer, estos son las personalidades que nos han dejado este año:
Las Mejores Películas Latinoamericanas del 2016
12/27/2016 - 16:00
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El periódico español El País ha seleccionado las mejores películas del 2016.
Your Favourite TV Show Reveals Your Vote
12/27/2016 - 04:36
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The New York Times about how Americans have been clustering themselves into cultural bubbles just as they have clustered in political bubbles. Their TV preferences confirm that.
Best Latin American Movies in 2016
12/27/2016 - 02:42
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Spanish newspaper El País selected the best movies produced in Latinamerica in 2016.
Why post-Apocalyptic sci-fi has been slow to catch on in China
12/23/2016 - 02:37
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How a Chinese billionaire’s dream of making an underwater fantasy blockbuster turned into a legendary movie fiasco.
The Latino Lens
12/13/2016 - 03:02
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Latinos are sweeping the cinema industry: Mexican actor Gael García Bernal, actress Gina Rodriguez and Chilean director Pablo Larraín are part of the talented list of film and TV stars and creators nominated for the prestigious 74th Annual Golden Globe Awards.
What is the duty of Latin American cinema to combat racism and anti-immigration feelings in the era of Donald Trump?
A Big Toilet
12/08/2016 - 03:09
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Pope Francis has compared media organizations that focus on scandals and promote fake news to discredit people's lives with those who are obsessed with excrements. Using striking terminology, Francis said journalists and the media must avoid falling into “coprophilia” – an obsession with eating faeces.
Spreading disinformation is “probably the greatest damage that the media can do”, the Pope told the Belgian Catholic weekly Tertio. It is a sin to defame people, he added.
Telemundo 62 anuncia su noticiero de las 5 en punto con Iris Delgado
12/05/2016 - 17:34
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Iris Delgado, presentadora del Noticiero Telemundo62 a las 5PM.
How do we do that?
11/27/2016 - 15:54
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What happens when an artist tries to understand a politician? Famous film-maker Spike Lee interviews Senator Bernie Sanders to discuss Donald Trump victory, what the Democrats did wrong, and how the US is going to survive 2017.
Spike Lee: Let me ask you another question. How can you tell another country that they’ve got to pay for a wall? Or fences? How does that work?
Lin-Manuel Miranda: a reprehensible genius?
11/18/2016 - 11:59
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Fans of Lin-Manuel Miranda are willing to see his idol telling the story of Alexander Hamilton totally drunk in the next episode of Drunk History. But for Public Health expert Marylin Aguirre-Molina, it can set a bad example for Latinos, who are becoming increasingly vulnerable to alcoholism.
Lin-Manuel Miranda: ¿un genio reprochable?
11/17/2016 - 10:23
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La anhelada aparición del actor Lin-Manuel Miranda en el próximo episodio de Drunk History borracho de whisky podría ser un mal ejemplo para los Latinos, una comunidad cada vez más vulnerable al alcoholismo, según la experta en Salud Pública Marylin Aguirre-Molina.
[OP-ED]: Is this “The Wall” Mr. Trump is talking about?
10/25/2016 - 16:16
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Call it “The Impossible Wall.”
We saw it with our own eyes this past weekend, and it was hard to believe.
“The Wall,” in our mind, is the one we see occasionally on TV, or, more frequently, the one built in the popular imagination by politicians who keep talking about it. But this imaginary wall has nothing to do with the real one you see once you get there and touch it with your own hands.
Una conferencia de mujeres para empoderamiento, conexiones, y carcajadas: Lo que aprendieron
10/08/2016 - 12:41
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En la edición del 2016 de la Conferencia para Mujeres en Pensilvania, llevado a cabo en el Centro de Convenciones y producido por las estrategias Hill + Knowlton, cerca de nueve mil mujeres (y algunos hombres) de todas las edades y provenientes de todos los escenarios, se juntaron para promover conexiones laborales, alentar el crecimiento personal y aprender de personajes inspiradores de la ciudad, como es el caso de Anita Hill. Asimismo asistieron para reírse a carcajadas de las notas carismáticas de Abby Wambach y Mindy Kaling.
A women’s conference for empowerment, networking, and laughs: What they learned
10/08/2016 - 12:20
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At the 2016 Pennsylvania Conference for Women, hosted at The Pennsylvania Convention Center and produced by Hill + Knowlton strategies, about nine thousand women- and a few men -of all ages and backgrounds came together to foster career connections, personally grow, and learn from inspiring movers and shakers of the city, such as Anita Hill. They also came to laugh (a lot) at the charismatic keynotes from Abby Wambach and Mindy Kaling.
John Leguizamo: “Tienes que trabajar el triple para conseguir el trabajo de un Blanco.”
09/30/2016 - 12:02
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El reconocido actor colombiano habla con AL DÍA de los retos de ser un actor hispano en Hollywood y de la importancia de que los Latinos salgan a votar en las próximas elecciones.
La actriz y abogada Diane Guerrero hace campaña y se sincera con AL DÍA News
09/27/2016 - 18:22
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Guerrero visita a voluntarios y miembros de Equality Pennsylvania antes de tocar puertas el 24 de septiembre del año 2016, y nos da una mirada exclusiva en la obra que ha hecho y lo que espera a lograr más allá Orange Is The New Black y Jane The Virgin.
Funny-guy John Leguizamo gets serious, talking politics and Perros
09/25/2016 - 21:45
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On Sunday, September 25th 2016, Leguizamo came to Philadelphia with the Campaign for Hillary for America, in which he frantically zig-zagged through four events across the city that celebrated hispanidad to promote voter registration and the official launch of IWillVote.com. But, before he got to The Puerto Rican Day Parade, Festival El Coqui, Boricuafest, and Pennsylvania Victory, he spoke with AL DÍA, bluntly effusing about his political interests and his experience as a Latino in Hollywood.
Actress and advocate Diane Guerrero canvasses and gets candid in Philadelphia
09/25/2016 - 20:22
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Guerrero visited Equality Pennsylvania canvassers before they left to knock doors on September 24th 2016, and gave us an exclusive look into the work she has done and hopes to achieve beyond Orange Is The New Black and Jane The Virgin.