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.
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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.
[OP-ED]: There is Nothing "Sexy" or "Glamorous" about Narco Trafficking
09/14/2016 - 22:18
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The glorification of notorious Medellín Cartel leader Pablo Emilio Escobar Gaviria in Netflix’s hit-show “Narcos” casts a grim appeal for younger generations, often magnetizing impressionable gringo audiences with fiction, and seducing them away from the truths of that dour time in Colombian politics and society.
[OP-ED]: Learning how to fish, directly from fishermen
09/06/2016 - 12:48
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“By watching and by doing it,” as we practice in the AL DÍA shop, seems to be the learning technique fishermen have prefered in the Caribbean Ocean for centuries.
“Una mujer fantástica”, único film en español preseleccionado para los Oscar
12/18/2017 - 11:11
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La película chilena, dirigida por Sebastián Lelio, muestra la lucha de una mujer transexual contra la conservadora sociedad chilena.
George Clooney cree que el racismo sigue muy arraigado a la sociedad americana
12/07/2017 - 04:02
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La prensa española destaca el mensaje de denuncia de "Suburbicon", último film de George Clooney, inspirada en una historia de racismo ocurrida en Levitton, Pensilvania.
Trump launches Twitter spat over Michael Moore's theater work about him
10/30/2017 - 06:23
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The acclaimed documentary filmaker responded in a series of tweets, accusing the president of trying to distract the public from Afghanistan, Puerto Rico and the Russia probe.
Sofía Vergara sigue encabezando lista de actrices mejor pagadas en televisión
09/27/2017 - 08:47
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La actriz colombiana Sofia Vergara encabeza, por sexto año consecutivo, la envidiable lista de las actrices de televisión mejor pagadas en Estados Unidos, tras haber ganado 41,5 millones de dólares el año pasado, según la revista Forbes.
"The Handmaid's Tale" hereda la corona de "Game of Thrones"
09/18/2017 - 04:53
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Esta obra, basada en la novela de la escritora canadiense Margaret Atwood, imagina un mundo en el que EEUU ha sufrido un golpe de Estado y la democracia ha sido sustituida por una teocracia autoritaria en la que las mujeres sufren opresión y discriminación.
The Handmaid's Tale bags top drama award at 69th Emmy's
09/18/2017 - 04:50
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The Handmaid's Tale is based on the novel of the same name by Canadian writer Margaret Atwood, which tells the dystopian story of the United States dominated by a dictatorial regime.
CNN Films presenta: ELIÁN
08/27/2017 - 04:08
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CNN Films presenta la historia de Elián González: la lucha por la custodia legal que acabó transformándose en incidente internacional y convirtiendo a un niño en un símbolo nacional.
Muere Roger Ailes, ex Director Ejecutivo de Fox News
05/18/2017 - 12:15
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En una declaración publicada por la cadena en su página web, Elizabeth Ailes anunció la muerte del ex Director Ejecutivo de Fox de 77 años, sin dar detalles sobre la causa.
Continúa la purga en FOX News: el co-presidente de la cadena, Bill Shine, ha renunciado
05/01/2017 - 15:57
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A través de una declaración firmada por el presidente ejecutivo de FOX News, Rupert Murdoch, la cadena ha hecho pública la renuncia del segundo al mando, como colateral del escándalo de acoso sexual que ha ensombrecido al medio durante las últimas semanas.