Sofia Vergara, Andy Garcia to Star in 'Bent'
03/24/2017 - 06:16
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The Colombian actress and the Cuban-American actor will be part of Bobby Moresco's new thriller about a narcotics detective.
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A half-century has gone since the first broadcast of the children's program Sesame Street and some of its most emblematic characters remember it was a milestone of “Latinidad."
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Meet the Latino DACA Recipients Working Behind the Scenes In Hollywood
03/23/2017 - 06:29
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Latinos officially outnumber whites in California, but they have a very small representation in Hollywood. Among those who break their way into the industry are the DACA recipients, also called DREAMers.
Global box office reaches record $38.6 billion in 2016
03/23/2017 - 04:31
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Global box office revenue hit a record $38.6 billion in 2016, according to a report released Wednesday by the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA).
"20 years in Cuba is not the same as in the rest of the world", Alice de Andrade, filmmaker
03/09/2017 - 19:50
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Brazilian filmmaker Alice de Andrade's 1993 documentary "Luna de miel" (Honeymoon) looked at young married couples in Cuba. Her new documentary "Veinte Años" (Twenty Years), presented on Thursday at the Miami International Film Festival, examines some of these people's lives more than two decades later.
"La Soledad," a film that symbolizes Venezuela's decline
03/08/2017 - 12:22
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Venezuelan filmmaker Jorge Thielen Armand says his new film "La Soledad" does its bit to "create a dialogue about what is happening" in Venezuela,"
New Short Film educates Undocumented immigrants on what to do if arrested
03/07/2017 - 11:07
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The Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights (CHIRLA), the largest immigrant rights organization based in California, just released "America; I Too", the second short film in a series of films addressed to help illegal immigrants, starring Academy Award nominee Barkhad Abdi.
Trump: el elefante en la sala de los Oscars
02/27/2017 - 12:55
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Entre premios equivocados y un espíritu de camaraderismo, la octogésima novena entrega de los premios de la Academia no pudo obviar el gran elefante en la sala: el Presidente Donald Trump.
Entre los asistentes y presentadores, el guiño a la situación nacional actual estuvo a flor de piel.
El propósito detrás de los Oscar
02/27/2017 - 11:42
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Aún frente al más acérrimo criticismo – que ha ido en aumento durante los últimos años – los Oscar siguen siendo el evento del año para el séptimo arte. No sólo recopilan lo mejor de las producciones cinematográficas del año, sino que abren un debate para los que somos fanáticos del cine y no perdemos la oportunidad de ver los estrenos, tanto del cine Hollywoodense como de la escena independiente.
The Oscars: García Bernal Takes Aim at Trump's Wall
02/27/2017 - 03:17
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The Oscars ceremony included gentle swings at President Trump. The most direct message came from Mexican actor Gabriel García Bernal: "As a Mexican, as a Latin American, as a migrant worker, as a human being, I am against any form of wall that wants to separate us."
Venezuela suspende a CNN
02/15/2017 - 18:22
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La organización nacional de telecomunicaciones venezolano, Conatel, obligó el día de hoy a las empresas de televisión por cable a dejar de transmitir el canal de noticias CNN en Español a manera de represalia contra la investigación que llevó a cabo el canal sobre las maniobras ilegales que habría llevado a cabo el Vicepresidente Tareck El Aissami.
Meryl Streep: "Trump have woken us up to how fragile freedom really is"
02/13/2017 - 03:02
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Actress Meryl Streep renews harsh criticism of Trump in emotional speech
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)
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.