Archive for January, 2006
Latino Oscar nods
6:40 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Entertainment|Movies · 2 Comments
31 Jan 2006
Just a couple of Latino names on the Oscar nominee list this year:
Rodrigo Prieto (Mexico), Best Cinematography for Brokeback Mountain
Emmanuel Lubezki (Mexico) Best Cinematography for The New World
Gustavo Santalolla (Argentina) Best Soundtrack for Brokeback Mountain
If you like, you can also throw in “honorary Latino” Joaquin Phoenix (actor, “Walk the Line”) and Spaniard Alberto Iglesias (soundtrack, “The Constant Gardener”) para hacer bulto.
Via / MSN Latino
Lorena Herrera Hates Fat People
3:07 pm By Maegan La Mala · Celebrities|Chismes|mexico|theatre|TV · 18 Comments
31 Jan 2006
Mexican estrella Lorena Herrera may be wearing a fat suit for her role in the theatrical production Mi Amiga la Gorda, playing February 10th, 11th, and 12th in Mexico City, pero that hasn’t made her any nicer towards fat people. Today she modeled her fat suit on Telemundo’s Cotorreando and she also modeled her grace and charm when she chastised fat people asking them via camera:
What are you going to tell God when you die and have to explain what you did with the beautiful body he gave you as a baby?
Herrera also said that she would never date a fat person. Nice to see fat hate is alive and well in Mexico as it is in the U.S.
Via / Cotorreando
The Alma Awards return
12:50 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Entertainment|Media|TV · 1 Comment
31 Jan 2006
Remember the Alma Awards? After a three-year long dis…appearance, they are back.
ABC has announced the resurrection of the American Latino Media Arts — or Alma — Awards, it was reported Monday.
The Almas, which have been on a three-year hiatus, will tape May 7 at the Los Angeles Shrine Auditorium and air June 5, Daily Variety reported.
The event will be co-produced by none other than Eva Longoria. A host still has not been announced. The last edition’s host was Paul Rodriguez, so could it be Carlos Mencia?
Via / PostChronicle.com
No Chance of an Oscar for J. Lo. but She’s Up for a Razzie
10:49 am By Maegan La Mala · Celebrities|Movies · 2 Comments
31 Jan 2006
We may not have represented this morning at the Oscar nominations pero we can be proud er avergonzadas that our ‘lil Latina darling Jennifer Lopez is nominated for a Razzie in the Worse Actress category for her role in Monster in Law. The Razzies, run by The Golden Raspberry Award Foundation, celebrate the worst achievements in film. Ay but J.Lo. shouldn’t feel too bad. Jessica Alba is her hermana in the category for her roles in Fantastic Four and Into the Blue. La Lopez has one Razzie under her belt for her groundbreaking 2003 performance in Gigli.
Via / Razzies.com
Jessica Alba for your long-term GF
4:02 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Celebrities|Entertainment|Internet · 1 Comment
30 Jan 2006
Spanish media is reporting today on a survey (“The 99 Most Desirable Women”) featured on Askmen.com which asked the question: who would you most want for a long-term girlfriend? American men answered: Jessica Alba.
Según “El Nuevo Herald”, que analiza la encuesta, Jessica, protagonista femenina de “Los Cuatro Fantásticos”, ocupa el número uno en la categoría de las mujeres más deseadas para una relación a largo plazo.
Sienna Miller y a Angelina Jolie, ocupan un honroso segundo y tercer puesto. Les siguen de cerca, entre otras, la brasileña Adriana Lima, Charlize Teron, Natalie Portman y Eva Longoria.
The full list of “desirable women” will be released tomorrow on Askmen.com.
Via / 20minutos.es
SAG Awards : Keep it Moving. No Latinos to See Here (well very few anyway)
4:00 pm By Maegan La Mala · Celebrities|Entertainment|Los Angeles|TV · Comments Off
30 Jan 2006
Well there were few of us anyway getting awards at last night Screen Actors Guild Awards ceremony. Seems that when Latinos act, we are noticed more when we act as part of a team. Michelle Rodriguez and Jorge Garcia are part of the cast of the television hit Lost that won Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series. Eva Longoria and her television husband Ricardo Antonio Chavira are part of the Desperate Housewives cast that won Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series.
Via / SAG
Will mainstream America embrace novelas?
12:52 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Culture|Entertainment|Marketing|TV · Comments Off
30 Jan 2006
It depends on how “authentic” they are. Will they be as melodramatic as Spanish-language novelas? Will they follow the typical cliché plotlines — repeated time after time for decades — the ones we love so much?
If they do, I think they’ll be a flop with a mainstream audience. TV executives are also pondering these questions as they move into the telenovela realm. Call it “reverse TV crossover” if you will:
“They will be adapted for American sensibilities, perhaps with fewer “heaving bosoms,” she said.
“I’m part Latin, so everything in the Latin culture is — there’s a lot of hyperbole and there’s a lot of melodrama,” Tassler said. “I think we’re going to modify it for our audiences.”
Take away the heaving bosoms and you’ve lost half the appeal.
Via / Washington Post
Latino Jews Represent
8:52 am By Maegan La Mala · California|Culture|Events|Los Angeles|mexico|Religion · Comments Off
30 Jan 2006
During the 1500′s many Jews fled Spain into Mexico City, adding to the Mestisaje culture. This and the intersection of Jewish Latinidad in parts of Los Angeles was the focus of a conference held last week at UC Irvine. The conference titled Latinos and Jews: A Conference on Historical and Contemporary Connections discussed the history of Jewish Latino identity as it pertains to those with Mexican background and how anti-Semitism among Catholic Latinos manifests itself. Recently more and more Latinos have been doing some soul and DNA searching in order to identify Jewish roots. But there is still a gap to be bridged. For example:
When Arturo Vargas, executive director of the National Assn. of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials, asked those in the audience to raise their hands if they identified as Jewish, most of the room responded. When he asked for the Latinos to raise their hands, only a few did.
The event was sponsored by the American Jewish Committee and the UC Irvine Center for Research on Latinos in a Global Society.
Via / LA Times
Chris Matthews: And they thought he was a Liberal
7:43 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Media|Politics|TV · 4 Comments
27 Jan 2006
Conservatives call him liberal, and liberals are calling him a republican — MSNBC’s Chris Matthews is igniting conversation all over the internet with comments he made in an interview with L.A. mayor Antonio Villaraigosa. It seems Chris has gotten inside the minds of Latino immigrants, and was schooling Villaraigosa — a Mexican American — on Mexicans. Neat.
Media Matters’ Summary:
MSNBC’s Chris Matthews asserted that Spanish-speaking immigrants “sound like … natural Republicans to me.” Matthews also claimed that “everybody knows” that Puerto Rican, Cuban and Mexican immigrants “don’t want a big social democracy” and that “[t]hey want free enterprise and entrepreneurialism,” citing examples of opening a flower shop or “a bodega.”
GLAAD announces Spanish-language media award nominees
1:34 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Activism|Entertainment|GLBT|Media · 2 Comments
27 Jan 2006
GLAAD (Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation) announced this week at Sundance its candidates for awards in excellence in fair and unbiased coverage of the LGBT community in Spanish language media. The awards cover all areas of media, including TV, film, traditional journalism and the internet. Some of the of the 45 nominees:
OUTSTANDING NOVELA
Los Sánchez (Azteca América)
Señora del Destino (Telemundo)
La Tormenta (Telemundo)
OUTSTANDING INDIVIDUAL EPISODE (in a series without a regular gay character)
“Los Colores del Arcoiris” Lo Que Callamos las Mujeres (Azteca América)
“Identidad Sexual” Mujer Casos de la Vida Real (Univision)
“La Reina de la Noche” Decisiones (Telemundo)
“La Soledad de Soledad” Lo Que Callamos las Mujeres (Azteca América)
“Todo sea por…” Decisiones (Telemundo)
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