Archive for February, 2006
Bardem to star in “Love in the Time of Cholera”
3:09 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Books|Celebrities|Movies · 5 Comments
23 Feb 2006
Spanish uber-hottie Javier Bardem has been tapped to star in the film version of Gabriel García Márquez‘s “Love in the Time of Cholera”:
En su rol, Bardem personificará a un romántico joven que pierde a la mujer de sus sueños por culpa de un millonario que logra conquistarla. Y que durante los siguientes 50 años se empecina en lograr estatus y reputación con la esperanza de algún día tenerla.
Bardem will play the starring role in the film, after producers finally convinced Garcia Marquez to allow his book to be adapted for film. Filming starts this year in Central and South American locations.
Bardem is the first Spaniard ever to be nominated for a Best Actor Oscar, for his portrayal of Cuban exile poet Reinaldo Arenas in Before Night Falls.
Via / People en Español
Rita Moreno Remembers Electricidad
1:58 pm By Maegan La Mala · Celebrities|TV · 1 Comment
23 Feb 2006
I didn’t know her name back then when I was a tiny girl in Brooklyn but I remember seeing her and others on The Electric Company and somehow even at that young age I knew she was Puerto Rican and that made me happy. I’m talking about Rita Moreno. This talented Rican with all sorts of awards to her credit such as an Oscar, a Tony, an Emmy and a Grammy was recently interviewed by The Detroit News, where she fondly looked back at her days at the Electric Company. She said:
We got to play any role assigned to us and that had nothing to do with ethnic persuasion. Whoever heard at that time of a black person, such as Morgan Freeman, playing Dracula? Or me, a grown Latino woman, playing a horrible little brat with long blond curls named Pandora?.
The Electric Company celebrated its 25th anniversary by releasing a commemorative four-disc DVD set this month. I’m putting this one on my wishlist!
Via / Virtual Boricua
La Lopez not Carrying a Bun in the Oven but she may be in the Market for One.
8:49 am By Maegan La Mala · Celebrities|Chismes · Comments Off
23 Feb 2006
Bochinche from Star Magazine is as reliable as gossip from la vecina when you run into her at the corner bodega. Regardless, we already wrote about how Jennifer Lopez may be pregnant, a rumor which was fed by her and hubby Marc Anthony’s shopping for baby items. Star Magazine is reporting that the couple is not biologically expected a child but that they are looking to adopt. An unnamed source is quoted as saying :
I think J.Lo would love to adopt a Puerto Rican baby, so the child can share its heritage with her and Marc.
Via / Star Magazine
PR Identity Revisited: Varying views from the Island
6:10 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Politics|Puerto Rico · 6 Comments
22 Feb 2006
According to an article in the LA Times, Puerto Rico may soon be able to “define its relationship with the United States”:
A recently released White House task force report calls for Puerto Ricans to vote on whether they want to remain an American possession, become the 51st state or become an independent country.
As a follow-up to a very popular post, “Is Puerto Rico (Latin) America?”, some highlights from the LA Times article to fuel debate even further:
Puerto Ricans’ status sometimes grates on their pride, especially when they feel they are being treated like second-class citizens. The last U.S. president to visit was John F. Kennedy, in 1961. U.S. airlines handle San Juan-bound traffic out of their international terminal.
Sweet Libertad: “Negro Color” is Tania’s Best
1:24 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · mexico|Music|Peru · Comments Off
22 Feb 2006
I discovered Peruvian singer Tania Libertad almost ten years ago when living in Mexico, where she lives and where she is music royalty. She was one of those rare performers that seemed to transcend the societal lines so prominent in Latin America, enjoyed as much by the elite as by the common man. Tania has been a staple in my music collection ever since. That’s why I was so happy to hear that this incredible performer has finally crossed the border and is beginning to be noticed here in the United States.
“Negro Color” is Tania Libertad’s latest recording and while sticking to her traditional style of mixing Andean beats with traditional boleros and ballads, it supercedes even her best previous work. Tania’s voice is stronger than ever and the selection of songs could not be more perfect.
Fulana is Funny
12:58 pm By Maegan La Mala · Activism|Arts|Bilingualism|Media|Movies · Comments Off
22 Feb 2006
Fulana may mean any woman or every woman pero the mujeres of the artist collective known as Fulana are anything but anybodies. These cuatro Latinas from diverse backgrounds take common themes of Latino life (i.e. la Virgin de Guadalupe) and create mock television commercials, music videos and print advertisements that deconstruct Latino identity against mainstream mass media culture. While some of their content is clearly Latino-centric (like Latino Plastic Cover)much of it also points to issues that everyone can relate to like commercialism and the current climate of fear. They will have you laughing and nodding your head at the same time. Check out their work on their website : Fulana
Not Your Primetime Desperate Housewives
22 Feb 2006
There was a very interesting article in Sunday’s New York Times about the mujeres that provide the dubbed Spanish voices for ABC’s hit show Desperate Housewives. These mujeres who look like real mujeres, not Hollywood starlets who look like they could use some arroz con pollo , make $12-$25 an hour so that the happenings of Wisteria Lane can be understood not just in households of Latin America but also in Spanish language homes here in the U.S. via SAP. According to the article:
Last fall ABC announced it would dub top-rated shows like “Desperate Housewives” and “Lost” to attract the growing audience in the United States of Spanish-language networks like Univision. The Spanish translation of these network hits is heard through the Secondary Audio Program option on television sets, which is available to more than 85 percent of American households.
Scarface: AI’s new Spanish campaign
5:45 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Activism|GLBT|society|Spain · Comments Off
21 Feb 2006
Amnesty International wants to draw the attention of Spanish citizens to the consequences faced by gays and lesbians in less-tolerant parts of the world. The result is a campaign featuring Spain’s most prominent gay celebs with their faces mangled and bloodied as if from the violent blows of an anti-gay hate crime.
La campaña de publicidad, lanzada en Internet y prensa, utiliza la cara de estos artistas españoles para mostrar las “terribles consecuencias” de ser homosexual en algunos países del mundo. “Las imágenes son muy impactantes y llegan a la gente.
Puerto Ricans on Ice
5:06 pm By Maegan La Mala · Puerto Rico|Sports · 2 Comments
21 Feb 2006
Tanith Belbin and partner Ben Agosto (a Puerto Rican via Chicago) skated their way to the first U.S. Olympic medal in ice dancing since 1976 by winning a silver medal. For those of you who think that Ricans and ice don’t natutrally mix did you know that Puerto Rico has its own Figure Skating Federation? The Puerto Rican Figure Skating Federation (PRFSF)was founded in 2001 and is recognized by the Puerto Rican Olympic Committee. In October 2004 the International Skating Union granted Puerto Rico ISU Provisional membership. And where exactly does a person on the very tropical island of Puerto Rico practice? Why in the indoor (obviously) ice rink that opened in Aguadilla in 2004. So next time you go to Puerto Rico why not pack your ice skates along with your bathing suit?
Via / The Puerto Rican Skating Federation
Image Via / USA Today
Morales: Intervention, for now
12:52 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · California|Justice · Comments Off
21 Feb 2006
Michael Morales was set to become the first Latino executed in California since the death penalty was reinstated in the 70s. Last night, he had what he believed would be his last meal, and probably didn’t sleep through what he thought was to be his last night on earth. Today, he was to take a lethal injection and die. But that didn’t happen. Anesthesiologists who were to assist in the execution claimed that there was too great a possibility that Morales return to consciousness during the procedure, prolonging suffering:
Doctors said the ruling raised serious questions about the possibility of having to intervene in the execution “if any evidence of either pain or a return to consciousness arose.”
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