Archive for November, 2006
Eva and Tony are getting married
7:15 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Celebrities| Chismes · 1 Comment
30 Nov 2006
On-again off-again Hollywood couple Eva Longoria and Tony Parker are ready to tie the knot, according to AP/The Chicago Tribune:
“Tony flew into Los Angeles last night after his game and surprised Eva at her home as she got off work,” Liza Anderson told The Associated Press on Thursday via e-mail.“The proposal was romantic and perfect. The couple plans to wed in France in the summer of 2007 in what they describe as a big, happy ceremony with lots of family and friends.”
Congrats, Eva.
In not so happy Eva news, Longoria was named one of PETA’s “worst-dressed” as one of the many celebs who wears fur in public.
Via / The Chicago Tribune and Playfuls.com
Colo Colo Fans in Chile All Wet
1:06 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Chile| Sports · Comments Off
30 Nov 2006
I have a confession. Soy Colo Colina, that is a fan of the Chilean Futbol team Colo Colo.This causes some problems between my boyfriend and I, him being a fan of la Universidad de Chile. Colo Colo, named after a Mapuche leader, is the first Chilean team in 13 years to make the regional finals of the Copa Sudamericana. The first leg of this final is going to played tonight against the Mexican team Pachuca in Mexico.
Many Colo Colo fans in Chile who had been waiting for hours to try and snag tickets for the second half of the final to be played in Santiago de Chile on December 13, found themselves ticketless and all wet.
Latinos and blacks looked over for acting gigs
11:51 am By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Entertainment| race · 1 Comment
30 Nov 2006
No hoorays for Hollywood. Hispanic Tips linked to a story today with the headline “Study: Whites get majority of acting jobs” and added “is anyone surprised by these findings?” My answer is no, not surprising. Even with more Latino, blacks and Asians in television and film these days, it’s clear to anyone that whites dominate the entertainment business. According to the UCLA study:
Ethnic minorities were not cast in about 80 percent of first-, second- and third-billed leading roles in Hollywood films last year, according to a study released Wednesday.This level of representation of Latino, black, Asian-American and American Indian actors is based on a review of the 171 commercially released films in 2005 that reported a gross of at least $1 million.
In addition, the first-time study from the UCLA School of Law and the UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center showed that 69 percent of all casting notices for three months this summer specifically asked for white actors. Roles advertised for a specific ethnicity other than whites ranged from 0.5 percent to 8 percent of the total, it found.
Also during that three-month period, white actors could compete with minorities for an additional 8.5 percent of total parts – beyond the nearly 70 percent that specifically sought white actors.
New U.S. Citizenship Questions. Do You Know the Answers?
8:37 am By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Education| Immigration| Politics| history · 1 Comment
30 Nov 2006
With so much talk about immigration and paths to citizenship there is little talk about what people actually need to know before becoming a citizen. Today the U.S. Government is going to release 144 new questions that wannabe citizens will be able to try out in 10 cities across the country. Among some of the questions include why there are three branches of government and what were some of the causes of the Civil War.
The questions being released Thursday will be for the civics portion of the test and will be given orally to immigrants who volunteer to take the new draft test.Immigration officials want to narrow the number of questions to 100 and launch the redesigned test in early 2008.n the pilot, volunteers answering the new test questions can at anytime stop and take the current exam so as not to lose the chance to become a citizen.
Via / The New York Post
Laura Bozzo gets exported to Spain
1:21 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Celebrities| Peru| Spain| TV · 8 Comments
29 Nov 2006
Just when you thought you’d seen the last of Laura Bozzo, the controversial host of the now defunct Laura en America, she’s back and ready to reinvent herself on the Iberian peninsula. She had been bragging about her prospects of working in Mexico, but like any good malinchista (not sure what the Peruvian version of that would be) she’s opted for Spain instead.
Telecinco, one of Spain’s more popular networks (which boasts lots of other telebasura offerings) has snatched la Bozzo up for a new show.
Laura Bozzo became famous in Spain thanks to the “channel surfing” programs and to the Crónicas Marcianas show in which they featured scenes from the Peruvian talk show in which everyone ends up hitting each other. There was always a couple of “gorillas” [bouncers] who would try to keep the peace (or not) when the brawls would break out.Now it seems that Telecinco has the intention of contracting her services, according to what Bozzo herself has told Peruvian press.
Mexican left tries to impede Calderon’s inauguration
11:51 am By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Controversia| Politics| mexico · 8 Comments
29 Nov 2006Good God, what’s going on in Mexico? Looks like Mexico’s congressional tribunal was the scene of an knock-down, drag-out brawl as leftist politicians attempted to impede conservative President-elect Felipe Calderon’s inauguration. Pictures are worth a thousand words in this case.
Felipe Calderon’s inauguration as President of Mexico went through a grotesque event when “diputados” from the left and the right went to blows with each other in the congressional tribunal where the swearing in was going to take palce. The leftists’ objective was to impede the inauguration ceremony of Calderon. However, members of the PAN, Calderon’s party, blocked them with pushing and screaming, and finally both groups remained in the room, swearing that neither will leave.
This just makes me sad. I won’t pretend to be objective. I am angered at the fact that the Mexican left can’t catch a break because corruption is built into the system. And, I can identify with those who were so pissed they wanted to do something at the last minute (harken back to our own “democratic” elections), but unfortunately, after months of protest and other acts of civil disobedience, it may be time to call it quits.
Check out the video on El Universal.com.mx.
Via / El Confidencial
Image: Marcos Delgado
Are Your Niños Online Too Much?
11:30 am By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Internet| children · Comments Off
29 Nov 2006
Thankfully the fact that there is only one computer in my house that I’m always on saves me from worrying about my daughter being online too much but acording to a study released today by the University of Southern California, many parents feel their hijos are in front of the computer too much.
21 percent of adult Internet users with children believe the kids are online too long, compared with 11 percent in 2000.About 80 percent of the children say the Internet is important for schoolwork, although three-quarters of the parents say grades haven’t gone up or down since they got Internet access. Forty-seven percent of the adults say they have withheld Internet use as a form of punishment
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Fidel Too Sick To Show Face At Birthday Party
8:33 am By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Cuba| Politics · 1 Comment
29 Nov 2006
Yesterday kicked off the official celebration of Fidel Castro’s 80 years of life in La Habana, Cuba but the leader of the Caribbean nation was not at the Karl Marx theatre to blow out the candles on his cake. Porque? Just as many predicted, Fidel is allgedly still too ill to make any oublic appearances.
I direct myself to you, intellectuals and prestigious personalities of the world, with a dilemma,” said the note.“I could not meet with you in a small locale, only in the Karl Marx Theater where all the visitors would fit and I was not yet in condition, according to the doctors, to face such a colossal encounter,” it added. The reading of the message was broadcast live on state television.
Holiday Shopping With the Comadres
3:00 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Money| Shopping · Comments Off
28 Nov 2006
Tis the season to give into capitalism and shop for holidy gifts. No matter if you are shopping for las Navidades, Hanukkah, Yule, or Kwanzaa, giving into giving doesn’t have to mean shopping irresponsibly. One option is shopping from directly from Latina owned businesses from around the country. Las Comadres – a nationwide network of Latinas in variety of fields. Every year they compile a list of products and services from comadres from around the country who submitted their entries for your consideration during this holiday season. The mujeres sell everything from books to insurance.
You can check out the Comadres Holiday Shopping Guide as a PDF file here.
Via / Las Comadres
Biden Blames Mexico for Immigration and Drug Problems
12:46 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Immigration| Politics| mexico · 7 Comments
28 Nov 2006
Democratic Senator Joe Biden, who will soon be the Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee pointed the finger south of the border, blaming Mexico for “illegal” immigration and drugs entering the U.S.
Mexico is a country that is an erstwhile democracy where they have the greatest disparity of wealth,” Biden said. “It is one of the wealthiest countries in the hemisphere and because of a corrupt system that exists in Mexico, there is the 1 percent of the population at the top, a very small middle class and the rest is abject poverty.”Unless the political dynamics change in Mexico and U.S. employers who hire illegal immigrants are punished, illegal immigration won’t stop. “All the rest is window dressing,” he said.
An even bigger problem are illegal drugs “coming up through corrupt Mexico,” he said. “People are driving across that border with tons, tons — hear me — tons of everything from byproducts for methamphetamines, to cocaine, to heroine.”
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