Archive for February, 2007
Bachelet: Doctora Presidente to the rescue
6:05 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Chile| Latin America| Politics| children · Comments Off
28 Feb 2007
I’m not sure if I’m just overly emotional today, but I was moved when I read on The Latin Americanist that Chilean president Michelle Bachelet rushed to the aid of a child who fainted during a speech she was delivering at a school:
An 8-year-old boy who collapsed after a speech by Chilean President Michelle Bachelet could not have picked a better leader to have nearby: a former pediatrician and mother of three.
Aló, Fidel! He’s still alive and kicking
1:54 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Cuba| Politics| Venezuela| radio · Comments Off
28 Feb 2007Vivito y coleando — alive and kicking. That’s Fidel’s current state, according to an appearance he made yesterday on his homie Hugo Chávez’s weekly radio show, Aló Presidente. If really interested, check out the video below (with a very LONG intro, unfortunately…let it load completely then fast forward through the guy in the suit), or just read my Cliff’s Notes after the jump.
Televisa to Sell Univision Shares
1:22 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · TV| business · Comments Off
28 Feb 2007
Mexican media megacompany Televisa isn’t happy with Univision’s new choice of chief executive.
Broadcasting Media Partners Inc., the investor group that is buying Univision, announced on Tuesday that Joe Uva will become chief executive of Univision on April 1. Broadcasting Media Partners said it expects the acquisition to close in March.
Televisa and Univision have been at odds with each other over internet distribution rights and a program license agreement. The latest beef between the two stems from a rejected bid from Televisa to acquire Univision.
Via / Forbes
Cuba to Journalists : No Credentials For You
8:00 am By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Cuba| Media · Comments Off
28 Feb 2007
Three major media organizations were told adios, that they could no longer report from Cuba. The three news outlets are the Chicago Tribune, the BBC, and El Universal from Mexico. Two of the journalists have been in Cuba for a number of years. The Chicago Tribune’s Gary Marx was told he had 90 days to leave the island. Cesar Gonzalez Calero from El Universal can stay in Cuba because his wife is a credentialed Spanish journalist. The BBC is in negotiations with Cuban officials in Havana regarding the matter. The reason why the journalists are being asked to leave? Calero was told:…
his reporting was “not the most convenient for the Cuban government.”
Whenever the free reporting of information is threatened, it’s problematic, be it here in the U.S. or Cuba.
Via / Fox News
Ricky Martin, documentarian
6:48 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Celebrities| Movies| society · Comments Off
27 Feb 2007
Ricky Martin is getting on my good side. First, he’s giving Dubya the finger and now he’s planning on making a documentary to bring attention to problem of human trafficking, a cause very dear to him. He announced his plans in Costa Rica last week:
“Until now, the priority of my foundation has been to educate the world about what is happening, putting numbers on the table, and letting the media know that we need help so that the world will realize that this is organizaed crime,” the singer explained.“Now, my priority, aside from music, is to create a strong, effective documentary. I think that it’s very important that we take this problem to the big screen, to be crude about it, without beating around the bush.”
It doesn’t sound like Ricky will be directing the doc, though he will be helping create the script by looking for the right stories to tell.
Ricky was in Costa Rica for a concert and to launch his new campaign against human trafficking, called Llama y vive, which looks to help victims of this crime via a telephone crisis line.
Via / 20 Minutos
Prison for Immigrant Children
12:48 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Immigration| Justice| Texas| children · 1 Comment
27 Feb 2007
T. Don Hutto Residential Center in Texas “used” to be a prison. But now the Department of Homeland Security is nice enough and is using it to “house” immigrants being considered for deportation or asylum and their children. This includes pregnant women.
…double-layered chain link fence topped with concertina wire in places. Or the uniformed, handcuff-toting correctional officers – called “counselors” – and the tight two-person cells where mothers and children live for weeks or months awaiting their fate.
A prison by any other name is still a prison.
Success brings bad blood for Babel team
11:28 am By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Controversia| Movies| mexico · Comments Off
27 Feb 2007
One would think that the success at the Oscars — at least in the nomination department and overall buzz — would bring the Mexican creators of Babel together to celebrate their triumph. But in fact, just the opposite has happened. Babel’s director, Alejandro González Iñárritu, and its screenwriter, Guillermo Arriaga are now estranged, according to comments made yesterday by González Iñárritu, as reports various media outlets:
The director of Babel, Mexican Alejandro González Iñárritu, severely criticized his countryman Guillermo Arriaga, screenwriter, for attempting to “claim” for himself credit for the entire film. Yesterday a letter from Iñárritu to Arriaga was circulated (to be published in the Mexican magazine Chilango in its next issue) in which the director says that it is “sad” that because of an “unjustified obsession with claiming credit for the entire film”, the screenwriter seems to “not know that filmmaking is an art of profound collaboration.”
Nuestra Señora Likes to Bake
10:58 am By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Religion · 3 Comments
27 Feb 2007
Every so often the Virgin Mary will make an appearance. Very often these appearances happen in Latino neighborhoods where the Catholic faith is strong. The latest Virgin sighting went down in a baking pan in Houston, Texas.
On Feb. 23, 2007. Guadalupe Rodriguez, a cafeteria worker at Pugh Elementary on the East Side, not pictured, discovered the image while cleaning the dishes from lunch on Ash Wednesday. The cooking sheet is now on display in the front yard of a home a few blocks away from the school, with numerous visitors coming to see the image.
I believe in miracles pero I don’t really know if I buy this or many of the other Virgin Mary sightings featured on ABC. Just call me Mala, lapsed Catholic of little faith.
Via / ABC News
And the anti-Oscar goes to…
5:53 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Entertainment| Events| Movies · Comments Off
26 Feb 2007
While Latino directors and actors may have been disappointed about not taking home their Oscar last night, other stars can be sad that they did take home an award: a Razzie. The Razzie Awards, held the day before the Oscars, now in their 27th edition, extends honors to only the very worst in filmmaking. This year three films pretty much dominated all of the categories:
Worst Picture: Basic Instinct II (aka Basically, It Stinks, Too)
Worst Actress: Sharon Stone (Basically, It Stinks, Too)
Worst Actor: Marlon Wayans and Shawn Wayans (for Little Man)
Worst Supporting Actress: Carmen Electra (for Date Movie and Scary Movie 4)
Worst Supporting Actor: M. Night Shyamalan (for Lady in the Water)
Worst Director: M. Night Shyamalan (for Lady in the Water)
Worst Screen Couple: Shawn Wayans & either Kerry Washington or Marlon Wayans (for Little Man)
Worst Remake Or Rip-off: Little Man (Rip-off of the 1954 Bugs Bunny cartoon “Baby Buggy Bunny”)
Worst Prequel or Sequel: Basically, It Stinks, Too
Worst Screenplay: Basically, It Stinks, Too
I’m not sure if any of these stars actually showed up to collect their “award”, but those that do “receive a gold-spray-painted, golf-ball-sized raspberry atop a mangled super 8 film reel, with an estimated street value of $4.97.”
Via / Razzies.com
Does Ellen Really Think that All People With Spanish Accents are Mexican?
3:01 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Controversia| Events| Los Angeles · 2 Comments
26 Feb 2007
I have to agree with what most critics are saying about Ellen DeGeneres hosting last night’s 79th Academy Awards.She was boring and I could have done without her dancing but my ears perked up when she appeared to call Penelope Cruz “Mexican”, an error she even apologized for on air later during the broadcast.
In Ellen’s defense, I honestly think that she just lost her train of thought. While she was thinking about properly acknowledging the diversity that was represented by the nominees, it appears that she wanted to say something about the Volver star and then began another thought without finishing her first one.
Image Via / Boston.com
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