While Penelope Cruz didn’t win the Academy Award for Best Actress for her role in Volver, she certainly deserved an Oscar for how beautiful she looked. In fact, fashion wise, the Hispanics and Latinos stole the show.
Penelope wore a light light pink (fashionistas are calling the color blush) Versace gown that was fitted on top and flowed into fluffy full skirt. I loved the color on Penelope and thought she looked very elegant with her hair pulled back but I’m still unsure about the bottom part. Speaking of the bottom part of the dress did you see when Ellen was “joke” vacuuming she snagged Penelope’s dress?
Latinos were in the house last night at the 79th annual Academy Awards (yes, we count Penelope Cruz), and while the nominations were full of Latino names, not everyone got to take home their gold. There were A LOT of Latino nominations, but unfortunately most didn’t pan out.
Many Latinas were watching Premio Lo Nuestro last night but not this Latina. Last night I settled with a glass of wine as the only woman in a room full of screaming male futbol fanatics to watch Colo Colo vs River Plate in the Copa Libertadores. The campeones de Chile, Colo Colo, were beat 2-1 by Argentina’s River Plate. The first goal via River’s Leonardo Ponzio came right as half-time began. The goal was protested by many of Colo’s players who say the whistle to restart play was never blown (I sure didn’t see or hear it blow). The second River goal came via Ernesto Farias in the second half of the game.
Spanish hottie 
Latino superblogger Perez Hilton no tiene pelos en la lengua. He pretty much says whatever is on his mind — much to the dismay of many a Hollywood celeb — and indeed that has been the main draw to his blog, 
While the U.S. is caught up in the 
When people travel, housing projects aren’t usually part of their itineraries. Just like most people don’t seek out their art in housing projects either. The housing projects of Brazil, favelas, are notorious for their violence. Those same favelas ,though, are becoming canvases for art by outsiders.
I’m guessing this piece of news isn’t going to really encourage anyone to 
There were some rumors within the Spanish language media that the U.S.’s 45 year old trade embargo on Cuba could be lifted or at the very least, loosened. Especially interested in this possibility are U.S. businesses who see the Caribbean island as an untapped source of dollars. This combined with the health issues of Fidel Castro has bolstered calls for the embargo to be reevaluated. U.S. Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez couldn’t disagree more. Speaking February 21 to the Council of the Americas, a Washington business organization, Gutierrez said: