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J-Lo, la vieja

11:53 am By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Celebrities|Chismes|Movies · 2 Comments

6 Dec 2005

jlo(1).jpgShe’s not a vieja yet, though she’ll be playing one in her new movie, El Cantante, which features J-Lo alongside her longtime husband, Marc Anthony. From a snarky British article:

With her face lined with wrinkles, gaudy make-up and unkempt hair, this is Jennifer Lopez as you have never seen her before.

The singer and actress, who normally has flawless skin, was made up to look much older than her 36 years as she shot her latest film El Cantante in New York with husband Marc Antony.

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Movie Business Caters to Spanish Speakers

11:09 am By Maegan La Mala · business|Entrepreneurs|language · Comments Off

2 Dec 2005

movie_spanish.jpg Businesses are always looking for ways to get you to spend your money on their products. A company based out of Denver is doing its part to provide entertainment to Spanish speaking Latinos by presenting newly released films with options that will meet the needs of Spanish speakers, such as subtitles.

I remember as a child my parents taking me to the movie theatre and I knew that they didn’t understand a word the actors or cartoons were saying but yet they continued to take me. After I grew older my parents stopped going to the movie theatre. They no longer had a child to take and what was the purpose anyways if they didn’t understand the language.

I think that this company’s business plan is a great idea. Now, instead of having to wait for the movie to come out on DVD with Spanish options, Spanish speakers can watch films as soon as they hit the movie theatres.

…Many of these Hispanics are movie buffs — going to the cinema an average of 12.1 times a year compared with Anglos visiting theaters 9.4 times a year and African Americans buying movie tickets 6.6 times a year, according to 2004 data from the Motion Picture Association of America.

Via / Houston Chronicle

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innocent.jpg Not all childhoods are innocent. More than 300,000 children are serving in armies in over 40 countries. The feature length film, Innocent Voices, tells the story of one such child in El Salvador. Eleven-year-old Chava, the main character of the film, has just one year before he will be called to fight the government’s battle against the peasant rebels. Chava enjoys his last year of innocence looking for work to help his single mom and falling in love with a classmate. What makes this story especially compelling is the fact that it is based on the real life childhood of screenwriter Oscar Torres.

Innocent Voices, rated R, opens tomorrow, October 14, in New York, Los Angeles, Washington D.C., San Francisco, Dallas, Houston, Boston, Seattle, San Diego, Miami, and Philadelphia. In Chicago it opens October 21 and other cities on November 4.

It’s important to support films written by, directed by, and acted by Latinos, especially independent films that tell our stories, in our voices.


Innocent Voices

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