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How Did the Real-Life Griselda Blanco Die?

Lissete Lanuza Sáenz — Thu, 25 Jan 2024 15:41:15 +0000

WARNING: SPOILERS AHEAD FOR NETFLIX‘S GRISELDA. The Netflix miniseries Griselda is now out, and one of the questions the series does not truly answer is how the real-life Griselda Blanco died. The information about Blanco’s death is indeed provided to fans in a text scroll at the end, but her death is never shown on

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Sofía Vergara Addresses Playing a Narco in Netflix’s ‘Griselda’

Kiko Martinez — Wed, 27 Sep 2023 16:23:35 +0000

Whether or not you believe Hollywood focuses too much on drug cartel stories when claiming they are contributing to the Latine narrative, Sofía Vergara is all in for her upcoming Netflix series Griselda on Colombian drug lord Griselda Blanco. Vergara, who portrays Blanco, tells Vogue Mexico in an interview that took place before the SAG-AFTRA

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WATCH: Sofía Vergara Looks Unrecognizable in First Trailer for Netflix’s ‘Griselda’

Lissete Lanuza Sáenz — Thu, 21 Sep 2023 13:13:19 +0000

Sofía Vergara is spreading her wings when it comes to her acting. The Colombian actress, better known for her 11-year run as Gloria Pritchett on Modern Family and her current role as a judge on America’s Got Talent, is stepping into her first dramatic role with the Netflix series Griselda. It’s set to premiere on

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Here’s What We Know About Karol G’s Role in Netflix’s Griselda Series

Kiko Martinez — Tue, 01 Mar 2022 14:49:31 +0000

More information about Karol G’s acting debut was revealed during her interview with Vogue México for its March 2022 issue. The singer will star as “Carla” on the Netflix biopic miniseries Griselda. The show stars Sofía Vergara (Modern Family) as infamous Colombian drug lord Griselda Blanco. Karol G’s character is a drug mule who works

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Get Your First Look at Sofia Vergara as Griselda Blanco for Netflix Series

Jorge Rodriguez-Jimenez — Wed, 19 Jan 2022 21:11:09 +0000

Update 9/13/23: Netflix Latinoamérica released 4 new images of Sofia Vergara as the infamous drug lord Griselda Blanco. The images ranged from Vergara in a silver top and statement necklace looking to someone off-screen while she holds something in her hand; sitting in what looks like a head office with Chinese guardian lions behind her;

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Looking Back at ‘Cocaine Cowboys,’ the Schlocky Doc That Kickstarted the U.S. Narco-Drama Craze

Manuel Betancourt — Fri, 08 May 2020 16:51:20 +0000

With a title like Cocaine Cowboys, director Billy Corben made no attempt to hide what kind of documentary he was making. Billed as a history lesson on how Miami became the epicenter for the drug trade in the 1970s and 1980s, the explosive 2006 doc hinged instead on stories told by colorful characters vaguely punctuated

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Jennifer Lopez Will Take on Colombian Drug Lord Griselda Blanco, aka ‘the Cocaine Godmother,’ in Upcoming Film

Manuel Betancourt — Sun, 26 Apr 2020 14:56:57 +0000

In news that made us wonder whether it was 2016 all over again (when we first reported them) it looks like Jennifer Lopez’s Griselda Blanco biopic is finally back on track. Coming off the heels of her critically acclaimed performance as Ramona in Hustlers, it looks like JLo is diving right back into prestige filmmaking. After Second

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Responding to Backlash, Catherine Zeta-Jones Defends Herself for Portraying Griselda Blanco

Yara Simón — Tue, 23 Jan 2018 18:28:58 +0000

Since Catherine Zeta-Jones landed the role of Griselda Blanco in Cocaine Godmother, many have questioned why a Welsh actress is portraying someone from Colombia. As it stands, portrayals of Latinos on TV and film are both scarce and stereotypical. As a matter of fact, in the last decade, Latinos have only represented a measly 3

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This ‘Cocaine Godmother’ Trailer Starring Catherine Zeta-Jones as a Colombian Drug Lord Is Whitewashing 101

Kristen Lopez — Thu, 04 Jan 2018 20:04:23 +0000

In the heat of the fervor left by Netflix’s series Narcos last year, Jennifer Lopez announced she was turning the tables on the genre with a biopic of female cocaine queenpin, Griselda Blanco (aka as La Madrina and La Viuda Negra.) Apparently that film has stalled and will be beaten to the punch by another

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J. Lo to Star in Biopic About Colombian Narco Queen Griselda Blanco

Andrew S. Vargas — Wed, 10 Aug 2016 23:32:41 +0000

As Pablo Escobar fever keeps smoldering with no sign of abating, film and television execs find themselves faced with a pressing ethical dilemma: how to make even more money? Luckily for them, the Medellín Cartel was actually packed with a Marvel Comics universe-worth of deplorable criminal anti-heroes, all of whom could easily spin off into

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