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This Study on the Ethnic Breakdown of TV Show Audiences Is Really Surprising

Kristen Lopez — Tue, 03 Jul 2018 20:00:07 +0000

When you’re part of an underrepresented group you don’t need a study telling you certain truths. When the Annenberg study was released a few weeks ago announcing most critics were white and male, members of the community weren’t surprised, and the same goes for studies citing what people are watching. One year ago the Motion Picture

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There Are More Latinos on TV, But Is That Really Progress?

Manuel Betancourt — Fri, 05 Jan 2018 23:18:52 +0000

During her unsurprisingly hilarious appearance on Vogue’s “73 Questions With” video, Jane the Virgin actress Gina Rodriguez made sure to balance her lighthearted responses with one sobering stat. When asked what fact she’d recently learned that blew her mind, you could see her seethe with frustration at the numbers she was about to repeat: “In

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Ahead of New Bilingual Rom-Com, Karla Souza Reflects on the Benefits of Speaking Two Languages

Carlos Aguilar — Thu, 16 Feb 2017 19:25:12 +0000

Latinos in the US have been speaking their own blends of Spanish and English forever, but the experience of being bilingual hasn’t been depicted on screen nearly as much it should. Caught between their heritage and mainstream American culture, US Latinos know that sometimes what feels right is a tasty curse word en español, while on

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Boricua Actress Luna Vélez on Working With Viola Davis and Her ‘HTGAWM’ Character’s Dark Past

Manuel Betancourt — Mon, 03 Oct 2016 22:08:18 +0000

How to Get Away With Murder has returned for its third season and while all the familiar faces were accounted for, the Viola Davis show introduced us to a new character that will no doubt find herself at the center of this year’s murder-filled plot. That would be Soraya Hargrove, the Milford University President who has no

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From ‘Narcos’ to ‘Empire’: 13 Must-See Fall TV Shows Starring Latinos

Manuel Betancourt — Thu, 25 Aug 2016 19:09:59 +0000

Here are the TV shows featuring Latino characters premiering this fall that we can't wait to see.

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Boricua Actress Lauren Vélez Cast as Annalise’s Boss on ‘How to Get Away With Murder’

Andrew S. Vargas — Fri, 22 Jul 2016 19:01:16 +0000

Praise the media gods – prime-time television is about to be blessed with a high-powered Latina character. Just this week it was revealed that Shonda Rhimes’ network sensation, How to Get Away With Murder, will be beefing up its already black-and-brown-powered cast with the addition of Boricua TV veteran Lauren Vélez. According to TVline, Vélez

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From Broke Fresa to Heartbroken Chef: 5 Movie Roles That Prove Karla Souza Is Box Office Gold

Manuel Betancourt — Mon, 06 Jun 2016 23:34:27 +0000

You may know Karla Souza as Laurel Castillo, one of the “Keating Five” in ABC’s How to Get Away with Murder, but the actress is becoming quite the box office force in her native Mexico. Not only is she the star of two of the highest grossing films in that country, but she also has

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