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Karla Souza Finds Her Way Back To Comedy in New Sitcom ‘Home Economics’

Kiko Martinez — Wed, 07 Apr 2021 17:08:49 +0000

After six seasons on the hit TV drama series How to Get Away with Murder, Mexican actress Karla Souza was ready to laugh again. She now stars in the new TV comedy Home Economics, which premieres on ABC April 7 at 8:30 p.m. ET. “I had done drama for six years, so I definitely hinted

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Amazon’s ‘El Presidente’ Digs Deep Into the U.S. Involvement in FIFAGate

Manuel Betancourt — Wed, 10 Jun 2020 18:27:47 +0000

Following the success of Birdman, for which Armando Bó won an Oscar for Best Writing, Original Screenplay, the Argentine filmmaker knew he wanted to find something bigger, broader, more global. He’d also had such a good time wading into the dark comedy at the heart of Alejandro González Iñárritu’s Hollywood satire that he was eager

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Watch the Teaser for Amazon’s Explosive Miniseries on 2015’s “FIFA Gate” Corruption Scandal

Manuel Betancourt — Thu, 16 Apr 2020 18:52:36 +0000

It was only a matter of time until the juicy details behind one of the most explosive corruption scandals in sports history would get its own television show. Amazon’s upcoming miniseries El Presidente, which is being produced by none other than Chilean filmmaker Pablo Larraín and directed by Birdman co-writer Armando Bo, will take viewers into the multimillion bribery

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Gregory Nava Gives Fiery Speech About Detained Children After Accepting Lifetime Achievement Award

Carlos Aguilar — Mon, 29 Jul 2019 23:09:10 +0000

The celebration of National Association of Latino Independent Producers’ 20th anniversary comes at a unique moment in history. It appears Latinos are starting to gain momentum, even if at times fleeting, within the entertainment industry, but at the same time the political climate continues to alienate and dehumanize us. Both of these sentiments were present

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NALIP Will Celebrate Its 20th Anniversary With a Special Screening of ‘Dora and the Lost City of Gold’

Kristen Lopez — Thu, 25 Jul 2019 15:44:34 +0000

While the entertainment industry is now making moves toward elevating overlooked voices, the National Association of Latino Independent Producers (NALIP) has been at this for two decades. NALIP, an organization that promotes Latino talent in all areas of media, will celebrate its 20th anniversary with its annual Media Summit, which will take place in Los

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At Mexican Academy Awards, Women Launch #YaEsHora to Fight Sexual Abuse in the Industry

Carlos Aguilar — Wed, 26 Jun 2019 16:58:48 +0000

Following in the footsteps of the international movement #TimesUp, Mexican women working in film and television are banding together against gender-based discrimination and abuse across the entertainment industry to demand an end to the gender wage gap. They’re also demanding more opportunities to tell stories by and about women. Their unified initiative is called #YaEsHora

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Karla Souza Reveals She Was Raped by a Director

Manuel Betancourt — Wed, 21 Feb 2018 20:50:10 +0000

The #MeToo movement shows no signs of slowing down. Just this week, Mexican actress Karla Souza – best known to American audiences as part of the ensemble of How to Get Away with Murder – talked at length with CNN en Español about a string of abusive events at the hands of a famous director when she

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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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The Academy Gathered a Powerhouse of Talent to Ask “How Do Latinas Experience Hollywood?”

Carlos Aguilar — Mon, 25 Sep 2017 21:29:06 +0000

Female voices were front and center this weekend at the Academy of Motions Picture Arts and Sciences. As part of its ongoing series, From Latina America to Hollywood, the people behind the Oscars put together a symposium titled, “How Do Latinas Experience Hollywood?” and invited some of the most recognizable Latina female talent in the

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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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