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‘Story Ave’ Team Talks About How This Indie Film Forces Audiences to Challenge the World Around Them

Kiko Martinez — Thu, 12 Oct 2023 20:19:33 +0000

As a TV commercial and music video director for more than 10 years, Story Ave director Aristotle Torres has built an impressive resumé with corporate clients like Pepsi and Starbucks and artists like Ludacris and Nas. In 2019, after pivoting into narrative filmmaking, Torres was given the opportunity to expand his short film, Story Ave,

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Luis Guzmán Stars in Erotic Horror Movie with Pamela Anderson & Paris Hilton – Say What?

Kiko Martinez — Fri, 28 Oct 2022 15:10:45 +0000

If you’ve seen the 1997 drama-comedy Boogie Nights, you’ll know that actor Luis Guzmán (Wednesday) is no prude. When you’re playing a wannabe porn star, it’s kind of hard to be. Guzmán will show how game he really is when it comes to salacious storytelling when he stars in Alone at Night, an erotic horror

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Luis Guzmán Added to Netflix’s Addams Family Spin-Off By Tim Burton

Toni Gonzales — Tue, 10 Aug 2021 10:30:00 +0000

Luis Guzmán, a recent advocate for the health of the Latino community, is taking on the iconic role of Gomez Addams in the Netflix series Wednesday.

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Luis Guzmán Explains Why Current Health Crisis Is More Serious Than One Virus

Kiko Martinez — Wed, 03 Mar 2021 16:33:53 +0000

Puerto Rican actor Luis Guzmán (Boogie Nights), hasn’t received the COVID-19 vaccine yet, but he says when it’s his turn, he will get it. “I’m getting vaccinated,” Guzmán, 64, told Remezcla during an interview earlier this week. “But it’s not just about a vaccine. That’s only one part. Your wellness is the bigger picture.” Guzmán

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Revisiting Luis Guzmán’s Role in ‘Boogie Nights’ & Harnessing His Confidence for 2021

Kiko Martinez — Thu, 31 Dec 2020 17:22:20 +0000

Maurice Rodriguez, the chubby, Puerto Rican nightclub owner played by actor Luis Guzmán in the 1997 masterpiece Boogie Nights, was never going to become a famous adult film star. But he definitely believed he could be. That’s the kind of positive energy Latinx people need to harness going into the New Year. Like Maurice, they

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After 40 Years in the Business, Puerto Rican Actor Luis Guzmán Wants His Own Biopic

Manuel Betancourt — Wed, 13 Mar 2019 21:52:35 +0000

Once during an audition, a casting director asked Luis Guzmán something Latino actors hear a lot: “Can you sound a little more Latin?” Sharing the anecdote during a conversation at the Miami Film Festival, the Traffic and Carlito’s Way actor relished the punchline to come. He asked the casting director to give him an example of

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‘Nothing Like the Holidays’ Is the Rare Christmas Movie That Reflects Close-Knit Latino Families

Gabriela Garcia — Wed, 19 Dec 2018 22:21:44 +0000

Each holiday season, US-based studios churn out films that tie yuletide festivities to dysfunctional family reunions. In these movies, gathering from far and wide for an obligatory return home is met with awkwardness, discontent, and ultimately self-discovery. From movies like Four Christmases and The Family Stone, to Home for the Holidays, a common theme is

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The Puerto Rican Diaspora Comes Together in This Stirring Musical Documentary for the Holidays

Andrew S. Vargas — Mon, 05 Dec 2016 23:41:29 +0000

Of all of Puerto Rico’s beloved holiday traditions, nothing stirs those unflagging feelings of cultural pride quite like the Banco Popular de Puerto Rico’s annual Christmas special. Of course, banks aren’t generally known to do anything that doesn’t serve their own immediate interests, but since 1993 the BPPR has recruited the island’s most talented filmmakers,

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Watch Luis Guzmán Troll Trump’s Fearmongering In This Hilarious Voter Fraud Parody

Andrew S. Vargas — Mon, 31 Oct 2016 18:06:49 +0000

Voter fraud is a very real thing. By real we mean that there have been 31 documented cases over the last seven election cycles, so it technically exists, but out of a billion votes cast, it’s affected exactly 0% of election outcomes. But Donald Trump is a big orange baby, and he decided that if he was

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Here Are the Latinos Invited to Join the Academy of Motion Pictures This Year

Manuel Betancourt — Thu, 30 Jun 2016 00:48:38 +0000

In response to the outrage that greeted the second year in a row of #OscarSoWhite controversy, Academy President Cheryl Boone Issacs was swift to make changes to the membership of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences. “The academy is going to lead and not wait for the industry to catch up,” she said

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