He is a two-time Academy Award winner who's known for his dramatic roles in "Mystic River," "Dead Man Walking;" he's tugged at our heartstrings through his roles as a father with a developmental disability in "I Am Sam" and as a gay rights activist and politician, Harvey Milk, in "Milk."Now, he's taken on another dramatic role, but this time it's a real-life drama.
Guatemalan singer-actor Oscar Isaac Hernandez, known professionally as Oscar Isaac, has earned a Golden Globe nod for his portrayal of the title character in the Coen Brother newcomer, "Inside Llewyn Davis."
Social media channels flared with concern over Sofia Vergara's possible separation from fiancé Nick Loeb. Competing reports have stated that the ring has been on ...and the ring has been off. There's as much swarming fanfare around Vergara's potential nuptials that's been given to fellow Latinas Christina Milian (engaged to Jas Prince), Alexis Bledel (engaged to Vincent Kartheiser), Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi (engaged to Jionni LaValle), Alexa Vega, (engaged to Carlos Pena Jr.), Elizabeth Gutierrez (engaged to William Levy), Eva Mendez (engaged to Ryan Gosling), and Naya Rivera (engaged to Big Sean). 2012 and 2013 have been the year of distance wedding bells for a number of Latina celebrities. However, an exchange of engagement rings does not guarantee the resounding exchange of vows.
On Sunday, the San Francisco Immigrant Film Festival came to an end, marking the fourth year of a powerful platform that captures the immigrant experience. SIFF, which runs from Dec. 1-15, "shows a human face on the issues of immigration, and immigrant workers' rights through the exhibition of films/videos that document the lives of immigrants, and exiles, the facts that motivate people to migrate, and the problems most people face in the process to migrate to other country."
Spanish actor Antonio Banderas, who will star in the movie "Los 33" about the miners who were trapped more than two months down a mine-shaft 622 meters (2,039 feet) deep in Chile, has a lot of emotion and suspense to capture -- and he's going to the depths of the earth in a Colombian salt mine to pull it off.
Legal and illegal drug use is all around us, from Canada, the U.S. to Latin America and beyond. We've seen Toronto's Mayor Tom Ford admit to smoking crack cocaine, Colorado and Washington states give the 'green light' to recreational marijuana use, and Uruguay become the first country in the world to legalize the trade of marijuana (in an effort to decriminalize the drug industry) -- and recently, Disney and "X Factor" fans have learned that singer/songwriter Demi Lovato was smuggling cocaine on airplanes at age 19.
This morning, the highly anticipated Golden Globe Award nominations were announced in Beverly Hills, Calif., by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. The list revealed that American film aficionados either want to be 'hustled' or get a grim yet truthful lesson in American history - and they also want to take an innovative 3-D journey and get caught between Earth and the void of the universe.
Los Angeles-based Colombian and Irish-American filmmaker Kimberly Bautista is a crusader against the violent killing of women, or what she calls "femicide" in Juarez, Mexico, Guatemala and throughout Central America.That's why it's incomprehensible to learn that Bautista, a voice for those who have been silenced or abused, was held hostage and raped during the culmination of her four-year-journey making the award-winning documentary, Justice For My Sister.
The Billboard Latin Music Conference is nearing a quarter of a century since it first assembled in 1989, and will be celebrating its 25th anniversary during the Spring of 2014 in a three-day event that will include special awards, showcases, panels, and exclusive Q&A sessions, and its annual culmination event, the Billboard Latin Music Awards.
Mexican Icon Jenni Rivera left us unexpectedly last December 9th of 2012. It's been a year since the chilling news touched the hearts of not only her family but also her dedicated fans. Today we remember "La Diva de La Banda" and celebrate her legacy.
Dubbed "a pioneer of Latin rock 'n' roll," Mexican-American Carlos Santana and renown Puerto Rican opera singer and Harlem native, Martina Arroyo, were among the five Kennedy Center Honorees, which is considered "the nation's highest honor for influencing American culture through the arts."
Christmas and the holiday season are important to Latinos, traditionally and culturally, and that being so, it's amazing to see Latinos on screen, portraying interesting and intelligent characters in films about the season. While there needs to be more seasonal films where Latinos are the lead, there are a number of films that Latinos can refer to when they want to see themselves represented on screen.
Lana Del Rey has released her own short film, and it's wonderful. Lana Del Rey has released her own short film, and it's wonderful. On the surface, one might not expect Del Rey to draw heavy, dark emotions from the recess of Los Angeles' grimy underworld, but that's exactly what she's accomplished.
Sofia Vergara is in the spotlight again, and is the target of body-conscious fans across the globe. However, in what some might call a refreshing twist to what is so often the norm, the star is getting flack for losing weight, not gaining it.
You could call it Mexican 'gangsta rap,' but instead of lyrical rhymes, bass and gold chains, it has some accordion-based polka beats, sombreros, and references the drug cartel, which can be bad-ass in its own right. This type of Mexican music is considered to be a 'drug ballad,' otherwise known as the "narcocorrido."
Latino filmmakers, actors and directors bring the passion, drama and intensity to the big screen, and many Latino film aficionados are looking forward to see what's in store for the Sundance Film Festival 2014 lineup.
Whether you believe in the good will of men or the spirit of Christmas (regardless of race or religion), there are real-life, modern-day Ebenezer Scrooges all around us - and in New York City, they are in abundance.Some make 15 shillings and some make millions of shillings, but the bottom line is - you can't buy true happiness, even if you try.
Daddy Yankee has been ordered to give up some serious "Gasolina" money after a concert promoter sued him. A judged ordered the reggaeton star to pay $6,000,000 to a promoter who says, "his eyes bled" after Daddy Yankee bailed out of a major concert tour.
"Fast & Furious" actor Paul Walker had the looks, the charm and the acting chops, but he also had a big heart - which led him to help others in need around the globe, including Chileans devastated by "a magnitude 8.8 earthquake that struck the area, triggering a tsunami and ravaging the country."
