While it comes as no surprise that "Furious 7" catapulted the 14-year-old Fast & Furious franchise this weekend with a stunning $143.6 million debut and $240 million overseas (without any help from China, Japan and Russia, where it will open in the next few weeks), there are many studios that could take a few pointers from Universal Pictures/Comcast Corp.
There are plenty of ways to celebrate the Easter holiday with the entire family this weekend, especially if you live or are visiting the San Fernando Valley and Los Angeles area.
Visitors to New Orleans' historic French Quarter will have their pick among the "Historic French Quarter Easter Parade," the "Chris Owens Easter Parade" and the "Gay Easter Parade" - or they can attend all three on April 5.
The 2015 Major League Baseball season is quickly draw nearing opening day. Latin Post lists 10 Latin American born players you should keep an eye on this season in various positions across the league.
Mexican-American toddlers and their white peers maintain similar levels of cognitive growth through the first 9 months of life, but by age 2 to 3, a notable gap emerges, according to a study released this week by the University of California, Berkeley.
When Oscar winning director Alejandro González Iñárritu created “Birdman,” he recognized that the intense characters, heavy dialogue and the overall raw storyline needed to be accompanied by some compelling music.
That’s where Mexican-born New York City-based drummer Antonio Sanchez came in – and needless to say, he worked his magic by merging together fierce, frantic beats with the film’s fast-pace and intense emotions.
Sanchez, also an “accomplished jazzer” best known for his collaboration with guitar legend Pat Metheny, contributed the improvised solos throughout the film.
Chikungunya, a viral disease transmitted via the bite of infected mosquitoes, is spreading in Colombia and Nicaragua, and it’s made an appearance in the U.S.
For Argentina's Juan Pablo di Pace, portraying Jesus, the 'Messiah' for NBC's "A.D. The Bible Continues" in the middle of the Moroccan desert transformed into the city of Jerusalem, was a true test of not only his acting skills, but his faith in God -- and ultimately in himself.
For Hollywood power couple Mark Burnett and Roma Downey, the executive producers of the NBC primetime series "A.D. The Bible Continues," this is going to be an Easter of "epic" proportions.
Twenty-one people have been killed and 38 have been seriously injured in Peru when a bus went off the road and plunged directly into a ravine in southeastern Andes Mountains.
With every stroke of his brush, Irish painter Brian McGuire has made it his artistic and human mission to tell the stories of victims in Juárez, Mexico, which is considered to be "the murder capital of the world." It's where more than 5,000 people have been butchered by drug cartels over the past six years, including the more recent travesty, the 2014 Iguala mass kidnapping of 43 male students who are believed to be dead.
A recent March 15 demonstration, which boasted a crowd of over 200,000 participants, was lead by a 19-year-old college dropout named Kim Kataguiri, an online sensation who has been motivated by libertarianism and conservative free-market ideals.
Opening Holy Week services with Palm Sunday Mass in St. Peter's Square, Pope Francis brought his attention recent tragic events by stressing his congregation strive toward humility and take time to remember the dead in the Germanwings crash.
The National Latino Evangelical Coalition (NaLEC), in a unanimous vote, has come together to urge their 3,000 member congregations to help put and end capital punishment across the country.
Victor Zamora, one of the rescued Chilean miners who was trapped underground for 69 days in 2010, has lost his home due to the recent flash floods in northern Chile.
