With a little help of champagne and tacky fashion sense, vocal powerhouses Christina Aguilera and Lady Gaga joined forces for a flashy duet of the latter's hit, "Do What U Want" to commemorate the star-studded season finale of "The Voice."
Oscar-nominated filmmaker Spike Jonze is at it again - with his latest film, "Her" that takes an unconventional, modern yet tender love story that explores "the evolving nature-and the risks-of intimacy in the modern world."
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.
Most Americans are well aware that smoking kills, but in developing countries, consumers continue to puff away, bringing to light the fact that "tobacco consumption more than doubled in the developing world from 1970 to 2000," according to the United Nations.
Former "Charlie's Angels" star Jaclyn Smith will never forget her dear friend and co-star, Farrah Fawcett - in life and in death, Fawcett continues to make an impact.On Monday, the 68-year-old actress, broke down in tears while supporting Fawcett's widower Ryan O'Neal in court. O'Neal is currently defending himself in a lawsuit filed by the University of Texas over a Warhol painting of the late actress, according to Page Six.
Despite Venezuelan facing a tough economic crisis, with shortages and price hikes putting a damper on the holiday season, there is a fun tradition that might bring back some Christmas cheer during difficult times - and it involves roller skates.
"This is how you're stripping the nation. Where is the benefit? I'm not ashamed, what you're doing is a shame!" said Mexican MP Antonio Garcia Conejo, from the PRD (Party of the Democratic Revolution) as he dropped his trousers and removed his socks during a Senate debate last week.
Google is getting artsy. The virtual trailblazing company recently launched Google Open Gallery, a new online tool to allow museums, galleries and individuals to create online art exhibitions. It's part of the Google Cultural Institute, which has partnered with major art organizations around the world to put content online.
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."
Jessica González-Rojas, the executive director at the National Institute of Latina Institute of Reproductive Health, highlighted "Nuestro Texas, a human rights campaign calling for reproductive health access for all women, without distinction as to geographic location, ethnicity, race, economic class, or citizen status."
Alelo, "a modest L.A. company that works primarily with the U.S. military, is quietly using interactive video games to fundamentally transform the way we learn about foreign language and cultures," LA Weekly reports.
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.
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.
Gisele Bündchen, the world's highest paid supermodel, 33, posted a photo of herself breast-feeding her daughter Vivian, 1, on Instagram, along with the caption, "What would I do without this beauty squad after the 15 hours flying and only three hours of sleep #multitasking #gettingready."
"Resa por mi" (Pray for me), compassionate words spoken in Spanish by Pope Francis, otherwise known as El Papa Francisco, who was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina to Italian parents.
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.
Americans love their "gauc." Whether you're Latino American or not, the delicious appetizer has become a Super Bowl staple -- and a culinary trend that can be associated with the growing Latino population in the U.S.Yet what many Americans don't realize, is that on a daily basis, avocado farmers in Mexico are essentially risking their lives to bring guacamole to your table.
Ever wonder what it might be like to be a fire-breathing dragon? Well if you take a shot of Colombian aguardiente, otherwise known as "fire water," you'll be sure to find out.It's holiday season and chances are if you're Colombian, or if you know someone who is, you may have had the fiery 'pleasure' of taking a shot of Colombia's distinctive liquor, aguardiente, a clear, anise-flavored liquid made of processed sugarcane that practically burns a hole right through you.
On Friday, Dec. 6, the Bronx Museum of the Arts in collaboration the National Institute of Latina Institute of Reproductive Health and Planned Parenthood of New York City Training Institute, featured a screening of "Harvest Empire: A History of Latinos in America," a film based on New York Daily News journalist,Juan González' book of the same name.
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."
Today is a day of mourning and prayer for former South African President Nelson Mandela in his native country, and around the world millions reflect on his influence and reach around the world.Mandela's outlook was broad, accepting and forgiving, but his affection for Cuba and its controversial leader, Fidel Castro, didn't settle well with the United States.
Back in 2008, I spoke with Grammy award-winning singer Josh Groban about his involvement in honoring Mandela for his 90th birthday celebration. Groban, who sold out arenas all around the world, told me that he was most moved when he was asked to sing at Mandela's birthday celebration; it was one of the highlights of his very successful career.
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.
Latinos in the United States see the world through many dimensions - the vantage point is rich in culture, heritage and diversity. It embodies the love of friends and family, music, sports and delicious cuisine. The Latino experience, which can be both traditional yet contemporary, also encompasses a new dynamic, one that is vibrant and hip and cutting-edge and is constantly being redefined with each generation.
