Gourmet Gringos, known exclusively for their touring food trucks that distribute Latin cuisine, is opening a new 25-seat restaurant at Bathurst and St. Clair in Toronto, Canada.
Jack Kerouac, the famed American novelist, wrote the postwar Beat Generation novel, "On the Road," which documented his travels as he journeyed across America. One chapter in the book focuses on Kerurac’s sexual relationship with a Latina farm worker, who Kerouac called “Terry, the Mexican girl,” a woman who was fleeing from an abusive husband and left her two children behind to do so. Novelist, performance artist and poet Tim Z. Hernandez uncovered “the Mexican girl’s” true identity, Bea Franco, and created his own work, "Mañana Means Heaven," about Franco’s life.
Día de los Muertos artworks, crafts and exhibitions are being brought to many Los Angeles residents by a non-profit art center in East Los Angeles, having done so for the last 40 years. These services are being made available to the public until Nov. 2.
Knights Templar, a notorious Mexican drug cartel, is squaring off with self-defense groups from the Mexican state of Michoacan. The escalating conflict between the self-defense groups and cartels led to a shootout this past weekend in Apatzingan, as well as attacks on power stations that left thousands without power.
The Latino and black student population has dwindled greatly in NYC's elite specialized high schools over the last five years, but the next elected mayor could reverse this.
Alex Rodriguez’s legal team has come forward, admitting that the athlete paid $305,000 for evidence, after denying that he had. However, spokesmen for Rodriguez maintain that the purchase was made three weeks ago, and didn’t interfere with the Major League Baseball’s Biogenesis investigations.
Seventy-two U.S. Hispanic artists will be represented at the Smithsonian Institute’s American Art Museum, in hopes of showing the beauty and prowess of Hispanic art as well as artists who have often been ignored, and deemed unfamiliar or exotic by American viewers.
Latino Action Network (LAN), a Latino civil rights network filed complaints against the Christie Administration through the Department of Housing and Urban Development, alleging that the governor’s administration broke federal laws by failing to make public knowledge available in English and Spanish for those who seek Sandy recovery grant programs.
Sofia Vergara, the Colombian bombshell, plays the role of Sharon Stone’s girlfriend in the film "Finding Gigolo," and is said to strip down to mere lingerie for steamy scenes that she shares with the 55-year-old veteran actress and actor John Turturro.
The National Security Agency (NSA) are reported to have monitored the calls of 35 world leaders, and over the course of one month last year, they monitored more than 60 million phone calls made in Spain, alone, according to a Spanish Newspaper, El Mundo.
The new cable network, Fusion, that targets the young Hispanic demographic, launched today, and President Obama is set to make a special guest appearance this evening, helping to introduce the network to audiences.
The Cuban beauty Eva Mendes, who has always been vocal about her disinterest in kids and marriage, may have reached the end of her long romance with Ryan Gosling due that fact that she isn't the marrying type.
The Dominican Republic, the Caribbean country also known as Quisqueya, has recently declared that the children of undocumented Haitian migrants are no longer entitled to Dominican citizenship -- enraging and affecting tens of thousands of people.
Mariah Carey, who recently opened up to fans about a positive and optimistic recovery after tumbling in heels and dislocating her shoulder, may have underestimated and understated the extent of damage done.
*Newly married producer/songwriter Pharrell Williams is assisting the bodacious and phenomenal Beyonce Knowles-Carter with her new album, and he says that her album is almost finished, but that doesn't mean that it’s ready to be released… said just days after a Columbia Record executive stated that Beyonce’s album would be out in December.
Breaking Ice, the fan tribute to the tremendous AMC series Breaking Bad provides a narrative of the show through ice-skating. Sheridan Williams-Sotelo, an assistant editor on Breaking Bad is behind the skating homage to the series.
Barneys, who has recently caught heat for two very public accusations of racially profiling against young African Americans, is meant to house Jay Z's forthcoming collection. Due to the recent claims, many are insisting that Jay Z pull his line from the luxury retail outlet, in an act of solidarity.
Jackie Cruz, who plays the role of Flaca on the hit Netflix original series Orange is the New Black, sat down with the Latino entertainment site Lossip and chatted a bit about the new season of the show, her influences and what it means for her to be Latina.
James Lipton, who has appeared on Arrested Development as the Warden Stefan Gentles, will now have the cast of Arrested Development on his series, Inside the Actor’s Studios.
Cormac McCarthy's masterful screenwriting debut for The Counselor is met the superb acting skills of a bevy of A-listers, particularly Cameron Diaz, who stole the show.
Murder, She Wrote is going to have a second life. The series that Angela Lansbury made famous will be revived, and Oscar Winner Octavia Spencer is cast to play the lead role.
The 6-second teaser for the upcoming X-Men: Days Of Future Past gives viewers quick doses of their favorite mutant superheroes fast at work as they save the world for the umpteenth time.
Colombian mother, Margarita de Jesus Zapata Moreno, proves that the selling and purchase of young girls’ virginity is still booming business, by selling the virginity of her twelve daughters for $200 -$300 per girl, once they reached 12-years-old.
