At CinemaCon 2024, It’s Obvious Latinas Are About to Have a Big Year
Lupita Nyong’o promotes two films and one franchise, Jenna Ortega stars in another, and Arianna Greenblatt breaks through at Cinemacon 2024.
Toni Gonzales
Toni Gonzales has been in the media since her sophomore days in high school. She is an Emmy-nominated entertainment television producer, entertainment writer, and salsa-maker extraordinaire. Toni has been covering Hollywood exclusively since 2007 and has devoted the last few years of her work to focusing on stories inside the Latino community. She serves as a co-founder, President, and board member of the Latino Entertainment Journalists Association. She is a member of the Producers Guild of America and sits on both the Women's Committee and the Latino Committees of the Critics Choice Association. When not screening or writing about the next big movie to television show, you can find her saving Golden Retrievers from Korean meat markets.
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Wagner Moura Helps Puts Journalism Front and Center in “Civil War”
“I am very happy that this film is [about] the importance of journalism in this polarized world,” said Wagner Moura of “Civil War.”
Latinos at SXSW 2024 Killed It (And Took Home Big Prizes)
The SXSW 2024 Film Festival is officially in the rearview and one thing is clear – Latinos at SXSW came to Austin with their A game.
“My Dead Friend Zoe” Is a Different Veteran Film
“I’ve never seen a white man decide that his story was best told through two women of color,” said Natalie Morales of “My Dead Friend Zoe.”
Sundance Winner “In the Summers” Is A Poignant Picture About Dads, Daughters, and Development
Alessandra Lacorazza’s semi-autobiographical film “In the Summers” is about two sisters who visit their alcoholic father (aka Residente).
Women Make Hollywood Money – So What’s the Hold Up?
With “Barbie” and “The Color Purple,” women made Hollywood money, lots of it. So perhaps we’ll finally see the representation numbers move.
In ‘Maestro,’ Mulligan Shares A Lot with Her Character (But Not Her Latinidad)
“You know, she was utterly fearless,” says Carey Mulligan when speaking of Felicia Montealegre Bernstein. Mulligan knows this better than most, having spent much of the last five years with Felicia Montealegre Bernstein, the woman married to American composer, Leonard Bernstein. The world knows of Leonard Bernstein and his broad and considerable contributions to composing, […]
Latinos Resilient Amid Strike With “Blue Beetle”
“When we get hit, we get stronger.” This single line from “Blue Beetle” encompasses an entire culture, celebrating Latinos’ grit.
The Significance of America Ferrera in Barbie
“It is literally impossible to be a woman,” says America Ferrera’s Gloria in “Barbie.” And that’s not the only reason she’s our hero.
The Latinos Who Scored Emmy Nominations (And Who Didn’t)
In a recurring theme for Latinos in Hollywood, this year’s Emmy nominations gave some warm love to handful of our gente while leaving others out in the cold. But, rather than dribble on with the same facts and figures with regard to Latino Emmy nominees, we are choosing to celebrate those who scored a nomination […]