SXSW's “Switch Up” Brings an Easy Latinidad to US Rom-Coms
…self-absorbed Miami talk show host. In an attempt to juice his show’s ratings, he meets grieving widow Cassandra (Cassie for short, played by Restrepo) who helps run a local homeless…
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Sofía Vergara's "Griselda" Falls to Its Worst Telenovela Instincts
…She littered Miami and New York with corpses to become the OG Narco Queen of the 70s and 80s. Feared by the Ochoa cocaine family, Medellin cartel, and narco Pablo…
Finally Feeling Latina Enough… Thanks to “Mexican WhiteBoy”
…I heard about in Miami or Los Angeles. Everything started to change for me around senior year when I was forced to write all of these college essays about myself,…
Lights, Camera, Controversy: ‘Neon’ and the Struggle for Authenticity
…tunes that got me teased in Miami taking the spotlight. Reggaeton’s been the beat of my life – blasting through NYC and NJ streets, even sparking heated debates with Miami…
Latinos Resilient Amid Strike With “Blue Beetle”
…they did. Beetle has some of the most prominent leading and up-and-coming Latino talent in entertainment. In fact, the cast reads like a phonebook in El Paso or Miami. Starring…
5 Italians Playing Latinxs in Film
…earned the right to play just about any role offered to him in Hollywood. But should he? Pacino became an icon, ironically strongly among Latinxs, when he portrayed Miami-based Cuban…
How 'Jane the Virgin' Launched a New Generation of Strong Latina Leads
…place in sunny Miami, Jane the Virgin tells the story of Jane Gloriana Villanueva, a young aspiring writer and religious romantic who, despite being a virgin, ends up accidentally artificially…
‘Martínez’ Breaks Through The Mundane
…the Miami International Film Festival this spring and was also a feature at the Los Angeles Latino International Film Festival (LALIFF). Making its way around the film fest circuit, Martínez…
I Took "Next Year in Havana" As A Sign
…uncertain times, I knew I had to read it. Chanel Cleeton is a Miami-born Cuban author who grew up hearing stories of her family’s exodus from Cuba following the Cuban…
After 'Blue Beetle's' Preview at Cinemacon, We're Even More Excited
…but also give it a neon, Tokyo, hyper-wave element that resembles Miami in the 80s. It creates a melting pot of all the different Latino cultures that makes cities like this…