“Counterpunch” With January DVD Release Date Stars Danny Trejo
Also starring Alvaro Orlando, Steven Bauer and Oscar Torre Award-winning director Kenneth Castillo, who’s list of straight to video indie films should have a section all its own at the DVD aisles at...
View ArticleYvette Yates Joins Gina Carano & Danny Trejo In “In The Blood”
As we wind down 2012 we look forward to the new year and the talent we are sure will be creating a buzz in 2013. Hollywood, CA – Actress Yvette Yates (El Gringo, Without Men) continues to ascent as...
View ArticleTalented Jenni Rivera Tapped To Star in ABC Comedy!
Hollywood, CA– ABC told Mexican-American singer-songwriter Jenni Rivera, “You’re Hired!” as the network put in development a sitcom titled Jenni, a multi-camera family comedy. Executive Producing is...
View ArticleAlejandro Gonzalez Iñárritu’s Next film: A Comedy! Huh?
Oscar winning Mexican director, Alejandro González Iñárritu, is a world-class filmmaker who is all about serious and sad stories will now take on a comedy in his effort to lighten the tone and make us...
View ArticleZoe Saldana and Team Option Mystery Thriller
Zoe Saldana and her partners, Jane Startz and Aida Bernal will option the mystery thriller Hell or High Water, Joy Castro’s debut novel which was released this year by Thomas Dunne Books and fast...
View ArticleSpain’s “Blancanieves” (Snow White) Pays Homage to Silent Cinema
Spain has submitted for Oscar’s Foreign-Language Film category an “out-of-the-box” version of the Snow White fairy tale. It is being described as a homage to the black-and-white Golden Age of Europe’s...
View ArticleOutpouring of Memories of Jenni Rivera by “Filly Brown” Cast & DJ RaqC
The shock of the tragic death of Jenni Rivera has left her fans and celebrity friends numb, speechless as they try to find the right words that might comfort the Rivera family. But there are no such...
View ArticleLatinos in Holiday Season DVD New Releases
From Hollywood Legends to “Savages” By Luis Reyes Alambristais a 1977 Independent film by Robert M. Young, that is sadly more relevant today that when it was first produced. The documentary like...
View ArticleThe Long Awaited Film Bless Me Ultima Gets National Release in 2013
Film Adaptation of author Rudolfo Anaya’s Classic Novel, “Bless Me, Ultima” opens in limited national release in February 2013 Los Angeles, CA— Arenas Entertainment Founder and CEO Santiago Pozo...
View ArticleErasing The Brown: Whitewashing of Latino Characters in Film
By A.B. Lugo Originally posted in El Blog de HOLA There has been much talk in the blogosphere recently regarding the 2012 movie Argo,co-produced (with George Clooney and Grant Heslov) and directed by...
View Article2013 Writers Guild Awards Screen Nominations
Los Angeles and New York – The Writers Guild of America, West (WGAW) and the Writers Guild of America, East (WGAE) have announced nominations for outstanding achievement in writing for the screen...
View ArticleIndie Passion Project Supports Indie Films
New York, NY – Today, The Creative Coalition and The Asylum announced the Passion Project Program. As an extension of The Creative Coalition’s Spotlight Initiative, “P3” will encourage and support...
View ArticleFive Indie Film Picks for 2013
By Christine Davila Pay mind folks, especially Festival Programmers and Distributors. Here’s my list of the most exciting American Latino independent fiction films coming through the pipeline ready to...
View ArticleRentrak Announces Top DVD & Blu-ray Sales And Rentals
Rentrak Announces Top DVD & Blu-ray Sales And Rentals For Week Ending December 30, 2012 Los Angeles, CA- Rentrak Corporation (NASDAQ: Rent) announced the Top-10 DVD & Blu-ray sales and rentals...
View Article“Outlawing Shakespeare” Docu Examines Arizona’s Attack on Latino Education
By Elia Esparza The documentary Outlawing Shakespeare explores how Arizona officials have outlawed books and authors such as renowned British author William Shakespeare because they believe he is too...
View ArticleLincoln, Life of Pi Top Oscar Nominees
Top noms Go To Lincoln, Life of Pi, Les Misérables, Argo and Silver Playbook Beverly Hills, CA – Nominations for the 85th Academy Awards® were announced today (Thursday, January 10) by this year’s...
View ArticleWhitewashing An American Hero in Argo
Argo Receives Seven Oscar Nominations – No Best Actor Nom By Bel Hernandez Did Ben Affleck have a right to cast himself as a Latino in his recent film Argo? Of course he did! The issue is not about...
View Article“The Impossible” Razor Sharp Tension, Super Charge Emotion
By Elia Esparza The Impossible is a disaster movie that marries the devastation of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami’s sickening intensity with raw survival emotions fueled by pure love of family. In...
View ArticleNina Jacobson To Speak at Hollywood Networking Breakfast
The Hollywood Networking Breakfast celebrates 20 years service to the entertainment community in 2013 and starts off with a bang in January, with special guest speaker, Nina Jacobson, producer of The...
View ArticleJenni Rivera’s Impact on “Filly Brown” Coming April 2013
“She was so hood. Hollywood couldn’t change her,” said Gina Rodriguez about co-star Jenni Rivera By Elia Esparza Now that the shock of Mexican-American Banda Superstar Jenni Rivera’s sudden death has...
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