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The world of Latino media has a new television network – Mundo Fox – and this week they will deliver a great new show to our living rooms. Corazones Blindados, a police drama with a Latin twist premiering on October 22nd, brings us the law and order side of the drug wars in Colombia. Place a Read More
Tired of your everyday police drama filling the airwaves? Looking for something more exciting to watch on weekday nights? Look no further….MundoFox is bringing you a modern take on police partners with a Latino twist. Set and shot in Bogotá Colombia, Corazones Blindados (“Armored Hearts”) follows Raúl Ávila (Andrés Sandoval), a Lieutenant Coronel in Colombia’s Read More
Teen Wolf, as most of us knew it, was a 1985 American fantasy comedy film that starred Michael J. Fox as Scott Howard. The plot was basically a high school student who discovers that his family has an unusual pedigree when he finds himself transforming into a werewolf. Who would have thought that this 80s Read More
On the eve before the first full day of fall, El Museo Del Barrio was abuzz with spectators eagerly awaiting the premiere of HBO’s second installment to the Latino List documentary series. The film, directed by Timothy Greenfield-Sanders, is yet another intimate series of portraits of Latinos in professions ranging from politics to journalism. This Read More
On Tuesday night, Twitter blew up about San Antonio mayor Julian Castro’s stirring speech at the Democratic National Convention on Tuesday. It also blew up because of all the comparisons between the Democrat and Late Night talk show host Jimmy Fallon.It’s true. The two bear more than a striking resemblance. Wanting to capitalize on this, Read More
“What’s a sitcom? You mean The Kardashians?” This was the response that co-creator of the Wassup En LA? sitcom, heard when he was explaining his show to a high schooler. Many American adults would hear this term and feel a sense of nostalgia and then respond a little something like this, “The Fresh Prince of Read More
The NPR – National Public Radio – recently reported in a three-part series that the major networks are trying to appeal to Latino audiences. Although the NPR article focuses specifically on news outlets trying to appeal to both Latinos who prefer their news in Spanish and those who prefer it in English, the networks are Read More
I was in the first generation of kids who grew up with Sesame Street. Even at a young age, I recognized how rare it was to see fellow Latinos on television, much less a happily married, well-adjusted couple like Maria and Luis. I wasn’t even traumatized when Grover would get all quiet, lean in to Read More
The Bachelor is a terrible show. We’ve all caught at least some of this disaster at one point or another, but here it is anyway, in list form. (Advisory: This article includes many lists.) Clean-cut white guy arrives, needs a wife. Women from across the country want to be his wife. He takes them Read More
As the Latino population keeps growing, it is hard for big companies to not take notice. Especially since the Latino community represents a powerful buying power. A buying power that larger companies and mainstream media are trying to attract by openly courting the Latino consumer. This means offering products and services that Latinos connect with, Read More