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Disney withdraws patent petition for “Día de los Muertos”

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Recently, Disney filed for a new patent, and you might be interested to know what the patent was for. Apparently Disney was hoping to secure the rights to the phrase Día de los Muertos. The patent seemed to be in preparation for an upcoming film about the holiday, which as of yet is still untitled. Read More

I don’t see dead people, and neither do you

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It’s tough being a Latino atheist. What with religion, especially Catholicism and superstition, being such an intrinsic component of Latino culture, turning your back on the Almighty and lucky trinkets is tantamount to abandoning the community altogether. And Latinos are a highly superstitious group. We believe in virgens and Jesus on the Cross and God Read More

Pixar to make movie about Dia de los Muertos

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According to the LA Times: “An upcoming Pixar film will center on Día de los Muertos — the Mexican holiday honoring the dead — the animation studio announced at the CinemaCon convention of theater owners in Las Vegas this week. Director Lee Unkrich and producer Darla K. Anderson, the team behind “Toy Story 3,” will Read More