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A Complete List of Latinos Immortalized on Hollywood Walk of Fame

Details: Category: Blogs; Published: Monday, 31 October 2011 23:06; Written by Lupe Haas

Mickey Rourke Immortalized with Hand and Foot Ceremony

IMMORTALS star Mickey Roarke was immortalized at the Grauman Chinese Theater on Halloween Monday with a hand and foot ceremony. Penelope Cruz received her star on the Walk of Fame last summer. The two join the ranks of hundreds of celebrity names on the famous boulevard, but how many of those are of Latino origin? CineMovie breaks down the Latino stars on Hollywood's Walk of Fame.

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Pedro Almodovar's Muses

Details: Category: Blogs; Published: Thursday, 27 October 2011 14:22; Written by Lupe Haas

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Spanish filmmaker Pedro Almodovar helped put Antonio Banderas and Penelope Cruz on the map, and has since worked with them several times. Banderas and Cruz aren't the only actors the Academy Award-winning director has worked with numerous times. CineMovie breaks down Pedro Almodovar's many muses.

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Spanish Film Festival Kicks Off In Los Angeles

Details: Category: Blogs; Published: Monday, 10 October 2011 08:30; Written by Lupe Haas

The Spanish film festival Recent Spanish Cinema kicks off its series of outstanding Spanish films at the Egyptian Theatre in Los Angeles this week on October 13. The 2011 film series opens with the premiere of the official Spanish Entry for Best Foreign Language Film for the Academy Awards 2012, BLACK BREAD (PA NEGRE) directed by Agustí Villaronga and starring Nora Navas and Francesc Colomer.

The Recent Spanish Cinema series is sponsored by the Spanish Institute for Film and Audiovisual Arts (ICAA) a part of the Ministry of Culture, together with the American Cinematheque and EGEDA (Audio-visual Producers Rights Management Association). The 17th edition of the series will run from October 13 - 16, 2011. Actors Nora Navas and Alvaro Cervantes and director Achero Mañas will be in attendance as honorees.

This year’s selection of recent Spanish cinema highlights everything from the most exuberant genre pieces to dramas notable for their restrained subtlety. Selections include Daniel Sanchez Arevalo's comedy COUSINHOOD, about a trio of cousins on a pilgrimage back to the pueblo; Montxo Armendariz's DON'T BE AFRAID starring Belen Rueda, which looks with intense yet wrenching care at the long-term effects of a girl’s abusive upbringing; the nuanced and subversive ANYTHING YOU WANT from director Achero Mañas, a gender-questioning family drama about a man raising a young girl; Pau Freixas’ FOREVER YOUNG, about a group of pre-teens facing the trials of growing up one summer in the 1980s; TORRENTE 4: LETHAL CRISIS, the fourth installment in writer-director-star Santiago Segura's cult franchise about iconic lowlife cop Jose Luis Torrente; and Fernando Gonzalez Molina’s THREE METERS ABOVE THE SKY, starring Mario Casas as a short-fuse biker who falls for a girl from the other side of the tracks.

In addition to the lineup, the series will screen the short film Waterline by Sergio Abuja, the winning entry from the New Filmmakers from Spain short film contest, a competition for Spanish film students living in Los Angeles.

El Instituto de la Cinematografía y de las Artes Audiovisuales (ICAA) del Ministerio de Cultura junto con la American Cinematheque y la Entidad de Gestión de Derechos de los productores Audiovisuales (EGEDA) anuncian la decimoséptima edición de la muestra de cine español Recent Spanish Cinema, que mostrará las películas españolas recientes más destacadas en el teatro Egyptian entre los días 13 y 16 de octubre.
Esta edición contará con una especial apertura con la proyección de la película española que este año la Academia de cine española presenta como candidata al Oscar 2012 a la mejor película extranjera: PA NEGRE dirigida por Agustí Villaronga y protagonizada por Nora Navas y Francesc Colomer.

En esta edición tenemos el honor de contar con la presencia de la actriz Nora Navas y el actor Alvaro Cervantes y los directores Achero Mañas y Santiago Segura.

La selección de películas de este año destaca lo mejor de cada género e incluye la comedia de Daniel Sanchez Arévalo, PRIMOS, sobre un trío de primos en un viaje al pueblo de veraneo; NO TENGAS MIEDO de Montxo Armendariz's protagonizada por Belén Rueda y Michelle Jenner sobre los efectos a largo plazo de los abusos infantiles; la revolucionaria visión del director Achero Mañas en TODO LO QUE TU QUIERAS, sobre un padre que enviuda y se enfrenta solo a la crianza de su hija. HEROES de Pau Freixas sobre un grupo de adolescentes en un verano de la década de los años 80, enfrentando retos personales; TORRENTE 4: CRISIS LETAL, la cuarta entrega del escritor-director-actor Santiago Segura sobre el icónico Jose Luis Torrente, policía de los bajos fondos; y TRES METROS SOBRE EL CIELO de Fernando Gonzalez Molina, protagonizada por Mario Casas sobre un joven que se enamora de una chica de otra clase social. Add a comment

Comcast Celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month With Film Festival

Details: Category: Blogs; Published: Tuesday, 20 September 2011 23:14; Written by Lupe Haas

To mark Hispanic Heritage Month this month, Comcast launched the first ever Hispanic Film Festival, featuring 20 Spanish-language film from Latin America and Spain. The On Demand programming highlights the best of Latin Culture with films and special segments on Hispanic entertainers, cuisine, and Latino music.

The multi-platform Hispanic Film Festival offers award-winning movies for free to Xfinity On Demand and Xfinity.com/latinotv customers. The offering began September 15 and will run through October 15, 2011. Films such as Pan's Labyrinth and The Motorcycle Diaries will be part of the movies offered. In addition to movies, viewers can select to watch biographies on Salma Hayek, Jennifer Lopez, Selena Gomez, The Iglesias Family, Eva Longoria, Jenni Rivera, and Vicente Fernandez

In addition, customers can also highlight the movies that they love by voting on their favorites.

To see movie descriptions, vote for your favorite movie and/or learn more about the Hispanic Film Festival, please visit http://www.xfinity.com/latinoTV.

Comcast Hispanic Heritage Month programming highlights includes:

The Hispanic Film Festival: including the following films from HBO Latino, ViendoMovies, Cine Latino Cine Mexicano and Gran Cine:
o    Contracorriente (Mexico) – Sundance Film Festival: Grand Jury Prize; Miami Int'l Film Festival: Audience Award
o    Cuando Me Toque a Mi (Ecuador) – Biarritz Film Festival: Best Actor
o    Desierto Adentro (Mexico) – Ariel Awards: Silver Award, Best Cinematography
o    Desierto Sur (Chile) – Los Angeles Latino International Film Festival: Best Opera Prima
o    Dos abrazos (Mexico) – Guadalajara Mexican Film Festival: Best Director/National Jury
o    La edad de la peseta (Cuba/Spain) – Cartagena Film Festival: Golden India Catalina, Best Film
o    La Señal, (Argentina) – Argentinean Film Critics Association Awards: Best Cinematograpy
o    Ley de Herodes, (Mexico) – Sundance Film Festival: Latin America Cinema Award
o    Malos Hábitos, (Mexico) – nominated AFI Dallas International/Cannes Film Festival
o    Mariposa Negra (Peru) – Montreal World Film Festival: Glauber Rocha Award
o    Matar a Todos, (Uruguay) – Ourense Independent Film Festival: Best Screenplay
o    Otilia Rauda/La Mujer del Pueblo (Mexico) – Amiens International Film Festival: Best Film
o    Sexo por Compasión, (Mexico/Spain) – Guadalajara Film Festival: Audience Award
o    Sofia (Mexico) – New York International Independent Film & Video Festival: Best Feature
o    Sólo Quiero Caminar (Spain) – Goya Award: Best Picture
o    Soñar No Cuesta Nada (Colombia) – nominated Goya Awards: Best Spanish Language Foreign Film
o    Territorio Comanche (Spain) – Gramado Film Festival: UNESCO Special Award
o    Trópico de Sangre (Dominican Republic) – Imagen Award
o    Un franco,14 Pesetas (Spain) – Malaga Film Festival: Best Film, Best First Screenplay & Best Cinematography
o    Zurdo (Mexico) – Ariel Awards: Silver Award, Best Original Score

·         People: Biographies on Salma Hayek, Jennifer Lopez, Selena Gomez, The Iglesias Family,and Eva Longoria
·         Movies: Hispanic Heritage Films such as Adrift, Pan's Labyrinth, The Motorcycle Diaries, The Dancer Upstairs, &         more available for rent
·         Music: including specials from Jenni Rivera and Vicente Fernandez
·         Latin food: including shows like Aquilísimo and Mi Tierra
·         History programming: including Por las Rutas del Pisco
·         Children’s programming and activities: including Dora the Explorer and Baby Genius in Spanish.

Para celebrar el Mes de la Herencia Hispana, Comcast ofrece su primer Festival de Cine Hispano en múltiples plataformas, con 20 películas laureadas e independientes de América Latina y España, a través de Xfinity On Demand y Xfinity.com/latinotv. La programación está disponible gratuitamente para los clientes de video digital de Xfinity a partir de hoy hasta el 15 de octubre.

"Preparamos una robusta oferta de películas muy aclamadas para brindarle a los hispanos una programación mucho más relevante que pueden disfrutar en XfinityTV, cuando lo deseen y como lo deseen, toda disponible gratuitamente", comentó Marcien Jenckes, Vicepresidente Sénior y Gerente General de Servicios de Video de Comcast. "Comcast está dedicado a ofrecerle a la comunidad hispana contenido a la medida, de primera en múltiples plataformas".

Además de la oferta cinematográfica del Festival de Cine Hispano, los clientes también podrán disfrutar de especiales que reflejan la gente, los paisajes, la cocina y la música de Latinoamérica, incluyendo programación sobre algunos de los principales artistas hispanos de alrededor del mundo.

Los clientes de video digital de Comcast podrán acceder a esta programación especial hasta el 15 de octubre. Cada mes, Comcast le brinda a sus clientes hispanos cientos de opciones de programación diaria, incluyendo películas, música, series de TV y canales hispanos de TV abierta y por cable. Comcast recientemente triplicó y superó su oferta de programación hispana On Demand y actualmente ofrece más de 60 canales hispanos en muchos de los principales mercados de Estados Unidos – el mayor paquete de canales en español de cualquier proveedor de TV por cable o satélite. Además Comcast ofrece todas las películas de estreno con la opción de audio en español de SAP (Second Audio Program). La oferta del Mes de la Herencia Hispana de la empresa es parte de su compromiso de brindar una amplia selección de programación multicultural a sus clientes además de otras opciones de entretenimiento a través de sus servicios de XfinityTV. Comcast también lanzó recientemente http://www.xfinity.com/latinoTV, un portal en Internet de entretenimiento en español con más de 500 opciones de video en línea para el disfrute de los clientes hispanos, en cualquier lugar.

Para ver las sinopsis de las películas, votar por su película favorita o conocer más sobre el Festival de Cine Hispano, favor de visitar http://www.xfinity.com/latinoTV.

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Burn Notice Origins Story Coming To DVD

Details: Category: Blogs; Published: Tuesday, 26 July 2011 22:05; Written by Lupe Haas

Burn Notice: The Fall of Sam Axe is an experiment in television making. In a time when people are expanding the way that they view and consume media, content makers such as Universal, Fox and USA Network are discovering new ways to tell and distribute their stories. Burn Notice, one of the most popular series on cable television is entering their 5th season and have already been renewed for a 6th. To capitalize on the success of the show and the popularity of one of its stars, USA Network is releasing a Sam Axe origin movie straight to DVD. Add a comment

Captain America Sponsors Anti-Bullying Event

Details: Category: Blogs; Published: Thursday, 21 July 2011 08:20; Written by Lupe Haas

Captain America Event in East Los Angeles

Captain America comes to the rescue at the Boys and Girls club in East Los Angeles for an event promoting an Anti-Bullying campaign.

Before he was Captain America, Steve Rogers knew what it was like being bullied for being small. Captain America ventured out to East Los Angeles to meet children and educate them on bullying. Captain America was joined by the real avengers which included real heroes from the police and fire department, and a teacher among others, to teach children from 8-12 years-old different techniques to recognize, prevent and defend themselves from being bullied. The team of “Avengers” held a fun-filled lecture that taught kids how to protect themselves from verbal and physical abuse, as well as show them what to do if they face trouble, just as Captain America does!

Captain America: The First Avenger Movie Review

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