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The Good Soldier

By Angie Romero | 01/19/2010 - 15:26 | 0 Comments

Back in December, President Obama pledged 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan over a period of six months, bringing the total U.S. commitment in armed forces to over 100,000. Quite simply, he argued, the U.S. cannot afford not to pour any more resources there, and if yesterday’s series of suicide bombings and Taliban attacks on Kabul as new cabinet...

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Máncora

By Angie Romero | 01/12/2010 - 12:15 | 2 Comments

As we get ready for this year's Sundance, a film that made its debut at the film festival back in 2008 is finally getting released today on DVD. From Peruvian director and mun2 Creative Director Ricardo de Montreuil (La Mujer de mi Hermano) comes Máncora, a road trip drama overflowing with lust, incest (does sleeping with...

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Q&A: Zoe Saldana Awed by Huge Success of "Avatar"

By Angie Romero | 01/08/2010 - 12:08 | 4 Comments

When contributing writer Damarys Ocaña sat down with Zoe Saldaña last summer for our June/July cover story and asked her about career goals, Saldaña, arguably the biggest female star on the planet (scratch that—the universe!) right now, replied:...

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Hot. Passionate. And Illegal?

By Angie Romero | 01/05/2010 - 16:59 | 0 Comments

A telenovela hunk writing a book is sort of like sharing a bar of soap to me—you just don’t do it. Unless, of course, it’s meant to be funny. And that’s exactly what Chilean actor Cristián De La Fuente’s ridiculously titled publishing debut,...

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The Rhythm of Success

By Angie Romero | 01/01/2010 - 11:00 | 50 Comments

For as long as I can remember, I’ve been fascinated by the Estefans. Gloria and Emilio, married for 31 years, have always been, in my mind, our First Family. The ballad, “Con Los Años Que Me Quedan,” which they co-wrote, epitomizes grown-up love to me. Sometimes, I even daydream that I am Gloria on the black-and-white cover...

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A Year to Remember

By Angie Romero | 12/28/2009 - 16:49 | 0 Comments

First things first: Happy New Year! May 2010 bring nothing but bigger and better things to you and yours. Get Cultured is set to evolve in the new year, so stay tuned for some exciting changes!

Secondly, we need some sort of closure on 2009. While some big things happened this year, like, the economy falling apart and Mexico’s narco trade spiraling out of control, it...

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A Conversation with "Broken Embraces" Star Lluis Homar

By Angie Romero | 12/24/2009 - 11:00 | 5 Comments

During the Dubai Film Festival, the actor Lluis Homar of Pedro Almodovar’s Broken Embraces— a film noir about love and betrayal, hurt and revenge in the purest Almodovarian sense—flew in for the screening. Homar’s turn as the sought-after cineaste Mateo Blanco, who has denounced his tragic past and taken on a new identity as the blind Harry...

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