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Justin Timberlake Developing a Peruvian Comedy for NBC

By Latina Staff | 03/07/2008 - 18:29 |

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Salma Hayek would be proud. Just as the actress transformed Yo Soy Betty, La Fea into the Emmy-winning Ugly Betty, Justin Timberlake is setting his sights on a hit comedy from Peru and turning it into a sitcom for NBC.

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Jennifer Lopez Insists Magazine Stop Calling Her 'J. Lo'

By Latina Staff | 03/07/2008 - 18:19 |

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By now, we're used to hearing about Jennifer Lopez's diva demands on photo shoots, tours, and other personal appearances, but this latest rumor has us slapping our foreheads with disbelief: TMZ reports that Jennifer Lopez's contract with People magazine for the exclusive rights to her first baby photos—reportedly worth $6 million—includes a clause that insists the magazine stop referring to her as J. Lo. For good.

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'American Idol' Unveils Its Top 12, and It Includes Four Latinos!

By Latina Staff | 03/07/2008 - 13:24 |

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After years of Latino hopefuls getting eliminated from American Idol before making it to the Top 12, we’ve finally got contestants to root for in the Kodak Theater! The juggernaut show revealed its Top 12 for Season Seven on Thursday night, and although the super-fierce Danny Noriega failed to make the cut (we’ll miss you!), the show’s remaining four Latino contestants are headed to the next round.

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Movie Review: <i>10,000 B.C.</i>

By Latina Staff | 03/07/2008 - 12:21 |

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Summer may be mindless-blockbuster season, but it’s got nothing on March, newly crowned home of gleefully brain dead movies with a “myth-torical” vibe: Last year, March spawned the massively successful 300, set in ancient—all together now—SPARTA! This year, it’s 10,000 B.C., a silly but ultimately winning popcorn flick set in an era in which saber-tooth tigers and big ugly birds roamed the earth and everyone wore dreadlocks—if not according to paleontologists, at least according to the filmmakers.

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Eva Longoria-Parker Gives Us Un Beso

By Latina Staff | 03/07/2008 - 11:45 |

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Is Gabrielle Solis trading in her yoga mat for a frying pan? Not likely, but her alter-ego Eva Longoria-Parker is. The Desperate Housewives star opened her new restaurant Beso in Los Angeles yesterday, with a little help from celebrity chef Todd English. "Everything is painted, every candle is lit, every glass has arrived," she tells People magazine. "So we’re not like, 'The chairs are not in!' So far there has not been a catastrophic emergency happening. So I am very excited."

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Q&A with Camilla Belle

By Latina Staff | 03/07/2008 - 11:24 |

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With roles in Practical Magic, and Steven Spielberg's The Lost World: Jurassic Park, Brazilian beauty Camilla Belle made a name for herself as a promising child actress before landing the role of a lifetime, playing Oscar-winner Daniel Day-Lewis's daughter in the critically acclaimed independent movie The Ballad of Jack and Rose. Now, Camilla is headed back to the big screen in 10,000 B.C, the latest film by blockbuster-maker Roland Emmerich (Independence Day, The Day After Tomorrow).

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