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2011 Oscars: Recasting ‘Winter's Bone'

2011 Oscars: Recasting ‘Winter's Bone'

By Lee Hernandez | 02/21/2011 - 10:00 | 0 Comments

A young girl in a dirt-poor rural area of Missouri is forced to hunt down her missing, meth-addicted father in order to save her family’s home—that’s the premise of the Oscar-nominated film Winter’s Bone, based on Daniel Woodrell's 2006 novel of the same name. And this is...

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EXCLUSIVE: Carlos Leon Does the "Immigration Tango" in New Romantic Comedy

EXCLUSIVE: Carlos Leon Does the "Immigration Tango" in New Romantic Comedy

By Johanna Ferreira | 02/18/2011 - 17:00 | 0 Comments

We chatted up the insanely handsome Cuban actor Carlos Leon (aka Madonna’s ex and Lourdes' daddy) about immigration and his role in the new romantic comedy Immigration Tango hitting theaters today, February 18th.

This movie take a comical approach to the immigration question. Do you think that’s an...

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2011 Oscars: Recasting ‘True Grit’

2011 Oscars: Recasting ‘True Grit’

By Lee Hernandez | 02/17/2011 - 13:13 | 1 Comment

The next film in our series is a remarkable American Western about a stubborn young woman who enlists the help of a merciless U.S. Marshall to track down her father’s murderer. Here’s our Latin reimagining of Joel and Ethan Coen’s True Grit.

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Poster for Pedro Almodóvar’s New Film Shows Some Serious Skin

By Lee Hernandez | 02/15/2011 - 13:45 | 0 Comments

The poster for Pedro Almodóvar’s highly anticipated new film, The Skin That I Inhabit has been released, and the flowery image is just as haunting (if not creepier) than the plot for the upcoming horror film.

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2011 Oscars: Recasting ‘127 Hours’
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2011 Oscars: Recasting ‘127 Hours’

By Lee Hernandez | 02/15/2011 - 10:52 | 0 Comments

If you thought our recast of The King’s Speech was on point, check out the next film in our series: Danny Boyle’s Oscar-nominated 127...

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2011 Oscars Recasting: 'The King's Speech'

2011 Oscars: Recasting 'The King's Speech'

By Lee Hernandez | 02/11/2011 - 18:00 | 0 Comments

We continue our series recasting this year’s Oscar nominated films with Tom Hooper's touching drama, The King's Speech.

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"Juno" Star Michael Cera Takes Up Spanish as a Second Language

By Lee Hernandez | 02/11/2011 - 16:45 | 0 Comments

Is a Spanish version of Juno headed to the big screen? Not exactly.

But Michael Cera, who is perhaps best known for his role as the awkward and nerdy lover of orange-flavored Tic-Tac’s in Juno,...

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Wolfgang Puck is Cooking Up a Latin Menu for the Oscars
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Wolfgang Puck is Cooking Up a Latin Menu for the Oscars

By Irasema Romero | 02/10/2011 - 16:30 | 0 Comments

The annual star-studded dinner will feature a veggie risotto paella and Spanish ham for 1,500 guests that include Academy Award winners, nominees and presenters. We sure that Spanish stars Penélope Cruz and Javier Bardem (who is nominated for Best Actor) to certainly enjoy the evening.

“Our goal each year is to honor...

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