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Esai Morales Sounds Off on Latinos in Hollywood

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Esai Morales on Latinos in Hollywood: "I'm still waiting for our 'Roots'"

By Amaris Castillo | 08/15/2011 - 14:00 | 0 Comments

Esai Morales, star of new film Gun Hill Road, sounded off recently to BET.com about Latino roles in Hollywood. The 48-year-old Puerto Rican actor stars alongside Judy Reyes and up-and-...

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Will Transgender Actress Harmony Santana Be the Next Latina to Win an Oscar?

By Lee Hernandez | 08/04/2011 - 22:42 | 0 Comments

Several actors have received Oscar nominations for playing transgender characters, including John Lithgow (The World According to Garp), Jaye Davidson (The Crying Game), Felicity Huffman (Transamerica) and Hillary...

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EXCLUSIVE: Esai Morales On Being A Dad: "There's No Nobler Reason to Get Out of Bed"

By Lee Hernandez | 08/03/2011 - 15:30 | 0 Comments

In the new film, Gun Hill Road, (opening in select cities on August 5th), Puerto Rican actor Esai Morales plays Enrique, an ex-con who returns home from prison to discover that his son Michael (Harmony Santana) is now a transgendered girl named Vanessa. Esai says the new movie—which he describes as the "Latino...