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WATCH: Latino Medal of Honor Winner Sgt. Petry on 'The Daily Show'

WATCH: Latino Medal of Honor Winner Sgt. Petry on 'The Daily Show'

By Amaris Castillo | 07/15/2011 - 11:05 | 0 Comments

Sgt. First Class Leroy Petry, the Latino soldier who was awarded a Medal of Honor by President Obama this past Tuesday for saving the lives of two fellow Army Rangers, spoke to Jon Stewart in an exclusive interview yesterday.  Petry, whose mother is Mexican American, was shot in both legs and lost a...

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The ALMA Awards Are Back With George Lopez & Eva Longoria As Hosts!

By Amaris Castillo | 07/14/2011 - 11:00 | 0 Comments

After a year-long hiatus, the 2011 National Council of La Raza (NCLR) ALMA Awards is back!  The awards ceremony, which is organized by the civil rights organization, celebrates positive portrayals of Latinos in television, film, and music. 

EXCLUSIVE: NCLR Cancels...

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Obama Criticized for Skipping Out on Latino Conference

By Amaris Castillo | 06/27/2011 - 15:08 | 0 Comments

President Barack Obama is under heat for not attending a major Latino convention for the third year in a row, CNN.com reports.  According to the website, Obama declined to speak at the annual conference of the...

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15 Stars You Thought Were Latino—But Aren’t!

15 Stars You Thought Were Latino—But Aren’t!

By Lee Hernandez | 06/13/2011 - 14:00 | 32 Comments

How can you tell if someone’s Latino? As our popular series on the stars you never knew were Latino points out, you can’t! It’s true that Latinos don’t fit into any one mold—we come in all shapes, sizes and complexions—but the same can be said of celebs who are not of...

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Scotty McCreery Gets A Major Record Deal, Records Second Single

By Lee Hernandez | 06/07/2011 - 13:00 | 0 Comments

Less than two weeks after he made history by becoming the first Latino to win American Idol, ...

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'Teen Wolf': Howling Good Time or Did it Bite?

Was MTV's 'Teen Wolf' a Howling Good Time?

By Lee Hernandez | 06/06/2011 - 10:00 | 0 Comments

Last night, MTV rang all the bells and blew all the whistles it could to promote the premiere of its new series, Teen Wolf, a dark re-imagining of the Michael J. Fox 1985 cult-movie of the same name. 

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POLL: Could Scotty McCreery Become the First Latino to Win 'American Idol?'

By Lee Hernandez | 05/25/2011 - 09:05 | 1 Comment

In light of the overwhelming number of Latino contestants who made it to Hollywood on American Idol this season, we posed the following question to our readers several months ago: Is...

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Introducing…Miguel

By Smriti Mundhra | 05/23/2011 - 14:04 | 2 Comments

There is no musical genre better at capturing the complications of love and lust than R&B, and with his debut album All I Want Is You, singer/songwriter/producer Miguel gives us a guided tour of his achy—and sometimes naughty—heart.

The album’s first two singles—“Sure Thing” and the title track “All I Want Is you”—...

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