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5 Latino Stars Who Don’t Identify as Latino

5 Latino Stars Who Don’t Identify as Latino

By Lee Hernandez | 03/15/2013 - 15:38 | 0 Comments

In Hollywood, there are the stars you never knew were Latino and the stars you thought were Latino—but aren’t. But there’s also one more group of...

Tony Mendez at the Argo premiere in Washington DC

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5 Things You May Not Know About Argo's Tony Mendez

By Sugey Palomares | 10/12/2012 - 13:00 | 0 Comments

Latino stories and experiences have inspired Hollywood blockbusters like Selena and El Cantante, but the latest bio-flick has nothing to do with pop stars. Real life CIA agent, Tony Mendez was responsible for the rescue of six American diplomats who were taken hostage in Iran back in the 1970s.

His real life account is the basis of...