‘Devious Maids’ gets a second season on Lifetime
‘Devious Maids’ gets a second season on Lifetime
By David Wiegand, SF Gate Lifetime has renewed “Devious Maids,” the sudsy Sunday night show about Latina maids created by “Desperate Housewives” mastermind Marc Cherry, based on a popular telenovela, and produced by Eva Longoria, […]
Interview: Emily Rios on FX’s ‘The Bridge’
By Kiko Martinez, Gozamos In the new FX drama series “The Bridge,” actress Emily Rios (TV’s “Breaking Bad”) plays Adriana Mendez, a young reporter for the El Paso Times, who is assigned […]
Hispanic Media Could Spell Big Trouble For the Republican Party
By Jose Fulgencio, Policymic The media has an important role to play by providing the American public how political party stands on an issues affecting everyday life — or so we […]
Latino journalists make up 4 percent of dailies, lowest since 2001
By Percy Luján, Hispanic Link/Voxxi The annual census by the American Society of News Editors (ASNE) shows that Latinos represent an even 4.0 percent of newsroom employees on daily papers, while […]
A Growing Share of Latinos Get Their News in English
By Mark Hugo Lopez and Ana Gonzalez-Barrera, Pew Research Hispanic Center The language of news media consumption is changing for Hispanics: a growing share of Latino adults are consuming news in English from […]
A beatdown for GOP from Hispanic media?
By Greg Sargent, Washington Post House Republicans claim they see no urgency whatsoever about acting this summer on immigration reform, and just might get around to it some time this fall. […]
Upstart director rides Hollywood’s chase of Latino audiences
By Michael Martinez, CNN Hollywood, California (CNN) — In Hollywood’s chase for America’s new No. 2 demographic — Latinos — Carmen Marron stands front and center. Marron is an upstart director with […]
‘The Bridge’ Features Murder-Mystery On The Border
By Mónica Ortiz Uribe, Fronteras A murder-mystery that unfolds between two cities along the United States-Mexico border is the subject of a new TV series airing this month. “The Bridge” debuts on […]
‘Devious Maids’ Criticized For Portraying And Promoting Latino Stereotypes
By Maria G. Valdez, Latin Times “Devious Maids,” Lifetime’s new comedy-drama, hasn’t even premiered and is already creating a lot of controversy. The show, created by “Desperate Housewives” Marc Cherry, and co-produced […]
The Cesar Chavez film walking a tightrope to succeed
By Tony Castro, Voxxi When actor Michael Peña landed the role of Cesar Chavez, he had knew his name but little about the legendary farm labor organizing leader. “But my […]
