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Oscars snafu? Let’s hope they don’t blame the Latina
Victor Landa, NewsTaco ( 1 minute read) Not that it was her fault (I have to start with a disclaimer) but the very public snafu at the end of the Oscars telecast this past weekend happened somewhere...
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Right-Wing Media’s New Favorite Immigration Statistic Reflects Misguided Policy
*Why you should read this: Because it re-frames the tired right-wing narrative about immigrants. Because in this case there’s a fuzzy line between what Trump says and what he does. Because he says he’s...
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Watch morning cable news shows? Where are the Latinos?
By Victor Landa, NewsTaco (2.5 minute read) This is not a casual observation, it’s a verifiable lack of Latinos on cable television programs that frame the issues and set the agenda that the rest of...
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How to laugh off the foolishness of Cinco de Mayo
*Why you should read this: Because this is as good advice as you can get on coping with Cinco de Mayo in the U.S. VL By Esther Cepeda, Washington Post (3.5 minute read) Last year at this time, Donald...
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Menendez, Cortez Masto Want SXSW to Boycott Texas over Immigration Law
*If this gains any traction it’ll be devastating for Texas and send a strong message to what could be the reddest of the red states. VL By Suzanne Gamboa, NBC News (6 minute read) Two U.S. senators...
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It Shouldn’t Be This Hard to Get People of Color Onto Cable News Shows
*Let’s start with “I agree.” It shouldn’t be hard to get Latinos on cable news shows, but it is. This is about a specific issue, but it’s emblematic of the fact that cable TV news producers don’t make...
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DIECIOCHO Podcast – Manny Ruiz, Hispanicize Texas
By Victor Landa, NewsTaco (1 munite read, 20 minute listen) Here’s the deal, if you’re a content creator in Texas or close to Texas, you should be at Hispanicize Texas and you should listen to this...
View ArticleHalf of Latino Immigrant Characters on TV Are Portrayed as Criminals, Study...
Define American, the immigration nonprofit founded by Pulitzer-winning journalist Jose Antonio Vargas, has released its first-ever media reference guide for writers, directors, and producers concerning...
View ArticleHow a harsh criticism turned ‘Coco’ into Pixar’s most uniquely made movie yet
Director Lee Unkrich was hot off the box office success and Oscar win for 2010’s “Toy Story 3” when he delved into making a movie that focused on the Mexican holiday, Dia de los Muertos. Seven years...
View ArticleWe sang in Spanish, fell in love with ‘Coco’ — Latino culture trumped hate in...
If you’re a Latino in America — or Latinx, the gender-neutral the younger generation prefers — the national landscape felt particularly brutal this year, the stinging divisive words of President Donald...
View Article‘Coco,’ Guillermo del Toro win Golden Globe awards
Latinos and Latino-themed movies won big in some of the top categories at the 2018 Golden Globe Awards on Sunday. Disney Pixar’s ‘Coco‘ won a Golden Globe for Best Animated Feature, while acclaimed...
View ArticleA New TV Show Inspired by the Life of Selena Quintanilla Is Coming to ABC
Selena Quintanilla lives on. Just two months after the late legendary songstress received a posthumous star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, ABC has announced its plans to commemorate the...
View ArticleHow ‘One Day at a Time’s Diverse Writers Room Creates Authentic Latino...
Much like the loving Alvarez family they created, the writers of One Day at a Time work closely together, don’t always agree but love each other anyway. Their collective family experiences helped...
View ArticleLatino directors, movies may nab major Oscars, but once again, no actors
As the 90th Academy Awards approaches, the nominations garnered by Pixar’s “Coco,” Chile’s “A Fantastic Woman” and Guillermo del Toro’s fantasy-horror “The Shape of Water” may very well triumph as some...
View ArticleHow One Woman Is Fighting To Get More Latino Movie Roles
When casting director Carla Hool moved to Los Angeles from Mexico City in 2011, she found stereotypical Latino movie roles written without much depth: “The gardener, the immigrant who crossed the...
View ArticleNBC calls Tom Brokaw’s assimilation comments ‘inaccurate and inappropriate’
New York (CNN Business) – NBC News, facing mounting backlash stemming from former “NBC Nightly News” anchor Tom Brokaw‘s comments that Hispanics should “work harder at assimilation” into American...
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