Spain’s most entertaining import since Pedro Almodovar has arrived in the New World: Arturo Pérez-Reverte (above). The hugely popular Spanish adventure writer’s best-selling novel “La Reina del Sur” (”The Queen of the South”) is debuting as a TV miniseries on Telemundo, and has been scheduled for a Hollywood movie as well. Bravo!
“The Queen of the [...]

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Dear Hollywood,
America is ready for a new Movie Star: Daniel Henney! He’s young, handsome and he already has an international fan base (remember, half your profits come from overseas these days). Best of all, he’s homegrown — from the heartland haven of Carson City, Michigan.
Here’s our new hero in a commercial with Academy Award-winner Gwyneth [...]

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Way to go, “Slumdog Millionaire”! By winning the Academy Award for Best Picture of 2008, you’ve brought Bollywood and Hollywood together at last, and it could be the start of a beautiful friendship.
Dev Patel and Freida Pinto (pictured) were two of the brightest young stars at the Academy Awards. Patel showed so much youthful enthusiasm, [...]

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Mexican-American film and TV star Ricardo Montalbán passed away Wednesday, at 88. Latino Hollywood’s small club of headline actors will miss the elegant hearththrob, as will his many fans.
Ricardo Montalbán is best known to modern audiences as Mister Roarke from “Fantasy Island” (1978-’84) and Khan Noonien Singh from “Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan” (1982). [...]

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