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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I saw a preview for this TV show — “Modern Family” on ABC — at the movies last night. (Yes, they show TV previews alongside movie previews now.) It looked funny and light, and best of all very diverse. It’s about three different families, one of which includes a Colombian immigrant (acclaimed Colombian actress Sofia [...]

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Broadway musical “West Side Story” has made its triumphant return after more than 50 years. As mentioned here before, this time the Puerto Rican characters actually speak Spanish — How exciting is that!
New York Times theater critic Ben Brantley has a lot to say about the show, most of it positive. Sadly, Brantley seems a [...]

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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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