Interviews with Latinos shaping entertainment

Jack Rico

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2012/03/19 at 12:00am

Nicolas Cage On His Legacy, Press and Financial Woes

03.19.2012 | By |

*Updated December 2025

In our ShowBizCafe archives, we are resurfacing this interview with actor Nicolas Cage that has become a bit of a cult classic because of the raw honesty of his answers. You were talking to a person, not a celebrity. Read More

Karen Posada

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2011/12/18 at 12:00am

3 Questions With ‘The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo’

12.18.2011 | By |

*Updated December 2025

The stars of the global sensation The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Daniel Craig and Rooney Mara, spoke with us about the process of joining this high-profile project. In this Daniel Craig Rooney Mara interview, they explain how they prepared to inhabit characters followed by millions of readers of the trilogy worldwide. While fans of the books and the original Swedish film have high expectations, the actors’ calm confidence makes it clear why they were the right fit for these roles. Read More

Karen Posada

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2011/12/15 at 12:00am

‘Extremely Loud’: 3 questions with Sandra Bullock

12.15.2011 | By |

We had a chance to meet with Academy Award winner Sandra Bullock and newcomer Thomas Horn to talk about their new movie ‘Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close’. The film is based on the book with the same title that deals with the loss of a father during 9/11. We get to see it all through a child’s eyes and his search for closure. With Bullock’s witty personality and this prodigy actor it was a delightful interview. Read More

Karen Posada

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2011/12/14 at 12:00am

Steven Spielberg: In-depth Interview about ‘Tintin’

12.14.2011 | By |

*Updated December 2025

ShowBizCafe had the opportunity to attend the new 3D movie The Adventures of Tintin during press conference with Steven Spielberg. Read More

Karen Posada

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2011/12/12 at 12:00am

‘Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy’: Karen Posada talks w/cast

12.12.2011 | By |

Karen Posada kicks back with two of the greatest living actors in England – Gary Oldman and Colin Flirth – to chat about their new spy thriller ‘Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy’. (Warning: you might just end up talking Spanglish with an English accent after viewing!)

Synopsis: In the bleak days of the Cold War, espionage veteran George Smiley is forced from semi-retirement to uncover a Soviet agent within MI6’s echelons. Read More

Jack Rico

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2011/11/03 at 12:00am

Javier Bardem gives first interview on ‘Skyfall’

11.3.2011 | By |

Alongside director Sam Mendes and his colleagues Daniel Craig, Judi Dench, Naomie Harris, Berenice Marlohe and producers Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli, Spanish actor Javier Bardem, who won an Oscar for the film ‘No Country For Old Men’, takes some time out to chat about the the 23 installment of the James Bond series entitled ‘Skyfall‘ and his participation in it, as a villain, at a presentation press conference in London. Read More

Jack Rico

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2011/08/12 at 12:00am

Michael Peña on Acting, Identity, and Hollywood

08.12.2011 | By |

*Updated April 2026

From drama to comedy, Michael Peña, the Chicago native with Mexican blood from Jalisco and San Luis Potosi, is in my opinion, one of the most underrated actors in the film business. He is also the next Latino actor who will win an Oscar. His performance as Jesus Martinez in The Lincoln Lawyer was as visceral and absorbing as any performance this year in a supporting role. Read More

Jack Rico

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2011/07/28 at 12:00am

Is Jayma Mays the nicest celebrity in Hollywood?

07.28.2011 | By |

Nice and humble are rarely two words used to describe any celebrity in Hollywood, but Jayma Mays might take the cake.

In an interview I did in New York City recently for ‘The Smurfs‘ movie, I had a chance to chat with Jayma Mays and ‘it’ guy, Neil Patrick Harris (yes, he’s still Doogie Howser M.D to me). I asked them both about their thoughts of their careers up to this moment. Mays began by saying that this film was “a big deal” to her. But later on she gave me an answer that not only floored me along the Columbia Pictures staff in the room, but also Neil, who could only riposte with a rib-hurting remark. Was she for real or did she yuk it up for the cameras? After all, they are actors. But no, she was for real and as sincere as you could possibly be.

My hats off to Jayna Mays for having the ‘gaul’ to be true to her modest and self-effacing self to answer, what must go down as, the most humble answer in the history of interviews. You’ll never hear another celebrity EVER say what she said. Take a look for yourself and be the judge.

Jack Rico

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2011/06/21 at 12:00am

Cameron Diaz: Cuban, Not Mexican. Her Real Ethnicity

06.21.2011 | By |

Short Answer: Cameron Diaz’s ethnicity is Cuban-American on her father’s side and English, German, and Cherokee on her mother’s side. She is not Mexican. She does not speak Spanish fluently.

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Karen Posada

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2011/05/10 at 12:00am

’30 Minutes or Less’: The Set Visit

05.10.2011 | By |

*Updated January 2026

ShowBizCafe.com was very excited to get invited to Grand Rapids, Michigan back in September 2010. We spent a chunk of the nighttime in a scrap yard seeing the cast of 30 Minutes or Less film a couple of pretty neat scenes. A few of us film junkies were picked up at our hotel by 7pm the day we arrived and were taken to a secret location. Read More

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