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Director Miguel Arteta on set of Beatriz At Dinner, 2017
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2017/07/01 at 2:18pm

InterviewsLatinos In HollywoodMovie Interviews

Miguel Arteta Explains Ambiguous Ending Of ‘Beatriz At Dinner’

07.1.2017 | By |

The ending of Beatriz at Dinner leaves viewers with a deliberately ambiguous final image. Director Miguel Arteta explained to ShowBizCafe how he reads that ending and why Salma Hayek’s Beatriz remains the emotional center of the film.

This is our exclusive Q&A with Puerto Rican director Miguel Arteta discussing the ending of Beatriz at Dinner. Our conversation spanned some memorable answers about his Puerto Rican heritage and the Latino experience in America; how he believes without a doubt The Matrix is the first multicultural blockbuster film created in Hollywood, and, yes, that controversial movie ending. Read More

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CNCO on stage holding a Premios Juventud trophy during the event
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2017/06/30 at 8:58am

Latinos In HollywoodPodcast

‘Premios Juventud’ Preview, Interview With Director Miguel Arteta, ‘Spider-Man: Homecoming’ And Diversity

06.30.2017 | By |

Thank you for listening to episode 38 of the Highly Relevant podcast. This week we’re focusing on Spider-Man: Homecoming and how everyone has been raving about how diverse it is. We’ll talk to our intern Andrea Huswan, who attended the press conference in NYC on our behalf and set off a chain of diversity questions that ultimately got us covered by NewYorkMagazine.com! Read More

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Spider-Man in Spider-Man: Homecoming.
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2017/06/29 at 8:45am

Movie ReviewsMovies

Spider-Man: Homecoming (Movie Review)

06.29.2017 | By |

The 1-4-0:  #SpiderManHomecoming is hands down the best Spider-Man reboot to date. Read More

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‘Spider-Man: Homecoming’ cast and crew gather at New York City press conference.
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2017/06/27 at 10:25am

Movie NewsMovies

Diverse Cast Applauded On ‘Spider-Man: Homecoming’ NYC Press Conference

06.27.2017 | By |

The newest reboot of the beloved Spider-Man tale is just around the corner! Spider-Man: Homecoming is already making quite a buzz worldwide, and for all the right reasons. Producers, Kevin Feige (Marvel) and Amy Pascal (Sony), and director Jon Watts, are making the right and overdue casting choices. Sony and Marvel Studio’s, Spider-Man: Homecoming, is the complete package, not only does it have a star-studded cast, but the cast is multiethnic! Representation is happening and not just as a scene stealer but as a whole, and cohesive narrative. Read More

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Sistine Chapel exhibition image
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2017/06/27 at 9:43am

Pop Culture

Sistine Chapel Exhibition Comes To New York City

06.27.2017 | By |

If you live in New York City, get ready to “travel” to Vatican City, Italy with the Up Close: Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel art exhibit. Just a subway ride away to downtown Manhattan, this priceless exhibition inside one of the most expensive train stations in the world, just got more valuable. You’ll be able to see “up close” and appreciate some of Michelangelo’s famed masterpieces from the Sistine Chapel right in the heart of the city without, having to pay an arm and a leg for a plane ticket to Italy. Read More

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Marcelo ‘Pitbull’ Rojo in the Combate Americas cage after a match.
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2017/06/23 at 2:27pm

Latinos In HollywoodPodcast

Can ‘Combate Americas’ Latin MMA Beat UFC?

06.23.2017 | By |

On the Highly Relevant podcast this week, we’re talking Latin MMA with former WWE Champion Alberto del Rio, who is now the President of Combate Americas, one of the biggest rivals of the UFC. They’re doing a huge fight event in Miami on July 27th around the Real Madrid/Barcelona soccer Classico and it’s a game-changer for the company. Alberto will tell us all about it. And we also tackle the new Transformers: The Last Knight movie. Is it so bad that it’s good or is it so bad that it’s… well, bad!  That and a recap of the top headlines in US Latino pop culture happening this week! Read More

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‘Transformers: The Last Knight’ scene with Transformer and soldier in desert
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2017/06/19 at 3:40pm

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This Week In Movies: ‘Transformers 5,’ ‘The Big Sick,’ ‘Food Evolution’

06.19.2017 | By |

This week in movies we see the release of Michael Bay’s final direction of a Transformers movie. We’ll have a review this Wednesday at 4pm. Also, there’s an informative food doc about GMO’s you should see it’s called Food Evolution. Now that Amazon has bought Whole Foods, this doc comes at a right time for our nutritious curiosity. We like the indies this week. Beguiled with a fantastic cast starring Nicole Kidman, who has had some sort of renaissance, plus, The Big Sick where white and Middle Eastern characters begin to interact romantically in cinema. Enjoy the trailers and remember to listen to our podcast this Friday for our review of Transformers: The Last Knight. Read More

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2017/06/15 at 8:40am

Podcast

What HBO Latino Is Doing About Latin Comedy, Can Mexico Win The Confederations Cup 2017?

06.15.2017 | By |

Thank you for listening to episode 36 of the Highly Relevant podcast. It’s soccer week and between World Cup Qualifiers and International Friendlies, soccer fans are getting ready for this weekend’s Confederations Cup, a precursor tournament before the World Cup 2018. We talk to Luis Miguel Echegaray, Head of Latino Content at Sports Illustrated about why we should watch it, Mexico’s clash vs. Portugal and Cristiano Ronaldo, and Colombia’s superstar James Rodriguez, what is his future, what team will he eventually play for, will Mexico and Colombia make it to the World Cup? Read More

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2017/06/12 at 10:50am

Podcast

Will White Audiences See Pixar’s Coco?

06.12.2017 | By |

In episode 35 this week of Highly Relevant, we focus on Pixar’s Coco with Latino film critic Kellvin Chavez of Splashreport.com. I also chatted with Mike Sargent, Chief Film Critic of WBAI Radio who also contributes film reviews nationally on the FOX Business Network with Maria Bartiromo, about Tom Cruise’s The Mummy reboot and what went wrong and what it means for Universal Pictures Dark Universe. Read More

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Actor performing a scene from the musical Dear Evan Hansen, wearing an arm cast.
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2017/06/09 at 5:35pm

Broadway

2017 Tony Awards Predictions: Who Should Win the Best Musical?

06.9.2017 | By |

With the 2017 Tony Awards happening this Sunday, Broadway is gearing up for its biggest night. The question on everyone’s mind is: Who will take home a Tony? Whether you’re rooting for Dear Evan Hansen or Come From Away, this year’s Best Musical isn’t as clear cut as last year, with Hamilton’s record breaking 16 Tony Nominations. Here are the 2017 Tony Awards predictions. Read More

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