The Latest in Latino Entertainment News

Details On Romeo Santos’ Big HBO Latino Concert Special!

This time around, May will not only brighten up your winter blues but it will also warm up your TV set with a special presentation of one of the biggest Latin icons of our era.

On May 3 HBO Latino presents “The King Stays King – Sold Out at Madison Square Garden” a Romeo Santos concert special that will show highlights from the bachatero’s three sold-out concerts at the Madison Square Garden in New York City.

The nearly 2-hour special – which will be presented on HBO GO and on HBO On Demand within documentaries, specials, and feature films – features the Bronx native performing many of his hits, exclusive interviews, footage of the days leading up to the concert, and onstage performances with P. Diddy, Usher, Wisin & Yandel among others. Read More

The Complete 2013 Tony Award Nominations!

It is almost that time of the year again when the theater community gets to recognize their best in a prestigious gala much like the film industry except that a lady named Tony sits in substitution for Oscar. The Tony, named in honor of Antoinette Perry, chairman of the board and secretary of the American Theatre Wing, is the theater’s most respected awards show and this summer it celebrates its 67th year. The broadcast has come to be known as one of the best awards shows on television due to its outstanding live entertainment. Read More

Cannes Film Festival showcases Latino Talent

It’s official, Latinos will get their own little nook at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival. 

According to Variety, on May 21 the French festival will be highlighting six young Latin American directors in a showcase titled Bal Goes to Cannes: Bafici Work in Progress which focuses on yet-to-be-completed movies.

The event was organized by Cannes’ Film Market and the Buenos Aires Lab, organization that supports the development and production of Latin American cinema and is in charge of the Buenos Aires Film Festival of Independent Cinema known as Bafici.   Read More

New Mexican Chips ‘Takis’ Coming To A Theater Near You

Since before the 1930s, a bag of popcorn has been the most prominent companion of a movie, but as times change and the populations shift so do the old-school ways.

Slowly but surely it’s been hitting the movie industry that Latino is the way to go, so lo and behold, diversified concessions offerings.   According to Deadline, a new vendor has hit the CinemaCon floor this year, a popular Mexican corn chip snack called Takis, made by Barcel USA, looking to be the pioneer of a new movie experience.  Read More

First look at the new THOR: THE DARK WORLD poster!

I just got my hands on Marvel’s new teaser poster “Thor: The Dark World” poster. From what I’m looking at, the poster looks great for a teaser, very Highlanderish from 1986, if you ask me.

The film brings back Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman, Tom Hiddleston, Stellan Skarsgård, Idris Elba, Christopher Eccleston, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Kat Dennings, Ray Stevenson, Zachary Levi, Tadanobu Asano, and Jaimie Alexander with Rene Russo and Anthony Hopkins as Odin. Read More