Rita Moreno, Benjamin Bratt & Ray Suarez on Latino Americans
TV Panel Discussion With Rita Moreno, Benjamin Bratt, and Ray Suarez The three-part six-hour PBS documentary series, Latino Americans,...
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Bel Hernandez
Sep 15, 20133 min read
Melissa Fumero & Stephanie Beatriz Playing Cops On Brooklyn Nine-Nine
At this summer’s gathering of the Television Critics Association (TCA), Michael Schur responded to my question as to how two young Latina...
Bel Hernandez
Sep 8, 20132 min read
Why Hollywood and Mainstream Critics Don’t Get “Mission Park”
#theCOOList Film Mission Park features some of Hollywood’s most talented actors, who just happen to be Latino. The producers shopped this...
Bel Hernandez
Aug 13, 20133 min read
Christina Aguilera Happy To Be Back On The Voice
Photo: Paul Drinkwater/NBC After a season hiatus, the original four judges of NBC’s reality competition, The Voice, are re-united for...
Bel Hernandez
Aug 8, 20132 min read
Overheard at the TCA: Rita Moreno, Wilmer Valderrama, Benjamin Bratt & Aimee Garcia
Overheard at the TCA Press Tour Hollywood, Get a Clue! This is a breakout year for the Latino voice to be heard at the TCA. As the...
Bel Hernandez
Aug 4, 20132 min read
Overheard at The Television Critics Association Press Tour
The COOList Talk Overheard at the Television Critics Assocation Press Tour Twice a year over 220 television critics get together to talk...
Bel Hernandez
Jul 22, 20133 min read
“The Fosters” Cleaning Up & Meeting Mom For First Time
Tonight’s Episode 8, Clean – is not to be missed! 9PM on ABC Family By Elia Esparza One of this summer’s most impressive shows on TV has...
Bel Hernandez
Jul 9, 20135 min read
Xiomara Reyes: An Actress on Pointe
Critics and fans worldwide are singing the praises of Cuban born Xiomara Reyes whose daringly dramatic interpretations of ballet’s...
Bel Hernandez
Jul 9, 20134 min read
Jeff Valdez: Neither Fast Nor Furious, Part 2
The History of Marketing to “Minorities” Image Credit: Branding Value Now By Jeff Valdez Continued from Part 1: http://www.latinheat.com/...
Bel Hernandez
Jun 16, 20134 min read
Jeff Valdez: Neither Fast Nor Furious (Part 1)
By Jeff Valdez Greetings from behind the Tinsletown Curtain. I was recently asked to write a twenty-year review of Latinos in Hollywood,...
Bel Hernandez
Jun 14, 20131 min read
Dan Guerrero on KPFK’s “Dan Guerrero&Company” Today at 7PM
One of The COOLIST Persons I Know Dan Guerrero looking dapper in his suit and being a “mandon” The Incomparable Dan Guerrero keeps...
Bel Hernandez
Jun 13, 20132 min read
Esai Morales for President!
The COOList SAG-AFTRA President Nominee! I have personally known Esai for over twenty years. He was at my wedding! He had recently...
Bel Hernandez
Jun 5, 20133 min read
Jeff Valdez: The Majority/Minority Report
By Jeff Valdez Greetings from behind the “Tinseltown Curtain” in “Hollywould’vecould’ve should’ve.” This morning I wandered upon an...
Bel Hernandez
Jun 2, 20132 min read
Pablo Lopez August Wilson Monologue Competition Winner
Lopez Represented Southern California and Center Theater Group Photo by Ryan Miller/Capture Imaging Pablo Lopez, a senior at the Ramón C....
Bel Hernandez
May 31, 20132 min read
Celebrate your Uniqueness Y “Haz lo Diferente”
My “Do What’s Different” (Haz Lo Diferente) adventure started off on a balmy Los Angeles evening at the Kim Sing Theater, just a few...
Bel Hernandez
May 21, 20132 min read
Pamela Silva Guests On “The View” and Just Might Be The Keeper
Silva has six — not one or two — six Emmy awards. She is smart, beautiful and has a very slight accent that makes her oh so appealing to...
Bel Hernandez
May 7, 20132 min read
Gina Rodriguez’s Next Film “Sleeping With the Fishes” Debuts at Brooklyn Film Fest
To my absolute delight, the American Latino film Sleeping With The Fishes, written and directed by Nicole Gomez Fisher will be having its...
Bel Hernandez
May 1, 20136 min read
WTF is Latino at the Los Angeles Film Fest?
But I’m not here to comb and recycle through the ‘high profile’ films that come armed with buzz. As always I’m spotlighting U.S. films in...
Bel Hernandez
Apr 22, 20134 min read
Dani Mejia Weighs In On “Cabaret” Controversy
St. Genevieve high school student weighs in on being subjected to “morality” bullying and threats and teaches those who stand in judgment...
Bel Hernandez
Apr 21, 20135 min read
“Cabaret” High School Production Protestors Badger Cast, Crew & Staff
L.A.’s St. Genevieve, known for it’s stellar performing arts department, confronts “morality” protestors with dignity, courage and...
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