Chita Rivera, the acclaimed dancer and actor with 10 Tony nominations and two wins, passed away at 91. Rivera's groundbreaking Broadway career paved the way for Latina artists, showcasing resilience after surviving a near-fatal car accident.
Ariana DeBose has snatched an Oscars award for acting, making history for being the first Afro Latina and first openly queer woman to have received an Academy Award.
Making an enduring impression on both audience and voters alike, Ariana DeBose's role as Anita in "West Side Story" is one of 2021's biggest success stories.
Ariana DeBose won SAG Awards 2022's "Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in Supporting Role" for her performance as "Anita" in Steven Spielberg's "West Side Story."
In celebration of The Hollywood Reporter's ranking of "Hollywood's 100 Favorite Films," legendary onscreen pairs reunited, including "West Side Story's" Rita Moreno and George Chakiris, the infamous duo Geena Davis and Susan Sarandon from "Thelma & Louise," Ryan O'Neal and Ali MacGraw from "Love Story" and "Pulp Fiction's" Quentin Tarantino, Uma Thurman and John Travolta.
The musical has become one of the staples of modern Hollywood. Studios have made a tradition of taking a recognized Broadway show and adapting it into a lavish film. Sometimes the musicals are disasters, like Rob Marshall's "Nine," which had Daniel Day-Lewis, Marion Cotillard, Penelope Cruz, Judi Dench, Sophia Loren and Nicole Kidman -- but was completely incoherent. And sometimes the musicals have great music and great casts but just do not translate into great films. With the release of Clint Eastwood's "Jersey Boys" and Marshall's soon-to-be-released "Into the Woods," here are some of my favorite musicals.
Netflix is perhaps the most well-known and successful providers of streaming on-demand films and series, offering thousands of titles to more than 33.1 million subscribers in the U.S. alone. The website delivers films and television series in a number of languages and in every known genre. The website even hosts a collection of Hollywood favorites and hidden treasures that show Latinos as lead supporting actors and actresses.
Rita Moreno, Puerto Rican singer, dancer and actress, was honored at the National Hispanic Foundation for the Arts (NHFA) at their 17th annual gala in Washington on September 30th.
