The Latino actor has landed a recurring role on the upcoming seventh and final season of the CW’s sci-fi drama series The 100.
Diaz will play Levitt, a brilliant mind who has always lived by the book, doing exactly what he’s told. But when life throws him a curveball, he’ll come to discover that there’s a bit of an artist — and a rebel — buried within.
Based on the book series by Kass Morgan, The 100hails from Alloy Entertainment, Warner Bros. Televisionand CBS Television Studioswith executive producers Jason Rothenbergand Leslie Morgenstein.
The series follows a group of post-apocalyptic survivors who are among the first people from a space habitat, the Ark, to return to Earth after a devastating nuclear apocalypse.
Diaz’s previous TV credits include guest-starring roles onThe Handmaid’s Tale, The Detective’s Club: New Orleansand Paranormal Witness.
Rosario Dawsonis heading to the small screen this February…
USA Network has set the mid-winter premiere date for Sam Esmail’s new anthology drama Briarpatch, led by 40-year-old Puerto Rican and Cuban American actress on Thursday, February 6.
Briarpatchfollows Allegra Dill (Dawson), a no-nonsense professional who returns to her quirky hometown to solve her sister’s murder.
The inaugural season celebrates the genres represented by Ross Thomas’ book — a stylish blend of crime and pulp fiction — while updating his sense of fun, danger and place for a new generation.
Jay R. Ferguson, Edi Gathegi, Brian Geraghty and Kim Dickens also star.
The 10-episode Briarpatchwas written for television by Greenwald, who executive produces alongside Esmail through his production company Esmail Corp and Anonymous Content’s Chad Hamilton.
Dawson also is a producer on the series from UCP and Paramount Television.
Warner Bros’ has released the first full trailer for In the Heights, the much-anticipated film adaptation of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Tony Award-winning Broadway musical starring the 28-year-old Puerto Rican actor/singer.
The new trailer for the film, directed by Jon M. Chu, gives a more extensive look at the film’s cast and character details.
Ramos’ Usnavi opens his Washington Heights bodega, and Jimmy Smits’ Kevin Rosario stops into the store in the opening frames.
The trailer then builds on the vibrant street life of Miranda’s beloved Washington Heightsneighborhood in Upper Manhattan.
Here’s how Warner Bros. describes the film: “Lights up on Washington Heights…The scent of a cafecito caliente hangs in the air just outside of the 181st Street subway stop, where a kaleidoscope of dreams rallies this vibrant and tight-knit community. At the intersection of it all is the likable, magnetic bodega owner Usnavi (Ramos), who saves every penny from his daily grind as he hopes, imagines and sings about a better life.”
Directed by Chu from a screenplay by the stage musical’s book writer Quiara Alegría Hudes ,In The Heightsfeatures music and lyrics by Miranda, and is produced by Miranda and Hudes, among others.
In addition to Ramos and Smits, In the Heightsalso stars Corey Hawkins, Leslie Grace, Melissa Barrera, Olga Merediz, Daphne Rubin-Vega, Gregory Diaz IV, Stephanie Beatri zand Dascha Polanco.
In the Heights was filmed in New York, primarily on location in the community of Washington Heights.
Warner Bros will release In The Heights on June 26, 2020.
The Latina singer/songwriter has released the latest track from her album, 45, “They Ain’t Gonna See Me Coming: An American Western.” And she’s sharing the noir-flavored video exclusively on Billboard.com.
Lopez, who recently relocated to Nashville from Houston, opened up about the song’s first-person perspective.
“I’m a big fan of storytelling, and I loveJohnny Cash‘s murder ballad kind of thing,” she tells Billboard. “I just gave a lot of thought to what is it that’s going on in people’s brains? What kind of state of mind do you have to be in to take it upon yourself to go murder your neighbors? You make all this effort to plan and plot and take out people’s lives. What would make someone make that kind of plan? I think it’s so dark and it’s weird ’cause you’re saying these things, and it seems like it’s coming from you.”
The song’s video, meanwhile, juxtaposes shots of Lopez performing with gritty footage of the presumed killer preparing for action.
“It shows the attentiveness and the coldness in which people finish out their plans,” Lopez explains. “I don’t think anybody can get out of the song that I’m celebrating it. I think of it like when you hear Johnny Cash say, ‘I shot a man in Reno to watch him die.’ I think there’s kind of touching the sun aspect to it.”
Lopez has her own take on contemporary gun violence too. As “They Won’t See Me Coming’s” subtitle indicates, she considers it a manifestation of Western film and literary culture, the shoot-first philosophy that made stars out of the likes of John Wayne, Gary Cooperand Clint Eastwood.
“This is a revered kind of thing; The good guys andthe bad guys ride into town and take people’s lives,” Lopez explains. “People think that’s so awesome, but actually it has consequences, and we’re seeing this now. These guys do think they’re the good guys, the white supremacists who roll into churches, even the folks who did the San Bernardino shooting or the guy who went down to the Orlando nightclub … They had in their minds they were doing something righteous. It’s bizarre and it’s out of hand, but it doesn’t feel that far away from what we glorify in those [Western] movies.”
“They Ain’t Gonna See Me Coming” is one of several socially conscious songs on 45, which came out May 31 — titled for the age when she began writing its eight tracks — and marked a sea change for Lopez, topically. “I think of it as a social commentary album,” says Lopez, who performed a show for the ACLU this year.
The new focus has grown on Lopez, and she says she’s looking forward to playing the songs more on the road during the charged election year of 2020.
“This is my first time ever being this way,” Lopez says. “That album just rolled out of me. I think I’m finding my place in the music, in the social commentary and in the political arena. I don’t think my songs are very political; I try to tell these stories on purpose. If you live in Nashville long enough you end up rubbing elbows with some really amazing, Grammy Award-winning artists. One of them said he thought there was a lot more life in 45— not the president, but my album. And I like that.”
The 22-year-old half-Cuban American actress/singer has joined the cast of Chick Fight, the indie action comedy starring and produced by Malin Akerman.
Paul Leydenis directing Joseph Downey’s original script for the film, which is being produced by Yale Productions and Idiot Savant Pictures. A January shooting start is in the works.
Akerman stars as Anna, who still hasn’t reconciled with the recent death of her adored mother. She’s just discovered that her loving and supportive father is gay, and she accidentally burns down her uninsured coffee shop after learning a thrown joint and a spilled bottle of moonshine don’t mix. Knowing Anna needs to be abruptly shaken and stirred from her deep funk, her best friend takes her to an all-women underground fight club, where she encounters an eclectic cast of characters.
Thorne plays Olivia, the club’s intimidatingly perfect and most brutally efficient fighter, who quickly becomes a rival in and out of the ring.
Her previous feature credits include Netflix’s The Babysitter franchise, Blended, Stuck on You, The DUFF, Midnight Sun and the Sundance AGBO Studios feature Assassination Nation.
Her television credits include Disney Channel’s Shake It Up, HBO’s Big Love, ABC’s Dirty Sexy Money and Freeform’s Famous in Love.
The 30-year-old Dominican American singer is planning to release a new album and go on tour in 2020.
Prince Royce’s new album is titled Alter Ego and is scheduled to be released in the first quarter of next year.
“I’m playing a little bit with a duo alter ego concept which is different,” he says. That’s why he is constantly exploring the idea of collaborating and recording in other genres, such as Regional Mexican, which he did recently, first with Gerardo Ortiz(Moneda) and later with Calibre 50 for a performance at the 2019 Latin Grammy Awards. “The idea is not to change who you are or change your sound, it is to bring your sound into that vision.”
Last month, Royce announced a new tour that includes 40 cities in the United States, the largest (so far) of his career.
“I’m doing the biggest tour — over 40 cities, it’s almost double the dates I did on my last tour and I’m really excited that I will visit places I’ve never been before,” he revealed. Also, the tour will celebrate the tenth anniversary of the release of his debut album, Prince Royce.
The 38-year-old part-Mexican American actress has landed an upcoming multi-episode arc opposite Lake Bell and Dax Shepard on ABC’s Bless This Mess.
Richie will portray Sierra Rio’s NYC BFF, who would probably tell you she’s from Brooklyn, but she’s a spoiled Upper-East-Sider through and through. And she can’t wait to host her wedding at Mike and Rio’s “super rustic, kind of gross” farm. Her character will be introduced in early February 2020.
Created/executive produced by Bell and Elizabeth Meriwether, Bless This Messstars Bell and Shepard as a newlywed couple whose plan to ditch big-city living for a simpler life in Nebraska doesn’t go as expected.
The cast includes Ed Begley Jr., Pam Grier, JT Neal and Christina Offley.
The Bless This Messrole marks a return to the farm for Richie, who starred with Paris Hiltonin The Simple Life reality series in which she and Hilton left their parties, wardrobes and trust funds behind and moved in with a farm family for five weeks to experience life as they’d never known it.
The 22-year-old half-Cuban American actress/singer has been cast in Masquerade, a home invasion thriller to be written and directed by Shane Dax Taylor, according to Deadline.com.
The project, to be shoot in Kentucky, follows 11-year-old Casey (Alyvia Alyn Lind) who must survive the night after a group of intruders, led by Rose (Thorne), break into her family’s home to steal a priceless artwork. The thieves will stop at nothing to get what they want, with shocking developments.
Austin Nichols and Mircea Monroe will star as Casey’s parents, with Skyler Samuels as Rose’s cohort.
Thorne is also a best-selling author, director, philanthropist musician and entrepreneur.
Her feature credits include Netflix’s The Babysitter franchise, Blended,Stuck on You, The DUFF, Midnight Sun and the Sundance AGBO Studiosfeature Assassination Nation.
Her television credits include Disney Channel’s Shake It Up, HBO’s Big Love, ABC’s Dirty Sexy Money and Freeform’s Famous in Love.
Netflix’s high-profile television adaptation of the bestselling IDW Comics graphic novels by writer Joe Hill and artist Gabriel Rodriguez, starring the 27-year-old Brazilian-Canadian actress, will premiere on February 7.
Locke and Key stars Darby Stanchfield as Nina Locke, Jackson Robert Scott as Bode Locke, Connor Jessup as Tyler Locke, Emilia Jones as Kinsey Locke, Bill as Rendell Locke, De Oliveira as Dodge, Thomas Mitchell Barnet as Sam Lesser, Griffin Gluck as Gabe, and Coby Bird as Rufus Whedon.
The synopsis from Netflix: “After their father is murdered under mysterious circumstances, the three Locke siblings and their mother move into their ancestral home, Keyhouse, which they discover is full of magical keys that may be connected to their father’s death. As the Locke children explore the different keys and their unique powers, a mysterious demon awakens — and will stop at nothing to steal them.
From Carlton Cuseand Meredith Averill, the series is a coming-of-age mystery about love, loss, and the unshakable bonds that define family.”
De Oliviera’s previous television credits include appearance on Covert Affairs, iZombie and The Gifted.
The 38-year-old Mexican actor has been cast in the Halle Berry’s feature directorial debut, the MMA drama Bruised.
Written by Michelle Rosenfarb, the film follows Jackie Justice (played by Berry), a washed-up MMA wrestler who has failed at the one thing she’s ever been good at – fighting. When 6-year-old Manny, the son she walked out on years ago, returns to her doorstep, Jackie has to conquer her own demons, face one of the fiercest rising stars of the MMA world and ultimately fight to become the mother this kid deserves.
Canto will play Berry’s character’s MMA manager and boyfriend.
Canto’s credits include the acclaimed Netflix series Narcos, ABC’s Designated Survivor and Blood and Oil and Fox’s The Following.
On the film side, he co-starred as the Sunspot in 20th Century Fox’s X-Men: Days of Future Past. He recently wrote, directed and produced his first short The Shot, starring Theo Rossi.
