Edson Barbozais kickin’ his way onto the big screen…
The 33-year-old Brazilian mixed martial artist, UFC fighter and former Muay Thaikickboxer will star in Forrest Films’ mixed martial arts movie drama Mickey Kelley.
Barboza will star alongside fellow MMA fighters Renzo Gracie and Mickey Gall, as well actors Sean Patrick Flanery, Katrina Bowden and Dennis Quaid.
Set in 1990, the film follows Mickey Kelley (Flanery), one of the first American black belts in Brazilian jiu-jitsu, who gets pulled away from everything he loves and into an unsanctioned MMA tournament, where his dreams of providing for his family come to a halt with a split-second decision. His life goes off the rails until years later he gets a shot at redemption.
Alex Ranarivelo will direct the pic, currently in pre-production. Flanery and Ranarivelo teamed to co-write the screenplay, from a story Flanery created.
Supporting cast includes Maurice Compte, Reno Wilsonand Currie Graham(Pompeii).
“Forrest Films is drawn to material and stories that lead with the heart and tell a tale of perseverance through conflict and struggle. Mickey Kelley checks these boxes and even creates new ones for us that will differentiate and elevate the film in the marketplace. Sean really created a gripping story here and we’re excited to bring it to life,” says Ali Afshar, who runs Forrest Films with Forrest Lucasand Charlotte Lucas.
Barboza ranks in the Top 10 in the official Ultimate Fighting Championshiplightweight rankings.
Nominations for the 71st annual Primetime Emmy Awards have been revealed, with the 52-year-old Puerto Rican Oscar-winning actor earning his first-ever nod.
del Toro is nominated in the Outstanding Lead Actor In A Limited Series or Movie category for his role as convicted murderer in Showtime’s seven-episode series Escape At Dannemora.
The show is based on a real-life 2015 prison break and explores the dynamics between convicts Richard Matt (del Toro) and David Sweat (Paul Dano) and prison worker Joyce “Tilly” Mitchell (Patricia Arquette), who ultimately helped them escape.
John Leguizamo, an Emmy winner in 1998 for his semi-autobiographical HBO one-man show Freak, has earned his second consecutive Emmy nod in the Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie category.
The 54-year-old Colombian actor and stand0-up comedian, a nominee last year for his role in the limited television series Waco, is nominated for his role in the Netflixminiseries When They See Us.
Anthony Mendez has picked up his third nomination in the Outstanding Narrator category.
The bilingual Latino voice actor, who earned two Emmy nods his narrating the CW’s Jane the Virgin, is nominated in the Outstanding Narrator category for narrating USA’s documentary series Wonders of Mexico.
Emmy-winner Tessandra Chavez has earned a nod in the Outstanding Choreography For Variety or Reality Programming category for her work with the contemporary dance company she founded Unity LA, and their routines on NBC’s World of Dance. She’s up against fellow Latino choreographers and World of Dancechoreographers Melvin “Timtim” Rogador and Karen Forcano & Ricardo Vega.
Other Latino nominees include Hanna cinematographer Dana Gonzales in the Outstanding Cinematography For A Single-Camera Series (One Hour) category and RGB editor Carla Gutierrez in theOutstanding Picture Editing For A Nonfiction Program category.
The 2019 Emmy Awards will air on September 22 on Fox.
Here’s the list of some of the high-profile Latino nominees and their competition:
Outstanding Lead Actor In A Limited Series Or Movie Jared Harris as Valery Legasov, Chernobyl Benicio del Toro as Richard Matt, Escape At Dannemora Sam Rockwell as Bob Fosse, Fosse/Verdon Mahershala Ali as Wayne Hays, True Detective Hugh Grant as Jeremy Thorpe, A Very English Scandal Jharrel Jerome as Korey Wise, When They See Us
Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Limited Series Or Movie Stellan Skarsgård as Boris Shcherbina, Chernobyl Paul Dano as David Sweat, Escape At Dannemora Ben Whishaw as Norman, A Very English Scandal Asante Blackk as Kevin Richardson, When They See Us John Leguizamo as Raymond Santana, Sr., When They See Us Michael K. Williams as Bobby McCray, When They See Us
Outstanding Narrator Angela Bassett, Narrator, The Flood Liev Schreiber, Narrator, The Many Lives of Nick Buoniconti Sir David Attenborough, Narrator, Our Planet Juliet Stevenson, Narrator, Queens Of Mystery Charles Dance, Narrator, Savage Kingdom Anthony Mendez, Narrator, Wonders Of Mexico
Outstanding Choreography For Variety Or Reality Programming Travis Wall, Choreographer, So You Think You Can Dance Luther Brown, Choreographer, So You Think You Can Dance Melvin “Timtim” Rogador, Choreographer, World Of Dance Suresh Mukund, Choreographer, World Of Dance Karen Forcano, Choreographer & Ricardo Vega, Choreographer, World Of Dance Tessandra Chavez, Choreographer, World Of Dance
Outstanding Cinematography For A Single-Camera Series (One Hour) Jonathan Freeman, ASC, Director of Photography, Game Of Thrones Zoë White, Director of Photography, The Handmaid’s Tale Colin Watkinson, Director of Photography, The Handmaid’s Tale Dana Gonzales, ASC, Director of Photography Gonzalo Amat, Director of Photography, The Man In The High Castle M. David Mullen, ASC, Director of Photography, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel Robert McLachlan, ASC, Director of Photography, Ray Donovan
Outstanding Picture Editing For A Nonfiction Program Tom Patterson, Editor, Anthony Bourdain Parts Unknown Bob Eisenhardt, ACE, Editor, Free Solo Jules Cornell, Editor, Leaving Neverland Carla Gutierrez, ACE, Editor, RBG Michael Harte, Editor, Three Identical Strangers
It’s an out of the world honor for Lin-Manuel Miranda…
The 39-year-old Puerto Rican actor, composer/lyricist and Broadway legend has earned his first-ever Saturn Awards nomination.
Miranda earned the nod for in the Best Supporting Actor in a Film category for his acclaimed role in Disney’s Mary Poppins Returns.
Last year, Miranda earned his first-ever Golden Globesnomination in an acting category his the same role.
Wilson Cruzhas also picked up his first Satellite Awards nomination…
The 45-year-old Puerto Rican actor is nominated in the Best Supporting Actor in Streaming Presentation category for his role in CBS All Access’ Star Trek: Discovery.
The Saturn Awards prides itself in honoring genre entertainment since 1973 when it was started by the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films, who will retool the fan-favorite awards show by moving it from June to September 13.
Because of that change, the eligibility window for this year’s nominations is based on a 16-month eligibility period from March 1, 2018 to July 7, 2019, rather than the usual 12 months.
As part of the reorganization, the show also will move to the Avalon Theatrein Los Angeles. A first-time streaming partner will be announced shortly in order to increase the global reach of the show as well.
Here’s a look at the Latino nominees:
Best Supporting Actor in a Film: Josh Brolin Avengers: Infinity War (Marvel / Walt Disney Studios) John Lithgow Pet Sematary (Paramount) Lin-Manuel Miranda Mary Poppins Returns (Walt Disney Studios) Lewis Pullman Bad Times at The El Royale (20th Century Fox) Jeremy Renner Avengers: Endgame (Marvel / Walt Disney Studios) Will Smith Aladdin (Walt Disney Studios) Steven Yeun Burning (Well Go USA)
Best Supporting Actor in Streaming Presentation: Wilson Cruz Star Trek: Discovery (CBS All Access) Michiel Huisman The Haunting of Hill House (Netflix) Timothy Hutton The Haunting of Hill House (Netflix) Doug Jones Star Trek: Discovery (CBS All Access) Ethan Peck Star Trek: Discovery (CBS All Access) Maxwell Jenkins Lost in Space (Netflix) Michael Sheen Good Omens (Amazon)
The 33-year-old half-Mexican American singer is set to perform at San Antonio’s Mala Luna Music Festival.
The Grammy-winning singer joins a lineup that includes Russ, Diplo, Juice Wrld, YGand Playboi Cartifor its 2019 edition.
TheHalloween weekend festival hitting Texas from October 26-27 at the Nelson Wolff Stadium parking lot will also feature sets from Dababy, Trippie Redd, Summer Walkerand Jessie Reyez.
Ari Lennoxof J.Cole’s Dreamville Records will perform in support of her newly released debut album Shea Butter Baby, while Houston’s own Megan Thee Stallion will also perform following her run on the Legendary Nights Tour with YG and Future.
The downtown San Antonio festival is returning for its fourth year with performances from DaniLeigh, Melii, UMI and Alaina Castillo.
In a continued effort to support and shine a light on Texas’ growing music scene, several local artists will be performing including FRITOGANG, Hoodlum, Jay Wileand Doeman.
In 2018, Mala Luna welcomed more than 30,000 attendees to the music festival that also pays tribute to the local culture and the San Antonio community’s annual Diá de los Muertos celebrations. live art installations, local food vendors and merchants, and highly curated themes and designs, costumes and more are once again expected at the annual event produced by Texas-based promoter ScoreMore Shows.
Tickets for Mala Luna are available now with single-day passes starting at $79.
The 45-year-old half-Mexican American actress and Riverdalestar is seeking a SAG-AFTRA national board seat as an ally of president Gabrielle Carteris through the Unite For Strength faction.
UFS also announced earlier this week that Camryn Manheimis running for SAG-AFTRA secretary-treasurer — the third-highest elected post in the union — as part of the slate for the re-election of union president Carteris.
Election ballots will be mailed to dues-current members on July 29 and will be tabulated on August 28. SAG-AFTRA represents about 160,000 performers.
Carteris, who has been president since 2016, is facing challenges for the post from Matthew Modineand current secretary-treasurer Jane Austin. Unite for Strength and United Screen Actors Nationwide— which have been the ruling factions at the union for the past decade with an emphasis on pragmatic policies — unveiled Manheim’s candidacy on Tuesday.
Unite For Strength also announced that Michelle Hurd, currently serving on the national board, will be running for president of the Los Angeles local; Clyde Kusatsu and Ellen Crawfordwill be running for vice president slots. Rebecca Damonis seeking re-election as New York president. Maureen Donnelly, Jim Kerr,Ezra Knightand Liz Zazziare seeking re-election as New York vice president as USAN, which is allied with Unite for Strength.
Membership First has not yet announced its slate other than Modine. The progressive faction has several high-profile reps on the 80-member national board including Modine, Frances Fisher, Diane Ladd and Martin Sheen.
The 25-year-old Puerto Rican Latin trap and reggaeton singer has landed six songs concurrently in the top 10 of Billboard’s Hot Latin Songs chart, setting a new record for the most songs by an artist in the top 10 at the same time.
On the chart — which blends airplay, sales and streaming data to rank to the most popular Latin songs of the week — all eight of Bad Bunny’s Oasis’ songs, his No. 1 joint album with J Balvin, debut on the list dated July 13.
The Oasis parade is led by “Qué Pretendes,” which debuts at No. 2. Another Oasis track, “La Cancion,” bows within the top 10, at No. 10.
So, that’s two Bad Bunny cuts in the top 10, which joins four other Bad Bunny songs already in the region, at No. 3 (“Callaita,” with Tainy), No. 4 (“MIA,” featuring Drake), No. 5 (“Soltera,” with Lunayand Daddy Yankee) and No. 8 (“No Me Conoce,” with Jhay Cortezand J Balvin).
With that, Bad Bunny notches his six songs concurrently in the top 10. The previous record was four, held by six acts (Bad Bunny, Ozuna, Anuel AA, Joan Sebastian, Romeo Santosand Wisin & Yandel).
Further, Bad Bunny sets another record: He’s the first act with four songs in the top five at the same time, as he holds Nos. 2-5.
The 27-year-old Puerto Rican reggaeton and Latin trap singer will headline this year’s Los Dells festival.
Organizers are going all out for the third annual festival, promising an “unforgettable experience” for fans.
Coined as Los Dells Treson social media, the largest Latin multi-genre music festival in the Midwest returns to Wisconsin this summer, uniting some of Latin music’s biggest names in the urban, Regional Mexican, and alternative genres.
Other artists announced for the 2019 festival include Logic, Carlos Vives, El Fantasma, Café Tacvba, Farruko,Sebastian Yatra, Natalia Lafourcade, and rising star Lunay.
According to Los Dells official website, the two-day festival is set to “provide a multi-cultural experience for fans of Latin music just outside one of the largest family-friendly entertainment destinations in the Midwest: The Wisconsin Dells.” In addition to live music, Los Dells will provide art installations, campgrounds, and a vast culinary program.
Los Dells 2019 Festival will take place during Labor DayWeekend (Aug. 31-Sept. 1).
For more information visit LosDells.com.
Here’s the confirmed lineup:
Ozuna Logic Carlos Vives El Fantasma Café Tacvba Farruko Sebastian Yatra Natalia Lafourcade Banda Los Sebastianes Kiana Ledé Lunay Jesse & Joy T3R Elemento Adriel Favela Ximena Sariñana Fuego Kat Dahlia Inner Wave Siddhartha Ambar Lucid Y La Bamba
The 34-year-old Cuban American actress has joined the all-star line-up for the upcoming live one-hour special, Mo Willems & the Storytime All-Starspresent Don’t Let the Pigeon Do Storytimeat the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.
Morales, currently starring on NBC’s comedy series Abby’s, will appear alongside Anthony Anderson, Yvette Nicole Brown, Rachel Dratch, Cameron Espositoand Tony Halein the family comedy special.
Greg Silverman’s Stampedeis producing the project, which marks the start of Mo Willems’ two-year residency as the Kennedy Center’s first ever Education Artist-In-Residence.
Also joining Willems on stage will be Greta Lee, Tom Lennon, Oscar Nunez, puppeteer Joey Mazzarinoand foley and sound effects artist Fred Newman.
Willems is the author and illustrator of over 60 books for children, with millions of copies in print worldwide. The special will include performances of live readings of Willems’ work and musical numbers inspired by his world.
Bobcat Goldthwaitis directing the event, which will take place on July 13.
The 28-year-old Colombian Canadian singer will perform at Bustle‘s second annual Rule Breakers event in New York City, according to the media brand.
Taking place on September 21 at the LeFrak Centerin Brooklyn, the event will also feature performances by headliner Lizzo, rock singer-songwriter Jesse Jo Starkand pop singer Abir.
The day-long festival celebrates women and non-binary musicians and trailblazers who are “breaking barriers and leaving their mark across a variety of fields including music, entertainment, culture, beauty, and politics.”
Attendees of the festival will also have the opportunity to whizz around a rollerskating rink, enjoy food and beverages and engage in immersive activations from sponsors including Athleta and Visa.
Mariah Carey isn’t just busting out notes… She’s also busting off bottle caps!
The 49-year-old half-Venezuelan American chanteuse has magically mastered the Bottle Cap Challengeusing only her voice.
Carey posted a video on social media over the weekend where she jokingly spins the cap right off a bottle with one of her signature high-pitched notes.
“Challenge accepted! #bottlecapchallenge,” she captioned the clip.
The viral challenge, which has been going on for about a month, requires participants to untwist a cap using only just a spin kick without touching any other part of the bottle.
The astonishing feat didn’t go unnoticed by Carey’s millions o fInstagram followers. Ex-husband Nick Cannon commented that the stunt was “Hilarious!” while Rita Ora noted, “You win hands down.” Katharine McPhee chimed in, writing, “Girl all the bottle caps in my room just popped off while watching this ———-.”
Carey isn’t the only musical artist to take on the Bottle Cap Challenge. Justin Bieber ,John Mayer, Diplo, Ellie Goulding and Blake Shelton, among others, have also hilariously taken it on.
