Fernando Lindez to Star in Amazon MGM Studios’ Romance “The Last Sunrise”

Posted on August 12, 2025 by Tom Castaneda

It’s a sunrise to remember for Fernando Lindez.

The 25-year-old Spanish emerging actor will star opposite Maia Reficco and Eva Longoria in The Last Sunrise, Amazon MGM Studios‘ romance based on the bestselling novel by After series author Anna Todd.

Lindez will play Julián, the charming Majorcan local who becomes the love interest of Reficco’s character, Ry.

Set in Majorca, The Last Sunrise‘s protagonist, 22-year-old Oriah “Ry” Pera (Reficco), has had her life shaped by chronic illness and a well-meaning but overbearing mom. When a summer relocation gives her a taste of freedom, she meets Julián, who draws her into the kind of adventure she’s always longed for. But with a return to the U.S. on the horizon, Ry faces a decision that could change everything.

Carlson Young is directing, with Anna Klassen adapting the script.

Todd is producing alongside Jennifer Gibgot and Andrew Panay of Ethea Entertainment, Lena Roklin of Luber Roklin Entertainment, and Brian Pitt of Pitt Street Productions.

Best known for his work in Netflix’s teen drama series Elite, Lindez will next be seen as one of the two male leads of Dimelo Bajito, a new film based on the books by Culpa Mia scribe Mercedes Ron, which will be available on Prime Video this December.

Roberta Colindrez Joins Cast of Peacock’s “The Five Star Weekend”

Posted on August 3, 2025 by Tom Castaneda

Roberta Colindrez is packing for a luxury weekend…

The 39-year-old Mexican-American actor and writer has joined the cast of Peacock’s The Five Star Weekend in a recurring guest role.

Bekah Brunstetter created the project based on Elin Hilderbrand’s bestselling novel The Perfect Couple.

The Five-Star Weekend centers on Hollis Shaw (Jennifer Garner), a famed food influencer known for her delicious recipes, impeccable taste, and warm demeanor, who suffers a devastating loss. Unable to move forward, the death exposes the cracks in Hollis’s picture-perfect life — her strained marriage, her complicated relationship with her daughter, and her growing pursuit of validation from her followers.

To overcome grief and find herself again, Hollis gets the idea to host a weekend away at her house on Nantucket with three friends from different stages in her life: her childhood, her 20s, 30s, and one surprise fifth star. Set against a luxurious and coastal backdrop, they will mature in ways they could never imagine as boundaries are pushed and secrets are exposed.

Regina Hall, Chloë Sevigny, Judy Greer and D’Arcy Carden also star.

Colindrez will play Sunny, a passionate tour guide in Nantucket with a connection to Brooke (Carden).

Brunstetter, Garner and Hilderbrand executive produce alongside series writer Beth Schacter, Sue Naegle, Ali Krug and Merri Howard.

Colindrez recently wrapped production on Siân Heder’s Being Heumann, about disability activist Judy Heumann, for Apple Studios. Earlier this year, she starred in Leslye Headland’s Broadway production Cult of Love.

Recent credits include Eric (Netflix), Cassandro (Amazon) and Prime Video’s A League of Their Own.

Colindrez originated the role of Joan in the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical Fun Home, partnering again with its author Alison Bechdel and Madeleine George for Dykes to Watch Out For (Audible).

She reunited with Sam Gold for The Public Theater’s production of Hamlet, starring Oscar Isaac. Other memorable collaborations on TV include Tanya Saracho on the Starz series Vida, Joey Soloway on the Prime Video series I Love Dick, David Simon for the HBO series The Deuce, and Lena Dunham for HBO’s Girls.

Justina Machado Lands Major Recurring Role on CBS’ “Matlock” for Season Two

Posted on August 1, 2025 by Tom Castaneda

Justina Machado is courting a new role…

The 52-year-old Puerto Rican actress has been cast for a major recurring role on Season 2 of CBS’ breakout hit legal drama Matlock for its upcoming season.

Machado will play Eva, a formidable, smart and ambitious attorney and Jacobson Moore managing partner Howard “Senior” Markston’s (Beau Bridges) 4th ex-wife. The one who made him swear off marriage. Eva runs Jacobson Moore’s Miami office and she arrives in New York for an emergency meeting… which she uses to her advantage.

Machado is reuniting with Matlock creator Jennie Snyder Urman and studio CBS Studios who were also behind Jane the Virgin.

Machado, who recurred on the CW dramedy, is the second cast alum to join Matlock, along with Yael Grobglas who also is recurring on the CW drama headlined by Kathy Bates.

Machado is coming off a Broadway run in Real Women Have Curves, which earned her a Tony nomination.

She also recently starred in Netflix’s medical drama series Pulse as well as the Amazon/Blumhouse series The Horrors Of Dolores Roach.

In features, she was most recently seen in Mario Garcia’s indie The Throwback. Machado previously headlined Netflix’s praised One Day At a Time reboot..

Meagan Good to Star In & Executive Produce the Thriller “I’ll Never Let You Go”

Posted on July 10, 2025 by Tom Castaneda

Meagan Good isn’t letting a good role go…

In a reteam with Lifetime, the 43-year-old actress will next star as Emily Westover and executive produce the thriller I’ll Never Let You Go, premiering Saturday, August 16 at 8/7c.

Emily is a poised and successful art gallery director whose life takes a dark turn after a brief, impulsive affair with a magnetic Italian artist, Carlo (Antonio Cupo).

Thomas Cadrot stars as Tom, Emily’s husband, who must reconcile his emotions after learning of his wife’s unfaithfulness.

When Emily’s only child, Sophia (Hana Destiny Huggins), leaves for college, she struggles with empty nest syndrome and searches for ways to reconnect with her husband, Tom. Craving intimacy, she enters a passionate affair with Carlo, a brooding artist she meets at her gallery, whose captivating presence hides something far more unhinged.

But when Emily realizes her mistake and tries to sever ties, Carlo refuses to let go – exposing their secret, sabotaging her personal and professional life, and threatening everything she’s built. As she struggles to reclaim her marriage and sense of self, Emily is forced into a chilling confrontation that will test the limits of her strength – and how far she’ll go to protect her family.

I’ll Never Let You Go is produced by Bruce Harvey for CMW Autumn Productions Inc. in association with Studio TF1 America. J

Troy Scott directs a script written by Alex Wright.

Good’s prior collaborations with the network include Death Saved My Life (2021), Buying Back My Daughter (2023), both from Lifetime’s Ripped From The Headlines franchise, and most recently, Terry McMillan Presents: Forever, working opposite Taye Diggs. She also recently concluded work as a series lead in the Prime Video series Harlem, which ran for three seasons from 2021 to 2025.

Luna Sofía Miranda to Star in Coming-of-Age Sex Comedy “Youthful Pleasures”

Posted on June 12, 2025 by Tom Castaneda

Luna Sofía Miranda has landed a youthful role…

The 26-year-old Latina actress, who most recently starred in the multi Oscar winner Anora, has boarded the coming-of-age sex comedy Youthful Pleasures along with Ignacio Diaz-Silverio, Brendan George, Emily Adams and John Filmanowicz.

The Rex Provost directed and written movie was shot in Vermont and New York and reps his feature directorial debut.

The feature is a follow up to Provost’s short of the same name, which was honored as an inaugural Proof Film Festival selection in 2023.

George, Adams, and Filmanowicz are also reprising their roles in the feature.

Youthful Pleasures follows four estranged childhood companions who attempt to recreate a perfect weekend from their past while waiting for their friend who spends too much time self-indulging in himself (to put it politely) in his grandmother’s home.

Sofía Miranda played Lulu in Sean Baker’s Best Picture Oscar winner Anora.

Diaz-Silverio led Amazon’s Primo, co-executive produced by Michael Schur. He also earned an Imagen Award for Best Actor in a Comedy Series for his performance. Next he’ll be seen in the upcoming New Years Rev for Live Nations Productions alongside Jenna Fischer and Angela Kinsely.

Constance Marie to Star in Season 2 on Netflix’s Ted Danson-Led Series “A Man On The Inside”

Posted on May 6, 2025 by Tom Castaneda

Constance Marie has the inside track…

The 59-year-old Mexican American actress has joined the cast of Netflix’s comedy series A Man On The Inside for the second season of the Ted Danson-fronted series.

Created by Mike Schur, A Man on the Inside centers on Charles (Danson), a retired man who gets a new lease on life when he answers an ad from a private investigator and becomes a mole in a secret investigation.

Season 2 will see Charles (Danson) going undercover at a college.

Marie will play Vanessa, a former con artist who serves as a part-time-source on the criminal underworld for Julie (Lilah Richcreek Estrada).

The series is taking on an anthology format, with Charles tackling a new case each season.

In Season 1, he went undercover at a retirement home. The new destination for Season 2 was telegraphed at the end of Season 1, when Charles started offering his services as a guest lecturer.

A Man on the Inside is based on The Mole Agent, a 2021 Oscar nominee for Best Documentary feature. Schur executive produces the series via Fremulon alongside Morgan Sackett, David Miner of 3 Arts Entertainment, Maite Alberdi and Marcela Santibañez of Micromundo Producciones,

Best known for her roles as in George Lopez (2002–2007) and the film Selena, Marie most recently starred in Amazon’s With Love. Her other credits include Undone, Law & Order True Crime, Switched at Birth and Elena of Avalor.

Bobby Soto Signs with Innovative Artists Entertainment

Posted on May 6, 2025 by Tom Castaneda

Bobby Soto has new representation…

The 38-year-old Puerto Rican and Mexican American actor has signed with Innovative Artists Entertainment for talent, lit, comedy and crossover representation.

Soto most recently appeared in the Amazon feature film, A Million Miles Away, starring opposite Michael Peña and Rosa Salazar.

From director Alejandra Marquez Abella, the bio-drama tells the real-life story of José M. Hernández, a Mexican American astronaut who was formerly a migrant farm worker.

The project is available to stream via Prime Video.

Before that, Soto starred in the Disney/Searchlight feature film, Flamin’ Hot, directed by Eva Longoria.

As part of the ensemble cast, Soto traveled to Washington, D.C., for a special screening of Flamin’ Hot for the President of the United States, Joe Biden, and his wife, Dr. Jill Biden, both of whom hosted the celebration.

On the television front, Soto recently appeared in CBS’ FBI: International, and Seasons 1 and 2 of the Netflix hit crime drama, Narcos: Mexico, created and developed by Jose Padilha and Eric Newman.

His additional film credits include The Listener with Tessa Thompson and director Steve Buscemi, and Scott Teems’ The Quarry, opposite Michael Shannon and Shea Whigham.

Soto played the lead of David Ayer’s film The Tax Collector opposite Shia LaBeouf, which takes Ayer back to his film roots of End of Watch and Training Day.

Isabella Gomez to Appear in Recurring Role on Apple’s Comedy Series “Shrinking”

Posted on April 10, 2025 by Tom Castaneda

Isabella Gomez’s resume is shrinking… in a good way.

The 27-year-old Colombian actress has joined the cast of Apple’s comedy series Shrinking in a recurring role.

Co-created by Jason Segel, Bill Lawrence and Brett Goldstein, Shrinking follows grieving therapist Jimmy (Segel), who starts to break the rules and tell his clients exactly what he thinks. Ignoring his training and ethics, he finds himself making huge, tumultuous changes to people’s lives … including his own.

In addition to Segel and Ford, Christa Miller, Jessica Williams, Luke Tennie, Michael Urie, Lukita Maxwell and Ted McGinley also star.

Jeff Daniels will guest star as Jimmy’s father.

Shrinking is produced for Apple TV+ by Warner Bros Television, where Lawrence and Goldstein are under overall deals, and Lawrence’s Doozer Productions.

Since its premiere, the series has received SAG Award nominations for Best Ensemble, as well as for performances by Segel and Ford; a Critics Choice Award win for Best Supporting Actor Urie; and nominations for Emmy Awards, and the WGA, among many others.

Gomez recently embraced her theater roots with a starring role in Gloria Calderon Kellett’s One of the Good Ones. She was also recently seen in ABC’s hit series The Goldbergs as Adam Goldberg’s love interest, Carmen, and had a starring role in Amazon’s With Love.

She’s best known for her award-winning role as Elena Álvarez in the critically acclaimed series One Day at a Time.

On the film front, Gomez was recently seen leading E’s romantic comedy Royal Rendezvous and starring in the coming-of-age drama Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe.

She also lends her voice to Marvel’s Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur, Disney Channel’s animated shows Big Hero 6: The Series and Star vs. the Forces of Evil.

Juani Feliz Tapped to Lead CBS’ Potential “The Equalizer” Spinoff

Posted on January 18, 2025 by Tom Castaneda

Juani Feliz may be equalizing her career soon…

The 36-year-old Dominican actress and Titus Welliver have been tapped as the two leads of CBS‘ potential spinoff from The Equalizer.

The Queen Latifah procedural will introduce the two new characters, which could anchor their own series, in Episode 516 this season.

Welliver will play Hudson Reed, a former top CIA operative with a dark secret who is connected to Robin McCall (Queen Latifah) by an old mentor.

Feliz plays Samantha Reed who has been trained by her father to be a weapons expert, skilled martial artist and true chameleon all while hiding a mysterious past.

Both Welliver and Feliz have been cast as guest stars with series regular options for the potential spinoff.

Episode 516, written by Joseph C. Wilson who’ll serve as executive producer on the potential series, will air in the spring.

It’s not designated as a backdoor pilot. CBS has been taking a more informal approach with its lead offshoot characters in storylines integrated into regular episodes of the mothership series, something the network has done twice now on Fire Country, first with Morena Baccarin, whose offshoot was picked up to series, and more recently with Jared Padalecki.

A reimagining of the classic series, The Equalizer stars Queen Latifah as Robyn McCall, an enigmatic woman with a mysterious background who uses her extensive skills as a former CIA operative to help those with nowhere else to planted spinoff efforts, introducing potential turn.

If the offshoot goes forward, its two-hander format would be a departure from the original 1985 Equalizer series, the current CBS reboot as well as the film franchise, all of which had a single lead, male (first series and movies) and female (the Queen Latifah version).

The Season 5 cast also includes Tory Kittles, Adam Goldberg, Liza Lapira, Laya DeLeon Hayes with Lorraine Toussaint.

From Universal Television, a division of Universal Studio Group, in association with CBS Studios, The Equalizer is executive produced by Joseph C. Wilson, Dana Owens (Queen Latifah), Debra Martin Chase, Shakim Compere, John Davis, John Fox, Loretha Jones and Rob Hanning.

The series airs on Sundays at 9:00 pm, moving to 10:00 pm on February 18.

Feliz recurs on Tracy Oliver’s Amazon television series Harlem, currently airing its third season.

Her credits also include series Fleishman Is In Trouble and DMZ and the upcoming A24 feature Civil War and AMC’s The Terror: Devil In Silver.

Prime Video Announces Third & Final Season of Meagan Good’s “Harlem”

Posted on January 8, 2025 by Tom Castaneda

Meagan Good is bidding adieu to Harlem…

Prime Video’s Harlem, starring the 43-year-old part-Puerto Rican actress, will end with its upcoming third season, it was revealed with the trailer release on Wednesday.

The news comes as a surprise following November’s announcement that Season 3 would premiere on January 23 and the drop of first-look photos, but no mention it would be ending.

However, the good news is that the whole gang is back for a lot more drama and fun before it’s time to say goodbye including Angie (Shoniqua Shandai), Quinn (Grace Byers), Camille (Good) and Tye (Jerrie Johnson).

From creator, writer and executive producer Tracy Oliver, Harlem follows the core four women on the precipice of change like never before.

Whether it’s motherhood, singlehood, sisterhood, complicated career journeys, or even more complicated families, the stylish and ambitious best girlfriends strive to choose themselves above all else. Season 3 picks up following the shocking cliffhanger from last season.

“I’m beyond grateful to the whole team at Amazon for giving me the chance of a lifetime to tell these four Black women’s stories and shoot it in the city I love: Harlem. It’s been an incredible journey, and I’m honored to see the impact it’s made in the culture, as well as the impact it’s had on all of us who’ve been blessed to work on it,” Oliver shared. “A huge thank you to everyone who’s watched the show. I’m excited to finally share our best season yet.”

The core quad will be joined by newcomers Kofi Siriboe, Logan Browning, Robin Givens and Gail Bean who will appear in recurring roles.

Siriboe will portray Seth, an MLB player whose confident, charming, and sweet mannerisms land him a spot in one of the ladies’ hearts. Browning will portray Portia, an edgy and beautiful woman from Ian’s (Tyler Lepley) childhood, whose return to Harlem causes a stir. Givens will portray Jacqueline, Eva’s no-nonsense mother. Bean will portray Given’s daughter Eva, a driven, yet playful, venture capitalist who has started working with Tye (Johnson).

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