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Freeform to Premiere Season 2 of Francia Raisa’s “Grown-ish” in January

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Francia Raisa is headed back to campus in January…

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Freeform has announced that the second season of Grown-ish, starring the 30-year-old Mexican and Honduran American actress, will premiere on January 2 at 8:00 pm ET.

Following their freshman year, Zoey (Yara Shahidi) and her friends are returning for their second year at CalU, during which they’ll soon discover they still have a lot to learn.

Grown-ish Cast

Returning alongside Shahidi and Raisa, who portrays Zoey’s roommate Ana Torres, are Trevor Jackson, Emily Arlook, Jordan Buhat, Chloe and Halle Bailey, Luka Sabbat and Deon Cole.

Freeform Releases Trailer for Francia Raisa’s “Life-Size 2”

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Francia Raisa is toying around…

Freeform has released the official trailer for Life-Size 2, starring the 30-year-old Honduran and Mexican American actress and Tyra Banks.

In the film,  Raisa plays Grace Manning, a 20-something CEO of Marathon Toys, a huge toy company started by her mother that is most famous for manufacturing the iconic Eve doll. Grace is also in the middle of her quarter-life crisis, realizing she is in over her head as CEO. To make matters worse, her wild-child ways are causing the company’s stock to plummet. With the help of her young next-door neighbor, Grace’s old Eve doll (Banks) magically awakens to help get Grace back on track and give her the confidence to be the woman and leader Eve knows Grace can be.

The movie also stars Alison Fernandez, Gavin Stenhouse, Shanica Knowles and Hank Chen.

Life-Size 2 premieres on Sunday, December 2, at 9:00 pm EST/PST.

The film is written by Cameron Fay and Stacey Harman and directed by Steven K. Tsuchida.

Francia Raisa to Star in Freeform’s “Black-ish” Spinoff, “Grown-ish”

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Francia Raisa is Grown-ing up…

The 29-year-old Honduran and Mexican American actress has joined the cast of Freeform’s Grown-ish, the spinoff of ABC’s acclaimed sitcom Black-ish.

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Grown-ish, from Black-ish executive producer Kenya Barris, is a contemporary take on the current issues facing both students and administrators in the world of higher education. Yara Shahidi portrays Zoey – Dre (Anthony Anderson) and Rainbow’s (Tracee Ellis Ross) popular, entitled, stylish and socially active 17-year-old daughter — as she heads off to college and quickly discovers that not everything goes her way once she leaves the nest.

Raisa will portray Ana, an outspoken conservative freshman at Southern California University.

Raisa joins previously announced cast members Shahidi, Deon Cole, Chris Parnell, Emily Arlook and Trevor Jackson.

The 13-episode comedy series is set to start production next week for an early 2018 premiere on Freeform.

Raisa, who rose to acclaim on The Secret Life of the American Teenager, previously appeared on Dear White People, The Mindy Project and In Plain Sight.

Raisa Signs with Abrams Artists Agency…

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Francia Raisa has new representation in Hollywood…

The 26-year-old Honduran and Mexican American actress has signed on with Abrams Artists Agency.

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Raisa was a regular on ABC Family’s The Secret Life of the American Teenager throughout its five-season run and appeared in the telefilms A Snow Globe Christmas and Christmas Bounty.

Other television gigs include The Mindy Project, CSI and In Plain Sight. She next appears in the Lifetime series Un-Real and the features Dirty Lies and Beyond Paradise.

Francia Raisa Cast in Lifetime’s Drama Pilot “Unreal”

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Francia Raisa’s next project really is unreal…

The 25-year-old Honduran and Mexican American actress has joined the cast of Shiri Appleby’s Lifetime’s drama pilot Unreal.

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The project goes behind the scenes of a hit competition dating series to follow the experiences of a young staffer (Life Unexpected‘s Appleby) whose lone job is to manipulate the relationships with (and among) the contestants in order to get the vital dramatic and outrageous footage producers demand.

Raisa will play Inez, a lesbian producer behind the scenes of the unscripted show who has a knack for finding great talent for the show.

Marti Noxon and Sarah Gertrude Shapiro penned the pilot, which is based on the latter’s short, Sequin Raze.

Raisa’s credits also include The Mindy Project, The CW pilot Company Town and CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.

Lovato Scores Three Teen Choice Award Nominations…

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The second wave of 2012 Teen Choice Awards nominations have been announced and Demi Lovato leads the pack of Latino nominees.

The 19-year-old part-Mexican singer/actress and new X Factor judge received three nods this round. She’s nominated for Choice Summer Music Star: Female, Choice Love Song and Choice Summer Song.

Lovato had previously received a nomination for Choice Twit, bringing her grand total of  Teen Choice Awards nominations to four.

But Lovato’s late surge wasn’t enough to move past Jennifer Lopez as the overall top Latino nominee.

The 42-year-old Puerto Rican singer/actress received an additional nod this round in the Choice Summer Music Star: Female category, bringing her Teen Choice Awards nomination total to six.

Other Latino/a nominees in this second wave include: Lea Michele, Noomi Rapace, Tyler Posey, Michael Trevino, Lana Parrilla, Francia Raisa and Pitbull.

Meanwhile, previously announced nominees Selena Gomez and Victoria Justice are some of the first presenters announced by event organizers.

The Teen Choice Awards air Sunday, July 22 on Fox. Voting ends at 11:59 p.m. PT on July 21.

Here’s a look at all the Latino/a nominees and their competition:

Choice Movie Scene Stealer: Female
Elizabeth Banks, The Hunger Games
Ashley Greene, The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1
Lea Michele, New Year’s Eve
Nikki Reed, The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1
Nicole Scherzinger, Men In Black 3

Choice Movie Breakout
Sam Claflin, Snow White & The Huntsman
Julianne Hough, Rock of Ages
Joe Manganiello, What to Expect When You’re Expecting
Noomi Rapace, Prometheus
Rihanna, Battleship

Choice Summer TV Star: Male
Ken Baumann, The Secret Life of the American Teenager
Jean-Luc Bilodeau, Baby Daddy
Michael Ealy, Common Law
Daren Kagasoff, The Secret Life of the American Teenager
Tyler Posey, Teen Wolf

Choice TV Villain
Joseph Morgan, The Vampire Diaries
Lana Parrilla, Once Upon a Time
Janel Parrish, Pretty Little Liars
Krysten Ritter, Don’t Trust the B— in Apt. 23
Michelle Trachtenberg, Gossip Girl

Choice TV Female Scene Stealer
Candice Accola, The Vampire Dairies
Dianna Agron, Glee
Sarah Hyland, Modern Family
Francia Raisa, The Secret Life of the American Teenager
Casey Wilson, Happy Endings

Choice TV Male Scene Stealer
Max Greenfield, New Girl
Gabriel Mann, Revenge
Michael Trevino, The Vampire Diaries
James Van Der Beek, Don’t Trust the B— in Apt. 23
Damon Wayans Jr., Happy Endings

MUSIC

Choice Summer Song
“All Around the World,” Justin Bieber featuring Ludacris
“Call Me Maybe,” Carly Rae Jepsen
“Give Your Heart a Break,” Demi Lovato
“Glad You Came,” The Wanted
“Scream,” Usher

Choice Love Song
“Die In Your Arms,” Justin Bieber
“Give Your Heart a Break,” Demi Lovato
“Home,” Phillip Phillips
“I Won’t Give Up,” Jason Mraz
“What Makes You Beautiful,” One Direction

Choice Summer Music Star: Female
Carly Rae Jepsen
Jennifer Lopez
Demi Lovato
Katy Perry
Rihanna

Choice Summer Music Star: Male
Justin Bieber
Flo Rida
David Guetta
Pitbull
Usher

This Year’s Best Latina Celebrity Halloween Costumes

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All Hallows Eve is drawing to a close… Throughout the weekend and well into Halloween night, our favorite Latina celebs were out in full force at bewitching holiday parties, events and outings in their most inspired costumes. So who was the best of the best?

Here’s a look at some of this year’s standouts:

Nicole Richie

No, no… That’s not Jennifer Lopez. That’s the 30-year-old Nicole Richie channeling la Lopez at Kate Hudson’s Halloween party in Los Angeles on Saturday.

Image courtesy of Flynet.

Jessica Alba

Even a large mole can’t detract from Jessica Alba’s spell-binding beauty. The half-Mexican American actress wore a witch costume to Kate Hudson’s Halloween party in Los Angeles.

Image courtesy of Flynet.

Alessandra Ambrosio


Victoria’s Secret model Alessandra Ambrosio donned a Black Swan-inspired outfit for a Halloween party at the Roosevelt Hotel in Los Angeles. There’s no denying the 30-year-old Brazilian bombshell looked white-hot!

Image courtesy of AKM Images.

Natalie Morales

During The Today Show’s Halloween Day reenactment of Prince William’s wedding to Kate Middleton, news anchor Natalie Morales dressed as Pippa Middleton.

Image courtesy of Getty.

Lea Michele

Glee star Lea Michele paid tribute to Natalie Portman‘s Oscar-winning role in Black Swan at a Halloween party this year. The part-Spanish actress dressed as the good “Swan Queen.”

Sofia Vergara

She’s commonly spotted in tight-fitting attire. But Modern Family star Sofia Vergara actually covered up for Halloween. The Colombian actress Tweeted this picture of herself dressed in an Angry Birds costume on Saturday.

Thalia


Mexican singer/actress Thalia dressed as a traditional Dia de los Muertos doll at Bette Midler‘s New York Restoration Project’s Hulaween on Friday night in New York City.

Image courtesy of Fame Pictures.

Francia Raisa

Francia Raisa wasn’t afraid to bare skin this Halloween. The part-Mexican, part-Honduran Secret Life of the American Teenager actress dressed as the iconic Star Wars character, Princess Leia.

So, who do you think was this year’s best-dressed Latina this Halloween?