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A Latina Perspective on Entertainment, Lifestyle and Life.

Ant-Man And The Wasp: Why The Wasp Deserved Double Billing Not Just “A Side Note”

07/05/2018 by SMinLA Team

Ant-Man And The Wasp: Why The Wasp Deserved Double Billing Not Just “A Side Note”

Contributed by Mike Manolo “It’s about damn time!” Those final words from uttered by Hope Van Dyne (Evangeline Lilly) during the first Ant-Man film's mid-credits scene are what rang in the ears of every fan. This wasn’t just because they were frothing at the mouth to see long-time comic book Avenger, The Wasp, finally in action, but also because 2015 represented a time where female … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Disney, Entertainment Tagged With: Ant Man and The Wasp, evangeline lilly, Hannah John-Kamen, Kevin Feige, Laurence Fishburne, michael douglas, Michelle Pfeiffer, Paul Rudd, Peyton Reed

7 Facts From The Cast On Oliver Stone’s “SNOWDEN”

09/15/2016 by SMinLA Team

7 Facts From The Cast On Oliver Stone’s “SNOWDEN”

Oliver Stone’s new film, SNOWDEN will be hitting theaters September 16. For those unfamiliar with the story of Edward Snowden, here’s a little rundown for you: Edward Snowden was a young man hoping to be a soldier. However, after being injured during a training exercise, he wasn’t able to continue. Some time after, he met his girlfriend Lindsay. Around the same time, he began working at the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Entertainment Tagged With: Edward Snowden, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Lindsay Mills, Melissa Leo, Oliver Stone, Shailene Woodley, Snowden, Zachary Quinto

Shailene Woodley On ‘Snowden’ and Working With Oliver Stone

09/15/2016 by SMinLA Team

Shailene Woodley On ‘Snowden’ and Working With Oliver Stone

Shailene Woodley is best known for her role as Beatrice Prior in the DIVERGENT films. Recently it was announced that the final film in the DIVERGENT series would be released as a TV movie. Judging by Woodley’s reaction at the time (she had no idea it was even announced), things are not exactly going well for the franchise. Woodley, however, best shines in the roles she’s portrayed outside of the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Entertainment Tagged With: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Oliver Stone, Shailene Woodley, Snowden

7 Things To Know About RATCHET & CLANK

05/03/2016 by SMinLA Team

7 Things To Know About RATCHET & CLANK

After making it big in the video game world, those lovable characters Ratchet & Clank now move over to the silver screen with a movie that shows how they first came to meet one another. “Ratchet & Clank” recently had its press conference at the Four Seasons Hotel in Los Angeles, California, and in attendance were the movie’s stars James Arnold Taylor and Bella Thorne as well as co-writer … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Entertainment Tagged With: Bella Thorne, James Arnold Taylor, Kevin Munroe, Ratchet & Clank

Talking With RATCHET & CLANK Voice James Arnold Taylor and Director Kevin Munroe

05/03/2016 by SMinLA Team

Talking With RATCHET & CLANK Voice James Arnold Taylor and Director Kevin Munroe

Ratchet & Clank began in 2002 as a video game series and has since become one of the biggest video game franchises that has not ceased growing in popularity. Now, after all these years, it finally makes its leap onto the big screen in an origin story film titled “Ratchet & Clank.” The film follows the Lombax mechanic Ratchet (James Arnold Taylor) as he pursues his dream of becoming … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Entertainment Tagged With: James Arnold Taylor, Kevin Munroe, Ratchet & Clank

7 Things To Know About THE MEDDLER

04/27/2016 by SMinLA Team

7 Things To Know About THE MEDDLER

“The Meddler” has turned out to be one the sweetest cinematic surprises of 2016. Written and directed by Lorene Scafaria, it stars Susan Sarandon as Marnie Minervini who was recently widowed and ends up moving from New Jersey to Los Angeles to be closer to her daughter Lori (Rose Byrne). Marnie is desperate to help Lori anyway she can, but it doesn’t take long for Lori to become infinitely … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Entertainment Tagged With: JK SImmons, Lorene Scafaria, Susan Sarandon, THE MEDDLER

The Moms of MasterChef

07/29/2015 by SMinLA Team

The Moms of MasterChef

Fox’s reality cooking competition MasterChef follows amateur chefs on their journey to sharpen their skills and impress the judges, including well-known restaurateur Gordon Ramsay. After weeks of challenges, a winner is crowned—but for the mothers on the show, being away from their children is definitely an added pressure. With the sixth season of the show currently airing on Fox, the moms of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Entertainment, Food/Wine Tagged With: fox, Interview, masterchef, mom, mother, Motherhood, parenting, reality, television

Warner Bros. Studio Tour Hollywood’s New Expansion

07/20/2015 by SMinLA Team

Warner Bros. Studio Tour Hollywood’s New Expansion

Last week, I had the pleasure of experiencing the new 25,000-square-foot expansion of the Warner Bros. Studio Tour Hollywood and it was incredible. The exhibit, titled Stage 48: Script to Screen, takes you behind the scenes of producing a film or television show, giving you a rare glimpse into Hollywood. At the preview, stars like Clint Eastwood, Jon Cryer and director Zack Snyder walked the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Entertainment, Los Angeles, Travel Tagged With: film, film industry, film production, Hollywood, Los Angeles, movies, script to screen, stage 48, stage 48: script to screen, studio tour, tour, Warner Bros, warner bros studio tour hollywood, wb

Top 15 Books Turned Into Movies in 2015

07/13/2015 by SMinLA Team

Top 15 Books Turned Into Movies in 2015

Turning a beloved book into a motion picture isn’t an easy task. Avid readers are understandably critical when it comes to adaptations of their favorite tales—will it stick to the book’s plot? Will it leave anything major out? Will there be a deviating twist at the end? These are our picks for the top 15 books becoming movies this year.   STILL ALICE by Lisa Genova (2007) Sony … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Entertainment Tagged With: Books, books turned into movies, dark places, fifth shades of grey, frankenstein, Hunger Games Mockingjay, insurgent, madame bovary, maze runner scorch trials, ME AND EARL AND THE DYING GIRL, mockingjay, movies, paper towns, scorch trials, secret in their eyes, serena, Still Alice, the longest ride, the martian, the revenant

The Most Memorable Movies Produced by Jerry Weintraub

07/08/2015 by SMinLA Team

The Most Memorable Movies Produced by Jerry Weintraub

It almost seems unreal that prolific producer Jerry Weintraub passed away this week at the age of 77. He was one of those guys who was anywhere and everywhere from one decade to the next to where it was tempting to see him as incapable of dying. Those who know him best were quick to describe him as one of the most colorful characters in Hollywood, and reporter Scott Huver went out of his way to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Entertainment Tagged With: Al Pacino, Barry Levinson, Cruising, Diner, George Burns, Jerry Weintraub, John Denver, Nashville, Ocean's Eleven, Oh God, Robert Altman, The Karate Kid, William Friedkin

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