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New Television Drama American Crime Premiering THURSDAY MARCH 5 on ABC

Tweet With writing, timing is everything. Being in the right place at the right time. — John Ridley Above:  Benito Martinez — photo credit American Crime. This powerful sneak peek trailer for a new television drama American Crime was heart wrenching for me to see. American Crime will be premiering this upcoming THURSDAY MARCH 5 […]

Dusk Till Dawn: The Series Can Be Seen On Netflix!

Tweet Above:  Joseph T Campos / Photo Credit:  El Rey Network I have known for some time the movie From Dusk Till Dawn could be seen on Netflix, but I did not know we could see From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series until recently. In order for me to keep up to speed on Robert […]

Immigrant History Reminder From Alejandro G. Iñárrit At The Oscars

Tweet “I just pray that they can be treated with the same dignity and respect of the ones who came before and built this incredible immigration nation.” – Alejandro G. Iñárrit  

Downtown L.A. to Restore Mural Honoring Anthony Quinn, the First Mexican Actor to Win an Oscar

Tweet We all know Los Angeles as the city of sprawl. Highways, freeways, expressways and cars, lots of cars. It’s a city that truly came of age at a time when American society was rapidly suburbanizing and followed a model of expansive development that effectively left its urban core forgotten and underutilized. Now, thanks to […]

POLITICAL SALSA Y MÁS with Salomon Baldenegro “CHICANO HISTORY WEEK?” – Should there be? Please give us your thoughts below..

Tweet January 18, 2015 by salomon Members of a Listserv I subscribe to were recently asked to lobby their respective legislatures to designate the week of February 2-8 as “Chicano History Week.” That week was chosen because the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo was signed on February 2, 1848, ending the Mexican-American War. With all due […]

Homebound — Promoting Movies Starring Chicanos / Latinos Must Begin With Us

Tweet Enrique Castillo (Blood In Blood Out, Weeds, Zoot Suit) Photo Credit:  Homebound Another Reason To Revive The Chicano Movement By DeeDee Garcia Blase Homebound is a new independent movie that received numerous awards west of the Mississippi River. It is the story of Richard Lynn, a successful young man who returns to his small […]

“I LIKE YOUR CHRIST, BUT…” by Sal Baldenegro

Tweet I like your Christ, but… By: Sal Baldenegro Keep Christmas out of the stores? How things change. When I was growing up, religious folks railed against the commercialization of Christmas. They believed and taught that publicly, Christmas was to be celebrated in churches and that personally, the faithful carried Christmas in their hearts, not in […]

George Lopez Travels to Jerusalem; Visits Jesus’ Tomb, Gets Re-Baptized, and Proclaims ‘He is Risen’

Tweet Actor/comedian George Lopez had a spiritual reawakening during his recent visit to Jerusalem. According to photos he posted the 53-year-old visited parts of the region considered holy including the Wailing Wall, the supposed tomb of Jesus, and was re-baptized in the Jordan River. Lopez traveled around the country of Israel mid-November and shared the […]

Create Option C, actress Lourdes Colon’s journey with cancer

Tweet by Frank M. Miranda 11/12/2014 Create Option C my journey with Cancer, this is a touching story that effects allot of people in the world. Actress Lourdes Colon take the alternative and shares her life and story through this documentary, “Create Option C my journey with Cancer” a must see film merging conventional and […]

CRNLive Update: (Arizona) after finally apologizing for the use of the Vile (C-word) is it a little too late?

Tweet by Frenkie :-{> 10/24/2014 2:18 MST CRNLive Update: (Arizona) After finally apologizing for the use of the Vile (C-word) is it a little too late? Arizona – This issue reminds me of the disingenuous actions of public figures when they to use inappropriate language, their advisers immediately check them in to tolerance classes to somehow […]