Latin American Panel on Unscripted: Form More Hubs, Strategic Alliances

“I tell folks, when they ask why to choose Baltimore Pride over other cities’ Prides, is that attending Pride in other cities requires lots of money and can be very pricey,” says Tremor Wilson, senior director of advocacy and community engagement at the Pride Center of Maryland, which organizes Charm City’s annual celebration. “If you go to New York City Pride, for example, hotels are $500 minimum and up, so it’s not affordable to the average person.“With Baltimore Pride, we partner with local hotels to offer affordable rooms that are cheaper than what they’d regularly cost,” Wilson continues.

Augusto Góngora, the journalist, author and television host documented in the Sundance winning film The Eternal Memory, is being mourned in his native Chile after his death at 71.

Oscar de la Renta and Carolina Herrera, and the new and stunning voices of that are following in their footsteps, among them Gabriela Hearst, Willy Chavarria, and Kika Vargas. Emily Ratajkowski poses in tiny string bikini during Brazil getaway: See PicsIs Eva Mendes releasing a summer dress collection?: See her best looksJennifer Lopez turns up the heat in thong bodysuit with chest and side cutouts“The exhibition is thematically organized into sections that address art, craftsmanship, elegance, gender, Indigenous heritage, politics, popular culture, and sustainability.

Eva Longoria was joined by actor and founder of the Los Angeles Latino International Film Festival Edward James Olmos at the premiere of her new movie Flamin’ Hot at TCL Chinese Theatre IMAX on Wednesday (May 31) in Los Angeles.

EXCLUSIVE: Viewers can’t seem to get enough of The Drew Barrymore Show.

Wedded — and professional — bliss! Jordana Brewster is living her best life after turning 40 — and she always knew that would be the case.

Royal Blood have announced a series of North American tour dates set to take place later this year.The shows will be in support of their recently announced album ‘Back To The Water Below’, which is set for release on September 8.Split into two parts, the first leg of the tour will see the duo venture to New Jersey’s Sea.Hear.Now festival on September 16 to kick off the live dates. From there they will make stops in Ohio, Kentucky, Illinois and more, before wrapping up in New York on October 3, supported by Bad Nerves.For the second part of the North American tour, Royal Blood — comprised of Mike Kerr and Ben Thatcher — will head to Los Angeles for a show at The Wiltern on November 9.

Thania Garcia Laura Pausini, the multi-lingual Italian performer and 10-time Latin Grammy-award nominee, has been named the Latin Recording Academy’s 2023 Person of the Year for her decades-long career as a multifaceted artist and for her social justice efforts. Pausini has released 14 studio albums with songs performed in Italian, Portuguese, English, French and Spanish. As one of Italy’s top female acts, Pausini has sold over 70 million albums worldwide and has been nominated for an Oscar, winning one Grammy and one Golden Globe for best original song for “Io sì (Seen)” which she co-wrote with Diane Warren for the 2020 film “La Vita Davanti a Sé.”

Reel talk! North Carolina may be known for its unmatched coastline, the Blue Ridge mountains and Cheerwine, but it’s also the backdrop of some of your favorite movies and television shows.

Italian filmmaker Nanni Moretti made it clear why he was making fun of Netflix in his latest Cannes film entry, A Brighter Tomorrow.

Michael Beale has already culled some of the Rangers big hitters - but others could follow them out the door in a double digit rebuild.

Aubrey Plaza has had an incredible year. The beloved actress and comedian starred in “White Lotus,” winning acclaim and award nominations for her performance. In a new interview, she discussed her work and called for Latinx diversity in media.

Anna Marie de la Fuente Latin American companies have descended on the 60th LA Screenings, mindful of the ever-shifting panorama in content distribution and production.  The ongoing writers’ strike is viewed by some as a boon for international content. Take what Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos said at the company’s first quarter financials report presentation when the writers’ strike was looming: “If there’s a strike — and we want to work really hard to make sure we can find a fair and equitable deal so we can avoid one — but if there is one, we have a large base of upcoming shows and films from around the world.” “The global market is finally realizing that Latin America, with almost 700 million inhabitants that speak the same language, is a territory that has a huge penetration in terms of OTT and – still – pay tv subscribers,” says Mexico City-based Manuel Marti, Fremantle’s head of scripted development, Latin America. “At the same time, it has a long history of producing local content with a distinctive genre that’s slowly being embedded into American culture via the 62 million Latinos that live in the U.S.,” he adds.

Anna Marie de la Fuente LA Screenings Independents hosted a panel of leading U.S.-based Latino producers who held forth on the challenges of creating Latino projects from the heart of Hollywood. Organized by C21 Media, the panel kicked off with Axel Kuschevatzky, director-owner of Infinity Hill, a producer of the Oscar-shortlisted “Argentina 1985,” who pointed out the asymmetry of the Latino experience in the U.S. entertainment biz, a persistent conundrum where 19% of the U.S. population is Latino, contributing an estimated $3.2 trillion to the economy, but where its representation on TV, streaming and theatrical hovers between 3%.and 5%. “We’re earning a lot of money for a lot of people but we’re not reclaiming the business that comes along with it,” Kuschevatzky asserted.

Summer vibes! As the weather heats up, so do A-listers’ go-to hotspots, preferred drinks and more.

EXCLUSIVE: Here at the Cannes Film Festival, Mubi has taken rights in North America, UK, Italy, Latin America, Turkey, India and Benelux to Un Certain Regard movie The Delinquents (Los Delincuentes).

Marvel Agents of SHEILD star Iain De Caestecker is transformed into Arthur Pendragon in first-look images for a new series which retells the Arthurian legend.

Anna Marie de la Fuente Tomás Yankelevich, EVP and chief content officer of general entertainment for Latin America and U.S. Hispanic at Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD), has opted to leave the company by the end of June to “pursue new professional endeavors.” Fernando Medin, president of WBD Latin America and U.S. Hispanic, has tapped industry vet Mariano Cesar to replace him. Cesar, who joined the pay TV industry some 30 years ago, was at the helm of such renowned brands as Uniseries, Retro, I.Sat, Space, TNT, TNT Series and Warner Channel. He was named head of programming and strategic content at HBO Max when it launched in 2021, adding the HBO channel portfolio and, more recently, Discovery+ to his duties.

Karol G is sharing her excitement for the release of her new Tiny Desk concert, giving her fans an intimate performance and a sense of nostalgia, as she decided to bring back her blue hair to sing some of her most emotional songs from her latest album ‘Mañana Sera Bonito.’“I am excited to tell you my Tiny Desk is out today from my album Mañana Sera Bonito,” she said on Instagram Stories. “It was beautiful, we had a great time.

Ed Meza @edmezavar Argentine production company StoryLab and Latin American group Cimarrón have teamed up to jointly co-produce TV series and feature films for the international market over the next three years. The agreement includes development, production of both existing formats and original projects, including both scripted and non-scripted series as well as films. StoryLab and Cimarrón, which operates in Uruguay, Argentina and Mexico, aim to strengthen each other as they expand internationally, taking advantage of the former’s success in content development and the latter’s impressive production capacity. The companies additionally plan to take advantage of tax incentives and cash rebates offered by Uruguay for filming in that country, a proposal they describe as highly attractive for the original production of content in an increasingly competitive industry.