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The Pop Culture Happy Hour team is off today, so we're bringing you a story from Mandalit del Barco's radio series about Latinos in Hollywood. Latinos have been a part of Hollywood since the days of silent movies, but they continue to be underrepresented in front of and behind the camera. For example, there aren't many Latina actresses in leading movie roles-- fewer than two percent, according… → Read More
Jaime and Gilbert Hernandez have been drawing and writing their comic book series Love and Rockets since 1982. → Read More
Sebastião Salgado flew with the Brazilian military to create images of inaccessible areas of rainforest and the life it contains. "Amazonia is paradise," the 78-year-old photographer says. → Read More
The rape and sexual assault case against Harvey Weinstein opened in Los Angeles Monday. Prosecutors described violent encounters between Weinstein and eight key witnesses from 2004 to 2013. → Read More
Actors Eva Longoria, America Ferrera, Rosie Perez, Rosario Dawson, Zoe Saldana and Gina Rodriguez are also directors, producers and activists. → Read More
La Borinqueña and the A La Brava are new superheroes whose creators hope will influence change. → Read More
In 1931, another cast and crew for the movie Dracula worked overnight, after the star and the English language crew wrapped, to redo the scenes in Spanish. (Story aired on ATC on Sept. 19, 2022.) → Read More
The report also examines the way media feeds anti-Latino hate in the U.S. → Read More
The Hollywood playlist of Latino film composers includes Maria Grever, Agustín Lara, Lalo Schifrin, Gustavo Santaolalla, Lin-Manuel Miranda and Germaine Franco. → Read More
In 1931, an entire new cast and crew reshot Dracula into Spanish on the Universal Studios lot. → Read More
A new study shows that Latino-led content attracted new viewers to streaming platforms and helped make shows and films more popular. → Read More
Latinos have been part of Hollywood since the silent film era but are still underrepresented in front of and behind the camera. → Read More
"Regeneration" examines 73 years of film history, from the silent movie days to the rise of the Blaxploitation era. → Read More
English-Australian singer, songwriter and actress Olivia Newton-John has died at age 73. She was one of the the biggest pop stars in the 1970's and early 1980's. → Read More
Warner Bros. Discovery has shelved production of its film Batgirl. It's a good time to recall her path to this point. → Read More
Nichols broke ground and paved the way for Black actors in Hollywood as Uhura. Her castmate George Takei wrote, "We lived long and prospered together." → Read More
The Oscar winner had released a written apology earlier, but this time posted one on YouTube. He said his behavior, striking Rock in response to a joke, was unacceptable. → Read More
Resurfaced news about author Delia Owen may overshadow the film adaptation of Where The Crawdads Sing, her bestselling 2018 novel about a young woman raised in the marshes of North Carolina → Read More
Oscar-winning film director and screenwriter Paul Haggis is being detained on sexual assault charges. He has previously been accused of sexual misconduct by multiple women. → Read More
Republican legislators in Florida, Arizona, Texas and other states have proposed to ban minors from drag shows. → Read More