Arts and Media May 2019

Oprah Winfrey To Address Graduates

Former talk show host, author and actress Oprah Winfrey is scheduled to give the commencement address at Colorado College. The event will be livestreamed.

Arts and Media April 2019

Most Famous Hispanic Actress You Didn´t Know

Actress Helena Bonham Carter’s maternal grandfather was Eduardo Propper de Callejón, a Spanish diplomat stationed in France during World War II who helped refugees escape the Nazis.

Arts and Media April 2019

WPUNJ Name A Top Music Business School

WPUNJ (William Paterson University) is one of the top 20 top music business schools in the country by Billboard magazine. WPUNJ has been named for the second consecutive year.

Arts and Media April 2019

‘The Prayer’ Concerto For Venezuela

Alfonso Tenreiro has composed a concerto called “The Prayer” that’s inspired by the political unrest in Venezuela. Tenreiro’s concerto is to be performed at an upcoming festival.

Arts and Media March 2019

Rita Moreno Wins Peabody

The Peabody Awards Board of Jurors has chosen Rita Moreno to receive the Peabody Career Achievement Award. Moreno will become one of three PEGOT winners.

Arts and Media March 2019

‘One Day At A Time’ And ‘Jane The Virgin’

The cancellation of Latino-themed programs like the reboot of “One Day at a Time,” as well as “Jane the Virgin,” demonstrate the challenges such projects still encounter.

Arts and Media March 2019

Professor Wins $165K Poetry Prize

For the first time one of the writers at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln has won a Windham-Campbell Prize. English professor Kwame Dawes has one $165,000 for his poetry.

Arts and Media March 2019

Disney Closes $71B Deal For Fox Assets

Disney has closed its acquisition of Fox’s entertainment business, paving the way for its new streaming service. Properties now under the Disney umbrella include “The Simpsons.”

Arts and Media March 2019 Premium

2 MLB Champions Of Bilingualism

Inside the opulent ballroom at the St. Regis New York Hotel in New York City while waiting for the annual Baseball Hall of Fame news conference to commence, I was awestruck to be in the presence of two newly-minted Latino Hall of Fame inductees: Edgar Martínez and a legendary relief pitcher.

Arts and Media February 2019

US Latinas Rally Around 'Roma' Actress

Actress Yalitza Aparicio has received both support and backlash for her role in the film “Roma” where she plays a domestic worker for a middle-class family in Mexico City in the 1970s.

Arts and Media February 2019

KU Professor Wins Oscar

A professor at the University of Kansas won the Oscar for best adapted screenplay for his contribution to the film "BlacKkKlansman."

Arts and Media February 2019

Craigslist Founder Donates $10M To Columbia

Craig Newmark, the founder the Craigslist, is donating $10 million to Columbia University and $5 million dollars to the Poynter Institute to help promote ethics in journalism.