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Go For It! (2011 Film)
''Go for It!'' is a 2011 American musical drama film written and directed by Carmen Marrón and starring Aimee Garcia. Cast *Aimee Garcia as Carmen Salgado * Al Bandiero as Frank Martin * Jossara Jinaro as Loli *Gina Rodriguez as Gina *Louie Alegria as Pablo *Derrick Denicola as Jared *Andres Perez-Molina as Jesse Salgado Release The film was released on May 13, 2011. Reception Andy Webster of ''The New York Times'' gave the film a positive review, calling it "an unpretentious rite-of-passage drama whose merits belie the banality of its title." Kimberley Jones of ''The Austin Chronicle'' awarded the film two and a half stars out of five, describing it as "earnest and sympathetic but unsophisticated." Frank Scheck of ''The Hollywood Reporter ''The Hollywood Reporter'' (''THR'') is an American digital and print magazine which focuses on the Cinema of the United States, Hollywood film industry, film, television, and entertainment industries. It was founded in 1930 as a daily ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aimee Garcia
Aimee Sandimés Garcia López de Ordóñez (born November 28, 1978) is an American actress. She is known for her television roles as Veronica Palmero on the ABC sitcom '' George Lopez'' (2006–2007), Jamie Batista on the Showtime drama '' Dexter'' (2011–2013), Yvonne Sanchez on the CBS period drama '' Vegas'' (2012–2013), and Ella Lopez on the Fox/Netflix drama ''Lucifer'' (2016–2021). Early life Aimee Garcia was born in Chicago, Illinois. Her mother, Eloisa, is from Pachuca, Hidalgo, Mexico, and graduated from Northwestern University's dental school; her father, Hector, is from San Juan, Puerto Rico, and was in the U.S. Armed Forces. Garcia started acting in commercials as a child, and participated in theater at seven years old. She grew up in Oak Park, Illinois, where she attended Fenwick High School graduating in 1996. While in school, she took acting classes at Piven Theatre Workshop. She appeared in local plays and musicals during her time at Northwestern Uni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Al Bandiero
Al Bandiero is an American film, radio personality, and television actor, known for playing Peter Evans in the television series ''Desire''. Other works * Extensive TV Hosting; Children's Miracle Network Telethon, TV 2000, This Week's Music, Music Connection, also numerous infomercials. * Extensive National Radio Shows; Al's Party, Incredible 80s, DJ at WKBW in the late 1970s and WKTU in 1980s. * Direct Hits, Club Hotline (Japan) * Extensive Voice over credits; Car companies, Hair shampoos, Soft drinks, Pop Albums, TV promos, etc. * '' Silent Hill: Homecoming'' (video-game) 4 characters (mo-cap & voices) Publicity Interviews * Southeastern Antiquing & Collecting Magazine (USA) January 2007, by: Ken Hall, "Al Bandiero, Star of the Fox TV Series ''Desire'', Collects Watches" * Radio & Records (USA) 28 July 2006, Iss. 1668, pg. 28, by: Darnella Dunham, "Going Hollywood, From Radio Personality to Actor" * Starry Constellation Magazine (USA) 2006, by: Lisa Steinberg, "Al Bandiero, D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jossara Jinaro
Jossara Jinaro (25 May 1973 – 27 April 2022) was a Brazilian–American actress. Early life Jossara Jinaro was born in Rio de Janeiro, on 25 May 1973, the daughter of two Maoist parents. At an early age, she was raised in Colombia after her mother married a diplomat. They relocated to the United States after her stepfather was held hostage by guerillas. At the age of 16, she went to pursue a career in acting before she landed a job in Los Angeles after graduating from college. Career After playing minor roles in foreign language television series, she made her first American appearance Rosetta in the 2002 action film ''Collateral Damage'', starring Arnold Schwarzenegger. She also appeared as the recurring character Courtney Messina, the daughter of Ignacio Messina (Cheech Marin), in the CBS television series ''Judging Amy''. She has guest appearances in several television shows, including '' ER'', ''Without a Trace'', ''The Young and the Restless'', ''The Closer'', '' Southla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gina Rodriguez
Gina Alexis Rodriguez (born July 30, 1984) is an American actress. She is known for her leading role as Jane Villanueva in The CW satirical romantic dramedy series ''Jane the Virgin'' (2014–2019), for which she received a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy, Golden Globe Award in 2015. Born and raised in Chicago, Rodriguez began her career in 2003 in theater productions and made her screen debut in an episode of the police procedural drama series ''Law & Order''. Her breakthrough came in 2012, in the independent musical-drama film ''Filly Brown''. She has gone on to star in such films as ''Deepwater Horizon (film), Deepwater Horizon'' (2016), ''Ferdinand (film), Ferdinand'' (2017), ''Annihilation (film), Annihilation'' (2018), ''Miss Bala (2019 film), Miss Bala'' (2019), ''Someone Great (film), Someone Great'' (2019), ''Scoob!'' (2020), ''Awake (2021 film) , Awake'' (2021), ''I Want You Back (film), I Want You Back'' (2022), and ''Spy Ki ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The New York Times
''The New York Times'' (''NYT'') is an American daily newspaper based in New York City. ''The New York Times'' covers domestic, national, and international news, and publishes opinion pieces, investigative reports, and reviews. As one of the longest-running newspapers in the United States, the ''Times'' serves as one of the country's Newspaper of record, newspapers of record. , ''The New York Times'' had 9.13 million total and 8.83 million online subscribers, both by significant margins the List of newspapers in the United States, highest numbers for any newspaper in the United States; the total also included 296,330 print subscribers, making the ''Times'' the second-largest newspaper by print circulation in the United States, following ''The Wall Street Journal'', also based in New York City. ''The New York Times'' is published by the New York Times Company; since 1896, the company has been chaired by the Ochs-Sulzberger family, whose current chairman and the paper's publ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Austin Chronicle
''The Austin Chronicle'' is an alternative weekly newspaper published every Thursday in Austin, Texas, United States. The paper is distributed through free news-stands, often at local eateries or coffee houses frequented by its targeted demographic. In 2001, the newspaper reported a weekly readership of 545,500. It is part of the Association of Alternative Newsmedia and it emulates the typical publications of the 1960s counterculture movement. History The ''Chronicle'' was co-founded in 1981 by Nick Barbaro and Louis Black, with assistance from others who largely met through the graduate film studies program at the University of Texas at Austin. Barbaro and Black are also co-founders of the South by Southwest Festival, although the festival operates as a separate company. The paper initially was published bi-weekly, and later weekly. Its precursor in style and format was the ''Austin Sun'', a bi-weekly that had ceased operations in 1978, after four years of publication. The fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Scheck
Frank Scheck is an American film critic. He is best known for his reviews in the ''New York Post'' and ''The Hollywood Reporter''. He formerly edited ''STAGES Magazine'' and worked as a theater critic for the ''Christian Science Monitor ''The Christian Science Monitor'' (''CSM''), commonly known as ''The Monitor'', is a nonprofit news organization that publishes daily articles both in electronic format and a weekly print edition. It was founded in 1908 as a daily newspaper b ...'' in the 1990s. References External linksFrank Scheck in the New York Post American film critics Living people New York Post people The Christian Science Monitor people The Hollywood Reporter people Year of birth missing (living people) {{US-film-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Hollywood Reporter
''The Hollywood Reporter'' (''THR'') is an American digital and print magazine which focuses on the Cinema of the United States, Hollywood film industry, film, television, and entertainment industries. It was founded in 1930 as a daily trade paper, and in 2010 switched to a weekly Wide-format printer, large-format print magazine with a revamped website. As of 2020, the day-to-day operations of the company are handled by Penske Media Corporation through a joint venture with Eldridge Industries. The magazine also sponsors and hosts major industry events. History Foundation and early years ''The Hollywood Reporter'' was founded in 1930 by William R. Wilkerson, William R. "Billy" Wilkerson (1890–1962) as Hollywood's first daily entertainment trade newspaper. The first edition appeared on September 3, 1930, and featured Wilkerson's front-page "Tradeviews" column, which became influential. The newspaper appeared Monday-to-Saturday for the first 10 years, except for a brief period, t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
