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Vida (TV Series)
''Vida'' is an American comedy-drama television series created by Tanya Saracho and inspired by the short story "Pour Vida" by Richard Villegas Jr. The series stars Melissa Barrera, Mishel Prada, Ser Anzoategui, Chelsea Rendon, Carlos Miranda, Maria-Elena Laas, and Roberta Colindrez. ''Vida'' tells the story of two Mexican American sisters who move back to their childhood home in Boyle Heights, Los Angeles after the death of their mother. ''Vida'' premiered on May 6, 2018, on Starz. The series was renewed by Starz for a third season less than a week after the second season's debut. In March 2020, it was announced that the third season would be the final season as Starz had cancelled the program. The third season premiered on April 26, 2020. ''Vida'' received critical acclaim. Each season holds a 100% score on review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes. The program received a 2019 GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Comedy Series. Premise ''Vida'' follows "two Mexican American sisters, Emm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Comedy-drama
Comedy drama (also known by the portmanteau dramedy) is a hybrid genre of works that combine elements of comedy and Drama (film and television), drama. In film, as well as scripted television series, serious dramatic subjects (such as death, illness, betrayal, grief, etc.) are handled with realism and subtlety, while preserving a humorous tenor. The term "dramedy" began to be used in the television industry in the 1980s. Modern television comedy dramas tend to have more humour integrated into the story than the comic relief common in drama series, but usually contain a lower joke rate than sitcom, sitcoms. History In Theatre of ancient Greece, Greek theatre, plays were considered comedies or tragedies (i.e. drama): the former being light stories with a happy ending, and the latter serious stories with a sad ending. This concept even influenced Theatre of ancient Rome, Roman theatre and theatre of the Hellenistic period. Theatre of that era is thought to have long-lasting infl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
GLAAD Media Award For Outstanding Comedy Series
The GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Comedy Series is an annual award that honors comedy series for excellence in the depiction of LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender) characters and themes. It is one of several categories of the annual GLAAD Media Awards, which are presented by GLAAD—an American non-governmental media monitoring organization founded in 1985, formerly called the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation—at ceremonies in New York City; Los Angeles; and San Francisco between March and June. The award is one of the few to have been present at every ceremony since the 1st GLAAD Media Awards in 1990, where the CBS series '' Doctor Doctor'' won. For the 7th GLAAD Media Awards in 1996, the category was merged with Outstanding Drama Series to create Outstanding Television Series, but this was reverted the following year. Throughout the award's history, there have only been two instances where a tie occurred: in 1995 where NBC's ''Friends'' and ABC's ''Ros ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rose Troche
Rose Troche (; ; born 1964) is an American film and television director, television producer, and screenwriter. Early life and education Troche was born to Puerto Rican parents and grew up on the north side of Chicago. In an interview she stated, "My parents thought moving to the suburbs was a sign of success," and "We were always the family that made everyone say, 'There goes the neighborhood.'" She and her family moved to the suburbs when she was a teen. She started working part-time at a movie theater where her interest in film developed. She earned her undergraduate degree in art history from the University of Illinois at Chicago and went on to get a graduate degree in film. Personal life Troche is a lesbian. She met and started a relationship with Guinevere Turner in the early 1990s. They began to work on a film based on their own experiences and their friends in the Chicago lesbian community, which they originally titled "Ely and Max," but was changed to '' Go Fish''. By ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
So Yong Kim
So Yong Kim (born 1968) is an American independent filmmaker. She has made four feature films: '' In Between Days'', '' Treeless Mountain'', '' For Ellen'', and '' Lovesong''. So Yong Kim is a recipient of the New York Foundation’s Video Artist Grant, Puffin Grant, MacDowell Colony Media Fellow for the National Endowment for the Arts and the Sleipnir Nordik Arts Travel Grant. She has exhibited her installations and films/videos in Austin, Chicago, New York, London, Marseilles, Reykjavik, Milwaukee, Gothenburg, Osnabruck, and Tokyo. Early life She was born in Busan, South Korea, in 1968 and moved to Los Angeles, California to live with her mother at the age of 12. She studied painting, performance and video art at the Art Institute of Chicago, where she earned her MFA. Career In 2003, Kim produced the award-winning Icelandic feature Salt, directed by her husband and creative partner Bradley Rust Gray. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boyle Heights
Boyle may refer to: Places United States * Boyle, Kansas, an unincorporated community * Boyle, Mississippi, a town *Boyle County, Kentucky *Boyle Heights, Los Angeles, a neighborhood Elsewhere * Boyle (crater), a lunar crater * 11967 Boyle, an asteroid * Boyle, Alberta, Canada, a village *Boyle, County Roscommon, Ireland, a town Structures * Boyle Abbey, County Roscommon, Ireland, a ruined Cistercian abbey * Boyle Cross, in Somerset, England, a market cross Other uses * Boyle (surname), a Scottish and Irish surname of Norman origin *Boyle's law Boyle's law, also referred to as the Boyle–Mariotte law or Mariotte's law (especially in France), is an empirical gas laws, gas law that describes the relationship between pressure and volume of a confined gas. Boyle's law has been stated as: ..., in physics, one of the gas laws; named after Irish natural philosopher Robert Boyle * Boyle's machine, used in the administration of general anaesthesia to patients * Clan Boyle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alonso Ruizpalacios
Alonso Ruizpalacios (; born 1978) is a Mexican film director. Best known for directing the feature films '' Güeros'' (2014), ''Museum'' (2018), '' A Cop Movie'' (2021) and '' La cocina'' (2024). Biography Ruizpalacios was born and raised in Mexico City. He studied stage directing in Mexico City, before moving to London where he trained as an actor at RADA. Ruizpalacios writes and directs for both stage and screen. His short film ''Café Paraíso'' won multiple awards on the film festival circuit. His debut feature '' Güeros'', shot in black and white, was lauded by critics and won five Ariel Awards in 2015, including Best Picture, Best First Film and Best Director.http://mexicouk2015.mx/en/event/proyeccion-gueros-de-alonso-ruizpalacios Bio] Ruizpalacios also directed the music video for " Hasta la Raíz (song), Hasta la Raíz" by Mexican singer-songwriter Natalia Lafourcade. He recently directed the movie ''Museo'', starring Gael García Bernal. The film won the best script ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tonatiuh Elizarraraz
Tonatiuh Elizarraraz (born January 3, 1995), professionally known as Tonatiuh (), is an American actor, known for featuring in the Spanish series '' Vida'' (2018–2020), the American soap opera ''Promised Land'' (2022), and the film '' Kiss of the Spider Woman'' (2025). Life Tonatiuh was born in Los Angeles to immigrant parents from Mexico. He grew up in the neighborhood of West Covina with his mother, older brother, and grandmother. His mother cut hair in a beauty salon to support the family. He graduated from University of Southern California. Tonatiuh identifies as queer and has spoken openly about the importance of authentic representation in media. Career In 2024, Tonatiuh had a supporting role in the Netflix action thriller film '' Carry-On''. He starred alongside Jennifer Lopez and Diego Luna in Bill Condon's musical drama film '' Kiss of the Spider Woman'', which premiered at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival. He played Luis Molina, a jailed, gay hairdresser. In a mixe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raúl Castillo (actor)
Raúl Castillo Jr. (born August 30, 1977) is an American actor and playwright. He is known for his acting roles in '' Amexicano'' and '' Cold Weather'' and his role as Richie Donado Ventura in the HBO series ''Looking'' and its subsequent series finale television film, '' Looking: The Movie''. He received a nomination for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Male for his performance in the film '' We the Animals''. His notable written plays include ''Border Stories'' and ''Between Me, You, and the Lampshade.'' His works are associated with the LAByrinth Theater Company and the Atlantic Theater Company. Early life Raúl Castillo Jr. was born to Raúl H. Castillo Sr. and Adela "Adelita" Rodríguez de Castillo. He has an older brother, Tony, and a younger sister. His parents are Mexican emigrants from Reynosa, Tamaulipas, Mexico, who later moved to McAllen, Texas, where he and his siblings were raised. His hometown of McAllen was 90 percent Mexican-American. Living so c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Renée Victor
Renée Victor (July 25, 1938 – May 30, 2025) was an American actress, dance instructor, and singer. She was best known for her role as Lupita on ''Weeds'' and providing the voice of female Argonians in Bethesda Softworks' 2011 video game '' The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim''. Career Victor was born in San Antonio, Texas on July 25, 1938. She moved to Los Angeles in the 1960s, where she sang for prominent bandleaders who spearheaded the popularity of Latin music in the U.S., including Xavier Cugat and Perez Prado. She was also as a dance instructor, teaching salsa and tango. She met her husband through dance classes. She and her husband traveled globally to perform together under the banner "Ray & Renée" — nicknamed the Latin Sonny & Cher — from 1963 to 1973. She appeared in the 2014 film, '' Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones''. Her previous work includes a recurring role in 2004 on '' ER'', and a guest role on a 2010 episode of ''Childrens Hospital''. In 2020 and 2021, sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elizabeth De Razzo
Elizabeth De Razzo is an American actress. She is best known for her recurring role as Maria in the sports comedy television series '' Eastbound & Down''. Career Her first on-screen appearance was a role as Shirley in the episode "The Promise" of CBS's police procedural television series ''Cold Case.'' She also had roles in television series '' ER'', '' United States of Tara'' and '' Southland''. In 2010, she was cast as Maria for the second season of sports comedy television series '' Eastbound & Down''. In the third season of ''Eastbound & Down'', she was credited with the main cast. De Razzo's film credits include ''The 33'' (2015), '' The Greasy Strangler'' (2016) and ''Lemon'' (2017). Filmography References External links * Elizabeth De Razzoon Twitter Twitter, officially known as X since 2023, is an American microblogging and social networking service. It is one of the world's largest social media platforms and one of the most-visited websites. Users can ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Francisco
San Francisco, officially the City and County of San Francisco, is a commercial, Financial District, San Francisco, financial, and Culture of San Francisco, cultural center of Northern California. With a population of 827,526 residents as of 2024, San Francisco is the List of California cities by population, fourth-most populous city in the U.S. state of California and the List of United States cities by population, 17th-most populous in the United States. San Francisco has a land area of at the upper end of the San Francisco Peninsula and is the County statistics of the United States, fifth-most densely populated U.S. county. Among U.S. cities proper with over 250,000 residents, San Francisco is ranked first by per capita income and sixth by aggregate income as of 2023. San Francisco anchors the Metropolitan statistical area#United States, 13th-most populous metropolitan statistical area in the U.S., with almost 4.6 million residents in 2023. The larger San Francisco Bay Area ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Variety (magazine)
''Variety'' is an American trade magazine owned by Penske Media Corporation. It was founded by Sime Silverman in New York City in 1905 as a weekly newspaper reporting on theater and vaudeville. In 1933, ''Daily Variety'' was launched, based in Los Angeles, to cover the film industry, motion-picture industry. ''Variety'' website features entertainment news, reviews, box office results, plus a credits database, production charts and film calendar. History Founding ''Variety'' has been published since December 16, 1905, when it was launched by Sime Silverman as a weekly periodical covering theater and vaudeville, with its headquarters in New York City. Silverman had been fired by ''The Morning Telegraph'' in 1905 for panning an act which had taken out an advert for $50. He subsequently decided to start his own publication that, he said, would "not be influenced by advertising." With a loan of $1,500 from his father-in-law, he launched ''Variety'' as publisher and editor. In additi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
