Musician and global superstar Bad Bunny made waves at last night’s 2026 Grammy Awards ceremony in Los Angeles, CA. The star added three Grammy wins to his list of awards and now has a total of six Grammys.
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Director de películas cortas Rodrigo Moreno Fernández de Texas y México se sentó con los Nerds de color para hablar sobre su nueva película corta El llorón. En esta entrevista, Moreno Fernández nos habló sobre los funerales, los plañideros (lloradores profesionales) y la inteligencia artificial.
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Boston Court Pasadena’s production of The Night of the Iguana by Tennessee Williams opened on September 11. Set at the Costa Verde hotel in a quiet Mexican village in 1940, at the cusp of Hitler’s advancement on Europe, the rarely staged play tells the story of Episcopal clergyman Reverend Shannon (Riley Shanahan), who is in constant anguish as he questions his faith, God, and his choices, all while on the hotel property of Maxine Faulk (Julanne Chidi Hill) who recently became a widow.
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Tonatiuh plays Molina in the 2025 rendition of Kiss of the Spiderwoman, slated to hit theaters on October 10. We had the opportunity to speak to Tonatiuh about their journey to becoming an actor, one’s birthright to joy, and what this film can teach audiences in light of ongoing ICE raids in the United States.
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Pasadena Playhouse’s production of Jonathan Spector’s Eureka Day, opened on September 10. The Tony Award-winning play follows a group of PTA parents at a private elementary school in Berkeley, CA, in the Fall of 2018, as they attempt to navigate a mumps outbreak at the school.
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Kiss of the Spider Woman, starring Jennifer Lopez, Diego Luna, and Tonatiuh, is slated to hit theaters on October 10. The two-hour film pays tribute to Hollywood, the film industry, the movie musical, actors, and the idea of celebrity. Highlights from the film include actor Tonatiuh’s performance, Lopez’s dancing, and the use of Technicolor film processing.
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CASA 0101 Theater opened its Fernandomania Ten-Minute Play Festival on August 29, 2025 as part of its 25th Anniversary season. The festival featured the world premiere of twelve 10-minute plays that honor the legacy of Fernando Valenzuela, the late and great Major League Baseball pitcher and former Los Angeles Dodger who passed in October of last year.
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Cynthia Erivo and Adam Lambert took center stage in Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s rock opera Jesus Christ Superstar at the Hollywood Bowl on Saturday, August 2. The production had a star-studded cast that included Phillipa Soo of Hamilton and Raúl Esparza from Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.
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Musical icon Juanes took the stage at the Hollywood Bowl on July 16 for the first time since 2018, during which he advocated for peace, unity, and love. This concert was one of many the 52 year-old rock singer from Medellin, Colombia performed at for his 2025-26 tour of Latin America and the United States.
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Nickelodeon is set to release a new live-action Dora film — Dora and the Search for Sol Dorado — tonight on Paramount+. It stars Samantha Lorraine as Dora and Jacob Rodriguez as Diego, who take over the live action roles from Isabela Merced and Jeff Wahlberg, respectively.
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Nickelodeon’s live-action Dora and the Search for Sol Dorado, starring Samantha Lorraine as Dora and Jacob Rodriguez as Diego, will simultaneously debut on Nickelodeon and Paramount+ on July 2. We had the opportunity to speak to Lorraine and Rodriguez about this new story set in the Dora universe, as well as co-stars Mariana Garzón Toro and Acston Luca Porto.
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The 78th Tony Awards, hosted by Cynthia Erivo, were held on Sunday, and Maybe Happy Endings swept many of the major categories. As usual, the show included an array of powerful performances, including a number from Real Women Have Curves, but most notably, the 10-year reunion of the original Broadway cast of Hamilton turned the world upside down.
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