Esai Morales News

Scoop: Coming Up on a New Episode of NCIS: LOS ANGELES on CBS - Sunday, November 18, 2018

Get all the scoop on Coming Up on a New Episode of NCIS: LOS ANGELES, airing on CBS on Sunday, November 18, 2018! (more...)

Tyler Perry to Keynote 'Living the Dream: A Career in Content' Event for Students in Miami

NATPE, the National Association of Television Program Executives, will present the first ever “Living the Dream: A Career in Content” event in partnership with the NAACP, (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) and the NHFA (National Hispanic Foundation for the Arts). The event will be held on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Monday, January 21, 2019, one day before NATPE Miami 2019 commences, at the Fontainebleau Hotel in Miami Beach Florida. (more...)

Gregory Nava and Linda Shaheen Elected to LA Opera Board of Directors

Gregory Nava and Linda Shaheen were elected to the LA Opera board of directors on Tuesday. The board additionally approved a resolution that affirms its longstanding commitment to cultural equity and inclusion. LA Opera, the fourth largest opera company in the nation, also announced the addition of several new leaders to its administrative staff. (more...)

National Geographic Presents Season Two of MARS

The prospect of Mars has never been more palpable. The idea once was considered science fiction, but in the blink of an eye, we'll be there. Season 2 of National Geographic's acclaimed series MARS - dubbed impressive, inspiring and scientifically honest by critics - returns Monday, November 12, at 9/8c, with a six-episode arc continuing with last season's unique hybrid format: alternating scripted and documentary sequences to predict what life will be like on the Red Planet forecasted by what's happening today on Earth. MARS has a special simulcast premiere on Nat Geo Mundo. (more...)

Scoop: Coming Up on a New Episode of NCIS: LOS ANGELES on CBS - Sunday, October 21, 2018

Get all the scoop on Coming Up on a New Episode of NCIS: LOS ANGELES, airing on CBS on Sunday, October 21, 2018! (more...)

CineFestival Celebrates 40th Anniversary

The Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center and CineFestival are excited to announce the 2018 Premios Mesquite winners, the Third Annual Ya'Ke Smith Filmmaker Award, master classes for directors, a free punk rock show featuring Fantástico and the official list of CineFestival after parties and receptions.  The National Association of Latino Arts and Cultures (NALAC) will also present the inaugural NALAC Fund for the Arts Adán Medrano Legacy Award in Film. (more...)

Esai Morales Leads 2018 Puerto Rican Day Parade As Grand Marshal

This year Award-winning actor Esai Morales will lead as Grand Marshal of the National Puerto Rican Day Parade, under the theme 'One People, Many Voices'. (more...)

BWW Interview: Theatre Life with Christiane Noll and Matt Bogart

I like, many musical theatre nerds get excited every time a world premiere musical comes to town. Arena Stage is providing that fix right now with an Alaskan-rooted premiere of Snow Child. Today's subjects Christiane Noll and Matt Bogart are currently living their theatre lives as the leads in this production, which runs through May 20, 2018. (more...)

Rick Najera Launches Podcast to Highlight Inspirational Latinos & Diverse Voices

Rick Najera's inspirational talk show, Latino Thought Makers, highlighting Latino achievement and diverse voices, is now available on SoundCloud, the world's leading social sound platform at http://www.soundcloud.com/latinothoughtmakers. (more...)

Tony Winner Janet McTeer Joins Season Two of Netflix Drama Series OZARK

Academy Award nominee Janet McTeer (Albert Nobbs, The Honourable Woman) joins the award-nominated, Netflix drama series OZARK for season 2. McTeer will play a Chicago based attorney with links to the cartel. In making a deal with the devil, she becomes a potential threat to the Byrdes. (more...)

Sundance Institute Announces Indie Episodic, Shorts & Special Event Selections For 2018 Film Festival

Works selected across the new Indie Episodic, Shorts and Special Events sections of the 2018 Sundance Film Festival were announced today, underlining Sundance Institute's commitment to showcasing bold independent storytelling, regardless of form, format or length. (more...)

Sundance Institute Announces Indie Episodic, Shorts and Special event Selections for 2018 Sundance Film Festival

Works selected across the new Indie Episodic, Shorts and Special Events sections of the 2018 Sundance Film Festival were announced today, underlining Sundance Institute's commitment to showcasing bold independent storytelling, regardless of form, format or length. (more...)

Scoop: PRIMETIME on NBC - 11/1-11/15

Get all the scoop on PRIMETIME, airing on NBC on 11/1-11/15! (more...)

SAG-AFTRA Members Elect Gabrielle Carteris President, Jane Austin Secretary-Treasurer

SAG-AFTRA members have elected two of the union's top ranking officers, choosing Gabrielle Carteris as president and Jane Austin as secretary-treasurer. Their two-year terms begin today. (more...)

Filming began this week in Budapest on the second season of National Geographic's MARS. The series, which was lauded for its unique hybrid of futuristic dramatization and documentary sequences, once again looks at what life will be like when we are an interplanetary species. (more...)

Infidelity. Corruption. Entrapment. Murder. When you've run out of options, there's only one place to go... Below, check out the official trailer for the highly-anticipated dark thriller OZARK, starring Jason Bateman and Laura Linney. (more...)

There is no better time to celebrate! Netflix has shared a new holiday teaser for the upcoming series OZARK, starring Jason Bateman and Laura Linney It will be your newest obsession! The series debuts July 21, 2017 on Netflix. (more...)

The Sunscreen Film Festival was one of only 23 film festivals in the country to be sponsored by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences. The festival has been named one of the Top 25 Film Festivals by MovieMaker Magazine. (more...)

Tommy Chong, Esai Morales, Efren Ramirez, Martin Koveto name a few appear in this documentary about actor/comedian, Pat Morita. (more...)

CASA 0101 Theater, Josefina Lopez, Artistic Director and the newly formed production company, Angel City Theater Ensemble (ACTE), Vance Valencia, Founder, will present the Los Angeles Premiere of the critically acclaimed play, MARIELA IN THE DESERT, written by Karen Zacarias, directed by Robert Beltran (Star Trek:  Voyager; Zoot Suit; Eating Raoul).  The production will be presented for a five-week run on the theater's Main Stage located at 2102 East First Street (at St. Louis Street), Boyle Heights, CA  90033 on Fridays and Saturdays at 8:00 p.m. and on Sundays at 5:00 p.m., November 4 - December 11, 2016.  There will be no performances on Thanksgiving Weekend, November 25th, 26th and 27th. (more...)