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Attention, Latinos! These ladies from Univision’s República Deportiva have a message for you: Will you stop staring at our cleavage and get yourself counted in the upcoming Census instead?
Do you think you can do that? [click on the photo or here to watch these ladies encourage to count]
I’m sure you’ve read all the complaints about the Tostitos ad that premiered this year during the Super Bowl. Some bloggers have rightly stated that it only perpetuates the stereotypical image of Latin women, while others simply fail to see the connection between gringo-made salsa and flamenco dancing.
As for this blogger, there is only one thing I’d really like to know: Where is this lady’s nose?!! Anyone?
But before you burn your VF past issues, cancel your subscription or join the growing ranks of Vanity Fair detractors, let me fill you in on a little secret: Not even the supposedly more diverse Hispanic media wants to portray anything other than Swedish-looking Latin Americans.
Have you ever watched a Univision or a Telemundo telenovela? Do you know what the networks’ main news anchors look like? When was the last time you saw a black-skinned Latino on television? (no, not the ones being caught in Cops).
Univision’s ‘El Show de Cristina’ (left) and Grupo Televisa’s ‘Querida Enemiga’
If you are remotely familiar with Spanish-language television, you might have noticed that scantily-clad muchachas are never in short supply, whether they are stars of a telenovela, hosts of family game show or simply just delivering the news.
But one thing is to show feminine attributes all day long on television and another is to call those attributes by their name. And that is why Telemundo has chosen to go with the image of a brassiere instead of the actual word to promote the upcoming premiere of Sin tetas no hay paraíso (Literally: Without Tits There is No Paradise.)
Reporting on the story for Multichannel News, this is what the network had to say about the name change:
“We think this compelling telenovela from Colombia conveys important messages of interest to our U.S. audiences,” a Telemundo spokesperson said via e-mail. “However, based on our network standards and our understanding of the expectation of our viewers, we have made certain adjustments including the treatment of the name.”
Which basically means: You cannot have your tetas and name them too!
I couldn’t help but notice Gov. Bob McDonell picked a very multicultural crowd as background for his response to President Obama’s State of the Union, which is, like, nice, but… Where is the token Latino?
I always knew my Madre Patria one day would come to my rescue.
Spanish authorities are imposing an advertising ban on certain beauty products and services before 10 p.m., mostly because there a lot of people over there obsessed with losing weight at all cost, developing eating disorders and resorting to all types of methods of slimming, like not eating or vomiting.
According to Advertising Age:
Ads for diet products, some beauty treatments and plastic surgery are now officially considered more dangerous for young people than commercials for alcohol, which can be advertised from 9 p.m.
Let’s also not forget that it was also Spain which decided in 2007 that the mannequins in stores like Zara or Mango would not have proportions smaller than a U.S. size 6. And in 2006, Madrid was the first city to ban ultra-thin models from its fashion week runways.
So, thanks Spain! I’m going to forget all about the nip and the tuck and just focus on the sip, sip, sip!
I watched this commercial for the first time Sunday night (during the NBC broadcast of the Golden Globe Awards) and then it hit me: technology will always be there for us, no matter how challenged, ignorant or forgetful we become as a result of, well, all these technological advances.
Don’t know the capital of a major Latin American country? No worries! Your cellphone company will make sure to get you out of a jam.
Antonio Villaraigosa, the guy Rush Limbaugh mistook for a “shoeshine guy,” has found an innovative way to make himself relevant in these days and times: he will make a special appearance on All My Children, the legendary ABC soap opera, now in its 10,290,000 episode.
According to The Huffington Post:
Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and City Council President Eric Garcetti will both shoot episodes at the show’s new production studio near downtown Los Angeles this month. The episode featuring Villaraigosa is scheduled to air Feb. 17.
No word yet on how the Mayor plans to combine his presidential aspirations with the absorbing world of telenovelas and the unbridled passion he has shown to feel for Hispanic newscasters.
Grammy-award winning singer and member of Univision’s Board of Directors, Gloria Estefan, this week sat down with President Obama to discuss some of the most pressing issues concerning U.S. Hispanics, including health-care reform, immigration, Latinos in the economy and -of course- Christmas at the White House and cookies for the reindeer.
In fact, while still walking the halls of the Casa Blanca, Estefan fired up her first -and in her own words, “very important”- question for the Commander in Chief:
GLORIA ESTEFAN:
It’s very beautiful. And by the way, I have a very important question to start off this interview, which chimney will Santa be coming down?
PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA:
Well, we think that he’s going to be coming down into the Yellow Room, which is right at the middle of the Residence. So, that’s where we are going to set the cookies and the milk, because after working all night, giving the gifts….
GLORIA ESTEFAN:
And something for the reindeers…
PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA:
And the reindeers, we’ll have a little reindeer snack out there…
GLORIA ESTEFAN:
That’s wonderful…..
Ah, yes that is wonderful indeed! Feliz Navidad, morons!
Adiós Dr. Manny!
Mexico’s chubby taco-crazed populace is abuzz with the recent introduction of The Diet Ring, an “intriguing magnetic spiral ring” that will help you lose up to 38 pounds in one week (even while you cook or lie down doing absolutely nothing!)
The contraption, developed by prominent “Oriental scientists” retails for “only” $399 pesos, which is approximately eight times Mexico’s minimum wage. But, what the heck! As happy customer Marcela Carrasco tells us in the following video, it is very well worth the expense.
[I just wonder if you lose weight because by buying the ring you can no longer afford buying any food]
UPDATED: SEEMS LIKE SOMEONE AT CBSNEWS.COM READ THIS BLOG, SO THE COLUMBIA SLIP-UP HAS BEEN FIXED ONLINE. [THANK GOD FOR SCREEN GRABS]
Turns out Univision’s CEO, Joe Uva, is not the only who is nuts about things hailing from Columbia.
CBS Katie Couric recently sat down to interview Shakira, upon which she concluded the singer is some sort of a Colombian version of Sex and the City’s Carrie Bradshaw.
Yet, someone at cbsnews.com thought it was much more appropriate -and less third-worldly- to make the singer a ‘Columbian’ instead of a Colombian.
Click here to watch the full interview with the “Columbian” singer, formerly known as a Colombian singer.
Don’t believe everything you hear: Lou Dobbs is actually our BFF and he wants us to know we are not the ones responsible for bringing leprosy to this country… it was -who else?– those damn South East Asians…!
So, in solidarity with my fellow, recently-fired communicator, I am hereby boycotting curry and noodles [until further notice].
[If you have nothing better to do, and want to watch the full interview, where Telemundo’s María Celeste Arrarás calls him “Mr. Dobb” instead of Mr. Dobbs- click here:]
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Upon hearing the news of Lou Dobbs departure from CNN to go and save the whales, fight climate change and engage in constructive problem solving, I decided to re-post this, his finest interview. Ever. And Ever.
What will we do without him?
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Forget George Lopez and his jokes about Mexican food and flatulence.
This, my friends, is what us, the not-yet-acculturated, Spanish-dominant, Univision junkies are actually watching every so often on Spanish-language television.
[Oh, and this is what I call late night entertainment!]
Hat tip: Ken W.
Something very strange seems to be happening to Sammy Sosa, who was spotted last week in Vegas, while attending the Latin Grammys.
Rebecca Polihronis, a former Clubs employee, told the Chicago Tribune that Sosa’s lighter skin is nothing but the result of a skin rejuvenation process. “He is in the middle of doing a cleansing process to his skin,” she said.
That may very well be the case, but if you asked me, I think the retired ball player is only trying to get an invitation to El Show de Cristina or at the very least land a small role in a Mexican telenovela.
So let’s give him a break, damn it!
Photo: AP/Tribune/Getty
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