Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life
The Circus is Here! Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey® Presents Out Of This World™
The familia crew
Photos: courtesy Sami Liu
We had the great pleasure of checking out the “First-Ever West Coast National Tour Debut Blasts Off,” that started on July 14 in the Los Angeles area. And you have a few days left to check it out at the Honda Center/Anaheim until August 7. Check out what you’ll experience below. — A.O.
Families will be amazed by the cosmic voyage storyline exploring extraordinary new worlds and captivated by the twinkle in their child’s eyes as they visit far away planets of ice, fire, sand and water inhabited by gravity-defying acrobats, orbital aerialists, majestic animals and fearless daredevils that will ignite wonder with Children Of All Ages ®. The newest edition of The Greatest Show On Earth ® features several unique performances throughout the story including:
Some of the performers
- Simet Family Astronauts–the only-one-of-its-kind aerial “spacewalk” with three astronauts balancing zero gravity maneuvers on a spinning wheel
- Heilongjiang Provincial Acrobatic Troupe–original presentation for the first time in America showcasing the mastery of skilled Chinese acrobatics (such as an 11-person human pyramid and hoop diving)–all performed on ice!
- Thrill Skaters–introducing a new genre of ice skating, combining lyrical figure skating with energetic freestyle skaters performing tricks and stunts on ice.
- Sway Pole–clown entertainer Davis climbs a 47ft pole to complete a handstand 5 stories above the audience as he sways and tumbles around with a surprise ending.
Additional “Out Of This World” show performance highlights include tigers & lions presenter Alexander Lacey; edge-of- your-seat Cossack Riders equestrian stunts; Globe of Steel motorcycle daredevils; awe-inspiring trapeze artists (performing the Ringling Bros. exclusive dual triple somersault routine with two flyers attempting the trick at the same time); unicycle courtside comedy routines from the King Charles Troupe; the hilarious antics of the Ringling Bros. Clown Alley and more!
Photos and video: ©2016 Angela María Ortíz S.
Antonio Jaramillo on Literature, Theater and Acting
Antonio Jaramillo
©2016 Angela María Ortíz S.
We met with successful film and television actor Antonio Jaramillo at Paty’s in Toluca Lake–and great old-style coffee shop that has some sentimental memories for me. Because it has been five years since I’d been there. I shared my story with him and our candid conversation started. Jaramillo talked about his passion for his work and life’s outlook. He’s funny, and you can see the intensity in him. We had a good laugh about us trying to get together for about three years to do this talk.
For those of you who aren’t familiar with this talented guy, here’s a little background; in his mid-20’s, he fell in love with the writings of Anton Chekhov and later Arthur Miller and Tennessee Williams. That’s very impressive for someone who spent time in an orphanage.
Jaramillo and Jennifer Lopez
Shades of Blue
His love for theater brought him to San Diego in 2004, while working on stage, he received an offer from the prestigious Geffen Playhouse to work in several understudy roles. This prompted him to move to Los Angeles to pursue his acting career.
In 2005, he began to show up on the small screen in shows like Veronica Mars and Charmed. In 2006, he landed a series regular role in the primetime telenovela, Fashion House. This led to several important series regular roles in Days of Our Lives, Meet the Browns, Gang Related, TNT’s 2014 drama Dallas, Devious Maids, and NBC’s hit Shades of Blue with Jennifer Lopez. And many guest roles on hit television shows like Rosewood, Arrested Development, The Mentalist, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, and Burn Notice.
Antonio Jaramillo
Jaramillo’s first movie credit was La Linea (The Line 2009), working with Esai Morales, Danny Trejo, Andy Garcia, and Ray Liotta. His film breakout performance came in 2012 when he co-starred in Oliver Stone’s violent crime thriller, Savages, alongside Benicio Del Toro, Salma Hayek, and Demián Bichir.
Now you can sit back and listen in on our conversation.
Se Fija!’s Angela Ortíz and Antonio Jaramillo
©2016 Esther Urquiza
Lights Out? No, Stand in the Light!
Maria Bello
I just got a chance to see Lights Out, a new thriller starring Maria Bello, Billy Burke, and Teresa Palmer, and to talk to the stars, director, producers and writer after the screening. I liked the movie a lot, but actually the story about the movie is almost as interesting as the movie.
Back in 2013, a Swedish couple–director David F. Sandberg and his wife, actress Lotta Losten, made a short film called Lights Out, about a woman who finds herself haunted by a mysterious figure every time she turns off the lights. It caught the attention of a lot of producers in Hollywood, but David and Lotta felt that Lawrence Grey was the one they would really like to work with, and within a year–which is super-fast by Hollywood standards–Grey had placed it with James Wan’s production company, and they completed this feature-length version, directed by Sandberg and starring some well-respected American actors.
Alexander DiPersa and Teresa Palmer
The actors talked about their own personal connections to the story: Maria Bello’s own struggles with mental illness, and Teresa Palmer’s experience with her mother’s mental issues as well. It was a connection the actors weren’t even aware of until they were on set, but it made the work even more meaningful to them. I also asked Maria Bello, who has been involved in a lot of special projects, if she was interested in actually directing, and I talked with was interested in directing, since she’s involved in many women’s projects, and I asked Alexander DiPersia, who appears as Palmer’s boyfriend, if he thought he’d be working with Gabriel Garcia Bernal and Diego Luna again soon, as it was good to see Billy Burke, at least at the beginning of the film (he plays Bello’s husband). And both the writer Eric Heisserer and producer Grey if there were any weird (or funny) occurrences on the set of this very spooky movie, and what scared them now or when they were young.
Director David F. Sandberg and Lotta Losten
Lights Out
Listen to my conversation with Bello, DiPersia and Palmer, and Grey and Heisserer, and Sandberg and Losten, and see if you don’t agree: the story behind Lights Out is almost as interesting as Lights out itself! — A.O.
Photos: ©2016 Angela María Ortíz S.
Maria Bello
Grey & Heisserer
Sandberg & Losten
Nine Lives Just Got Put on Paws
Nine Lives stars Kevin Spacey, Jennifer Garner, and Christopher Walken. Is in theaters August 5.
A Fun Giveaway: Suicide Squad Pack!
Suicide Squad is in theaters on Friday, August 5 and we are giving away these fun goodies: 1 pair of Hollywood Movie Money passes (once the movie is in theaters–except AMC), Suicide Squad T-shirt, Suicide Squad Cap, and poster!
Would you like to win? Then just click here to send us an e-mail with your name and address by 5P (PT) on Monday, August 1. We’ll draw the winner later that evening.
From director David Ayer comes Suicide Squad, starring Will Smith, Jared Leto, Margot Robbie, Joel Kinnaman, Viola Davis, Jai Courtney, Jay Hernandez, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Ike Barinholtz, Scott Eastwood, Cara Delevingne, Adam Beach, and Karen Fukuhara.
Ana Ortiz on Netflix’ Home Adventures with Tip and Oh
Home Adventures with Tip and Oh
Ana Ortiz (Devious Maids) talks to Sam Rubin on the KTLA Morning News about her first voice work on an animation, Dreamworks’ Home Adventures with Tip and Oh, premieres July 29 on Netflix.
Win a Copy of Puerto Ricans in Paris on Bluray
We have five copies to giveaway, the Blu-Ray™ Combo Pack, DVD available August 2 and Digital HD is available now.
Would you like to win a copy? Then just click here to send us an e-mail with your name and address.
We’ll draw the winners at 12N (PT) on Friday, JULY 29.
The film stars: Luis Guzmán, Edgar Garcia, Rosie Perez, Rosario Dawson, produce by Armando Christian Perez (Pitbull), and directed by Ian Edelman.
Check out the trailer below and a little video Luis and I did promoting the film theater release. — A.O.
Star Trek Beyond in Theaters Now!
Karl Urban, John Cho, Zach Quinto, Chris Pine, Zoë Saldaña and Simon Pegg (co-writer).
And producers Lindsey Weber, JJ Abrams, director Justin Lin
and co-writer Doug Jung. ©2016 Angela María Ortíz S.
Star Trek Beyond, the highly anticipated next installment in the globally popular Star Trek franchise, is finally here. And this being Star Trek’s fiftieth anniversary, it was nice to watch a film that had the humor and relationships of the older Star Trek show and earlier films.
We got a chance to sit in on a press conference with the stars, Karl Urban, John Cho, Zach Quinto, Chris Pine, Zoë Saldaña, and Simon Pegg (co-writer), and producers Lindsey Weber, JJ Abrams, director Justin Lin, and co-writer Doug Jung.
Zoë Zaldaña and & JJAbrams
©2016 Angela María Ortíz S.
Lin talked about his young son wanting to be in the movie and JJ Abrams shared how important it is to get everything right on these films.
Simon Pegg, Angela Ortíz and JJAbrams
We learned that Zoë just wrapped Avatar 2 and 3 and is waiting for 4 and 5.
The Cast
The Crew
There was a lot of good insight by everyone on the panels. And at the screening of Star Trek Beyond we attended, we had a huge surprise: Simon Pegg introduced the film to the audience.
Now you can listen in on the panels too.
Also starring Sofia Boutella, Idris Elba, and the late Anton Yelchin. Star Trek Beyond is in theaters now. — A.O.
ANGELA MARÍA ORTÍZ S. PHOTOGRAPHY
Favorite Shot of the Day
