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yeah, because its for all the times ive been told no as a latin actor. now, los angeles, surrounded by beautiful mountains, palm trees, magnificent sunsets. and without a doubt, the best mexican food in the country. this is a melting pot with a little bit of all of us latinos. even its name is latino, cause it aint los angeles. nuh-uh! its... [in spanish pronunciation] los angeles. ♪ now, hollywood has become a global mecca for film and a place that many of us wanna reach. but what i...

and without a doubt, the best mexican food in the country. this is a melting pot with a little bit of all of us latinos. even its name is latino, cause it aint los angeles. nuh-uh! its... [in spanish pronunciation] los angeles. ♪ now, hollywood has become a global mecca for film and a place that many of us wanna reach. but what if i told you that a latino was behind one of the most prolific tv empires in the world? well, its a fact. in the 1950s, cuban actor and producer desi arnaz a...

And a place that many of us wanna reach. But what if i told you that a latino was behind one of the most prolific tv empires in the world . Well, its a fact. In the 1950s, cuban actor and producer desi arnaz and his wife lucille ball were not only the stars of i love lucy, but they also produced it, along with many other shows. And they even helped create the multicam sitcom genre. So even though were still in the struggle, hollywood isnt New Territory for us latinos. Nuhuh, cause weve been here...

They say women arent funny. okay, im gonna do standup. i did standup for a year and a half, went up in all the rooms, i was the only woman. forget latina, i was the only woman. theres all these white guys and me, that was it. - thats gonna be your biography. - thats the name of my-- [laughs] both: "all these white guys and me." - "the gloria story." - thats really true. and then i was doing monologues, i was writing for women of color. cause were nowhere, right? - right. - ill do that, and ill p...

Theres all these white guys and me, that was it. - thats gonna be your biography. - thats the name of my-- [laughs] both: "all these white guys and me." - "the gloria story." - thats really true. and then i was doing monologues, i was writing for women of color. cause were nowhere, right? - right. - ill do that, and ill put up a show in hollywood, and ill book a theater. - boom. - "la weekly." they will review your show if you have a six-week run. i get tuesdays for six weeks. - ooh! - pay 150 b...

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Kristin Thorne reports on the a 3-year-old English bulldog-pit bull mix. The sale comes after a multi-year effort by the former publisher, Peter Barbey, to create a full digital archive of The Village Voice in order to preserve the papers complete historical record. The paper will resume in its digital format in January 2021 and will be published in print quarterly with plans to increase that number over time. Over its 63 years of publication, The Village Voice received countless accolades incl...

Anywhere from 12% to 25% of african-american voters have expressed for mr. trump and his candidacy. >> one out of four. that one of my guests yesterday on the mythical african-american groundswell for donald trump that has become a talking point among some of his supporters. in fact, in recent polling of african-american voters conducted last week by cbs news, black voter support for donald trump actually looked like this. 7, and thats in a poll with a plus or minus 4% margin of error indicating...

Back of book segment tonight, the movie lone survivor doing very well at the box office but not so well in the left wing precincts. new york magazine, it was called crude propaganda. on the web site it was called a shameless war porn speck cackle and l.a. weekly, alternative newspaper the reviewer said it was too violent and too jingleistic. word of the day. in the l.a. weekly, brown people bad, american people good. so this woman amy nicholson injected race into the movie. new york magazine ver...