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Print I was supposed to write about Latinx mental health awareness this week, but then the cheet’ hit the fan. On Sunday, The Times published a story written by business reporter Sam Dean with the provocative headline “The man who didn’t invent Flamin’ Hot Cheetos.” It asserted that Richard Montañez, a former Frito-Lay executive who worked his way from being a janitor to the C-suite through sheer ganas and Mexican American ingenuity, didn’t actually invent the iconic snack. Dean used “interviews with more than a dozen former Frito-Lay employees, the archival record and Frito-L...
CinemaBlend Having launched just under a year ago, HBO Max immediately entered the streaming platform competition as one of the biggest marquee names, thanks in part to the programming deals and budget allowances provided by such entertainment giants as HBO and Warner Bros. While the digital brand hasn't yet amassed a subscriber base on the level of Netflix or Amazon, HBO Max has revealed a new and fantastic plan geared to attract new subscribers throughout its second year of existence, with some of its biggest original titles, such as Kaley Cuoco's twisty mystery Titans, heading to linear c...
After the Los Angeles Times released an investigation disputing Richard Montañezâs longtime claim as the creator of Flaminâ Hot Cheetos, the piece ignited a controversy around culinary ownership, race and how the histories of people of color should be told. Richard Montañezâs famous story begins when he was a janitor at Frito-Layâs Rancho Cucamonga plant, where he conceived of an idea for a chile-coated Cheeto. He called the chief executive at the time and pitched the idea, resulting in the extremely popular Flaminâ Hot Cheetos line and vaulting him into such st...