Works by Juan Ortiz Apuy TORONTO, June 22, 2015 /CNW/ - Toronto's first and only gallery dedicated to Latin American Art opens on June 27 as part of the Pan Am Path Art Relay, with a thought-provoking and timely exhibition "Sportsmanship Under Surveillance." As the city prepares for the spectacle of the 2015 Pan Am / Parapan Am Games, concerns are already beginning to arise about the impact...

Wikimedia Commons Los Angeles, Jun 20 (EFE).- A Hollywood studio considered eliminating Latino actress Zoe Saldana from a film because her pregnancy was an inconvenience for the production, she said in an interview published in the daily USA Today. The U.S. artist, 36, born of a Dominican father and Puerto Rican mother, gave birth Nov. 2014 to twin baby boys Cy and Bowie from her relations ...

The Crow original film poster. Wikimedia Commons Los Angeles, Jun 16 (EFE).- The remake of "The Crow" being readied by Relativity Studios has lost its leading man for a second time due to a scheduling conflict and, if at one time it was Luke Evans who had to jump ship, this time it's Jack Huston. "Jack Huston is unfortunately unavailable to continue with us on 'The Crow,'" the film's direct...

Source: Tommy Lee Sparta Facebook 13th Street Promotions Press Release -- Ace deejay Tommy Lee Sparta made an exuberant return to Central America for his Costa Rican supporters. This appearance marks the entertainer’s third show for his massive fan base in Costa Rica. With high-energy the gothic star took to the “Dancehall Xplosion” stage giving arguably the best performance of the night. The ...

Gisele Bunchen in Costa Rica. Source: Instagram Brazilian supermodel Gisele Bundchen, recently spent a period of ten days on the Pacific coast of Costa Rica. According to a news report filed by entertainment reporter Allan Andino of national newspaper La Nacion, the public relations office of the Directorate of Immigration issued a communique indicating that Ms. Bundchen entered the country on J...

NEW YORK, June 3, 2015 (Magazine.org) – Just in time for spring and summer fishing fun, Outdoor Sportsman Group – Integrated Media today announced the launch of Rigged & Ready Powered by RAM — an innovative new online program aimed at putting anglers onto the hottest places to fish this season. Powered by a custom website designed especially for RAM Trucks, In-Fisherman.Com/Rigged-Ready mak...

Alaska Airlines SEATTLE, June 11, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Alaska Airlines began selling tickets today on newly-announced routes between Los Angeles and Costa Rica's two major international airports. The eight weekly flights fromLos Angeles to San Jose (SJO) and Liberia/Guanacaste (LIR), Costa Rica, are scheduled to begin Oct. 31and Nov. 1, respectively, subject to approval by the Costa Rican civi...

By Maria M. Mur Panama City, Jun 9 (EFE).- Latin Americans see junk food as an "aspirational" product that helps them be more like people in rich countries, but the result is obesity and a higher incidence of chronic diseases, Latin American Health Coalition director Beatriz Champagne said. "We aspire to eat the food consumed in the more developed countries," Champagne told Efe. Champagne...

Seattle, WA (PRWEB) June 05, 2015 – Ganjapreneur.com recently published an interview with Garyn Angel, the founder of MagicalButter, a product designed to help patients cook homemade cannabis-infused foods. As the legal recreational and medical cannabis markets in the United States have grown, so has the popularity of the many alternatives to smoking. Many consumers prefer to eat cannabis-infus...

Dr. Karla Hidalgo A renowned dermatologist in Costa Rica explains: “A good sunshade with UV protection is even better than a palm tree's shade, and you not always may find a nice, shady palm tree at the beach". Have you ever thought about how many hours spent at the beach can affect your family? Too much unprotected exposure to the sun can increase the risk of skin cancer, but there is a s...

Wikimedia Commons By Francisco Pescatori Buenos Aires, Jun 3 (EFE).- Argentina went back to the "origin of taste" to show that its ice cream is the best in Latin America, and will now journey to the frozen treat's mecca, Italy, to compete for the title of the world's best ice cream. The Argentine ice cream masters team of Ariel Segesser, Daniel Celentano and Erica Rodriguez won the 2nd L...

Source: LD Swimwear Tell-all biographical books are the latest trend among Latina models and actresses whose careers are starting to turn away from the camera lenses. These written works are often filled with sordid details about what the authors expose as the realities of living in the world of glamour, where they make choices and tradeoffs that they later regret. In recent months, The Cos...

J-Lo. Wikimedia Commons Rabat, May 31 (EFE).- The sensuality-charged show offered on the weekend by pop diva Jennifer Lopez at the Mawazine music festival in this capital disgusted Islamist members of the ruling Justice and Development Party, the communications minister of which called its broadcasting on public television "unacceptable." There had been great anticipation over whether JLo w...

UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif., May 29, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- A roadblock broadcast of the original Jurassic Parkwill be hosted by three-time Academy Award® winner Steven Spielberg and Chris Pratt, the star of Universal Pictures and Amblin Entertainment's Jurassic World, beginning on June 5 and concluding on June 6, it was announced today. They will also introduce a two-minute, exclusive sneak preview of J...

No Joy. Source: Wikimedia Commons (Killbeat Music Press Release) With album cuts “Everything New” and “Moon In My Mouth” already released into the ether, Montreal’s No Joy has now premiered “Hollywood Teeth” courtesy of Billboard Magazine which says the song “pits lovely, understated harmonies against atmospheric, expansive guitars.” The band’s third studio album, More Faithful, is set for rel...

Salvador Allende. Wikimedia Commons Cannes, France, May 24 (EFE).- The 68th edition of the Cannes Film Festival had few Latin American films in the running this year, but most of them came away with important awards, including Mexico's Michel Franco with Best Screenplay for "Chronic." Franco was the only Hispanic in the running for the Palme d'Or with a complex film shot entirely in English...

"Les femmes d’Alger, Picasso, version O" by Source (WP:NFCC#4). Licensed under Fair use via Wikipedia New York, May 21 (EFE).- A Qatari sheikh was the buyer who paid $179.36 million for Pablo Picasso's "Les femmes d'Alger," making it the priciest painting ever auctioned, the daily New York Post reported Thursday. The mysterious buyer of the Spanish painter's work was identified by the New Y...

LOS ANGELES, May 19, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Its aisles packed with readers and boasting a host of successful book presentations and cultural performances, LeaLA wrapped up its fourth edition on a positive note, consolidating its position as the only Spanish-language book fair in the United States and as the event dedicated to reading in Spanish and Latin American culture. On the third day of acti...

AutoShine Costa Rica With car culture rapidly growing in Costa Rica, the number of luxury automobiles has greatly increased in the last few years. As a result of this trend, vehicle owners are becoming more interested in aesthetics as well as in systems that can augment their driving experience in terms of entertainment, safety, information, and comfort. In other nations where car culture h...

Wikimedia Commons B.B. King, legendary blues guitarist well known for tracks such as "Rock Me Baby", "My Lucille", and "The Thrill Is Gone", died in his Las Vegas home yesterday at the age of 89. Attorney Brent Bryson said King died in his sleep. A 15-time Grammy winner, with over 50 albums released, King played live for nearly 70 years. He had reportedly collapsed at a Chicago performan...

Los Angeles, May 13 (EFE).- Mexican actor Diego Luna will take on one of the main roles in "Star Wars: Rogue One," the next film in the famous galactic franchise focusing on the attempt by a group of rebels to steal the plans for the Death Star space station, the magazine Variety reported Wednesday. Luna's participation has not yet been confirmed by Lucasfilm, which announced that Felicity Jone...

Ian Somerhalder Instagram More Hollywood celebrities are choosing Costa Rica as one of their preferred hideaways. One of the most recent instances of this trend was shared on the Instagram online social network by actor Ian Somerhalder, who is better known for his starring roles in popular television series Lost and The Vampire Diaries. On March 13th, Mr. Somerhalder shared an Instagram sel...

By Beatriz Pascual Macias Washington, May 12 (EFE).- Hispanics living in the United States are becoming more fluent in English and speak less Spanish at home, according to a Pew Research Center report published Tuesday in Washington. As Hispanics' command of English grows - 68 percent now speak it easily - the percentage of Latinos who choose Spanish for their conversations at home diminishe...

Flickr Commons New York, May 11 (EFE).- The Fox television network announced Monday that it will end its popular musical program "American Idol" after 15 seasons. The 15th and last season of "American Idol" will begin in January with host Ryan Seacrest and with Jennifer Lopez, Keith Urban and Harry Connick Jr. as the panel of judges, the network said in New York upon presenting its new prog...

Source: A Small Section of the World San Diego, CA, May 11, 2015 --(PR.com)-- The San Diego Coffee Network in conjunction with sponsors Earth’s Choice, Daymar Coffee and PureFlo, will be screening the film “A Small Section of the World” at Balboa Park’s Museum of Photographic Arts, Wednesday, May 20. Doors open for a pre-event mixer at 6 p.m. with the film beginning at 7:30 p.m. Five-dollar...

Garcia Marquez. Source: Flickr Commons Bogota, May 9 (EFE).- Colombian police recovered a first-edition copy of "One Hundred Years of Solitude" with a dedication by the late Nobel laureate in Literature, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, which had been stolen from a showcase where it was being exhibited at the International Book Fair in Bogota, or Filbo, officials said. The chief of police, Gen. Rodo...

Source: Wikimedia Commons Los Angeles, May 7 (EFE).- Colombian actress Sofia Vergara on Thursday received her star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame in a huge ceremony at which she was accompanied by her fiance, Joe Manganiello, her colleagues from "Modern Family" and her own family, including her son Manolo, who gave a short speech. Vergara, 42, became the first actress from her country to have ...

Screenshot of Padow''6 Richmond, VA (PRWEB)  -- Padow’s Ham & Deli East Main Street proudly announces their one millionth customer celebration at the restaurant’s downtown location on 1009 East Main Street from May 1-7. Padow’s East Main Street location opened the doors for their first customer in the summer of 1992. Twenty-three years later, the store is preparing to celebrate their one m...

Wikimedia Commons Los Angeles, May 3 (EFE).- George Miller, one of the great action film directors, is returning to the genre 30 years after his latest movie with a new version of "Mad Max," the classic that launched Mel Gibson to stardom and which now stars Tom Hardy and Charlize Theron. Although the British director said at a Los Angeles press conference attended by Efe that at first he f...

"BradPitt" by Maggie from Palm Springs, United States / Uploaded by Atlaslin. Licensed under CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons Quito, May 3 (EFE).- Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa on the weekend invited U.S. actor Brad Pitt to visit the country's Amazon region to see the pollution the government attributes to Chevron there. The Ecuadorian leader announced the invitation during his regular ...

Wikimedia Commons Washington, May 1 (EFE).- Singer Ben E. King, best known for his 1961 gospel-influenced hit "Stand By Me," has died, his agent told ABC News. He was 76. The star, whose real name was Benjamin Earl Nelson, died of "coronary problems" in New Jersey, Randy Irwin said. King, who began his artistic career in the late 1950s singing with the doo wop and R&B group The Drift...

Wikimedia Commons By Emilio J. Lopez Miami, Apr 30 (EFE).- Enrique Iglesias exudes charm and a youthful insolence. His eyes are teasing and he moves his hands quickly to emphasize, as he did on Thursday in an interview with Efe, that he is an artist who is guided by "instinct" and what "really touches" people. The popular singer will grace the stage of the new Parque Viva amphitheater in...

Source; Newport Aquarium NEWPORT, Ky. (PRWEB) April 29, 2015 – Newport Aquarium’s all-new Shark Bridge – the only rope suspension bridge in North America where guests can walk just inches above nearly two dozen sharks – is scheduled to open to the public 10 a.m. Thursday, April 30. The Shark Bridge is a 75-foot-long, V-shaped rope bridge suspended over the open waters of the Surrounded by S...

Mariah Carey performing in 2008. Wikimedia Commons Las Vegas, Apr 28 (EFE).- Singer, songwriter and producer Mariah Carey said Tuesday that she is "thrilled and excited" over the launching of her new album and her upcoming show in Las Vegas. In remarks to Efe, the New York artist said that her new show - "Mariah Carey #1 to Infinity" (which is the same as the title of her new album) - will ...

Garcia Marquez. Source: Flickr Commons By Gustavo Borges Mexico City, Apr 27 (EFE).- If Colombia's Gabriel Garcia Marquez had never written "One Hundred Years of Solitude" or any other novel, it might have been necessary to award him the Nobel Prize in Literature for his short stories, the part of his work that is much less known. That is what leading Mexican writers think about the perf...

Jenner in 2011, Source: Wikimedia Commons Washington, Apr 25 (EFE).- TV star and former U.S. Olympic athlete Bruce Jenner confirmed in a television interview the rumors about his sexual orientation that have circulated for some time, and said he feels like a woman and from now on he will live like one. "For all intents and purposes, I am a woman," Jenner, 65, told Diane Sawyer in an emotion...

If you are heading to the ritzy Lincoln Plaza shopping mall in the eastern suburbs of San Jose, please note that you may encounter storm troopers from the 501st Legion, an Imperial galactic unit that once served as the personal guard of Darth Vader in the Star Wars universe. You may also run into Jedi Knights, Rebel fighters and Mandalorians while at the mall, but there's no reason to worry: They ...

Los Angeles, Apr 21 (EFE).- In a life marked by problems with her racial and sexual identity, drug abuse and dabbling in prostitution, Venezuelan model and actress Patricia Velasquez reveals in an autobiographical book her difficulties in "accepting myself." As is made clear in "Sin tacones. Sin reserva. Diario de una supermodelo en busqueda de su verdad," the Spanish language version of her au...

Source: Wikimedia Commons Miami, Apr 19 (EFE).- Sofia Vergara denied that she wanted to destroy the embryos she and her ex-boyfriend Nick Loeb froze, contradicting what the U.S. businessman had claimed in a lawsuit he filed against the Colombian actress. "Vergara has never wanted to destroy her embryos," the attorney for the best-paid actress on U.S. television - according to Forbes Magazin...

Wayland, MA (PRWEB) April 07, 2015 – With a record 30% plus increase in destination weddings in the last year, Destination Weddings Travel Group makes unprecedented changes in 2015 to evolve with the modern destination wedding. Globally, destination weddings are experiencing an exciting shift, with distinct services and unique concepts quickly emerging in order to satisfy this diverse market. S...