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Ramon F Herrera
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On Apr 10, 10:30 am, "dsharavi" <dshar...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Apr 9, 5:09 pm, "Jose" <pabl...@todito.com> wrote:
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>
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> > newswire.co.nz, New Zealand - 3 hours ago
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> > Mexican actress turned producer Salma Hayek has set up a film company
> > with MGM to get Latino films out to mainstream audiences.
>
> > Reuters reports the new company, Ventanazul, will be housed at MGM and
> > will be a partnership between the Hollywood film and television studio
> > and Hayek, the producer of hit TV show Ugly Betty.
>
> > Ventanazul plans to make or buy independent movies, and hopes to
> > distribute two to four films a year that draw on Latin themes, feature
> > Latino or Latina actors and cross over to mainstream audiences for
> > broad, box office appeal.
>
> > Hayek says they want the movies to appeal to everyone, while making
> > Latino audiences proud.
>
> Why doesn't she set up in company in her native country, and make them
> proud THERE? What makes her think we give a **** about so-called
> "Latin"[SIC] themes?
>
> Deborah
>
> > As examples, Hayek pointed to Frida, the film about Mexican artist
> > Frida Kahlo for which she received an Oscar nomination for playing the
> > lead role, and Ugly Betty, which tells of young Betty Suarez, a fish-
> > out-of-water working at a fashion magazine.
>
> > Hayek will serve as president and chief executive officer of the new
> > companyhttp://www.newswire.co.nz/main/viewstory.aspx?storyid=367367&catid=3008
A little jealous of a woman who is obviously better than you in sooooo
many respects, aren't we, Debbie?
I bet your face is green.
Would you tell Albert Einstein to go back home and set up his research
there to make the Germans proud?
-Ramon
> On Apr 9, 5:09 pm, "Jose" <pabl...@todito.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> > newswire.co.nz, New Zealand - 3 hours ago
>
> > Mexican actress turned producer Salma Hayek has set up a film company
> > with MGM to get Latino films out to mainstream audiences.
>
> > Reuters reports the new company, Ventanazul, will be housed at MGM and
> > will be a partnership between the Hollywood film and television studio
> > and Hayek, the producer of hit TV show Ugly Betty.
>
> > Ventanazul plans to make or buy independent movies, and hopes to
> > distribute two to four films a year that draw on Latin themes, feature
> > Latino or Latina actors and cross over to mainstream audiences for
> > broad, box office appeal.
>
> > Hayek says they want the movies to appeal to everyone, while making
> > Latino audiences proud.
>
> Why doesn't she set up in company in her native country, and make them
> proud THERE? What makes her think we give a **** about so-called
> "Latin"[SIC] themes?
>
> Deborah
>
> > As examples, Hayek pointed to Frida, the film about Mexican artist
> > Frida Kahlo for which she received an Oscar nomination for playing the
> > lead role, and Ugly Betty, which tells of young Betty Suarez, a fish-
> > out-of-water working at a fashion magazine.
>
> > Hayek will serve as president and chief executive officer of the new
> > companyhttp://www.newswire.co.nz/main/viewstory.aspx?storyid=367367&catid=3008
A little jealous of a woman who is obviously better than you in sooooo
many respects, aren't we, Debbie?
I bet your face is green.
Would you tell Albert Einstein to go back home and set up his research
there to make the Germans proud?
-Ramon