Showing posts with label el cantante. Show all posts
Showing posts with label el cantante. Show all posts

Monday, January 11, 2010

J.Lo shoulda won the Oscar. Extraordiary performance.



In this month's Latina mag (who named us Hot Thing on the Web last year THANK YOU!) J.lo talks to Shani Saxon-Parrish about life, love and the pursuit of happiness. Click on the Pic for the link to the story. Here she is on Why El Cantante was Oscar Worthy:

“I feel like I had that [Oscar worthy role] in El Cantante, but I don’t even think the academy members saw it. I feel like it’s their responsibility to do that, to see everything that’s out there, everything that could be great.” “Well, it is a little bit frustrating. It was funny; when the Oscars were on, I had just given birth on the 22nd, and the Oscars, I think, were a day or two later. I was sitting there with my twins—I couldn’t have been happier—but I was like, ‘How dope would it have been if I would’ve won the Oscar and been here in my hospital bed accepting the award?’ ‘Thank you so much! I just want to thank the academy!’ But we joked about it. It’s all good. Things will happen when they’re supposed to happen. I have the utmost faith and no doubt that it will one day, when and if it’s supposed to. You can’t get all crazy twisted over it.”

Friday, November 9, 2007

Bootlegs hurt mi gente

Watching your movies get Bootlegged is no fun and affects the bottom line of future projects bigtime as well as whatever backend profits folks hope to get. It only hurts those that made the film, as El Cantante director Leon Ichaso says in David Gonzalez's Times story, "The police don't bother them, so it's great, except for me".

This was posted on you tube 7 months ago. It does make everyone at my house start dancing though, I must admit.

Saturday, October 13, 2007

Leon, a Tiger in New York


The NY Times' Mirta Ojito had this nice appreciation of Leon Ichaso, Cuban boy made good, with the premiere of his newest directorial effort, El Cantante, J.Lo & Marc Anthony's pet project about Hector Lavoe & his wife Puchi. It made me proud when the Times referred to him as The Scorsese of Salseros. He's roared loud and well. El Super, Crossover Dreams, Piñero, El Cantante, Bitter Sugar and a solid body of TV directing work to support it.