By Pat Saperstein
11.05.2020 - 17:15 / variety.com
By John Hopewell
Chief International Correspondent
Mexico’s film industry appears healthy, but the question is for how long. In 2019, Mexican president Andrés Manuel Lopez Obrador decimated festival funding. There’s a fear that, as the economy contracts, so will its tax credits, the main source of film sector finance, says Pimienta’s Nicolas Celis, a producer on “Roma.”
Such fears have seen the country’s top producers re-engineering operations: many, such as Piano, Woo Films, Pablo Cruz at
By Pat Saperstein
Live Nation has terminated a planned $480 million acquisition of Mexico's largest promoter OCESA Entretenimiento, but a future agreement is still possible, a source tells Billboard. Monday (May 25), Live Nation officials notified Corporación Interamericana de Entretenimiento (CIE)
One savvy cook has shared her recipe for making Massaman chicken curry in the air-fryer and while it looks delicious it’s causing quite a stir.
Ryan Andrews has given an update on plans to return to filming Fair City and the wait is nearly over for fans of the RTÉ soap.
Another day, another clip of Megan Fox and Machine Gun Kelly acting in a very flirty manner with one another! MGK, 30, has been pulling out all the stops to get his fans to check out his newest video, “Bloody Valentine,” which prominently features the gorgeous actress.
Meghan Markle made sure her and Prince Harry's second wedding anniversary was one to remember.
By Jill Goldsmith
Actor and funnyman Bill Murray has challenged top chef Guy Fieri to a virtual nachos contest.
Counter-terror cops are probing whether a ‘bomb’ left in the shadow of Edinburgh Castle was the work of Central American anarchists, the Record can reveal.
Live Nation blockbuster $480 million purchase of a controlling interest in Mexican promoter OCESA Entretenimiento has been put on hold because of the COVID-19 crisis, Live Nation chief executive Michael Rapino announced Thursday (May 7) on its first quarter earnings call.
By Peter White
Jenni Rivera notches her third posthumous top 10 on the Regional Mexican Airplay chart as “Engañémoslo” jumps 13-8.The tune was recorded by Rivera prior to her death in 2012 and co-written by Rivera alongside Espinoza Paz. It's also the theme song of a campaign launched by the Rivera family in support of women empowerment throughout Mexico and U.S.“I assumed she didn’t get to record it,” Paz commented via a press release.
She’s been on lockdown in Los Angeles with husband Joe Manganiello , lookalike niece Claudia and son Manolo since March but that hasn’t stopped Sofia Vergara being the hostess with the mostest. On May 5 she marked the Mexican fiesta with a jaw-dropping spread of food and decorations and, of course, adorable Bubbles the chihuahua played an integral role.
By Nellie Andreeva
Cinco de Mayo is here!The Cinco de Mayo tradition, which is observed in the United States as a celebration of Mexican heritage and pride, commemorates the Mexican army’s victory over French forces at the Battle of Puebla on May 5, 1862, under the leadership of General Ignacio Zaragoza.Because the popular date is celebrated more in the U.S.