EXCLUSIVE: Ravi Patel (The Valet, Meet the Patels) is set to recur in the FX limited series Justified: City Primeval in the role of Rick Newley, Deadline has learned.
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Daniel D'Addario Chief TV CriticMaybe in part because the present looks so bleak, it’s lately been a boom time for shows about looking back on childhood. “The Wonder Years,” on ABC, is an update of the 1980s classic, now narrated by Don Cheadle as he reflects on the Montgomery of the 1960s.
“Young Rock,” on NBC, burnishes Dwayne Johnson’s image, dramatizing the ‘80s and ‘90s as lived by a would-be wrestling superstar. And now, HBO Max brings us “Gordita Chronicles,” a winsome look at a Dominican family who’ve just moved to Miami in 1985.
Like the similar series currently on broadcast TV, “Gordita Chronicles” is nostalgic — both for the time it depicts and a style of television that used to be much thicker on the ground. That’s because “Gordita Chronicles” is assertively a Family TV show — and not in the sense of the phrase that’s meant to imply that it’s for children.
Indeed, it can seem at times stuffed with something to satisfy every possible viewer: While Cucu, known as “Gordita” (Olivia Goncalves) gets started in an American school and begins making friends, her mother (Diana Maria Riva) is adjusting to the Miami way of life and her father (Juan Javier Cardenas) is establishing his career. This means that episodes can toggle between Gordita’s prosaic problems, the slightly more mature concerns of her older sister Emilia (Savannah Nicole Ruiz), and dad deciding whether or not it’s appropriate to take a business meeting at a strip club.Which is to say that “Gordita Chronicles” stands out in its willingness to apply the same tone to disparate family members’ stories.
EXCLUSIVE: Ravi Patel (The Valet, Meet the Patels) is set to recur in the FX limited series Justified: City Primeval in the role of Rick Newley, Deadline has learned.
William Earl The NATPE conference is relocating to The Bahamas for its 2023 edition, leaving its longtime home in Miami for a resort on the island nation about 50 miles southeast of the south Florida coast.The National Association of Television Program Executives will hold their annual get-together in Nassau at Baha Mar Resort and Convention Center from Jan. 17-19. The move to an island cluster outside the U.S.
Gerard Piqué and Shakira are living separate lives, Spanish media outlets assure that the Colombian singer and businesswoman is considering moving back to the United States. Spain’s national daily sports newspaper Marca reports a legal battle between Shakira and the Spanish soccer player.Although the pair never tied the knot, Shakira and Piqué might bring their disagreements before a judge to decide their rights with their two sons, Milan and Sasha.The publication also informed that a journalist of Televisión Española claims that the “Waka Waka” singer wants to move to Miami, Florida, for a while and bring them with her for at least two months.Allegedly the Barcelona Club athlete refused to allow Shakira to leave Spain with their kids and sign the necessary paperwork giving her permission.Shakira and Chris Evans are the internet’s favorite fantasy coupleShakira reappears shaking her hips weeks after calling it quits from Gerard PiquéCreepy messages were spray painted in front of Shakira’s family home in BarcelonaThe singer’s decision to leave Barcelona for a while comes after creepy messages were left right outside her family home.
Daniel D'Addario Chief TV CriticIn the new season of “Westworld,” Evan Rachel Wood’s character describes the concept of the NPC — in video game parlance, the “non-player-characters,” the electronic background figures who exist to serve the person in control. Going by Dolores, Wood’s character once lived such a fate herself, as a sentient “host” at a theme park; having long since freed her mind, she’s now known as Christina, living in an American city, working at a video game company where she’s the one telling stories.Well, stories on the margins, at least.
Diana Trujillo, a Cali, Colombia native with a Bachelor of Science degree in aerospace engineering from the University of Maryland in College Park.Trujillo also studied at the University of Florida and graduated from Miami-Dade College in Florida and the NASA Academy at NASA’s Langley Research Center in Virginia. In addition to Diana, NASA’s newest team includes Heidi Brewer, Ronak Dave, Chris Dobbins, Garrett Hehn, Nicole McElroy, and Elias Myrmo.According to the independent agency of the U.S.
EXCLUSIVE: Brigitte Muñoz-Liebowitz, executive producer/showrunner of Gordita Chronicles, is extending her overall with Sony Pictures Television, the studio behind the coming-of-age HBO Max comedy series, which premieres today.
Jennifer Lopez claims she's still Jenny from the Block, but her property portfolio may suggest otherwise! The mum-of-two owns houses across the US from Miami to Manhattan worth an estimated $97million – including some that she still shares with her former fiancé Alex Rodriguez.MORE: Jennifer Lopez and Alex Rodriguez sell Malibu beach houseShe's not planning on stopping there, either, as Jennifer has also been spotted viewing several homes in Los Angeles with Ben Affleck in recent months, suggesting they're ready to put down roots for their new blended family. Let's take a look at her current property portfolio...WATCH: Jennifer Lopez gives tour inside incredible New York homeJennifer owns this stunning waterfront retreat in Miami’s Star Island with her ex-fiancé Alex Rodriguez.
HBO Max comedy series.“She rang true with women in my family,” Riva, 52, told The Post. “I’m Latina, my mother is from the Dominican Republic, I’m first-generation … there were things that resonated with me as far as this kind of woman and what she stands for … when it comes to family and supporting family.“So she wasn’t a stretch for me to connect with.”“Gordita Chronicles,” premiering June 23, revolves around the Castelli family: husband-and-wife Victor (Juan Javier Cardenas) and Adela and their daughters: precocious, 12-year-old Cucu (Olivia Goncalves) — endearingly nicknamed “Gordita” (“chubby”) — and her older sister, Emilia (Savannah Nicole Ruiz), who’s really into American pop culture (including Tiger Beat magazine).
Camila Cabello looks like she’s having a blast with her friends!
Romeo Beckham was spotted rubbing shoulders with football royalty as he attended a party in Miami this week.The 19 year old, who recently celebrated his third anniversary with girlfriend Mia Rega, attended the swanky party where he was pictured with Man United player Paul Pogba, 29, at the launch of his Prime Video launch for his film The Pogmentary. Romeo dressed casually for the event, wearing a white jumper and jeans along with a red beanie hat, while Paul meanwhile looked smart in a dark suit and sunglasses with shimmering blue detailing around the pockets and lapel of his jacket.
Daniel D'Addario Chief TV CriticJeff Bridges, in his new series “The Old Man,” is playing the kind of spy they don’t make anymore.His Dan Chase is, even at an advanced age, a master tactician; he repeatedly bests men many years younger than he is in hand-to-hand combat. He’s also winningly persuasive, so much so that the FBI counterintelligence chief tasked with finding him (John Lithgow) can’t resist giving him a head start.Indeed, the aptly named Chase seems perpetually one step ahead in evading pursuit, and the show is similarly ahead of us at home: We find out just what has made Chase, and what makes the chase, as we go.
Amy Nicholson The wedding industrial complex has intensified since novelist Edward Streeter wrote his wryly observational satire “Father of the Bride” in 1949. So, too, has the titular patriarch’s panic that his daughter’s nuptials will expose him as a substandard provider. Director Gary Alazraki’s uneven adaptation — the third in seven decades after Spencer Tracy and Steve Martin reached for the migraine medication — casts Andy Garcia as the beleaguered patron whose ego outshines his child’s simpler desires.
Carson Burton The creative team behind “Gordita Chronicles” are ready to bring change to the small screen.Premiering on June 23 on HBO Max, the semi-autobiographical series from creator and executive producer Claudia Forestieri tells the story of a Dominican family that leaves Santo Domingo for Miami in pursuit of the American Dream. Joining Forestieri in a keynote conversation at Variety‘s Changemakers Summit with editor-at-large Kate Aurthur were executive producers Zoe Saldaña, Eva Longoria and Brigitte Muñoz-Liebowitz, who also serves as showrunner.
No secrets to spill. Larsa Pippen was recently spotted spending time with Scott Disick — but the Miami meetup was nothing more than a reunion between old friends.
Eva Longoria and Zoe Saldana are hitting the red carpet together!