Tony's And MTV Movie Awards: Latinos Shut Out, Ricky Martin And Elena Roger Snubbed

Latinos have come a long way in television, movies, and in theater.

Sofia Vergara, a proud Colombiana, is the star of TV's number one comedy (ABC's "Modern Family"), part-Cuban actress Cameron Diaz continues to be one of the highest paid actresses in Hollywood, and musicals like "In the Heights" (2008) have paved the way for more shows about Latinos on the Great White Way.

But despite this progress, Latinos still have a long way to go in entertainment, as evidenced by yesterday's 2012 Tony Award nominations and this year's MTV Movie Award nominations , announced yesterday.

When nominations for the 66th Annual Tony Awards were announced on Tuesday, two Latino actors seemed like shoe-ins for nominations: Ricky Martin who plays the everyman "Che" in "Evita," and Elena Roger, who plays the title character Eva Peron in the hit musical.

But both Martin (who's Puerto Rican), and Roger (who was born in Argentina), were snubbed for Best Actor and Actress in a Musical, and the only actor who was nominated for portraying a Latino character in "Evita" is actor Michael Cerveris, who plays Evita's husband, Juan Peron in the show, who is not Latino.

@ricky_martin
Ricky Martin

luv & light 2 all my fellow actor on their Tony award nominations! Especially el gran @cerveris!U r awesome!Peace!

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It's true: "Evita" got mixed reviews from critics when it premiered on Broadway earlier this month, so it's not entirely shocking that the show was snubbed in the major acting categories. But the fact that the show couldn't earn Ricky Martin a nomination (especially since he's a global superstar and the Tony's love nominating big stars in the acting categories), is still pretty surprising.

But what's even worse than the snubs for Martin and Roger is that not a single Latino actor was nominated for an acting award at this year's Tony Awards.

And unfortunately, this was also the case with the MTV Movie Award nominations, which were also announced this morning. In 11 categories, there was not a single Latino nominated for any award. Why is that, exactly? It may have something to do with the fact that Latinos were not a part of any of this year's biggest movies: "The Hunger Games," "The Help," "Bridesmaids" "Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows Part 2," and "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 1."

Why do you think Latinos were snubbed by both shows? Do you think Ricky Martin and Elena Roger were unfairly snubbed? Dish in the comments.

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Comments

[Cheyann Montiel Reagan]

12:44 AM on 05/10/2012

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[Van The Man]

10:38 AM on 05/04/2012

Well, we can't have people left out can we. Let's immediately establish quotas by race or ethnicity. Let's establish a very complex formula that takes every conceivable racial and ethic group--determined by how each individual person "identifies". Be sure and have not only the nominations, but the awards themselves, parceled out based on the percentage of each group in relation to each group's percentage of the general population. Talent, reviews, consensus, votes and any subjective opinions should have absolutely no bearing.

[Tober Reilly]

07:36 AM on 05/04/2012

I think inferring racism was at play in the failure of the two leads in Evita to be nominated is both inaccurate and deeply offensive. Neither actor got particularly good reviews in two of the most iconic roles in music theatre in the last 30 years. Both were filling shoes that gave birth to two of the most incandescent starts of Broadway (Lupone and Patinkin) and the proposition that awards should be selected on racial inclusiveness does a great disservice to those Latino artists who have been celebrated for the sheer brilliance of their work.

[MARIA EVA]

06:32 AM on 05/03/2012

Tony Martin....Ah......WHO?

[GreenSpot]

04:15 PM on 05/02/2012

Ricky is fantastic as Che!

[yupo]

03:12 PM on 05/02/2012

LOVE RICKY MARTIN IS GREAT

[Aleks Rodriguez]

02:50 PM on 05/02/2012

That slide show...Bruno Mars is an actor???

Anyway since when are the MTV Movie Awards taken seriously? Who cares who they nominate or not?

[obamathegreat235]

12:40 PM on 05/02/2012

Latinos are not alone as African Americans have experienced the same types of humiliations and denials of their talents going back decades. This is why they came up with their own award ceremonies after they gained clout in recognition as actors and entertainers. Who cares about these two bit bigoty award organizations that fail to recognize the talents of all, regardless of race or ethnic backgrounds.

[inthedesert]

12:33 PM on 05/02/2012

Um...maybe people think these latinos are simply not talented? Maybe? Why is everything always taken so personally by latinos? Should they be given a nomination simply because they are latinos? I mean really....how stupid.

[Rey Anthony Mangual]

05:28 AM on 05/03/2012

No one took anything seriously. This article was written to stir up something out of nothing. It's shameful, actually.

[mmagriff]

11:22 AM on 05/02/2012

I am latin and i saw Evita......I was horrified by watching an actress playing Evita who does not have the voice to play that part. Elena Roger ruined that show for me. Ricky Martin was good, but not Tony worthy.
They were not snubbed, the Tony voters chose the better performances correctly. Why does everything have to be about race? The best people should be the ones who get rewarded, enough with "quotas"
I was so happy when I heard that Elena Roger was not nominated, it would have been a crime had she been.

[tomasino]

10:20 AM on 05/02/2012

You don't see any latinas on "Girls".

[Lechiffre]

01:51 PM on 05/02/2012

They are encased in brunettes.

[Andrea in the City]

10:13 AM on 05/02/2012

Elena Rogers was not Best Actress quality. Has nothing to do with her ethnicity. Her mediocre vocal performance was cited in almost every single review of the show. Are you implying that she should receive the nomination purely because she is Latina, and not based on the merits of her performance?

And really, the MTV awards? Hardly anything serious or meaningful.

[arecibo48]

10:07 AM on 05/02/2012

There should be no surprises. This is nothing new. Articles get written everytime it happens; next year the same articles will appear. For those who will say that only the best get chosen, yes, we want the best, however the problem is that those in positions to choose the best, don't consider Hispanics and other minorities to be in that circle.

[BUBC]

09:50 AM on 05/02/2012

What the Latinos in the slide show---La La Anthony is 100% Puerto Rican, here husband is only half.

[Maggie Urrely]

09:19 AM on 05/02/2012

Cry me a river! Could it just be that they're performances were not up to par and getting mixed reviews had something to do with it? Their ethnicity has nothing to do with the fact they were not nominated. If that were the case you wouldn't have the Rita Morenos and the Chita Riveras nominated and winning. And what does Sofia Vergara and Cameron Diaz have to do with this?