Demian Bichir

Actor Demian Bichir Talks Hollywood, Scarlett, Oscars & Being Latino (PHOTOS)

S.J. Main | Posted 04.28.2012

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Whether Oriol's subject in frame is gang life, a fashion model or celebrity, he presents an artistic voice that is distinctly Los Angeles-bred.

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PHOTOS: Latino Oscar Nominees And Winners

Posted 02.26.2012

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It's Oscars' time again and everyone is getting ready to debate if the nominations included the most deserving work, if the winners were actually the ...

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PHOTOS: Nominees Play Nice Before The Oscars

Posted 02.25.2012

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Thursday night, Academy Award Nominees gathered at the home of Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa for The Hollywood Reporter's Nominees' Night 2012 -- a celeb...

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Oscar Nominee Shares His Killer Guacamole Recipe

AP | Posted 02.23.2012

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MEXICO CITY -- One of Mexican actor Demian Bichir's best performances during an interview with The Associated Press was describing how he makes guacam...

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Oscar Nominee On Leaving Mexico For U.S. Acting Career

The Huffington Post/AP | By KATHERINE CORCORAN | Posted 02.24.2012

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MEXICO CITY -- Demian Bichir learned an important lesson when he left his native Mexico to launch a U.S. acting career and ended up working in a Mex...

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Can a Mexican Actor Win An Oscar This Year?

Cosima Cabrera | Posted 04.23.2012

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This year Demián Bichir from Mexico received best actor Oscar nominations. While Bichir deserves to win, it is unlikely perhaps because Oscar voters are 94% Caucasian and Latinos are less than 2% of the Academy's voting members.

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Writer/Director Jill Soloway Explores Latino Themes in Sundance Film 'Una Hora Por Favora'

S.J. Main | Posted 03.28.2012

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In Una Hora Por Favora, it seems the theme of gender stereotypes is turned on its head at the same time as the ethnic one.

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WATCH: Oscar Nominee Dedicates Nomination To Undocumented Immigrants

The Huffington Post | Cindy Y. Rodriguez | Posted 01.25.2012

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Mexican actor Demian Bichir, who was nominated Tuesday morning for an Oscar in the Best Actor category for his role as a Mexican day laborer in the fi...

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I Want to Live a Better Life

Tom Gregory | Posted 02.20.2012

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A Better Life may not end the death and heartache of those squeezing into America for a future, but it does tell their story. Ignorance does not survive in A Better Life. It can't survive in an evolved America.

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Best Films and More About Work, for Labor Day

Wyatt Closs | Posted 11.01.2011

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This Labor Day week, we take a look at a listing of nominees for best films, tv shows, and other artistic expressions in what are called the "2011 Workers' Voice Awards" from PopWork USA.

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The best films of 2011 - so far

Marshall Fine | Posted 09.10.2011

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So - if the movie year had ended June 30 and we had to choose the best films of 2011 from the releases that hit American screens since Jan. 1, which o...

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ReThink Interview: Chris Weitz, Director of A Better Life

Jonathan Kim | Posted 09.01.2011

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If you had just directed a movie that went on to gross over $700 million worldwide, what would you direct next? Director Chris Weitz chose to make a small movie from a screenplay that had been languishing for over 20 years.

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ReThink Review: A Better Life -- Chasing A Truck and the American Dream

Jonathan Kim | Posted 08.24.2011

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A Better Life reveals the truth that immigrants are perhaps the purest reflection of the American dream, which isn't to become a millionaire, but to improve the lives of their families through hard work.

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VIDEO: Inner-City Students React To 'A Better Life'

HuffingtonPost.com | Anna Almendrala | Posted 08.15.2011

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"A Better Life," directed by Chris Weitz, chronicles the struggles of an undocumented landscaper in Los Angeles trying to protect his teen son from ga...

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The Young Castro Comes Alive In Soderbergh's Epic Che Through Actor Demian Bichir's Performance

Brad Balfour | Posted 05.25.2011

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Now that director Steven Soderbergh is in the public consciousness again with his intimate portrait of a high-class escort in The Girlfriend Experienc...

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