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Actors Honored For Erasing Stereotypes

NBC Latino | Nina Terrero | Posted 02.25.2013 | Latino Voices

On Friday night, the National Hispanic Media Coalition (NHMC) honored outstanding Latino talent for helping erase negative Latino stereotypes in Holly...

CBS Has Found Its 'Bad Teacher'

Posted 02.19.2013 | TV

Apparently it's not that hard to find a "Bad Teacher" these days. CBS has tapped Ari Graynor for the role originated by Cameron Diaz in CBS' adaptatio...

Movie Review: Gangster Squad

Marshall Fine | Posted 03.10.2013 | Entertainment
Marshall Fine

You get the feeling that Ruben Fleischer would have been happy to make an homage to the gangster movies of the 1940s (filtered through both a 1970s and a 21st-century perspective) when he was making Gangster Squad.

'End Of Watch' Beats Clint Eastwood, Jennifer Lawrence

AP | DAVID GERMAIN | Posted 11.24.2012 | Entertainment

LOS ANGELES — The police story "End of Watch" has won a close race at the weekend box office. The LA cop tale starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Mich...

Violence and Brotherhood Move Story Forward in End of Watch

Marlynn Snyder | Posted 11.21.2012 | Entertainment
Marlynn Snyder

End of Watch has the odd-angle, hand-held-camera feel of a documentary. Police cruisers are equipped with camera and even gang members carry video-cameras around to record their exploits. Social media and its record-and-share-it-now aesthetic are apparent.

Movie Review: End of Watch

Marshall Fine | Posted 11.20.2012 | Entertainment
Marshall Fine

It's a Chekhovian truism that if you introduce a gun in the first act, it had better go off before the end of the play. That apparently didn't register with David Ayer, who wrote and directed End of Watch, a competent but unremarkable new cops-on-the-streets tale.

Movie Review: The Good Doctor

Marshall Fine | Posted 11.04.2012 | Entertainment
Marshall Fine

At first glance, The Good Doctor seems like a pilot for a TV series we've seen seemingly dozens of times -- most successfully in E.R. But the longer you watch The Good Doctor, the more something seems off.

Cop Arrested For Raping Teen

Posted 08.22.2012 | New York

A Brooklyn NYPD traffic officer was arrested Tuesday for allegedly drugging and raping a 17-year-old girl. The New York Post reports 25-year old Ch...

Jake Gyllenhaal's Good Cop in 'End of Watch'

Regina Weinreich | Posted 10.20.2012 | Entertainment
Regina Weinreich

The F-word flies by fast, furious and often from cops and criminals in Jake Gyllenhaal's new movie End of Watch, now on its way to the Toronto Film Festival.

ANOTHER Cop Allegedly Rapes Woman At Gunpoint

Posted 08.02.2012 | New York

An NYPD officer was arrested on Wednesday for allegedly raping a former girlfriend at gunpoint in a Staten Island parking lot. The Daily News repor...

Former NYPD Officer Pleads Guilty To Rape Charge In Horrific Sex Attack Case

AP | JENNIFER PELTZ | Posted 06.22.2012 | New York

NEW YORK -- A former police officer admitted Thursday that he raped a schoolteacher he grabbed off the street on her way to work, pleading guilty to r...

Ex-Cop Sentenced To 75 Years In Jail

AP | JENNIFER PELTZ | Posted 07.07.2012 | New York

NEW YORK -- A former police officer who grabbed a schoolteacher off the street and sexually attacked her was sentenced Monday to at least three quarte...

ANOTHER NYPD Cop Arrested For Raping Woman At Gunpoint

Posted 04.03.2012 | New York

An NYPD safety school agent was arrested in Queens Monday after being accused of raping his ex-girlfriend at gunpoint, The New York Daily News reports...

PHOTOS: 9 Latinos Who Have Played Real People

The Huffington Post | Lee Hernandez | Posted 04.02.2012 | Latino Voices

It was recently reported that Mexican-American actor Michael Peña (“Crash,” “World Trade Center’) has been cast to play Civil Rights Leader, ...

Ex-Spitzer Advisor Pushed For Mistrial In NYPD Rape Case With Focus On 'Odd' Points

Posted 03.30.2012 | New York

After Wednesday's shocking declaration of a mistrial in the case against NYPD officer Michael Pena, who was convicted on sexual assault charges but no...

MISTRIAL

Posted 05.28.2012 | New York

The judge in the case against NYPD officer Michael Pena declared a mistrial Wednesday over the remaining rape charges against Pena. On Tuesday the ...

Michael Pena Found Guilty Of Sexual Assault: Jury Deadlocked On Rape Charge

AP | JENNIFER PELTZ | Posted 05.27.2012 | New York

NEW YORK -- A police officer was convicted on Tuesday of grabbing a schoolteacher off a street and sexually assaulting her at gunpoint while he was of...

Cop's Lawyer Claims His Client Only Tried, And Failed, To Rape Victim

Posted 03.16.2012 | New York

A lawyer for the NYPD officer accused of raping a 25-year-old schoolteacher at gunpoint in the Bronx admitted in court Thursday that his client, Offic...

Don't Wish People A Happy New Anus.. Learn The Importance Of Ñ (NSFW)

Posted 11.19.2011 | Latino Voices

Actor Michael Peña takes us on a tongue in cheek journey to discover the importance of the proper pronunciation and use of the letter ñ (p...

Gunpoint Rape Cop May Have Struck Before

AP | By TOM HAYS | Posted 10.25.2011 | New York

NEW YORK -- Investigators are conducting an extensive background check on a police officer accused of raping a teacher, suspecting that it wasn't the ...

Cop Charged With Gunpoint Rape 'Meant No Harm': Lawyers

AP | By JENNIFER PELTZ | Posted 10.24.2011 | New York

NEW YORK -- An off-duty police officer accused of raping a teacher after asking her for directions didn't mean to harm anyone, his lawyers said Wednes...

Bail Set For NYPD Officer Accused Of Rape

AP | Associated Press | Posted 10.22.2011 | New York

NEW YORK — An off-duty New York City police officer accused of raping a teacher was being held on bail of $500,000 cash or $1 million bond after...

PHOTOS: Jake Gyllenhaal Grabs A Gun To Patrol The Streets Of Los Angeles

Posted 10.03.2011 | Celebrity

Jake Gyllenhaal has fought in wars both foreign and ancient on the big screen, and for his next film, he'll be tackling the war at home on the Los Ang...

Jake Gyllenhaal Witnesses LA Gang Violence While Researching Film Role

AP | Posted 09.13.2011 | Los Angeles

LOS ANGELES — Jake Gyllenhaal and Michael Pena got a front row seat to Los Angeles gang violence. The actors, who were on riding along with polic...

HuffPost Review: Everything Must Go

Marshall Fine | Posted 07.20.2011 | Entertainment
Marshall Fine

Everything Must Go is what a filmed short story should be: compact, deep with character but still contained in its action and settings. It's nice to see Ferrell stretching himself. Time for more of that career yoga, Will.