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Latino is a term used chiefly in the United States to refer to people of Latin American extraction or descent, though the term has also been used, perhaps incorrectly, as a synonym for Hispanic. The term latino is used to refer to males only or a combination of males and females in a group, whereas the term latina is used to refer to females only.
The U.S. Government has defined Hispanic or Latino persons as being "persons who trace their origin [to] . . . Central and South America, and other Spanish cultures." The United States Census uses the ethnonym Hispanic or Latino to refer to "persons who trace their origin or descent to Mexico, Puerto Rico, Cuba, Spanish speaking Central and South America countries, and other Spanish cultures." It is also stated that, "Origin can be considered as the heritage, nationality group, lineage, or country of the person or the person's parents or ancestors before their arrival in the United States. People who identify their origin as Hispanic or Latino may be of any race." The AP Stylebook's recommended usage of Latino includes not only persons of Spanish-speaking ancestry, but also more generally includes persons "from -- or whose ancestors were from -- . . . Latin America," including Brazilians.
Enrique "Ricky" Martín Morales (born December 24, 1971), better known as Ricky Martin, is a Puerto Rican pop singer and actor who achieved prominence, first as a member of the Puerto Rican boy band Menudo, then as a solo artist since 1991. Throughout his career, he has sold more than 60 million albums worldwide. He is the founder of the Ricky Martin Foundation (in Spanish Fundación Ricky Martin), a non-profit charity organization aimed at human trafficking.
Martin got his start at age twelve with the all-boy pop group Menudo; after five years with the group, he released his Spanish-language solo album, Ricky Martin, in 1991. He also acted on stage and on TV in Mexico, becoming a modest star in the country. In 1994 he starred on the American TV soap opera General Hospital, playing a Puerto Rican singer. In 1999, after several albums in Spanish, he released his first English-language album (also titled Ricky Martin), which included "Livin' la Vida Loca". The album sold 22 million copies and brought Martin international fame. His other studio albums include: Me Amarás (1993), A Medio Vivir (1995), Vuelve (1998), Sound Loaded (2000), Almas del Silencio (2003), Life (2005), and Música + Alma + Sexo (2011).
Enrique Iglesias (born Enrique Miguel Iglesias Preysler; May 8, 1975) is a Spanish singer, songwriter and occasional actor, popular in both the Latin market and the Hispanic American market in the United States. He is the son of the famous Spanish singer Julio Iglesias. Within five years of beginning his musical career in the 1990s, he became the biggest seller of Spanish-language albums of that decade. He made his crossover into the mainstream English language market before the turn of the millennium, signing a multi-album deal with Universal Music Group for an unprecedented US$50,000,000 with Universal Music Latino to release his Spanish albums and Interscope to release English albums. In 2010, he parted with Interscope and signed with another Universal Music Group label, Universal Republic.
Iglesias has sold over 100 million records worldwide, making him one of the best selling Spanish language artists of all time. He has had five Billboard Hot 100 top five singles, including two number-ones, and holds the record for producing 22 number-one Spanish-language singles on the Billboard's Hot Latin Tracks. He has also had ten number-one songs on Billboard's Dance charts, more than any other single male artist. Altogether, Iglesias has amassed 55 number-one hits on the various Billboard charts. Billboard has called him The King of Latin Pop and The King of Dance. Billboard also named Enrique the number two Latin artist of the years 1986–2011 (Luis Miguel taking the first spot).
Set in the context of the Sandinista government in Nicaragua and their battle with the U.S. backed Contra rebels. Eddie Guerrero (Robert Beltran) is a Vietnam vet sent to help U.S. Special Forces train Contra rebels. Eddie falls for a local girl, Marlena (Annette Cardona). However, when her father is killed by the Contras things change.
Keywords: 1980s, american-foreign-policy, central-america, cia, communism, green-beret, guerillia, independent-film, military, murder
Actors: Toby Ross (director), Toby Ross (writer), Toby Ross (editor), Christopher Midkiff (actor), Richard Strobel (actor), TJ Martin (actor), Ric Morgan (actor), Heather Mingo (actress), Carl Provorse (producer), Larry Hauge (actor), Harry W. Walters (actor), Frank Failing (actor), Chad Manuel (actor), Joey Strobel (actress), Doug Herlihy (director),
Plot: With a spoof on the famous Dateline NBC show playing in the background, this crime thriller - a la Hitchcock interlaced with wry humor - is a fun "Darkotica" that will make you sit on the edge of your seat and thrill you with a smile. Fritz Handsome has been given the opportunity of a life time and all the breaks that one can dream of. He is married to a beautiful heiress and is the host of the most controversial TV series in the land. But trouble in paradise emerges as soon as the show hits the air. Mysterious phone calls, murder, extortion, desperation and kidnapping are just a few of the scenarios you will experience in this roller coaster ride. Full frontal nudity and some violent sex adds to this mix to make it a unique viewing experience. With Brent Collins from Payton Collins: Serial Rapist and a new cast, this film from cult writer/director Toby Ross is blast.
Keywords: babysitter, blackmail, erection, erotic-fantasy, erotica, gay, gay-sex, homosexual, infidelity, jailActors: Stéfany Barbosa (director), Stéfany Barbosa (producer), Pedro Henrique Carvalho (composer), Gabriel de Lima (composer), Pedro Henrique Carvalho (editor), Gabriel de Lima (editor), Gabriel de Lima (writer), Stéfany Barbosa (actress), Pedro Henrique Carvalho (writer), Pedro Henrique Carvalho (actor), Gabriel de Lima (actor), Stéfany Barbosa (writer), Leonardo Morais (actor), Joaquim Ivo Vasques (actor), Leonardo Morais (actor),
Genres: Comedy, Crime, Short, Thriller,Actors: Lynne Adams (actress), Danny Blanco Hall (actor), Benz Antoine (actor), Kwasi Songui (actor), Henri Pardo (actor), Henri Pardo (actor), Sophie Desmarais (actress), Marie-Noëlle Legault (miscellaneous crew), Sylvio Archambault (actor), Patricia Stasiak (actress), Julian Ferrera (producer), Anatoly Zinoviev (actor), Ralph Prosper (actor), Yardly Kavanagh (actress), Nicolas Comeau (producer),
Plot: Ronald, an eight year-old biracial boy, sees his life turning upside down after witnessing the brutal murder of his mother by his father. Often moved from one foster home to the next, Ronald is recruited by a street gang where he dwells in a life of crime and violence. As he waits for his father to be released to avenge his mother, he realizes that he doesn't have to follow his father's footsteps or the path chosen for him. Against all odds, he takes control of his own destiny. His awakening to new humane values enables him to change change course despite the obvious risk of losing the only family he has ever known.
Keywords: bling, crack-cocaine, death-of-mother, drug-dealing, drug-debt, father-son-conflict, female-nudity, fully-clothed-sex, gang-rape, gangstaActors: Enrique Cerezo (producer), Pablo Blanco (editor), Carlos Kaniowsky (actor), Felipe Vélez (actor), Andrés Gertrúdix (actor), Daniel Guzmán (actor), Miguel Ángel Silvestre (actor), Natalia Verbeke (actress), Javier Pereira (actor), Juana Acosta (actress), Fanny de Castro (actress), Marian Álvarez (actress), Mónica Cano (actress), Lucio Romero (actor), María Vázquez (actress),
Genres: Drama,Actors: James Rebhorn (actor), Jorge Porcel (actor), Coati Mundi (actor), Al Pacino (actor), Vincent Pastore (actor), Sean Penn (actor), David Boston (actor), Viggo Mortensen (actor), Marc Anthony (actor), Adrian Pasdar (actor), John Leguizamo (actor), Luis Guzmán (actor), Paul Mazursky (actor), Orlando Urdaneta (actor), Jaime Tirelli (actor),
Plot: Finally released from prison, Carlito Brigante has vowed that he will not go back to the life he once had. His move to a new life isn't easy, as Carlito must resist every taunt and every opportunity back into his old lifestyle. He meets up with his old love, Gail who shows him the person he can be in a happy life, but his good friend and lawyer, David Kleinfeld is having problems of his own and would love the help he could gain from the legend known as Carlito.
Keywords: 1970s, anti-hero, anti-semitism, bare-breasts, baseball-bat, based-on-novel, beating, betrayal, bikini, billboardActors: Don McManus (actor), Malachy McCourt (actor), Adam LeFevre (actor), Tom Hanks (actor), Richard Libertini (actor), Alan King (actor), Clifton James (actor), Barton Heyman (actor), F. Murray Abraham (actor), Kurt Fuller (actor), Morgan Freeman (actor), Richard Belzer (actor), Kevin Dunn (actor), Jack Mulcahy (actor), Donald Moffat (actor),
Plot: Financial "Master of the Universe" Sherman McCoy sees his life unravel when his mistress Maria Ruskin hits a black boy with his car. When yellow journalist Peter Fallow enflames public opinion with a series of distorted tabloid articles on the accident, the case is seized upon by opportunists like Reverend Bacon and mayoral candidate D.A. Abe Weiss.
Keywords: accident, alcoholic, arbitrage, bar, based-on-novel, black-comedy, blackmail, bond-salesman, box-office-flop, bronx-new-york-cityActors: Elmore Leonard (writer), Steve Eastin (actor), Michel Colombier (composer), John Rhys-Davies (actor), Time Winters (actor), James Sikking (actor), Charles E. Sellier Jr. (producer), Gregory Sierra (actor), Jim Cody Williams (actor), Mark W. Rosenbaum (editor), E.W. Swackhamer (director), Geoffrey Rivas (actor), Michael Spence (editor), Alex McArthur (actor), Fredrick Lopez (actor),
Genres: Western,Actors: Angélica Aragón (actress), Rodrigo Puebla (actor), Fernando Sáenz (actor), John Glover (actor), Charles Bronson (actor), Miguel Ángel Fuentes (actor), Roger Cudney (actor), Alfredo Gutiérrez (actor), Ernesto Gómez Cruz (actor), Charles Bronson (actor), José Ferrer (actor), Enrique Lucero (actor), Jorge Luke (actor), Eduardo López Rojas (actor), Anaís de Melo (actress),
Plot: Clement Moloch is a doctor but instead of using his skills to heal; he uses them to torture. He works for governments including the U.S. who wants insurgents dealt with. Now several of his victims want him dead and after several attempts fail. Holland, a retried killer for hire, is informed of the death of an old friend who was trying to kill Moloch. Holland initially stating that he is retired doesn't take the job. But he changes his mind. He asks for woman and a child to accompany him so that he could appear to be a family man. And the woman who goes with him is the wife of his friend, who brings her daughter along. When Holland arrives he notices that Moloch is heavily protected so he starts by taking out his people.
Keywords: action-hero, anti-hero, assassination, bare-chested-male-bondage, based-on-book, based-on-novel, beating, blood, blood-splatter, bounty-hunterActors: Roberto Cobo (actor), Carlos East (actor), Ignacio Retes (actor), Blanca Guerra (actress), Gonzalo Vega (actor), Ernesto Yáñez (actor), Wolf Ruvinskis (actor), Alonso Echánove (actor), Guillermo Orea (actor), Alejandro Parodi (actor), Salvador Pineda (actor), Blanca Torres (actress), Dolores Beristáin (actress), José Luis García Agraz (director), José Luis García Agraz (writer),
Genres: Crime, Drama, Thriller,Actors: Soon-Tek Oh (actor), Mako (actor), Deborah Ross (miscellaneous crew), Jim Beaver (actor), Jennifer Jason Leigh (actress), Jack W. Haddox (miscellaneous crew), Brad Fiedel (composer), Keone Young (actor), Ann Jillian (actress), Leonard Hill (producer), John Hancock (actor), Brenda Weisman (miscellaneous crew), James Saito (actor), Carolyn Seymour (actress), Eda Reiss Merin (actress),
Plot: In Los Angeles, the naive and lonely burger waitress and aspirant singer Carol Heath finds an advertisement in the newspaper with a job opportunity in Tokyo. She has a meeting with the agents, the American Cavanaugh and the Japanese Shiro ; she signs the contract in English and Japanese and travels to Japan to work at the White Orchid night-club. She shares a hotel room with a dancer and sooner she discovers the scheme of prostitution in the club that belongs to Yakuza. Alone, without money and her passport, she is protected by Shiro, but pressed by the managers Madame Mori and her husband Hatanaka to be receptive to client's proposals. Meanwhile her former boyfriend returns to LA and seeks her out.
Keywords: based-on-true-story, bondage, breasts, japan, missing-person, prostitution, yakuza