TV Updates Cristela's New Show on CBS Late last week, Cristela Alonzo announced on social media that she and Dan Bucatinsky, who will forever be James Novak from Scandal to me, have a new show in the works at CBS called She Gets It From Me. Jennifer Lopez and Ryan Seacrest will be producing along with them. By Violeta • Oct 31, 2022 11:46 am
Music Brandi Carlile on IMAX - In The Canyon Haze The only thing that has successfully gotten me out of my loop of playing Renaissance on repeat has been Mariah Carey’s 25th Anniversary of Butterfly. First of all, how dare you, time? It does not feel like 25 years ago since I first saw that “Honey” video. But second By Violeta • Sep 29, 2022 03:14 pm
TV Updates We are Ready for Sheryl Lee Ralph & Abbott Elementary Many of us have been back to school and tomorrow, Emmy award-winning Abbott Elementary will be back with its second season premiere! https://youtu.be/H9vWZQuAYfg Since last week’s Emmy broadcast, people have been celebrating the much-deserved wins for Sheryl Lee Ralph and Quinta Brunson. From the moment Sheryl By Violeta • Sep 20, 2022 01:56 pm
Music Selena’s Legacy Some of us have been playing Beyoncé’s Renaissance on repeat for the past month. But on July 29, we also got “new” music from another Texan - Selena Quintanilla. The track “Como Te Quiero Yo A Ti” was a preview of Moonchild Mixes, a posthumous album of Selena Quintanilla’ By Violeta • Aug 31, 2022 11:29 am
TV Updates Maya Rudolph is worth it on Loot The first season of Loot, starring the one and only Maya Rudolph, just ended, and maybe I’ve been a little too unplugged from pop culture this summer, but it doesn’t seem like many people were talking about it. Was it just absent from my feed? I admit I By Violeta • Aug 16, 2022 02:40 pm
TV Updates Shania Twain and Behind the Music nostalgia Do you remember Behind the Music? It was a documentary series on VH1 that told you the story of an artist or band–how they rose to fame, the band and relationship breakups that would contribute to their success and/or failure, the loss of many an artist or band’ By Violeta • Jul 29, 2022 01:31 pm
TV Updates Cristela Alonzo’s Middle Classy When I am out of food content, and I’ve rewatched too many of my favorite TV comedies, I am always game for a good stand-up special. A few weeks ago, I was watching Jane Fonda & Lily Tomlin’s Ladies Night Live while cooking dinner when I was promptly By Violeta • Jul 14, 2022 03:40 pm
TV Updates Netflix’s Iron Chef is my new comfort TV There’s nothing more comforting for me than good shows about food. I marvel at the genius of individual chefs and their life stories (Chef’s Table); laugh and learn from an unexpected duo (The Chef Show); am soothed, transported and taught by the great Samin Nosrat (Salt, Fat, Acid, By Violeta • Jul 13, 2022 11:08 am
Music Hungry for Brandi Carlile’s Story Back in January on a night I couldn’t sleep, I took a break from life and work worries by googling if Brandi Carlile was touring. Brandi Carlile songs were a big part of our 2021 New Year’s Eve soundtrack. I rarely am one to really party it up By Violeta • Jun 28, 2022 12:37 pm
TV Updates The White Lotus: Our Cringy, Anxiety-Ridden Sunday Date Night I think I’ve said it in this space before, but just in case I haven’t, the pandemic has turned me into a real-life Wanda Maximoff who copes with the big and small anxieties of her life by turning to comfort TV. Prior to the pandemic, I was already By Violeta • Aug 13, 2021 01:26 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews The Doña Maria Felix Biopic Deadline reported that Eiza González is set to star in and produce a film based on María Félix’s life. For those of you who are unfamiliar with La Doña (her main nickname, which translates to “The Dame” and is inspired by her film Doña Bárbara), she was one of By Violeta • Aug 06, 2021 12:27 pm
TV Updates Top Chef Season 18: The Discomfort of My Comfort TV Like many people, much of my comfort TV revolves around food. The Great British Baking Show helped me cope with the 2016 election. The Chef Show got my kids to try (and for my son to love) oysters. And Top Chef inspired me to always travel with a food itinerary, By Violeta • Jul 20, 2021 01:13 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews The White Lotus and the Vacation Complication I think I just found a new show to look forward to. I didn’t mean to do it. But thanks to social media, I found out Jennifer Coolidge was going to be wearing one of my favorite Southern California handmades on this show, and that got me curious (full By Violeta • Jul 15, 2021 11:54 am
Equality Issues In The Heights: The Conversation Continues As Cody just wrote, In The Heights has been criticized (and rightfully so) for its casting of light-skinned actors to portray the leads in a show about Washington Heights. He mentioned Felice León’s interview with Jon M. Chu and the cast for The Root and it’s worth nothing By Violeta • Jun 17, 2021 02:04 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews In The Heights Is No Sueñito Maybe it was a big ask of a movie, to help me heal some of the hurt of the past year and a few months, to let it help me escape the discomfort, inadequacy, and exhaustion I’ve been feeling, if only for a few hours. But I was hopeful, By Violeta • Jun 10, 2021 10:55 am
Movie Reviews and Previews In the Heights is (also) a college story I have tried to stay away from any In the Heights content because I want to be surprised when I finally see it on my screen, but when Lainey sent me this Variety piece detailing the challenges of turning this Broadway hit into a film, I couldn’t help myself. By Violeta • Apr 09, 2021 01:52 pm
