Cuarón just finished work on Gravity, one of the most ambitious movies in the history of film for its 3D work and directorial style. Film will be released October 4th. Abrams on his end just scored a #1 film with Star Trek Into Darkness co-starring Zoe Saldana.

The pairing has given way to an hourlong sci-fi drama presented at this year's upfront about a young superpowered girl (Johnny Sequoyah) and the death row inmate (Jake McLaughlin) broken out of jail to protect her. 

Cuarón wrote and directed the pilot, and will serve as executive producer alongside Abrams. What we gathered from the TV trailer is that it's a bit subdued, perhaps due to the quality of the trailer, but at least we have something to see. I'm working on getting...]]> http://www.showbizcafe.com/en/all/first-trailer-of-alfonso-cuarons-nbc-show-believe/3109 Tue, 21 May 2013 http://www.showbizcafe.com/en/all/lengua-camara-y-accion-j-lo-the-view-el-rey-network/3108 Esta semana en el segmento de noticias de cine, "Lengua, Cámara y Acción" en el Luis Jimenez Show por X96.3FM, Univision Radio, Jack Rico habla sobre: PAULINA RUBIO y su nuevo show en THE X-FACTOR, J-LO y ROBERT RODRiGUEZ entrando a la television hispana, y puede...]]> http://www.showbizcafe.com/en/all/lengua-camara-y-accion-j-lo-the-view-el-rey-network/3108 Mon, 20 May 2013 http://www.showbizcafe.com/en/all/is-america-ready-for-a-latina-to-be-a-co-host-of-abcs-the-view/3107 As 'The View' gets ready to say goodbye to Barbara Walters, ABC network executives and producers are having closed door meetings on the future of the much imitated iconic show.

One of the ideas being tossed around, again, is the inclusion of a Hispanic co-host. That idea is about to be re-tested when Univision’s Primer Impacto co-anchor, Pamela Silva Conde, gets a co-hosting seat next to the ladies of 'The View' this Tuesday at 11AM, eastern time.

Mrs. Conde’s selection shouldn’t surprise anyone. After having an African-American, an Asian and even a gay woman as hosts, it is about time 'The View' welcomed a Latina to the table. Actually, they should have done this years ago when the Hispanic population numbers were first exploding and Myrka Dellanos was welcomed to join as fill-in.

Yes, the same Myrka Dellanos, former co-host of Primer Impacto. 

Back in 2007, Dellanos filled in for former host Meredith Viera to much acclaim. She was beautiful, quick-minded, opinionated, and professional. She connected very well with audiences and seemed to have...]]> http://www.showbizcafe.com/en/all/is-america-ready-for-a-latina-to-be-a-co-host-of-abcs-the-view/3107 Mon, 20 May 2013 http://www.showbizcafe.com/en/all/official-paulina-rubio-joins-foxs-x-factor-us/3106 Updated:

Paulina Rubio is the new judge on Fox's X-Factor US and is the first straight up Mexican born judge to be on a English Language music reality competition show. Christina Aguilera (Ecuadorian father), Demi Lovato (quarter Mexican from mother's side) and Mariah Carey (half-Venezuelan father) don't really fancy themselves as Latinas, but Shakira and Rubio do.   

Paulina Rubio, a.k.a "Pau," is the Queen of Latin Pop, and is currently working on Telemundo's La Voz Kids, a kids adaptation of NBC's successful franchise The Voice and was also on the second season of La Voz… México.

Latin pop/dance rocker "Pau" joins Simon Cowell and Demi Lovato at the table with Kelly Rowland from Destiny's Child being added as well. They’d be filling the judges’ seats vacated by LA Reid and Britney Spears.

X Factor US is set to film auditions in Charleston, SC, this Tuesday and Wednesday. The tweet was revealed by Cowell Monday. X Factor‘s third season will debut this fall.

Paulina...]]> http://www.showbizcafe.com/en/all/official-paulina-rubio-joins-foxs-x-factor-us/3106 Fri, 17 May 2013 http://www.showbizcafe.com/en/all/peliculeando-star-trek-into-darkness-erased/3105 En mi segmento Peliculeando por el Luis Jimenez Show, X96.3FM, Univision Radio, yo entregó mis críticas del nuevo film: STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS del director J.J Abrams con la caribeña Zoe Saldaña, ERASED con Aaron Eckhart y el Bluray de CLOUD ATLAS que a Luis le gustó y entretuvo.

Este...]]> http://www.showbizcafe.com/en/all/peliculeando-star-trek-into-darkness-erased/3105 Wed, 15 May 2013 http://www.showbizcafe.com/en/all/zoe-saldana-wants-to-direct-ang-lee-type-movies/3104 Dominican/Puerto Rican actress Zoe Saldana belongs to a rare and privileged club, where a small click of actors films rank in the top 3 box office movies of all time. Avatar is the leader in that category and she’s its key co-star. She is literally on top of the world. Her huge blockbuster films have put her on the lips of every top producer and director in Hollywood as well as a profusion of money in her bank account. As she nears the release of another gi-normous franchise film in “Star Trek Into Darkness,” where she plays Uhura, she seems to be in a reflective mood about life, work and her place in it. 

I have been interviewing Saldana since the early 2000’s when I used to work for a Spanish language morning newscast in New York. She was just breaking through with “Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl” back then and she seemed innocent to the tidal wave of the VIP life that was about to hit her. 

In our deep, but fun conversation, her answers were peppered with shades of feminism and what sounded like a need to break free from some...]]> http://www.showbizcafe.com/en/all/zoe-saldana-wants-to-direct-ang-lee-type-movies/3104 Tue, 14 May 2013 http://www.showbizcafe.com/en/all/lengua-camara-y-accion-24-regresa-a-la-tv/3103 Esta semana en el segmento de noticias de cine, "Lengua, Cámara y Acción" en el Luis Jimenez Show por X96.3FM, Univision Radio, Jack Rico habla sobre: BREAKING BAD EN ESPAÑOL, JACK BAUER Y 24 REGRESARAN A LA TV, UNA NUEVA PELÍCULA DE PABLO ESCOBAR, LA NUEVA PELICULA WILLIAM LEVY. 

Este segmento en español es el único en los Estados Unidos que se dedica a hablar de noticias de cine. El crítico de cine, Jack Rico, estará reportando las más importantes noticias de Hollywood de una manera conversada, entretenida e informativa, junto a la estrella de la radio, Luis Jimenez. De esta forma, usted se puede mantener al tanto de lo que pasa en Hollywood con una sonrisa en cara. Lengua, Camara y Acción será transmitido cada martes a las 9:50AM.

Además, no se pierda de PELICULEANDO, cada viernes a las 9:50am para escuchar las críticas y recomendaciones de los más recientes estrenos cinematográficos y EN ESPAÑOL! Ustedes pueden escuchar...]]> http://www.showbizcafe.com/en/all/lengua-camara-y-accion-24-regresa-a-la-tv/3103 Mon, 6 May 2013 http://www.showbizcafe.com/en/all/aftershock-trailer/1396 http://www.showbizcafe.com/en/all/aftershock-trailer/1396 Tue, 16 Apr 2013 http://www.showbizcafe.com/en/all/the-hangover-iii-trailer/1395 http://www.showbizcafe.com/en/all/the-hangover-iii-trailer/1395 Mon, 8 Apr 2013 http://www.showbizcafe.com/en/all/scary-movie-5-trailer/1390 http://www.showbizcafe.com/en/all/scary-movie-5-trailer/1390 Mon, 4 Mar 2013 http://www.showbizcafe.com/en/all/tyler-perrys-temptation-trailer/1388 http://www.showbizcafe.com/en/all/tyler-perrys-temptation-trailer/1388 Mon, 4 Mar 2013 http://www.showbizcafe.com/en/all/the-host-trailer/1387 http://www.showbizcafe.com/en/all/the-host-trailer/1387 Mon, 4 Mar 2013 http://www.showbizcafe.com/en/all/everybody-has-a-plan-trailer/1386 http://www.showbizcafe.com/en/all/everybody-has-a-plan-trailer/1386 Mon, 4 Mar 2013 http://www.showbizcafe.com/en/all/come-out-and-play-trailer/1385 http://www.showbizcafe.com/en/all/come-out-and-play-trailer/1385 Fri, 1 Mar 2013 http://www.showbizcafe.com/en/all/olympus-has-fallen-trailer/1384 http://www.showbizcafe.com/en/all/olympus-has-fallen-trailer/1384 Fri, 1 Mar 2013 http://www.showbizcafe.com/en/all/inapproppriate-comedy-trailer/1383 http://www.showbizcafe.com/en/all/inapproppriate-comedy-trailer/1383 Thu, 21 Feb 2013 http://www.showbizcafe.com/en/all/exclusive-nadine-velazquez-on-snitch-aztec-warrior/3032 Nadine Velazquez is definitely a rising star in Hollywood. This Puerto Rican beauty already has a solid TV career with her roles in ‘My Name is Earl’, ‘Hart of Dixie’ and ‘The League’ and now she’s slowly making her way into the big screen after some previous attempts a while ago. Last year her role in Denzel Washington’s ‘Flight’ got everyone’s attention as she is nude in the first scene for a long time and has a lingering role throughout the film. I had the chance to talk to her back when that film opened and now I had the luck to talk to her once more for her movie ‘Snitch’ starring Dwayne Johnson and Susan Sarandon; opening this Friday February 22nd.

In the film Velazquez plays the role of Analisa, John Matthews’ (Dwayne Johnson) second wife; their lives gets disrupted when his son from his first marriage is wrongfully thrown into prison. As a parent John Matthews is willing to do anything for his son and agrees to go undercover in order to set him free. 

I spoke to this talented...]]> http://www.showbizcafe.com/en/all/exclusive-nadine-velazquez-on-snitch-aztec-warrior/3032 Wed, 13 Feb 2013 http://www.showbizcafe.com/en/all/john-ortiz-bradley-cooper-deserved-to-be-nominated/3024 Transcription done by Mariana Dussan.

As The Weinstein Company is making an invigorated Oscar push to drive their dramedy “Silver Linings Playbook” to a historic upset over the leading favorite front-runner in "Argo" in the Best Picture category, I had a lengthy and very enjoyable discussion with one of its co-stars - Puerto Rican thespian John Ortiz who plays Ronnie, best friend to Bradley Cooper in the film. 

With over 20 years in the business, Ortiz has consolidated himself as one of the most dependable Hispanic actors in Hollywood. His oustanding character actor work such as Guajiro in Carlito's Way, Juan Abreu in Before Night Falls, Octavio in NARC, Jose Yero in Miami Vice, amongst many others, puts him, well poised to be a part of the Oscar discussion in the next 10 years, the way Demián Bichir was in 2011.

I had such a great conversation with Ortiz. He gave me so much about the business of how Hollywood ticks, insights that no one has gotten yet regarding behind-the-scenes of the film. I also...]]> http://www.showbizcafe.com/en/all/john-ortiz-bradley-cooper-deserved-to-be-nominated/3024 Tue, 12 Feb 2013 http://www.showbizcafe.com/en/all/entrevista-con-elenco-de-escape-from-planet-earth/3023 This Valentine’s Day weekend ‘Escape From Planet Earth’ an original animated family film will open nationwide! For us Latinos who love animated films this will be one to go see, especially because of the great Latino actors who voice some of the most important characters in the film: Jessica Alba is Lena, the beautiful and intelligent chief at BASA, Sofia Vergara plays Gabby the hot and spicy anchor for BNN News, and finally George Lopez a three-eyed slug alien named Thurman. We had a chance to sit down with two of their funny cast mates, Craig Robinson is Doc an intergalactic radio talk-show therapist, an adorable and genius alien mouse who invented social networking and is the voice of reason to all the other prisoners in Area 51. Jane Lynch is Io, she’s a gigantic Cyclops from the sun who has anger management problems and whose intelligence and strength come in handy.

These two has each had their share of making memorable movies: Lynch with  ’40 year Old Virgin’, ‘Role Models’, and animated films like ‘Shrek Forever...]]> http://www.showbizcafe.com/en/all/entrevista-con-elenco-de-escape-from-planet-earth/3023 Sun, 27 Jan 2013 http://www.showbizcafe.com/en/all/warm-bodies-pase-exclusivo-a-la-alfombra-roja/3007 ShowBizCafe.com was one of the three Hispanic outlets invited to the exclusive red carpet premiere of ‘Warm Bodies’ in New York City. There I got to catch up with the main cast and director, as well as spot a few other celebrities invited to the screening such as Tony Danza and Gabourey Sidibe, best known for her role in the movie ‘Precious’.

‘Warm Bodies’ from director Jonathan Levine is about a Zombie named R (Nicholas Hoult) who falls in love with a human, Julie (Teresa Palmer), which changes the rules in both of their worlds and might help calm the chaos of the apocalypse.

British actor Nicholas Hoult has been in the world of TV and movies since he was a child and he’s had some key roles in both. He’s worked with the likes of Hugh Grant, Colin Firth and is part of the ‘X-Men’ franchise where he embodies Hank McCoy also known as “Beast”. This year he is the protagonist of ‘Warm Bodies’ and ‘Jack the Giant Slayer’.

http://www.showbizcafe.com/en/all/warm-bodies-pase-exclusivo-a-la-alfombra-roja/3007 Thu, 10 Jan 2013 http://www.showbizcafe.com/en/all/exclusive-argos-real-tony-mendez-im-not-hispanic/2992 For the Latino moviegoers who already saw Argo or who will now see it due to the 7 Oscar nominations it received today from the Academy, you might be plunged into the controversy that has arisen from the big reveal in the movie - Ben Affleck, who directs and stars in the film, his lead role character is named Tony Mendez, an obvious Latino.

So why did Affleck, an Irish guy, play him as opposed to a Latino actor? What did Tony Mendez, the real life CIA agent that inspired the film think? And is he really a Latino (couldn't find any detailed news on his heritage on the web)?Many people are upset at Affleck's logic here, but I decided to go to the source, Mendez himself, and interview about his Latino roots and Affleck's decision not to hire a Latino thespian to play the lead role.

Jack Rico (JR): What is your full name?

Tony Mendez (TM): Antonio Joseph Mendez

JR: When I first saw “Argo,” I was stunned when Ben Affleck’s...]]> http://www.showbizcafe.com/en/all/exclusive-argos-real-tony-mendez-im-not-hispanic/2992 Tue, 11 Dec 2012 http://www.showbizcafe.com/en/all/the-hobbit-interviews-with-peter-jackson-and-the-cast/2972 It’s been almost 10 years since ‘The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King’ premiered and now finally the prequel to ‘The Lord of the Rings’ is here, ‘The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey’ will open in the United States this Friday December 14. This one will be followed by ‘The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug’ to open December 13, 2013 and then, ‘The Hobbit: There and Back Again’ July 18th 2014. In this first part, we will join young Bilbo Baggins (Martin Freeman) in his first adventure with some new faces such as Thorin (Richard Armitage) the Dwarf King of Erebor and the rest of the twelve dwarves, whose kingdom has been taken away by a dragon named Smaug. Familiar faces accompany us on the trip such as the wizard Gandalf the Grey (Ian McKellen) and they will bump into Goblins, Orcs, Giant Spiders, Sorcerers and even Gollum (Andy Serkis) among others. In this journey he will discover himself as well as the wanders that the world outside of The Shire has to offer.