ANA DE ARMAS, “BLADE RUNNER 2” ACTRESS.(Born: Camaguey).VIDEO.
Ana Celia de Armas Caso better known as Ana de Armas was born in Camaguey, Cuba on April 30, 1988.
At the age of 14, she began her studies at the National Theatre School of Havana, where she graduated after 4 years.
At the age of 16, she made her first film, Una rosa de Francia (2006), directed by Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón.
Height 5′ 6¼” (1.68 m)
A few titles came after until she moved to Spain, where she continued her film career, and started on TV.
In 2014 she moved to Los Angeles. She has two films coming out this summer (2016), War Dogs, directed by Todd Philips, along Miles Teller and Jonah Hill. And Hands of Stone, directed by Jonathan Jakubowicz, along Robert De Niro, Edgar Ramirez, Usher…
She is filming Blade Runner 2, directed by Denis Villeneuve, opposite Ryan Gosling and Harrison Ford.
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ANA DE ARMAS, ACTRIZ DEL FILM “WAR DOGS”. (Nació:Camagüey).VIDEO.
Ana Celia de Armas Caso mejor conocida como Ana de Armas nació en Camagüey, Cuba el 30 de abril de 1988.
A la edad de 14 años, comenzó sus estudios en la nacional Teatro escolar de la Habana, donde se graduó después de 4 años.
A la edad de 16, ella hizo su primera película, Una rosa de Francia (2006), dirigida por Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón.
Altura 5′ 6¼”(1.68 m)
Unos cuantos títulos vinieron después hasta que se trasladó a España, donde continuó su carrera en el cine y comenzó en la televisión. En 2014 se mudó a Los Ángeles.
Ella tiene dos películas que salen este verano (2016), perros de guerra, dirigida por Todd Philips, Miles Teller y Jonah Hill. Y manos de piedra, dirigida por Jonathan Jakubowicz, por Robert De Niro, Edgar Ramirez, Usher…
Ella es la película Blade Runner 2, dirigida por Denis Villeneuve, enfrente de Ryan Gosling y Harrison Ford.
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Eva Mendes was born in Miami, Florida, (born March 5, 1974) to Cuban parents, and was raised by her mother in the Los Angeles suburb of Glendale after her parents’ divorce. Mendes was raised a Roman Catholic and at one time even considered becoming a Catholic Nun. Her mother worked for an aerospace company and her father ran a meat distribution business. She attended Hoover High School in Glendale and later attended California State University, Northridge to study marketing, but left college and studied acting under Ivana Chubbuck.
Eva Mendes, an American actress, model and singer. She began acting in the late 1990s, and after a series of roles in B movies such as Children of the Corn V: Fields of Terror (1998) and Urban Legends: Final Cut (2000), she made a career changing appearance in Training Day (2001). Since then she has co-starred in movies as including 2 Fast 2 Furious, Ghost Rider, We Own the Night. and the comedies Stuck on You, Hitch and The Other Guys.
Mendez has appeared in several music videos and sung with CeeLo Green. Mendes has been a model and image person for Cocio chocolate milk, Magnum ice cream, Revlon, Calvin Klein, Cartier, Thierry Mugler perfume, Reebok, Campari apéritif, Pantene shampoo, Morgan and Peek & Cloppenburg clothes. She designed a fashion collection for New York & Company in 2013.
Actress.
Mendes began her acting career after a talent manager saw her photo in a friend’s portfolio. Her first film appearance was in the direct-to-video Children of the Corn V: Fields of Terror. Mendes was disappointed in her performance and she hired an acting coach. She then appeared in the films A Night at the Roxbury, Mortal Kombat: Conquest, My Brother the Pig, The Disciples, Urban Legends: Final Cut and Exit Wounds.
Mendes’ breakthrough role came when she appeared in Training Day and led to roles in All About the Benjamins, 2 Fast 2 Furious, Once Upon a Time in Mexico (which earned her a nomination at the Teen Choice Awards), Out of Time and Stuck on You. She was the female lead in the 2005 comedy Hitch and was one of the first minority actors to play the lead in a hit romantic comedy. She starred in The Wendell Baker Story, Guilty Hearts, Trust the Man, Ghost Rider, We Own the Night, Live! and Cleaner.
In 2008, she was nominated for a Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actress for her performance in The Women. She appeared in The Spirit, Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans, The Other Guys, Last Night, Fast Five and the spoof video, Funny or Die. In 2012, Eva Mendes visited Sierra Leone and was featured in the PBS documentary Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide. She starred in the 2013 movie The Place Beyond the Pines Entertainment Weekly described her performance as “quietly heartbreaking.”
Model and spokesperson.
Mendes appeared in Will Smith’s video “Miami” and the Pet Shop Boys’ music video for “Se a vida é (That’s the way life is)” in 1996 and Aerosmith’s video “Hole in My Soul” in 1997. She also appeared in the video for The End Has No End by The Strokes in 2004. Mendes was employed by Revlon Cosmetics as an international spokeswoman and participant in Revlon’s campaign to raise funds for breast cancer research. Mendes appeared nude in a print ad for Calvin Klein’s Secret Obsession perfume which was banned in the United States. In December 2007, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) used a nude photo of Mendes for their anti-fur campaign. She modelled in a Morgan campaign.
Mendes was a spokesmodel for the 2008 Campari calendar. Mendes was announced as the international face of Australia’s 30 Days of Fashion & Beauty event in July 2008. She made guest appearances in that country at the month-long festival in September. Mendes has been a spokesperson for Calvin Klein, Magnum, and the chocolate milk brand Cocio. She also promoted Thierry Mugler’s Angel fragrance. Reebok shoes and Pantene shampoo. She appeared in a Peek & Cloppenburg clothing catalog in 2011.
Other.
Mendes has a line of bed linens and dinnerware that are sold at Macy’s. In 2010, Mendes sang on “Pimps Don’t Cry,” a song featured in The Other Guys and performed a duet with CeeLo Green on “Pimps Don’t Cry.” In 2011, she recorded a version of “The Windmills of Your Mind.”
Reception.
Mendes was voted as number four in the 2008 edition, and number one in the 2009 edition, of AskMen.com’s Top 99 Most Desirable Women. Maxim ranked Mendes number seven in its 2007 Hot 100 issue. She appeared on the cover of Maxim for the second time in November 2007. Maxim ranked Mendes #11 in its 2010 Hot 100 issue. People named her one of 2012 Most Beautiful at Every Age.
Personal life.
Mendes dated George Augusto from 2002 to 2010. In September 2011, she began dating her The Place Beyond the Pines co-star Ryan Gosling. On September 12, 2014, she gave birth to their daughter.
Mendes spent several weeks at the Cirque Lodge addiction facility in 2008 to address “personal issues” and refuses to disclose the details of her condition. Mendes practices Transcendental Meditation.
Filmography.
Year Title Role Notes
Last Performances.
2005 Hitch Sara Melas
2005 The Wendell Baker Story Doreen
2005 Guilty Hearts Gabriella
2006 Trust the Man Faith
2007 Ghost Rider Roxanne Simpson
2007 Knocked Up Herself (uncredited)
2007 We Own the Night Amada Juarez
2007 Live! Katy executive producer
2007 Cleaner Ann Norcut
2008 The Women Crystal Allen
2008 The Spirit Sand Saref
2009 The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans Frankie Donnenfeld
2010 The Other Guys Sheila Gamble
https://youtu.be/WJ5QEXzPpE0
2010 Last Night Laura
2011 Fast Five Monica Fuentes (uncredited cameo)
2012 Holy Motors Kay M
2012 Girl in Progress Grace
2013 The Place Beyond the Pines Romina
2013 Clear History Jennifer
2014 Lost River Diana
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EVA MENDES, ACTRIZ, MODELO, CANTANTE.
Eva Mendes nació en Miami, Florida, (nacida el 05 de marzo 1974) de padres cubanos, y fue criada por su madre en el suburbio de Los Ángeles de Glendale después el divorcio de sus padres. Mendes fue criada como católica romana y de una sola vez, incluso consideró convertirse en una monja católica. Su madre trabajaba para una compañía aeroespacial y su padre tenía un negocio de distribución de carne. Asistió a Hoover High School en Glendale y más tarde asistió a la Universidad Estatal de California, Northridge para estudiar la comercialización, pero dejó la universidad y estudió actuación bajo Ivana Chubbuck.
Eva Mendes, actriz, modelo y cantante estadounidense. Comenzó a actuar a finales de 1990, y tras una serie de papeles en películas de serie B como Los chicos del maíz V: Campos de terror (1998) y Urban Legends: Final Cut (2000), hizo una carrera cambiante aparición en Training Day (2001). Desde entonces, ha co-protagonizado películas como incluyendo 2 Fast 2 Furious, Ghost Rider, La noche es nuestra. y las comedias Stuck on You, Hitch y The Other Guys.
Méndez ha aparecido en varios videos musicales y cantado con CeeLo Verde. Mendes ha sido una persona de modelo y de imagen para la leche Con chocolate, helado Magnum, Revlon, Calvin Klein, Cartier, perfumes Thierry Mugler, Reebok, Campari aperitivo, champú Pantene, Morgan y Peek & Cloppenburg ropa. Ella diseñó una colección de moda de Nueva York & Company en 2013.
Actriz .
Mendes comenzó su carrera como actriz después de un gestor de talento vio su foto en la cartera de un amigo. Su primera aparición en el cine fue en los niños-directas a video of the Corn V: Fields of Terror. Mendes estaba decepcionado en su actuación y ella contrató a un profesor de actuación. Luego apareció en las películas Una Noche en el Roxbury, Mortal Kombat: Conquest, My Brother the Pig, Los Discípulos, Urban Legends: Final Cut y Exit Wounds.
Papel de la brecha Mendes llegó cuando ella apareció en Training Day y condujo a papeles en All About the Benjamins, 2 Fast 2 Furious, Érase una vez en México (que le valió una nominación en los Teen Choice Awards), Out of Time y Stuck en ti. Ella fue la primera actriz en la comedia Hitch 2005 y fue uno de los primeros actores minoritarios para jugar el plomo en una exitosa comedia romántica. Ella protagonizó The Wendell Baker Story, Guilty Hearts, Trust the Man, Ghost Rider, We Own the Night, Live! y limpiador.
En 2008, fue nominada para un premio Golden Raspberry por Peor Actriz por su actuación en The Women. Ella apareció en El Espíritu, Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans, The Other Guys, anoche, Fast Five y el video parodia, Funny or Die. En 2012, Eva Mendes visitó Sierra Leona y apareció en el documental de PBS Half the Sky: Turning Opresión en oportunidades para la mujer en todo el mundo. Ella protagonizó la película de 2013 The Place Beyond the Pines Entertainment Weekly describió su actuación como “silencio desgarrador.”
Modelo y portavoz.
Mendes apareció en el video de Will Smith “Miami” y el vídeo musical de los Pet Shop Boys para “Se a vida é (Esa es la vida de la manera es)” en 1996 y el video de Aerosmith “Hole in My Soul” en 1997. Ella también apareció en el vídeo para The End Has No End de The Strokes en 2004. Mendes fue empleado por Revlon Cosmetics como vocera y participante en la campaña internacional de Revlon para recaudar fondos para la investigación del cáncer de mama. Mendes apareció desnuda en un anuncio impreso para Secret Obsession perfume de Calvin Klein que fue prohibido en los Estados Unidos. En diciembre de 2007, Gente por el Tratamiento Ético de los Animales (PETA) utilizaron una foto desnuda de Mendes para su campaña anti-piel. Ella modeló en una campaña Morgan.
Mendes fue un vocero para el calendario Campari 2008. Mendes fue anunciado como el rostro internacional de los de Australia 30 Días de Moda y Belleza evento en julio de 2008. Ella hizo apariciones especiales en ese país en el festival de un mes de duración en septiembre. Mendes ha sido un portavoz de Calvin Klein, Magnum, y la marca de leche con chocolate Cocio. Ella también promovió Ángel fragancia de Thierry Mugler. Zapatos Reebok y el champú Pantene. Ella apareció en un Peek & Cloppenburg catálogo de ropa en 2011.
Otros .
Mendes tiene una línea de ropa de cama y vajilla que se venden en la tienda Macy. En 2010, Mendes cantó en “Los chulos no lloran”, una canción que aparece en The Other Guys y realizó un dueto con CeeLo Verde sobre “Los chulos no lloran”. En 2011, grabó una versión de “Los Molinos de viento de tu mente.”
https://youtu.be/WJ5QEXzPpE0
La recepción .
Mendes fue votado como el número cuatro en la edición de 2008, y el número uno en la edición de 2009, del Top 99 Mujeres Más Deseadas de AskMen.com. Maxim clasificado Mendes número siete en su edición del Hot 100 de 2007. Ella apareció en la portada de Maxim, por segunda vez en noviembre de 2007. Maxim clasificado Mendes # 11 en su edición 2010 Hot 100. Las personas nombradas en una de 2012 Más Bellos a cualquier edad.
Vida personal .
Mendes fecha George Augusto desde 2002 hasta 2010. En septiembre de 2011, comenzó su data The Place Beyond the Pines coprotagonista Ryan Gosling. El 12 de septiembre de 2014, dio a luz a su hija.
Mendes pasó varias semanas en las instalaciones de la adicción Cirque Lodge en 2008 para hacer frente a “problemas personales” y se niega a revelar los detalles de su condición. Mendes practica la Meditación Trascendental.
(Vea Eva últimas presentaciones en la Sección en Ingles.)
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THE CUBAN HISTORY, HOLLYWOOD.
Amy Serrano (born November 8, 1966, Havana, Cuba) is a Cuban-American filmmaker, author and humanitarian.
She is most well known for her award-winning and critically acclaimed documentary, “The Sugar Babies: The Plight of the Children of Agricultural Workers on the Sugar Industry of the Dominican Republic”. Serrano has also produced and directed several documentaries for PBS. She is one of the most respected female filmmakers to come from Cuba.
Born in a post-revolutionary Cuba, and into a life of poverty and oppression, after being forced to separate from her family and home, she was relocated to Miami as a political refugee. Because of her background, Serrano began volunteering in her community from the age of twelve, developing an early sense of activism that would involve helping other refugees, migrants, orphans, women, children, the mentally-disabled, land mine survivors, and other marginalized or at-risk populations.
Filmmaking career.
Adios Patria? The Cuban Exodus.
Serrano’s first known work was as a producer for the PBS award-winning documentary Adios Patria? The Cuban Exodus directed by Alex Anton and Joe Cardona. The film recalls the dramatic stories of Cubans fleeing their homeland, unfolding onto the shores of South Florida. The film features a wide range of interviews, from liberals to the conservative, and includes the “horror” stories of the journey of several Cubans. The film is narrated by Academy Award nominee Andy Garcia.
Serrano executive produced the PBS broadcast and Emmy-Award nominated “Cafe con Leche: Voices of Exiles’ Children”, directed by Joe Cardona. The film is an introspective look at the first wave of Cuban Exiles that came to the United States, who are now young adults. As the first wave of many immigrants to settle in Florida, “second and third generation Cuban-Americans are now clinging on to a cultural identity and awareness which survived time and assimilation”. This film focuses on a group of young Cubans called “Generation ners”, who discuss their bi-cultural lives as Cuban-Americans.
Move!
Serrano also wrote, produced and directed the U.S. co-production for the feature-length film MOVE! Produced in Rome, Italy and distributed throughout Film Festivals and television in Europe, MOVE! is a fictional film composed of short films by 11 filmmakers in 6 continents exploring the dispassionate state of humanity through varied human emotions.
The Sugar Babies
Serrano shot, produced, wrote and directed the feature-length and critically acclaimed documentary, “The Sugar Babies: The Plight of the Children of Agricultural Workers on the Sugar Industry of the Dominican Republic”.
Narrated by award-winning author Edwidge Danticat and composed of field recordings coupled with outside testimony, the film explores the lives of the descendants of the first Africans delivered to the island of Hispaniola for the bittersweet commodity that once ruled the world. These very same people continue to be trafficked from Haiti to the Dominican Republic to work on sugar plantations under circumstances that can only be considered modern day slavery. The film was scored by Bill Cruz and features music by Bola de Nieve, Solomon Burke and the Blind Boys of Alabama, Kenny Rankin, Alberto Beltran and original musical field recordings sung by the children in film.
Other film work
Serrano’s other known body of work include directing and producing the PBS broadcast “A Woman’s Place: Voices of Contemporary Hispanic-American Women” featuring Isabel Allende, Dr. Antonia Novello, Bianca Jagger,Dr. Patricia Allen Carbonell, Maria Hinojosa, Esmeralda Santiago, Marjorie Agosin and other barrier breaking Hispanic-American Women. The film featured music by Lissette, and 2 songs about female empowerment by Tori Amos. She produced and directed a short film, “Of Hope, Courage and Justice: A Global Mosaic of Women in Human Rights,” and associate produced the Emmy-Award nominated “Havana: Portrait of Yesteryear” narrated by Gloria Estefan for PBS.
Filmography
Adios Patria? The Cuban Exodus[USA](producer)(1996)
Cafe Con Leche: Voices of Exiles Children [USA](executive producer)(1997)
Havana: Portrait of Yesteryear [USA] (associate producer)(1999)
A Woman’s Place? [USA] (director, producer)(2001)
Of Hope, Courage and Justice: A Global Mosaic of Women in Human Rights [USA](director, producer)(2003)
Move!Where Are You Going? [Italy, Spain] (director,co-producer, cinematographer)[USA](2004)
The Sugar Babies: The Plight of the Children of Agricultural Workers on the Sugar Industry of the Dominican Republic [USA] (director, producer, writer, cinematographer)(2007)
AIRMAN: The Extraordinary Life of Calvin G. Moret [USA] (director, producer, writer, cinematographer)in production (2017)
The Humanity Project [USA] (director, producer, writer, cinematographer)in production (2018)
Awards and recognitions
Serrano has received honors by the City of Miami with a proclamation making October 27 “Amy Serrano Day”. Twice, she has been named a “Woman of Today” in Glamour Magazine. Glamour Magazine also named Ms. Serrano a “Woman of the Year.” During Women’s History Month, she was presented a Mentor Award by the Public School System and named a Distinguished Female Role Model by the Public Library System. She was also one of 8 women selected and profiled in “Evolution of Woman” a women’s empowerment installation commissioned by the Lauder Family for Clinique Cosmetics. This national exhibit involved 8 women selected by Clinique Cosmetics and photographed by Sandi Fellman, an award-winning, internationally acclaimed fine art photographer and was first unveiled at New York City’s Metropolitan Pavilion before traveling the country.
She is a recipient of the Tesoro Award in Art and Culture. She was also awarded a prestigious Fellowship with the National Hispana Leadership Institute (NHLI) which has involved Leadership Studies and Certifications from Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government, the Center for Creative Leadership, Gallup University, Capitol Hill, and spending time learning from recognized leaders in social and civic change.
She has been named a “Latina of Excellence” in Hispanic Magazine’s Top Latinas Roster, and was one of fifteen Young Hispanic Leaders in the United States selected by the Spanish Embassy in Washington DC and Spain’s Foreign Ministry to participate in a Diplomatic Exchange in Spain with their top leaders in the social, political, economic and cultural arenas. Serrano was selected and profiled in a book on Young Hispanic-American leaders in the United States published by the Spain-U.S. Council.
Serrano has also been profiled in the Florida Hispanic Yearbook, and MEGA TV named her “one of the “most influential and recognized Hispanics in the United States.”” She was photographed and written about as a “Mujer Vanidades” in Vanidades Magazine.
She was recently chosen as a subject of an upcoming documentary on female leadership to be released in 2016.
Present
Late 2013, Serrano released her first book of poems, Of Fiery Places and Sacred Spaces which deals with the poetics of place and space. She is currently writing a manuscript for a book on the human rights of children, and her name is attached to various new film projects and art collaborations. She serves as Chief Creative Officer and Director of Siren Films.
Other work
Following Serrano’s work on Sugar Babies she took some time off to write and work on other media projects. She was commissioned by the Louisiana Division of the Arts to produce a photographic essay on a new population.
After spending considerable time with the Garifuna people, Serrano wrote and produced From Punta to Chumba: Garifuna Music and Dance in New Orleans which explores the role of females in the Garifuna community as cultural tradition bearers. From Punta to Chumba was first published by Louisiana’s Living Traditions. Currently, artifacts, photographs, and the essay are on tour in Louisiana’s State Museums. As of 2013, the exhibit is intended to circulate around the State of Louisiana for the next 5–10 years.
A published poet, writer, essayist and speaker of 4 languages, she remains a committed Senior Fellow of the Human Rights Foundation in New York; a Fellow of the National Hispana Leadership Institute in Washington D.C.; a Board Member of Voz de Mujer, a women’s empowerment and leadership organization based in Texas; an Advisory Council Member of the Faulkner Society’ in New Orleans; a Member of the Spanish Embassy’s Young Hispanic Leader’s Association in Washington D.C. which is headed by the King of Spain; and was appointed a founding Board Member to Ambassador Armando Valladares’ non-governmental organization, Human Rights for All.
Personal life
She is married and resides in Covington, Louisiana, where she is writing a manuscript for a book and working on various film projects.
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ANA DE ARMAS, “BLADE RUNNER 2” ACTRESS.(Born: Camaguey).VIDEO.
