Hispanic Lifestyle Episode #175 – Image and Culture

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We return to the Red Carpet and talk Latino image.  We celebrate image and heritage, in this edition of Hispanic Lifestyle.

ALMA Awards

Hispanic Lifestyle was on the red carpet at the National Council of La Raza (NCLR) ALMA Awards. The award program is designed to promote diversity in the entertainment industry and also recognizes Latino talent in television, film, and music.

Our coverage is a little different this time. Many of people that stopped by to chat with us took the occasion to relax and spoke their minds.

Setting the stage for our Alma Award coverage is actress Constance Marie who talked about her multiple nominations without a win.

Next Actor Edward James Olmos talked about importance of the evenings activities.

New Projects

Actress Marisol Nichols spoke to Hispanic Lifestyle about her new series on ABC.

Receiving recognition for his Outstanding Career as a director was Gregory Nava, who spoke about the Latino Heritage.

Stoping by for a moment was the evenings hostess, Eva Longoria.

Taking in the red carpet moment was Actor David Zayas and wife Liza Colón-Zayas

We met for the first time actress Aubrey Plaza of the NBC television program Parks and Recreation.

Independents Productions

Actress Yvonne Delarosa spoke about her experience on the web series Los Americans.

Director, actress Fanny Veliz talked about her commitment to self producing film projects.

Director, Producer, and award winning screen writer Rick Najera also addressed the issues facing independent projects.

We finished our evening by asking our neighbor on the red carpet Viviana Vigil her thoughts on the event which celebrates Latino image.