Cesar Castillejos, Carlos Monroy report to Latin America MD Carla Sanchez Armas.
The Motion Picture Association (MPA) has expanded its Latin America team and named Cesar Castillejos VP of communications, public affairs and advocacy for the region and Carlos Monroy advocacy director for Mexico.
Castillejos and Monroy join the worldwide team led by Gail MacKinnon, senior EVP global policy, and government affairs. They report directly to Carla Sanchez Armas, managing director of Latin America.
Castillejos worked for more than 10 years in the public sector and has held senior positions across the executive branch of Mexico’s government, including as a...
The Motion Picture Association (MPA) has expanded its Latin America team and named Cesar Castillejos VP of communications, public affairs and advocacy for the region and Carlos Monroy advocacy director for Mexico.
Castillejos and Monroy join the worldwide team led by Gail MacKinnon, senior EVP global policy, and government affairs. They report directly to Carla Sanchez Armas, managing director of Latin America.
Castillejos worked for more than 10 years in the public sector and has held senior positions across the executive branch of Mexico’s government, including as a...
- 4/4/2023
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
The Motion Picture Association is expanding its team in Latin America, with the hiring of new executives in communications and advocacy.
Cesar Castillejos will serve as vice president of communications, public affairs and advocacy for the region and Carlos Monroy will serve as advocacy director for Mexico.
The new hires reflect the growth in the home and mobile and theatrical markets in Latin America.
They will report to Carla Sanchez Armas, managing director of Latin America for the MPA, and are joining the team led by Gail MacKinnon, senior executive vice president, global policy, and government affairs.
Castillejos has held senior positions in the Mexican government, including as a communications adviser to President Enrique Peña Nieto. He most recently led communications for the Federal Judiciary Authority and the National Supreme Court of Justice.
Cesar Castillejos
Monroy worked in the Mexican Congress and the Federal Public Administration. He was senior adviser to Tatiana Clouthier,...
Cesar Castillejos will serve as vice president of communications, public affairs and advocacy for the region and Carlos Monroy will serve as advocacy director for Mexico.
The new hires reflect the growth in the home and mobile and theatrical markets in Latin America.
They will report to Carla Sanchez Armas, managing director of Latin America for the MPA, and are joining the team led by Gail MacKinnon, senior executive vice president, global policy, and government affairs.
Castillejos has held senior positions in the Mexican government, including as a communications adviser to President Enrique Peña Nieto. He most recently led communications for the Federal Judiciary Authority and the National Supreme Court of Justice.
Cesar Castillejos
Monroy worked in the Mexican Congress and the Federal Public Administration. He was senior adviser to Tatiana Clouthier,...
- 4/3/2023
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
Intimate documentary captures the relentless intimidation of Carmen Aristegui as she dares to speak truth to power
Carmen Aristegui, a leading journalist in Mexico, fights government corruption and the rise of fake news with astonishing resilience and courage. Shot over the course of four years, Juliana Fanjul’s intimate documentary portrait captures first-hand the dangers faced by those who dared to speak truth to power under the controversial presidency of Enrique Peña Nieto.
After her report on Peña Nieto’s swanky mansion, which had been paid for by a firm that was awarded the country’s first high-speed rail contract, Aristegui was illegally fired from her radio station, whose news department received 80 of its funding from the government. Unable to find work at other outlets, Aristegui and her staff continued to publish, guerrilla style, through her website and social media channels; they broke heavy-hitting news such as Peña Nieto’s...
Carmen Aristegui, a leading journalist in Mexico, fights government corruption and the rise of fake news with astonishing resilience and courage. Shot over the course of four years, Juliana Fanjul’s intimate documentary portrait captures first-hand the dangers faced by those who dared to speak truth to power under the controversial presidency of Enrique Peña Nieto.
After her report on Peña Nieto’s swanky mansion, which had been paid for by a firm that was awarded the country’s first high-speed rail contract, Aristegui was illegally fired from her radio station, whose news department received 80 of its funding from the government. Unable to find work at other outlets, Aristegui and her staff continued to publish, guerrilla style, through her website and social media channels; they broke heavy-hitting news such as Peña Nieto’s...
- 1/16/2023
- by Phuong Le
- The Guardian - Film News
Rebecca Black has recalled the shocking moment she claims she and her family were “scammed” into endorsing Mexico’s former president when she was 14 years old.
At the time, the now 25-year-old singer who rose to prominence in 2011 with her viral hit song “Friday”, was slammed for her seeming support of 2012’s Mexican presidential frontrunner Enrique Peña Nieto.
Nieto would go on to win the election, serving as the country’s 64th president from December 2012 to November 2018.
In a video posted on Sunday (25 September), the singer used the TikTok storytime trend to set the record straight with her side of past events.
Black began by recounting the moment her mother – a Mexican emigrant – was contacted by a “distant family relative”, who convinced her there was a “Rebecca Black fan club” in a small Mexican town who wanted to give Black “the keys to the city”.
“Next thing I know, we...
At the time, the now 25-year-old singer who rose to prominence in 2011 with her viral hit song “Friday”, was slammed for her seeming support of 2012’s Mexican presidential frontrunner Enrique Peña Nieto.
Nieto would go on to win the election, serving as the country’s 64th president from December 2012 to November 2018.
In a video posted on Sunday (25 September), the singer used the TikTok storytime trend to set the record straight with her side of past events.
Black began by recounting the moment her mother – a Mexican emigrant – was contacted by a “distant family relative”, who convinced her there was a “Rebecca Black fan club” in a small Mexican town who wanted to give Black “the keys to the city”.
“Next thing I know, we...
- 9/26/2022
- by Inga Parkel
- The Independent - Music
A concrete example of Idfa artistic director Orwa Nyrabia’s definition of a Frontlight title, Juliana Fanjul’s angry political sketch film “Radio Silence” started with a much-needed moment of light relief. Entering the auditorium with a backpack, the film’s subject—pioneering Mexican journalist Carmen Aristegui—matter-of-factly walked to the front and sat herself down, without fanfare, in one of four chairs set out in front of the screen. It was typical behavior for this no-nonsense broadcaster, but also a happy reminder that this vital force for good in the world was still with us.
Indeed, Fanjul’s film is a harrowing watch at times, featuring footage of political assassinations and haunted by the disappearance of “The Iguala 43,” a group of activist male students who were murdered in 2014. Indeed, Aristegui herself has received so many death threats that she sent her teenage son to study abroad, keeping him far away from any danger.
Indeed, Fanjul’s film is a harrowing watch at times, featuring footage of political assassinations and haunted by the disappearance of “The Iguala 43,” a group of activist male students who were murdered in 2014. Indeed, Aristegui herself has received so many death threats that she sent her teenage son to study abroad, keeping him far away from any danger.
- 11/24/2019
- by Damon Wise
- Variety Film + TV
In Mexico, like we’re becoming accustomed to in the U.S., there are many versions to truths and facts. Jaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán Loera was until very recently, in his own words, a simple farmer. He was also, in the words of his associate, Alex Cifuentes Villa — a former drug lord in Colombia who worked with Guzmán — more powerful than the president of Mexico. So powerful, Cifuentes told a courtroom on Tuesday, that Guzmán paid the country’s top official $100 million to leave him and his Sinaloa Cartel in peace.
- 1/16/2019
- by J. Weston Phippen
- Rollingstone.com
Update: This article has been revised to include the conclusion of the defense’s opening statements, which were presented Wednesday morning.
In a blistering half-hour monologue, a lead defense attorney for Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzmán accused the United States government of setting up his client as a scapegoat. For good measure, he accused the sitting president of Mexico and his predecessor of taking hundreds of millions of dollars in bribes from the man he accused of being El Chapo’s boss.
But in a rare move, the prosecution filed a...
In a blistering half-hour monologue, a lead defense attorney for Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzmán accused the United States government of setting up his client as a scapegoat. For good measure, he accused the sitting president of Mexico and his predecessor of taking hundreds of millions of dollars in bribes from the man he accused of being El Chapo’s boss.
But in a rare move, the prosecution filed a...
- 11/14/2018
- by Noah Hurowitz
- Rollingstone.com
President Donald Trump’s press conference Monday to announce an agreement with Mexico on elements of new trade deal included a phone call live in front of cameras with Mexican president Enrique Peña Nieto.
The planned call did not go off without a hitch, though, when Trump was stuck behind his Oval Office desk pressing buttons on the console in an attempt to connect with Neito — to no avail — for well more than a minute.
“Enrique?” Trump said into the speakerphone, as pool cameras whirred in front of him. “This is a big thing,” he said, talking to someone offscreen, “lotta people waiting.” After a good minute more, an aide got the two connected.
If the moment seemed like one that would make the end credits of HBO’s Emmy-winning comedy Veep, you were not the only one — the aide could have just as easily been Tony Hale’s Gary Walsh...
The planned call did not go off without a hitch, though, when Trump was stuck behind his Oval Office desk pressing buttons on the console in an attempt to connect with Neito — to no avail — for well more than a minute.
“Enrique?” Trump said into the speakerphone, as pool cameras whirred in front of him. “This is a big thing,” he said, talking to someone offscreen, “lotta people waiting.” After a good minute more, an aide got the two connected.
If the moment seemed like one that would make the end credits of HBO’s Emmy-winning comedy Veep, you were not the only one — the aide could have just as easily been Tony Hale’s Gary Walsh...
- 8/28/2018
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
Is Donald Trump gunning for top billing in a Real Housewives of D.C. reboot? Andy Cohen seems to think so.
The 49-year-old Watch What Happens Live host (and Real Housewives executive producer) has drawn more than a few parallels between the behavior of the sitting president and the behavior of various cast members on Bravo’s popular Real Housewives franchises — and he’s quick to point them out on Twitter.
Here’s a rundown of all the times Trump, 71, pulled from Cohen’s “Housewives Playbook.”
1. Rescind Invitations Liberally
Housewives Playbook: rescind invitations liberally! (See: Bethenny re LuAnn, Mexico; Bethenny & Ramona,...
The 49-year-old Watch What Happens Live host (and Real Housewives executive producer) has drawn more than a few parallels between the behavior of the sitting president and the behavior of various cast members on Bravo’s popular Real Housewives franchises — and he’s quick to point them out on Twitter.
Here’s a rundown of all the times Trump, 71, pulled from Cohen’s “Housewives Playbook.”
1. Rescind Invitations Liberally
Housewives Playbook: rescind invitations liberally! (See: Bethenny re LuAnn, Mexico; Bethenny & Ramona,...
- 10/10/2017
- by Lindsay Kimble, Tierney McAfee, Diana Pearl and Dave Quinn
- PEOPLE.com
“I would build a great wall, and nobody builds walls better than me, believe me, and I’ll build them very inexpensively. I will build a great, great wall on our southern border and I’ll have Mexico pay for that wall.”
It’s been more than two years since Donald Trump made that statement while announcing his run for president. Now his vision begins to come to fruition with federal contractors building prototypes of his proposed border wall between the United States and Mexico.
“Today marks a significant milestone for the U.S. Border Patrol and Customs Protection in...
It’s been more than two years since Donald Trump made that statement while announcing his run for president. Now his vision begins to come to fruition with federal contractors building prototypes of his proposed border wall between the United States and Mexico.
“Today marks a significant milestone for the U.S. Border Patrol and Customs Protection in...
- 9/29/2017
- by Thatiana Diaz
- PEOPLE.com
A 7.1 magnitude earthquake devastated Mexico City, Mexico on Tuesday, killing over 100 including 21 school children.
According to The Guardian, 21 children died after the earthquake toppled parts of the Colegio Enrique Rebsamen. Eleven children were rescued, but at least 28 were still missing, the education secretary told the outlet. Four adults have been confirmed dead, according to the Guardian.
Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto told El Financiero, that 22 bodies were found, which included two adults.
“There are 30 children missing and eight adults reported missing,” he told the outlet in numbers that were different from those given by his education secretary.
Those outside of...
According to The Guardian, 21 children died after the earthquake toppled parts of the Colegio Enrique Rebsamen. Eleven children were rescued, but at least 28 were still missing, the education secretary told the outlet. Four adults have been confirmed dead, according to the Guardian.
Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto told El Financiero, that 22 bodies were found, which included two adults.
“There are 30 children missing and eight adults reported missing,” he told the outlet in numbers that were different from those given by his education secretary.
Those outside of...
- 9/20/2017
- by Alexia Fernandez
- PEOPLE.com
On a phone call to Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto, President Donald Trump said he won the primary election in New Hampshire because the state is a “drug-infested den,” according to released transcripts from The Washington Post. Needless to say, that didn’t go down well with everyone. Senator and former Governor Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire responded to the remark on Twitter Thursday, shortly after the Post released the transcripts. “@realDonaldTrump owes Nh an apology & then should follow through on his promise to Granite Staters to help end this crisis,” she said in a series of two tweets. “It’s absolutely unacceptable for.
- 8/3/2017
- by Ashley Boucher
- The Wrap
The leaks continue to roll out of the White House. On Thursday, the Washington Post obtained a transcript of classified conversations between President Trump and Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto, in which Trump urges Nieto to stop saying Mexico won’t pay for the border wall. Also Read: Trump Says He Won New Hampshire Primary Because It's a 'Drug-Infested Den' “You cannot say that to the press,” Trump said repeatedly throughout the Jan. 27 call. Trump told Mexico’s leader that the funding “will work out in the formula somehow,” but said he needs to stop publicly saying Mexico won’t cover the costs.
- 8/3/2017
- by Brian Flood
- The Wrap
White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders on Wednesday was forced to admit that the complimentary phone calls President Trump boasted about receiving from the head of the Boy Scouts and from Mexico’s president never actually happened.
Both the Boy Scouts of America and Mexico had previously denied making such calls. Sanders stopped short, however, of saying the president had fabricated the conversations, claiming instead that they took place in person at last month’s G-20 summit in Germany and with individual Boy Scout leaders.
“They were actually direct — they were direct conversations, not actual phone calls,” Sanders said...
Both the Boy Scouts of America and Mexico had previously denied making such calls. Sanders stopped short, however, of saying the president had fabricated the conversations, claiming instead that they took place in person at last month’s G-20 summit in Germany and with individual Boy Scout leaders.
“They were actually direct — they were direct conversations, not actual phone calls,” Sanders said...
- 8/2/2017
- by Tierney McAfee
- PEOPLE.com
President Donald Trump and his family met with Pope Francis at The Vatican on Wednesday, and Twitter is having a field day. People are comparing photos from Potus’ recent meeting with photos of the pope with other world leaders. Can you spot the one in which the pontiff isn’t smiling? Pope Francis with different heads of state during their visits at the Vatican. Something seems…different ???? pic.twitter.com/JiyVTs014G — Cassie Dagostino (@casatino) May 24, 2017 As Pope Francis poses with Barack Obama, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, and Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto, respectively, he smiles. Whereas with Trump, he does not,...
- 5/24/2017
- by Ashley Eady
- The Wrap
From the early days of his campaign, President Donald Trump promised Americans a “big, beautiful wall” built along the border of Mexico — and that Mexico will pay for it. Now, the first half of that pledge is at a standoff with the second half while the federal government teeters on the brink of shutdown.
Trump’s insistence that American taxpayers foot the bill for getting the wall started is one of the thorny issues—along with Obamacare subsidies and expanded military spending—that Congress is wrestling with as lawmakers in Washington face a deadline for passing this year’s budget.
Trump’s insistence that American taxpayers foot the bill for getting the wall started is one of the thorny issues—along with Obamacare subsidies and expanded military spending—that Congress is wrestling with as lawmakers in Washington face a deadline for passing this year’s budget.
- 4/24/2017
- by Diana Pearl
- PEOPLE.com
As a presidential candidate, Donald Trump sold himself as a successful businessman and deal-maker who gets things done. But former Secretary of State and White House Chief of Staff James A. Baker III warns that “running a business and running the government are two entirely different functions.”
In a wide-ranging new interview with Politico, the widely respected Republican — who counts admirers from both sides of the aisle and reigned as Washington’s top backstage power broker under former Presidents George H.W. Bush and Ronald Reagan — shares his criticisms, hopes and advice for the 45th president.
Rule No. 1: “Process matters,...
In a wide-ranging new interview with Politico, the widely respected Republican — who counts admirers from both sides of the aisle and reigned as Washington’s top backstage power broker under former Presidents George H.W. Bush and Ronald Reagan — shares his criticisms, hopes and advice for the 45th president.
Rule No. 1: “Process matters,...
- 2/6/2017
- by Tierney McAfee
- PEOPLE.com
Billy O’Reilly recently called his pre-Super Bowl sit-down with President Donald Trump “the most important interview of my life.” Well, with the much-hyped Q&A now one for the history books, would you say the right-leaning Fox News personality rose to the occasion?
VideosSNL: Melissa McCarthy as Trump Press Sec. Sean Spicer Is Amazing, Period
During the pair’s civil 10-minute face-off, O’Reilly grilled the media-bashing Potus on a number of hot topics. Herewith are some highlights:
* O’Reilly pointed out that the refugee ban rollout was a bit of a mess, but Trump was having none of it,...
VideosSNL: Melissa McCarthy as Trump Press Sec. Sean Spicer Is Amazing, Period
During the pair’s civil 10-minute face-off, O’Reilly grilled the media-bashing Potus on a number of hot topics. Herewith are some highlights:
* O’Reilly pointed out that the refugee ban rollout was a bit of a mess, but Trump was having none of it,...
- 2/5/2017
- TVLine.com
Kristen Stewart’s accidental F-bomb turned out to be anything but a bad omen for the first-time Saturday Night Live host.
The Twilight alum managed to hold her own in an episode that also featured Alec Baldwin’s Donald Trump in his first appearance since the inauguration (as seen below), and the unforgettable introduction of Melissa McCarthy as White House press secretary Sean Spicer.
VideosSNL: Melissa McCarthy as Trump Press Sec. Sean Spicer Is Amazing, Period
Sure, we’ll all be talking about McCarthy’s cameo for weeks — possibly months (or years!), but the installment was a veritable embarrassment of comedy riches.
The Twilight alum managed to hold her own in an episode that also featured Alec Baldwin’s Donald Trump in his first appearance since the inauguration (as seen below), and the unforgettable introduction of Melissa McCarthy as White House press secretary Sean Spicer.
VideosSNL: Melissa McCarthy as Trump Press Sec. Sean Spicer Is Amazing, Period
Sure, we’ll all be talking about McCarthy’s cameo for weeks — possibly months (or years!), but the installment was a veritable embarrassment of comedy riches.
- 2/5/2017
- TVLine.com
Kristen Stewart's Saturday Night Live monologue was going so well… right until the very end!
The Personal Shopper star hosted SNL this weekend, which included a fun (albeit a bit nervous) opening monologue where some SNL castmates – Kate McKinnon and Aidy Bryant – tried to show Stewart that they were just as cool as she was by pretending to be stereotypical badasses.
"I'm too cool for school too, I don't even care about this show, "McKinnon said as she came out in tattered black clothes smoking a cigarette. "I don't even want to be on it, right? I just want to be like you, right? Sleep all day, party all night."
"Yeah, that's cool. That sounds cool," Stewart said, laughing. "I don't really do that, though. I worked on five movies last year."
Watch: Kristen Stewart Publishes Research Paper on Using Artificial Intelligence to Create Art
Then Bryant rolled out on stage on the back of a black...
The Personal Shopper star hosted SNL this weekend, which included a fun (albeit a bit nervous) opening monologue where some SNL castmates – Kate McKinnon and Aidy Bryant – tried to show Stewart that they were just as cool as she was by pretending to be stereotypical badasses.
"I'm too cool for school too, I don't even care about this show, "McKinnon said as she came out in tattered black clothes smoking a cigarette. "I don't even want to be on it, right? I just want to be like you, right? Sleep all day, party all night."
"Yeah, that's cool. That sounds cool," Stewart said, laughing. "I don't really do that, though. I worked on five movies last year."
Watch: Kristen Stewart Publishes Research Paper on Using Artificial Intelligence to Create Art
Then Bryant rolled out on stage on the back of a black...
- 2/5/2017
- Entertainment Tonight
Well, that’s awkward timing.
Just as President Donald Trump takes action to fulfill his campaign promise to build a wall along the Mexican border, his wife, First Lady Melania Trump, is gracing the cover of Vanity Fair Mexico’s February issue — which dubs her “the new Jackie Kennedy.”
The image, released Thursday, features the 46-year-old former model in a Douglas Friedman-shot photo. Poised in a sleeveless white dress, she sits at a table with a fork in her hand — appearing as if she’s about to dig into a bowl of spaghetti.
Except it’s not spaghetti. It...
Just as President Donald Trump takes action to fulfill his campaign promise to build a wall along the Mexican border, his wife, First Lady Melania Trump, is gracing the cover of Vanity Fair Mexico’s February issue — which dubs her “the new Jackie Kennedy.”
The image, released Thursday, features the 46-year-old former model in a Douglas Friedman-shot photo. Poised in a sleeveless white dress, she sits at a table with a fork in her hand — appearing as if she’s about to dig into a bowl of spaghetti.
Except it’s not spaghetti. It...
- 1/27/2017
- by Dave Quinn
- PEOPLE.com
President Donald Trump and Mexico President Enrique Peña Nieto’s disagreement over Trump’s Wall turned into a brawl today – warmly received by TV news outlets who love nothing better than a good fight between two alpha dogs. Some political pundits, a cynical bunch, noted Peña Nieto’s approval rating of 12% in his country, a tank into which he plunged since his ill-advised meet-and-greet with then-candidate Trump in August. What with Trump having been sworn into office last…...
- 1/26/2017
- Deadline TV
It seems President Trump has already hit a roadblock in his negotiations with Mexico on funding his proposed border wall.
One day after Trump signed an executive order on Wednesday to begin construction on the wall, Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto has canceled plans to meet with Trump next Tuesday to discuss trade and immigration.
“This morning we told the White House we won’t attend next Tuesday’s meeting with @Potus,” Peña Nieto wrote on Twitter in Spanish on Thursday morning, according to Politico‘s translation. “Mexico reiterates its will to work with the Us to achieve agreements for both of us.
One day after Trump signed an executive order on Wednesday to begin construction on the wall, Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto has canceled plans to meet with Trump next Tuesday to discuss trade and immigration.
“This morning we told the White House we won’t attend next Tuesday’s meeting with @Potus,” Peña Nieto wrote on Twitter in Spanish on Thursday morning, according to Politico‘s translation. “Mexico reiterates its will to work with the Us to achieve agreements for both of us.
- 1/26/2017
- by Tierney McAfee
- PEOPLE.com
Former Mexican president Vicente Fox took to Twitter on Friday to clarify one particular issue for President-elect Donald Trump: He is not going to pay for any wall on the Mexican-American border.
The 74-year-old politician first tweeted about the issue in early 2016, when Trump, 70, proposed to build a wall along the U.S. border with Mexico and make them pay for it.
Fox lashed out at the then-gop frontrunner for his threats to block out Mexican immigrants in February 2016, saying, “I’m not going to pay for that f—ing wall. He should pay for it.”
In Thursday’s tweet,...
The 74-year-old politician first tweeted about the issue in early 2016, when Trump, 70, proposed to build a wall along the U.S. border with Mexico and make them pay for it.
Fox lashed out at the then-gop frontrunner for his threats to block out Mexican immigrants in February 2016, saying, “I’m not going to pay for that f—ing wall. He should pay for it.”
In Thursday’s tweet,...
- 1/7/2017
- by Alexia Fernandez
- PEOPLE.com
Remember when Donald Trump said that “we will build a great wall along the southern border — and Mexico will pay for the wall”?
Well, turns out it’s a bit more complicated.
Although the president-elect uttered that promise numerous times during his presidential campaign, including at an Aug. 31 rally in Phoenix, Arizona, the 70-year-old clarified things a bit on Friday when he tweeted that Americans will actually have to dole out the cash for the border wall — and wait for Mexico to reimburse them.
In an early morning tweet on Friday targeted to the “dishonest media,” Trump explained that “any...
Well, turns out it’s a bit more complicated.
Although the president-elect uttered that promise numerous times during his presidential campaign, including at an Aug. 31 rally in Phoenix, Arizona, the 70-year-old clarified things a bit on Friday when he tweeted that Americans will actually have to dole out the cash for the border wall — and wait for Mexico to reimburse them.
In an early morning tweet on Friday targeted to the “dishonest media,” Trump explained that “any...
- 1/6/2017
- by Dave Quinn
- PEOPLE.com
If you love international power couples, you're in for a treat next week - Prince William and Princess Kate are all set to meet with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his wife Sophie Grégoire Trudeau during their royal tour up north. Both couples are good-looking, young, glamorous and have perhaps provided a boost of interest in their respective countries thanks to their high-profile status. To celebrate the meeting of the Trudeaus and the Cambridges, we're looking at a few things they have in common. 1. Sophie and Kate are both fashion iconsFormer TV host Sophie has brought glamour and excitement...
- 9/22/2016
- by Maria Mercedes Lara, @maria_mercedes
- PEOPLE.com
Alejandro Gonzalez Iñárritu expressed his shock and disappointment in Mexico's president for allowing presidential candidate Donald Trump to visit the country last week. In a scathing op-ed written for the Spanish newspaper El País, the Oscar-winning director shared his thoughts about the controversial visit. In the op-ed, Iñárritu said the invitation from President Enrique Peña Nieto "is to endorse and validate someone who for more than a year insulted, spat upon and threatened us before the whole world," adding that it only promoted "the political campaign of hatred towards [the Mexican people] towards half of humanity, and to the most vulnerable minorities on the planet.
- 9/3/2016
- by Blake Bakkila, @bcbakkila
- PEOPLE.com
On August 31, more than a year after Donald Trump announced his presidential bid and accused Mexico of sending over “criminals and rapists,” the business mogul met with Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto after he invited him to visit the country. The meeting angered millions of Mexican and U.S. citizens, including Academy Award-winning director Alejandro González Iñárritu, who penned a scathing op-ed for the Spanish newspaper El País criticizing Peña Nieto’s decision to meet with Trump.
“The invitation by Enrique Peña Nieto to Donald Trump is a betrayal,” said “The Revenant” helmer, adding that he felt deep sadness, anger and shame.
“It gives validity to a man who has insulted us, spat in our faces, and threatened us for over a year in front of the entire world,” Iñárritu wrote. “It shows a lack of dignity and in turn strengthens a political campaign of hatred toward us, toward half of the world,...
“The invitation by Enrique Peña Nieto to Donald Trump is a betrayal,” said “The Revenant” helmer, adding that he felt deep sadness, anger and shame.
“It gives validity to a man who has insulted us, spat in our faces, and threatened us for over a year in front of the entire world,” Iñárritu wrote. “It shows a lack of dignity and in turn strengthens a political campaign of hatred toward us, toward half of the world,...
- 9/3/2016
- by Liz Calvario
- Indiewire
Following Donald Trump’s visit Wednesday to Mexico, Oscar winning director Alejandro Iñárritu has joined the chorus of Mexican citizens outraged that Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto invited the Gop Presidential candidate to visit the country. “The invitation by Enrique Peña Nieto to Donald Trump is a betrayal,” said The Revenant and Birdman director in a scathing op-ed published today in Spanish newspaper El Pais. Though the Wednesday face to face between Trump and…...
- 9/3/2016
- Deadline
Gifts fit for a princess! When Princess Charlotte opens her presents on her first birthday Monday, she'll be adding to a long (and impressive!) list of lavish gifts she's received over the past year. One of the most recent gifts comes from President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama, who visited the palace last month. And while Prince George may have stolen the show as Charlotte slept, the little princess wasn't far from their minds! The President and First Lady left her a jigsaw puzzle and a soft toy version of their Portuguese Water dog, Bo - perhaps to...
- 5/2/2016
- by Simon Perry, @SPerryPeoplemag
- PEOPLE.com
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