Chris Rock Slams Hollywood, Says L.A. Is Mexican 'Slave State'

Chris Rock slammed Hollywood as a "white industry" and said when it comes to Mexicans, there is an acceptance "that there's a slave state in L.A."

In an essay written by Rock published in The Hollywood Reporter, the black comedian and actor blasted the entertainment industry for its lack of jobs for black and Latinos.

"But forget whether Hollywood is black enough. A better question is: Is Hollywood Mexican enough? You're in L.A, you've got to try not to hire Mexicans," said Rock, saying while it's the most liberal town in the world, there's "...just an acceptance that there's a slave state in L.A. There's this acceptance that Mexicans are going to take care of white people in L.A. that doesn't exist anywhere else. I remember I was renting a house in Beverly Park while doing some movie, and you just see all of the Mexican people at 8 o'clock in the morning in a line driving into Beverly Park like it's General Motors. It's this weird town."

"You're telling me no Mexicans are qualified to do anything at a studio? Really? Nothing but mop up?" wrote Rock. "What are the odds that that's true? The odds are, because people are people, that there's probably a Mexican David Geffen mopping up for somebody's company right now. The odds are that there's probably a Mexican who's that smart who's never going to be given a shot."

The story has been generating a lot of buzz on social media.

Edward Furlong: The unknown Latino badboy of Hollywood

Source by Tony Castro

There was a time when teen actor Edward Furlong, who played the heroic young savior John Connor in “Terminator 2: Judgement Day,” was being called one of Hollywood’s future leading men, the likes of a Leonardo DiCaprio or Brad Pitt.

He was 15, a teen heartthrob, Arnold Schwarzenegger’s younger half in a billion-dollar action movie franchise of mankind’s war against machines, and celebrated with a slew of awards attesting to his precocious brilliance and tremendous promise.
Had it been common knowledge that the dreamy-eyed Furlong was Mexican on his mother’s side, Hispanics who helped make the “Terminator” franchise a worldwide blockbuster would have been hailing him as the American Latino major Hollywood star who might open the gates in Tinseltown. Read more.

We HONOR Hector Elizondo.

Source by EFE

Veteran actor Hector Elizondo was honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award for his 50-year career that has included theater, movies and television, by his colleagues in the Hispanic Organization of Latino Actors, or HOLA, during its annual gala in New York.

"Tonight you have touched my heart," Elizondo said, as his fellow actors of all ages, many of them young, rose to their feet and applauded at the Battery Gardens restaurant in Manhattan's Battery Park.
Elizondo, the son of a Basque father and Puerto Rican mother, grew up in the New York neighborhood of Harlem. He recalled that his father taught him to speak two languages but did not allow him to speak a word of English at home.

Before the awards ceremony, Elizondo told EFE that it was "a privilege to be a mentor, to set an example (for young actors), but, I never really tried to be an example. I just live my life and do my job the best I can."

"I don't have a lot of ambition, but I like these young people who have spirit, who have talent," the actor said, whose career has included theater. His performance in "Steambath" won him an Obie prize, which honors the work of actors in off-Broadway productions. He has appeared in many movies, including "Pretty Woman," "Runaway Bride" and "The Princess Diaries," all of which were directed by Gary Marshall.

Elizondo has also been a standout in television series like "Chicago Hope," which won him an Emmy, and "Grey's Anatomy," as well as the current sitcom "Last Man Standing," which airs on ABC.