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Miss Benny was meant to play the gender nonconforming character Marco Mejía in the Netflix series Glamorous, a role tailor-made for her: an ex-beauty Youtuber starring as a beauty influencer. The part changed as she changed, each simultaneously discovering their gender identity. The role helped liberate Miss Benny — she did not conform to the character but grew with it, stating in an interview with The New York Times, “I […]

Established in 2016 to highlight Los Angeles’ diverse culinary heritage, the Los Angeles Times’ Food Bowl has returned for its 7th annual celebration of the best bites across Southern California. The festival runs from September 6th-24th with activations all over the city of Los Angeles. It includes a launch party with opportunities to meet your favorite James Beard Award-winning/Michelin Starred chefs, dining events to crown the Times Restaurant of the […]

Welcome to LATINA’s Art Digest, a periodical collection of new events, expos, and happenings in the art world. From rising Latinx artists, curators, and exhibitions, we highlight the must-see art events from around the world. At the end of each summer, aside from New York Fashion Week, New York City buzzes to the tune of world-famous art fairs and exciting new exhibitions. At Abrons Arts Center, curator Mellány Sánchez pays […]

If you’re Latino, love horror movies, sequels, or movies in general, this is going to be a pretty great week (especially if you live in New York). There is no shortage of interesting new offerings this weekend and just about all of them look like must-sees for any diehard movie buff. Highly-anticipated sequels will sit alongside underground genre films, classic documentaries, and a lot of Latino leads. The Nun II […]

For the last few years we’ve heard a lot about an alternative streaming royalty model called user-centric, where the artist gets paid according to the number of times that a user listens. The current standard pro-rata way of determining royalty payouts which uses market share. This was all talk until Deezer and Universal Music Group announced its upcoming “artist-centric” royalties, using the user-centric model but with a twist. The way […]

Home / Inner Circle Podcast / Vinyl Pressing Expert Dustin Blocker, Music Videos Losing Importance, And Gibson Finds Its Lost Archives On My Latest Podcast On my latest podcast episode: Vinyl pressing expert and president of the Vinyl Records Manufacturing Association Dustin Blocker talks about the unseen steps in vinyl manufacturing, the latest in cutting-edge vinyl, developing quality standards for vinyl pressing, working towards sustainability, and much more. Traditional music […]

Many artists and bands once relied on Instagram’s long-form IGTV as a way to get their music out, but after the platform retired the feature last year, they were stuck in the new reality of Reel’s short-form videos. Now Instagram is testing 3 and 10 minute videos on Reels, which makes it look a lot like IGTV has come back again. While short-form videos are still what users prefer, there […]

Welcome to LATINA’s weekly roundup of the best new music. This week’s list includes Chiquis’ live album, Flor De Toloache and Goyo’s empowering collaboration, and Jharrel Jerome’s excellent rap EP. Also on the list: Doris Anahí’s soulful single, Jhayco’s genre-bending banger with Peso Pluma, and Mora’s surprise album. Plus, Camilo’s feel-good song with Bollywood star Diljit Dosanjh and the debut LP from Dominican producer Diego Raposo. Chiquis, “Inolvidable” Chiquis released […]

A few hours before his flight, Eric See sits in the backyard of his newly expanded Bedford Stuyvesant restaurant, Ursula, his phone lighting up with notifications every few minutes and his doberman Luka at his feet. The Brooklyn-based chef is leaving soon for New Mexico, where he’s picking up 1,500 pounds of green chiles and driving them back in a van. He’ll have to stop frequently to rotate the delicacies […]