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...that too often the Hispanic experience has been ignored or reshaped in modern media: The 1960 movie Hell to Eternity was based on the experiences of Navy Cross winner and Hispanic U.S. Marine Guy Galbadon, but when Hollywood told his story, Jeffrey Hunter played him as a blue-eyed Italian-American...
...their own sleeves and took to the kitchens of Eliot dining hall. From their hearty raisin-studded soda bread to their traditional blackberry potato pancakes dusted with powdered sugar, the dishes exuded the comfort of fireside warmth. Beef patties at the Harvard Caribbean Club and cannoli at the Harvard Italian-American Association received rave reviews from food festival connoisseurs. No surprise there: the patties were catered by Flame Restaurant and the cannoli from Mike’s Pastry on Hanover St. in the North End, clearly in a league of their own. Whether outsourced or homegrown, culture never tasted...
...adamantly unglamorous actress who, despite an utterly unpretentious style?"The main thing is to keep the audience awake," she said of her craft?won awards and critical raves for astute, rich performances over her 60-year career; in Lenox, Massachusetts. She got her break in 1951 as a passionate Italian-American widow in Tennessee Williams' The Rose Tattoo, for which she won a Tony Award. Later she created roles in such Neil Simon plays as Plaza Suite, and won an Oscar for her portrayal of anarchist Emma Goldman in the 1981 film Reds...
...adamantly unglamorous actress who, despite an utterly unpretentious style--"The main thing is to keep the audience awake," she said of her craft--won awards and critical raves for astute, rich performances over her 60-year career; in Lenox, Mass. She got her break in 1951 as a passionate Italian-American widow in Tennessee Williams' The Rose Tattoo, for which she won a Tony. Later she created roles in Neil Simon plays like Plaza Suite and won an Oscar for her portrayal of anarchist Emma Goldman in the 1981 film Reds...
...holds-barred romanticized pornography. The sex scenes are so raw and uncomfortable to sit through that they unfairly detract from the complex emotions of the characters and the ultimately heartbreaking storyline. “Ask the Dust,” follows the trials of Arturo Bandini (Farrell), a struggling Italian-American author who calls himself “a lover, equally fond of man and beast alike.” Don’t ask me what that means. Bandini meets a beautiful Mexican waitress, Camilla, played by Salma Hayek. The two fall madly in love, of course, but their...