Word: ramone
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...authentic" Hispanic portrayal one steeped in Hispanic culture? Is it Ramon Estevez, a.k.a. Martin Sheen, playing Anglo President Josiah Bartlet on The West Wing? Does it even have to be played by a Hispanic actor? Spokeswoman Lisa Navarrete of the National Council of La Raza, which makes these distinctions every year when it gives out its ALMA awards in film, TV and music, says the answer is not cut and dried. (The group once even recognized non-Latino Nicholas Turturro for playing a Latino cop on NYPD Blue.) "We want [Hispanic] actors to be able to play Shakespeare...
...Four guys from Queens Dee Dee, Johnny, Tommy and Joey all shared the same invented last name, borrowed from the "Paul Ramon" alias Paul McCartney used to register at hotels. It meant nothing, and they claimed nothing for themselves: They were like all the rest of us. For years Joey and Johnny would tell fans, "We suck. You can play better than us; anybody can play better than us. Start a band." After their legendary July 4th, 1976, Roundhouse concert in England, it seemed like every member ot the audience - which included the guys soon to form The Sex Pistols...
...never revealed his identity to his "friends" in Moscow. He noted that his first delivery of documents made him vulnerable because "as a collection they point to me." He said his name and position "must be left unstated to ensure my security." He used various aliases besides "B," including Ramon Garcia and Jim Baker; his handlers could address him only as "Dear Friend." When Moscow suggested more complex and distant drop sites, he refused, saying, "My experience tells me we can actually be more secure in easier modes." He refused requests to meet Soviet agents face to face or travel...
Davis hasn't yet drawn a salary. But it was a happy doc who made a house call last week to check on chronically ill roommates Ramon Castellanos and Edwin Giezendanner. "I don't know where all this is going to lead," Davis says. "But I'm tired of doing the wrong things as a doctor. I want to do the right things for a while and just hope it works...
Behind powerful kills by Denham and Stevenson, Harvard jumped out to a 20-9 lead and later increased it to 28-14. MIT outside hitter Ramon Partida kept the Engineers in the game, but the Crimson ultimately prevailed...