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New York Daily News Apologizes for Printing Cuban Flag on Puerto Rican Day Parade Announcement
Just hours after an editor from Latino Rebels uploaded the following picture to our Facebook site, which shows New York Giants boricua star Victor Cruz in front of two Cuban flags promoting the June 10 Puerto Rican Day Parade in the "viva New York" section of the New York Daily News, a spokesperson for the […]
The New York Daily News Goofs By Printing Cuban Flag in Section on Puerto Rican Day Parade
What's in the Daily News? We'll tell you what is in the Daily News, the picture of a Cuban flag next to New York Giants boricua star Victor Cruz advertising this Sunday's Puerto Rican Day Parade. Talk about an oops. That is one big oops, considering that the parade is one of the city's most […]
Need Spanish Lessons for the Pizza Patrón June 5 Free Pizza Event? Here You Go
Tomorrow it is on. Pizza Patrón. June 5. Order pizza in Spanish. Get free pizza. Yeah, we know that this might have gotten some people pissed that God forbid, people are speaking in Spanish in a "public space," but it is free pizza, people. Need some help ordering? We asked our jefe @julito77 to give […]
Damn, Why Does This Have to Be For a Doritos Commercial in the UK?
This was ALMOST there. ALMOST there. Here is the scoop, from our dear friend Laura of Mi blog es tu blog: PepsiCo launched a new "Add a Little Mexican" campaign for Doritos in the UK. Step 1: Hire a mariachi band. Because you know how much all Mexicans wear really loud getup and go AYY […]
EastWillyB Community Fundraising Drive Proves That Independent Latino Programming Has Audience
To all of those who might have rolled their eyes a bit when the peeps from EastWillyB said they were going to raise $50,000 in 50 days to fund the show's second season, well we are here to tell you that nothing is impossible. As of tonight, the EastWillyB-ers have raised over $38,000 (76% of […]
Juan Botta’s Award-Winning Short Film: “No seas pendejo. Un corto complejo”
Yes, the Internet is a good thing sometimes. As we did a little Google searching about the saying "no seas pendejo," (don't ask why) we found the following short film by Juan Botta, and we are glad we did. Here is the full film, which won a Special Jury Prize from Puerto Rico's "Cinefiesta" in 2010. The […]
There Is Hope in This World: CBS Cancels “¡ROB!”
This week, there was still speculation that CBS' "¡ROB!," starring Rob Schneider, was going to get picked up for a second season. It didn't. CBS canceled the show this week. After getting support from MALDEF the first week the sitcom was aired (Rob is basically the only non-Latino actor in the show), such an endorsement didn't translate […]
The Cultural Ignorance of the Mike’s Hard Lemonade “Be Mariachi’d” Campaign
Why do major American brands, in their unending quest to tap into the "Latino craze," miss the mark more often than not with their campaigns? One friend of our boss said it best when they were discussing the Mike's Hard Lemonade "Be Mariachi'd Cuatro de Mayo" campaign: this is all about being "willingly ignorant." Mike's, […]
Dear Mike’s Hard Lemonade: Stop Your Dumb Mariachi Campaign and Just Start Listening to Pedro Infante
This morning, we found out Mike's Hard Lemonade was pushing an "Be Mariachi'd" campaign for Cuatro de Mayo (clever, right?) that quite frankly just misses and fails on so many levels. American brands are really trying hard to become more "diverse," but instead wind up mocking cultural traditions in the interest of hard-edged, quirky hipness. We […]
Mike’s Hard Lemonade “Be Mariachi’d” Campaign Gets a Major #NoMames Award
We would like to bang our head against the wall right now. Today we received the following tweet from the official Twitter account of Mike's Hard Lemonade. @latinorebels Oye rebeldes, any requests for what our wannabe mariachi band should sing about tomorrow? You name it on.fb.me/mhlmrchi — mike's hard lemonade (@mhl) May 3, 2012 So we […]
Support The Indie Gem “East WillyB” and You Can Pub Crawl with the Cast and Crew
We love "East WillyB". Earlier this year, we had the pleasure of having two members of the show's familia, @juliagrob and @jazminchavez, write one our favorite pieces of 2012: Latinos, Turn Off Your TV, Coño! The piece focused about why supporting independent Latino programming is a good thing. We agree 100%. Ever since that post, we have […]
From Our Friends at @PochoDotCom: “Hey, Vato!” Puppet Video Gets All Philosophical
Ha! We saw this link from our friends at Pocho.com this morning and just had to share it. Two vatos talking get all philosophical and shit. (NSFW, people, but still). To learn more about Hey Vato, go check them out here.
Insult Comic @LisaLampanelli Tells Twitter: No Apology to @Dayanamendoza Necessary
After getting slammed by Venezuela's former Miss Universe Dayana Mendoza for hurling a racial slur joke that Mendoza said was "degrading an entire Hispanic culture," insult comedian Lisa Lampanelli, who appears in the "Celebrity Apprentice" with Mendoza, went to Twitter and defended herself. Calling herself an insult comic, Lampanelli tweeted out the following: @nguinand […]
Comedian Lisa Lampanelli’s Racial Slur Joke Gets Slammed by Venezuela’s Dayana Mendoza
Ahh, the Celebrity Apprentice. Welcome to the craziness. In one corner, raunchy shock comedian Lisa Lampanelli. In the other corner, former Miss Universe Dayana Mendoza, who is from Venezuela. In discussing the show and Mendoza, Lampanelli said the following about Mendoza: "I actually would love to see [Dayana] giving birth. She’s a spic. She’s going […]
Sofía Vergara Hosts “Saturday Night Live:” We Can Do So Much Better
This weekend, Sofía Vergara, known to many as La Toti, hosted Saturday Night Live. Yes, it was all about accents and cleavage. We go La Toti a C+. Jokes about Spanish accents and "hot" Latinas as so Charo. If only we could do better. Then the awful Manuel Ortiz show. Then, this sad piece with […]
TUSD Board Member Michael Hicks Appears on Tucson Radio and Says Daily Show Misconstrued His Comments
When you have problems, you tell your story to friends. On Wednesday, Tucson Unified School District school board member Michael Hicks, who is facing a backlash for his appearance on The Daily Show this week and his views on the district's ban on Mexican American Studies, gave a radio interview to local Tucson radio. In […]
While TUSD and Michael Hicks Stay Silent, Reaction to Bizarre Daily Show Piece Gathering Steam
Looks like the reaction to The Daily Show appearance from Tucson Unified School District school board member Michael Hicks has started to take a life of its own, as several Arizona outlets have begun to cover the reaction to what was a bizarre and perplexing appearance by Hicks and his explanation as to why TUSD […]
In Email to the Rebels, TUSD School Board Member Hicks Slams @TheDailyShow Segment on Ethnic Studies
The following is the email response we received from Tucson Unified School District school board member Michael Hicks regarding his appearance with Al Madrigal on last night's The Daily Show, which covered the recent controversy surrounding the ban on Mexican American Studies in Tucson: With all due respect, the Daily Show is a money […]
Meet Michael Hicks: America’s Worst Elected School Board Member
Last night on The Daily Show, Al Madrigal did a segment on Tucson's ban of Mexican American Studies program. In the segment, TUSD school board member Michael Hicks shared his thoughts about education and the board's intent. We are still a bit shocked that someone like Hicks actually got elected. In the interest of educating […]
Last Night on @TheDailyShow: Tucson’s Ban on Mexican American Studies
Last night, The Daily Show's Al Madrigal went to Tucson to cover TUSD's Mexican American Studies ban. Just two words: THANK YOU. Why would Michael Hicks even think that making a Daily Show appearance would be good for him? It wasn't. And now more of the country knows about what is going on in TUSD. […]
The Rebels Twitter Interview With Dora The Explorer About @GoddamnDora Spat
This morning, after a parody account called @GoddamnDora started to make fun of the popular Nick Jr show, Dora The Explorer, the official Twitter account of the Dora show fought back this morning on Twitter, asking profiles to report the parody account and block the profile. The original tweets and story about this Twitter War of […]