Una escena de la película Beverly Hills Chihuahua que saldrá al público el 3 de octubre
Chloe (voice of DREW BARRYMORE), a diamond-clad, bootie wearing Beverly Hills Chihuahua enjoys her luxurious lifestyle so much, she hardly notices Papi (voice of GEORGE LÓPEZ), a hilarious Chihuahua who happens to be crazy for Chloe.
But when the most pampered pooch gets lost in Mexico with only a street-wise German Shepherd (voice of ANDY GARCIA) to help her find her way home, Papi heads south of the border — joining forces with a motley crew: three dogs (voices of PLÁCIDO DOMINGO, LUIS GUZMÁN and EDDIE “PIOLÍN” SOTELO), two humans (PIPER PERABO, MANOLO CARDONA), a sly rat (voice of CHEECH MARIN) and a nervous iguana (voice of PAUL RODRÍGUEZ) to rescue his true love.
Directed by Raja Gosnell from a screenplay by Analisa LaBianco and Jeff Bushell, and a story by Bushell, this live-action adventure also features actors JAMIE LEE CURTIS as Aunt Viv, JOSÉ MARÍA YAZPIK as baddie Vasquez, MAURY STERLING as Rafferty, JESÚS OCHÓA as Officer Ramirez, and EUGENIO DERBEZ as the store owner. EDWARD JAMES OLMOS is the voice of the menacing Doberman El Diablo, LORETTA DEVINE is the voice of snooty Toy Poodle Delta, and MICHAEL URIE is the voice of pompous Pug Sebastian. Rated PG. Opens in theaters October 3, 2008.
VOICE OF SNOOPY: Bill Meléndez, the animator and cartoonist who produced all of the Peanuts TV specials died Sept. 2 in Santa Monica, California. He was 91. Born José Cuauhtemoc Meléndez in Hermosillo, Mexico, he at~ tended the California Institute of the Arts in Los Angeles and worked as a Disney and Warner Bros. animator. In 1959 he worked on a Peanuts commercial and befriended the strip’s creator Charles M. Schulz. He went on to form his own company, Bill Meléndez Productions, and created the 1965 Emmy~and Peabody winning TV special A Charlie Brown Christmas.
Meléndez also voiced the Snoopy and Woodstock characters on several Peanuts specials; his company also animated the Cathie and Garfield strips.
Cheech Marín
“CHE’ OPENS: The first of two films about the Argentine hero of the Cuban Revolution from the Oscar-winning team of director Steven Soderbergh and actor Benicio del Toro had its commercial premiere in Spain last week.
Puerto Rican actor del Toro plays Ernesto Guevara in Che, el argentino and in Guerrillero. Both films by director Soderbergh screened as one title at the Cannes Film Festival in May.
Che, el argentino was met with lukewarm reviews in Spain, the only country where the Spanish-language films have secured distribution. Guerrillero is expected to open later this year.
ONE LINERS: director Patricia Riggen (La misma luna) and playwright, composer
and actor Lin-Manuel Miranda (In the Heights) was feted Sept. 9 at the National Hispanic Foundation for the Arts’12th annual Noche de Gala dinner in Washington, D.C. and nominees for the 9th annual Latin Grammy Awards are to be announced Sept. 10 in Los Angeles. Hispanic Link and news services.
