Compiled by the El Reportero staff
Salma Hayek
Hold Their Feet to the Fire 2011 will bring together 50 talk radio hosts, broadcasting to all 50 states, for a two-day “Electronic Town Hall” dedicated to discussing U.S. immigration policy. The annual event is organized by the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) and will take place on April 6 and 7 at Washington’s Phoenix Park Hotel.
The 50 talk hosts, who will be joined by concerned citizen activists, will be delivering a clear message to Congress and the Obama Administration: The American people want immigration reform. They want it this year. And they want the policy fixed so that it serves the interests of the American people, not the people who break our immigration laws.
During the two-day immigration town hall of the airwaves, the ballrooms of the Phoenix Park Hotel will be turned into dozens of makeshift radio studios. The fifty broadcasters have scheduled interviews with members of Congress, leading policy analysts, law enforcement personnel and activists who will be lobbying on Capitol Hill. In past years, Hold Their Feet to the Fire has been credited with helping defeat legislation that would have granted illegal aliens amnesty.
As the 112th Congress settles down to attending the people’s business, Hold Their Feet to the Fire 2011 will build on the momentum of past years and on the push for real immigration reform that is coming from the grassroots.
Karen Rodríguez eliminated on American Idol Finalist Karen
Rodríguez was eliminated on American Idol on March 24, after she received the fewest of America’s votes. On Wednesday’s performance show, the Top 12 coperformed songs from the year they were born, and Rodríguez, 21, from New York, NY, sang Love Will Lead You Back. In addition, Grammy Award-winning pop superstars The Black Eyed Peas sang their latest hit, Just Can’t Get Enough, and IDOL Season Nine winner Lee DeWyze took the stage to perform Beautiful Like You.
Salma Hayek Gets Busy in 2011
The year 2011 is shaping up to be quite busy year for Salma Hayek. Things had been relatively quiet for the actress/producer since the cancellation of Ugly Betty with the exception of playing Adam Sandler’s wife in Grown up.
This year things will be different. In March Hayek is set to begin shooting Sony’s action comedy, Here Comes the Boom about a physics teacher named Scott (Kevin James) who participates in UFC mixed martial arts competitions to save his school’s music program. Kevin James, Jeff Sussman and Adam Sandler’s Happy Madison Productions are producing.
It was also announced yesterday that Hayek will star in director Alex de la Iglesia’s La Chispa de la Vida.
Franc.Reyes is into Horror with Eva Longoria
Writer/director Franc. Reyes (The Ministers, Illegal Tender, Empire) known for his urban themed fi lms will be migrating into scary territory. The “Horror” genre to be more specific. His Alumbra Films just announed that Eva Longoria will star in his next fi lm Tenement.
The story is about five potential real estate buyers who lose more than they bargained for when they attend an open house in a haunted tenement building in the Bronx. Reyes has described the film a a cross between The Exorcist, The Amityville Horror and Rosemary’s Baby. Tenement will be shot in New York, Reyes.’ hometown, with production set to begin in May.
