by the El Reportero’s news entertainment services
Marc Anthony and Jennifer López
More details have emerged about the show Q’Viva! The Chosen and its partnership between pop-Latin superstars Jennifer López and Marc Anthony, acclaimed director-choreographer Jamie King and American Idol creator and XIX Entertainment CEO and founder Simon Fuller.
The husband and wife team of Lopez and Anthony will embark on what’s being described as “an epic three month long journey to create the ultimate live show celebrating Latin music, artistry and dance.” Their travels will take them to remote areas of the Americas and fi lming will incorporate three languages.
No network partner has been announced yet, but according to a statement being released on Wednesday, the show will broadcast simultaneously across 21 countries in North America, Central America and South America.
Charlie Sheen Launches Sheen’s Korner Charitable Foundation
Charlie Sheen is getting charitable.
The actor has launched Sheen’s Korner to “benefi t those in need,” his rep, Larry Solters, tells The Hollywood Reporter in a statement. Sheen’s Korner will launch its fundraising efforts at Sheen’s April 30th San Francisco show at the Nob Hill Masonic Auditorium. All the profits from
his merchandising sales will be donated to the Brian Stow Fund, to benefi t Stow’s family and defray medical costs stemming from the vicious attack against Stow outside a San Francisco Giants baseball game last month. (He was beaten and put into a medical coma; doctors have said he’s showing signs of brain damage.) Sheen also coordinated a bipolar awareness walk and auction at his Toronto show earlier this month. He hosted several episodes Internet show called Sheen’s Korner shortly after being fi red from Two and a Half Men.
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 specifi c. His Alumbra Films just announced that Eva Longoria will star in his next fi lm Tenement.
The story is about fi ve 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.
For Michael Peña it’s all about keeping it real
The Lincoln Lawyer is a courtroom action drama, and Michael Peña brings much of that drama in one scene alone, as the wrongfully incarcerated prison inmate Jesús Martínez, raising the stakes for Michael Haller (Matthew McConaughey), a slick, charismatic Los Angeles criminal defense attorney who operates out of the back of his Lincoln Continental sedan.
The Lincoln Lawyer opens wide on Friday, March 18th. Pena’s career has been a combination of starring and smaller roles, in both major
studio and indie films like the Academy Award winning Crash or The World Trade Center. His range of roles is evident in his two most recent fi lms; a prisoner in San Quentin in The Lincoln Lawyer, and a caring father caught in the wrong side of the battle with his son in BATTLE: Los Angeles, released last week.
(The Hollywood Reporter and Latin Heat contributed to this news report).
