Moreno would go on to cement her name in history by winning the Best Supporting Actress Oscar for the role, becoming the first Hispanic American woman to win an Academy Award. Born Rosa Alverio on December 11, 1931, in Humacao, Puerto Rico, the actor later changed her last name to ...
Since it hit the scene in 2005, YouTube has fundamentally changed the way we consume content on the web. It has allowed regular people to become stars, influencers, and helpful tutors on everything from relationship advice to cosmetic tips. Susan Wojcicki was previously a senior vice president...
She fell in love with cinema when she was a child, specifically, when she saw her first movie at her neighbor’s house (her family didn’t have a TV). She got her first big break at age 16 in the Spanish productionUna Rosa de Francia (A Rose from France), which was shot in Cuba...
Comedy in early TV started off with a bang when entertainer Milton Berle brought vaudeville’s frenetic mix of music, comedy, animals and jugglers straight into people’s living rooms with the “Texaco Star Theater” variety show. Funnyman Berle, who usually opened the show dressed in outrageous...
Miller recently created a program to make it easier for local business owners of color to get loans, just the latest in Eastern Bank’s history of socially conscious efforts. Miller fits in personally with that ethos, sitting on nonprofit boards all over Boston, including the Boys & Girls Clu...
Hawkgirl’s history is a complicated tale of reincarnation and star-crossed love with Hawkman (literally and figuratively, since they’re originally from the planet Thanagar). Over time, the Hawkgirl persona has been reborn through various people, including Kendra Muñoz-Saunders. As Hawkgirl, ...
The main predictors of parents' intention to vaccinate their children were fathers, older age of parents, higher income, higher levels of perceived threat from the COVID-19, and positive attitudes towards vaccination (e.g. children's complete vaccination history, history of children's and parents...
White women are more than three times as likely as white men to be low-wage workers, and black or Hispanic men more than one-and-a-half times as likely. More than half of ail low-wage workers are the only wage workers in their families, or live alone. Employment no longer provides ...
She relaunched the African-American Film Festival Releasing Movement as ARRAY to give more women and people of color the platform to tell stories in film form. The multigifted filmmaker is a pioneer in modern history—the first black woman to win best director at Sundance and the first black ...
"For white attenders, worshiping in a congregation with a larger percentage of Hispanic worshipers was related to having more friendships with Hispanic people," Polson said. "This was not the case, however, for friendships between whites and African-Americans or Asian people. Only for white an...