JIMMY SMITS

Network TV’s fondness for reality fare and reboots combine in “The Real Love Boat,” a sea-going dating show that’s part of the CBS fall schedule announced Wednesday.

The Pew Research Center has found that skin tone impacts the everyday lives and the long-term success of Latinos in the U.S. The nonpartisan organization released findings of a survey on Thursday.

2021 Tribeca Film Festival - "In The Heights" Premiere Actor Jimmy Smits attends the 2021 Tribeca Film Festival opening night premiere of "In the Heights" at the United Palace theater on Wednesday, June 9, 2021, in New York. I mean, I don’t sight read music or anything like that, but I figure that, with the proper help, I can carry a tune,” Smits said in a recent interview with The Associated Press. The just-released "In the Heights," directed by Jon M. Chu ("Crazy Rich Asians",) is about the dreams and the struggles of the Latino community in New York City's Washington Heights. SMITS: I think it worked in terms of the relationship between the father and the daughter because there was much more at stake because he was by himself. I just expect beautiful, beautiful things from her.

He hadn’t been in a musical since high school, but when Jimmy Smits saw the opportunity to play Kevin Rosario in the film adaptation of “In the Heights,” he was happy to check that off his artistic bucket list.

2021 LALIFF - Special Screening of "IN THE HEIGHTS" Leslie Grace arrives at a screening of "In the Heights" during the Los Angeles Latino International Film Festival at TCL Chinese Theatre on Friday, June 4, 2021, in Los Angeles. Grace talked about making her acting debut in the biggest Latino movie in recent history, her experience working alongside Jimmy Smits (her onscreen dad) and the full-circle moment the film represents to her family. AP: You share the screen with veteran actor Jimmy Smits as your father. He’s Jimmy Smits! So everyday I’m walking to set, I’m like, “I get to play Jimmy Smits’ daughter.

Like her character of Nina in “In The Heights,” Leslie Grace says she struggles “all the time” to fit in as an Afro-Latina woman and artist.

Film In the Heights This image released by Warner Bros. Pictures shows Anthony Ramos in a scene from "In the Heights." “In the Heights,” which opens Friday, is an adaptation of the Tony-award winning musical by Lin-Manuel Miranda and Quiara Alegría Hudes about the hopes and struggles of residents of New York City’s Washington Heights. Are they gonna open the doors for a kind of explosion?’”, says Jimmy Smits, who is of Puerto Rican descent. “And then I started to realize, ‘Oh my God, it’s because it was Latin content!’ They didn’t know what to do with it. This year’s Oscars featured a diverse slate of nominees, but no Latino performers.

The hype for “In the Heights” has brought great expectation to the Latino community in the United States, which has been historically underrepresented or stereotyped on the screen.

The cast of "In The Heights" talks about the film's push to uplift Latin American communities.

LOS ANGELES – Gloria Estefan, Alex Rodriguez and Eva Longoria will be among the participants in a monthlong online celebration of Latino contributions to television. It’s the first such event by Paley to coincide with Hispanic Heritage Month, which runs Sept. 15 to Oct. 15. Among the highlights of the event (all times Eastern):— “A Tribute to Hispanic Achievements on Television,” 8 p.m. Wednesday on Yahoo Entertainment. Estefan, Longoria, Edward James Olmos, Jimmy Smits and George Lopez are among those participating, with Soledad O’Brien as moderator. — “Telemundo’s ‘La Reina del Sur’: A Conversation with the Stars,” Oct. 2, Yahoo Entertainment and Yahoo en Español.