On New Year’s Eve 2020, comedian and actor Julio Torres decided to splurge on himself. I’m gonna make a show about this.’” “Fantasmas” is the fruit of those efforts — an HBO comedy that follows a fictionalized version of Torres on a mission to find his lost earring. “I love working with people who have that kind of energy you …
SPECIAL REPORT Hollywood's Latino Culture Gap Times journalists examine the complicated history of Latinos in Hollywood and the actions being taken to increase their representation, which remains stubbornly low. “And for the characters to look and talk like me.” Marvin Lemus, left, and Linda Yvette Chávez, co-creators of Netflix’s “Gentefied,” the rare television series to feature original Latino storytelling. In …
