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Julie Gonzalo: Sweet Success

By Jeanette Fernandez • Sep 23rd, 2008 • Category: Cover Story

Julie Gonzalo certainly looks like the quintessential all-American girl. In fact, her previous roles as a cheerleader in both “A Cinderella Story” and “Dodgeball” only emphasize her girl next door mystique. But, as our mamas always taught us…appearances can be deceiving.



Elena Garcia is Responsibly Fashionable

By Jeanette Fernandez • Aug 13th, 2008 • Category: Features

Environmentally friendly clothing hasn’t always been considered incredibly stylish. But, all that is changing with designers like Elena Garcia who has taken her love of fashion and earth-friendly fabrics to create gorgeous lines that transforms eco-friendly to eco-chic.



The Latin Evolution: Eduardo Risso

By Jeanette Fernandez • Jul 15th, 2008 • Category: Cover Story

Comic books are no longer geek territory. Monster motion pictures like “The Dark Night,” “Hellboy,” “Wanted,” “Iron Man” and “The Incredible Hulk” are earning frightening numbers at the box office and exposing comic book culture to new audiences. And, with the business becoming a major force in Hollywood and in print, what was once a majority White industry now boasts a multitude of Latin illustrators, writers and editors who are influencing and reshaping this highly profitable genre.



The Latin Evolution: Javier Grillo-Marxuach

By Jeanette Fernandez • Jul 14th, 2008 • Category: Cover Story

Hollywood’s love affair with the comic book industry continues with current movies “The Dark Knight,” Hellboy II: The Golden Army,” and “Wanted” making a massive impact at the box office. And, with additional movies being adapted from graphic novels and comic titles like Punisher: War Zone, Captain America, The Watchmen, X-Men Origins: Wolverine, The Avengers, Thor, and The Spirit, the movie and comic twosome appears to be headed for a very happy ending.



Natalie Morales Blows Us Away

By Jeanette Fernandez • Jun 20th, 2008 • Category: Features

So there’s this super-slim woman running around my television wearing a crisp, white button-down shirt, a black tie with an olive green blazer and skinny, black pants and belt complete with clip capabilities and I know that whatever she’s doing, it must be pretty important.



Karli Henriquez: California Soul

By Jeanette Fernandez • Apr 24th, 2008 • Category: Features

It’s a rare, rainy day in Los Angeles but that’s not keeping a busy Karli Henriquez down. The spunky host of MTV Tr3s’ “Karlifornia” is getting ready for her other gig as radio personality, Karli from the Block, on KIIS-FM in Los Angeles. The L.A. dynamo knows her turf and doesn’t plan to let up anytime soon…



Spring for Green

By Jeanette Fernandez • Mar 12th, 2008 • Category: Cover Story

Green is in. I don’t mean green shoes or cargo pants. I’m talking green as in Earth friendly. The fashion world is getting hip to eco-fashion; just ask Diana von Furstenberg, Levi’s, Bono, and H&M. Being that cotton is the most pesticide-dependent crop in the world and accounts for 25% of all pesticide use and according to the USDA, over 50 million pounds of pesticides are used on U.S. cotton fields in one year alone, it’s about time!



Dying To Color: Myths vs. Facts

By Jeanette Fernandez • Nov 17th, 2007 • Category: Style

Dying to ditch those dishwater locks for a head full of honey blondes, fiery reds or sultry browns but concerned about all those chemicals? We asked hair color expert Robert Bachelor of The Robert Bachelor Salon, who’s been featured on “Inside Edition”, what we’ve always wanted to know about the safety of hair color.



Staci Flood Answers our Q’s

By Jeanette Fernandez • Oct 14th, 2007 • Category: Entertainment

Staci Flood is best known for her extraordinary dancing. After all, she’s been featured in music videos too numerous to count, a ton of commercials, theater, live performances and did her thing on MTV’s “Dancelife.” Now, she’s returning to her love of singing, gearing up for her first solo release and is ready to shake things up…



From Mexico to Montana: Michael Travis On “El Gancho”

By Jeanette Fernandez • Oct 11th, 2007 • Category: Mind

One question about his family’s past led author Michael Travis down an unforgettable and astonishing life changing path of discovery, history, and ultimate appreciation. In “El Gancho: A Saga of an Immigrant’s Family Journey out of Mexico,” Travis infuses family history with fiction to create a memorable book of wonder. We asked the award winning author how it all got started…