Batmano Cucaracha Colada

Hottest interview of the last 76 hours. Watch it.

Call us, Grande Latina! Enforcers are always welcome at OLDL.

4 de Julio

Happy Independence Day, Whities!

To our Latina sisterhood: We live to fight another day. In the streets.

(Thanks to E for the Onion.)

La Tortura

"Boy Shakira" is the best thing to come out of America's Got Talent, which means Boy Shakira will be gone by next week. Sad, because summer hottness is rare and we need some manly hip-shaking BAD.



Amerie might suffice, though - mami is a stunner. And her new track "Gotta Work" is our latest late-night motto.

Finally, we endorse whatevs this is. Funny and viral, like our lovers.

The Invisible Woman

Well, then.

Go, Jessica, go.

Hispanics can dig a hole better than anyone else, obvi.

Eso!

"[Before] I always felt like such an outcast and now I feel like people are more diverse ethnically. I was always self conscience of my puffy lips and darker skin when I was a kid, because I felt like I didn't fit in. And now it's mainstream, and color isn't as big of a deal and if anything it's better."

"I've got cousins galore. Mexicans just spread all their seeds. And the women just pop them out."

"My grandfather was the only Mexican at his college, the only Hispanic person at work and the only one at the all-white country club. He tried to forget his Mexican roots, because he never wanted his kids to be made to feel different in America. He and my grandmother didn't speak Spanish to their children. Now, as a third-generation American, I feel as if I have finally cut loose."

"My whole life, when I was growing up, not one race has ever accepted me, ... So I never felt connected or attached to any race specifically. I had a very American upbringing, I feel American, and I don't speak Spanish. So, to say that I'm a Latin actress, OK, but it's not fitting; it would be insincere."

"My grandfather was the only one in our family to go to college. He made a choice not to speak Spanish in the house. He didn't want his kids to be different."

"Alba is my last name and I'm proud of that. But that's it. My grandparents were born in California, the same as my parents, and though I may be proud of my last name, I'm American. Throughout my whole life, I've never felt connected connected to one particular race or heritage, nor did I feel accepted by any. If you break it down, I'm less Latina than Cameron Diaz, whose father is Cuban. But people don't call her Latina because she's blonde."

Fools Rush In

Salma Hayek and her fugly man attend some event somewhere.

Is this guy tragically auditioning for a role in the next Lord of the Rings? It would be tragic because the trilogy is over.

Salma's hair is not something we'd imitate, but we give her props for the dress, and for being able to walk at all.

(Source)

Curioso

How appropriate! Today's Puerto Rican Day Parade in NYC coincided with this weekend's L.A. Pride Festival.

Ricky, sadly, couldn't make it to both. But at least he sacrificed himself by hiding his true hottness under *gaspy* facial hair and a wife-beater dating back to "West Side Story," all to build (from afar) queeny self-esteem in the City of Gay-Chubby Angels.

Oh, and J-Lo was also around. Hopefully she didn't shatter any Fifth Ave. store displays!

Sangria & Guacamole!

So loca, it hurts. Las Latinas salute you, Beyonce. C'mon - who else can say "Madrid!" with such divaliciousness?? And who bothers participating in the Alma Awards?

Hermana is an icon.

Beyonce - Irreplaceable live @ 2007 ALMA Awards
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An Alternative to a Pseudo-Banned Partial-Birth Procedure?

We're not fans of having to wait a few years before we can put Oscar Juan Jose Luis Gonzales and Maria Lisa Eva Martinez to good use, but it's better than risking jail.


Gap Unveils New 'For Kids By Kids' Clothing Line

Why Being in a Latina Gang Makes Sense

Slowest news day ever, anyone?

As we heat up the skillet in preparation for Friday Fried Tequila Worms, we wonder: What are we grateful for this week?

For starters, there's this fab image, which should make all Latin@s proud:


That, combined with Erik Estrada's getting a star on the Hollywood Walk of Sh...Fame* and some dude named Gonzales's making tortilla soup out of the Constitution, made us realize how luck we are to have found the loving embrace of an 8-inch knife and the warmth of city pavement.

*Surprised? Take a look at the clip below and tell us he's not an inspiration and living legenda.



(Pic credit: John Shearer/WireImage)

Why Weren't We Consulted?

The Onion tackles the tough questions, but is afraid to invite some Latina fury into its domain? Cowards.

Also: "Ev'rything free in America"? Only if you ride with our gang.

In The Know: The U.S. Moat

When Will Rosie Perez Finally Step Up??!

Woman just won't quit: Oprah opened her second school for poor South African youth Friday, an innovative, environmentally friendly institution she hopes will be a model for public education.

(Someone at something called "NPR" took the pic.)

Las Latinas 2007 Convention

Ricky Martin, Puerto Rico's all-time top-selling artist, added a new honor to go with his multiple Grammy awards on Thursday: he was named king of the 50th annual National Puerto Rican Day Parade in New York.

Full story.

Tiny Latina

Yesterday, our very own Eva Longoria celebrated her birthday/being named the new face of Bebe Sport/the obscene amount of foundation on her face.

Besos!