Flamin

The 2024 Oscars are something of a homecoming for Becky G. The event, being hosted at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, isn’t too far from where she was born and raised in Inglewood, California. The Mexican-American singer and songwriter celebrated her home and heritage with a heated performance of “The Fire Inside” from the film Flamin’ Hot. She delivered the track in front of blazing flames with help from a choir of Latino children. “The Fire Inside” is nominated for Best Original Song at this year’s…

Brice Gonzalez, the charismatic young talent known for his viral TikTok videos alongside his late father Randy Gonzalez, is making waves in Hollywood. The dynamic duo, known as Enkyboys, captured the hearts of millions with their entertaining content, amassing a massive following in a short period of time. Following the tragic loss of his father to colon cancer earlier this year, Brice continues to carry their legacy forward. Brice Gonzalez, the charismatic young talent known for his viral TikTok videos alongside…

A film telling the story of a Mexican American janitor who went onto create a $1bn snack brand fits into Hollywood’s current cultural and creative moment rather perfectly. It’s been a time both of exploring the dramatic origins of everyday products and services (from Nike’s Air Jordans to BlackBerry to Tetris to Uber) and of finding more ways to tell diverse stories outside of a prohibitively limited lens, a lens that’s been particularly limited for Latino characters.Despite Latino audiences over-indexing at cinemas in…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeWeeks before the cameras started to roll on Flamin’ Hot, Eva Longoria’s first narrative feature as a director, an exposé by the LA Times claimed that its subject, Richard Montañez, had falsely taken credit for the invention of the Flamin’ Hot Cheeto. This was no spurious dispute – the spicy corn puff is the stuff of snack legend, a global phenomenon that’s spawned its own fashion and…

Image via Getty At a recent Cannes interview, Eva Longoria announced that her directorial debut, Flaming Hot, will begin streaming on Disney Plus and Hulu on June 9. Talking with Variety‘s Elizabeth Wagmeister, Longoria discussed the pressure she felt as a Latina making her first film, as well as her work with an initiative called The Inclusion List, which provides research on diversity and inclusion in entertainment. As part of a talk sponsored by Kering’s Women in Motion program, Longoria said that as a woman…

For the last decade, Richard Montañez has been telling the story of how he invented Flamin’ Hot Cheetos. The world has been eating it up.It goes like this: He was working as a janitor at Frito-Lay’s Rancho Cucamonga plant when he dreamed up a chile-covered Cheeto and believed in himself enough to call up the chief executive to pitch his spicy idea.Corporate backstabbers tried to sabotage Montañez for stepping out of line, but he out-hustled them, driven by a hunger to succeed. Flamin’ Hots became a runaway hit, and…

Following the film’s world premiere at SXSW, Eva Longoria’s directorial debut from Searchlight Pictures, Flamin’ Hot, is set to stream on June 9 on both Hulu and Disney+. It’s the first time a new movie has been available on both Disney websites owned by OTT Services in the United States. The picture will be broadcast on Disney+ and abroad. The picture is based on the true story of Richard Montañez (Jesse Garcia), a Frito-Lay janitor who broke into the food industry by using his Mexican-American heritage to take…