Alicia Civita

Entertainment and Pop Culture writer


Trilingual multimedia journalist with 20-plus years of experience in legacy and new media, as well as social media. Founder and CEO of Life a la Latina, a bilingual community celebrating the Latino experience. Before, I relaunched the U.S. Latino edition of Selecciones, the Spanish version of Reader's Digest, and was the founding editor of EFE´s Hispanic News Service. I have also worked at The Wall Street Journal and Reuters. I love show business, politics, traveling and home-making, but above anything, I'm proudly mamá.

Entertainment and Pop Culture writer

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Danna García Says Goodbye to Rebeca, the Fiercest Role of Her Telenovela Career

For more than three decades, Danna García has been one of the defining faces of Latin American television. Then she took a break to do film, but now, after years of playing women audiences rooted for instantly, García says Rebeca from Hermanas: Un Amor Compartido may be the most emotionally demanding character she has ever carried.
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Vanessa Trump's Cancer Update Comes as Donald Trump Jr. Wedding Rumors Swirl

Vanessa Trump revealed she has been diagnosed with breast cancer and recently underwent a medical procedure, a deeply personal announcement that comes as the former wife of Donald Trump Jr. navigates a new chapter with Tiger Woods and as reports swirl that her ex-husband is preparing to remarry over Memorial Day weekend.
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Andy García's Emotional Cannes Standing Ovation Has Latino Hollywood Crying Too

For seven uninterrupted minutes, the applause inside Cannes' Grand Théâtre Lumière refused to stop. And somewhere between the cheers, the flashing cameras and the standing ovation for 'Diamond,' its director, 70 years old Cuban artist Andy García, felt the power of the 23 years it took to make it and the decades representing and fighting for Latinos in Hollywood.
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Thomas Massie Turns His Republican Primary Loss in Kentucky Into A Warning Over The Epstein Files

Rep. Thomas Massie is leaving Congress the same way he spent much of his final term, forcing Washington to look again at the Jeffrey Epstein files. Hours after the Kentucky Republican lost his primary to Trump-backed challenger Ed Gallrein, Massie concesion speach included him touting the six-month anniversary of the Epstein Files Transparency Act and warning that he still has months left in office to push for more disclosures.
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Mexico Investigates Military Operation After Alleged CIA Agents Killed in Chihuahua

Mexico's Attorney General's Office announced Monday that it has opened an investigation into possible irregularities involving military and state authorities during an operation in Chihuahua that uncovered a massive synthetic drug laboratory, a case that has already fueled tensions with the United States after the reported deaths of suspected CIA-linked operatives.
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The Battle Over Voting Rights Is Now Targeting College Football and Black Athletes

The NAACP is taking a civil rights fight directly to one of the South's most powerful institutions: college sports. The organization launched its "Out of Bounds" campaign Tuesday, urging Black athletes, recruits, fans, alumni, and donors to boycott athletic programs at public universities in Southern states it says are restricting Black voting rights through redistricting and other measures.
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The Michael Jackson Biopic Is Back at No. 1, and its star Larenz Tate Thinks Black and Brown Audiences Need Unity Right Now - INTERVIEW

As 'Michael' danced back to the top of the box office this weekend, the success of the Michael Jackson biopic is way more than a fun story and great numbers. For Larenz Tate, the actor who plays Motown founder Berry Gordy, the film's success is also a reminder of what the King of Pop's music has always done best: bring people together across race, language, geography, and generation.