Rafael Trujillo: Last News

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at Large Acclaimed writer Julia Alvarez will be the focus of a new documentary for PBS from “American Masters” and Latino Public Broadcasting. Timed to Hispanic Heritage Month, “Julia Alvarez: A Life Reimagined” will premiere on Tuesday, Sept, 17 at 9 p.m.

Eva Longoria went for a casual look as she strolled during a shopping trip around Paris on Wednesday.The Desperate Housewives actress, 47, wore an all-black outfit, which included a black Tequila sweatshirt, black leggings and black sunglasses with white sneakers. The mother-of-one was seen holding onto a black shopping bag from French fashion house Saint Laurent. Back in black: Eva Longoria went for a casual look as she strolled during a shopping trip around Paris on WednesdayThe Grand Hotel actress recently shared a series of Instagram pictures of herself dancing at a beach side restaurant with her adorable son Santiago, four.Eva showed off a soft golden tan in a sexy swimsuit and wore her brunette locks in a messy low bun, with a cream hat.  'My little dancing partner,' she captioned her post. The Hollywood star is married to entrepreneur José Bastón; together they have son Santiago.  Read for the gym: The Desperate Housewives actress, 47, wore an all-black outfit, which included a black Tequila sweatshirt, black leggings and black sunglasses with white sneakers  The Texas native has been busy with her many projects.   Longoria and her friend Dania Ramirez produce a podcast together that puts a spotlight on a family of Dominican women who fought against a brutal dictatorship and gave up everything in the fight for freedom. The actors' new scripted podcast with iHeartMedia's My Cultura Network Sisters of the Underground, tells the true story of the Mirabal sisters.They are Patria, Minerva and María Teresa, Dominican dissidents whose courageous activism and subsequent murders by the state triggered outrage that led, in part, to the downfall of the brutal dictator Rafael Trujillo (aka El Jefe) in the 1960s.

EXCLUSIVE: Eva Longoria is launching a new slate of podcasts—both scripted and unscripted—in collaboration with iHeartMedia‘s My Cultura Podcast Network.

Anna Marie de la Fuente Dominican filmmaker Jose Maria Cabral has shared the trailer to his eighth feature, “Parsley,” with Variety ahead of its world premiere at the Miami Int’l Film Festival.New York-based Visit Films is handling world sales rights on the drama.As in his Sundance title “Woodpeckers” (“Carpinteros”) and his more recent films, Cabral trains his lens on the marginalized in his country. “Parsley” (“Perejil”) is based on the 1937 Perejil Massacre when Dominican dictator Rafael Trujillo ordered the execution of Haitian communities on the country’s border with Haiti.