Jessica Velle Archives

INTERVIEW

Interview: NGLmitú Chief Brand Officer, Vanessa Vigil

By Jessica Velle May 30, 2023

Vanessa Vigil is the Chief Brand Officer for NGLmitú, the leading digital media and entertainment company dedicated to inspiring, elevating, and super-serving U.S. Latinos. Sh...

Celebrity

Zooey Deschanel talks collab with Air Wick & WWF to conserve the planet

By Jessica Velle Aug 18, 2021

Actress, Mother and Environmentalist, Zooey Deschanel (New Girl, 500 Days of Summer, Elf), is focusing on making a difference this summer and pushing new ways to improve climat...

REEL LA

The Summer ‘It’ cocktail, the Clamato Michelada

By Jessica Velle Jul 21, 2021

It’s mid-summer, and high time we talk about the middle child alcoholic beverage that doesn't get the most attention, but legit deserves the most praise. Yes, I'm talking abo...

REEL PRIDE

Love, Victor: Marcos Luevanos on Season 2

By Jessica Velle Jun 11, 2021

The craft of writing television and including diverse representation is a subject that is consistently talked about as a movement that is evolving dramatically. One Producer a...

Streaming

Friends, the reunion we’ve been waiting for

By Jessica Velle May 17, 2021

After a year of the plague, we are getting the Friends reunion we've been begging for and also the one we really deserve. The show proved that we could make a family out of the...

The Craft

Exclusive: Inside Netflix’s Selena, The Series Part 2

By Jessica Velle May 3, 2021

Selena: The Series arrived on Netflix last December. The first installment of the series was viewed by 25 million households according to the streamer, ensuring that the l...

RISING

Filmmaker Kristian Mercado Figueroa’s eclectic vision

By Jessica Velle Apr 26, 2021

Latinx filmmakers are paving the way when it comes to opportunities for inclusion. In an industry where we fight for our stories to be heard, seen, and green lit, Kristian Merc...

RISING

HBO’s ‘We’re Here’ Jeremy Austin aka 6 is here

By Jessica Velle Apr 20, 2021

Magnificent Makeup Artist and Drag Queen, Jeremy Austin aka 6, shares their story on how a 17-year-old teen from Columbus, Ohio overcame homelessness and drug addition to becom...

Systemic Racism that affects Latino communities

By Jessica Velle Apr 9, 2021

Topics such as Diversity and Inclusion are big in 2021. The lack of POC is being brought to light in employment offices, C-Suites, and in classrooms. But it’s time to address...

Sexual objectification is killing minority women

By Jessica Velle Mar 19, 2021

A new day, another story where minority women are objectified, sexualized and treated as less than human. Yes, I'm angry. No, I will not say his name. While the news outlets sp...

RISING

Edwin Alexis Gómez redefines Latinx Films

By Jessica Velle Mar 3, 2021

Latinx storytellers are rewriting the typical narratives that we have come to expect in this new era. This specific voice I'm talking about is brought on by an alternative ligh...

Eats

Villas Tacos makes the pandemic comforting

By Jessica Velle Feb 19, 2021

While living at the epicenter of the Covid-19 outbreak, in the daily world of double face masking, social distancing and isolation, the Latinx community is creating a safe and ...

Britney’s mental health is damaged and it’s our fault

By Jessica Velle Feb 11, 2021

I'll say it again. Britney Spears' mental health is damaged, and it's all our fault. Maybe not entirely, but the we, the media, played a substantial part of obliterating a chil...

REEL POLITICS

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez & normalized rape culture

By Jessica Velle Feb 2, 2021

Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez shared her recent experience on Instagram at the U.S. Capital on Jan 6, 2021 that was incited by the Trump mob. As many may find trigger...

THE NEW NORMAL

The new normal at Apt. 1 Coffee

By Jessica Velle Jan 22, 2021

What happens when you combine a coffee shop together with a cute Santa Monica apartment? You get Apt. 1 Coffee, a popular new coffee apartment house that has manifested in the ...

REEL POLITICS

Kamala Harris, first female, WOC takes oath as VP

By Jessica Velle Jan 21, 2021

Kamala Harris entered the White House grounds as the nation's first female, first Black and first South Asian vice president will resonate across the globe. "For little Blac...

Super Bowl

Cheetos returns to Super Bowl with Ashton Kutcher

By Jessica Velle Jan 15, 2021

When my editor asked me to write an article about a Super Bowl spot, I kinda was like, "Whaaaat? Why?" I hate the Super Bowl. Can't I just binge Friends on HBO Max? Then he t...

Social Media

Xena Warrior Princess and Hercules battle on Twitter

By Jessica Velle Jan 8, 2021

After this week's U.S. Capitol Mayhem, Lucy Lawless aka Xena The Warrior Princess and Kevin Sorbo aka Hercules hit a feud on social media outlet Twitter, post the drama of the ...

Broadway

‘Mean Girls’ won’t return to Broadway in 2021

By Jessica Velle Jan 8, 2021

Tina Fey's adapted play of the 2004 infamous film Mean Girls, will not be returning to Broadway this year. The musical’s producers, led by Lorne Michaels of Saturday Night...