Verner Maldonado to Make Feature Directorial Debut

IMDb

NALIPster Verner Maldonado is set to make his feature directorial debut with the indie murder mystery "Best Man Dead Man"!
The film is described as taking place "in the middle of nowhere and will follow a murder investigation after the best man suddenly turns up dead during a bachelor party." Molly Bernard from "Younger" is set to star in the film. Filming for the film will begin in the spring. Read more here.

Lalo Alcaraz honored for top editorial cartooning prize, its first Latino recipient

NBC News

Political cartoonist Lalo Alcaraz was awarded the prestigious Herblock Prize, one of the nation's top prizes in editorial cartooning. Alcaraz is the first Latino recipient of the Herblock Prize. Alcaraz is most known for the comic "La Cucaracha," which was the first nationally syndicated, politically themed Latino daily comic strip. Read more here.