In Starz's Vida, the characters often speak in Spanglish, peppering their majority-English sentences with Spanish words and phrases. It's an interesting move, especially because the show doesn't bother to subtitle these moments in order to accommodate non-Spanish speakers. But for some of the audience, it only adds to the authenticity.

"Vida" Premiere Takes Over Twitter 

Sunday was a historic moment for both the Latinx and LGBTQ community as Tanya Saracho’s drama series had it’s television premiere on Starz. Being one of the only four Latinx women Showrunners among 500+ TV series streaming and broadcast in the US, Saracho’s success is a huge inspiration to Latinx individuals everywhere. Hundreds of tweets were flying out moments leading up to the pilot, with admiration showering over the cast and crew in bringing to life such a powerful show that resonated with a large audience. Beautifully shot and extraordinarily well written, Vida covered a range of struggles many individuals within these communities face on a day to day basis, tackling the complexities of inter-family dynamics and hardships.

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Tanya Saracho walked into a meeting with an executive at the cable network Starz thinking she was being considered for a staff job in a writers’ room. Instead, the relatively fledgling TV writer walked out as the show-runner of Vida, a half-hour drama series premiering this Sunday about two ambitious, sexually adventurous sisters who return to their Latino neighborhood in Los Angeles after the death of their mother.

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Now that he’s won the Academy Award for Best Director, Guillermo del Toro has considerably more leeway to see his passion projects through to completion. The first of those is “Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark,” an adaptation of the bestselling book series by Alvin Schwartz that del Toro will co-write and produce. “The Autopsy of Jane Doe” helmer André Øvredal is directing the project, which CBS Films and Entertainment One just announced they’ll be co-financing.

John Woo is remaking his classic action movie, The Killer, this time giving it a female twist.