Jack Rico
@jackrico.com
🎬 Entertainment Journalist + Media Strategist
🎧 Co-Host, Brown & Black (2x Webby Awards)
🎭 Pop culture through a Latino POV 🇨🇴🇺🇸
🏛️ Television Academy + IADAS Member
🎧 Co-Host, Brown & Black (2x Webby Awards)
🎭 Pop culture through a Latino POV 🇨🇴🇺🇸
🏛️ Television Academy + IADAS Member
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I've been messing with AI images over the last few days and created these BTS shots from two of my favorite Latino movies: 'Stand and Deliver' and 'La Bamba.' They capture the most iconic scenes from each film. They're also completely AI fake.
I've been messing with AI images over the last few days and created these BTS shots from two of my favorite Latino movies: 'Stand and Deliver' and 'La Bamba.' They capture the most iconic scenes from each film. They're also completely AI fake.
November 22, 2025 at 7:01 PM
I've been messing with AI images over the last few days and created these BTS shots from two of my favorite Latino movies: 'Stand and Deliver' and 'La Bamba.' They capture the most iconic scenes from each film. They're also completely AI fake.
I’m not sure if anyone here messes with AI, but… I just played with Google’s Gemini 3.0, and am truly stunned 😳 at the level of intelligence and TASTE the model has. It’s dare I say… revolutionary. Websites, video games, wallpapers that you’d ACTUALLY share are now just a warbled prompt away.
November 15, 2025 at 2:06 AM
I’m not sure if anyone here messes with AI, but… I just played with Google’s Gemini 3.0, and am truly stunned 😳 at the level of intelligence and TASTE the model has. It’s dare I say… revolutionary. Websites, video games, wallpapers that you’d ACTUALLY share are now just a warbled prompt away.
Sitting down to watch a new documentary on the Dali Lama - “Wisdom of Happiness”. Some light for some dark times. 🙏🏾
November 13, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Sitting down to watch a new documentary on the Dali Lama - “Wisdom of Happiness”. Some light for some dark times. 🙏🏾
NOSTALGIA is peaking. Gen Z must hate the present and who can blame them. In the meantime Gen X is reliving their youth.
"Analog bags" are in. Doomscrolling is out.
It's part of a bigger return to offline hobbies.
www.axios.com
October 24, 2025 at 12:38 AM
NOSTALGIA is peaking. Gen Z must hate the present and who can blame them. In the meantime Gen X is reliving their youth.
Latino movies are being greenlit. Hopefully the first of many more!
Andy García, Néstor Carbonell to Star in Cuban Exodus Thriller 'Pedro Pan'
Learn about the Andy García Pedro Pan movie, a gripping historical thriller about the evacuation of Cuban children during the 1960s.
showbizcafe.com
October 16, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Latino movies are being greenlit. Hopefully the first of many more!
The Washington Post wrote a piece on how to understand TikTok's algorithm and this part caught my attention because it is rarely exposed in such an intentional design way.
(I visualized as an infographic for clarity and attaching the link)
www.washingtonpost.com/wellness/int...
(I visualized as an infographic for clarity and attaching the link)
www.washingtonpost.com/wellness/int...
October 8, 2025 at 2:45 PM
The Washington Post wrote a piece on how to understand TikTok's algorithm and this part caught my attention because it is rarely exposed in such an intentional design way.
(I visualized as an infographic for clarity and attaching the link)
www.washingtonpost.com/wellness/int...
(I visualized as an infographic for clarity and attaching the link)
www.washingtonpost.com/wellness/int...
Get ready for what will be the first-ever #Spanish-language Super Bowl halftime show. History will be made. #badbunny
Bad Bunny Announced as the 2026 Super Bowl Halftime Show Performer: 'This Is for My People, My Culture and Our History'
Bad Bunny will serve as the halftime show performer during Super Bowl LX at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif., on Sunday, Feb. 8. Kendrick Lamar previously served as the Super Bowl halftime show p...
people.com
September 29, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Get ready for what will be the first-ever #Spanish-language Super Bowl halftime show. History will be made. #badbunny
What’s really funny about these local TV giants is that the joke is on them.
No one that is extremely influential watches local TV anymore. Kimmel is really using the studio for the show to be watched on social platforms where he’s getting 20+ million subscribers!
No one that is extremely influential watches local TV anymore. Kimmel is really using the studio for the show to be watched on social platforms where he’s getting 20+ million subscribers!
Local TV Giants Boycott Jimmy Kimmel’s Return to Late Night
www.nytimes.com
September 23, 2025 at 3:45 PM
What’s really funny about these local TV giants is that the joke is on them.
No one that is extremely influential watches local TV anymore. Kimmel is really using the studio for the show to be watched on social platforms where he’s getting 20+ million subscribers!
No one that is extremely influential watches local TV anymore. Kimmel is really using the studio for the show to be watched on social platforms where he’s getting 20+ million subscribers!
What are you watching right now?
September 21, 2025 at 12:18 AM
What are you watching right now?
Happy #HispanicHeritageMonth! 🇺🇸 Today, Sept 15th begins a month-long recognition of Latino contributions to America.
Here's the original 1968 Presidential Proclamation from LBJ who first formalized Hispanic Heritage Week. Twenty years later, Reagan expanded it to the full month we celebrate today.
Here's the original 1968 Presidential Proclamation from LBJ who first formalized Hispanic Heritage Week. Twenty years later, Reagan expanded it to the full month we celebrate today.
September 15, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Happy #HispanicHeritageMonth! 🇺🇸 Today, Sept 15th begins a month-long recognition of Latino contributions to America.
Here's the original 1968 Presidential Proclamation from LBJ who first formalized Hispanic Heritage Week. Twenty years later, Reagan expanded it to the full month we celebrate today.
Here's the original 1968 Presidential Proclamation from LBJ who first formalized Hispanic Heritage Week. Twenty years later, Reagan expanded it to the full month we celebrate today.
The 2025 Emmy results are in and not a single Latino actor took home a trophy. Not ONE.
In a year where there were 4 legitimate Latino actors to choose from, this total shut-out speaks to a deeper problem beyond bias and race.
Here's our Substack letter that explains what happened at the EMMYS.
In a year where there were 4 legitimate Latino actors to choose from, this total shut-out speaks to a deeper problem beyond bias and race.
Here's our Substack letter that explains what happened at the EMMYS.
The Painful Truth of Latinos at the 2025 Emmys
Diego Luna's snub for Lead Actor in a Drama Series at this year's Emmys sends a loud signal to Latino actors that nothing is guaranteed. Not even mainstream excellence.
brownblackpodcast.substack.com
September 15, 2025 at 1:53 PM
The 2025 Emmy results are in and not a single Latino actor took home a trophy. Not ONE.
In a year where there were 4 legitimate Latino actors to choose from, this total shut-out speaks to a deeper problem beyond bias and race.
Here's our Substack letter that explains what happened at the EMMYS.
In a year where there were 4 legitimate Latino actors to choose from, this total shut-out speaks to a deeper problem beyond bias and race.
Here's our Substack letter that explains what happened at the EMMYS.
Reposted by Jack Rico
Another member of the Sacred Heart Hospital staff will be on call for ABC's #Scrubs revival. Judy Reyes has signed on to the show to reprise her role as Carla Espinosa: bit.ly/3USM8JU
September 2, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Another member of the Sacred Heart Hospital staff will be on call for ABC's #Scrubs revival. Judy Reyes has signed on to the show to reprise her role as Carla Espinosa: bit.ly/3USM8JU
"Your future co-workers are roughly 4 times as likely to have graduated from a college with an acceptance rate above 40% than from a more selective school, according to Lightcast research."
Essay | The Elite College Myth
Panicky parents often think their children’s success in life depends on going to a prestigious school. In reality, there are many paths to achieving great things.
www.wsj.com
August 31, 2025 at 3:26 PM
"Your future co-workers are roughly 4 times as likely to have graduated from a college with an acceptance rate above 40% than from a more selective school, according to Lightcast research."
Thanks to #HorowitzResearch and #PRODU for including me in your thought leadership series!
After 20 years in newsrooms, when only 51% of Latinos feel represented in TV news it's a problem and an opportunity.
Read my piece below how newsrooms can leverage this moment.
After 20 years in newsrooms, when only 51% of Latinos feel represented in TV news it's a problem and an opportunity.
Read my piece below how newsrooms can leverage this moment.
PRODU + Horowitz Thought Leadership: Jack Rico
Rico brings a thoughtful and powerful voice to the conversation around why representation in news matters and how the gap between perception and reality is impacting millions of U.S. Latinos.
www.produ.com
August 28, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Thanks to #HorowitzResearch and #PRODU for including me in your thought leadership series!
After 20 years in newsrooms, when only 51% of Latinos feel represented in TV news it's a problem and an opportunity.
Read my piece below how newsrooms can leverage this moment.
After 20 years in newsrooms, when only 51% of Latinos feel represented in TV news it's a problem and an opportunity.
Read my piece below how newsrooms can leverage this moment.
Reposted by Jack Rico
BREAKING: Trump administration says grants for Hispanic-serving colleges are unconstitutional and it won't defend them in court.
Justice Dept. declines to defend grants for Hispanic-serving colleges, calling them unconstitutional
The Trump administration says it will not defend a decades-old grant program for heavily Hispanic universities that is being challenged in court, declaring that the government believes the funding is unconstitutional.
bit.ly
August 22, 2025 at 9:27 PM
BREAKING: Trump administration says grants for Hispanic-serving colleges are unconstitutional and it won't defend them in court.
Reposted by Jack Rico
Target: We're stepping back from DEI.
Customers: We're stepping back from Target!
Target: Looks like we're having financial difficulties.
Customers: We're stepping back from Target!
Target: Looks like we're having financial difficulties.
Target picks an insider to lead the struggling company when CEO Brian Cornell steps down next year
Target CEO Brian Cornell plans to step down Feb. 1. He helped reenergize the company but has struggled to turn around weak sales in a more competitive retail landscape.
apnews.com
August 20, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Target: We're stepping back from DEI.
Customers: We're stepping back from Target!
Target: Looks like we're having financial difficulties.
Customers: We're stepping back from Target!
Target: Looks like we're having financial difficulties.
Just came back from Europe and bumped into this article.
We Latinos in America log some of the longest hours, but Europe works less, lives longer, and reports higher happiness. Maybe the ‘American Dream’ is really just a grind?
We Latinos in America log some of the longest hours, but Europe works less, lives longer, and reports higher happiness. Maybe the ‘American Dream’ is really just a grind?
Love of Leisure, and Europe's Reasons (Published 2004)
www.nytimes.com
August 18, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Just came back from Europe and bumped into this article.
We Latinos in America log some of the longest hours, but Europe works less, lives longer, and reports higher happiness. Maybe the ‘American Dream’ is really just a grind?
We Latinos in America log some of the longest hours, but Europe works less, lives longer, and reports higher happiness. Maybe the ‘American Dream’ is really just a grind?
Reposted by Jack Rico
“The Henrico, Virginia-based Acquisition Logistics LLC company was awarded a $231,878,229 firm-fixed-price contract to establish and operate a detention facility for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.”
$231 MILLION
$231 MILLION
Here are the first areal photos of Trump's immigration detention facility at Fort Bliss, El Paso. The first detainees started arriving on Friday.
Here is my quick rundown of what we know about the site.
Here is my quick rundown of what we know about the site.
First images of ICE migrant detention facility at Fort Bliss in El Paso, Texas
The El Paso Times has obtained the first aerial images of the Trump administration's new immigrant detention facility at Fort Bliss.
www.elpasotimes.com
August 5, 2025 at 7:10 PM
“The Henrico, Virginia-based Acquisition Logistics LLC company was awarded a $231,878,229 firm-fixed-price contract to establish and operate a detention facility for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.”
$231 MILLION
$231 MILLION
Reposted by Jack Rico
For Jenna Ortega, Catherine Zeta-Jones and Luis Guzmán, 'Wednesday' proves 'weird is beautiful'
For Jenna Ortega, Catherine Zeta-Jones and Luis Guzmán, 'Wednesday' proves 'weird is beautiful'
The actors return for Season 2 of Netflix's hit YA series, which will bring Gomez and Morticia Addams, played by Luis Guzmán and Catherine Zeta-Jones, into focus.
www.latimes.com
July 30, 2025 at 2:48 PM
For Jenna Ortega, Catherine Zeta-Jones and Luis Guzmán, 'Wednesday' proves 'weird is beautiful'
Netflix just renewed #Wednesday, the #1 most watched English language series of all time, for a third season.
Led by Mexican-American Jenna Ortega, Netflix seems to have big plans for the franchise and Ortega.
Led by Mexican-American Jenna Ortega, Netflix seems to have big plans for the franchise and Ortega.
July 23, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Netflix just renewed #Wednesday, the #1 most watched English language series of all time, for a third season.
Led by Mexican-American Jenna Ortega, Netflix seems to have big plans for the franchise and Ortega.
Led by Mexican-American Jenna Ortega, Netflix seems to have big plans for the franchise and Ortega.
Remember... the enemy is the algorithm.
July 18, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Remember... the enemy is the algorithm.
Stranger Things S5 will be broken into three chapters, releasing on Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year's Eve.
Stranger Things 5 | Official Teaser | Netflix
YouTube video by Netflix
www.youtube.com
July 16, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Stranger Things S5 will be broken into three chapters, releasing on Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year's Eve.
It’s incredible how kids today are really into 70s and 80s music so much. Here’s a great example of The Greystones.
Those two decades did produce some of the greatest music in history.
Those two decades did produce some of the greatest music in history.
I Cant Tell You Why by @EaglesBand cover by The Graystones
YouTube video by The Graystones
youtu.be
July 5, 2025 at 8:39 PM
It’s incredible how kids today are really into 70s and 80s music so much. Here’s a great example of The Greystones.
Those two decades did produce some of the greatest music in history.
Those two decades did produce some of the greatest music in history.
Is Spotify going to become the new Tesla?
People are revolting and I totally understand, but what will be the new platform they jump to?
This is a perfect opportunity for a startup music platform to come out now.
People are revolting and I totally understand, but what will be the new platform they jump to?
This is a perfect opportunity for a startup music platform to come out now.
July 2, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Is Spotify going to become the new Tesla?
People are revolting and I totally understand, but what will be the new platform they jump to?
This is a perfect opportunity for a startup music platform to come out now.
People are revolting and I totally understand, but what will be the new platform they jump to?
This is a perfect opportunity for a startup music platform to come out now.