For a show that’s a sort of telenovela that also features telenovelas—which means there’s a lot going on all the time—the writers of Jane the Virgin have done a remarkable job with pacing. That they’ve managed to keep their tone both light and touching, while hitting on a mix of current stories (the Women’s March,…
After a long two years, hella drama, and one miracle baby, Jane Villanueva (Gina Rodriguez) has finally cashed in her V-Card. On Monday night’s episode, she and finally-recovered yet somewhat mushy husband Michael consummated their relationship. And in a stroke of realism, it... wasn’t that great for her.
Though the premise of Jane the Virgin is that its titular character was accidentally artificially inseminated and decided to keep the baby, the show has, in just over two seasons, handled abortion exactly the way it should be handled: with facts and enough nuance to show that, like all health decisions, what’s right…
Arguably the biggest difficulty in writing for popular television shows with romantic plotlines is giving viewers what they want while still surprising them. That challenge is one that Jane the Virgin’s writing staff handily tackles each and every week. That’s partially due to the show’s unabashed embrace of the…
During an Emmy panel hosted by Deadline, Jane the Virgin star Gina Rodriguez and showrunner Jennie Snyder Urman discussed what will happen once Jane Villanueva finally tosses out that crumpled white flower that Abuela Alba gave her and gets down and dirty with one of her many suitors.
The CW’s excellent Monday night, 2-hour comedy block is looking good for the near future: Both Jane the Virgin and Crazy Ex Girlfriend have been renewed for upcoming seasons!
When Diane Guerrero, star of Orange Is the New Black and Jane the Virgin, was 14, she returned home to find her house vacant. Her parents and brother, she soon learned, had been deported to Colombia. Now the Colombian actress advocates fiercely for an end to undocumented immigrant deportation.
Rita Moreno was one of the first prominent Puerto Ricans in Hollywood—one of the first , period—and remains a source of inspiration as one of Hollywood’s most talented. The first boricua to EGOT—Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, Tony, though no doubt Lin-Manuel Miranda’s up for that next—Moreno’s first iconic role was Anita in the…
The premise of Jane the Virgin centers around a young woman who becomes pregnant after being artificially inseminated accidentally. If you can believe it, almost this exact conundrum occurred in real life when a woman was mistakenly implanted with another couple’s embryo.
Monday night’s episode of Jane the Virgin was pretty intense: Jane, Michael and Rafael continued to play their relatively boring game of “who will get Jane even though she’s like a month out from having a baby and would probably be too exhausted to even think about getting into a relationship,” Petra dealt with her…
The temperature is disgusting in New York City right now—why am I wearing tights and a sweater in June?!—but this new video by Zuzuka Poderosa gives me something to aspire to and, if we’re being honest, she always does that.
Here is Jaime Camil’s “For Your Consideration” Emmy advert, which embodies the lusty, seductive essence of his Jane the Virgin character, a telenovela dreamboat whose presence provokes strange loinal feelings both on the fake show within the show (“The Passions of Santos”), the show itself (Jane the Virgin), and IRL…
On Tuesday, Deadline Hollywood's Nellie Andreeva dissected the swell of actors of color in television's casting rooms and leading roles, writing that minorities might be snatching too many jobs. I mean, what are the white actors supposed to do in this kind of climate?
Gina Rodriguez, Jane the Virgin star and wonderful human being, recently spoke about the pressures she faces in Hollywood.
Everyone wants a piece of that Empire success, so expect the show to be name-dropped in every TV-related interview. Jane the Virgin actress Gina Rodriguez referenced the popular series while calling for more Latino representation at a PaleyFest panel on Sunday.
Jane the Virgin has quickly become one of the most beloved new shows on television in its first season, both for its deeply enjoyable telenovela narration style, and the way Gina Rodriguez's Jane contains multitudes. But on last night's episode, Jane the Virgin had a frank, very real, very emotional discussion about…
Someone find Lee Daniels, Kenya Barris, Shonda Rhimes and Jennie Snyder Urman and hug them: their television successes with Empire, Black-ish, How to Get Away with Murder and Jane the Virgin are opening doors for other diverse shows. Give thanks!
Star of Jane The Virgin Gina Rodriguez won The CW network's first Golden Globe, grabbing the award for Best Actress in a TV Series Musical or Comedy and BOY was she excited! (As are we!) "This award is so much bigger than myself. It represents a culture that wants to see themselves as heroes," Rodriguez said through…
Gina Rodriguez is having a banner day: Jane The Virgin was just renewed on the CW for a second season, AND she's ready to dominate the Golden Globes, where she's nominated for Best Actress in a Comedy Series.
This fall, two television shows starring Latinas, and featuring American Latina culture, made it to primetime. In Cristela, we've seen a milestone: it's the first-ever primetime sitcom not only starring a Latina (any Latina!) but also created, written, and produced by her as well. Cristela Alonzo, a 35-year-old,…
