Minority Act-colades

Hollywood would break it's arm trying to pat itself on the back if it wasn't so busy using it to stroke itself constantly, but it continues to make up bogus awards and honors.

The Hollywood Reporter and Billboard announced America Ferrera as the Hispanic Woman Of The Year. The Ugly Betty actress and 25 other Hispanic women in film, television and music will be gathered next week at the inaugural Hispanic Women in Entertainment breakfast.

Sadly, this new award overlooks some of the finer leaders in the Hispanic entertainment of the past, like the traumatized female freedom fighter in Predator, or the woman who played Rosario in Gotcha!. I'll never forget how she said, "Jonathan no home".

According to the trade magazine's publisher, Ferrera "is a leader for all women, but especially those in the Hispanic community."

A 23 year old actress is a leader for all women? Hey Famous Mom, y'know those 30 years you've taught grade school to inner city kids and minorities? Well, not as impressive or important as a girl who sits in a luxury trailer in between takes pretending for the camera. College and masters degrees are nice to put on the wall, but you can't even compare that to a Groundlings workshop or a couple of weeks at Stella Adler. By the way, that's why Nielsen doesn't do ratings for the educational system...not enough advertising dollars.

Hollywood, you have lost your fucking mind.

Never mind real female leaders, like Maria Elena Lagomasino, CEO of Asset Management Advisors, which oversees more than $10 billion in assets and over 200 employees at 11 offices. She also sits on the boards of organizations like Avon, the National Geographic Society, and the Lincoln Theatre. Strangely, she too was named Hispanic Woman Of The Year, but that was by people outside of Hollywood, which means it doesn't mean anything.

Maria Azua, Vice-President of Technology and Innovation at IBM, Carmela Castellano-Garcia, Chief Executive Officer of California Primary Care Association, Grace Lieblein, Chief Vehicle Engineer at GM, Maria Martinez, Vice-President of Microsoft Worldwide Services -- let us know when you get a shitty sitcom and then we'll talk.