Richard Borjas has been promoted to the newly created position of VP, production, at Telemundo where he will oversee the development and production of multiple programs for the network, including Un Nuevo Día and Suelta La Sopa. Borjas will continue to be based in Miami and report to Jesus Torres Viera, executive VP, entertainment.
Borjas is a veteran producer and brings more than 20 years of experience to the role, five of which have been at Telemundo, where he launched and executive produced key productions including La Voz Kids and Suelta La Sopa. He has also produced various reality formats including Yo Me Llamo and Yo Soy El Artista, and first joined the network as a producer on the weekly two-hour variety show Pa`lante con Cristina.
Prior to his time at Telemundo, Borjas worked as a supervising producer for The Balancing Act (Lifetime), which won 11 Telly Awards during his tenure, and was also a freelance producer for Good Morning America (ABC). He also served as a producer at Univision Network for more than 11 years, where he worked on the award-winning Cristina Show, which earned him an Emmy Award nomination in 2004.
Rom-Com Mainstay Hugh Grant Shifts To The Dark Side and He’s Never Been Happier
After some difficulties connecting to a Zoom, Hugh Grant eventually opts to just phone instead.
"Sorry about that," he apologizes. "Tech hell." Grant is no lover of technology. Smart phones, for example, he calls the "devil's tinderbox."
"I think they're killing us. I hate them," he says. "I go on long holidays from them, three or four days at at time. Marvelous."
Hell, and our proximity to it, is a not unrelated topic to Grant's new film, "Heretic." In it, two young Mormon missionaries (Chloe East, Sophie Thatcher) come knocking on a door they'll soon regret visiting. They're welcomed in by Mr. Reed (Grant), an initially charming man who tests their faith in theological debate, and then, in much worse things.
After decades in romantic comedies, Grant has spent the last few years playing narcissists, weirdos and murders, often to the greatest acclaim of his career. But in "Heretic," a horror thriller from A24, Grant's turn to the dark side reaches a new extreme. The actor who once charmingly stammered in "Four Weddings and a Funeral" and who danced to the Pointer Sisters in "Love Actually" is now doing heinous things to young people in a basement.
"It was a challenge," Grant says. "I think human beings need challenges. It makes your beer taste better in the evening if you've climbed a mountain. He was just so wonderfully (expletive)-up."
"Heretic," which opens in theaters Friday, is directed by Scott Beck and Bryan Woods, co-writers of "A Quiet Place." In Grant's hands, Mr. Reed is a divinely good baddie — a scholarly creep whose wry monologues pull from a wide range of references, including, fittingly, Radiohead's "Creep."
In an interview, Grant spoke about these and other facets of his character, his journey... Read More