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The most highly decorated hour of TV airs Saturdays on HGTV: Dinas Party at 10 p.m., followed by Donna Decorates Dallas at 10:30 p.m. Dina Manzo, above, once dwelt in the toxic world of Bravos New Jersey Housewives. Now, she displays her skills as a party planner who likes to say, Were gonna do this big. How big? Cardboard pillars, a tent festooned with branches of wilting flowers, and spaghetti and meatballs served in an Italian chuck wagon featuring old-fashioned skillets sitting amid what Dina refers to as real actual wood. Dina also says pitcher instead of picture. To thine Jersey roots be true, Dina! Dallas Donna Moss believes no room is complete without chandeliers, crosses and fleurs-de-lys. She twists old sayings into nonsense: That bed is going to fit in here like a glove. And shes totally hands-on. When candles arent the right hue, she personally paints them! Customers praise Dina and Donna, so they must be talented. Although when one husband sees how Donna turned his bedroom into a blood-red, leopard-print-y, super-sparkly boudoir, his mouth says, Wow, but his eyes say, Id rather SLEEP IN A PRISON CELL.
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COURTESY HGTV ALL PHOTOS: TIMOTHY GREENFIELD-SANDERS STUDIO

Timothy Greenfield-Sanders The Latino List features interviews with Armando Christian Perez (aka Pitbull), left; John Leguizamo, center; and Eva Longoria, right.

An award-winning photographer points his lens at Latinos in a new documentary

MARIA HINOJOSA , JOURNALIST.

Lets see, leading Hispanic actors on mainstream TV: Theres Sofia Vergaras wacky trophy wife on Modern Family; the conniving Eva Longoria of Desperate Housewives; and supporting actors such as Adam Rodriguez who plays a fingerprint expert on CSI Miami. After that, the list thins considerably. Stepping into that space is The Latino List. The new documentary by Vanity Fair contributing photographer Timothy Greenfield-Sanders airs tonight on HBO

and features interviews by journalist Maria Hinojosa with some of the nations most successful Latinos. Longoria; Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor; rapper Armando Christian Perez, aka Pitbull; astronaut Jose Hernandez; and actress America Ferrera are just a few of the 15 who made the list. The interviews are compelling, funny and raw. Ferrera, the former star of Ugly Betty, talks about the discrimination she faced both because she is Hispanic and because others felt she

isnt Hispanic enough. Hernandez recalls picking cucumbers as a kid with his migrant worker parents. John Leguizamo remembers the teacher who inspired him to become an actor by telling him he had the attention span of a sperm. Many of the stories touch on the immigrant experience, but themes of family, education and determination will likely resonate far beyond the nations Latino community. The films minimalism is deceptive. Greenfield-Sanders wanted viewers to feel like the list-makers were speaking directly to them, so he used a special camera rig with a mirror that enabled his subjects to look directly into the camera and see a projected image of Hinojosa who was sitting on the other side of the studio. She had a similar camera and microphone.

Art on Display
The Latino List follows Timothy Greenfield-Sanders, shown, acclaimed 2008 The Black List, a series of films featuring African-American leaders interviewed by Elvis Mitchell. Like The Black List, the new film is accompanied by a photography exhibit, which is on display at the Brooklyn Museum of Art. (AP)

The Latino experience in this country is profoundly beautiful and deeply moving, and sometimes painful, Hinojosa says. I really wanted to create a space for them to remember and touch back to these core memories and values.
L AUR A WIDES-MUNOZ (AP)

and bisexual characters on scripted network TV out of nearly 650 roles, according to an annual Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) report. Only 2.9 percent of actors appearing regularly on prime-time network drama and comedy series this season will portray gay, lesbian or bisexual characters, down from 3.9 percent last season. (AP)