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In a further expansive move from Pantaya, the U.S. Spanish-language streaming service and Dominican Republic-based Caribbean Films have wrapped principal production on premium comedy series “Líos en familia” (“Trouble in the Building”), Pantaya’s first Caribbean original.

“Líos” will be released in the U.S. and Puerto Rico on Pantaya in the first quarter of 2022.

The production partners also unveiled Thursday the large Dominican cast on what is described as a “laugh-out-loud” ensemble series – led by duo Raymond Pozo and Miguel Céspedes, stars of 2018 box office smash hit “Qué león” – and actor-comedian-writer Cheddy García (“Trabajo Sucio”), a Soberano Awards Best Actress winner.

Also attracting some of the Dominican Republic film industry’s biggest marquee names behind the camera, “Trouble” is directed by Frank Perozo, whose credits include “Qué León,” “Los Leones,” “Colao” and the upcoming “Flow Calle,” with the experienced José Enrique Pintor (“Culpables”) serving as co-director.

Pintor penned...

Francisca Lachapel and Clarissa Molina have a lot in common: They’re both Dominican, television hosts, and beauty queens who won their crowns on the reality show Nuestra Belleza Latina. Now, the duo, good friends, will find out if they’ve got dance skills in common.

It all started when Molina, 26, who is a reporter on Univision’s entertainment show El Gordo y la Flaca, challenged Lachapel, a host of the morning show Despierta América on the same network, to a dance-off. “When will Francisca Lachapel show us her moves?” Molina provocatively wrote on Instagram Jan. 25. The post generated endless...

Just in time for Christmas, Francisca Lachapel, the Dominican TV host and former beauty queen, fulfilled a promise she made to her mom as a little girl: She gave her mom her dream home.

On Dec. 20, Lachapel posted contrasting ‘before’ and ‘after’ images of the home she grew up in the Dominican Republic, writing: “Right around Christmas time, I always saw my mom excited about getting a little money to fix our small home little by little, but those remodeling projects were never materialized because the money was never enough for everything the house needed.”

Witnessing her mom’s unfulfillable longing was painful,...

In her documentary 15: A Quinceañera Story, which begins airing tonight at 7 p.m. on HBO and HBO Latino, Mexican singer and actress Thalía Sodi showcases the lives of five girls as they celebrate their 15th birthdays. Executive produced by her husband Tommy Mottola and co-directed by Emmy winner Matthew O’Neill and Sodi herself, the series of four short films follows the lives of five Latina girls from diverse cultural, ethnic and socioeconomic backgrounds through their rite of passage into adulthood.

To promote the docuseries, the 46-year-old star visited Univision’s morning show Despierta América yesterday, where she dressed...

Univision TV hosts, Alejandra Espinoza and Francisca Lachapel — both winners of the Nuestra Belleza Latina reality beauty pageant — have another thing in common: they’re both victims of cyberbullying. During a video interview for Univision on Dec. 12, Espinoza and Lachapel shared their experiences of being trolled online.

After she made her debut as co-host of Univision’s morning show Despierta America in 2015, Lachapel said someone online asked: “Why don’t you kill yourself?” and told her she wasn’t pretty enough to to work on television. The Dominican actress, who did not have the confidence that comes with prior television experience,...

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Francisca Lachapel almost bared her breasts on live television when her superhero outfit came undone. The Dominican host, 28, was running in a skintight shiny suit while doing a comedy skit on Univision’s Despierta America when her zipper zapped, exposing her pink bra.

Watch her hilarious reaction to the video that went viral:

When she noticed that her lingerie was exposed on national television, Lachapel kept running like she was trying to flee her embarrassment until the camera stopped rolling. She later discussed...

The time has come to reveal the names of those who made it on this year’s list of People en Español’s Most Beautiful June issue. And in this special edition celebrating the 20th anniversary of ‘The Most Beautiful,’ we doubled the usual 50 names to feature 100!

The cover features superstars from the worlds of music, movies, television and the runway. They are: Marjorie De Sousa, Romeo Santos, Esmeralda Pimentel, Francisca Lachapel, Emeraude Toubia, Lineisy Montero and Carmen Villalobos. The cover photos were taken by photographer Omar Cruz at the 1 Hotel Brooklyn Bridge, with the Brooklyn Bridge and the New...

The Dominican beauty and star of Univision’s “Despierta America” program, Francisca Lachapel now has a new title to be proud of after being named ambassador of the skincare brand Conffianz. The root of the line’s name comes from the word “confident”, which is engrained in the brand’s philosophy of promoting female empowerment and self-confidence. Perfect for the Nuestra Belleza Latina 2015 winner! Conffianz, who has partnered up with Univision for this collaboration, sees the ex pageant queen as the ideal role model to represent their products. “We believe that Francisca projects everything that Conffianz represents and we’re...