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‘Alma’s Way’: PBS Kids Announces New Animated Series From Sonia Manzano & Fred Rogers Productions

PBS Kids’ roster will see a new face on the block come 2021 with Alma’s Way, a new animated series from Fred Rogers Productions and Sesame Street alum Sonia Manzano. Set to debut on PBS and PBS Kids next fall, Alma’s Way follows a 6-year-old Puerto Rican girl in the Bronx as she offers young viewers glimpses into her…

Rosario Dawson, Rubén Blades Contribute To Comics Anthology ‘Ricanstruction’ Benefiting Puerto Rico Relief Efforts

Graphic novelist Edgardo Miranda-Rodriguez has announced that his original superhero La Borinqueña, will team up with comic book characters from DC Comics in Ricanstruction: Reminiscing & Rebuilding Puerto Rico a comics anthology created to benefit ongoing relief efforts in Puerto Rico. The story will contain stories…

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Sonia Manzano, ‘Sesame Street’s Maria, Set For Lifetime Achievement Daytime Emmy

No one ever was going to mistake her for June Cleaver (or Barbara Billingsley, for that mater, um, matter). Sonia Manzano — aka Maria, friend, girlfriend, wife and unshakably empathic TV mom to the children of Baby Boomers everywhere, will receive the Emmy Award for Lifetime Achievement at the National Academy of…

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Sonia Manzano, ‘Sesame Street’s Maria, Is Retiring After 45 Years

Sesame Street is losing one of the neighborhood’s longtime residents. Sonia Manzano, who played Maria on the PBS show, is retiring after 45 years. Manzano, 65, revealed her retirement earlier this week at the annual conference of the American Library Association, which tweeted the news. Manzano retweeted the…