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Hector Elizondo Returning to “Grey’s Anatomy”

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Hector Elizondo: Caring for a Loved One with Alzheimer’s Dementia

Tomas — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 16:46:33 +0000

"For Emmy-award winning actor Hector Elizondo, the challenges of caring for a loved one with Alzheimer's dementia are very personal. In the 1960s, Elizondo's mother was afflicted with Alzheimer's dementia, a degenerative disease that alters the brain, causing impaired thinking, memory, and attention.

For Elizondo's father, the primary caregiver, taking care of his wife was a 24/7 commitment. Although the family was willing to do whatever it took to care for Hector's mother, the demands coupled with unpredictable days were physically exhausting. Back then, there weren't any treatment options to help with the worsening of Elizondo's mother's symptoms. The lack of caregiver support resources brought emotional chaos and physical exhaustion to Elizondo's father, and his health eventually declined.

"While my family had nowhere to turn, it is important for today's caregivers to recognize that they now have access to medical treatments, educational information and resources that can help," said Elizondo. "I encourage caregivers to visit www.CaringForAlz.com, an online resource from Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation, for information that can provide answers to common caregiver challenges. The resources may also offer stability to those caring for loved ones with mild to moderate Alzheimer's dementia, and put them in touch with a community of caregivers, so they know they are not alone."

Today, more than five million Americans have Alzheimer's disease, many of whom are in the mild to moderate stages of the disease. Additionally, nearly 10 million Americans provide unpaid care for a person with Alzheimer's disease or another dementia. As the disease can present unpredictable challenges on a daily -- or even hourly -- basis, caring for a person with Alzheimer's dementia is often very difficult. However, while medical treatment options did not exist in the 1960s, recent advances may help today's patients.

"Fortunately today, patients have access to the latest medical treatments, such as the Exelon(R)Patch (rivastigmine transdermal system), which is the first and only skin patch for the treatment of mild to moderate Alzheimer's dementia," said Dr. Gus Alva, director of ATP Clinical Research in Costa Mesa, Calif. "By providing continuous delivery of rivastigmine over 24 hours, Exelon Patch represents a different treatment option for people with mild to moderate Alzheimer's dementia."

For more information about caring for a loved with mild to moderate Alzheimer's dementia and treatment options, visit www.CaringForAlz.com.

Emmy-award winning actor, Hector Elizondo, has appeared in more than 80 motion pictures and made-for-TV movies, as well as critically-acclaimed TV series, such as Chicago Hope and Cane. He is currently featured in the Golden Globe Award-winning USA Networks series, MONK. "

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Hector Elizondo joins ‘Monk’ cast

Tomas — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 18:18:45 +0000

"Joining the close-knit cast of a show that's been on the air for six years is tough, especially if you're replacing an actor who just passed away.

But that didn't scare off Hector Elizondo. He'll star in season seven of "Monk," beginning Friday on USA, taking over the role of Adrian Monk's psychiatrist from Stanley Kamel, who died of a heart attack in April. "

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‘Cane’ actor feels show makes strides – Nestor Carbonell

Tomas — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 02:11:46 +0000

"Nestor Carbonell is part of a big-name cast on the CBS drama "Cane" that has one thing in common: The leads are almost all Latino.

There's Emmy-winner Jimmy Smits, Emmy-winner Hector Elizondo and Oscar-winner Rita Moreno, among others.

"I'm so thrilled," Nestor said when we chatted last week. "You always hope that strides are made, and I feel they certainly have been. Even before `Suddenly Susan,' when I started (in 1996), the kinds of roles that were open to Latinos are nothing like there are today.""

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Cane’s Smits, Prince and Cidre – Interview with Jimmy Smits

Tomas — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 00:16:15 +0000

"Jimmy Smits has starred in some of television’s most acclaimed series from L.A. Law to NYPD Blue to The West Wing. Previously to be found in supporting-actor roles, Smits takes center stage in Cane, a new drama from CBS Paramount Network Television. In the series, which Smits is also co-executive-producing, he plays Alex Vega, the adopted son of an affluent Cuban American family that runs a sugar-and-rum empire in Florida. With a cast that includes Hector Elizondo as Pancho, the ailing family patriarch who chooses Alex as his heir over his biological sons; Rita Moreno as Pancho’s wife Amalia and Nestor Carbonell as Alex’s resentful brother Frank, the series has the weight of CBS’s marketing machine behind it. Smits talks to World Screen about his hopes for the show."

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Imagen Honors Entertainment’s Latino Influentials for Hispanic Heritage Month

Tomas — Sun, 14 Oct 2007 20:31:36 +0000

"More than 60 individuals from creative and business executives as well as talent are being honored Monday, October 15 by The Imagen Foundation in celebration of Hispanic Heritage month. This inaugural event at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills marked the final day of this month's long national celebration. Honorees included: Nina Tassler, President, CBS Entertainment; Belinda Menendez, President, NBC Universal International Television Distribution; Armando Nunez, Jr., President, CBS Paramount International Television; Oscar nominated film producer David Valdes; Actor Hector Elizondo; award winning Director/Choreographer Kenny Ortega; Actress Lupe Ontiveros; Cynthia Cidre, Creator of the CBS series "Cain"; Silvio Horta, Creator of ABC's "Ugly Betty"; Oscar nominated writer Jose Rivera; NALA Films President Darlene Caamano Loquet; WGBH executive producer Joseph Tovares; and Christina Davis, Sr. Vice President Dramatic Development CBS."

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Sugar & Spice: New series is like a steamy ‘Dynasty’ — but with mojitos – (more on Cane)

Tomas — Sun, 30 Sep 2007 20:01:18 +0000

"They've done everything they can to make it authentic, from hiring a dialect coach to ensure Spanish is spoken with a Havana accent to making hundreds of expensive color photocopies of Cuban tile to dress the set walls. But, the producers of Cane -- the new CBS series about a family of Cuban-exile sugar barons in South Florida -- warn that their show is ultimately a drama, not a documentary. ''I hope Cubans like it. I hope they're proud,'' says Cane creator Cynthia Cidre, herself an exile from Little Havana. ``I'm Cuban. But it has to appeal to the whole country, not just Miami.'' Cane -- which debuted Tuesday on WFOR-CBS 4 -- has stirred intense interest in South Florida since its May announcement. It's the first prime time drama on a broadcast network about not just a Cuban family but a Latin family of any kind. And it's coming to America's top-rated network with an all-star cast that includes Jimmy Smits, Rita Moreno, Hector Elizondo and Nestor Carbonell."

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Even top Latino talent can’t raise ‘Cane’

Tomas — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 04:32:26 +0000

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Jimmy Smits drama Cane shows promise on CBS

Tomas — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 19:44:43 +0000

"This season, CBS is giving drama another shot with "Cane," a slick and earnest soap about rival families in southern Florida. One makes sugar and rum; the other makes trouble. And presiding over it all is the ever-capable Jimmy Smits, who has been around long enough to play a world-weary heavyweight rather than the affable hunk of roles past. The show will sink or swim on his broad shoulders, and early indications are reasonably promising. Despite the title, there is actually nobody named Cane here. The primary clan here is the Duques, a Cuban-American family headed by patriarch Pancho (Hector Elizondo) and matriarch Amalia (Rita Moreno, still breathing fire). They have an ambitious son, Frank (Nestor Carbonell), who sees as his birthright the assumption of their mega-successful rum and sugar empire. Frank is locked in a power struggle with Alex Vega (Smits), Pancho's son-in-law who married into the business via his daughter Isabel (Paola Turbay), while youngest son Henry (Eddie Matos) is content to stay on the sidelines and away from the battle."

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