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Zoe Saldana and Camila Mendes pose for a few pictures together during the Netflix & Elle Celebration of Latinas in Hollywood held at Ka’teen on Sunday (October 16)in Los Angeles.

The two stars were joined by other Latina stars, including Never Have I Ever‘s Lee Rodriguez, Umbrella Academy‘s Genesis Rodriguez, Karla Souza, Melissa Fumero, Aimee Garcia, and Perfect Pairing‘s Victoria Justice.

Celebrity guests at the luncheon included Jordana Brewster, Auli’i Cravalho, Isabela Merced, Vanessa Ramos, Mayan Lopez, and Cristela Alonzo.

The luncheon event included cocktails, lunch and gifting by Costa Brazil while celebrating the faces and voices of Latinas in the industry.

“Today was a special day, bringing together many talented Latinas in front and behind the camera to celebrate their accomplishments in this industry, but also to ensure we champion the next generation of role models to come,” ELLE‘s Nina Garcia shared in a statement.

She added, “Representation in our community is paramount. We must elevate our Latin voices and come together to create more opportunities. We are strong, hardworking, talented, and driven, and so much more. We have much to be proud of, and today was a celebration of that.”

If you missed it, watch the trailer for Zoe‘s upcoming Netflix movie here.

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Cristela Alonzo is revealing some surprising info about her sitcom.

The 41-year-old actress and producer revealed that she wasn’t paid for her ABC sitcom pilot Cristela.

Cristela revealed this on Twitter, while sharing an article from 2017 about Lena Dunham’s show Girls, where Lena said she sold the show to HBO with a page-and-a-half-long pitch, without a character or plot.

“I got paid $0 for my sitcom pilot. When I sold my show, my white partner got 3 x more money then [sic] me AND an overall deal. I was ‘not ready’ to get one. The name of the show was Cristela. I also offered to shoot the show in English/Spanish. I wasn’t the highest paid person on it,” Cristela tweeted. She co-created the show with Kevin Hench.

The comedy series made Cristela the first Latina woman to create, produce, write, and star in her own US primetime comedy.

Cristela was cancelled by ABC in May 2015 after one season. The network cited the show’s live ratings as the reason for its cancellation.

Cristela then responded to a fan, asking how ABC could “justify” not paying her for the pilot.

“I’ve spoken about it in interviews…it’s a long story…basically, the way I got my show on the air had never been done before…blah blah…there are no legal worries tied to it,” Cristela wrote.

Cristela then went on to praise Pixar, whom she worked with while starring in Cars 3 as Cruz Ramirez.

“By the way, starring in Cars 3 was the thing I did right after my show was canceled and let me say….PIXAR IS AMAZING TO WORK WITH,” Christela tweeted.