Isabella Gomez dons a strapless dress while attending the National Hispanic Media Coalition’s 2020 Impact Awards held at Beverly Wilshire Four Seasons Hotel on Friday evening (February 28) in Beverly Hills, Calif.
The 22-year-old One Day At A Time actress was honored with the Outstanding Series Performance Impact Award for her work on the show. Her co-star Marcel Ruiz stepped out in support.
Also in attendance were Party Of Five‘s Niko Guardado and Elle Paris Legaspi, who showed up to help honor their show and executive producer Amy Lippman with the Outstanding Television Impact Award, as well as On My Block‘s Diego Tinoco.
Riverdale, Katy Keene, and Chilling Adventures of Sabrina creator Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa was honored that night as well, with the Outstanding Executive Producer Impact Award.
Also pictured: Diego and Alex Aiono at the premiere of Netflix’s Spenser Confidential.
They revealed that Party of Five will end its first season with a 90-minute episode on March 4 at 8:30 p.m. EST/PST.
Party of Five follows the five Acosta children as they navigate daily life struggles to survive as a family unit after their parents are suddenly deported back to Mexico.
Creator Amy Lippman, who also created the original series, said at the event (via Deadline), “What’s the same is that we took the characters of the original and translated them to this. If you knew the original you’ll come to it and you’ll feel like ‘I kind of know who these kids are.’ We put them in a different situation. That said, there are easter eggs.”
She teased that in this season, “all the kids have love interests and some of them will have echoes to the original.”
“I’m as proud of this as I was of the other show,” Amy continued. “To me, it feels like it’s something that’s important. In many ways, this is a much better idea than the original because the thing is when you deal with the death of a parent, it’s less urgent every year you go passed that death. What we struggle to do with the [original] series, and I hope we did it successfully, that that ceased to be the unifying idea of the show. It was just a show about a family.”
“This show you have an opportunity to look at these kids as kids who are growing up and learning things about themselves but in an extraordinary situation,” she added. “I wish it was more extraordinary.”
Party of Five airs Wednesdays on Freeform. Watch a first-look clip from the upcoming episode now!
“thank you so so much for all of the love and support on tonight’s premiere. we’re so excited for the rest of the season❤️” Emily, who plays Lucia, wrote.
Brandon, who is Emilio on the show, added, “You guys, I am overjoyed reading your responses. From all of us to you, thank you. This has been such an amazing experience so far. Feeling blessed and humbled. Goodnight and thank you for watching with us. #PartyOfFive.”
Check out what Elle and Niko, who play Valentina and Beto, wrote below, too!
Party of Five airs Wednesdays on Freeform.
From the bottom of all of hearts, thank you for tuning in tonight. We hope you enjoy the rest of the season. Catch ya next Wednesday! Love you all❤️ #PartyOfFive
“It’s a very timely topic and needs to be talked about,” Emily shared with Lara Spencer on the program about the show’s subject matter of deportation. “Even just me as an immigrant – I was born and raised in Dominican Republic – so the fact that this is a full Latinx cast and we’re bringing so much diversity to the screen. It’s an honor that we’re the ones that get to tell this story.”
Check out their appearance below and their reactions to seeing the Times Square Billboard in action!
Emily Tosta is opening up about her new Party of Five reboot and the important message it sends about activism.
The actress and model spilled all in a new interview with People en Espanol.
On her character, Lucia, Emily said, “She always played by the rules until her parents got deported, and that changed her so much. That changed her perspective toward life. It changed the way that she viewed the people around her, the way that she saw school and her surroundings and her environment, and she developed this anger toward the world.”
“We’re humanizing a political subject that is something that the screen needs more of,” she continued. “We’re talking about something that’s very realistic. It’s happening right now in this country, it’s very timely. There are families that are being taken away from each other … and it’s something that I haven’t seen much of on screen. It’s such a blessing and an honor that we get to portray these stories.”
“I know this sounds a little cliché, but when you leave this world, the things you take with you aren’t how much money you made, how successful you were, what kind of car you drove, or what kind of house you had,” Emily added. “The thing that matters is what you leave behind, and the best way to leave a good legacy behind is to help others and be kind, and to use whatever resources you have to make the world a better place.”
The Party of Five reboot premieres on January 8 on Freeform. Watch a promo!
Pictured: Emily Tosta and her co-star Niko Guardado at the GBK and La Peer Pre-Globes Luxury Lounge on Friday (January 3) in Los Angeles.
“Time. Freaking. Square.” Brandon posted along with the image of the billboard.
Elle added, “Wow! Never in a million years did I think I would be in Times Square. This is literally a dream come true and I wouldn’t choose to be with anybody else other than these lovely people ❤️”
“this is so surreal. our faces at times square. i can’t breathe😭❤️ so beyond blessed!! AHH WHATS HAPPENING,” Emily wrote.
The billboard features two sides, with the parents on one side, and the kids on the other, showing how the family is broken apart and living in separate countries.
The series centers on the five Acosta children – Emilio, Lucia, Beto, Valentina and baby Rafa – as they navigate daily life struggles to survive as a family unit after their parents are suddenly deported to Mexico.
Party of Five premieres on January 8th, 2020 on Freeform.
“Spent the day at the #HolidaysatLAFH event helping give gifts to kids in need. Such a great experience thank you @lafamilyhousing for having me!” Tenzing wrote on Instagram.
At the event, LA Family Housing brought together more than 200 families experiencing homelessness and treated everyone to a fun-filled day with lunch, festive crafts and activities, toy giveaways, and pictures with Santa. The stars also helped gift children toys at the LAFH Wish Mart.
