The television series “Chicago Fire,” “Dallas” and “Scandal” and the feature films “Bless Me, Ultima” and “Tio Papi” are among the nominees for the 28th annual Imagen Awards, which honor portrayals of Latinos and Latino culture in TV and film.
Among the actors nominated by the Imagen Foundation are Benjamin Bratt, Sonia Braga, Nestor Carbonell, Oscar Nunez, Jordana Brewster, Gina Torres for their work in television, and Eva Mendes, E.J. Bonilla and David Castro for feature film.
Winners will be selected by a panel of entertainment industry executives and Latino community leaders, and the awards will be presented at a black-tie dinner on Friday, August 16 at the Beverly Hilton.

Best Primetime Television Program:
Castle (ABC Studios)
Chicago Fire (Wolf Films Production in Association with NBC Universal Television)
Dallas (Warner Horizon Television)
Grey’s Anatomy (ABC Studios)
Private Practice (ABC Studios)
Switched at Birth (Prodco, Inc. in association with ABC Family)

TVLINE | What’s different in Bay’s life when the new season starts?
Oh, a lot of things are different. We’re picking up in the summer. We’ve never gotten a chance to see the girls outside of school. So she is working a summer job at an amusement park called Maui, Kansas, which involves a lot of Hawaii-themed wardrobe, let me tell you. And this season, we get to see Daphne living with the Kennishes and Bay living with Regina and Angelo. So we’re getting a glimpse at what life would have been like had they all been living together, and it’s not exactly the happy, picture-perfect image that they had all expected.
TVLINE | What drives her to go live with Regina and Angelo?
Regina’s returned from rehab, so a lot of things have changed. The relationship between Regina and Daphne is very damaged at this point, and that’s a very new thing because that was the strongest bond in our show. So Daphne’s been leaning a little bit more on the Kennishes, which is a little bit weird because they’re so not the mentality that she was raised with. So Bay is finally at a point where [she's thinking], “OK, if Daphne is literally living with us and getting all of your free time, then why doesn’t my real mom want to get to know me?” And she finally confronts Regina, which has been a long time coming… And Angelo’s over the moon because he thinks that finally everything’s coming up roses, and it’s the way that it’s supposed to be. He’s filled with all this excitement about trying to find his other daughter. So it’s kind of a new beginning for them. But it can’t really be a fresh start when so much has happened already, you know? Like, as much as you want it to be a clean beginning, so much has happened.

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