Actor Leguizamo Shines on a Latin Web Site

ByABC News
August 21, 2003, 12:25 PM

Aug. 22 -- In this week's Cybershake, actor John Leguizamo shares his passion for online. Plus, we note how audio tours of San Francisco's Alcatraz prison is turning high-tech.

Leguizamo's Leg-Up for Online Latino Entertainment

Actor John Leguizamo is one of those Hollywood stars that really enjoys being in the spotlight. His credits include everything from Moulin Rouge to Summer of Sam.

But he's also quite happy with his latest appearance even though it's on a much smaller screen.

Leguizamo is part of a Web site called iCaramba.com, a hip online gathering place for fans of Latin culture and entertainment.

"We do a lot of fun stuff there," he says. "I e-mail, sometimes I keep a diary."

The site features a good deal of information about Leguizamo, including his most recent work, Undefeated, a boxing drama produced by HBO Films. But the site also does a lot to promote up and coming stars of "Hispanowood" says Leguizamo.

"[The site does] competitions, they do a lot of parties, they do everything" says the young Latino actor. The site is currently giving away tickets to a Latino comedy series being held in various New York clubs for the next 13 weeks.

Doing his part for Latino entertainment, he says he's been using the Internet for years.

"I do most of my business through e-mail," says Leguizamo. "I mean I've been doing e-mails since before people starting doing it."

Leguizamo says he just can't get away from his computer or from his comedic roots.

"Yeah, that's where I get a lot of my information," he told ABCNEWS. "[It's] incredible man especially for porn. I mean that's where you can get your really good por oops" he jokingly says.

Larry Jacobs, ABCNEWS

Tour Tech Innovation at The Rock

"The Slammer," "The Big House," "The Rock," Alcatraz. It's one of the nation's most well-known prisons. And when it was a working penal institution, The Rock was one of the most technologically advanced jails of its time.