Monday, November 18, 2019

Romero Chicken Surprise


Here is a trick to do with chicken breasts that is as easy as it is tasty. We dedicate this to an LGBT Actor Cesar Romero. His sexuality was a badly kept secret that everybody knew but still he was able to stay a dynamic force in films and television for nearly 60 years!


Chicken breasts can be a surprise when paired with simply a prepared dip and melted cheese. 
 

Ingredients:

2 boneless, skinless chicken breasts
½ tsp. salt
¼ tsp. pepper
½ tsp garlic powder
1 Tbs. olive oil
½ cup prepared dip (here we used a bacon crab dip found in the deli section)
4 slices smoked Gouda cheese
Paprika for sprinkling

Directions:



Slice the breasts down the sides to make them thinner and cook faster without having to pound them out.

 Evenly sprinkle chicken with salt, pepper, and garlic powder.



In a large skillet over medium heat, heat oil; saute chicken 10 to 15 minutes, or until no pink remains, turning occasionally.

Evenly top each breast with a spoonful of dip, place slice of cheese over top, and sprinkle with paprika.

Cover and continue to cook 2 to 3 additional minutes, or until cheese is melted.
Try any dip that strikes your fancy. Have Ranch, or even spinach dip in the refrigerator? Use that! OLE' 
 



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Cesar Romero Jr.


Cesar Julio Romero Jr. (1907 – 1994) was a gay American actor, singer, dancer, and vocal artist. He was active in film, radio, and television for almost 60 years in spite of his sexuality which he never discussed but was well known. 

His wide range of screen roles included Latin lovers, historical figures in costume dramas, characters in light domestic comedies, and the Joker on the Batman television series, which was included in TV Guide's 2013 list of The 60 Nastiest Villains of All Time.

Cesar Julio Romero Jr. was born in New York City on February 15, 1907, the son of Cesar Julio Romero Sr. and Maria Mantilla. His mother was said to be the biological daughter of Cuban national hero José Martí. 

Romero grew up in Bradley Beach, New Jersey, and was educated at Asbury Park High School, the Collegiate School, and the Riverdale Country Day School.

Romero’s first job after attending College was as a ballroom dancer, and for years he served as the dancer/escort of major stars such as Barbara Stanwyck, Marlene Dietrich, Joan Crawford, Carmen Miranda, Lucille Ball and Ginger Rogers. 

Romero first appeared on Broadway in Lady Do (1927), and his first film role was in The Shadow Laughs (1933).

The 6'3" Romero routinely played "Latin lovers" in films from the 1930s until the 1950s, usually in supporting roles. He starred as the Cisco Kid in six westerns made between 1939 and 1941.

Romero danced and performed comedy in the 20th Century Fox films he starred in opposite Carmen Miranda and Betty Grable, such as Week-End in Havana and Springtime in the Rockies, in the 1940s.

He also played a minor role as Sinjin, a piano player in Glenn Miller's band, in the 1942 musical Orchestra Wives

In The Thin Man (1934), Romero played a villainous supporting role opposite William Powell. Many of Romero's films from this early period saw him cast in small character parts, such as Italian gangsters and East Indian princes.


Romero had a lead role as the Pathan rebel leader, Khoda Khan, in John Ford's Wee Willie Winkie starring Shirley Temple (1937) and The Little Princess (1939) alongside Shirley Temple.

Romero sometimes played the leading man, for example in Allan Dwan's 15 Maiden Lane (1936) opposite Claire Trevor, as well as winning the key role of the Doc Holliday character in Dwan's Wyatt Earp saga Frontier Marshal three years later. 

After his parents lost their sugar import business and suffered losses in the Stock Market Crash of 1929, It fell upon Romero's Hollywood earnings to support his large family, all of whom followed him to the American West Coast years later. Romero lived on and off with various family members for the rest of his life.


In 1942, he enlisted in the United States Coast Guard as an apprentice seaman and served in the Pacific Theater of Operations. He served aboard the Coast Guard-manned assault transport, USS Cavalier. According to a press release from the period, Romero saw action during the invasions of Tinian and Saipan. The same article mentioned that in spite of his Hollywood fame, he preferred just to be a regular part of the crew and was eventually promoted to the rating of chief boatswain's mate.

After the war: 20th Century Fox, along with mogul Darryl Zanuck, personally selected Romero to co-star with Tyrone Power in the Technicolor historical epic Captain from Castile (1947), directed by Henry King.

Among many television credits, Romero appeared several times on The Martha Raye Show in the mid-1950s. He portrayed Don Diego de la Vega's maternal uncle in a number of Season 2 Zorro episodes.


In 1958, he guest-starred as Ramon Valdez, a South American businessman, who excels at dancing the Cha-Cha with Barbara Eden in her syndicated romantic comedy, How to Marry a Millionaire. He performed the mambo with Gisele MacKenzie on her NBC variety show, The Gisele MacKenzie Show. He guest-starred in 1957 on CBS's The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour on the first episode of the seventh season ("Lucy Takes a Cruise to Havana"). 

He played "Don Carlos", a card shark on the episode, "The Honorable Don Charlie Story" of NBC's Wagon Train. On January 16, 1958, he appeared on The Ford Show, Starring Tennessee Ernie Ford.
In 1965, Romero played the head of THRUSH in France in "The Never-Never Affair" from The Man from U.N.C.L.E. 


He is best known today as a character on the TV series Batman. From 1965 to 1968, he portrayed the Joker. He refused to shave his mustache for the role, and so the supervillain's white face makeup was simply smeared over it throughout the series' run and in the 1966 film.

The actor known as "the Latin from Manhattan" was an unexpected choice to play the villain in TV's 1960s 'Batman,' but the series reignited his fame.

He was an unexpected choice.

When the chance to play the Joker came along in 1966, Romero was 59, and it reignited his fame.
"It's the kind of part where you can do everything you've been told not to do as an actor," he said in a 1966 television interview. "You can be as hammy as you want."
The ABC show was the year's most hyped midseason debut.

"An excellent campaign, one of the best ever given a TV show," said The Hollywood Reporter. "The producers also have spared no expense in creating the series for the small screen."

In its first year, the Adam West-fronted show ranked fifth in the ratings with 14 million viewers, but the novelty quickly wore off, and it lasted only two more seasons.

His guest star work in the 1970s included a recurring role on the western comedy Alias Smith and Jones as Señor Armendariz. He appeared in three episodes. Romero later portrayed Peter Stavros on Falcon Crest (from 1985–1987). He also appeared in a sixth-season episode of The Golden Girls, where he played a suitor named Tony Delvecchio for Sophia.

 
Apart from these television roles, Romero appeared as A.J. Arno, a small-time criminal who continually opposes Dexter Riley (played by Kurt Russell) and his schoolmates of Medfield College in a series of films by Walt Disney Productions in the 1970s. 

                   With long time lover Tyrone Power.

Personal life
Romero never married and had no children, but made frequent appearances at Hollywood events escorting actresses, such as Joan Crawford, Linda Darnell, Barbara Stanwyck, Lucille Ball, Ann Sheridan, Jane Wyman, and Ginger Rogers.

He was almost always described in interviews and articles as a "confirmed bachelor", an old Hollywood code for a gay man.

Fans and critics alike agreed that Romero was a major talent who proved himself an enduring and versatile star in a variety of roles during his more than 60-year career as an actor, dancer, and comedian.

He was also a deeply closeted gay man to his fans. When he was interviewed by author Boze Hadleigh, Romero gave a revealing, often comic account of what life was like in the Golden Age of Hollywood for a closeted gay man (in Romero's instance, also Catholic and Latino).

Because he was "out" to all his entertainment industry colleagues, it was often stated that Romero's homosexuality was Hollywood's worst kept secret. That interview is included in Hadleigh's book, Hollywood Gays.

He never denied his sexuality, though he never discussed it, either. His longtime boyfriend was actually actor Tyrone Power.
It has been claimed that he also had a one night stand with Desi Arnaz!

Death
On January 1, 1994, aged 86, Romero died from complications of a blood clot while being treated for bronchitis and pneumonia at Saint John's Health Center in Santa Monica, California. 
His body was cremated and the ashes were interred at Inglewood Park Cemetery, Inglewood, California










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