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Kate del Castillo is 'La Reina del Sur'
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Kate del Castillo is 'La Reina del Sur'

Actress Kate del Castillo is back with "La Reina del Sur." She opens up about her secret meeting with El Chapo, the backlash she suffered in her career and her return in a role of a lifetime; As Disney chief Bob Iger benefits from the largess of his company, critics look at what Disneyland workers are paid and question the mogul's compensation.

Kate del Castillo returns in Telemundo's 'La Reina del Sur'
Kate del Castillo returns in Telemundo's 'La Reina del Sur'
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KATE DEL CASTILLO IS "LA REINA DEL SUR"

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Actress and producer Kate del Castillo returns in La Reina Del Sur for a second season 8 years after the first one ended. She discusses this as well as her love of playing badass women, her struggle to be accepted in Hollywood and her now infamous meeting with El Chapo when the drug kingpin was in hiding– a meeting that almost killed her career and which she chronicles in the Netflix documentary, "The Day I Met El Chapo: The Kate del Castillo Story." Kate del Castillo sits down for a lengthy interview with John Horn.

BOB IGER'S DISNEY PAY DRAWS THE IRE OF DISNEY HEIRESS

(Starts at :45)

Filmmaker Abigail Disney struck a nerve when she recently criticized the $65 million pay that Walt Disney chief Bob Iger earned in 2018. In the wake of the huge Disney-Fox deal, and reporting over how workers at Disneyland are paid, the heiress questions if it's time to revisit the disparity in pay between media moguls and average workers. Wall St. Journal business reporter Erich Shwartzel joins John Horn to discuss.