Carlito's Way: Rise to Power stars Jay Hernandez as Carlito Brigante, and chronicles Brigante's rise as a heroin drug czar in 1960s Harlem, New York. The film also features Mario Van Peebles, Michael Joseph Kelly, Luis Guzmán, Jaclyn DeSantis, Sean Combs, Burt Young, and Domenick Lombardozzi. Critically panned, the film nevertheless received Torres's as an accurate adaptation of the first half of his novel. The story begins in the 1960s with three inmates in a New York prison — Earl (Van Peebles), Rocco (Kelly), and Carlito (Hernandez) — controlling their criminal empire within their cell. Upon their release, they all look to control the drug
Carlito A. Lanada, Sr. age, from obscurity to international renown. Grandmaster Lanada is the 2002 Filipino Martial Arts Magazines Who's Who Man of the Year! In 2008, GGM Lanada traveled to Canada, where he was inducted into the North American Martial Arts Hall of Fame. In June of 2010, Lanada was inducted into the Masters Hall of Fame in Anaheim, California. There he was also awarded their Highest honor- the Platinum Lifetime Achievement Award. GGM Carlito A. Lanada Sr. is currently residing in North Carolina. Carlito A. Lanada, Sr. Carlito A. Lanada Sr. (born August 1939) is a Filipino martial artist, founder and highest