Posts by Regina Sienra

Regina Sienra

Regina Sienra is a Staff Writer at My Modern Met. She is a Mexico City-based journalist, translator, and digital media professional with over a decade of experience creating bilingual content in English and Spanish. She holds a bachelor’s degree in Communications with a specialization in Journalism from the National Autonomous University of Mexico. Her work spans both hard and soft news, with a focus on arts, culture, and entertainment. She has a particular interest in highlighting emerging and independent musicians, a passion that earned her recognition as CBC Radio 3’s Fan of the Year in 2014. Sienra brings a broad pop culture perspective to her writing, with interests that include music, film, and cultural trends across media. When she isn't writing, she is watching films, attending concerts, and building out her growing vinyl collection.
Video
July 25, 2026

Filmmaker Turns Publicly Available Footage From Nasa’s Artemis II Mission Into Thrilling Short Film

The Artemis II mission took humans beyond low Earth orbit for the first time in over 50 years. In doing so, it gave us hours of thrilling footage from launch to splashdown, including a breathtaking Earth set and a solar eclipse from space. Luckily for us, NASA has made all these resources available to the public, allowing us not only to take in the beauty of our planet and our moon, but also inspiring artists across different media.

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Music
July 24, 2026

Anthony Hopkins To Release an Album of Classical Music He’s Created Throughout His Life

Sir Anthony Hopkins’ acting talents are well known to the world. Having won the Academy Award for Best Actor in 1992 and 2021 for The Silence of the Lambs and The Father, respectively, Hopkins is one of the most lauded Hollywood luminaries out there. But lesser known to everyone is his side passion: classical music. Now, the actor will be releasing an album of original compositions inspired by his childhood.

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Inspiring
July 22, 2026

Man Spends His Own Time and Money to Offer Illiterate Adults Free Literacy Lessons

Vietnam boasts a high literacy rate, at 90.3% for adults and 94% for youths (15- to 24-year-olds). However, illiteracy still affects marginalized and remote communities, such as ethnic minority populations and older adults in mountainous areas. Hoping to turn this around, a police officer named Lê Tuấn Thành has taken on the unique side quest of offering free evening literacy classes for adults.

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Photo Contest
July 20, 2026

29 Spectacular Finalists of the 2026 Astronomy Photographer of the Year Contest

The ZWO Astronomy Photographer of the Year competition has just announced its finalists, and the shortlisted images are truly breathtaking. For the 2026 edition of the contest, almost 4,000 photographs were submitted by both professional and amateur creatives from 66 countries around the world. Now, an expert panel of judges from the art and astronomy worlds have narrowed the search for a winner to 29 works across different categories.

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