Latina Moms | Daughters
Tejano music legend Lydia Mendoza is being recognized, immortalized and given the respect many feels she deserves for her contributions to the American musical scene. The United States Postal Service issued a stamp commemorating “The Lark Of The Border,” her nickname, whose minimalist Tejano sound was compared to a Spanish-language version of the [...]
Colombian superstar Shakira is leaving The Voice after just one season, citing her desire to focus on her own musical career and spend more time with her new baby, Milan. In an interview with E! Online, Shakira confirmed she was leaving NBC’s hit singing competition. “It was a hard decision for me to make, because [...]
Jennifer Lopez, singer, dancer, actress and former American Idol judge, will take the stage at NUVOtv’s Upfront presentation in New York City this week. NUVOtv is the first English-language television network created for U.S. Latinos. Lopez and NUVOtv executives will unveil the network’s 2013-14 programming slate and share their vision and roadmap for making NUVOtv [...]
Four months after the tragic death of Mexican-American banda singer Jenni Rivera, Leila Cobo—an author, journalist and the executive editor of Latin content and programming for Billboard—wrote a biography on “La diva de la banda.” Cobo spoke to Fox News Latino about her biography, Jenni Rivera: La increíble vida de una mariposa [...]
“More love!” says Ras Tewelde, an Italian Rastafarian at Rototom Sunsplash 2012, when we say goodbye after meeting for the first time under a scorching Valencia sun, where the scents of seafood paella, hemp and human musk mingle in the air against the ever-booming bass that thumps from the speakers and then reverberates inside our [...]
After a two-year hiatus from the music scene, triple threat Selena Gomez returned to the spotlight last week, in a big way. She went from an appearance on The Ellen Show to a controversial performance at the MTV Movie Awards to kissing Justin Bieber in Norway. Gomez, who is usually in the headlines for her [...]
The ageless and unstoppable cuchi-cuchi dynamo, Charo does a show-stoppingly fabulous cover of Rihanna’s Don’t Stop the Music on Jerry Lewis’s MDA Telethon in 2009. And Charo is much more than an amazing entertainer—she recently spoke at the 2013 Hispanicize social media conference about her incredible business empire and empowering Latinas. She’s still got it! [...]
I recently had the opportunity to interview Emilio Estefan at the Hispanicize 2013 social media conference in Miami Beach. The entrepreneur and musician is admired by many, not only for his success in the entertainment industry, but because of his vision and support of Latino performers in the U.S. As I thought of what I [...]
Si, hablo Español! (Yes, I speak Spanish!) Whether it was singing or talking in Spanish, multiple contestants were showing off their bilingual skills Tuesday night on The Voice. With their accordion and guitar, the duo Midas Whale brought the hippy vibe to the singing show after performing Folsom Prison Blues. They had [...]
PBS Digital Studios has collaborated with Symphony of Science’s John Boswell to create a trip down memory lane with a thoroughly contemporary twist. This amazing tribute introduces the late, great Mister Rogers to today’s kids while bringing a nostalgic tear to mom’s eye. For more fantastic MamiTV videos and content, visit Mamiverse! Read Related: What Dr. [...]
