Archive for December, 2005
Latinos Surfing in Two Worlds
26 Dec 2005
Latinos in the U.S. don’t just live in two worlds, we web surf in two worlds too. According to an article in this month’s Hispanic Business, 70% of English speaking Latinos are plugged in. We prefer the English language internet when we’re at work (is that when you are reading VL?), while we gravitate to Spanish language or bilingual sites in the comfort of our homes. The article also states that:
11.3 million individuals (79 percent) expressed a preference for English or bilingual online materials. More specifically: 7.5 million of the total Hispanic audience (52 percent) prefer English and another 3.8 million (27 percent) prefer bilingual materials.
Via / Hispanic Business
Canada: Spanish Spoken Here
26 Dec 2005
Latinos are representing in Canada, about 700,000 strong making them the third largest minority in that country according to the Toronto Star.
Via / The Latin Americanist
Feliz Navidad and Happy Hanukkah to all our readers
9:36 am By Maegan La Mala · VivirLatino · Comments Off
24 Dec 2005VivirLatino wishes its readers a safe holiday weekend filled with joy and peace!
Reggaeton in your Kid’s Stocking
23 Dec 2005
Because our kids don’t have enough sexual double entendres in their lives, Urban Box Office has released Reggaeton Niños, a collection of the top reggaeton hits like Gasolina sung by young people between the ages of 10 and 16. Volume 2 will soon follow after a contest that will allow your kids to possibly become the next Daddy Yankee or Ivy Queen. Kids start practicing your “butt in orbit dance” now!
Via / Voy Music
Where Are the Films About Us?
1:10 am By Maegan La Mala · Entertainment| Movies · 1 Comment
23 Dec 2005
“What type of films do Latinos want to see?” That is a question that I ask myself all the time. Are Latinos in the United States genuinely interested in films about Latinos or would they rather just watch the typical Hollywood movie? For those Latinos that speak mostly Spanish would they like the option to watch English language movies with subtitles? Would these Latinos consider watching movies made by Latinos that touch on Latino themes?
We really need to make a concerted effort to support Latino movies so that films about Latinos continue to get made.
Latino movies, done in the United States and geared for our consumption before heading out to parts unknown and DVD, are not blockbusters. That is due to the fact that while they might be great films, most folks don’t see them. Why? Small budgets. This leads to small, unimpressive special effects or none at all, thus their unpopularity.
Via / Inside Bay Area
Mexico City is abandoning its drunk driving vigilance program , known as alcoholimetro for the nights of Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve with the warning that the program would be stepped up for all other days during the holiday season. The suspension of the program is actually somewhat of a tradition.
Via / El Universal
The New Yorker no le Gusta la Gasolina
9:05 am By Maegan La Mala · Magazines| Music · 3 Comments
22 Dec 2005
First it was New York Magazine and now The New Yorker, reggaeton does not escape anyone’s notice, not even the monocle of intellectuals and literary types. Last week in its Pop Music column, The New Yorker reviewed radio station 97.9 la Mega’s Megaton, a reggaeton concert/showcase. While the review gave a brief history of the growing genre, overall the writer wasn’t impressed with what she saw or heard at the Megaton, held on Thanksgiving in Madison Square Garden. She wrote:
Daddy Yankee, who closed the show, is a dogged performer, often pushing his unremarkable voice to the breaking point when he can’t think of anything better to do.
The author did acknowledge that regardless of the actual talent of reggaeton artists, fans love the artists and the music that makes them move.
As the audience happily chanted along with Yankee, the women in the crowd executed subtle variations on a circular dance move that could be described as “butt in orbit.”
Via / The New Yorker
Higher Car Insurance Rates for Latinos
21 Dec 2005
According to a new study if you live in a Latino or African American neighborhood expect to pay more for car insurance. No matter how you put it minorities always have it bad, whether it’s getting pulled over by the police for “driving while being brown” or in this case having to pay more to drive.
After dissecting the price among the state’s three largest insurers in more than 500 ZIP codes, Consumers Union found car insurance in black neighborhoods costs 37.5 percent to 83.5 percent more than in communities dominated by non-Hispanic whites.
That means the biggest auto insurers would charge a good driver an additional $537 to $974 per year for moving from a mostly white to black neighborhood, according to Consumers Union, the nonprofit group that publishes Consumer Reports magazine.Good drivers living in Hispanic neighborhoods aren’t hit quite as hard. Consumers Union concluded the pricing increase in California’s Hispanic communities ranged from $103 to $214 annually, or 7.9 percent to 18.4 percent.
Via / The Tribune
Starting next week the television tastes of Latinos who watch Spanish language programming will begin to count, at least if you watch Univision.
Nielsen Media Research will include in its national ratings shows aired by Univision Communications Inc. Since 1992 a separate and unequal panel of estimation was used for Spanish language television programming. Telemundo, owned by NBC is expected to also be counted in the Nielson ratings. According to the LA Times:
Among the 18-to-34-year-old crowd, Univision frequently would finish second, behind Fox.
Via / LA Times
la Cantante Doesn’t Want Extras
8:06 am By Maegan La Mala · Celebrities| Chismes| TV · 1 Comment
21 Dec 2005
You can’t get one over on la Lopez. An extra on the set of the Hector Lavoe movie, El Cantante was singled out by Jennifer Lopez and thrown off the New York City set. This was no ordinary extra though. The extra was Angel Villagómez, a bochinche reporter from Escándalo TV, a gossip show on the Telefutura network. JLo recognized Villagómez and asked that he be removed from the set.
Via / Univision.com
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