Archive for February 9th, 2006
Juanes: Spreading the love en la lengua de Cervantes
6:56 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Bilingualism| Celebrities| Music · 1 Comment
9 Feb 2006
Last week Mala reported on Shakira’s claim that her crossover into the English language market had nothing to do with money. It seems that not all the money in the world, his label’s pressure or potential for fame in Europe will make Juanes do it:
The artist is doing so while performing in his native language. Juanes — whose full name is Juan Esteban Aristizabal — speaks English fluently, but is not interested in it for singing.
“I’m still thinking in Espanol, I still dream in Espanol, and I write my music in Espanol,” he says. “I don’t see why I need to change.”
For Sale : Univision
9 Feb 2006
Univision may be putting a “For Sale” sign on themselves. The Spanish Language media company is considering putting themselves up for auction to the highest bidder. The company, worth about $10 billion, owns the No. 1 Spanish-language television network, radio broadcaster, Music Company and online operations. Univision is the broadcast home of Don Francisco’s Sabado Gigante, the talk show of the Latina Oprah, Cristina, and of course novelas. But did you know that:
The company is run by A. Jerrold Perenchio…who does not speak Spanish, [and] has also been a big contributor to President Bush and the Republican Party.
Think of that when you switch on your TV.
Via / The New York Times
Is Puerto Rico (Latin) America?
12:43 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Culture| Puerto Rico · 203 Comments
9 Feb 2006
Cuaderno Latinoamericano, an interesting blog out of New Orleans, raises the question of whether Puerto Ricans feel more American or Latin American, with regard to a comment made by Filiberto Ojeda’s widow after his assassination:
She says that puertoricans identify more with Latin America, than the United States. On the other hand, many people don’t consider Puerto Rico as part of Latin America at all…But even many puertoricans don’t consider themselves latin americans. I guess I’m wondering how you guys view Puerto Rico or puertoricans, do you think they would fall under Latin Americans, Americans or do we have a special class all by ourselves?
The Grammy Awards : Te Suena Bien?
9:43 am By Maegan La Mala · Celebrities| Events| Fashion| Los Angeles| Music · 19 Comments
9 Feb 2006
Kanye West wearing black leather gloves and his gold diggin’ marching band, Mariah Carey taking home three awards, and Christina Aguilera channeling Marilyn Monroe was just some of what we saw last night on the live broadcast of the 48th Annual Grammy Awards. What we didn’t see were the Latino nominees and winners. We’re not gonna be like the rest of the world and act like that didn’t happen or wait till the Latin Grammy Awards to talk about who the Recording Academy chose as the best Spanish language artistas.
Hola!
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