9:15 pm By Maegan La Mala · Events|Miami|Music · 9 Comments
27 Apr 2006
I’ll admit to being a little bit amargada that I couldn’t be in Miami tonight covering the Latin Billboard Awards live but I’ve tuned into Telemundo anyway to see the promised excitement and well so far am finding the same old same old. Daddy Yankee had his entrance exagerado. RBD was nominated three times in one category and won (oh what a surprise-bring it on RBD fans). Shakira won within the first 10 minutes of the show and looked casual and comfy against the parade of novela protagonistas with over the top gowns and culo baring dancers. There was a well deserved tribute to Rocio Durcal and my favorite performance, given by the Cubano hip hoppers, Orishas. Shakira just took stage singing Hips Don’t Lie with Wycliff Jean. And with that I think I’ll call it a night. I’m sure whatever I miss will be on Cada Día with Maria Antonieta Collins in the morning.
3:04 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Celebrities|Chismes|Peru|TV · 38 Comments
27 Apr 2006
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 years of polladas, berrinches, lloros and face-slapping drama, Laura Bozzo, the once-incarcerated host of “Laura en América” has been fired, according to El Mundo and EFE:
Peruvian television host Laura Bozzo has been fired by the Telemundo network after a five year working relationship due to “hard to meet expectations”, according to Peruvian press. Bozzo had declared that her contract ended by mutual agreement, but the press claims that Telemundo ended her aggressive talk show due to a decline in viewers and her approaching trial before Peruvian court on charges of corruption. Her talk show, which reached great popularity in Latin America in last few years distinguished itself by showing dramas in the lives of low-income people who, in many cases, accepted money to tell their stories and allowed themselves to be humiliated for money.
Now who will give all of those poor souls their carritos sangüicheros?
I guess la Bozzo had a reason to fear her Mexican counterpart, since, as far as I know, la Señora Leon still has a job. RIP, “Laura en América”, it was fun while it lasted.
Via / El Mundo
9:00 am By Maegan La Mala · Activism|Immigration|Los Angeles · 1 Comment
27 Apr 2006
Los Angeles mayor and grandson of Mexican immigrants is telling students and their parents that skipping out on school on Monday, May 1st, the day of the national boycott, should not be an option. This is a backstep from the active urging he did for the million plus people rally in downtown L.A. on March 25. The statement signed by Villaraigosa, cardinal Roger Mahony, and Los Angeles Unified School District Supervisor Roy Romer reads :
We support the celebration of our liberty as American citizens to freely, responsibly and legally express ourselves. We firmly believe children must attend school everyday, including May 1, they have to be there ready to learn.
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