Archive for July 25th, 2006
McConaughey: Penelope pressured me
5:18 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Celebrities| Chismes · Comments Off
25 Jul 2006
Last month we told youthat Spanish actress Penelope Cruz and Texan actor Matthew McConaughey had split. At that time, the couple cited pressures caused by having a long-distance relationship as the key factor influencing their break-up. Now, Matthew is saying that the pressure was of an entirely different kind: it was Penelope pressuring him to get married. According to LaBotana.com:
According to online magazine Famapop, the reason for the breakup between Spanish actress Penélope Cruz and actor Matthew McConaughey, was the pressure that “Pé” put on him to talk about wedding plans.Matt said in a recent interview that he wasn’t ready to take that big step, meanwhile Cruz told the press in her country that her greatest desire was to get married and have a family.
It’s nice to know that Hollywood men are just like ordinary men. They hear the word “marriage” and run for the hills.
Via / LaBotana.com
VLMIL Candidate #13: Luis Miguel
2:19 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Celebrities| Polls2006| VivirLatino · Comments Off
25 Jul 2006
Name: Luis Miguel Gallego Basteri
Age: 36
Occupation: Pop singer
Place of Residence: Acapulco, Mexico
Bio: From Wikipedia: ..”a Mexican pop singer best known for his crooning vocals and romantic ballads. He has been the most popular singer in Latin America since the late 1980’s. He is commonly referred to as El Sol (”The Sun”) and is also nicknamed “El Rey” (The King), Luismi, Micky, “El Idolo” and “Luismi Rey.”
Luis Miguel has won some of the most prestigious music awards, such as: nine Grammys (5 Grammys, 4 Latin Grammys); a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at the age of 26 and three World Music Awards. Luis Miguel holds the record as the best-selling living performing Latin artist in history. Luis Miguel has sold over 55 million albums worldwide and he is the best selling Spanish-language artist in the history of the United States, Mexico, Argentina, Chile and Uruguay. Luis Miguel holds the record for the artist with the most #1 singles in the history of Billboard charts Hot Latin Tracks.”
Immigration Lies and Truths
10:57 am By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Controversia| Immigration| Internet · Comments Off
25 Jul 2006
Just in case the war in Lebanon and Miss. Puerto Rico becoming Miss Universe distracted you, AlterNet reminds people that the immigration issue is far from dead by exposing some lies surrounding the issue and setting them straight. The Six Immigration Lies, Dispelled are:
1. Immigrants are not animals
2. Neither are they terrorists
3. Tent cities at the border would be 21st-century concentration camps.
4. There’s no invasion
5. They speak English, just not “English only.”
6. They do not drain public coffers
These are all things that we have written about before, but they are worth repeating.
Via / AlterNet
VLMIL Candidate #12: Evo Morales
8:51 am By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Bolivia| Politics| Polls2006| VivirLatino · 1 Comment
25 Jul 2006
Name: Juan Evo Morales Ayma (Aima)
Age: 46
Occupation: President of Bolivia
Place of Residence: La Paz
Bio:
Juan Evo Morales Aima was born October 26, 1959 in the community of Isallavi, Orinoco, Oruro to Aymara parents Dionisio Morales Choque and Maria Mamani. From a young age Evo worked with his family as a farmer. After a high school trip to the Presidential Palace in La Paz, Evo told his classmates, “One day I will be president and you will be my ministers”. After serving in a military, growing coca , Evo became a union leader. It was here when he became a coca activist, and was even nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in both 1995 and 1996. From here Evo earned a seat in the Bolivian Congress. In January 2002, Morales was removed from his seat in Congress, because of a charge of terrorism related to anti-eradication riots in Sacaba that month in which four coca farmers, three military soldiers and a police officer were killed. The U.S. was accused of being behind his expulsion. From here he ran for President. In 2002 he came in second place. In 2005 he won.
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