Archive for the ‘Entertainment’ Category
Bill Melendez, the Voice of Snoopy: RIP
9:36 am By Maegan La Mala · Entertainment|mexico|TV · Comments Off
4 Sep 2008
Does anyone remember Snoopy having a voice? I didn’t, but it seems that Charlie Brown’s canine sidekick did in fact utter a few words (or sounds) and the man behind them was Mexican animator and director Bill (née José Cuauhtemoc) Meléndez, who passed away this week at age 91.
Much more than the voice of Snoopy (and Woodstock), Meléndez was the first Mexican animator to work for Walt Disney, back in 1938. He went on to work for Warner Brothers, animating such classics as Bugs Bunny and Porky Pig.
Drawing on his experience at the big animation houses, Melendez founded his own company in the mid-sixties and produced the holiday mainstay A Charlie Brown Christmas, for which he won an Emmy and a Peabody Award. Meléndez went on to produce over 70 Peanuts specials with creator Charles Schulz.
A true pioneer in the field of animation, Meléndez will be missed by Peanuts fans all over.
Via / Radio Perú
R.I.P. RBD, and Thanks for Retiring
4:37 pm By Maegan La Mala · Celebrities|Entertainment|Music · Comments Off
15 Aug 2008This just in: Perez Hilton has let me on to what might be the best news I’ve heard all week. It seems that RBD, a.k.a. a good way to make Jen randomly lash out in rage at innocent bystanders, is retiring. From their official statement:
A todos nuestros fans y medios de comunicación en el mundo:Hemos realizado juntos un sueño que jamás imaginamos podríamos lograr, cantamos, lloramos y reímos con nuestras canciones a lo largo del mundo y ante millones de personas.
Hemos dejado una huella imborrable en las vidas de millones de personas… ¡Nuestros queridos fans!
Ustedes han marcado nuestra vida de una manera inigualable; los llevaremos en nuestro corazón por siempre.
Todo gran proyecto necesita transformarse para trascender y hoy nosotros estamos iniciando ese proceso.
R.I.P., RBD. You were excellent fodder for some of the most widely read posts on VL. Thanks to you, we’ve received countless pieces of hate mail over the past 3 years from your adoring (albeit deranged and somewhat illiterate) fans.
I can’t wait to see what each of the band members has in store for us with their solo careers!
Via / Perez Hilton
The Macarena is 15
6:10 pm By Maegan La Mala · dance|Entertainment|Music · Comments Off
7 Aug 2008“Dale a tu cuerpo alegría Macarena…” Remember those profound lyrics? I hate to make you feel old, but that little ditty just turned 15 and the middle aged Spaniards behind it are trying to relaunch their career…in the United States. Apparently they think that they can capitalize off the popularity of quinceañera parties stateside.
The remix of the song is titled “Fiesta Quinceañera Macarena”, alluding to its 15th birthday and a party that is celebrated each year by thousands of Latino teens in the United States.
The return of the Macarena was recorded entirely in the U.S., between New York, Miami and Los Angeles, and will be presented there through two events in Disney theme parks on both coasts.
I was never a fan of the Macarena and even less now, so I can’t understand why this might have a shot at a comeback. But then again, there are people who still dance the Achy Breaky Heart.
Via / 20 Minutos
Venezuelan TV Channel Fined for Airing ‘The Simpsons’
1:32 pm By Maegan La Mala · Controversia|Entertainment|Latin America|TV|Venezuela · 2 Comments
30 Jun 2008
Venezuelan television network Televen has been fined by the government for airing episodes of The Simpsons. You might remember that a couple of months back Maegan told us that Televen was told by the Venezuelan TV regulator that they had to air The Simpsons later in the day so that children wouldn’t be exposed to it. Now it seems the cartoon is to be pulled all together because it
contains images and sounds that, in common use, are crude, as well as those that refer to the consumption of alcohol, without showing its effects or attempting to help erradicate addictive conduct…as well as images and sounds which show dramatized violence.
The Simpsons would be pretty boring if the characters were doling out messages about the negative effects of alcohol consumption. And what’s up with Chavez and alcohol anyway?
Televen’s fine comes not in the form of money to pay but air time. The network has to promise to broadcast 30 second cultural and educational spots for 30 consecutive days.
Via / El Universal
Image via Hypeline.com
Los Fabulosos Cadillacs are Back
11:52 am By Maegan La Mala · Argentina|Entertainment|Latin America|Music · 1 Comment
13 Jun 2008One of my favorite bands of all time, Los Fabulosos Cadillacs — defunct since 2002 — are reuniting for a Latin American tour. Now I just need to get to a Latin American city…sheesh…
The band announced its return via a viral marketing campaign throughout Buenos Aires, Mexico City and other large Latin American cities with enigmatic posters featuring only the name of a Cadillacs song and the date of the beginning of the tour: July 1, 2008.
I just read somewhere else that they will also be hitting the U.S., but I can’t find a tour schedule anywhere. Will update you all when I do.
Via / La Razón
Sin Bandera is No More
4:00 pm By Maegan La Mala · Entertainment|mexico|Music · Comments Off
3 Jun 2008It was lovely while it lasted, but it didn’t last long. The Mexican-Argentine pop duo Sin Bandera, which scored huge hits with songs like “Entra en mi vida” is calling it quits — at least as a band. Last night they made it official on Yuri’s Noche de Estrellas TV show with an emotional statement:
Slim and Buffett Donate to Shakira’s ALAS
6:51 am By Maegan La Mala · Activism|business|Celebrities|Entertainment|Latin America · Comments Off
16 May 2008ALAS, the non-profit organization dedicated to aiding impoverished communities in Latin America for which Shakira is a spokesperson and advocate, has received a major contribution from some of the world’s richest businessmen:
With the affirmation of “We are going to make history,” Shakira and Miguel Bosé announced on Thursday that the ALAS Foundation will receive a donation of 200 million dollars from businessmen Carlos Slim and Howard Buffett, as well as from wealthy families all over Latin America.Slim alone is donating 110 million dollars to the cause. The Mexican businessman said he feels a social responsibility towards the less fortunate and said that as a member of ALAS he is using his business experience to help solve social problems.
American Buffett will contribute 85 million dollars. “Poverty has devastating consequences. Those who prefer to live with their eyes closed will see the consequences. ALAS will not allow it” said Miguel Bosé in a press conferenece two days before the massive free concerts that will be held for the cause, which will happen simultaneously in Mexico City and Buenos Aires.
In the photo above along with Shakira, Slim and Buffett are Spanish star David Bisbal and Peruvian singer Tania Libertad.
I’m sure the 110 million is no skin off of Slim’s nose, but it’s nice to see this happen. I’ve always found it to be an offensive contradiction that one of the world’s top 5 richest men would be from a country where half the population lives in poverty and one-fifth in extreme poverty.
Via / El Universal (Venezuela)
Image via AP/Yahoo News
Penelope Cruz and Javier Bardem (and Barcelona)
9:26 am By Maegan La Mala · Celebrities|Entertainment|Movies · 1 Comment
14 May 2008After much anticipation, there is finally a trailer for the new Woody Allen film Vicky Cristina Barcelona, starring Spanish superstar couple Javier Bardem and Penelope Cruz and Scarlett Johannson. From the clip, it’s easy to see the chemistry between Cruz and Bardem. But you can even see the chemistry between Cruz and Johansson. And dare I say that the trailer looks more like an Almodovar film than a Woody Allen film? I dare say it. Anyway, check it out and let us know what you think in the comments.
Via / YouTube
Penelope, Bardem and Woody Off to Cannes
11:40 am By Maegan La Mala · Celebrities|Entertainment|Movies|Spain|World · Comments Off
23 Apr 2008
Woody Allen’s new movie, starring Penelope Cruz, Javier Bardem and Scarlett Johannsen and strangely titled “Vicky Cristina Barcelona“ has been announced as part of the official selection for this year’s Cannes Film Festival. The head of the Festival, Thierry Frémaux, called the movie “a Spanish film that I hope you will watch with much pleasure.” He also noted that “Hollywood didn’t make movies about the Costa Brava in the 1950s, but perhaps Allen might launch a genre about Americans who go to Spain to sunbathe.” Perhaps something got lost in translation, but that seems like a weird comment.
I’m excited about this film, and am anxious to see how Allen handles the bilingual thing, and even more curious to see whether English-speaking audiences are receptive to a movie partly shot in Spanish. Others are buzzing about a sex scene involving both Penelope and Scarlett.
Via / El Universal
Chilean Singer Monna Bell, Dead at 70
11:24 am By Maegan La Mala · Chile|Culture|Entertainment|Latin America|mexico|Music · Comments Off
23 Apr 2008Monna Bell, a popular Chilean singer who achieved success in Mexico and Spain in the 1970s and was one of Mexican pop star Juan Gabriel’s muses, died on Monday in Tijuana of a stroke.
Her friend, actress Carmen Salinas, announced the news:
“I’m very upset. Monna was a great friend, a great woman, and she had an unmatchable voice. Her family informed me today that she passed away on Monday.”
Bell arrived in Mexico in the 1970s after achieving success in Spain. Spanish director Pedro Almodovar included her song “Estaba Escrito” in his 1980s classic “Pepi, Luci, Bom Y Otras Chicas Del Monton”.
Via / El Economista
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