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Lupillo to Host Billboard Latin Awards

5:28 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Celebrities|Media|Music|Women · Comments Off

15 Mar 2006

lrivera.jpgThe hosts for the 2006 Latin Billboard Latin Awards have been revealed. Lupillo Rivera, a huge force in that mix of genres that gringos like to call “Regional Mexican” and TV personality Candela Ferro will be doing the honors:

Rivera is a finalist this year for regional Mexican album of the year, male solo artist for “El Rey de las Cantinas” (Univision/UG) and regional Mexican airplay song of the year, male solo artist for “Ya Me Habian Dicho.”

The 2006 Billboard Latin Music Awards will mark the fourth time that Ferro has co-hosted the show. Candela currently presents the top-rated Telemundo primetime program “Decisiones.”

As previously reported, reggaeton star Daddy Yankee and Mexican pop phenomenon RBD — both part of the youth movement that dominated Billboard’s Latin charts last year — are the leading finalists for the 2006 awards. Daddy Yankee is a finalist in 10 categories. RBD, which burst into mainstream consciousness last year with “Rebelde,” is a contender in nine categories, including top Latin albums artist.

More RBD and more Daddy Yankee. Can we get some diversity up in here please?

Via / Billboard.com

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So Exotic, So Romantic!

1:29 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Media · Comments Off

20 Sep 2005

Baile_flamenco.jpgOnce again, my morning began with yet another ridiculous article on “the way Latinos are” found in Nashville-area newspaper. As the Latino population grows, this seems to be becoming a trend. Some classic quotes from the article, so eloquently titled “Hot, hot, hot!”:

…The formal manners and sultry climates of these locales add to their mystique and romance…

South Americans take exquisite care of their appearance, Scokin said, such as languidly spending the entire day [getting] ready for a dinner with their husband.

…Her must-have details for an evening of 1950s South American glamour include mojitos, Argentinean asado, flamenco girls, a tango performance, and the live Orkesta Mondo Pingus so guests can heat up the room with the sexy salsa, rumba, conga and cha cha cha.

That last one groups everything from Argentine cuisine to Cuban cocktails to traditional dance from southern Spain together. It’s all the same to these journalists. It must be fun for them to romanticize who Latinos are. It’s much cooler than actually learning something.

Who are these people and where do they get this stuff?

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