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Lipstick Jungla
Friday Jun 27
The new season of NBC's Lipstick Jungle will introduce two new cast members. Rosie Perez and Carlos Ponce both join the cast.
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Daddy Yankee's first movie
Friday Jun 27
Reggaetonero Daddy Yankee will premiere his first movie, Talento Del Barrio, at the New York International Latino Film Festival. The film was filmed in Puerto Rico and tells the story of Daddy's upbringing and the beginning of his career.
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Aventura expand their sound
Wednesday Jun 25
The bachatero's next album will feature production by Wyclef Jean. They can definitely handle other genres other than bachata, we will see if their public will accept their new sounds.
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Revolutionary Hip Hoppers Arrested
Monday Jun 23
Rodstarz and G1, two members of the left wing rap troupe Rebel Diaz, put their words into action last Thursday. They were beaten and arrested after they demanded to get the badge numbers of police that were aggresively dealing with street fruit vendors.
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Wilmer working on ill-fated pilot
Friday Jun 20
Wilmer Valderrama is working on a pilot for Fox whose premise is too convoluted to ever see the light of day. The Emancipation of Ernesto deals with the quest for an innocent kid looking for his father in L.A. When we think innocent, Wilmer is not the first person to come to mind.
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Shakira walks on fame
Thursday Jun 19
Pop star Shakira is slated to get her star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame in 2009. She joins other Latinos on the Walk: Celia Cruz, Juan Gabriel, and Julio Iglesias. (via lossip.com)
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Mario is People's 2008 Hottest Bachelor
Thursday Jun 19
Mario Lopez, host of America's Best Dance Crew and cast member of A Chorus Line, has been named People Magazine's Bachelor of the Year. Coming in second place was American Idol David Cook (really?).
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Tu Ciudad Closes
Thursday Jun 19
Latino L.A. guide Tu Ciudad will cease publication. The publisher, Jaime Gamboa, cited the weak economy and issues with their parent company as factors leading to their demise.
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In The Heights wins Best Musical Tony
Monday Jun 16
Congrats to Lin-Manuel Miranda, creator of the play In the Heights. The show received this year's Tony Award for Best Musical.
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Univision launches web-only concert series
Friday Jun 13
Pop singer Fonseca inaugurated the network's "En Directo" series. In addition to concert streaming, the site contains backstage footage, photos and downloadable songs by featured artists.
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Wisin y Yandel's great week
Friday Jun 13
Not only did the duo tie with Espinoza Paz for the Latin songwriter of the year award at the 15th annual BMI Latin Music Awards, they also announced that they will be launching a line of watches called Ice Tek. Expect the timepieces to be blinged out to the max.
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Don Actor
Friday Jun 13
Movie offers are supposedly rolling for Don Omar after he was cast in The Fast and the Furious 14 (wait kid, they are up to number 4). One of the movies he will be in will also star Halle Berry.
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Enrique's Aventura
Friday Jun 13
Pop Star Enrique Iglesias will head out on tour with bachateros Aventura. Check nochelatina for the tour dates once they are announced. Iglesias has said that Aventura are his favorite group, who would have thought? (via blogamole.mtvtr3s.com)
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Prodigy has a lot of time on his hands
Friday Jun 13
Recently incarcerated rapper Prodigy will be releasing a Spanish language version of his CD H.N.I.C. But instead of doing it right and learning the language, he is using a computer program that converts vocal samples into other languages. This has "idea terrible" written all over it. (via guanabee.com)
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Terra Adding English-Language Networking Site
Thursday Jun 12
Spanish portal Terra is adding English to its Spanish-language site by inserting an English button enabling viewers to see English-language versions of sections like music, news, etc. The U.S. is the first market that a new English-language social networking site (Comprable to popular sites Facebook and MySpace) called Kazivu will be launched.
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