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Officials last week identified Yanira Alvarez as the winner of last summer’s Powerball jackpot of $1.08 billion after buying a ticket in downtown Los Angeles.
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The Latin Recording Academy announced a new field and categories have been added to the 25th Annual Latin GRAMMY Awards process. The new field is Electronic Music with the new category of Best Latin Electronic Music Performance. The other new category is Best Contemporary Mexican Music Album. |
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Miguel Luna, Alejandro Hernandez Fuentes, Maynor Yassir Suazo Sandoval, Dorlian Ronial Castillo Cabrera, Jose Mynor Lopez and Carlos Hernandez were killed in the Baltimore bridge collapse last week. They were part of a construction crew working on the bridge at the time of the ship collision and were from Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras. |
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Jesús López, Chairman and CEO of Universal Music Latin America & Iberian Peninsula, received the Gold Medal for Merit in Fine Arts from the King and Queen of Spain at a ceremony in Cádiz this week. López is the first executive from the music industry to receive this recognition.
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BMI recently held its Latin Awards in Los Angeles with Horacio Palencia being honored with the BMI President’s Award. “Ella Baila Sola” was named Regional Mexican Song of the Year and “Efecto” was named Contemporary Latin Song of the Year. Edgar Barrera was named Regional Mexican Songwriter of the Year and MAG was named Contemporary Latin Songwriter of the Year. Downtown DMP Songs and Prajin Publishing were named Regional Mexican Publisher of the Year while Sony Music Publishing was named Contemporary Latin Publisher of the Year. BMI also announced that it will open a new Miami office later this year.
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LATV announced the formation of its new parent brand LatiNation Media. LatiNation Media will launch as the parent brand to LATV's linear, AVOD, and FAST network, as well as its expanded LatiNation Digital, LatiNation Studios, and LatiNation Creative.
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Peruvian authorities raided the home of President Dina Boluarte as well as the government palace last week as part of a corruption inquiry in search of Rolex watches and other luxury items.
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The Hispanic Heritage Foundation will hold its 37th Annual Hispanic Heritage Awards at the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C. on September 5th. |
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Ecuador’s youngest mayor, 27-year-old Brigitte García and her advisor, Jairo Loor, were found shot to death inside of a vehicle in late March. The deaths occurred in the midst of an ongoing national state of emergency due to gang violence.
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The ASCAP Latin Music Awards took place in Miami this week. Carlos Vives was honored with the ASCAP Founders Award while Feid was named Songwriter/Artist of the year. Keityn was named Songwriter of the Year and Yng Lucvs’ “La Bebee (Remix)” was Song of the Year. Universal Music Publishing Group was named Publisher of the Year.
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This week Texas Solicitor General Aaron Nielsen, who is defending the controversial immigration law SB 4, stated in a federal appeals court that the state may have gone “too far” in passing the law, which allows the state to deport people who have entered Texas illegally. |
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MS-13 leader Freddy Ivan Jandres-Parada, was arrested in San Diego on terrorism charges after 4 years on the run. In December 2020 Jandres-Parada was accused by federal prosecutors in New York of being a member of the Ranfla Nacional, MS-13’s board of directors.
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The Miami Dolphins have become one of two teams to hold six global market agreements through the NFL’s Global Markets Program. The program allows the dolphins to build brand awareness and fandom in countries including Argentina, Colombia, Mexico, Brazil, Spain and the UK through fan engagement, events and commercial opportunities.
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According to recent Pew Research data, U.S.-born Latinos overwhelmingly get their news in English, and prefer it in English, while those born outside the United States have much more varied habits: 41% get their news mostly in Spanish, 26% get it primarily in English and 31% do both about equally. Similarly, 47% of Latino immigrants prefer to get their news in Spanish, while 22% prefer English and 31% do not express a preference. Nearly nine-in-ten U.S. Latinos say they get news from digital devices at least sometimes, and 65% say they prefer this form of news over TV, radio or print.
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Adding to its popular comic series “Female Force,” TidalWave Comics newest edition features Shakira. The comic is written by Michael Frizell and illustrated by Martin Gimenez.
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Bertha Gisela Gaytán Gutiérrez, a mayoral candidate in Celaya, Mexico, was shot to death this week just as she started campaigning.
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Feid & Peso Pluma lead the 2024 Latin American Music Awards with 12 nominations each. The ceremony will air live from Las Vegas on April 25 on Univision, UNIMÁS, & Galavision.
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Los Angeles’ The Conga Room closed its doors last week with a farewell event hosted by co-investors Jimmy Smits, Paul Rodriguez and Brad Gluckstein. The event featured performances by Jerry Rivera and Gilberto Santa Rosa and was attended by Senator Alex Padilla, among others.
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The Latin Recording Academy will host two concerts in Andalucia, Spain this year, including a celebration of Paco de Lucía in Cádiz on April 13th and a Latin GRAMMY Session in Málaga on May 16th. The events are co-financed by the Programa FEDER Andalucía 2021-2027 and the Regional Government of Andalucía.
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EstrellaTV will debut El Hormiguero, the #1 Spanish primetime talk series hosted by Pablo Motos, in the U.S. on Monday, April 8th.
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The Strangers - Chapter 1 , starring Madelaine Petsch and Froy Gutierrez, opens in theaters on May 17th.
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The second season of “El Toque de Aarón” premieres on Monday April 8 at 10pm on Discovery Familia and will also air on sister network Hogar de HGTV beginning April 13 at 8:30pm. The show features Chef Aarón Sánchez mentoring Los Angeles restaurants for transformative experiences.
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The ¡Tú Cuentas! Cine Youth Fest is now accepting entries for its 2024 edition. The initiative supports the work of young Latino/a filmmakers 16+ years of age. The final deadline to submit is August 6th.
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This week East LA grassroots, multimedia women’s activist organization Mujeres de Maiz released the book Mujeres de Maíz en Movimiento: Spiritual Artivism, Healing Justice and Feminist Praxis, a collection of 40 essays, testimonies, and poems as well as 20 works of art in color by artivists, authors, and academics entitled in celebration of the organization’s 27th anniversary.
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