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3 days ago
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Renée Victor, Who Voiced Abuelita In Disney's ‘Coco,' Dies
Renée Victor, an American actress best known for her role as Abuelita in the Disney animated film 'Coco' and her performance as Lupita on the Showtime drama 'Weeds,' has died. The news of Victor's death was confirmed by her representative. More from Variety 'Coco 2' Set for 2029 Release From Disney and Pixar 'Weeds' Star Elizabeth Perkins Is 'On Board' for Reboot: 'I Loved Working With Mary-Louise Parker' Justin Kirk Doubts Anyone Wants 'Weeds' Reboot: They're 'Trying to Drag Its Tired Carcass Out' A San Antonio, Texas native, Victor left the Lone Star State for Los Angeles in the '60s to start her budding career in entertainment. She started in the music business as a singer for popular acts and was a salsa and tango teacher on the side. Victor helped bring prominent Latin musicians like Perez Prado and Xavier Cugat to American music fans. From 1963 to 1973, Victor brought her own spin to the Latin music scene and toured with her husband under the title 'Ray & Renée.' One of her first major TV appearances was as the host of the KTLA program 'Pacesetters,' which followed the Chicano Movement of the '70s. Soon after, she began to transition to film and TV work and joined the Screen Actors Guild in 1973. Her early credits include shows like 'Matlock' and 'Scarecrow and Mrs. King.' On the big screen, she has roles in 'A Night in Old Mexico,' 'The Doctor' and 'The Apostle.' Some of her other TV credits include 'The Addams Family' animated show, 'The Tony Danza Show,' 'Team Knight Rider,' 'Four Corners,' 'ER,' 'House of Payne,' 'Children's Hospital' and the 'Snowpiercer' TV adaptation. On the film side, Victor appeared in 'The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit,' 'Stuntmen,' 'SuperFly,' 'Confessions of a Shopaholic' and 'Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones.' Victor also did voice work for the 'Elder Scrolls' series of games, with roles in 2011's 'Skyrim' and the recently released 'Oblivion Remastered.' Best of Variety What's Coming to Netflix in June 2025 New Movies Out Now in Theaters: What to See This Week 'Harry Potter' TV Show Cast Guide: Who's Who in Hogwarts?
Yahoo
5 days ago
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Beéle Wins Big at 2025 Heat Latin Music Awards: Complete Winners List
Beéle was the top winner at the 2025 Heat Latin Music Awards that aired on Thursday, May 29 from Medellín, Colombia on TeleMedellín and the LosHeat app. The Colombian breakout star and this month's Billboard Latin Artist on the Rise took home four of seven of his nominations including best urban artist and best collaboration for 'La Plena' with W Sound and Ovy on the Drums. More from Billboard Zak Starkey Rubbishes Reports He Retired from The Who, Insists He Was 'Fired' Lorde Makes Surprise Appearance at Aotearoa Music Awards Bone Thugs-N-Harmony Perform 1996 Hit 'Tha Crossroads' on 'Everybody's Live' Popularly known as Premios Heat, other winners at this year's event included Kapo as best new artist; Elena Rose as composer of the year; Karol G as best female artist; and Bad Bunny's DeBÍ TIRAR MÁS FOTOS as album of the year; to name a few. Founded by Colombian music executive and Billboard Latin Power Player Diana Montes, Premios Heat was previously celebrated on the beach in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. This is the first time the event takes place in Colombia. See the complete 2025 Heat Latin Music Awards winners list below:Best Male ArtistFeid Best Female ArtistKarol G Best Duo or Group Chyno & Nacho Best Rock Artist Mar Rendón Best Pop Artist Elena Rose Best Urban ArtistBeéle Best Tropical ArtistEddy Herrera Best Salsa Artist Yiyo Sarante Best Southern Region ArtistAnitta Best Andean Region Artist Beéle Best Northern Region ArtistJay Wheeler Best New Artist Kapo Musical PromiseMiguel Bueno Influencer of the YearCalle y Poché Best Regional ArtistJessi Uribe Best Dominican Urban ArtistYailin La Más Viral Best Music Video'Si antes te hubiera conocido' – Karol G Best Collaboration'La Plena' – W Sound, Beéle, Ovy On The Drums Best Video Content PlatformAlofoke Media DJ of the YearDJ Adoni Song of the Year'Si antes te hubiera conocido' – Karol G Producer of the YearOvy On The Drums Director of the Year Evaluna Montaner Album of the YearDeBÍ TIRAR MÁS FOTOS – Bad Bunny Best Viral Song'La Plena' – W Sound, Beéle, Ovy On The Drums Composer of the YearElena Rose Best Song for Videogames, Series or Movies'Cuéntame' De Me Atrevo a Amarte – Majo Aguilar, Alex Fernández Fandom of the YearTeam Chivirikas – Yailin La Más Viral Best Religious Song'Tiempos Buenos' – Farruko, Madiel Lara Best of Billboard Chart Rewind: In 1989, New Kids on the Block Were 'Hangin' Tough' at No. 1 Janet Jackson's Biggest Billboard Hot 100 Hits H.E.R. & Chris Brown 'Come Through' to No. 1 on Adult R&B Airplay Chart
Daily Mail
27-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Mind-bending twist after singer Julión Álvarez canceled Texas concert when Trump admin revoked travel visa
The huge Mexican star forced to cancel his Texas concert after his visa was cancelled had the last laugh at the American Music Awards. Julión Álvarez capped off a turbulent three days by winning his first AMA, despite being accused of having links to notorious Mexican drug kingpin Raul Flores, who worked for Joaquin ' El Chapo ' Guzmán of the Sinaloa Cartel. The 42-year-old's band, Julión Álvarez y Su Banda Norteña, won 'Favorite Latin Duo or Band' at the event presented by Jennifer Lopes in Las Vegas on Monday. 'This award is for my people, who have always supported me every step of the way,' Álvarez said in a statement Tuesday. 'I receive it with deep gratitude,' he added, without making mention the his cancelled visa or the cartel ties believed to be behind the Trump administration revoking his visa. Álvarez was scheduled to perform before almost 50,000 fans at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas on Saturday. Álvarez explained on Instagram the sold-out show could 'sadly' not go ahead due to his work visa being cancelled. 'It is not possible for us to go to the United States and fulfill our show promise with all of you. It's something out of our control. That's the information I have, and it hurts.' President Donald Trump's administration has banned two Mexican music groups from entering the United States in the last two months Álvarez was apologetic and vowed that the show would be rescheduled for a later date while offering refunds. The famed musician was showered with messages of support on Instagram after being recognized by the American Music Awards. 'This award only confirms how talented and dedicated @lospasosdejulion is, a great in Mexican music,' wrote Apple Music radio host Evelyn Sicairos. 'Congratulations and good luck! But what about the Visa?' Yazmin Garza said. 'I'll still need psychological therapy because the concert was canceled.' 'Marry me baby,' one follower joked. 'I'll fix your papers.' It was not the first time that the singer has been targeted by the United States government. In August 2017, Álvarez had his visa revoked after the Department of Treasury sanctioned him and more than 20 others, including soccer legend Rafael Márquez, under the Kingpin Act for their alleged ties to Flores, who also worked for Hector Beltrán of the Beltran Leyva Organization. The Department of the Treasury claimed Álvarez had acted as a 'front person' for Hernandez's drug trafficking ring. At the time, Álvarez admitted to meeting Flores after he was booked to sing at a club he owned. 'I know him as a businessman ... I never had his cell phone number,' Álvarez said. 'I am a very honest person.' Álvarez was removed from the sanctions list in 2022 and obtained his visa earlier this year. Flores was convicted for conspiracy to distribute cocaine in in 2024 and was sentenced to 21 years. Álvarez's show cancelation comes after another Mexican music group, Los Alegres del Barranco, was banned from performing in America for glorifying infamous cartel leaders during their concerts. Donald Trump's administration revoked members' work visas in April after they serenaded fans with a mugshot of Ruben 'El Mencho' Oseguera. The group was about to sing the narcocorrido, or drug ballad, 'El dueño del palenque,' at a show in Guadalajara, Jalisco, when they suddenly blew up photos of the notorious drug cartel leader as part of their set.
New York Times
23-05-2025
- Entertainment
- New York Times
Karol G's Ode to Curves, Plus 7 More New Songs
Every Friday, pop critics for The New York Times weigh in on the week's most notable new tracks. Listen to the Playlist on Spotify here (or find our profile: nytimes) and at Apple Music here, and sign up for The Amplifier, a twice-weekly guide to new and old songs. Karol G: 'Latina Foreva' The Colombian singer and rapper Karol G cheerfully fends off some unwanted male attention by praising Latin women instead: 'Those curves don't even exist in NASCAR.' The inventive pop-reggaeton production stays light and changeable, with little keyboard blips and string lines making sure the familiar beat is always laced with bits of melody. Alejandro Sanz featuring Shakira: 'Bésame' Husky meets breathy in 'Bésame' ('Kiss Me'), the new duet by Alejandro Sanz, from Spain, and Shakira, from Colombia: a 20-years-later reconnection after their 2005 megahit 'La Tortura.' They trade endearments over a track that connects Latin pop to Nigerian Afrobeats — and, in the bridge, tosses in some flamenco handclaps for more trans-Atlantic fusion. Guedra Guedra: 'Drift of Drummer' Abdellah M. Hassak, the Moroccan electronic producer, records as Guedra Guedra. Guedra is a Tuareg dance that shares its name with a cook pot that becomes a drum when covered with an animal skin. 'Drift of Drummer' mixes field recordings that Hassak gathered in his travels across Africa with hand drum machines and synthesizers. Juggling ever-changing layers of percussion over a brisk implied pulse and a terse bass line, the song is a cauldron of rhythms, humanized by snippets of speaking voices. St. Vincent featuring Mon Laferte: 'Tiempos Violentos' St. Vincent is joined by another high-drama songwriter and singer, Mon Laferte, for a third iteration of 'Violent Times,' which appeared on her 2024 album 'All Born Screaming' and its Spanish-language version, 'Todos Nacen Gritando.' The ominous horns, looming drumbeats and James Bond-theme chords of the original track remain. Where Laferte takes over certain lines, she brings her own sharp-clawed sweetness. Stereolab: 'Melodie Is a Wound' In the 15 years between the band's studio albums — and extensive archival releases in the interim — Stereolab has had ample time to assess and focus its strengths and ambitions. Its new album, 'Instant Holograms On Metal Film,' reinvigorates and concentrates all of Stereolab's best ideas from the 1990s: perky minimalist cycles, odd meters, amiable pop melodies, wavery analog synthesizer tones and calm denunciations of oppressive power structures. In 'Melodie Is a Wound,' Laetitia Sadier warns about, among other things, disinformation that's meant to 'Snuff out the very idea of clarity / Strangle your longing for truth and trust.' The seven-minute track detours into an instrumental coda that starts out breezy, dissolves into noise, reassembles itself and then proceeds to climb through changes of key and texture that cannot contain a rising anxiety. Julia Michaels: 'Try Your Luck' Flirtation can be fraught. Julia Michaels urges a timid suitor to 'Try Your Luck,' offering advice with equal parts nonchalance, encouragement, amusement and exasperation: 'If you want the goal, then you gotta shoot the puck,' she sings, backed by easygoing, guitar-scrubbing R&B. 'I could be into it too, depending on you,' she nudges, waiting for the hint to be taken. Laura Stevenson: 'Honey' Romance is thorny and ill-starred for Laura Stevenson in 'Honey.' 'No one's come close enough to ever love me back,' she sings. 'I'm not enough, I never am.' What starts out modest and folky, with a lone guitar and then a country-ish band, metamorphoses into a psychedelic reverie, at first delicate and then buffeted by distorted guitars as all her troubled longing surfaces. Kieran Hebden and William Tyler: 'If I Had a Boat' In a thoroughly unexpected collaboration, the electronic musician Kieran Hebden (who also performs as Four Tet) joins the meditative guitarist William Tyler for an 11-minute instrumental fantasia on Lyle Lovett's 'If I Had a Boat,' from an album due in September. Tyler fingerpicks the song's cozy, folky chord progression partway through. But most of the track forges electroacoustic hybrids: sustained resonances, metronomic blips, what might be either scraped strings or synthesizer tones. It trades Lovett's verbal free associations for sonic ones.
Yahoo
22-05-2025
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Every Spanish-Language Album to Reach No. 1 on the Billboard 200
History was made in Latin music when two Spanish-language albums hit No. 1 and No. 2 at the same time on the Billboard 200 albums chart this week. More from Billboard Shakira Brings Star Power to MetLife Stadium With Pitbull, Rauw Alejandro & Wyclef Jean Olga Tañón Named Queen of Puerto Rican Parade & More Uplifting Moments in Latin Music Carín León Brings 16-Piece Mexican Band to Tiny Desk Concert Both Bad Bunny's Debí Tirar Más Fotos and Fuerza Regida's 111XPANTIA occupied the spots, making it a first in the all-genre chart's 69-year history. The Puerto Rican artist returned to the top, jumping 7-1 after its vinyl release sold 48,000 copies, while the Música Mexicana group achieved its highest-charting album ever at No. 2. With 111XPANTIA, Fuerza earned the highest-charting regional Mexican music album ever, surpassing the No. 3 debut and peak of Peso Pluma's Génesis in 2023. The California-based band also had the highest-charting Spanish-language album ever by a duo or group, surpassing the No. 4 debut and peak of Maná's Amar Es Combatir in 2006. Meanwhile, El Conejo Malo had the largest sales week for a Latin music album in nearly six years, following Santana's Africa Speaks, which sold 57,000 copies in 2019. Debí Tirar Más Fotos added a fourth total week atop the list, as it previously spent three weeks at No. 1, consecutively, on the Jan. 25-Feb. 8-dated charts. Earlier this year, Rauw Alejandro also made headlines as his fifth studio album, Cosa Nuestra, launched at No. 6 on the overall Billboard 200, marking his highest-charting set, and his first top 10, among five career entries. Though Bad Bunny's streak may seem hard to beat, he's not the only artist to reach the top of the Billboard 200 chart. Below, check out which other predominantly Spanish-language albums have topped the weekly the Chart: Debuted at No. 1 in Aug. 1995, spending one week on top. Selena's Dreaming of You, released posthumously, made history as the first predominately Spanish-language album to ever debut at No. 1 on the all-genre Billboard 200 chart. The first six tracks on the album are all in English, while the other six are all-Spanish, and one track is the Chart: Debuted at No. 1 in Feb. 11, 2006, spending one week on top. Though Il Divo is an Italian 'popopera' quartet, the group's Ancora album qualifies on this list because seven of its 10 songs are in Spanish. The other tracks on the Ancora album include one in Italian, one in French, and one in English and the Chart: Debuted at No. 1 in Dec. 2020, spending one week on top. Though Selena made history with her bilingual set in 1995, it wasn't until 25 years later that Bad Bunny made historic headlines with, El Último Tour del Mundo. The album debuted No. 1 on the Billboard 200, marking the first all-Spanish-language album to reach the top in the chart's the Chart: Debuted at No. 1 in May 2022, spending 13 weeks on top. Bad Bunny's joyous, beach-ready opus — which became a global soundtrack for a post-pandemic summer — spent 13 weeks at No. 1, becoming the top Billboard 200 album of 2022. Additionally, it became the Puerto Rican artist's longest-leading title on the chart so the Chart: Debuted at No. 1 in March 2023, spending one week on top. In Spring 2023, Karol G's Mañana Será Bonito made an unprecedented splash on the Billboard 200, marking both the first No. 1 for the Colombian artist and the chart's first No. 1 all-Spanish-language album by a female artist. (Selena's Dreaming of You, which topped the chart in 1995, has songs in Spanish and English).On the Chart: Debuted at No. 1 in Oct. 2024, spending one week on top. A sharp contrast to his bright, summer-friendly Un Verano Sin Ti, Bad Bunny's Nadie Sabe Lo Que Va a Pasar Mañana is somber and moody. The 22-track EP, packed with hard-hitting trap beats and introspective lyrics about processing his rise to fame, is a gift to his day-one the Chart: Peaked at No. 1 in Jan. 2025, spending four weeks on top (so far). Bad Bunny's DTMF debuted at No. 2 on the chart dated Jan. 18, and peaked at No. 1 a week later. The set was released on an off-cycle on Jan. 5, 2025, and, arrived on the chart the previous week at No. 2 with only five days of activity (as the chart's tracking week runs Friday through Thursday). Best of Billboard Chart Rewind: In 1989, New Kids on the Block Were 'Hangin' Tough' at No. 1 Janet Jackson's Biggest Billboard Hot 100 Hits H.E.R. & Chris Brown 'Come Through' to No. 1 on Adult R&B Airplay Chart
