Lauren Jaureguiwill be hitting the red carpet in a big way at the American Music Awards…
The 23-year-old Cuban American singer and former Fifth Harmony member will co-host the 2019 AMAs Red Carpet Live.
Jauregui will host the official pre-show for this year’s AMAs alongside Sofia Carson, Nick Viall, AJ Gibson, Raja Kumari and Jaymes Vaughan.
It’s the first hosting gig for Jauregui.
The pre-show will stream live for two hours before the awards show exclusively on Twitter so fans can watch and engage in real-time conversation.
The red carpet pre-show will include interviews with nominees, performers and presenters, beginning at 6:00 pm ET and ending at 8:00 pm ET when the AMAs is set to officially start. The 2019 AMAs will broadcast live from the Microsoft Theaterin Los Angeles on Sunday, November 24 at 8:00 pm ET on ABC.
There’s no doubt Jennifer Lopezis an icon… And now she’s been officially granted the title.
The 50-year-old Puerto Rican superstar graces the cover of GQ’s Men of the Year issue on and has been honored as the magazine’s Icon of the Year.
“As a movie icon, a global pop icon, and an internet-melting fashion icon, nobody owned 2019 quite like Jennifer Lopez,” reads the cover story on Lopez, who has earned Oscar buzz this year for her performance in Hustlers.
Lopez, who has continues her music career with new music in 2019, will co-headline the Super Bowl Halftime Show with Shakira in February.
J.Lois the eighth woman to be featured on the cover of GQ’s Men of the Year issue. She joins a roster of women that includes Serena Williams,Gal Gadot, Shailene Woodley, Rihanna, Mila Kunis, Scarlett Johansson and Jennifer Aniston.
The Hustlers star spoke with Jessica Pressler, the New York magazine writer who wrote the original story that Hustlersis based on, about her prolific career.
“There is no reason to ever be ashamed of where you’re at. Not when you’re doing your best. Not when you’re in your best moment,” Lopez told Pressler. “There’s always gonna be people to tell you no. Or ‘You can’t.’ Or ‘You shouldn’t.’ It’s gonna happen. No matter what anybody says, you just have to still be like, ‘I’m still doing this. I’m still gonna succeed. I’m still gonna do my best.’ Defy the odds. Why not?”
Christina Aguilera is ready to introduce new music to the world…
The half-Ecuadorian American singer is set to perform at the 2019 American Music Awards.
Aguilera and A Great Big World, who first collaborated together in 2013, the same year they performed “Say Something” at the American Music Awards, will premiere a new vocal collaboration at this year’s awards show.
The single is called “Fall on Me,” and will be released on Friday, just days before Aguilera and A Great Big World perform it live at the show.
Aguilera and A Great Big World join a roster of new additions to the performers list that includes Post Malone featuring Ozzy Osbourne, Travis Scottand Watt and Green Day.
Malone, joined by Osbourne, Scott and Watt, will also perform their new single live on television.
Green Day, meanwhile, will celebrate 25 years since releasing their 1994 album, Dookie, with a performance of “Basket Case” and their latest hit, “Father of All…“
The additions to the lineup join previously announced performers the Jonas Brothers, Camila Cabello, Billie Eilish, Selena Gomez, Lizzo, Dua Lipa, Keshafeat. Big Freedia, Shania Twain and Thomas Rhett, as well as Artist of the Decaderecipient Taylor Swift.
The 2019 American Music Awards, hosted by Ciara, will air live from the Microsoft Theaterin Los Angeles on November 24 at 8:00 pm ET on ABC. Voting is open until November 20.
Linda Ronstadt’s inspiring story is headed to the screen…
CNN Films has acquired the documentary feature about the 73-year-old Mexican American singer, Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice, and it has set the film’s television premiere for New Year’s Day on CNN.
Ronstadt was 21 when she first hit the national charts with the Stone Poneys’ “Different Drum,” and her plaintive vocal leapt off the radio from the opening line. By the mid-’70s, she was cranking out smash singles and multiplatinum albums as fast as the public could consume them. Three of her LPs hit No. 1 en route to her becoming the most successful female singer of the decade.
Ronstadt is a 10-time Grammy winner, and has earned a Latin Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award by The Latin Recording Academy and a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award by The Recording Academy. She was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Famein 2014.
Two-time Oscar winner Rob Epstein and Oscar nominee Jeffrey Friedman directed the documentray from Greenwich Entertainment, 1091and CNN Films.
Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice premieres at 9:00 pm on Wednesday, January 1.
Emma Coronel Aispuro is opening up about cartel life…
The 30-year-old Mexican American former teen beauty queen, the wife of convicted drug lord Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán, will make the first of several appearances on VH1’s docuseries Cartel Crew on November 18, according to the network.
The series, now in its second season, goes inside the lives of descendants of the cartel life as they navigate adulthood and the effects the legacy has had on their upbringing. Michael Blanco, youngest son of “Cocaine Godmother” Griselda Blanco, stars on the show.
VH1 says Aispuro “opens up about her life after El Chapo and her upcoming business venture” — likely an El Chapo-inspired clothing line she announced earlier this year. Her first appearance on Cartel Crew was teased in a clip released today.
El Chapo, the leader of the murderous (and still active) Sinaloa cartel, is serving a life sentence after his conviction in July on charges of drug trafficking, firearms and money laundering. He had twice escaped from prisons in Mexico before being extradited to the U.S.
New York police and others were on high alert outside and around the Brooklyn courthouse when El Chapo was convicted; authorities held an active-shooter drill the previous day to prepare for the verdict.
Last month, Mexican government forces captured El Chapo’s son Ovidio Guzmán López, resulting in cartel forces pouring into and laying siege to the capital of Sinaloa state, Culiacán, where Guzmán López was apprehended. Eventually, the government was forced to release him fearing for the safety of the city’s residents.
Miguel is preparing for Latin music’s biggest night…
The 34-year-old Mexican American R&B singer, songwriter, who released the Spanish EP Te Lo Dije earlier this year, is set to perform at this year’s Latin Grammys, according to The Latin Recording Academy.
Miguel is part ofthe final wave of performers and presenters joining the star-studded 2019 Latin Grammys lineup.
In addition to Miguel, who performed “Remember Me” with Natalia Lafourcade on the soundtrack to Disney’s Dia de los Muertos-themed animated film Coco, new additions to the performers roster include Alicia Keys, Farruko, Ozuna, Residente, Beto Cuevas, Calibre 50, Leonel García, Fito Páez, Milly Quezada, Tony Succar, Carlos Rivera, and Prince Royce.
Plus, Ángela Aguilar, Eduardo “Visitante” Cabra,Sofia Carson, Emilio Estefan, Mon Laferte, William Levy, Rudy Mancuso,,Luis Gerardo Méndez, Michael Peña, and Dayanara Torres join as presenters.
Nominees Camilo, De La Ghetto, Paula Fernandes, Kany García, Christian Nodal and Tommy Torres were previously announced as presenters.
Coined as “the biggest night in Latin Music,” the awards show will kick off with a never-before-seen tribute honoring the 20th Anniversary of the Latin Grammys. A group of 20 artists, who’ll perform together for the first time, will interpret multiple iconic songs spanning various genres of Latin music while commemorating the past 20 years of excellence.
The final roster of performers join already confirmed artists Aitana, Anitta, Pedro Capó, Julio Reyes Copello, Darell, Dimelo Flow, Fonseca, Luis Fonsi, Greeicy, Intocable, Nella, Reik, Rosalía, and Alejandro Sanz, who’s this year’s top nominee.
The awards show will also include performances by Pepe Aguilar and Los Angeles Azules, Paula Arenas, Bad Bunny, Alessia Cara, Draco Rosa, Ximena Sariñana, Sech, Sebastián Yatra, Natalia Jiménez, Olga Tañón and Juanes, who as the 2019 Latin Recording Academy Person of the Year will perform a medley of his biggest hits.
Vicente, Alejandro, and Alex Fernandezwill also take the stage, becoming the first time all three generations of the Fernandez family will perform at the show. They’ll be joined by Mariachi Sol de Mexico.
The 20th annual Latin Grammys, which will be co-hosted by Ricky Martin and actresses Roselyn Sánchez and Paz Vega, will air live Nov. 14 from the MGM Grand Garden Arenain Las Vegas via Univision.
The European Film Academy has unveiled its nominations for the 32nd European Film Awards, with the 70-year-old Spanish filmmaker’s latest project earning four nods.
Almodovar’s Pain and Glory, Spain’s official entry into the Oscar race in the Best International Feature Film category,is up for European Film 2019.
Almodovar, a seven-time EFAswinner, is also up for two individual prizes… European Screenwriterand European Directorfor writing and helming Pain and Glory.
Meanwhile, Antonio Banderashas been nominated in the European Actor category for his acclaimed work in Almodovar’s film.
The Spanish actor previously won a Europe Film Award in 1998 for his performance in The Mask of Zorro.
The ceremony will be held on December 7 in Berlin.
Here’s the list of nominations unveiled today (and see here for previously announced nominees):
EUROPEAN FILM 2019 AN OFFICER AND A SPY France, Italy DIRECTED BY Roman Polanski WRITTEN BY Robert Harris & Roman Polanski PRODUCED BY Alain Goldman
LES MISÉRABLES France DIRECTED BY Ladj Ly WRITTEN BY Ladj Ly, Giordano Gederlini & Alexis Manenti PRODUCED BY Christophe Barral & Toufik Ayadi
PAIN AND GLORY Spain WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY Pedro Almodóvar PRODUCED BY Agustín Almodóvar & Esther García
SYSTEM CRASHER Germany WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY Nora Fingscheidt PRODUCED BY Peter Hartwig, Jonas Weydemann, Jakob D. Weydemann & Frauke Kolbmüller
THE FAVOURITE UK, Ireland DIRECTED BY Yorgos Lanthimos WRITTEN BY Deborah Davis & Tony McNamara PRODUCED BY Ceci Dempsey, Ed Guiney, Lee Magiday & Yorgos Lanthimos
THE TRAITOR Italy, Germany, France, Brazil DIRECTED BY Marco Bellocchio WRITTEN BY Marco Bellocchio, Ludovica Rampoldi, Valia Santella & Francesco Piccolo PRODUCED BY Giuseppe Caschetto & Simone Gattoni
EUROPEAN DIRECTOR 2019 Pedro Almodovar, “Pain and Glory” Marco Bellocchio, “The Traitor” Yorgos Lanthimos, “The Favourite” Roman Polanski, “An Officer and a Spy” Celine Sciamma, “Portrait of a Lady on Fire”
EUROPEAN DOCUMENTARY 2019 FOR SAMA UK, USA DIRECTED BY Waad al-Kateab & Edward Watts PRODUCED BY Waad al-Kateab
HONEYLAND North Macedonia DIRECTED BY Ljubomir Stefanov & Tamara Kotevska PRODUCED BY Atanas Georgiev
PUTIN’S WITNESSES Latvia, Switzerland, Czech Republic WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY Vitaly Mansky PRODUCED BY Natalia Manskaia, Gabriela Bussmann, Filip Remunda & Vit Klusak
SELFIE France, Italy WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY Agostino Ferrente PRODUCED BY Marc Berdugo, Barbara Conforti & Gianfilippo Pedote
THE DISAPPEARANCE OF MY MOTHER LA SCOMPARSA DI MIA MADRE Italy, USA WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY Beniamino Barrese PRODUCED BY Filippo Macelloni & Hayley Pappas
EUROPEAN ACTRESS 2019 Olivia Colman in THE FAVOURITE Trine Dyrholm in QUEEN OF HEARTS Noémie Merlant & Adèle Haenel in PORTRAIT OF A LADY ON FIRE Viktoria Miroshnichenko in BEANPOLE Helena Zengel in SYSTEM CRASHER
EUROPEAN ACTOR 2019 Antonio Banderas in PAIN AND GLORY Jean Dujardin in AN OFFICER AND A SPY Pierfrancesco Favino in THE TRAITOR Levan Gelbakhiani in AND THEN WE DANCED Alexander Scheer in GUNDERMANN Ingvar E. Sigurðsson in A WHITE, WHITE DAY
EUROPEAN SCREENWRITER 2019 Pedro Almodóvar for PAIN AND GLORY Marco Bellocchio, Ludovica Rampoldi, Valia Santella & Francesco Piccolo for THE TRAITOR Robert Harris & Roman Polanski for AN OFFICER AND A SPY Ladj Ly, Giordano Gederlini & Alexis Manenti for LES MISÉRABLES Céline Sciamma for PORTRAIT OF A LADY ON FIRE
The 62-year-old half-Puerto Rican television personality and game show letter-turner will fill in for her longtime sidekick, Wheel of Fortunehost Pat Sajak,as he recovers from surgery for a blocked intestine.
White, who has co-hosted the syndicated game show since 1982, will temporarily host the show while Sajak recovers for the next two weeks, according to the show’s official Twitteraccount.
Wheel of Fortuneis currently filming “Disney Week” at its studio in Los Angeles, with Mickey Mouse himself taking over White’s usual role of turning the letters.
The show was forced to cancel Thursday’s taping because of Sajak’s surgery.
“Our taping on Thursday was canceled because host Pat Sajak underwent successful emergency surgery to correct a blocked intestine,” the tweet said. “He is resting comfortably and looking forward to getting back to work. Taping resumed today as scheduled and Vanna White has stepped in as host.”
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Sajak has hosted Wheel of Fortunefor nearly 38 years since taking over the longest-running game show in 1981. White joined as the official “letter-turner” a year later, and the two have co-hosted the show ever since.
It’s the longest-running syndicated game show in the US, with 7,000 episodes taped and aired as of May 10, 2019.
Paula Fernandesis taking the stage to honor Juanes…
The 35-year-old Brazilian Sertanejo singer, songwriter has been added to the roster of artists who’ll be performing at The Latin Recording Academy’s 2019 Person of the Year gala, which will honor the Colombian superstar.
Fernandes, one of Brazil’s biggest stars, became known in the rest of Latin America after her collaboration with Juanes on “Hoy Me Voy,” which was released on his 2012 MTV Unpluggedalbum.
In addition to Fernandes, others set to perform include Cami, Alessia Cara, Fonseca, Juan Luis Guerra, Mon Laferte, Morat, Ozuna, Draco Rosa, Rosalía, Alejandro Sanz, and Sebastián Yatra. They’ll perform Juanes’ best hits at the ceremony.
Jesse & Joy, Fito Páez, Pablo López and guitarist Orianthi are also confirmed, and the gala — taking place on November 13, 2019, at the MGM Grand Conference Center in Las Vegas — will feature a special presentation from comedian Andrés López.
Juanes is a 23-time Latin Grammy and two-time Grammy winner who’s also being recognized by his creative artistry, unprecedented humanitarian efforts, support of rising artists, and philanthropic contributions to the world.
The event precedes the 20th annual Latin Grammy Awards, airing live on Univisionon November 14 at 8:00 pm ET from the MGM Grand Garden Arenain Las Vegas.
A memoir by the 49-year-old half-Venezuelan American Grammy-winning singer is on the list of titles from Andy Cohen Books.
Henry Holt and Company announced this week that Cohen’s self-named imprint will launch in 2020. It says the imprint will feature three non-fiction works by women.
Carey’s memoir will be about her journey to superstar status.
She rose to fame in the early 1990s after signing to Columbia Records and releasing her eponymous debut album, which topped the U.S. Billboard 200 for eleven consecutive weeks. Soon after, Carey became the only artist ever to have their first five singles reach number one on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart, from “Vision of Love” to “Emotions“.
Following her marriage to Sony Music head Tommy Mottola, Carey achieved worldwide success with follow-up albums Music Box, Merry Christmas, and Daydream.
The other works are The Queen V, by Dr. Jacqueline Waters, a cast member on Bravo’s Married to Medicine, and Bodacious Dreamsand Bevelations, by Bevy Smith, a former co-host of Page Six TV.
Cohen is the TV producer behind the Real Housewives Bravo franchise and host of Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen.
Holt is the publisher of Cohen’s three best sellers: Most Talkative, The Andy Cohen Diaries and Superficial.
