Ernesto Contreras’ “Tengo que morir todas las noches” Among Winners at Series Mania

Posted on March 24, 2023 by Tom Castaneda

Ernesto Contreras is having a mania moment…

The 53-year-old Mexican film director and screenwriter is among the winners at this year’s Series Mania.

Contreras picked up the award for Best Directing for his acclaimed project Tengo que morir todas las noches.

Meanwhile, Miguel Ángel Blanca has won the Best Series award for Autodefensa, a touching love letter to 1980’s Mexico City, framed by a coming-of-age tale, when a whole young generation of Mexicans discovered new freedoms, thanks in part to a glam gay scene, assailed by an autocratic regime and then AIDs.

This year’s festival has broadened its geographical reach in an effort to discover new narrative modes and styles.

Here’s a look at the winnerd:

Series Mania 2023 Prize Winners:

INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION

Grand Prize
“The Actor,” (Nima Javidi, Iran)

Best Writing
John Kâre Raake, Linn-Jeanethe Kyed (“The Fortresss,” Norway)

Best Actress
Margot Bancilhon (“Haven of Grace,” France)

Best Actor
Michael Sheen (“Best Interests,” United Kingdom)

INTERNATIONAL PANORAMA

Best Series
Blackwater,” (Mikael Marcimain, Sweden)

Best Directing
Ernesto Contreras (“Tengo que morir todas las noches,” Mexico)

Best Actress
Rotem Sela, Gal Malka (“A Body That Works,” Israel)

Best Actor
Eran Naim (“Innermost,” Germany, Israel)

Student award for Best Series
“Funny Woman,” (Oliver Parker, United Kingdom)

FRENCH COMPETITION

Best Series
“Under Control,” (Erwan Le Duc, France)

Best Actress
Clémentine Célarié (“Six women”)

Best Actor
Carel Brown (“Aspergirl,” France, Belgium)

Best Original Score
Maud Geffray, Rebeka Warrior (“Split” France)

SHORT FORMS COMPETITION

Best Series
“Autodefensa,” (Miguel Ángel Blanca, Spain)

COMEDY COMPETITION

Best Series by a high school students Jury of the Hauts-de-France
“Rictus,” (Arnaud Malherbe, France)

PUBLIC AWARD

Best Series
“Little Bird,” (Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers, Zoe Hopkins, Canada)

Ana Bárbara Becomes First Regional Mexican Songwriter to Receive BMI Icon Award

Posted on March 22, 2023 by Tom Castaneda

Ana Bárbara is celebrating a history-making win…

The 52-year-old Mexican singer, actress, television personality and model became the first regional Mexican songwriter to ever receive a BMI Icon Award.

Ana Barbara received the award at the BMI Latin Awards, which took place on March 21 at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Los Angeles.

“As an iconic female Regional Mexican artist, whose body of work continues to be an indomitable inspiration for the creative community, we’re thrilled to name Ana Bárbara a BMI Icon,” Gonzalez said in a statement. “Dubbed as La Reina Grupera, she has forged a career that spans decades. Her artistic achievements have paved the way for the next generation of female songwriters in the genre and earned the respect of the industry at large as one of the most groundbreaking songwriters of all time. For that, we salute Ana as a true icon and look forward to celebrating all our top music creators behind some of today’s most-performed Latin songs.”

The “Bandido” singer joins an elite group of artists who have received BMI’s highest honor including Carlos Santana, Gloria Estefan, Juan Luis Guerra, Los Tigres Del Norte and Los Lobos, among others. Throughout her 30-year career — which she kicked off in the early ’90s with her self-titled debut album in 1994 — Ana Bárbara has a total of 16 entries on Billboard‘s Hot Latin Songs, four of those are top 10 hits including “La Trampa” and “Me Asusta Pero Me Gusta.” On the Regional Mexican Airplay tally, she’s entered 21 songs, five of which hit the top 10.

Edgar Barrera, the prolific songwriter who seamlessly navigates between genres, was given the first ever Impact award for his remarkable presence and influence across the charts of many genres.

The evening — hosted by BMI President/CEO Mike O’Neill and BMI Vice President, Creative, Latin Jesus Gonzalez — was also evening of encores. Tainy won the contemporary songwriter of the year award for the second year in a row, and Horacio Palencia also repeated his regional Mexican songwriter of the year award, this time tying with Barrera.

Sony Music Publishing, home to Tainy and Barrera, took home the contemporary Latin publisher of the year award, marking the seventh time in 10 years that it does so.

Universal Music Publishing Group won Regional Mexican publisher of the year, and the smash “Pepas” — performed by Farruko and written by Víctor Cardenas VIIC, IAMCHINO, Axel Quezada “Ghetto” and Keriel K4G Quiróz — was named contemporary Latin song of the year. “Jugaste y Sufrí” by Daniel Balderrama Espinoza won the Regional Mexican song of the year.

But the belle of the ball was undoubtedly Aba Bárbara. The Mexican singer, resplendent in a shimmering dress with a pink feathered skirt, delivered a set of her own compositions, backed by a her band and ending with “Lo Busqué,” during which she accompanied herself on guitar. The performance was a reminder of just how prolific Ana Bárbara has been in her 30-year career, placing 16 hits on Billboard’s Hot Latin Songs chart and 14 on the Regional Mexican Airplay chart.

“Songwriting was something I didn’t always speak about,” Bárbara told Billboard earlier. “I was always shy about my songwriting, from the time I wrote [her first major hit] ‘Quise Olvidar,’ because composing wasn’t common among women. Now, I believe in all my songs, and I believe they’re all for me.”

Her inspirations, said Ana Bárbara, were the greats of Mexican music, including José Alfredo Jiménez; Joan Sebastian and Marco Antonio Solís, who both mentored her; and Ana Gabriel, also a singer and composer.

Now, Gabriel is also inspiring a new generation, as evidenced by the opening number of the night, a tribute to her music performed by young Mexican singers Adriana Ríos, Alisun Solís, Angélica Gallegos and Lupita Infante.

José Feliciano Officially Honored with National Medal of Arts

Posted on March 21, 2023 by Tom Castaneda

José Feliciano is officially a medalist…

Following a delay caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the 77-year-old Puerto Rican musician, singer and composer has finally received his 2021 National Medal of Arts prize.

President Joe Biden doled out medals to the National Medal of Arts recipients, as well as the 2021 National Humanities Medal honorees.

The White House hosted a livestreamed East Room ceremony on Tuesday for the recipients, who included Mindy Kaling, Gladys Knight, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Bruce Springsteen and fashion designer Vera Wang. Feliciano was unable to attend the event as he’s in Hawaii after performances on the West Coast.

Feliciano was born blind as a result of glaucoma. His family moved to New York City’s Spanish Harlem when he was five years old, and he fell in love with music and playing the accordion and the guitar. While in high school, he played as a regular at a Greenwich Village coffeehouse. He eventually dropped out of high school and moved to Detroit to take a more permanent singing gig, and soon after was signed with RCA Records. He is most known for his bilingual Christmas song, “Feliz Navidad” which has been named among the most popular holiday songs of all time.

According to Billboard, Feliciano has two top-10 hits in his career and 11 top-100 songs. Feliciano is also a seven-time Grammy award winner.

The NEA website writes the decision to honor Feliciano came from his tenure in the music industry, saying “Over 60 years, 60 albums, and 600 songs, Jose Feliciano has opened hearts and built bridges — overcoming obstacles, never losing faith, and enriching the goodness and greatness of the Nation.”

The honorees received their awards about two years late due to a backlog caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

First lady Jill Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris also attended the ceremony, which Biden opened with a speech filled with quips about the honorees.

The recipients of the National Medals of Arts – the highest honor from the United States government for advancing the country’s arts – include actors, comedians and singers. Other recipients were artist-activist Judith Francisca Baca, philanthropist Fred Eychaner, Puerto Rican painter Antonio Martorell-Cardona and film producer Joan Shigekawa.

The Billie Holiday Theatre and The International Association of Blacks in Dance also received medals.

The National Humanities Medal honors those who have improved Americans’ understanding and engagement with history, literature, philosophy and more humanities subjects.

The 2021 recipients are poet Richard Blanco, anthropologist Johnnetta Betsch Cole, author Walter Isaacson, social historian Earl Lewis, Native American studies academic Henrietta Mann, novelist Ann Patchett, activist Bryan Stevenson, novelist Amy Tan, memoirist Tara Westover and novelist Colson Whitehead, as well as the organization Native America Calling.

Eva Longoria’s “Flamin’ Hot” Among SXSW Film & TV Festival Audience Award Winners

Posted on March 20, 2023 by Tom Castaneda

Eva Longoria’s latest project is a flamin’ hot hit in Texas…

The 48-year-old Mexican American actress, producer and director’s directorial debut feature Flamin’ Hot was among the audience award winners revealed Monday for the 31st SXSW Film & TV Festival.

Flamin’ Hot, which stars Jesse Garcia in the sometimes true tale of the man behind the “flamin’ hot”-branded chip revolution, was named the Audience Award winner in the festival’s Headliners section. The film, from Searchlight Pictures, will debut June 9 on both Hulu and Disney+.

Julio Quintana’s The Long Game won for Narrative Spotlight, Rocío Mesa’s Tobacco Barns won the Visions Audience Award Winner prize.

Today’s awards were handed out across 10 film lineups, three Episodic sections for TV content and six short film sidebars.

Among the TV-side winners is the Season 2 premiere of Rafael Casal’s Starz’s Blindspotting was tapped as best of in TV Spotlight.

Here’s the complete list of Audience Awards winners:

Film Program

HEADLINERS
Audience Award Winner: Flamin’ Hot
Director: Eva Longoria; Producer: DeVon Franklin; Screenwriters: Linda Yvette Chávez, Lewis Colick

NARRATIVE FEATURE COMPETITION
Audience Award Winner: Mustache
Director/Screenwriter: Imran J. Khan; Producers: Christina Won, Jessica Sittig, Christopher Storer, Tyson Bidner

DOCUMENTARY FEATURE COMPETITION
Audience Award Winner: Geoff McFetridge: Drawing a Life
Director/Producer: Dan Covert; Screenwriters: Erik Auli, Dan Covert, Amy Dempsey, Tara Rose Stromberg

NARRATIVE SPOTLIGHT
Audience Award Winner: The Long Game
Director: Julio Quintana; Producers: Javier Chapa, Ben Howard, Marla Quintana, Dennis Quaid, Laura Quaid; Screenwriters: Julio Quintana, Jennifer C. Stetson, Paco Farias

DOCUMENTARY SPOTLIGHT
Audience Award Winner: The Herricanes
Director: Olivia Kuan; Producers: James Lee Hernandez, Brian Lazarte, Lisa France, James Short, Olivia Kuan, Justin Baldoni, Andrew Calof

VISIONS
Audience Award Winner: Tobacco Barns
Director/Screenwriter: Rocío Mesa; Producers: Olmo Figueredo González-Quevedo

MIDNIGHTERS
Audience Award Winner: It Lives Inside
Director: Bishal Dutta; Producers: Raymond Mansfield, Sean McKittrick; Screenwriters: Bishal Dutta, Ashish Mehta

GLOBAL
Audience Award Winner: Ek Jagah Apni
Directors: Ektara Collective; Producers: Ektara Collective, Lotus Visual Productions; Screenwriters: Rinchin, Maheen Mirza

24 BEATS PER SECOND
Audience Award Winner: Louder Than You Think
Director: Jed I. Rosenberg; Producers: Jeffrey Lewis Clark, Brian Thalken, Kelly Thomas; Screenwriters: Jed I. Rosenberg, Greg King

FESTIVAL FAVORITES
Audience Award Winner: No Ordinary Campaign
Director: Christopher Burke; Producer: Tim Rummel, Christopher Burke

Shorts Film Program

NARRATIVE SHORTS COMPETITION
Audience Award Winner: Closing Dynasty
Director/Screenwriter: Lloyd Lee Choi; Producers: Jon Hsu, Lloyd Lee Choi

DOCUMENTARY SHORTS COMPETITION
Audience Award Winner: Nǎi Nai & Wài Pó (Grandma & Grandma)
Director: Sean Wang; Producers: Sean Wang, Sam Davis

ANIMATED SHORTS COMPETITION
Audience Award Winner: Sandwich Cat
Director/Screenwriter: David Fidalgo; Producers: Daniel Rodriguez, Laura Doval, Gonzalo E. Veloso

MIDNIGHT SHORTS COMPETITION
Audience Award Winner: Dead Enders
Directors: Fidel Ruiz-Healy, Tyler Walker; Screenwriters: Fidel Ruiz-Healy, Tyler Walker, Jordan Michael Blake, Conor Murphy; Producers: Raven Jensen, Amanda Crown, Gregory Barnes, Conor Murphy, Nico Alvo, Jordan Michael Blake, Eduardo Ruiz-Healy

TEXAS SHORTS COMPETITION
Audience Award Winner: Breaking Silence
Directors: Amy Bench, Annie Silverstein; Producers: Monique Walton, Amy Bench

MUSIC VIDEO COMPETITION
Audience Award Winner: Drew Ashby – ‘HER’
Directors: Chris Scholar, Bevin Brown; Producer: Bevin Brown

TV Program

TV PREMIERES
Audience Award Winner: The Luckiest Guy in the World
Director: Steve James; Producers: Zak Piper, Steve James

TV SPOTLIGHT
Audience Award Winner: Blindspotting Season 2 Premiere
Showrunner: Rafael Casal, Directors: Rafael Casel, Jess Wu Calder; Producers: Rafael Casal, Daveed Diggs, Jess Wu Calder, Keith Calder, Emily Gerson Saines, Ken Lee, Tim Palen

INDEPENDENT TV PILOT COMPETITION
Audience Award Winner: Notarize Me
Director: Erika Rankin; Screenwriters/Producers: Erika Rankin, Brigitte Valdez

XR Experience

XR EXPERIENCE COMPETITION
Audience Award Winner: JFK Memento
Director: Chloé Rochereuil; Producer: Victor Agulhon

XR EXPERIENCE SPOTLIGHT
Audience Award Winner: MLK: Now is the Time
Director: Limbert Fabian; Producers: Matthew O’Rourke, Sulivan Parker; Screenwriter: Andrina Wekontash Smith

XR EXPERIENCE SPECIAL EVENTS
Audience Award Winners (tie):

Neo-Wulin: The Era of Black Ark
Director/Screenwriter: Guanyu; Producers: Chenchenchen, Bingbing Wang

Ristband
Directors: Anne McKinnon, Roman Rappak

Soundwaves: A Metaverse Music Concert
Directors: YOOM, Active Theory

Jenna Ortega Wins First-Ever Critics Choice Super Awards Trophy

Posted on March 17, 2023 by Tom Castaneda

Jenna Ortega is a super choice…

Winners for the third annual Critics Choice Super Awards, with the 20-year-old Puerto Rican and Mexican American Golden Globe-nominated actress among the honorees.

Ortega was named Best Actress in a Horror Series, Limited Series or Made-for-TV Movie for her acclaimed work in Netflix’s Wednesday.

It’s her first Critics Choice Super Awards win.

The honors are bestowed on the best in genre movies and television series by Critics Choice Association members.

Here’s the full list of winners below.

Film

BEST ACTION MOVIE: Top Gun: Maverick
BEST ACTOR IN AN ACTION MOVIE: Tom Cruise – Top Gun: Maverick
BEST ACTRESS IN AN ACTION MOVIE: Viola Davis – The Woman King
BEST SUPERHERO MOVIE: The Batman
BEST ACTOR IN A SUPERHERO MOVIE: Colin Farrell – The Batman
BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPERHERO MOVIE: Angela Bassett – Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
BEST HORROR MOVIE: Barbarian
BEST ACTOR IN A HORROR MOVIE: Ralph Fiennes – The Menu
BEST ACTRESS IN A HORROR MOVIE: Mia Goth – Pearl
BEST SCIENCE FICTION/FANTASY MOVIE: Everything Everywhere All at Once
BEST ACTOR IN A SCIENCE FICTION/FANTASY MOVIE: Ke Huy Quan – Everything Everywhere All at Once
BEST ACTRESS IN A SCIENCE FICTION/FANTASY MOVIE: Michelle Yeoh – Everything Everywhere All at Once
BEST VILLAIN IN A MOVIE: Mia Goth – Pearl

SERIES

BEST ACTION SERIES, LIMITED SERIES OR MADE-FOR-TV MOVIE: Cobra Kai
BEST ACTOR IN AN ACTION SERIES, LIMITED SERIES OR MADE-FOR-TV MOVIE: Kevin Costner – Yellowstone
BEST ACTRESS IN AN ACTION SERIES, LIMITED SERIES OR MADE-FOR-TV MOVIE: Helen Mirren – 1923
BEST SUPERHERO SERIES, LIMITED SERIES OR MADE-FOR-TV MOVIE: The Boys
BEST ACTOR IN A SUPERHERO SERIES, LIMITED SERIES OR MADE-FOR-TV MOVIE: Antony Starr – The Boys
BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPERHERO SERIES, LIMITED SERIES OR MADE-FOR-TV MOVIE: Tatiana Maslany – She-Hulk: Attorney at Law
BEST HORROR SERIES, LIMITED SERIES OR MADE-FOR-TV MOVIE: Wednesday
BEST ACTOR IN A HORROR SERIES, LIMITED SERIES OR MADE-FOR-TV MOVIE: Evan Peters – Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story
BEST ACTRESS IN A HORROR SERIES, LIMITED SERIES OR MADE-FOR-TV MOVIE: Jenna Ortega – Wednesday
BEST SCIENCE FICTION/FANTASY SERIES, LIMITED SERIES OR MADE-FOR-TV MOVIE (Tie): Andor & Stranger Things
BEST ACTOR IN A SCIENCE FICTION/FANTASY SERIES, LIMITED SERIES OR MADE-FOR-TV MOVIE: Adam Scott – Severance
BEST ACTRESS IN A SCIENCE FICTION/FANTASY SERIES, LIMITED SERIES OR MADE-FOR-TV MOVIE: Patricia Arquette – Severance
BEST VILLAIN IN A SERIES, LIMITED SERIES OR MADE-FOR-TV MOVIE: Antony Starr – The Boys

Guillermo del Toro Makes Academy Awards History Following “Pinocchio” Win

Posted on March 13, 2023 by Tom Castaneda

Guillermo del Toro is celebrating making Academy Awards history…

The 58-year-old Mexican Oscar-winning filmmaker took home the Oscar for Best Animated Feature during Sunday’s 95th Academy Awards ceremony for his adaptation of Pinocchio.

In the process, del Toro became the first person in the awards’ history to win an Academy Award for Best Picture, Best Director and Best Animated Feature.

During his acceptance speech, del Toro mentioned the following: “Animation is cinema. Animation is not a genre. Animation is ready to be taken to the next step. Keep animation in the conversation”.

In Pinocchio, which was released on Netflix last year, Gregory Mann voices the titular puppet, who is eager to learn as much as he can about the world. After Geppetto‘s (David Bradley) son is lost during the war, the woodcarver spirals into a heavy depression, making him lose his job and his desire to enjoy the small things in life. After building a wooden puppet meant to represent the child he lost, the figure is given life by the Wood Sprite (Tilda Swinton).

Geppetto is given a new life himself, when he gets the opportunity to raise a kid who is very different to the one that came before him, allowing to gain a different perspective about the time he has left on this Earth.

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Swinton also voices the role of Death in the film, as Pinocchio is sent to the afterlife multiple times throughout the story. In Del Toro’s version, Death is depicted as a Chimera with the face of a human, the horns of a cape buffalo, the body of a lion, and the wings of an eagle. The voice cast of the movie also includes Ewan McGregor as Sebastian J. Cricket, Christoph Waltz as Count Volpe, Cate Blanchett as Spazzatura and Ron Perlman in the role of Podestà.

Most of the star-studded cast had already worked with del Toro in other projects, with Pinocchio giving the actors the chance of a reunion with the filmmaker.

del Toro won his Academy Awards for Best Director and Best Picture for his 2017 film The Shape of Water.

Starring Sally Hawkins as Elisa, the movie told the story of a mute woman who fell in love with an anthropomorphic amphibian creature (played by Doug Jones). Elisa comes up with a plan to help the creature escape from the secret government facility where he was kept, but the authorities didn’t want the being they considered a monster to roam freely in the outside world. After Colonel Richard Strickland (Michael Shannon) shoots both Elisa and the creature, the amphibian man kills him and takes Elisa underwater with him. The woman is brought back to life, and they are implied to live happily ever after.

Evelin Garcia Wins Guild of Music Supervisors Award for “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” Teaser

Posted on March 6, 2023 by Tom Castaneda

Evelin Garcia is a celebrated leader(s)…

The Latina music supervisor was among the winners at Sunday’s 13th annual Guild of Music Supervisors Awards.

Garcia picked up the award for Best Music Supervision in a Trailer – Film for the teaser “Leaders” for the film Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.

The ceremony, held at the Wiltern Theatre, celebrated outstanding achievement in the craft across film, television, documentaries, games, advertising and trailers. It also honored Paul Williams with the guild’s Icon Award, and Pilar McCurry who was posthumously awarded the Legacy Award.

Here’s the full list of winners:

FILM

Best Music Supervision for Film Budgeted Over $25 Million
Anton Monsted
Elvis

Best Music Supervision for Film Budgeted $25 Million and Under
Lauren Marie Mikus, Bruce Gilbert
Everything Everywhere All At Once

Best Music Supervision for Film Budgeted $10 Million and Under
Rob Lowry
Cha Cha Real Smooth

Best Music Supervision For A Non-Theatrically Released Film
Rob Lowry
Do Revenge

Best Song Written and/or Recorded for a Film
“This Is A Life” from Everything Everywhere All At Once
Songwriters: Ryan Lott, David Byrne, Mitski Miyawaki
Performers: David Byrne, Mitski, Son Lux
Music Supervisors: Lauren Marie Mikus, Bruce Gilbert

TELEVISION

Best Music Supervision – Television Drama
Nora Felder
Stranger Things Season 4

Best Music Supervision – Television Comedy or Musical
Kier Lehman
Insecure Season 5

Best Music Supervision – Reality Television
Adam Brodsky, Rivka Rose
The Come Up Season 1

Best Song Written and/or Recorded for Television
“Perfect Day” from Better Call Saul – Season 6 Ep. 9 – “Fun and Games”
Songwriter: Harry Nilsson
Performers: Dresage, Slow Shiver
Music Supervisor: Thomas Golubić

DOCUMENTARIES

Best Music Supervision for a Documentary
Allison Wood
Tony Hawk: Until The Wheels Fall Off

Best Music Supervision in a Docuseries
Amanda Krieg Thomas
The Andy Warhol Diaries

TRAILERS

Best Music Supervision in a Trailer – Film
Evelin Garcia
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever – Teaser “Leaders”

Best Music Supervision in a Trailer – Series
Deric Berberabe, Jordan Silverberg
The White Lotus Season 2

Best Music Supervision in a Trailer – Video Game & Interactive
Lindsey Kohon, Naaman Snell
Destiny 2: The Witch Queen – Launch Trailer

ADVERTISING

Best Music Supervision in Advertising (Synch)
Abbey Hendrix, Jonathan Wellbelove
Apple – The Greatest

Best Music Supervision in Advertising (Original Music)
Sunny Kapoor, Mike Ladman, Brad Nayman, Brandy Ricker
Meta – Good Ideas Deserve to be Found: A (Slightly) Life-Changing Story

VIDEO GAMES

Best Music Supervision in a Video Game (Synch)
Dylan Bostick, Josh Kessler
Saint’s Row V

Best Music Supervision in a Video Game (Original)
Steve Schnur
Battlefield 2042 DLC – Season 1 – Zero Hour, Season 2 – Master of Arms, Season 3 – Escalation
Composers: Hildur Guðnadóttir, Sam Slater

Jenna Ortega Wins First-Ever Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards Blimp

Posted on March 5, 2023 by Tom Castaneda

Jenna Ortega is the kids’ choice…

The 20-year-old Puerto Rican and Mexican American actress has picked up her first-ever Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards’ blimp.

Ortega was named Favorite Female TV Star (Family) for her role as Wednesday Addams on Netflix’s acclaimed series Wednesday.

Selena Gomez has earned her twelfth Kids’ Choice Awards’ prize.

The 30-year-old Mexican American actress/singer won the award for Favorite Voice from an Animated Movie (Female) for her portrayal of Mavis in Hotel Transylvania: Transformania.

It’s Gomez’s second win the category for her work as Mavis in the Hotel Transylvania franchise following her win in 2019 for her work as Mavis on Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation.

The awards show was hosted by Nate Burleson and Charli D’Amelio and aired live on Nick from L.A’s Microsoft Theater.

Here’s a look at the complete list of winners:

Nickelodeon’s Kids’ Choice Awards 2023 winners:

TELEVISION:

FAVORITE KIDS TV SHOW: The Fairly OddParents: Fairly Odder
FAVORITE FAMILY TV SHOW: Wednesday
FAVORITE REALITY SHOW: MasterChef Junior
FAVORITE ANIMATED SHOW: SpongeBob SquarePants
FAVORITE FEMALE TV STAR (KIDS): Olivia Rodrigo (Nini, High School Musical: The Musical: The Series)
FAVORITE MALE TV STAR (KIDS): Joshua Bassett (Ricky, High School Musical: The Musical: The Series)
FAVORITE FEMALE TV STAR (FAMILY): Jenna Ortega (Wednesday Addams, Wednesday)
FAVORITE MALE TV STAR (FAMILY): Finn Wolfhard (Mike Wheeler, Stranger Things)

FILM:

FAVORITE MOVIE: Sonic the Hedgehog 2
FAVORITE MOVIE ACTRESS: Millie Bobby Brown (Enola Holmes, Enola Holmes 2)
FAVORITE MOVIE ACTOR: Dwayne Johnson (Black Adam/Teth-Adam, Black Adam)
FAVORITE ANIMATED MOVIE: Minions: The Rise of Gru
FAVORITE VOICE FROM AN ANIMATED MOVIE (MALE): Dwayne Johnson (Krypto, DC League of Super-Pets)
FAVORITE VOICE FROM AN ANIMATED MOVIE (FEMALE): Selena Gomez (Mavis, Hotel Transylvania: Transformania)

MUSIC:

FAVORITE ALBUM: “Midnights (3am Edition)”- Taylor Swift
FAVORITE FEMALE ARTIST: Taylor Swift
FAVORITE MALE ARTIST: Harry Styles
FAVORITE MUSIC GROUP: BTS
FAVORITE SONG: “As It Was”- Harry Styles
FAVORITE MUSIC COLLABORATION: “Sweetest Pie”- Megan Thee Stallion, Dua Lipa
FAVORITE BREAKOUT ARTIST: Dove Cameron
FAVORITE SOCIAL MUSIC STAR: Bella Poarch
FAVORITE GLOBAL MUSIC STAR: Harry Styles (UK)

OTHER CATEGORIES:

FAVORITE FEMALE CREATOR: Charli D’Amelio
FAVORITE MALE CREATOR: MrBeast
FAVORITE SOCIAL MEDIA FAMILY: Ninja Kidz TV
FAVORITE FEMALE SPORTS STAR: Serena Williams
FAVORITE MALE SPORTS STAR: LeBron James
FAVORITE VIDEO GAME: Minecraft
FAVORITE CELEBRITY PET: Olivia Benson Swift
FAVORITE BOOK: Harry Potter Book Series

Bad Bunny’s “Un Verano Sin Ti” Wins IFPI Global Album Award

Posted on February 28, 2023 by Tom Castaneda

Bad Bunny is still makin’ history…

The 28-year-old Puerto Rican rapper and singer’s Un Verano Sin Ti has won the IFPI Global Album Award, becoming the first Latin artist to ever win the prize, according to the organization.

IFPI, the trade association that represents recorded music industry worldwide, has announced that Un Verano Sin Ti — which spent a total of 13 non-consecutive weeks atop the Billboard 200 and became the first Spanish-language album to be nominated for album of the year at the Grammy Awards — topped the Top 20 Global Albums chart in 2022.

“We are incredibly excited to award Bad Bunny, the first Latin American artist to win an IFPI Global Award, with the Album of the Year Award,” Frances Moore, chief executive, IFPI, said in a statement. “His unique sound, encapsulated in his award-winning album Un Verano Sin Ti, has captured the world’s attention on a remarkable scale over the last 12 months.

Elsewhere on the Top 20 Global Albums, which takes into account all consumption formats, spanning physical sales, digital downloads and streaming platforms across a calendar year, Taylor Swift’s Midnights came in second place.

Last week, the IFPI announced Swift was the global recording artist of the year, winning for a third time after already having topped the tally in 2014 and 2019.

Meanwhile, Harrys Styles’ Harry’s House took the third spot on the Top 20 Global Albums chart. His hit song “As It Was” was crowned with IFPI’s Global Single Award for 2022, an honor that recognizes the top performing single across all platforms, and all markets.

“This year’s Global Albums Chart bears testament to the incredible partnerships that exist between artists and record labels,” Moore added. “These partnerships nurture and support artists while they write and record their music before going on to promote albums on a global level, achieving extraordinary amounts of success around the world.”

Rounding out the top five global albums are BTS’ Proof and the the original soundtrack for Encanto came in at No. 5. Also on the list are Olivia Rodrigo’s Sour, Beyoncé’s Renaissance and Drake’s Certified Lover Boy. The full Top 20 list can be seen below.

IFPI Top 20 Global Albums of 2022
1/ Bad Bunny, Un Verano Sin Ti
2/ Taylor Swift, Midnights
3/ Harry Styles, Harry’s House
4/ BTS, Proof
5/ Encanto Cast, Encanto (OST)
6/ Stray Kids, Maxident
7/ Seventeen, Face the Sun
8/ Blackpink, Born Pink
9/ Olivia Rodrigo, Sour
10/ Ed Sheeran, =
11/ Enhypen, Manifesto: Day 1
12/ Morgan Wallen, Dangerous: The Double Album
13/ Doja Cat, Planet Her
14/ Stray Kids, Oddinary
15/ The Weeknd, Dawn FM
16/ Tomorrow x Together, minisode 2: Thursday’s Child
17/ Beyoncé, Renaissance
18/ Seventeen, Sector 17
19/ The Kid Laroi, F*ck Love (Mix Tape)
20/ Drake, Certified Lover Boy

Aubrey Plaza Earns First-Ever SAG Awards “Actor” Trophy with Cast Mates for “The White Lotus”

Posted on February 27, 2023 by Tom Castaneda

Life’s a SAG for Aubrey Plaza…

The Screen Actors Guild handed out SAG Awards trophies this Sunday, with the 38-year-old half-Puerto Rican actress/comedian earning her first-ever honor from the acting organization.

Plaza, a first-time SAG Award nominee this year, and her fellow The White Lotus cast mates won the Drama Series Ensemble award.

Plaza, appearing in the show’s second season, portrayed Harper Spiller on the acclaimed series. She’s previous earned her first Golden Globes nod for Best Supporting Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Television Film for her role on the second season.

Streaming live for the first time on Netflix‘s YouTube channel, the 2023 SAG Awards doled out trophies (known as the Actor) to the performers who most impressed in movies and television series over the last year.

The SAG Awards are voted on by the 120,000-plus members of SAG-AFTRA. The ceremony also paid special tribute to Sally Field, who was given the SAG Life Achievement Award.

Here’s a complete list of SAG Awards winners:

FILM NOMINEES

Motion Picture Cast: Everything Everywhere All at Once
Male Actor in a Leading Role — Motion Picture: Brendan Fraser, The Whale
Female Actor in a Leading Role — Motion Picture: Michelle Yeoh, Everything Everywhere All at Once
Male Actor in a Supporting Role — Motion Picture: Ke Huy Quan, Everything Everywhere All at Once
Female Actor in a Supporting Role — Motion Picture: Jamie Lee Curtis, Everything Everywhere All at Once
Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture: Top Gun: Maverick

TELEVISION NOMINEES

Drama Series Ensemble: The White Lotus
Comedy Series Ensemble: Abbott Elementary
Male Actor in a Television Movie or Limited Series: Sam Elliott, 1883
Female Actor in a Television Movie or Limited Series: Jessica Chastain, George & Tammy
Male Actor in a Drama Series: Jason Bateman, Ozark
Female Actor in a Drama Series: Jennifer Coolidge, The White Lotus
Male Actor in a Comedy Series: Jeremy Allen White, The Bear
Female Actor in a Comedy Series: Jean Smart, Hacks
Stunt Ensemble in a TV Series: Stranger Things

Hispanically Yours

Celebrating the Latino Influence

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