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During today’s broadcast of “El Gordo y La Flaca” (M-F, 4pm ET/PT, 3pm Central), the Univision Network announced the nominated artists for its 5th Annual “Premios Juventud” (Youth Awards); Spanish-language television’s trendiest and most unconventional awards show that honors the biggest names in Latin show business, fashion and sports. Chosen by young Hispanics who vote online through Univision.com (uniclave: Premios Juventud), the star-studded awards show will air on the Univision Network, LIVE from the BankUnited Center at the University of Miami on Thursday, July 17, at 7pm ET/PT (6pm Central).
Recognizing renowned personalities from all corners of the entertainment industry, including Music, Film, Sports, Fashion, and Pop Culture, “Premios Juventud” will bestow awards in 27 unconventional categories specifically created to celebrate the preferences of today’s Hispanic youth. Leading the nominations are:
Music – Pop group sensation RBD leads the pack with 11 nominations in categories like “CD to Die For” and “Favorite Video;” followed by reggeatón’s super-star duo Wisin y Yandel, who garnered seven nominations from fans in such categories as “The Perfect Combo” and “Catchiest Tune.” Following their lead with six nominations each are award-winning group Camila (“Red-Hot Artist” and “Best Ballad” categories), and reggeatón king Daddy Yankee (“My Favorite Concert” and “Favorite Urban Artist”). Super stars Ricky Martin and Juanes, are nominated in five different categories, including, among others, “Best Moves” and “Favorite Rock Star,” respectively; while Spanish heartthrob Enrique Iglesias and newcomer Flex, took four nominations each in categories such as “Favorite Pop Star” and “Favorite Video,” respectively.
Film – Mexican actor Eduardo Verástegui took the lead in nominations, competing in the “Can He Act or What?” and “Favorite Flick” categories for his work as both actor and producer in the award-winning film “Bella.” Other performers nominated in the “Can He Act or What?” category include: Antonio Banderas (“Shrek the Third”), Fernando Colunga (“Ladrón Que Roba a Ladrón”), Javier Bardem (“El Amor en los Tiempos del Cólera” and “No Country for Old Men”), and Kuno Bécker (“Sex and Breakfast”). The leading ladies vying for the award in the “She Steals the Show” category are Jennifer López (“El Cantante”), Jessica Alba (“Awake,” “Good Luck Chuck,” “The Fantastic Four” and “The Eye”), Kate del Castillo (“Trade”), Penélope Cruz (“The Good Night”) and Roselyn Sánchez (“The Game Plan”). Movies nominated as this year’s “Favorite Flicks” include “El Amor en los Tiempos del Cólera,” “Bella,” “El Cantante,” “Ladrón Que Roba a Ladrón,” and “Mal de Amores.”
Along with her nomination as an actress, pop-culture icon Jennifer López was also nominated in five other categories including “She’s Got Style” and “Girl of My Dreams.”
Sports – Some of the most idolized athletes across the Americas face-off for this year’s sports awards, including baseball player Alex Rodríguez and soccer super stars Cuauhtémoc Blanco, Guillermo “Memo” Ochoa, Omar Bravo and Rafael Márquez, who were nominated in the “Most Electrifying Male Athlete” category. Competing as “Most Electrifying Female Athlete” are track and field medalist Ana Guevara, golfer Lorena Ochoa, soccer player Maribel Domínguez, racecar driver Milka Duno, and Peruvian surfer Sofía Mulanovich.
Starting today through May 29, 2008, fans can log onto Univsion.com (keyword: Premios Juventud) to vote for their favorite stars and choose this year’s winners. In addition, Univision.com will offer daily access to the latest news, behind-the-scenes videos, and nominee interviews & bios, as well as dedicated forums and exclusive chats with top performers which will be featured in the weeks leading up to the live broadcast.
In recognition of the spirit and voice of the Hispanic youth, Univision and “Premios Juventud” will honor their excellence by awarding several scholarships for academic, sport and musical achievement. Applications and additional information can be obtained at Univision.com (uniclave: Becas Juventud). The deadline to apply is May 23, 2008.
“PREMIOS JUVENTUD 2008” Complete List of Nominations
(Sorted Alphabetically)
Music:
La Combinación Perfecta (The Perfect Combo)
1. Alexis y Fido con Toby Love (“Soy Igual Que Tú”)
2. Miguelito y Divino (“Mochila de Amor”)
3. RBD con Jowell y Randy (“Inalcanzable”)
4. Wisin y Yandel con Franco de Vita (“Oye, ¿Dónde Está el Amor?”)
5. Wisin y Yandel con Nelly Furtado (“Sexy Movimiento”)
¡Qué Rico Que Se Mueve! (Best Moves)
1. Chayanne
2. Christopher Uckermann
3. Dulce María
4. Ricky Martin
5. Shakira
Voz del Momento (Red Hot Artist)
1. Aventura
2. Camila
4. RBD
5. Wisin y Yandel
La Más Pegajosa (Catchiest Tune)
1. “Empezar Desde Cero” – RBD
2. “Inalcanzable” – RBD
3. “Sexy Movimiento” – Wisin y Yandel con Nelly Furtado
4. “Te Quiero” – Flex
5. “Todo Cambió” – Camila
Me Muero Sin Ese CD (CD to Die For)
1. “El Cartel: The Big Boss” – Daddy Yankee
2. “Empezar Desde Cero” – RBD
3. “La Vida es un Ratico” – Juanes
4. “Los Extraterrestres”– Wisin y Yandel
5. “Todo Cambió” (Edición Especial) – Camila
Mi Concierto Favorito (My Favorite Concert)
1. Aventura (KOB Tour)
2. Daddy Yankee (The Big Boss Tour)
3. Juanes (La Vida es un Ratico Tour)
4. Maná (Amar es Combatir Tour)
5. RBD (Celestial / EDC Tour)
Canción Corta-Venas (Best Ballad)
1. “Donde Están Corazón” – Enrique Iglesias
2. “Inalcanzable” – RBD
3. “Sólo Para Ti” – Camila
4. “Te Quiero” – Flex
5. “Todo Cambió” – Camila
Mi Video Favorito (My Favorite Video)
1. “Empezar Desde Cero” – RBD
2. “Inalcanzable” – RBD
3. “Me Enamora” – Juanes
4. “Sexy Movimiento”– Wisin y Yandel
5. “Te Quiero” – Flex
Mi Artista Regional Mexicano Favorito (Favorite Regional Mexican Artist)
1. Alacranes Musical
2. Alejandro Fernández
3. Jenni Rivera
4. Pepe Aguilar
5. Vicente Fernández
Mi Artista Pop (Favorite Pop Star)
1. Belinda
2. Camila
4. RBD
5. Ricky Martin
Mi Artista Tropical (Favorite Tropical Artist)
1. Aventura
3. Marc Anthony
4. Olga Tañón
5. Víctor Manuelle
Mi Artista Urbano (Favorite Urban Artist)
1. Daddy Yankee
2. Don Omar
3. Flex
4. Ivy Queen
5. Wisin y Yandel
Mi Artista Rock (Favorite Rock Star)
1. Alejandra Guzmán
2. Belinda
3. Black Guayaba
4. Juanes
5. Maná
Film:
¡Qué Actorazo! (Can He Act or What?)
1. Antonio Banderas (“Shrek the Third”)
2. Eduardo Verástegui (“Bella”)
3. Fernando Colunga (“Ladrón Que Roba A Ladrón”)
4. Javier Bardem (“El Amor en los Tiempos del Cólera” and “No Country for Old Men”)
5. Kuno Becker (“Sex and Breakfast”)
Actriz Que se Roba la Pantalla (She Steals the Show)
1. Jennifer López (“El Cantante”)
2. Jessica Alba (“Awake,” “Good Luck Chuck,” “Los Cuatro Fantásticos,” “The Eye”)
3. Kate del Castillo (“Trade”)
4. Penélope Cruz (“The Good Night”)
5. Roselyn Sánchez (“The Game Plan”)
Película Más Padre (Favorite Flick)
1. “El Amor en los Tiempos del Cólera”
2. “Bella”
3. “El Cantante”
4. “Ladrón Que Roba a Ladrón”
5. “Mal de Amores”
Sports:
El Deportista de Alto Voltaje (Most Electrifying Male Athlete)
1. Alex Rodríguez – Los Yankees de Nueva York
2. Cuauhtémoc Blanco – Chicago Fire
3. Guillermo “Memo” Ochoa – Las Águilas del América
4. Omar Bravo – Las Chivas de Guadalajara
5. Rafael Márquez – FC Barcelona
La Deportista de Alta Tensión (Most Electrifying Female Athlete)
1. Ana Guevara – Atletismo
2. Lorena Ochoa – Golf
3. Maribel Domínguez – Fútbol
4. Milka Duno – Automovilismo
5. Sofía Mulanovich – Surf
Me Pongo la Camiseta de… (I’m a Die Hard Fan of…)
1. Cruz Azul
2. Las Águilas del América
3. Las Chivas de Guadalajara
4. Los Yankees de Nueva York
5. Selección Mexicana de Fútbol
La Nueva Promesa (Promising New Player)
1. Alexandre Pato – AC Milán (Italia)
2. César Villaluz – Cruz Azul
3. Luis Ernesto Michel – Las Chivas de Guadalajara
4. Sergio Ávila “El Gaucho” – Las Chivas de Guadalajara
5. Robinson Cano – Los Yankees de Nueva York
Fashion and Style:
Quiero Vestir Como Ella (She’s Got Style)
1. Alejandra Espinoza
2. Anahí
3. Dayanara Torres
4. Dulce María
5. Jennifer López
El de Mejor Estilo (He’s Got Style)
1. Alfonso Herrera
2. Anthony “Romeo” Santos
3. Christopher Uckermann
4. Daddy Yankee
5. Ricky Martin
¡Está Buenísimo! (What a Hottie!)
1. Alfonso Herrera
2. Christopher Uckermann
3. Daddy Yankee
5. Ricky Martin
Chica Que Me Quita el Sueño (Girl of My Dreams)
1. Alejandra Espinoza
2. Anahí
3. Dulce María
4. Jennifer López
5. Maite Perroni
Pop Culture:
Mi Ídolo Es… (My Idol Is…)
1. Anahí
2. Daddy Yankee
3. Dulce María
4. Juanes
5. Ricky Martin
Tórridos Romances (Torrid Affairs)
1. Araceli Arámbula y Luis Miguel
2. Camila Sodi y Diego Luna
3. Jackie Guerrido y Don Omar
4. Jennifer López y Marc Anthony
5. Kate del Castillo y Aarón Díaz
En la Mira del Paparazzi (Paparazzi’s Favorite Target)
1. Jennifer López
2. Jennifer López y Marc Anthony
3. Luis Miguel
4. Niurka Marcos
5. RBD
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Knowledge is Power and this page is just the start. Hispanics/Latinos are a growing diverse force in this country. Check out some of the 54,726 items found on this site below or dig into the Site Map
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- November 20, 2009
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- Digital out-of-home (DOOH) Effectively Reaches Latinos On The Go – few marketers truly utilized digital media when reaching out to the Hispanic community.
- A week after abruptly quitting his longtime job as a CNN television news host and commentator, Lou Dobbs said on Thursday he is considering career options including possible runs for the White House or U.S. Senate.
- ICE Assistant Secretary John Morton announces 1,000 new workplace audits to hold employers accountable for their hiring practices
- In Virtual Town Hall with Immigration Reform Activists, Gutierrez Promises Bill By December
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- November 19, 2009
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- Video: Sofia Vergara’s “Modern Family” Costar Trashes her on “Chelsea Lately”
- The Cuban band Septeto Nacional de Ignacio Piñeiro can legitimately claim to be inventors of salsa. But it last played in the United States when Franklin D. Roosevelt was president, and there was no telling when it might be able to return — until the very slightest hint of a thaw in cultural relations between the United States and Cuba quietly brought the band to New York early this month.
- Mexico’s Drug Violence Gives Rise To Vigilantism
- The wave of crime besetting Puerto Rico seems to be out of control with 800 murders being committed here so far this year, but the island’s top police official says the problem does not fall exclusively within his department.
- The University of Panama indefinitely suspended classes on Wednesday after confrontations between students and police during a protest against alleged U.S. involvement in plans to build new military installations.
- There are 16 million children in immigrant families in the United States
- Over the last 3 years, high schools that received the lowest marks from the city have been the ones with the highest percentages of poor, black and Hispanic students, despite an evaluation system that was meant to equalize differences among student bodies, according to an analysis by The New York Times of school grades released this week.
- Who seriously wants the Cuban trade embargo?
- A legislator from El Paso has criticized proposed history and social studies standards for public schools as being unfair to Hispanics. – Rep. Norma Chavez raised the issue Wednesday in Austin before the State Board of Education.
- Farewell to an icon: Artist who tore at racism is buried at 99 – R.I.P. José Cisneros
- November 18, 2009
- Hispanics are 9% of the Virginia’s schoolchildren, but 5% of gifted students.
- A New United Movement Stops Mexico for a Day
- Analysis reveals driving out undocumented immigrants doesn’t bode well for congressional representation
- After accidental deportation, critics say immigration officials making mistakes – After a Salvadoran man was mistakenly deported, immigration rights activists have complained about toughened enforcement by authorities.
- Governor Deval Patrick urged Massachusetts residents today to avoid getting mired in “the usual debate” over illegal immigration as he gave his cabinet 90 days to craft a plan for better integrating all foreign-born residents into the state’s daily fabric.
- More Americans are playing tennis – The biggest increases were among Hispanics, with 32% more playing the game.
- Mexico’s Juarez on path to anarchy
- Experts warned on Tuesday that the rise in health problems due to obesity among Mexican children, which is considered to be an epidemic, threatens “for the first time” to reduce life expectancy rates in the country.
- The estimated damage caused by the Nov. 7-8 floods and mudslides to El Salvador’s infrastructure has climbed to $880 million, the country’s public works minister said Tuesday.
- Trend Toward Smaller Families in Latin America – The number of people per household in Latin America will fall by 18 percent by 2020, according to a study released in this capital Tuesday by consulting firm Euromonitor International.
- A Woman’s Nation Spurred by LatinaTION
- Sosa Skin Lightening Fires Debate About Afro-Latino Heritage
- Congressman Raúl Grijalva talks to his daughter Marisa about his mother’s influence on his education. – new Historias from StoryCorp
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- Colombia elige a su nueva reina y ya llueven las críticas – Natalia Navarro se convirtió en Miss Colombia y, aunque era favorita, a muchos no les gusta su lenguaje; en la coronación aseguró que es “cabezona” y “berraca”
- CNN was so sick of Lou Dobbs, it gave him an $8 million severance package to leave
- The Cuban ties that bind, 50 years on – Visiting her father’s homeland under newly relaxed travel restrictions is both invigorating and saddening.
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- November 20, 2009
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- Some U.S. Democrats see momentum building for an overhaul of immigration laws that would legalize millions of undocumented workers, but analysts say a crowded agenda and struggling economy may once again sink hopes for reform next year.
- The current global crisis will cause the number of poor people in Latin America to rise by 9 million to 189 million this year, the U.N. Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean said in a report presented on Thursday.
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- Ana Maria Perez Gonzalez, said to be the oldest woman in the world, died in Mexico this week. She was 119.
- Part of a Cuban blogger’s essay that advocates lifting the ban on U.S. travel to Cuba was read aloud at a House Foreign Affairs committee hearing. – Yoani Sánchez
- November 19, 2009
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- Migration Policy Institute (MPI) Report Finds Immigrants Hit Harder During Economic Downturn than Native-Born Workers
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- Nacional Records Sampler 2009 | The New Sounds Of Latin Music – 21 FREE mp3s over at Amazon – (cool!)
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- Video: Senator Menendez Speaks on Behalf of Hispanic Farmers’ Discrimination Lawsuit + update
- November 18, 2009
- New Report: More Than 2 Million Hispanic Households With Children Face Hunger – Hispanic households with children experiencing very low food security up almost 50%
- On November 18 at 8:00 PM Eastern time/5:00 PM Pacific, all across the country people are hosting house parties with their families, friends, neighbors, churches, classmates and anyone else who supports comprehensive immigration reform for America.
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- Environmentalists alarmed by Puerto Rico policies – Sweeping from lush mountain rain forests to pristine beaches, a corridor of land protected by Puerto Rico’s last governor hosts dozens of rare and endangered species and was championed by celebrities who helped fight off resort proposals. – Now new Gov. Luis Fortuno has revoked the reserve as part of a drive to bring jobs and investment for the U.S. territory’s struggling economy. And activists see a broader pattern of looser protection for the island’s environment.
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- From a group calling themselves Electronic Civil Disobedience comes the Transborder Immigrant Tool, a simple mobile application intended to aid and abet border-crossers from Mexico to the United States by mapping the safest routes to take. – This GPS app is built to work on the cheapest cell phones available.
- Report from America’s Voice: The New Constituents… How Latinos Will Shape Congressional Apportionmention After the 2010 Census
- November 16, 2009
- 15th annual Mariachi Vargas Extravaganza in San Antonio – more than 1,000 professional & student musicians participating – 8-day festival of mariachi competitions, workshops, presentations, serenades & concerts attracts more than 15,000 visitors annually.
- Money Trickles North as Mexicans Help Relatives – reverse remittances from Mexico
- Scarlet “A” will dominate immigration reform rhetoric – Greg Tejeda on immigration reform & Janet Napolitano’s speech
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- Oregon universities try to recruit more Latino students – In 2007, Latinos made up nearly 12% of the 12th-grade class and less than 6% of freshmen in the university system. About 20% of first-graders that year were Latino.
- The Obama administration will insist on measures to give legal status to an estimated 12 million illegal immigrants as it pushes early next year for legislation to overhaul the immigration system, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said on Friday.
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- Sonia Sotomayor unwittingly adds celebrity touch to Supreme Court
- One of the Republican Party’s most respected and relied-upon consultants has serious reservations about two the party’s biggest names. – Alex Castellanos, a conservative media strategist and regular presence on CNN, raised questions of Sarah Palin’s viability for office and took major swipes at Florida Senate candidate Charlie Crist
- November 13, 2009
- ASU, ALRE release major study on Arizona’s Latino population – (direct link to report & powerpoint)
- 10 Latino MLB ‘09 Season Highlights – (some cool stuff here)
- The ‘flea’ CNN’s Lou Dobbs couldn’t shake off – Interview with Roberto Lovato
