More than 80 performers and other celebrities have signed a statement supporting Grammy-winning Spanish singer Alejandro Sanz after two Venezuelan concerts were canceled because of his criticism of Hugo Chavez.
The letter, released Wednesday, was signed by performers including Shakira, Ricky Martin, Jennifer Lopez, Marc Anthony, Penelope Cruz and even soccer star David Beckham. It said the signers "believe in a Latin America where we are all free to express our views."
Venezuelan organizers last week announced that Sanz's sold-out Feb. 14 concert in Caracas was canceled because it lacked "the appropriate conditions." A November concert also was scrapped when officials withdrew permission to use a government auditorium.
Sanz's criticism of President Hugo Chavez led Venezuelan officials to declare he is not welcome in the country _ though ticket sales to fans might indicate otherwise.
Sanz closed a Sunday concert in the Dominican Republic by dedicating a song to his Venzuelan fans: "a bunch of people in a country where I cannot go."
Saturday, February 16, 2008, 01:33 PM PST [General]
Nelly furtado talked about about feeling connected to her hispanic heritage in an interview with chilean Newspaper El Mercurio. She said in the interview that she feels Latina, and loves to sing in Portugese and spanish, because it is a part of her culture and who she is. "I have a very very strong connection with my culture. Singing in Spanish and singing in Portuguese is an extension of my love for my culture."
Aww, love her!!! Es una de mis favoritas. go girl!!
Penelope Cruz and Scarlett Johansson, are going to be in Woody Allen's upcoming flick Vicky Cristina Barcelona, where it is rumored that they will have a lesbian sex scene together!!!
“It is extremely erotic. People will be blown away and even shocked.
Penélope and Scarlett go at it in a red-tinted photography dark room,
and the whole scene will leave the audience gasping,” a source told The Sun, british newspaper. OK, this just keeps getting jucier,supposedly, 38-year-old Spanish actor Javier Bardem, who's believed to be Cruz’s boyfriend in real life, will play her husband in the movie.
What kind of movie is this?!? lol. What's with all these sex scenes!!
But wait there's more!!!
It’s also been rumored that the movie will include a sex scene between Johansson, Cruz and Bardem, who plays a painter.
Tuesday, February 12, 2008, 08:47 PM PST [General]
Shakira's "Bare Feet Foundation" is holding an online auction: one fan paid $14,000 for the chance to meet Shakira and front row seats to a future show in Toronto, another paid $1000 for a shiny lavender skirt with turquoise-and-coral beading that she wore while singing "Hips Don't Lie", still another paid $3000 for a bra. The items are from her 2007 "Oral Fixation" tour. Still up for bid, which last until Sunday: an autographed electric Fender guitar and an autographed acoustic Taylor guitar. The auction has faised $76,000 so far. "Bare Feet Foundation" is building a school for impoverished children in northern Colombia.
