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Thalia is a Mommy.
Congratulations to Thalia – she had her baby girl yesterday and named her Sabrina Sakaë. Tommy now has two princesitas.
The baby’s name means Princess Prosperity.
Welcome to el mundo, Princess Prosperity!
Nominations List for Latin GRAMMY® Awards
Note: More or less than 5 nominations in a category are as a result of ties
Category 1 – Record Of The Year
Bello Embustero (Beautiful Liar) – Beyoncé & Shakira
Nena -Miguel Bosé con Paulina Rubio
La Excepcion -Gustavo Cerati
La Llave De Mi Corazón -Juan Luis Guerra 440
Tu Recuerdo -Ricky Martin featuring La Mari De Chambao [...]
College Admissions Tools for California Schools
There is a lot of information for students who wish to pursue college, but many do not know where to begin. At least from my experience I did not know, but it was all about trial and error. So I am going to try to make it a little bit easier for all of [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 1 so far )Gonzales and the D.C. sharks
“Alberto Gonzales is resigning as U.S. attorney general, and here is what critics of all stripes are saying: He was blindly, brainlessly loyal to President Bush, gave atrocious advice, was an incompetent managerial mangler and klutzy in his own self-defense.
His legacy includes a Department of Justice that’s demoralized and in disarray, argue some detractors who [...]
Illegal Immigrants and Our Food
“Eighty percent of our food source is picked by someone with a questionable document,” said Rochester filmmaker Angelo Mancuso, who has made a documentary on migrant workers in America.
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Daisy Fuentes in “Fitness”
More than ever, Latinas are feeling the pressure to be skinny. Therefore former model and Cuban-born TV personality Daisy Fuentes will lead Fitness magazine in its Mind, Body, Spirit initiative as its superstar. In the September issue of Fitness (which hit newsstands August 14th), Daisy discusses her body confidence, and how to reset the dial [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )New Jersey Police will now check immigration status
“After a review driven by three brutal slayings, the state attorney general on Wednesday ordered New Jersey law enforcers to notify federal immigration officials whenever someone arrested for an indictable offense or drunken driving is found to be an illegal immigrant.
Attorney General Anne Milgram reviewed the states policy in light of the execution-style killings Aug. [...]
Cities Ban Ethnic Food Trucks
Taco truck owners in New Orleans, Louisiana are accusing local officials of singling out Hispanics after the City passed a law banning certain kinds of mobile food vendors. According to the Boston Globe, local politicians “have long turned a blind eye to whites and blacks peddling shrimp out of pickup trucks and snow cones on [...]
Caribbean Fragrance
The Caribbean is infused with delicious scents. And now all those wonderful perfumes are captured in a bottle.
Those with discerning olfactory senses might already know about Miss Marisa, the signature fragrance from L.A. apothecary Ebba. Their island twist on the classic perfume oil comes in the form of Miss Marisa Tropical, which [...]
Frida Kahlo
“Frida Kahlo spun her own life into a myth. She was so good at it that her art almost got lost along the way. Her persona, fashioned over almost three decades of self-portraits, fused physical suffering and emotional isolation. Her frank depiction of a womans psychic pain made her a feminist icon. She became a [...]
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