I am not much of a Lady Gaga fan, but I have to admit this is the best rendition, ever, of her now famous Bad Romance. Watch as these two young girls take over ‘el metro’ in crowded, fast-paced Mexico City’s underground.
It Was Bound to Happen: Dora Gets Yellow Star
And you thought the whole thing about Dora the Explorer’s mug shot was funny? The poor thing is already being forced to bear a yellow star. At least that’s how I found her yesterday afternoon.
Who will be next? Run, Diego, Run!
Photo: Laura Martínez
I Might Not Be Beautiful, But I Crashed People en Español’s Bellos Party
You might have guessed this, but yesterday was not a good day for this blogger. It was the morning after People en Español’s Bellos Party, an annual ritual for me and 50 other beautiful Hispanics.
This year, the party took place at Guastavino’s and -unlike previous years- it was much, much smaller, and the room looked kind of empty at times. Also missing was some form of entertainment, which last year was delivered by the awesome Cucu Diamantes and her troop.
Still, some celebrities were lucky enough to get themselves photographed with this blogger, something that -I can assure you- will do plenty to boost their careers.
Some highlights:
Sofía Vergara trashed everyone’s high hopes simply by not showing up…
Lili Estefan “limped” the purple carpet…
Sammy Sosa still looks like he will not be detained in Arizona any time soon…
Univision’s news anchor María Elena Salinas reminded this blogger -again- that no matter how smart you are, you can still look very hot…
Saúl Lisazo reminded this blogger that, no matter how old you are, you can still be one hot papacito…
With the one and only: Sammy Sosa
Ricky Martin Opens Univision Upfront Doing What He Does Best… Tweeting
OK, I’m supposed to write a longer, more serious post about yesterday’s party marathon, but I am going to take my time, as my head is not in a good shape -yet.
In the meantime, I thought you wanted to know Ricky Martin opened Univision’s upfront in Lincoln Center by -what else?- tweeting “Viva el Español,” which was Univision’s theme for this year presentation.
Are You Smarter Than a [Presumably Undocumented] 2nd Grader?
Mrs. Obama got grilled this morning by a little brown girl, who dared confront the first lady with annoying questions about papers and shit…
Mind you; all this happened in front of Margarita Zavala de Calderón herself, who was in town pretending to be useful and all.
Gee, kids! Can’t you see your parents might end up in some kind of serious trouble?
Is the U.S. Ready for ‘President Martínez?’ NBC Says Yes! [Well, Not Really]
I looooove television! Because only on TV you get to see fantastic things that would never happen in real life.
Take NBC’s upcoming thriller The Event, which was presented this week as one of the “biggest television events of the upcoming fall season.”
The conspiracy thriller follows Sean Walker (Jason Ritter) who is investigating the disappearance of his fiancé, Leila thereby “exposing the biggest cover-up in U.S. History.” Mind you, all of this is happening while a black, Latino president occupies the White House: President Martínez. Yay!
…Except, of course, that in the world of television, President Martínez is portrayed by Blair Underwood, a non-Latino actor. Perhaps that is because in the near future -and thanks to Ms. Brewer y sus compinches– there will be not many dark, skinned Latino people left to portray Latinos on television.
Who knows? This blogger is already rejoicing with the possibility of having a primo en la Casa Blanca.
Microsoft Takes Telenovela Approach to Pitch Bing
I was watching Jay Leno the other night, when I bumped into the following commercial -entirely in Spanish. For a second I thought I had sat down on my remote and the channel had switched back accidentally to Univision. But… nope. This ad was running on NBC and is still airing on most English-language nets.
A friend tells me this spot is part of a bigger plan by Microsoft to tap into the so-called “Hispanic Millenials” (whatever that might be). I just love the fact that Los Links are Evil, and that la muchacha is stolen away in a white horse -all of this while another cute muchacha keeps dusting the furniture in the background.
Hat tip: The Green Beetle
Arpaio Goes to Univision… and He Is Armed!
Univision this Friday hosted an unprecedented town hall on immigration, Inmigración: Un Debate Nacional featuring some of the country’s most prominent figures on immigration law and public policy, representatives of Hispanic organizations and -who else? Maricopa County Sheriff Mr. Joe Arpaio, who couldn’t resist showing up wearing a gun-shaped tie pin.
Unless he was at the Univision Studios auditioning for the upcoming Hermanos Almada movie, I would start thinking this guy is dangerous… Oh, wait, he IS dangerous!
¡Ay, nanita!
Arizona’s Anti-Immigrant Bill Opens World of Business Opportunities for This Blogger [Part II]
First came the Deportation Order Baby Onesies. Now, this blogger is peddling the EXCLUSIVE Jan Brewer NOPE poster, which can be yours for only $9.99*
*With proof of your undocumented status in this country. Puerto Ricans, absténganse.
Club América to Arizona: “No Fut for You!”
Full disclosure: I am a Pumas fan. But as the sensible person that I am not, I would like to personally thank Club América and Tuzos de Pachuca for their decision to cancel a soccer match that was scheduled for July 7 in Arizona. According to an official release sent out by Mexico City-based Club América and re-printed by the Phoenix Business Journal:
“Club America would like to inform you that due to the latest developments regarding the new immigration bill… our team will not participate in any friendly match during the preseason 2010 within the state of Arizona.”
Way to go, Águilas. Now… Go, Pumas!
Going to Arizona? Don’t Forget Your Gringo Mask!
Miami-based Ad shop Zubi Advertising has come up with an infallible way to find your way around Arizona without being pulled over: The Gringo Mask, an easy to download, cut and wear mask that will make you look like anything except a “brown person.”
According to Zubi, “There have been over 155,000 hits to GringoMask.com in the past three days, the mask has over 1,700 fans on Facebook and is the number one result on Google when searching for Gringo.”
Which is, like, great, because as I have been saying for many years now, there’s nothing like the power of the Internet to annoy the hell out of stupid people, particularly Arizona politicians.
I have already downloaded mine and I must say I’m loving it, except I live in Harlem so I’m not sure it will be wise to be walking around wearing the thing around here… but that’s another story…
Coke Sweet Coke: Marketing to Mexicans 101
Forget all about Hispanic cheese and lettuce. You know your neighborhood supermarket is genuinely targeting Mexicans when its soda aisle devotes space to the real thing.
Photo taken at Wegmans in Ithaca, N.Y. by Polo Aristoy
What if Mexico Were to Win the 2010 World Cup?
Chichimecas, Toltecas, Mayas, Aztecas celebrate moments of glory… La Guelaguetza plays in Oaxaca while Mariachis blast the plazas in Guadalajara…
Don’t miss Javier Aguirre jumping up and down and please check out the live chronicle by Enrique Bermúdez and Ricardo Peláez.
Ah… the pleasures this would bring!
Via: ElectronicArtsMexico
Chandler, Arizona Celebrates Cinco de Mayo With Chihuahua Race. Whoof! Catch Them if you Can
Enough with the bad news hailing from Nazi Arizona. Residents of Chandler, AZ. are ready for their Cinco de Mayo celebration, which this year will include a Chihuahua race scheduled to take place in the courtyard of the downtown Chandler Public Library. According to the contest’s organizers:
No word yet on how the local police plans to check the pets’ legal status, but since Chandler belongs to Maricopa County, I’m sure they’ll find a way.
Whoof! Whoof! catch them if you can!
Arizona’s Immigration Bill Opens World of Business Opportunities for this Blogger
After several days ruminating about what to do and how to go about Arizona’s sb1070s, this blogger decided to take the creative route and embrace the entrepreneurial spirit that only “America” can offer its immigrants.
So, without further ado… here is my latest creation and what I believe will become my main source of income starting today and until I get caught -and punished- by the migra for making fun of anti-immigration laws.
[I just hope it will be as popular as my previous one]
MI BLOG ES TU BLOG 