#TBT World Takeover: Bring it Down to Latin America

Best TV Show Yo soy betty, La fea Betty is an ugly assistant, but very efficient, and is not liked by the beautiful ones, and those who hate working. Juana La Virgen 17-year old Juana Perez (played by Daniela Alvarado) gets pregnant by artificial insemination due to hospital error. The father of the baby is found to be Mauricio de la Vega (played by Ricardo Álamo). When Mauricio finds out that he's going to have a baby, he starts to fall in love with Juana despite the fact that he is still married to Carlota Vivas (played by Roxana Díaz). Carlota tries everything possible to keep Mauricio and Juana separated. El Cartel De Los Sapos This Colombian telenovela is based on the book of the same name written by former drug dealer Andrés López López. López López wrote the book while in prison. The telenovela follows the story of Martín, alias Fresita, who gets involved in the drug trade in Colombia. This decision will forever change his life, especially after he decides to snitch on his cartel and collaborate with the police. With his life in danger, Martín desperately looks for a way out of the war he’s sparked.  La Usurpadora This hugely popular Mexican version is based on the Venezuelan telenovela of the same name. In it, twins Paulina and Paola are separated at birth. Paulina grows up in humble surroundings while Paola turns evil and marries a rich man. During a chance encounter Paola forces Paulina to trade places with her so she can travel the world with her lover. Her plot is soon discovered and Paulina, who has fallen in love with Paola’s husband, faces the consequences.  O Clone This Brazilian telenovela was one of the biggest hits of all time. It features Lucas, a young man in Brazil who takes a trip to Morocco and falls in love with Jade, a Muslim woman who grew up in Rio de Janeiro and can’t find her place in her family’s religious traditions. Jade and Lucas fall in love at first sight but fate tears them apart, the two end up moving on with their lives. Twenty years later they unexpectedly reunite, but each with a family of their own. While the two struggle with their feelings they also discover that Lucas was cloned and Leo, the carefree 20-year-old clone, also falls in love with Jade. Now, Jade must decide between the two versions of the man she loves.  Rubí The Mexican telenovela tells the story of a young and beautiful social climber, Rubí, who will stop at nothing to gain wealth and status even if it means giving up the man she truly loves. Using her charm and beauty, Rubí plays with the hearts and lives of everyone around her to achieve her goals -- but will she go too far?  Rebelde Way  The lives of some girls and boys at Elite Way, a Buenos Aires private high school. Marizza, Pablo, Manuel and Mia are four among this teenagers, and share a vocation for music which leads them to start a band altogether, the Erreway. Da Cor do Pecado  This brazilian show is propably one of the biggest soaps ever produced. A Maranhense young woman and a carioca tourist photographer fall for each other and get separated by destiny and a woman obsessed with his family's fortune.But there is a twist when this photographer has atwin brother, and these two women have babies. Which is Paco and where is he?

Best Latin American Celebrities Christina Aguilera  Jenifer Lopez Shakira Rita Moreno Celia Cruz Salma Hayek Zoe Saldana Sofia Vergara Ricky Martin

Fashion & Beauty

Hispanic Heritage Month

Hey guys we just finished our 100 Most Beautiful List just in time for Hispanic Heritage Month. So every week we will enlighten you with some of the best Latinos in the entertainment industry, some amazing recipes, and killer fashion sense. So buckle up because we are in for a ride. To give you a little taste here are some of the Latin People we will be featuring. 

Jennifer Lopez

Mario Lopez

Ricky Martin

Pitbull

Sofia Vergara

Eva Longoria

Salma Hayek

George Lopez

Selena Gomez

Jessica Alba

Mark Anthony

Selena

Celia Cruz

Christina Aguilera

Enrique Iglesias

and more.....

Celebrity Weekly: Shakira

"In this life, to earn your place you have to fight for it."

After achieving superstardom throughout Latin America, Colombian-born Shakira became Latin pop's biggest female crossover artist since Jennifer Lopez. Noted for her aggressive, rock-influenced approach, Shakira maintained an extraordinary degree of creative control over her music, especially for a female artist; she wrote or co-wrote nearly all of her own material, and in the process gained a reputation as one of Latin music's most ambitiously poetic lyricists. When she released her first English material in late 2001, she became an instant pop sensation, thanks to her quirky poetic sense and a sexy video image built on her hip-shaking belly dance moves.

Shakira Mebarak (full name: Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll) was born February 2, 1977, in Barranquilla, Colombia, into a poor family. Her mother was a native Colombian and her father was of Lebanese descent, and so as a child Shakira soaked up music from both cultures; she also listened heavily to English-language rock & roll, listing her favorite bands in later interviews as Led Zeppelin, the Beatles, the Police, the Cure, and Nirvana. Shakira wrote her first song at age eight, began entering (and winning) talent competitions at age ten, and started learning the guitar at age 11 (one story runs that around this age, she was kicked out of her school choir for singing too forcefully). In 1990, at age 13, Shakira moved to Bogotá in hopes of pursuing a modeling career, but wound up signing a record deal with Sony's Colombian division instead. Her 1991 debut album, Magia, was comprised of songs she'd written over the past five or six years, including some of her earliest efforts. Although it didn't break internationally, the record started to make a name for her in her home country. Dissatisfied with the pop inclinations of the follow-up, 1993's Peligro, Shakira changed direction for a time, joining the cast of the Colombian soap opera El Oasis in 1994.

When Shakira returned to recording in 1995, she asserted more control over the direction of her music and worked more rock & roll rhythms -- as well as occasional Arabic tinges -- into her Latin pop material. The first results were Pies Descalzos, which was initially released in 1995; a slow seller at first, the album gradually caught on thanks to "Estoy Aqui," which became a hit all over Latin America, as well as Spain. After that breakthrough, Pies Descalzos just kept spinning off singles: "Dónde Estás Corazón?," "Antología," "Pienso en Ti," "Un Poco de Amor," "Se Quiere, Se Mata." The album hit number one in eight different countries and eventually went platinum in the U.S. as well; Shakira toured for nearly two years promoting it (she finally left El Oasis in 1997).

Seeking to build on her success, Shakira signed Emilio Estefan -- Gloria's husband and a highly successful music-biz insider -- as her manager and producer. The move paid off when her follow-up album, 1998's Dónde Están los Ladrones? (Where Are the Thieves?), became an even bigger worldwide hit than its predecessor. What was more, it cracked the lucrative U.S. market wide open, spending 11 weeks at number one on Billboard's Latin album chart and producing two U.S. number ones (on the Latin chart) with "Ciega, Sordomuda" and "Tu." The album's signature track, however, was the worldwide hit "Ojos Así," her most explicit nod yet to the Arabic music she'd picked up from her father (not to mention its latent belly dancing connotations). Dónde Están los Ladrones? was also the most effective presentation yet of Shakira's strong-willed persona; her self-analysis made her even more popular among female fans, while her anger over love gone wrong drew comparisons to Alanis Morissette.

When Gloria Estefan offered to translate "Ojos Así" into English, the prospect of a crossover suddenly seemed tangible, and Shakira decided that the most effective way to maintain control over her material was to learn English well enough to write in it herself. In the meantime, she set the stage for her crossover bid with a performance on MTV Unplugged, the channel's first Spanish-language broadcast. MTV Unplugged was released as an album in early 2000, and topped the Latin charts for two weeks on its way to becoming her third straight platinum album; it also won a Grammy for Best Latin Pop Album. At the inaugural Latin Grammy Awards ceremony in 2000, Shakira delivered a much-discussed, show-stopping performance of "Ojos Así" and took home Unplugged-related trophies for Best Female Pop Vocal ("Ojos Así") and Best Female Rock Vocal ("Octavo Dia").

Mainstream pop stardom beckoned. Shakira dyed her long brown hair blonde, romanced Antonio de la Rua (son of the former president of Argentina), and went to work on her first (mostly) English-language album, Laundry Service. The single/video "Whenever, Wherever" was released in advance of the album in late 2001, and made her a star in the English-speaking world almost overnight. Laundry Service entered the American pop charts at number three, and "Whenever, Wherever" climbed into the Top Ten of the singles chart, peaking at number six. The follow-up, "Underneath Your Clothes," also hit the Top Ten, halting at number nine; less than a year after its release, Laundry Service had gone triple platinum. Reviews of Laundry Service were divided as to the effectiveness of Shakira's English lyrics, but nearly all agreed on her unique poetic imagery. 

Extensive touring to support Laundry Service led to a long break for the singer, so a remix collection (2002's Laundry Service: Washed and Dried) and a live album (2004's Live & Off the Record) appeared in lieu of a new album. Revitalized, Shakira began the writing process for her next release and soon had 60 songs ready to go, some in English, some in Spanish; 20 of those songs were selected and divided up by language to make two different albums. Both appeared in 2005 and both hit the Top Ten, with the Spanish-language album Fijacion Oral, Vol. 1 leading the way in June with a number four placing and the English-language album, Oral Fixation, Vol. 2, following in November at number five. As sales of Oral Fixation began to slow in early 2006, Epic reissued the album in March with a bonus track, "Hip Don't Lie." The newly recorded song went on to top the Billboard Hot 100 chart in June, becoming one of the summer's biggest hits and reviving sales of Oral Fixation, as well as Shakira's entire back catalog.

Shakira signed a ten-year contract with Live Nation in 2008, prompting Forbes to deem her the fourth top-earning female musician in history. She also worked heavily on another album, traveling to multiple cities while collaborating with such producers as RedOne, Wyclef Jean, and Luis F. Ochoa. She Wolf was completed in 2009 and readied for release in October, marking her third English-language album. The electro-disco heavy She Wolf didn't make many commercial waves, performing well in Europe, Colombia and Mexico but not in the US, yet Shakira quickly bounced back in 2010 with "Waka Waka (This Time for Africa)," the official song of the 2010 FIFA World Cup that became an international smash hit. On the heels of its success came Sale el Sol in the fall of 2010, an album largely recorded in Spanish that continued her remarkable worldwide success. A live album from Sale el Sol's supporting tour, Shakira: Live from Paris, appeared in time for the 2011 Christmas season. 

In 2012, Shakira replaced Christina Aguilera as a coach on the American hit musical talent show The Voice. She initially served for only one season, leaving in 2013, and after her departure she finalized her tenth album. Called Shakira, the record saw release in March 2014, preceded by the Rihanna duet hit "Can't Remember to Forget You." Shakira also served on The Voice again for season six of the series. ~ Steve Huey, Rovi

From Billboard,com

Fashion Diva (September)

Who wore it better? Kenya Moore vs. Emily Ratajkowski Eva Longoria vs. Sofia Vergara Taylor Swift vs. Karlie Kloss Kris Jenner vs. Justin Bieber Iggy Azalea vs. Zendaya Lady Gaga vs. Kerry Washington Leighton Meester vs. Beyonce KIm Kardashian vs. Olivia Palermo Khloe Kardashian vs. Kim Kardashian RIhanna vs. Sodraya Kim Kardashian vs. Beyonce Gigi Hadid vs. Jullianne Moore Beyonce vs. Giuliana Rancic vs. Nene Leakes Amber Rose vs. Tina Knowles Kristen Stewart vs. Adrienne Bailon Paris Hilton vs. Rita Ora vs. Charli XCX Victoria Justice vs. Bella Thorne vs. Wilow Shields Becky G vs. Samantha Hoopes Kim Kardashian vs. Kendall Jenner Mel B vs. Joanna Krupa Kim Kardashian vs. Christina Hendricks Taylor Swift vs. Sophie Turner Lala Anthony vs. Brec Bassinger vs. Cindy Crawford Kendall Jenner vs Alessandra Ambrosio Kim Kardashian vs. Naya Rivera Salma Hayek vs. Camilla Luddington Rihanna vs. Kanye West Eiza Gonzalez vs. Kylie Jenner Vote in Comments below!!! Nailed It! Trendsetters of the Year Multi-talented actress and Hollywood Records Platinum-Selling Artist, Zendaya, released her self-titled 2013 debut full-length album where she delivered soulful pop with an urban edge. But that does not only end at her music but her style. Zendaya is my style-peration ok. She always pushing the barrier when it comes to fashion. I love her so of course she is on our list. She regularly volunteers for PETA and UNICEF.  She is currently starring in “KC Undercover” a topline Disney channel spy television series, in which she stars and co-produces. She continues to change the world of fashion, and a growing social influence by inspiring kids around the world to be themselves and follow their dreams. So say hello to our Trendsetter of the Month. Make sure you vote for our Trendsetter of the Month on the right side.

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