He cha cha-ed his way into third place on Dancing with the Stars -- and now Cristián de la Fuente is joining a singing competition. But the hunky Chilean actor won't be hitting any high notes himself. "I love music," de la Fuente says on the phone from Mexico City. "I'm great singer but the only problem is the way it sounds. It's bad!" Instead, de la Fuente will host Viva el Sueño! (translation: Live the Dream!), which begins Sunday on Univision. The contest will discover Latin America's next big musical superstar from a group of professional singers who haven't quite made it big yet. "The great thing about this is all of [the contestants] are professional singers," he says. "They all started a career that didn't end with them being big stars, so that's why this show may be the opportunity for them to touch stardom." Despite his expert moves, don't...
- 8/26/2009
- by StyleWatch
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Lionsgate's The Lost City, New Line Cinema's Take the Lead and Miramax's The Adventures of Sharkboy & Lavagirl in 3-D are the three finalists in the best picture category for the 21st annual Imagen Awards, announced Thursday. Andy Garcia also earned noms in the best director and film actor for his work on Lost City. Robert Rodriguez picked up two bids in the director category for Sharkboy and Sin City. Antonio Banderas has two bids in the lead actor category, for Lead and The Legend of Zorro. John Leguizamo rounds out the category for Sueno. Lead actress noms went to America Ferrera for The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, Jessica Alba for Fantastic Four, Cameron Diaz for In Her Shoes and Ines Sastre for Lost City.
- 6/30/2006
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Lionsgate's The Lost City, New Line Cinema's Take the Lead and Miramax's The Adventures of Sharkboy & Lavagirl in 3-D are the three finalists in the best picture category for the 21st annual Imagen Awards, announced Thursday. Andy Garcia also earned noms in the best director and film actor for his work on Lost City. Robert Rodriguez picked up two bids in the director category for Sharkboy and Sin City. Antonio Banderas has two bids in the lead actor category, for Lead and The Legend of Zorro. John Leguizamo rounds out the category for Sueno. Lead actress noms went to America Ferrera for The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, Jessica Alba for Fantastic Four, Cameron Diaz for In Her Shoes and Ines Sastre for Lost City.
- 6/30/2006
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
MEXICO CITY -- Tommy Lee Jones' The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada and the comedy Sueno, starring John Leguizamo, will bookend the third edition of the Morelia International Film Festival, one of Mexico's top movie showcases. Festival organizers said Jones and Mexican screenwriter Guillermo Arriaga will attend the festival, which runs Oct. 8-16. Jones directed and starred in Three Burials, which won best screenplay and actor at the Festival de Cannes. Three Burials will open the festival. Closer Sueno, the first feature from writer-director Renee Chabria, is a Destination Films release.
- 10/7/2005
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
MEXICO CITY -- Tommy Lee Jones' The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada and the comedy Sueno, starring John Leguizamo, will bookend the third edition of the Morelia International Film Festival, one of Mexico's top movie showcases. Festival organizers said Jones and Mexican screenwriter Guillermo Arriaga will attend the festival, which runs Oct. 8-16. Jones directed and starred in Three Burials, which won best screenplay and actor at the Festival de Cannes. Three Burials will open the festival. Closer Sueno, the first feature from writer-director Renee Chabria, is a Destination Films release.
- 10/6/2005
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Elizabeth Pena has been tapped to star opposite Sela Ward in the CBS telefilm Suburban Madness, which retells the story of Texas woman Clara Harris, who was convicted last year of murdering her philandering husband by running over him several times with her Mercedes-Benz. Pena will play Harris in the project, told from the perspective of private investigator Bobbi Bacha (Ward), who was hired by Harris to spy on her husband and ended up capturing the July 2002 murder on tape. Robert Dornhelm is set to direct the Sony Pictures TV/Storyline Entertainment telefilm, executive produced by Storyline's Craig Zadan and Neil Meron. Production is slated to begin Friday in Toronto. Pena will next be seen in the telefilms The Hollywood Mom's Mystery and the features Down in the Valley, Sueno and How the Garcia Girls Spent Their Summer Vacation. She is represented by Paradigm and Rigberg-Rugolo Entertainment.
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