When I heard, there was a docuseries on iconic Latinx boy band Menudo in the works, I thought it'd be fun. You know, bright eighties outfits, cheesy dance routines, and synthesized beats. HBO's "Menudo: Forever Young" has those things but they stand in stark contrast to harrowing tales of alleged child abuse, hidden in plain sight as the group sang and danced across the global stage.
Menudo's musical legacy is important and the new series says as much with talking heads calling them "the first boy band" and explaining how Menudo's manager/band leader Edgardo Díaz created a profit-generating model that would change the music industry. It was partly the products: records, concert tickets, merch, TV shows, and more. But it was also the marketing - this was a wholesome act, selling a non-threatening form of masculinity to teenage girls.
As "Menudo: Forever Young" makes clear, the boy bands that...
Menudo's musical legacy is important and the new series says as much with talking heads calling them "the first boy band" and explaining how Menudo's manager/band leader Edgardo Díaz created a profit-generating model that would change the music industry. It was partly the products: records, concert tickets, merch, TV shows, and more. But it was also the marketing - this was a wholesome act, selling a non-threatening form of masculinity to teenage girls.
As "Menudo: Forever Young" makes clear, the boy bands that...
- 6/17/2022
- by Cristina Escobar
- Popsugar.com
HBO Max will release Menudo: Forever Young, a new documentary about the Latin American boy band from filmmakers Angel Manuel Soto (Charm City Kings) and Kristofer Ríos (Havana Skate Days), on June 23. The premiere will follow the project’s debut at the 2022 Tribeca Festival on June 11.
Menudo was formed by producer Edgardo Diaz in 1977 with 5 original members: Ricky Melendez, brothers Carlos and Oscar Meléndez, and the Sallaberry brothers, Fernando and Nefty. The group changed members often mostly after the pre-teen and early teenage boys aged out around age 15 or 16. Two of its most famous members include Ricky Martin and Draco Rosa (as Robbi Rosa).
Diaz, who served as the band’s manager, was accused of sexual abuse by multiple members beginning in 1991. He denied the allegations that same year on El Show De Cristina, a popular talk show at the time hosted by Cristina Saralegui.
Menudo disbanded in 2009 though reunion...
Menudo was formed by producer Edgardo Diaz in 1977 with 5 original members: Ricky Melendez, brothers Carlos and Oscar Meléndez, and the Sallaberry brothers, Fernando and Nefty. The group changed members often mostly after the pre-teen and early teenage boys aged out around age 15 or 16. Two of its most famous members include Ricky Martin and Draco Rosa (as Robbi Rosa).
Diaz, who served as the band’s manager, was accused of sexual abuse by multiple members beginning in 1991. He denied the allegations that same year on El Show De Cristina, a popular talk show at the time hosted by Cristina Saralegui.
Menudo disbanded in 2009 though reunion...
- 4/21/2022
- by Rosy Cordero
- Deadline Film + TV
Monday marks exactly one year since singer Jenni Rivera was tragically killed in a plane crash in Mexico. She may be gone, but those who knew her best (and loved her dearly) are making sure "La Diva de la Banda" is not forgotten. A new Jenni Rivera album was released Dec. 3, featuring songs from her last concert in Monterrey, Mexico, and her eldest daughter, Janney "Chiquis" Rivera, will play Jenni in a new movie being made about the singer. On the anniversary of her death, Jenni's celeb friends, co-stars and producers are also sharing their favorite memories of Jenni exclusively with People.
- 12/9/2013
- by Lee Hernandez
- PEOPLE.com
Last July when emerging R&B star Frank Ocean published an emotional letter detailing an early love affair with a man, his "coming out" story made headlines in the hip-hop world and beyond. Now, the Grammy-nominated songwriter is being honored by GLAAD, the nation's lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender media advocacy and anti-defamation organization. Ocean is among the 120 nominees for the 24th Annual GLAAD Media Awards, the organization announced early Wednesday morning. He is being recognized for his critically-lauded Channel Orange album. Other musician nominees include Adam Lambert (for his album Tresspassing). Among the other familiar nominee names in the...
- 1/16/2013
- by Stephen M. Silverman
- PEOPLE.com
Last July when emerging R&B star Frank Ocean published an emotional letter detailing an early love affair with a man, his "coming out" story made headlines in the hip-hop world and beyond. Now, the Grammy-nominated songwriter is being honored by GLAAD, the nation's lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender media advocacy and anti-defamation organization. Ocean is among the 120 nominees for the 24th Annual GLAAD Media Awards, the organization announced early Wednesday morning. He is being recognized for his critically-lauded Channel Orange album. Other musician nominees include Adam Lambert (for his album Tresspassing). Among the other familiar nominee names in the...
- 1/16/2013
- by Stephen M. Silverman
- PEOPLE.com
Cristina Saralegui wants everyone to know that Barack Obama is the right choice for the Latino community come November.
The Cuban-born talk show host, who announced her endorsement of the President back in June, is starring in a new Spanish-language ad called "Muchísimo" (Spanish for "a lot"), in which the Latina Oprah defends Obama's record against charges that he has done nothing during his four years in office. Saralegui points to Obama's health care law, the death of Osama Bin Laden, and low interest rates for student loans as some of Obama's successes.
“It makes me laugh when some say President Obama hasn’t done anything. Really?" the Latina Oprah says in the new video, which according to Fox News Latino will air in the battleground states of Colorado, Florida, Nevada, Ohio and Virginia.
"He helped us avoid an economic depression," Saralegui says. "He passed a health law that guarantees...
The Cuban-born talk show host, who announced her endorsement of the President back in June, is starring in a new Spanish-language ad called "Muchísimo" (Spanish for "a lot"), in which the Latina Oprah defends Obama's record against charges that he has done nothing during his four years in office. Saralegui points to Obama's health care law, the death of Osama Bin Laden, and low interest rates for student loans as some of Obama's successes.
“It makes me laugh when some say President Obama hasn’t done anything. Really?" the Latina Oprah says in the new video, which according to Fox News Latino will air in the battleground states of Colorado, Florida, Nevada, Ohio and Virginia.
"He helped us avoid an economic depression," Saralegui says. "He passed a health law that guarantees...
- 8/3/2012
- by The Huffington Post
- Huffington Post
Cristina Saralegui ended .El Show De Cristina. after 20 years. Cristina started her show in 1989 as daily for Univision. The last broadcast was November 1, 2010. National Latino Broadcasting announced today that Cristina Radio will officially go on the air Thursday, January 12, 2012. The channel, which has been built around Saralegui and whose main target will be the multi-generational Us Hispanic, is part of a two-channel agreement with Sirius Xm Radio. In May 2011, Nlb signed the media mogul to an exclusive radio contract which opens a new phase in her career and marks her satellite radio debut. Cristina Radio will benefit from her extraordinary on-air personality, and her unique vision and experience will shape the...
- 1/10/2012
- by April MacIntyre
- Monsters and Critics
The big 'get' of the day at the Television Critics' Association summer press tour was running into Cristina Saralegui in the ladies' lounge of the Beverly Hilton. The engaging superstar of Spanish television caught the angel wings on my Donni Charms' scarf, and told me her love of angels. "I love your scarf; I am doing a jewelry line with angels, and I want to get those angel people onto my show." Cristina later told the television critics that "angels always get ratings. Always.. The Cuban-American phenomenon is firing up a new show for Telemundo that not only will have angels, but English and Spanish superstars and acts from all over the world, as the hard working...
- 8/3/2011
- by April MacIntyre
- Monsters and Critics
Diane Haithman is contributing to Deadline’s coverage of TCA.
In this year’s first and probably only TCA panel to be conducted in two languages, Cuban-born journalist Cristina Saralegui spoke passionately about leaving her Miami-based Spanish-language show for Univision, El Show de Cristina, after 21 years for a new weekly talk/variety show for Telemundo. The show launches in October in conjunction with National Latino Broadcasting’s The Cristina Channel, a radio network for Sirius Xm. Unlike her previous program, the new show, Pa’Lante Con Cristina, which the star will host and executive produce, will make use of translators, subtitles, and whatever it takes to make the show accessible to both Spanish- and English-speaking viewers. “The show will be in Spanglish — in my home, my kids speak both, because I don’t think that you should lose a language,” says Saralegui. Although she made a point of thanking Univision for her 21 years on the air,...
In this year’s first and probably only TCA panel to be conducted in two languages, Cuban-born journalist Cristina Saralegui spoke passionately about leaving her Miami-based Spanish-language show for Univision, El Show de Cristina, after 21 years for a new weekly talk/variety show for Telemundo. The show launches in October in conjunction with National Latino Broadcasting’s The Cristina Channel, a radio network for Sirius Xm. Unlike her previous program, the new show, Pa’Lante Con Cristina, which the star will host and executive produce, will make use of translators, subtitles, and whatever it takes to make the show accessible to both Spanish- and English-speaking viewers. “The show will be in Spanglish — in my home, my kids speak both, because I don’t think that you should lose a language,” says Saralegui. Although she made a point of thanking Univision for her 21 years on the air,...
- 8/2/2011
- by The Deadline Team
- Deadline Film + TV
Diane Haithman is contributing to Deadline's coverage of TCA. In this year's first and probably only TCA panel to be conducted in two languages, Cuban-born journalist Cristina Saralegui spoke passionately about leaving her Miami-based Spanish-language show for Univision, El Show de Cristina, after 21 years for a new weekly talk/variety show for Telemundo. The show launches in October in conjunction with National Latino Broadcasting's The Cristina Channel, a radio network for Sirius Xm. Unlike her previous program, the new show, Pa’Lante Con Cristina, which the star will host and executive produce, will make use of translators, subtitles, and whatever it takes to make the show accessible to both Spanish- and English-speaking viewers. “The show will be in Spanglish -- in my home, my kids speak both, because I don’t think that you should lose a language,” says Saralegui. Although she made a point of thanking Univision for her 21 years on the air,...
- 8/2/2011
- by THE DEADLINE TEAM
- Deadline TV
Telemundo confirmed at its upfront presentation on Tuesday what had been rumored for several months, that it has signed Cristina Saralegui, known as the Hispanic Oprah Winfrey, to do a prime time talk show beginning later this year. Saralegui for 21 years had hosted "The Cristina Show" on rival Hispanic broadcast network Univision, until the show was abruptly cancelled last November. Also read: Spanish-Language TV Networks Poised for Advertising Fiesta At the time Saralegui, 62, said the cancellation was a surprise to her and she accused Univision of cancelling the show because...
- 5/18/2011
- The Wrap
The TV host billed as 'The Spanish Oprah' is to end her talkshow after more than two decades on the air. The AP reports that Cristina Saralegui has decided to finish El Show de Cristina after a 25-year run on Univision, but she will return to the channel to host a series of specials in the future. Saralegui called the end of her series a "bittersweet moment" (more)...
- 8/27/2010
- by By Justin Harp
- Digital Spy
NEW YORK -- Talk show host Cristina Saralegui and Univision anchor Maria Elena Salinas are among the honorees selected for the second annual Latin Emmys. The Latin Emmys will be held Oct. 19 at the Time Life Building in New York, Mayor Michael Bloomberg said Monday at a news conference in which the six honorees also were named. "It's going to be a truly special night," Bloomberg said. "We're so glad this show is moving to La Gran Manzana, and we hope it will be its permanent home." In addition to Saralegui and Salinas, recipients of this year's Latin Emmys, which recognize individual achievement but are not a competitive awards program, will be Fernando Arau, a host on Univision's Despierta America; Saul Lisazo, an actor on the Telemundo novela Tierra de Pasiones; Jessi Losada, a sports anchor on Telemundo; and Lucero, star of the Televisa novela Alborada. Telemundo soccer broadcaster Andres Cantor, an honoree at last year's inaugural Latin Emmys, announced the honorees at the City Hall news conference along with Bloomberg.
- 7/24/2006
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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