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Red Table Talk: Watch Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor Recall Her First Day on the Job
In the final 2020 episode of Red Table Talk: The Estefans, Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor remembers her first day on the nation’s highest court.
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Gloria Estefan Reveals She Had COVID-19 Last Month
Singer Gloria Estefan said she tested positive for COVID-19 last month. Estefan shared her diagnosis in an Instagram post Tuesday night. The 63-year-old said she lost her sense of taste and smell and decided to get tested on Nov. 8, and it came back positive. Estefan said the only other symptom she had was a little cough, and said she…
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Rivera, Estefan, Miranda to Star in Digital Benefit Show
Chita Rivera, Gloria Estefan, Lin-Manuel Miranda and Thalía will headline a benefit digital concert in October to celebrate Latino culture and achievement in theater.
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Legendary Mexican Crooner José José Dies From Cancer
Mexican crooner José José, the elegant dresser who moved audiences to tears with melancholic love ballads and was known as the “Prince of Song,” has died at the age of 71. Mexican artists’ association ANDI confirmed the death in a Twitter post on Saturday. Multiple media outlets said the singer had died of pancreatic cancer at a hospital in South...
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Jennifer Lopez Stops Concert to Sing ‘Happy Birthday' to Alex Rodriguez
Alex Rodriguez, the former New York Yankees star and MLB icon, turned 44 on Saturday. The night before, his fiancé Jennifer Lopez temporarily stopped her concert in Miami and had him come up onstage, along with her twins, Max and Emme, his daughters, Natasha and Ella, and her backup dancers. The guest of honor was presented with a four-tiered Yankees-themed...
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NBC Hosts 5th Annual Red Nose Day
The fifth annual “Red Nose Day” special returns to NBC Thursday to raise money to lift children out of poverty globally. Terry Crews from “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” and “America’s Got Talent” will be hosting the fundraiser. Other big names in TV, movies, music and more will also be participating.
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Ventimiglia Says Kenya Trip Showed Him Red Nose Charity's Impact
“This Is Us” star Milo Ventimiglia learned firsthand what the Red Nose Day’s fundraising campaign means to children in need, and he’s eager to spread the word.
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Mexican Rock Band Mana Is Latin Grammys' Person of the Year
Mana will be honored as Person of the Year 2018 by the Latin Recording Academy, and Fher Olvera, lead vocalist of the influential Mexican rock band, can’t help but recall its beginnings “in a little truck,” as they say, chopping wood and carrying water. “The band Mana started from way, way down,” Fher told The Associated Press in an interview...
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Paying R-E-S-P-E-C-T to Aretha Franklin
The Queen of Soul left us at age 76 as the unbreakable link connecting Gospel, R&B and pop.
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Broadway Musical About Michael Jackson in the Works
The Michael Jackson Estate and Columbia Live Stage on Tuesday unveiled plans for a stage musical inspired by the life of Michael Jackson. They hope it will be ready for Broadway by 2020.
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2017 Kennedy Center Honors Recognize Artists, Skip Trump Drama
This year’s Kennedy Center Honors recognizing outstanding artists and performers managed to skip the political drama that loomed over it earlier this year — just ask honoree Norman Lear. Ahead of Sunday night’s festivities at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, the longtime television producer behind “All in the Family” and other hits reacted with mock surprise...
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Obama Foundation Summit Brings World Leaders, Entertainment Icons to Chicago
Royalty, world and business leaders and entertainment icons will converge in Chicago this week as part of the inaugural Obama Foundation Summit.
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‘Almost Like Praying': Lin-Manuel Miranda Unites Latin Stars in Song for Puerto Rico Relief, Explains Trump Comments
“Hamilton” creator Lin-Manuel Miranda released a new original song Friday to raise money for Puerto Rican hurricane relief and he’s enlisted some of the biggest Latin stars in music to help. “Almost Like Praying” features Jennifer Lopez, Marc Anthony, Camila Cabello, Gloria Estefan, Fat Joe, Luis Fonsi, John Leguizamo and Rita Moreno, among many others. All proceeds from the download...
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'Tonight': Camp Winnipesaukee With Justin Timberlake, Keegan-Michael Key, Billy Crystal
Jimmy Fallon and Justin Timberlake are kids at Camp Winnipesaukee, singing “What’s Up” by 4 Non Blondes and Gloria Estefan’s “Rhythm Is Gonna Get You,” with cameos from Billy Crystal and Keegan-Michael Key.
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Lionel Ritchie, Norman Lear, Gloria Estefan and LL Cool J Among Kennedy Center Honorees
This year’s Kennedy Center honorees will include two singers, a television writer, a dancer – and for the first time, a hip-hop artist.
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Alejandro Sanz Named Latin Grammy Person of the Year
Spanish music star Alejandro Sanz has been named 2017 Latin Recording Academy Person of the Year.
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Mother of Legendary Miami Singer Gloria Estefan Dies at 88
Estefan posted the news to her Instagram page, saying that Gloria Fajardo “went peacefully” while being surrounded by family and friends at the age of 88.
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Daughter of Latin Music Icons Emily Estefan Steps Out in Her Own Sound
The daughter of Latin music icons Gloria and Emilio Estefan made her debut at Festival Miami one day before the release of her album. She may be a splitting image of her mother, but Emily Estefan’s music style is her own. The 22-year-old rocked the house Thursday night at the annual music festival at the Frost School of Music at...
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Pop Superstar George Michael Dies of Heart Failure at 53
George Michael, the British pop superstar who reached early fame with WHAM! and went on to a solo career lined with controversies and chart-topping hits that blended soul and dance music with daring social and personal commentary, has died, his publicist said Sunday. He was 53. Michael died at his home in Goring, England. His publicist, Cindi Berger, said he...
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Frankie Valli Not Crying as ‘Jersey Boys' Prepares to Close
The guy who gave us the song “Big Girls Don’t Cry” isn’t tearing up over the imminent closing of the Broadway show about his life, “Jersey Boys.” “I’m not sad,” Frankie Valli said by phone. “I never dreamed it would last 11 years. The beauty about this whole situation is it’s not over. It is now beginning to happen in...