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The free Spanish-language streaming platform Canela.TV has had a bit of a quiet start to 2023. The service added some new programming for kids from “Blippi” and “Cocomelon” in early April, but otherwise has made only small ripples in the streaming pond, no huge waves.

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That is changing this week, however, with the announcement that the streamer’s parent company Canela Media is planning to add more than 2,000 hours of content to the platform in the 2023-24 TV season. The programming will include daily news offerings, original movies, telenovelas, and much more.

“Canela Studios has evolved since we first launched Canela Media and this year we are achieving a major milestone to have original productions across every single content vertical and audience segment, all with a fantastic in-house production and development team,” Canela Media CEO Isabel Rafferty Zavala said.

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The 2023 Latin American Music Awards are taking place Thursday night.

Ahead of the ceremony, the night will kick off with a preshow and red carpet special, Noche de Estrellas, at 7 p.m. Et.

Mexican actor David Zepeda and Venezuelan TV presenter Chiqui Delgado will serve as red-carpet hosts alongside Enamorándonos personalities Rafael Araneda and Ana Patricia Gámez. They will be joined by fashion and beauty experts Jomari Goyso and Yayis Villareal, who will cover all style moments and carpet looks.

Noche de Estrellas also will feature performances by Blessd, Justin Quiles and Lenny Tavarez as well as the announcement of two of the night’s winners.

You can watch all the preshow festivities live, above.

The Latin AMAs will air for the first time this year on its new home, Univision, after TelevisaUnivision acquired the rights from dick clark productions in September. The show will also broadcast simultaneously on UniMás and Galavisión.

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In a live telecast from Las Vegas on Nov. 26, judges crowned Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters, representing South Africa, the new Miss Universe. As photos of the winner multiplied over the internet, people were quick to point out that Nel-Peters appears to have a doppelgänger — another Miss Universe champion.

Following her coronation, commenters flooded social media with tweets about how the new beauty queen bears an incredible resemblance to Miss Universe 2006 from Puerto Rico. “Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters looks a lot like Zuleyka Rivera,” one person tweeted.

Daddy Yankee and Luis Fonsi’s music video for “Despacito” garnered more than 3 billion views on YouTube, making it the most-watched video of all time. Part of the video’s success depends on the authenticity and believability of the costumes, which is where Puerto Rico-based designer Yasiri Castro came in. She was tasked with styling the entire cast, including former Miss Universe Zuleyka Rivera.

Despite Castro’s impressive résumé, she didn’t set out to conquer the costume design world. She stumbled into the trade — and fell in love with it — after helping style a cast on a film when...

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“Despacito,” the summer anthem that sat at the top of the Billboard‘s Hot 100 for 16 weeks, may be on repeat on everyone’s playlist, but the song’s music video is all about mesmerizing model Zuleyka Rivera. In the video, Rivera moves her way through Puerto Rico’s La Perla neighborhood and the Old San Juan bar La Factoría with a tantalizing allure. Here are five reasons we love the 30-year-old boricua beauty.

1. Rivera, who was crowned Miss Universe in 2006, is a devoted mom.

Angelina Jolie, Gwyneth Paltrow, Rose McGowan and many more celebrities have come forward in the recent weeks to share harrowing experiences of being sexually harassed in Hollywood.

After dozens of women accused powerhouse film executive Harvey Weinstein of sexual harassment from as far back as three decades ago, more women who’ve been harassed by other men in power have come forward. The trending hashtag #MeToo, created by actress Alyssa Milano to reveal “the magnitude of the problem,” generated more than 500,000 tweets in just one day.

Now, Miss Universe 2006 Zuleyka Rivera confessed in an interview with language program ¡Suelta la sopa!

The Miss USA pageant has selected several former winners to judge this year’s contest after its standing judges quit over controversial comments made by pageant co-owner Donald Trump. Judges Emmitt Smith, Terrence Jenkins, and former Miss Universe Zuleyka Rivera all dropped out of the pageant in light of Trump’s reference to Mexican immigrants as “rapists” during his speech announcing his candidacy for president. The new judges are, according to TMZ: - Nana Meriwether: Miss USA 2012 – Leila Umenyiora: Miss Universe 2011 – Rima Fakih: Miss USA 2010 – Crystle Stewart: Miss USA 2008 – Tara Conner: Miss USA 2006 Also Read: Joss Whedon Slams Donald Trump,...

The Miss USA pageant just lined up the hottest judges panel ever assembled -- no offense to U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice Roberts. Nine former Miss USA or Miss Universe contestants and title holders will sit on the panel Sunday night, and they include: - Rima Fakih (Miss USA 2010)- Tara Conner (Miss USA 2006)- Crystle Stewart (Miss USA 2008)- Nana Meriwether (Miss USA 2012)- Brook Lee (Ex Miss USA & Miss...

San Juan, March 22 (Ians/Efe) Miss Universe 2006, Puerto Rico's Zuleyka Rivera, has announced that she will participate in the new soap opera "Cosita linda", which will begin filming in May in Miami.

"I'm very happy to have signed the contract. My participation will be an antagonistic role," Rivera told reporters after being presented as the new spokesperson for Le'dermis beauty products.

Rivera, 25, has already been playing the role of "Sandra Diaz" in the soap opera "Rosario", the last episode of which will be taped Friday.

She resumed her career as an actress after having a child, Sebastian Jose, with Jj Barea of the.

Latinas' beauty has been celebrated by many and awarded over the years by international organizations such as Miss Universe, where contestants must excel physically and orally in performance and projection.

For decades, Venezuela and Puerto Rico have maintained a strong rivalry, since their contestants have been the only ones to win the competition at least once each decade over the past 40 years.

The South American country is ahead, boasting six crowns, while the Caribbean island has earned at least five victories. And in 2009, Venezuelans set a world record when they became the first to crown two queens consecutively.

Furthermore, in the past 20 years, Latinas have won more than half of the top positions provided by the organization, including the most recent winners: Mexican Ximena Navarrete (2010), Venezuelans Stefania Fernandez (2009) and Dayana Mendoza (2008), and Puerto Rican Zuleyka Rivera (2006).

This December 19, the annual beauty contest will take place in Las Vegas. The event...

San Juan, Aug 4 (Ians/Efe) Former Miss Universe Zuleyka Rivera has resumed her career as an actress in the Univision telenovela "Rosario" after a year off following the birth of the baby boy she had with NBA star Jj Barea.

Rivera, 24, told Efe in an interview Friday from Miami, where the telenovela will be in production over the next eight months, that she is very happy to be acting again.

"I feel super-happy.

Coronation Street: The Mystery of The Missing Hotpot Recipe Now Available

Avanquest Software Publishing brings the drama of the street to the PC today, as "Coronation Street: The Mystery of The Missing Hotpot Recipe" is now available to purchase. The first game based upon the world's current longest running TV soap opera challenges players to solve the mystery of Betty’s missing hotpot recipe.

Fran Drescher spills details of The Nanny mini reunion with The Bay's Charles Shaughnessy on Happily Divorced

"I wouldn't dream of having done the show without [Shaughnessy]. First of all, I love that man; he's so great. [Plus] he's good for ratings!" Drescher smiled.

Ex-Miss Universe Zuleyka Rivera Having Baby With NBA Star; Has To Leave Soap

Former Miss Universe Zuleyka Rivera confirmed via a communique that she is pregnant by Puerto Rican basketball player Jj Barea of the NBA champion Dallas Mavericks.

Zuleyka, who had...