Selena

The Selena Movie Cast Then & Now

... phone from a pickup in the parking lot of a motel Friday evening, March 31, 1995. Saldivar is accused of killing Tejano singer. more. Photo: BOB OWEN, File Photo. Image 18 of 33. A Corpus Christi police officer leaves his patrol car enroute back to the scene of a standoff between police and Yolanda Saldivar Friday afternoon, March 31, 1995. Saldivar held police at bay for over nine hours, threatening to kill herself, before surrendering late Friday night. She is accused of killing Tejano singer Selena in a motel room before barricading herself in a pickup truck in the motel's parking lot. less. A Corpus Christi police officer leaves his patrol car enroute back to the scene of a standoff between police and Yolanda Saldivar Friday afternoon, March 31, 1995. Saldivar held police at bay for over nine. more. Photo: BOB OWEN, File Photo. Image 19 of 33. Abraham Quintanilla, father of Tejano music recording star Selena, pauses as he answers questions about his daughter's death as he leaves his home Saturday, April 1, 1995, in Corpus Christi, ...

Panel To Discuss Selena's Impact On Latinas In Entertainment

... Arriaga, and actress Jackie Cruz , who plays Flaca in Netflix's " Orange is the New Black ," will participate in a three-woman panel at 1 p.m. Saturday in the Selena Auditorium at American Bank Center. "Reflections of Selena: How One Person Unites Us" will focus on Selena's lasting impact on the Latino community, especially women in entertainment. "It was Suzette's idea. She and I had been talking about doing something together (at the festival) and the three of us had been together at the unveiling of the wax figure back in August," said Guerra, who will moderate the panel. "The idea (of the panel) is how Selena has become this great role model for generations who really didn't know her in life.". Guerra said Cruz is the "living, breathing example" of a woman who has been influenced by Selena despite being a young girl when ...

Mandy Teefy Reveals The Moment She Knew Selena Gomez Would Be A Star

... would be a star. During an interview with the New York Times, Mandy said that Selena showed the type of work ethic and personality she has today at a very young age. She explained , "She was 6 or 7. I thought I wanted to be an actor. She went to one of my rehearsals with me and sat through the whole thing, not moving.". RELATED: CHECK OUT THE ONE PROJECT SELENA AND HER MOM ARE WORKING ON TOGETHER. Mandy continued, "On the way home, she was quiet, and then she goes, 'You know, Mom, that might be funnier if you did it this way.' And I thought, Oh, no. She’s going to be an actor. I’m surprised she actually had friends. She used to make the kids in the neighborhood do casting calls and try to direct them.". Selena chimed in and said, "You can hear my voice in the background [on the home movies]. I’m like, 'Move to the left.' 'Say it again.'". RELATED: SELENA GOMEZ SPILLS 11 SECRETS ABOUT BEING ON DISNEY CHANNEL. STOP. IT. This is freaking adorable but actually not surprising at all. Selena ...

Corpus Christi Man Recalls Acting In The Film Selena

... and only film. “I’ve always been a movie geek, but I’m interested in how things work behind the camera,” Mendez said. “The process for film is long and tedious, so I stuck with theater.”. He said his favorite part of being in the movie was the 20 minutes he spent riding around with his scene partner making up a fake back story for his character and improvising lines. That’s where “rewind” came from, he said, everything else in the scene was scripted. “I was supposed to say reverse, but in my head, this guy was kind of an idiot,” Mendez said. “We made up a story where they had gone to a house party the night before. It was such a ball and was nice to ad-lib.”. Mendez has one photo from the set with Jackie Guerra, who played Suzette Quintanilla, and Jennifer Lopez, who played Selena. He didn’t even want to do that, Mendez said, but a person who worked on the film crew ...

20 Years Ago, Biopic Helped Give Pop Star Selena Life Beyond Her Tragic Death

... Selena Quintanilla Perez in the 1997 film Selena. Rico Torres/AFP/Getty Images. The biopic Selena tells the story of Mexican-American pop star Selena Quintanilla Perez, a Tejano music singer who made a rare crossover to mainstream American audiences. The movie debuted 20 years ago Tuesday, two years after the singer was killed by the former president of her fan club. Deborah Paredez, author of Selenidad: Selena, Latinos, and the Performance of Memory, says the film is more concerned with the triumph of Selena's life than the tragedy of her death. "We learn about how she ascended to fame as both a Tejana superstar, but also as an international superstar," she says. "And only at the very end do we have the tragic end of her life. But even in that ending, we get a sense of what her promise was.". 'I Could Fall In Love': Selena's Legacy, 20 Years Later. Selena started her career singing Tejano music, which is popular in Texas and among Mexican-Americans. ...

For Its Fourth Annual Selena Party, Country Burger Is Getting A Selena Mural

... she made on Tejano music and its subculture remains indelible. So every March, near the anniversary of her death, Dallas celebrates. Rafael Tamayo is one of the organizers of #214 Selena, the 4 th annual celebration happening Saturday at Country Burger — which is a year-round Selena shrine. Per usual, the event will be hosted by Faded Dee Jays and there will be a Selena lookalike contest in which contestants are also free to sing, dance or “do anything creative.” Tamayo played the kid version of Selena’s brother, A. B. Quintanilla, in the 1997 biopic film. "Even now, 20 years later, after she’s gone and we don’t have any music from her, there’s still so much that she’s contributing to the landscape," Tamayo says. "There are new producers and new artists that are kind of reinventing the sound that she helped establish such a long time ago. It’s almost a whole reawakening of what she had started with her family.". But Tamayo says the biggest draw this year is the permanent mural Dallas graffiti artists Arturo Don Juan and Theo Ponchaveli created together. It’s going up on the outside wall of Country ...

Selena' Top 8 Moments In Honor Of Film's 20th Anniversary

... in front and almost breaking the stage. While Selena's dad wants to cancel the show, she is convinced she can calm them down with her song "Como la flor." And it works. "Anything for Salinas". It didn't take long before Selena started getting recognized by her fans on the street, but her encounter with these two cholos is pretty epic. Being Mexican-American is tough. This Abraham Quintanilla monologue pretty much sums up the Mexican-American experience. "We gotta prove to the Mexicans how Mexican we are and we gotta prove to the Americans how American we are.". Mall incident. A mall employee, who tried telling Selena that their dresses were "too expensive" for her, quickly learned that she was dealing with a music icon when fans started rushing into the store to get an autograph from the singer. Marrying boyfriend and band member Chris. After falling in love with her guitarist - a relationship that wasn't approved by her father, who even threatened to dismantle the band if they didn't break up - Selena and Chris decide to ...

Have You Seen These Other Latin Music Biopics

... Latin music. But despite the Selena phenomenon, few Hollywood movies have focused on Latin music’s legends. There were notable precedents: La Bamba, the story of Ritchie Valens with music recorded by Los Lobos , came out in 1987, 10 years before Selena. The fictionalized The Mambo Kings premiered in 1992. The movie was not a biopic, but it was a love song to Machito, Perez Prado, Celia Cruz, Desi Arnaz and other pioneers who brought the Cuban sound to the States. In the years since Selena, international independent filmmakers have paid tribute to legendary artists in their native countries, including Camarón de la Isla (Jaime Chavarri’s 2005 Camarón) and Violeta Parra (Andrés Wood’s 2011 Sundance World Cinema Prize winner Violeta Se Fue a los Cielos). El Benny, a Benny Moré biopic directed by Jorge Luis Sánchez, premiered at the Havana film festival in 2006. In 1993, Marcelo Piñeyro, who later became known for Plata Quemada and ...

Selena Gomez Says She Rehabbed With 'real People' In Tennessee

... and even equine therapy.”. ►Related: Selena Gomez taking time off to deal with depression, anxiety. The Texas native got her breakthrough as star of the Disney Channel’s “Wizards of Waverly Place” (2017-2012). She bridged that role to a successful pop-music career, singing such Top 10 hits as “The Heart Wants What It Wants,” “Good for You” and “Come and Get It.” She also scored movie roles in films such as “Spring Breakers” and “The Big Short” and become a spokesmodel for Pantene products. In addition, Vogue reports that Gomez is collaborating with Coach to create a line of accessories and she executive-produced the Netflix miniseries “13 Reasons Why.”. Gomez was in a tumultuous relationship with fellow singer Justin Bieber for several years. She is currently seeing another singer, The Weeknd. ►Related: Selena and The Weeknd together? Twitter can't handle it. In addition to telling Vogue she had become addicted to social media, Gomez said she is an advocate of Dialectical Behavior Therapy, adding, “I wish more people would talk about ...

Bustiers, Grammy Gown And Her Porsche

... have something pop out," Suzette admitted. "She loved it, she felt very free [performing in it].". Not only was Selena a designer, but she knew how to bring her creations to life. The white pearl-embellished bustier she wore while performing at the Houston Astrodome in 1994 is unique because, "She actually was beading, putting the pearls on right before her show in the dressing room," Suzette revealed. "She also did her boots. She could bead pretty quick… She was just sewing while she was talking.". Selena took a simpler wardrobe approach for her 1994 desert-themed music video for "Amor Prohibido." According to Suzette, the red crop top featured in the video actually belonged to her husband, Chris Perez. "Anything that you saw Selena kind of roll up and tie, they were Chris's shirts.". From clothing… to cars. "Everybody kind of freaks out when they walk ...