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Selena Quintanilla’s Family Releases “Moonchild Mixes” Featuring Original Recordings

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Selena Quintanilla’s family is sharing original recordings of the late singer…

The family has released a new Selena album called Moonchild Mixes.

Selena QuintanillaIt features 10 of Selena’s original recordings between the ages of 13 and 16.

The songs are being released 37 years later via Warner Music Latin.

“We as a family had discussed this amongst ourselves that in the future, after Selena’s passing, we were going to maintain her presence through her music and we’ve done that for 27 years,” the late singer’s father Abraham Quintanilla told Billboard. “I’m more than sure that the fans are going to love it because if you listen to it, it’ll move you emotionally and take you back to as if Selena was recording it this morning.”

The set is home to singles  “Dame Tu Amor,” “No Llores Mas,” “Cariño Mio” and “Sabes.”

Moonchild Mixes is available on all digital platforms and in stores.

Netflix Releases to Premiere Christian Serratos’ “Selena: The Series” in December

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Christian Serratos will be doin’ the washing machine this December…

Netflix has announced plans to release the 30-year-old Mexican American actress’ Selena: The Series, the biographical drama about Tejano music legend Selena Quintanilla, on December 4.

Christian Serratos as Selena

The premiere date announcement was made via Netflix’s Latinx social media arm Con Todo.

In a tweet with the message “Every Legend Begins With a Dream,” the premiere date was announced and a teaser trailer and poster art released.

Serratos stars as Selena, Ricardo Chavira as Abraham Quintanilla, Gabriel Chavarria as Selena’s brother AB, with Julio Macias, Jesse Posey, Hunter Reese Peña, and Carlos Alfredo, Jr. set as series regulars, and Juan Martinez, Daniela Estrada and Paul Rodriguez, Jr. to recur.

Selena: The Series is a coming-of-age story following Selena (Serratos) as her dreams come true and all the heart-wrenching and life-changing choices she and her family have to make as they navigate success, family, and music.

Also in the cast: Noemi Gonzalez, Seidy Lopez and Madison Taylor Baez.

Moisés Zamora is the writer/executive producer. Jaime Dávila, Rico Martinez, Suzette Quintanilla and Simran A. Singh executive produce; Campanario Entertainment is the production company. Hiromi Kamata directs part 1, which consists of six one-hour episodes.

Netflix Releases First Look at Christian Serratos as Selena in “Selena: The Series”

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Christian Serratos is ready to Reina…

Nearly a year after revealing that it was developing a series based on the life of Selena, Netflix has officially unveiled a sneak peek at Selena: The Series, starring the 29-year-old half-Mexican American actress asLa Reina de la Musica Tejana.

Christian Serratos as Selena

“Get your first look at Christian Serratos, who will play Selena Quintanilla in a coming of age story chronicling the iconic singer’s rise,” a tweet stated, adding that Selena: The Series’ first part will premiere in 2020.    

Christian Serratos as Selena

Serratos is best known for her roles as Rosita Espinosa on AMC‘s The Walking Dead, Suzie Crabgrass on the Nickelodeon series Ned’s Declassified School Survival Guide and Angela Weber in The Twilight Saga series. 

In addition to Serratos’ taking the lead, Netflix confirmed that Ricardo Chavirawill co-star as Selena’s father Abraham, Gabriel Chavarriaas her brother A.B., Noemi Gonzalezas her sister Suzette, Seidy Lopezas her mother Marcella, and Madison Taylor Baez as young Selena.

On December 11, 2018, the official Netflix U.S. news Twitter account revealed that the Quintanilla family, along with Jaime Dávilaand Rico Martinezfrom Campanario Entertainment, Simran A. Singh, and Moisés Zamora, would executive produce the project. 

“Bidi Bidi Bom Bom@SelenaLaLeyenda’s incredible life story is coming to Netflix as a scripted series! @selena_netflix was developed alongside and will be executive produced by, The Quintanilla family” the post expressed. 

Selena to Get Her Own “Walking, Talking, Singing and Dancing” Hologram

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Selena Quintanilla’s legacy may soon live on through a special hologram…

The late queen of Tejano music is getting her own hologram, as revealed on her official Facebook page.

Selena Quintanilla

Called “Selena The One,” the hologram is described as a “walking, talking, singing, and dancing, digital embodiment” of the Grammy-winning singer.

The hologram “will release new songs and videos, will collaborate with current hit artists, and aims to go on tour in 2018,” according to the statement.

The company behind the project is Nevada-based Acrovirt LLC, an independent tech company in the business of “developing and commercializing the Digitized Human Essence with unparalleled interactivity.”

According to Acrovirt LLC co-CEO Terry Kennedy (via his LinkedIn page), “Acrovirt has entered into research and development partnerships with the best neuroscience universities, to leverage Acrovirt’s technologies that impose an individuals’ biological information into a digital environment. Using detailed individual personalized functions spanning the mind, brain and body, the individual’s Digitized Human Essence will autonomously learn and react on behalf of its human counterpart’s. The Digital Human Essence’s will have the abilities to interact in various online forms in entertainment, sports, shopping, education and file sharing opportunities.”

The site SelenaTheOne.com states that an IndieGoGo campaign aims to raise 500,000 in support of its creation. The project has already secured a media partnership from the San Diego Latino Film Festival.

Last year, Selena’s father Abraham Quintanilla told the Associated Press that the creation of a hologram modeled after his daughter was more complicated than anticipated, citing costs and technical limitations. “The prices are ridiculous and it requires the transportation of tons of equipment,” he told AP after meeting with San Diego-based AV Concepts, which was involved in the projection of the Tupac hologram at Coachella in 2012.

Selena’s brother A.B. Quintanilla told AP that after their meeting with AV Concepts in 2013, “we all decided that it wasn’t enough for the fans…she looked like a ghost. The image was not well defined.”