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Rico Rodriguez Re-Ups for Two More Seasons on ABC’s “Modern Family” with a Big Pay Increase

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Rico Rodriguez will be making bigger bank deposits soon…

After lengthy on-and off-negotiations, the original children’s cast of ABC’s flagship comedy Modern Family, including the 18-year-old Mexican American actor, has been locked in for two more years by 20th Century Fox Television with new contracts that include salary increases.

Rico Rodriguez

The studio turned its attention to securing Rodriguez and his fellow kid castmates after closing new two-year deals with stars Ed O’Neill, Julie Bowen, Ty Burrell, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Eric Stonestreet and Sofia Vergara in May that paved the way for a two-year Modern Family renewal by ABC.

Like with their older co-stars, who secured salary increases of over 40%, from about $350,000 an episode in the most recent Season 8 to about $500,000 in Season 9, the young actors scored significant pay increases that take them over $100,000 an episode.

The re-ups for Rodriguez, who plays plays Gloria’s (Vergara) wise-beyond-his-years son Manny, and the younger cast members keep the entire original cast of Modern Family, whose contracts were up after Season 8, intact for the upcoming ninth and tenth seasons of the Emmy-winning comedy series.

Production on Season 9 is slated to begin in early August.

Lopez Performs New Spanish Ballad “Mirate” at the Billboard Latin Music Awards

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Jennifer Lopez is slowing things down…

The 47-year-old Puerto Rican superstar took the stage at the 2017 Billboard Latin Music Awards to perform her new Spanish-language song, “Mírate,” in front of the live audience.

Jennifer Lopez Performing Mírate

Lopez’s powerful ballad was accompanied by a full orchestra and was followed with a standing ovation from the audience, which included her proud ex-husband, Marc Anthony, who is producing her forthcoming album.

Prior to JLo‘s performance, the likes of Sofía Vergara, Lin-Manuel Miranda and J Balvin appeared in a star-studded video to congratulate the singer on her Star Award.

“I love you so much. I feel blessed to be part of this creative world and to be able to represent our Latin community. I feel at home,” said Lopez of her award. “I am humbled to be here in your presence and accept this award.”

Lopez was also named Social Artist of the Year at the awards show.

Vergara to Star in the Revenge Thriller “Bent”

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Sofia Vergara is getting bent into shape…

The 44-year-old Colombian American has been cast as one of the leads in the revenge thriller Bent.

Sofia Vergara

From AMBI Media Group / Deadly Codes Productions, the film will also star Karl Urban, and Andy Garcia as leads in the film/

Written and directed by Bobby Moresco, based on characters created by Joseph O’Donnell, Bent follows Danny Gallagher (Urban), a shamed and discredited narcotics detective who, upon his release from prison, makes plans to seek revenge on the accuser who framed him and killed his partner. Through his quest, Gallagher is forced to confront a ruthless, seductive government agent (Vergara), who may or may not be on his side; and his mentor (Garcia), a retired cop who’s fought corruption his entire career.

The film is set to begin filming in Rome this month.

Vergara, best known for her critically acclaimed role on ABC’s Modern Family, has starred in the films The Smurfs, New Year’s Eve, Happy Feet Two,The Three Stooges, Escape from Planet Earth, Machete Kills, Chef and Hot Pursuit.

Nazario to Serve as Guest Speaker at the Billboard Latin Music Conference

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It’ll be all about “me” for Ednita Nazario in April…

The 61-year-old Puerto Rican singer-songwriter and Latin Grammy-winning artist will be a guest speaker at the newly announced panel discussion “Me, Me, Me” at the 2017 Billboard Latin Music Conference.

Ednita Nazario

Other speakers on the panel, which will explore why Latin stars are a “hot commodity for memoirs and biopics,” include Creative Artists Agency agent Bruno del Granado, Luis Balaguer (CEO and co-founder — along with Sofía Vergara — of Latin World Entertainment), and executive producer and literary agent Raymond García (known for negotiating memoir deals for superstars like Gloria Estefan, Ricky Martin and Jennifer Lopez).

Nazario is releasing her autobiography, Una Vida, on May 2, 2017 via Penguin/Random House.

“Many people will be surprised by some of the anecdotes,” Nazario tells People en Español. “Some were evident, others not. What I want to do with the book is let them discover that part that I kept private. “

The Billboard Latin Music Conference will kick off April 24 in Miami with other panels like “Superstar Q&A’s” and marquee sessions like the “Urban Music Panel,” the “Divas Panel” and “How I Wrote that Song, the New Generation.”

Colombian superstar Maluma was previously announced as a panelist taking center stage at the 2017 Billboard Latin Music Conference on the new panel, “Socializing Maluma.”

The chart-topping artist and also a seven-time 2017 Billboard Latin Music Awards finalist will give the audience an inside look on how he works his social media.

The Billboard Latin Music Awards are the culmination of the Billboard Latin Music Conference, taking place April 24-27 at the Ritz Carlton Miami Beach. To register, visit www.billboardlatinconference.com.

Vergara Among 49 Celebrities Appearing in Orlando Massacre Tribute Video

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Sofia Vergara is urging people to stop the hate…

The 43-year-old Colombian actress and Modern Family star is among the 49 celebrities honoring the 49 victims of the Orlando shooting massacre in a Ryan Murphy-Produced tribute video.

Sofia Vergara

The 18-minute tribute, directed by Murphy and Ned Martel, was released this week by the Human Rights Campaign.

“On June 12, forty-nine innocent people — most of them Latino — were killed at Pulse nightclub in Orlando simply because of who they were,” reads the description of the video on YouTube. “It’s on all of us to keep their memories alive, and to ensure part of their legacy becomes meaningful action to end hate violence.”

The video features a photo of each victim, accompanied by a celebrity recounting that person’s individual story. It was filmed over three days, at Fox Studios in Los Angeles.

“The hate that stole these 49 individuals from all those who loved them has been allowed to flourish in our country for too long,” said Murphy in a statement. “No person is born hating another, and we have an obligation as Americans to stand up against prejudice and bigotry that would incite violence against someone simply for who they are. I am proud to have joined with Ned Martel, my talented colleagues, and the Human Rights Campaign to honor these 49 heroes and stop the hate.”

In addition to Vergara, other Latino celebrities who participated in the video include Lea Michele, Edgar Ramirez, George Lopez, Diego Boneta, Demi Lovato, Kid Cudi, Jordana Brewster and Guillermo Díaz.

Learn more at: http://www.hrc.org/StopTheHate.

Gomez Earns Three Kids’ Choice Awards Nominations

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She may be all grown up, but Selena Gomez is still a kids favorite…

The 23-year-old Mexican American singer/actress leads the pack of nominees for the 2016 Kids’ Choice Awards nominations.

Selena Gomez

Gomez, a nine-time Kids’ Choice Award winner, earned three nominations this year for her acting and singing efforts.

The former Disney Channel star is nominated in the Favorite Voice From an Animated Movie, Favorite Female Singer and Favorite Collaboration categories.

Fifth Harmony’s Ally Brooke Hernandez, Camila Cabello and Lauren Jauregui and Pentatonix’s Kirstin Maldonado earned nods in the Favorite Music Group category.

Other nominees include Sofia Vergara, Rico Rodriguez and Jennifer Lopez.

Blake Shelton will take center stage as the host of this year’s festivities, which will be held on March 12 at 8 p.m.

Check out the complete list of nominees:

Favorite Movie
Ant-Man
Avengers: Age of Ultron
Cinderella
Daddy’s Home
Jurassic World
Pitch Perfect 2
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay—Part 2 

Favorite Talent Competition
America’s Got Talent
The Voice
Dancing With the Stars
Dance Moms
American Idol

Favorite Movie Actor
Chris Evans, Avengers: Age of Ultron
Chris Hemsworth, Avengers: Age of Ultron
Chris Pratt, Jurassic World
John Boyega, Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Robert Downey Jr., Avengers: Age of Ultron
Will Ferrell, Daddy’s Home

Favorite Movie Actress
Anna Kendrick, Pitch Perfect 2
Daisy Ridley, Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Jennifer Lawrence, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay—Part 2
Scarlett Johansson, Avengers: Age of Ultron
Lily James, Cinderella
Rebel Wilson, Pitch Perfect 2

Favorite TV Show
Austin & Ally
Girl Meets World
Henry Danger
Jessie
Lab Rats
The Thundermans

Favorite Family TV Show
Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Modern Family
Once Upon a Time
The Big Bang Theory
The Flash
The Muppets

Favorite Male TV Star—Kids’ Show
Aidan Gallagher
Casey Simpson
Jace Norman
Jack Griffo
Ross Lynch
Tyrel Jackson Williams

Favorite Male TV Star—Family Show
Anthony Anderson
Ben McKenzie
Grant Gustin
Jim Parsons
Johnny Galecki
Rico Rodriguez 

Favorite Female TV Star—Kids’ Show
Debby Ryan
Dove Cameron
Kira Kosarin
Laura Marano
Lizzy Greene
Zendaya

Favorite Female TV Star—Family Show
Chloe Bennet
Jennifer Morrison
Kaley Cuoco
Ming-Na Wen
Sarah Hyland
Sofia Vergara

Favorite Book
Diary of a Minecraft Zombie
Diary of a Wimpy Kid series
Harry Potter series
Star Wars: Absolutely Everything You Need to Know
The Hunger Games series
The Maze Runner series

Favorite Video Game
Disney Infinity 3.0
Just Dance 2016
Minecraft: Story Mode
Skylander Superchargers
Spongebob Heropants
Super Mario Maker

Favorite Cooking Show
Cake Boss
Cake Wars
Chopped Junior
Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives
Hell’s Kitchen
Masterchef Junior

Favorite Animated Movie
Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip
Home
Hotel Transylvania 2
Inside Out
Minions
The Peanuts Movie

Favorite Voice From an Animated Movie
Amy Poehler, Inside Out
Jennifer Lopez, Home
Jim Parsons, Home
Justin Long, Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip
Sandra Bullock, Minions
Selena Gomez, Hotel Transylvania 2

Favorite Cartoon
Alvinnn!!! and the Chipmunks
Gravity Falls
Ninjago
Phineas & Ferb
Spongebob Squarepants
Steven Universe
Teen Titans Go!
The Amazing World of Gumball

Favorite Music Group
Fall Out Boy
Fifth Harmony
Imagine Dragons
Maroon 5
One Direction
Pentatonix 

Favorite Male Singer
Blake Shelton
Drake
Ed Sheeran
Justin Bieber
Nick Jonas
The Weeknd

Favorite Female Singer
Adele
Ariana Grande
Meghan Trainor
Nicki Minaj
Selena Gomez
Taylor Swift

Favorite Song of the Year
“Bad Blood” – Taylor Swift feat. Kendrick Lamar
“Can’t Feel My Face” – The Weeknd
“Hello” – Adele
“Hotline Bling” – Drake
“Thinking Out Loud” – Ed Sheeran
“What Do You Mean?” – Justin Bieber

Favorite New Artist
Alessia Cara
DNCE
OMI
Shawn Mendes
Silento
Walk the Moon

Favorite Collaboration
“Bad Blood” – Taylor Swift feat. Kendrick Lamar
“Downtown” – Macklemore & Ryan Lewis feat. Eric Nally, Melle Mel, Kool Moe Dee and Grandmaster Caz
“Good for You” – Selena Gomez feat. A$AP Rocky
“Like I’m Gonna Lose You” – Meghan Trainor feat. John Legend
“See You Again” – Wiz Khalifa feat. Charlie Puth
“Where R Ü Now” – Skrillex & Diplo feat. Justin Bieber

Vergara Collaborates with CoverGirl to Create Custom Lipstick Shade for Her Wedding Day

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Sofia Vergara’s in love… And, she’s got the lipstick to prove it…

For her wedding to actor Joe Manganiello on Sunday, the 43-year-old Colombian actress and Modern Family star wanted to make sure her makeup went the distance through dancing, cake and kissing.

Sofia Vergara Wedding

So Vergara collaborated with CoverGirl, with whom she has worked as a brand ambassador since 2011, to create a custom shade to wear on her special day.

Named, “Sofia in Love,” the rich crimson shade has the same technology in it as CoverGirl’s Outlast Longwear lipstick, so that the bride wasn’t saddled with the pressure to stop the reveling and have to reapply.

Plus, since the color was customized, Vergara could get the exact hue that best suited her overall wedding day vision.

“I knew I wanted a lipstick for the wedding that was either a red or a pink. I want a color that is going to make the lips pop!” says the actress. “I think when you’re wearing a white dress, you can really play with the lip color and do something really fun.”

Unfortunately, this particular shade of lip color was created solely for Vergara and her nuptials. But, the Longwear lipstick formula makes sense when aiming for a lip color that both lasts and hydrates; brides-to-be will just have to choose a different hue from the 11 other shades in the Outlast collection.

They can also get inspired by Vergara’s journey to the altar and other beauty products she loves for getting her bombshell look, through her wedding prep videos posted on her website, sofiavergara.com.

Vergara Ties the Knot with Joe Manganiello in Dream Wedding

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Sofia Vergara is officially Mrs. Manganiello.

The Colombian actress married actor Joe Manganiello at a Florida tourist resort on Sunday night, while surrounded by friends and family.

Sofia Vergara & Joe Manganiello Wedding

The wedding ceremony started at 7:00 p.m. and was attended by celebrities, including Reese Witherspoon, Channing Tatum, Roselyn Sanchez, Arnold Schwarzenegger and producer Harvey Weinstein, according to CBS News. Vergara walked down the aisle, dressed in a white long-trail gown and donning Lorraine Schwartz jewelry, hand in hand with son Manolo, while Manganiello wore a John Varvatos tuxedo for his big day. Vergara, the best paid U.S. television actress according to Forbes magazine, shared photos from the event on Instagram, which showed the décor by celebrity floral artist and artistic director of the Four Seasons George V Hotel, Jeff Leatham.

We have all heard that it is bad luck for the groom to see bride in her wedding dress before the ceremony. The truth is that a longer standing tradition says that it is bad luck for the bride to wear the complete wedding outfit before the day that she takes her wedding vows. That is why you almost never see a bride trying on a wedding dress with her wedding shoes, veil and so on. A female college friend of mine knew a young girl who decided to ignore that tradition and display her complete wedding outfit to her bridal party for the purpose of having “some photos taken with her friends” the night before her wedding. So she said, most of those present think she was just showing off. The dress seemed unusually tight to some who saw the bride all decked out that night and soon gossiping tongues spread the news quickly. The next day the groom decided not to show up for the ceremony after my college friend said that she called and told him that his bride looked “fat or pregnant” when she saw the bride in her outfit the night before. My friend was not being mean, but she felt sorry for the groom who had gone out of his way to keep his bride pure (she had claimed to be a virgin) by abstaining from sex with her. He had never seen her in the wedding dress, but even his sister said that she noticed an unusually rapid weight gain in the bride who was not one known to fluctuate in her weight or overeat. There could have been a lot more to the story than that, but I have no doubt that the catalyst for the groom’s cancellation was that phone call from my friend and the call would never had been made if the bride had not been showing off and scoffing at a long-standing tradition. Smoky Mountains wedding locations At the Enchanted Valley Barn, not a day goes by where we are not reminded of our heritage. Here you will get a best  places to get married in myrtle beach, do visit.

Leatham created a dream aisle for the actor with white roses and yellow candles at The Breakers, on Palm Beach, the venue of the ceremony that was attended by 400 guests.

Sofia Vergara & Joe Manganiello Wedding

To safeguard privacy, organizers requested guests to leave their personal cameras and cell phones in a secure area at the venue entrance. The wedding was the culmination of celebrations over the weekend, which included a pool party at the hotel and a “rehearsal dinner” at Cafe Bouluden in The Brazilian Court Hotel. Post-dinner, the bride, the groom and the guests returned to The Breakers for a party, which went on until two in the morning where Manganiello sang Guns ‘N Roses’ “Sweet Child O’ Mine,” much to the surprise of the new bride, according to People magazine.

The marriage is Manganiello’s first, and Vergara’s second. She was previously married to Jose Luis Gonzalez from whom she has a son, 23-year-old Manolo.

Vergara and Manganiello officially began dating in July 2014 and got engaged in Hawaii six months later in December.

Jennifer Lopez & Shakira Among the Featured Artists in HBO’s Latin Music-Themed Doc “The Latin Explosion: A New America”

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Ready to get a history lesson in Latin music movement in the United States? Then don’t miss a special documentary from HBO.

HBO’s documentary film The Latin Explosion: A New America will debut Monday, November 16 on HBO and HBO Latino and simulcast in Latin America and the Caribbean.

Jennifer Lopez & Shakira

Created and executive produced by music mogul Tommy Mottola, The Latin Explosion: A New America celebrates the artists and visionaries who have exploded onto the U.S. music scene and gone on to become global superstars, from Desi Arnaz to Romeo Santos.

The film shows how those acts have influenced every aspect of American society, from culture to politics to the economy.

The film ranges from the cha-cha and mambo crazes of the ‘50s, with Arnaz and Rita Moreno, and the edgier ‘60s, reflected by Carlos Santana and Jose Feliciano, to the exciting new sound of salsa in the ‘70s and the emergence of superstars Gloria Estefan and Emilio Estefan in the ‘80s.

The film also spotlights the Latino boom of the late ‘90s, led by Ricky Martin, Shakira, Mark Anthony and Jennifer Lopez, and today’s hottest stars, Pitbull and Santos.

Some of the featured artists discuss how their crossover hits have played a role in defining the American experience, setting the stage for today’s Latin Explosion.

Other artists featured include Eva Longoria, George Lopez, Los Lobos, Cheech Marin, Thalía and Sofía Vergara. John Leguizamo is the narrator.

“We have assembled the largest array of Latino superstars ever in a film telling a powerful story of their history and immigration, politics, and rise from a small minority population to the most critical demographic in the United States,” comments Mottola.

The Latin Explosion: A New America is directed and produced by Matthew O’Neill and Jon Alpert.

Del Negro Cast in USA’s Old Hollywood Pilot “Paradise Pictures”

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It’s Paradise found for Matthew Del Negro…

The 42-year-old Latino actor has joined the cast of USA’s Old Hollywood pilot Paradise Pictures, written and executive produced by Suits scribe Rick Muirragui.

Matthew Del Negro

The period drama revolves around ambitious people striving to get to the top in 1940s Hollywood, when the dream factory was at its peak. Little do they know the challenges they’re about to face: the end of the studio monopolies, the blacklist and the disruptive new technology of television.

Del Negro plays Ray Aberdeen, the head of security at Paradise Pictures, and Tom Kirby’s (Morgan Spector) right-hand man. Being the studio “fixer” requires Aberdeen to clean up messes, cover up scandals and mete out justice to contract players who have crossed the line.

Del Negro currently recurs on Scandal and had extensive arcs on The Sopranos, The West Wing, Mistresses and The United States of Tara. He most recently played Detective Hauser opposite Reese Witherspoon and Sofia Vergara in feature Hot Pursuit.