Selena

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

... 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 ...

Corpus Christi Man Recalls Acting In The Film Selena

... Mendez, 52, said, sitting in his Corpus Christi childhood home. “I woke up at 3 a.m. so I could get tattoos drawn on me for an hour, and we filmed from 7:30 a.m. to 7:30 that night.”. Mendez was living in Dallas at the time and was encouraged by Teatro Dallas’ founder to audition. He’d always loved theater and the instantaneous reaction from the crowd while he performed. “Selena” was his first 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. ...

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

... age with her brother and sister in a male-dominated genre, Selena quickly gained popularity and charmed the crowd with her talent and personality. Selena was known for rocking the bustier, but at first, her father, Abraham Quintanilla, wasn't too happy to see his daughter singing and dancing in only a "bra" - even after they try to explain to him that it's "one of those things. like all the girls are wearing.". "Busti-quela? It's a bra. Look at it.". Crowd Whisperer. During a packed concert at a fair, a rowdy crowd tries to force their way closer to the stage, squeezing everyone 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 ...

Panel To Discuss Selena's Impact On Latinas In Entertainment

... Single.". Manuel Flores, professor of journalism and communications at Texas A&M University-Kingsville, said Selena's impact is part of a much bigger phenomenon, called "Selenidad.". "Her impact has been more than anybody imagined," Flores said. "That phenomenon is that people started paying attention to the Hispanic dollar. All of a sudden, the Hispanic market became viable and important.". While before Selena succeeded in the entertainment industry Hispanic people may have hid their culture, the Corpus Christi singer's star quality brought people "out of the shadows.". "It brought about pride, which while it was there before, it was in the shadows, it was hidden," Flores said. "But with Selena, and after her death, it was OK to sing and dance. It was OK to be Hispanic, Tejano, Puerto Rican, Dominicans. It was OK.". IF YOU GO. What: "Reflections of Selena: How One Person Unites Us". When: 1 p.m. Saturday. Where: Selena Auditorium, American Bank Center. Cost: included with admission to Fiesta de la Flor. 32 CONNECT TWEET ...

Selena Gomez Gets Teased About Liking Canadians The Weeknd And Justin Bieber

... Gomez Gets Teased About Liking Canadians The Weeknd and Justin Bieber. Getty Images. Sign up for our fabulous daily newsletter. Did you mean. By signing up I agree to the Privacy Policy. I also agree to receive periodic emails with offers and promotional marketing messages from Life & Style. Woo hoo. Your life just got exponentially better and more stylish now you've signed up for our newsletter. Fabulousness awaits. Turns out, Selena Gomez has a type: Canadians. The brunette beauty was shooting an Instagram story on her makeup artist Hung Vanngo’s account earlier this week when he made a joke about her boyfriend The Weeknd and ex Justin Bieber, who both hail from the country. Hung gave a shout-out to Canada as Selena blew a kiss, before adding, “You know Selena loves Canadians.”. “Alright, alright,” the singer says, ending the video. — Selena Gomez News (@Life With Sel G) March 21, 2017. As fans of the 24-year-old know, she dated Justin on-and-off from 2010 to 2015 and was first spotted with The Weeknd in January. The “Hands to Myself” ...

I Was Bullied During My Disney Channel Days

... in the world, which is the Disney Channel. And my mom had a lot of history dealing with [bullying]. I heard her stories growing up. She’s very open about it.”. Selena Gomez in 'Wizards of Waverly Place' Bruce Birmelin/Disney Channel via Getty Images. You May Also Like. Teen Mom’s Kailyn, Jenelle and Farrah Flaunt Cleavage in Same Push-Up Bra. Gomez’s mother, Mandy Teefey, who also serves as a producer on the project, told The New York Times that she had a hard time growing up in Texas. “When I was growing up, I was always bullied because I was the outsider, the weird girl with the purple hair and combat boots,” she said. “Then I was a teen mom. You get really judged. I had counselors telling me how I’d ruined my life, [Selena’s] life and how I ruined the father’s life, even though he participated.”. 2000 s Pop Stars, Then and Now. Though her Disney days are over, Gomez — who reigns as the most-followed celebrity on Instagram — still deals with haters online. “I delete the app from my phone at least once a week,” she said with a laugh. “You fixate on the [negative] ones. It’s like they want to cut to your soul. Imagine all the insecurities that you already feel about ...

The Selena Movie Cast Then & Now

... 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, Texas. Selena was. more. Photo: DAVID J. PHILLIP, File Photo. Image 20 of 33. Trini, a worker at the Days Inn where Selena was shot, mops up the blood stains at the hotel door on April 1, 1995, where Selena was hit by the bullet that killed her. In the forground at left is Angel Resendez who brought his family from Port Arthur. less. Trini, a worker at the Days Inn where Selena was shot, mops up the blood stains at the hotel door on April 1, 1995, where Selena was hit by the bullet that killed her. In the forground at left is Angel Resendez. more. Photo: BOB OWEN, File Photo. Image 21 of 33. Mourners file past the body of slain Tejano singer Selena Quintanilla Perez during a public viewing April 2, 1995, in Corpus Christi, Texas. Selena was shot ...

Bustiers, Grammy Gown And Her Porsche

... 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 in and see [Selena's] red Porsche. She liked to cruise down by the water [in Corpus Christi] with the top off," Suzette shared, adding with a laugh, "She definitely liked to speed! I think she got a couple of tickets.". Additional items inside the museum include Selena's very vintage cell phone, funky jewelry, dolls from childhood, bedazzled bustiers, music awards, sales achievement plaques and her Faberge egg collection. Suzette says the family plans to add more memorabilia this year, focusing on mementos that honor "Not so much the artist, but Selena the person.". However, there is one item you will not find inside the Selena Museum: the singer's makeup collection. Suzette explained the sentimental reason why she keeps the cosmetics kit personal, telling ET, "When we would travel, she would leave her makeup a lot on the plane, and so they would always have somebody run back and get it, so I bought her this really big makeup case… Once she passed away, ...