by the El reportero’s news services
Jessica Sánchez
On Thursday night’s elimination show, Jessica Sánchez was revealed as one of the final two contestants on Fox’s American Idol.
Week after week, the 16-year-old from Chula Vista, California has impressed both the viewers and judges alike with her big voice.
Throughout the 11th season of American Idol the half-Filipino half-Mexican songstress has belted out covers of some of the most powerful singers’ songs. Sánchez has showed her stuff singing songs by the late Whitney Houston and Michael Jackson, as well as Jennifer Holiday, AI alum Jennifer Hudson, and Luther Vandross.
Next week, Sánchez will go up against fellow finalist Phillip Phillips of Leesburg, Georgia and find out if she is the next American Idol.
Pitbull named one of the top songwriters of the year
Cuban-American rapper Pitbull was named as one of three pop songwriters of the year at the BMI Pop Music Awards, handed out each year by U.S. performing rights organization Broadcast Music Inc.
Pitbull shared the honor with American songwriter and producer Benny Blanco and American singer-songwriter Ester Dean, while “Firework” (co-written by Dean and Sandy Vee) was designated the pop song of the year, that institution said in a press release Wednesday.
The 60th edition of the BMI Pop Awards took place Tuesday night at the Beverly Wilshire hotel in Beverly Hills, California.
Pitbull was recognized for five songs on the most-performed list: “DJ Got Us Fallin’ In Love,” “Give Me Everything,” “Hey Baby (Drop It to the Floor),” “I Like It” and “On the Floor.”
On March 30, Pitbull was awarded the coveted BMI President’s Award for his influence in the world of entertainment.
In that same awards ceremony, he was named co-winner of the BMI Latin Songwriter of the Year prize along with Puerto Rican reggaeton duo Wisin & Yandel.
Cameron Díaz May Join Fassbender, Pitt on Ridley Scott’s ‘The Counselor’–Based on McCarthy Novel
Cameron Díaz is reportedly in talks to join the cast of Ridley Scott’s The Counselor.
Award winning author, Cormac McCarthy’s The Counselor is hitting the big screen and blonde bombshell Díaz is said to be discussing coming on board. Should she come to an agreement, she would be joining Michael Fassbender, Brad Pitt, Javier Bardem, and Penelope Cruz.
The film’s screenplay was written by McCarthy himself and marks his first script.
The Counselor tells the story of a lawyer (Fassbender) who makes the mistake of getting involved in the world of drug trafficking with help from his friends (Bardem and to solve his money problems.
Díaz is in talks to play Malkina, a role that was previously offered to Angelina Jolie.
Bardem wil play the film’s friend-turned-villain, Reiner, while Cruz is set to play Fassbender’s fiancé.
McCarthy is the Pulitzer winning behind All the Pretty Horses, and Bardem in particular has familiar with McCarthy’s work, as he played the sociopath antagonist in the film adaptation of McCarthy’s No Country for Old Men, Anton Chigurh. The 2005 novel’s 2007 film by the same name won four Academy Awards including Best Picture.
