by the El Reportero’s news service

Dominican singer Juan Luis Guerra will offer a concert in Nicaragua on October 20, four years later of his previous performance in that nation.

The popular musician and producer will kick off his tour in Nicaragua in the National Stadium of soccer in Managua, as part of ‘Todo Tiene Su Hora Tour’.

Such event is inspired on the homonymous album from which Guerra already conquered important international awards, besides the recognition in Sovereigns Awards in his country.

The tour promotes a repertoire in which the popular artist combines hits of his career like La bilirrubina, Ojalá que llueva café, A pedir su mano and Bachata Rosa, with more current themes like Tus besos, Todo tiene su hora and El capitán.

Deserver of three Grammy Awards and 21 Latin Grammies, Juan Luis Guerra has sold over 30 million albums and he is considered one of the most recognized Latin American artists worldwide.

Before being in Nicaragua, the tour ‘Todo Tiene Su Hora Tour’ was enjoyed by over a million people since the beginning in Dominican Republic, Europe, USA, Canadá, Puerto Rico, Colombia, Costa Rica, Panamá, El Salvador, Perú, México and Ecuador.

Bolivian Film Dark Skull, Among the Favorites to Fenix Awards

After conquering achievements in festivals at Switzerland, Spain, Italy, Chile and Brazil, Bolivian film Dark Skull or Viejo Calavera, is among the favorites in the fourth version of Fenix Awards, local media reported today.

Dark Skull recognized with jury’s special mention of 69 version of Locarno International Film Festival, obtained bronze statuette for best film in Cartagena de Indias International Film Festival, in Colombia.

The film narrates the story of Elder, a youngster who does not have responsibilities and his only option is to substitute his deceased father on Huanuni mines, in the Oruro’s department.

His discontent to such reality and the risks of extracting minerals will take the protagonist through shadow and painful paths.

Some other pre-selected films for the event are April’s Daughter by Michel Franco (Mexico); The Distinguished Citizen by Mariano Cohn (Argentina-Spain), and Bad Influence by Claudia Huaiquimilla (Chile). TV series also compite in this international event, among them Red Eagle (Spain), Ingobernable (Mexico), Feriados (Uruguay) and Magnifica 70 (Brazil).

Founded 4 years ago the Ibero-American Fenix Award recognizes and celebrates the work done by those who dedicate their lives to films in Latin America, Spain and Portugal.

Cadena hispana dona 57 obras al Museo de Arte

La exposición Reflejos de las Américas: Nuevas Adquisiciones de la Colección de Univision se incluirá durante la temporada de Art Basel en Miami del Museo de Arte Patricia & Phillip Frost de FIU.

El Museo de Arte Patricia & Phillip Frost de FIU anuncia la importante donación por Univision Communications Inc. (UCI) de 57 obras de arte de su colección, que incluye serigrafías, pinturas y obras de técnica mixta de 40 artistas y maestros de toda Latinoamérica y Estados Unidos, entre ellos: Cundo Bermúdez, Coqui Calderón, Humberto Calzada, Antonia Guzmán, Wifredo Lam, Rafael Soriano y Fernando de Szyszlo. Los artistas de la colección son de Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Guatemala, México, Nicaragua, Panamá, Perú, Puerto Rico, República Dominicana, Estados Unidos, Uruguay y Venezuela.

El museo presentará muchas de las obras donadas en la nueva exhibición Reflejos de las Américas: Nuevas Adquisiciones de la Colección de Univisiondel 23 de setiembre hasta el 3 de enero, periodo que incluye la temporada de Art Basel en Miami. La recepción inaugural es gratis, y el público está invitado el sábado, 23 de setiembre de 4:00-7:00 p.m. El museo está ubicado en el campus de Florida International University, 10975 S.W. 17 Street (indicaciones sobre cómo llegar y mapa).

by the El Reportero’s news services

Paramount Pictures confirmed that actor Leonardo Di Caprio will be the star of a new film about the life of Italian genius Leonardo Da Vinci, after winning the rights to the novel, said today the media.

The film will be adapted for the screen from the biography on painter, engineer, architect, sculptor and writer Da Vinci, written by US novelist Walter Isaacson, famous for his books on the life of Benjamin Franklin and other politicians.

Paramount Pictures beat out Universal Pictures in the bidding for the rights to the novel, which will be launched October 17th, while the film is already envisaged as another opportunity for Di Caprio to showcase his skills as actor playing Da Vinci.

The film about Da Vinci would be the third adaptation to the screen of a book by Isaacson, the first one was his biography on Steve Jobs, founder of Apple, and the second one was based on Albert Einstein, on the TV series Genius.

The beneficiaries of three special prizes of “Premios Tu Mundo” were announced         

Miguel Bosé, Olga Tañon and Maria Celeste Arraras will be honored during the “Tu Mundo Awards”.

Telemundo announced the beneficiaries of three special prizes that will be delivered during the 6th annual version of “Premios Tu Mundo”. The great tropical singer Olga Tañón will be honored with the Legacy Jenni Rivera, while the famous television presenter María Celeste Arrarás will be awarded the Star of Your World award, and the iconic singer Miguel Bosé will be distinguished with the prize The Power in You.

Tropical music singer Olga Tañón will receive the Legacy Jenni Rivera Award.

Miguel Bosé is the Founder and Honorary President of the Indigenous Heritage Foundation MX, which has launched 10 homes for indigenous children, offering a school education as well as extracurricular activities and workshops that strengthen their life skills.

This year, María Celeste Arrarás will be awarded the “Estrella de Tu Mundo” award to celebrate her 15 years as host of the successful news magazine, “Al Rojo Vivo con María Celeste”. Celeste Arrarás, an Emmy-winning journalist and investigative reporter, is one of the most prolific news personalities on Spanish-language television.

Bolivia Hosts Puka Ñawi International Human Rights Film Festival

The 13th Puka Ñawi International Human Rights Film Festival is beginning on Aug. 14 in the Bolivian city of Sucre with the screening of the film La mujer del animal (The Animal”s Wife) by Colombian director Víctor Gaviria.

The opening of the event, to be run until Aug. 20, will feature the presence of Gaviria to bring viewers closer to the plot of the film, focused on Amparo, who after fleeing a convent will have to face the roughness of men.

The feature films ‘Alas de mar’ (Ocean Wings), by Chilean Hans Mulchi; ‘Semillas de Guamuchil’ (Guamuchil Seeds) by Mexican Carolina Corral and ‘Willakuyqunata Awaspa – Tejiendo relatos’ (Willakuyqunata Awaspa – Weaving Stories), by Bolivian Clara Calvet, were screened Aug. 14.

Based in the city of Sucre, Chuquisaca department, the festival brings together professionals of the seventh art from Ecuador, Argentina, Mexico, Colombia, Chile, Guatemala, Spain, United States, Germany, Switzerland, United Kingdom, Sweden, Greece and the host country.

Dedicated to Colombia in this edition, the festival seeks to encourage the production of works related to human rights.

Founded in the 80s of last century, the film event has its genesis in the communicative processes of Quechua communities in the Bolivian departments of Chuquisaca and Potosi.

Under the premise of strengthening the culture of democracy and peace through films, the Puka Ñawi festival promotes intercultural dialogue between Bolivia and other Latin American countries.

by the El Reportero’s news services

Visitors in the Caribbean resort of Playa del Carmen in the Yucatán Peninsula can add a new cultural experience to the attractions the town has to offer.

The Frida Kahlo Museum Riviera Maya, arguably the first cultural offering to open its doors on Playa’s iconic 5th Avenue, is dedicated to one of the most well-known artists Mexico has given to the world.

The museum represents an investment of 20 million pesos (US $1.1 million), and its promoters expect to receive some 1,200 visitors per day.

The people are certainly there: Playa del Carmen’s 5th Avenue welcomes an estimated 39,000 people every day, some of whom have shown interest in cultural alternatives, according to Abraham Mendoza, director of cultural projects of the Frida Kahlo Arts and Culture Foundation.

Local weather conditions have made it impossible for the museum to have original paintings but that might change in the future.

Instead, the Frida Kahlo Museum Riviera Maya will display original photos and authorized reproductions of Kahlo’s masterpieces, as well as technological resources.

Mendoza told the newspaper Milenio that it will take visitors 55 minutes to walk through the exhibits, “getting close to the life of the artist through a sensorial experience.”

Ex-The Beatles member Ringo Starr launches first single of new album

British musician and songwriter Ringo Starr launched today ‘’We’’re on the road again,’’ the first single from his new album ‘’Give more love’’, which will be released on Sept. 15.

For posting the song on YouTube’s Vevo channel, Starr was accompanied by bassist and also ex member of The Beatles Paul McCartney as well as guitar players Joe Walsh, from The Eagles, as well as Edgar Winter and Steve Lukather, from Toto and also co-author of the song.

For the album, which will be launched in digital format, CD and vinyl, Starr will also have the cooperation of musicians Peter Frampton, Richard Marx, Glen Ballard, Dave Stewart, Don Was and Timothy B. Schmit.

This is Starr’s first record since 2015, when he launched ‘Postcards from Paradise’, recorded in the studio of his own house in Los Angeles.

Starr, also actor, began his solo career after the disintegration of The Beatles in 1989, when he founded Ringo Starr & His All Starr Band, a project with which he recorded eight albums and still makes tours.

La Paz Book Fair to pay homage to Bob Dylan

Only just two days to open, the 22nd La Paz International Book Fair will dedicate a space to homege US singer-songwriter Bob Dylan´s, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2016, the organizers announced today.

Scheduled from Aug. 2 through 13 at the Chuquiago Marka Exhibition Site, the event will host critic Sergio Calero´s lecture on Bob Dylan, regarded as one of the most influential US figures for the popular music of the 20th century and early XXI.

This tribute to the 12-Grammy winner – including a radio session and is also called Todo Dylan – is scheduled for Saturday, Aug. 12, local media reported.

During his prolific musical career, the singer and poet has won several awards, including one awarded by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (The Oscar) and another by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (Golden Globe).

The 22nd La Paz International Book Fair will be have the possibility to gather some twenty Latin American writers, among them the Mexican author Carlos Cuauhtemoc Sánchez, whose books lead the lists of bestsellers in the region.

Peruvian Carlos Enrique Freyre and Gabriela Wiener, Colombian Chronicler Alberto Salcedo, considered one of the best narrators in Latin America, will also attend such an important event in La Paz, Bolivia.

Argentines Bob Chow, Luciano Saracino and Paloma Vidal, as well as Brazilians Alexandre Gomes, Andre Okuma and Marcelino Freire, among others, will also have the chance of sharing with national authors during the event.