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October 21, 2000
Thalía appeared on Gala de la HispanidadSource: Yahoo! Corazón
(España) The singer Thalía, who assures she is in love with Spain, visited our country in order to appear on the Gala de la Hispanidad which was celebrated last Friday in Seville. Thalía is presently passing through a marvelous stage at the professional and personal level, since the fact that she has acquired, for example, a double platinum record in Spain, is being added to her present emotional situation, sharing her life for some time with a young man named Toni (NOTE: We don’t really need to point out that the people who wrote this story didn’t collect the FACTS very well :D) "We’re happy. The truth is that I was not looking for a mate but my "match" in all that I am, my equivalent in a man, and I found him, an emotional and professional match in all aspects, and we are happy and we have our plans." |
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Since then, the Mexican can’t complain how things have gone for her in the last years, with the "boom" in latin music. "I think that the latin rhythms always have been in style. Latin music always has been felt, always has been danced, and it is something that permits you to be in contact, skin to skin, with another person."
Thalía knows that her image is very important for channeling her professional career, but neither does she live only for that, although it is true that she plays some sports. "I really ought to eat macrobiotic things, vegetarian, and upon arriving here to have a paella, a good red wine, to be with friends, a jabuguito (sorry, not in our dictionaries), so I don’t know, I would have to make a lot of sacrifice, I prefer to stay with the exercise by itself."
She did not want to reveal if the rumors that have circulated about her supposed operation to remove two ribs in order to appear slimmer were true; we shall have continue with the doubt.
Thalía is in love with Spain, since she thinks that it has many similarities with her native Mexico: "I really like the form in which you express yourselves. You are so authentic, so full of passion, so sincere, you enjoy life and the night begins at 11 or 12 p.m. That is also very Mexican, I feel right at home."
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"Remake" of Quinceaña bears little resemblanceSource: Reforma,
Mexico City, October 18, 2000 Beginning today, Televisa will be broadcasting another "refrito" or remake of a telenovela that did very well in the past and brought recognition to Thalía. With a new treatment based on the plot by René Muñoz and Edgardo Báez, which 13 years ago was named Quinceañera, the new show will be called Primer Amor...at 1,000 miles per hour |
You will probably see little or no resemblance to the original, which starred Thalía and Adela Noriega, because it has been "updated" and "made relevant to today’s youth". Produced by Pedro Damián, it will now touch on subjects that young people actually live with, such as anorexia, sexuality, drug addiction, and the awakening of love as a couple. Unfortunately, this is likely to turn into just another rubber stamp teen novela which Televisa has been flooding us with lately. Plus, Thalia fans have already been disappointed when the planned novela about Timbiriche was turned into DKDA, a boring remake of something the producer had done about 5 years earlier.
This story will have 180 chapters and stars Anahí, Kuno Becker, and Ana Layevskya, in the roles which in the first version were played by Adela Noriega, Ernesto Laguardia, and Thalia respectively, accompanied by Blanca Sáchez, José Elías Moreno, Arturo García Tenorio and Aitor Iturrioz, among others.
October 19,2000
Source: Reforma, Mexico City
By Lorena Corpus
TW Correspondent: Tonchi
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rumors grow more all the time that Thalía and Tommy
Mottola ended their relationship, her sister, Laura
Zapata prefers to keep herself on the margin of this
discussion, since to talk about that competes with what
she has to say. "Ay, no! I don't want to say anything about that subject, please," said Laura. "It is a question that I know nothing about, I can only talk about my personal things." It is said that Mottola is now going with Demi Moore, and when she is questioned concerning this there is total silence, with which she neither confirms nor denies the talk on the street about her sister. This rumor has been heard in Mexico for a few weeks now, even the gossip programs on television have commented about it. "I can only talk about myself, for example, I am about to begin recording on the telenovela La Intrusa, produced by Ignacio Sada. I am going to be a villain once again. My character is Maximiliana, and it is a novela written by Carlos Romero and directed by Beatriz Sheridan," said the actress. "We are going with the continuation of Malvina, a character which has given me so many awards and which has given me a good position in the public's approval." This telenovela will star Gabriela Spanic and Arturo Peniche. |
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(NOTE: Here is a very interesting piece of information: Laura will again play the mother of Arturo Peniche who will prevent him from being happy with the woman of his choice. Sounds just like another María Mercedes? "La Intrusa" translates as "The Intruder", but instead of meaning a burglar it implies someone who has no business being there, who is where they don't belong or are not wanted. Yep, it appears they are doing the story again but with Gaby Spanic instead of Thalía. We'll have to wait and see what further information is released by the studio.)
"I am going to do bad things to whoever crosses my path," the artist commented smiling, who far from feeling typecast with the evil characters, adores them. She added that she does the parts with pleasure which they give her to portray at Televisa, provided they let her grow as an actress. "The villains, without a doubt, are those which continue to appear throughout all of history, and besides, they are the ones who remain in the memory of the public."
October 18,2000
Source: Rincón Latino,
Univisión.com
TW Correspondents: Tonchi and Luisa
With the speculation that Thalía's wedding carries with it, to approach the subject with the people close to the situation is inevitable. And Laura Zapata can't hide her annoyance when they only ask her about the wedding of her famous sister with the magnate Tommy Mottola. Better not even ask her, because the actress also does not have much desire to answer when she is not the center of the question.
The oldest sister of the protagonist of the "Trilogy of the Marías " is about to return to TV screens in Mexico with the telenovela La Intrusa, where she will have a new part of a villain, and although she is more than willing to talk about this, the questions about the eminent wedding of Thalía can't be held back.
-- Are you already prepared
for Thalía's wedding?
Yes, I am, the preparations are considerable and I have a lot to
do.
-- Why weren't you at Thalía's
birthday celebration?
Due to several commitments, among others that my sons finished
summer camp in Madrid and I had to go for them.
-- Then there is no problem with
her?
No, of course not. Why would you think that?
-- Are your going to be the
bridesmaid in her wedding?
I think so, it is almost a fact.
-- And you already have your
dress for the wedding?
I am almost ready, I am having it made for me.
-- And who is making the dress?
Ay, I don't know. I don't want to talk about that.
-- Give us just a hint...
Sorry, nothing. I am not going to talk about that. I'll tell you
whatever you want about me, about my work, but not about the
wedding, because I am not authorized to make commentaries.
-- Well then, how are you doing
in your love life?
Very happy, content and with great hopes for the future.
--And in your work?
Well, I will return to my usual role, as a villain in La Intrusa,
with Gaby Spanic and Arturo Peniche. My darling Betty
Sheridan will direct me, and Carlos Olmos is writing it, who has
written my best villains for me, such as Malvina (María Mercedes)
and Dulcina (Rosa Salvaje).
Source: Terra Online
News Service
By: Nora Marín, for REFORMA Mexico, D.F.
TW Correspondents: Tonchi and Luisa
Mitzy does not yet have a formal request from Thalía to design her wedding dress, although he admits that it would enchant him to make it.
He commented that the rumors in the United States about the breakup with Tommy Mottola are constant. "A while ago I went to Los Angeles and there the rumor was very strong that they are never going to get married, that he was going around with someone else. After the engagement ring the wedding follows, but in this case I have not found out anything. In the United States they are asking me about the wedding but so many things have been said that I don't even know if she is going to get married. But I feel considerable gratitude toward Thalia and I would love for her to wed. Besides, for any designer it would be a gift to design her dress.
He stated that in this case he would not be in charge of the design, but instead it would be the protagonist of Rosalinda herself. "You can't impose on her what you say, but what she likes. Then she is not going to do just any thing for her wedding. I don't know if she wants to wear a dress with teddy bears or little monkeys. She does not wear just the usual stuff, and I swear that, when she marries, she will wear a dress that I still can't imagine. Her way of dressing is very special, she does not use common things, but those which nobody else wears. She is audacious, daring, original."
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Big babies!!!Source; TV
Notas, September 5, 2000 By popular demand, here is a photo of Soraya's twin sons, Eduardo and Roberto, at the age of 3 1/2 weeks. They are being presented by their grandma, Itatí Zucchi, mother of Itatí Cantoral (Soraya in María la del barrio). These kids are huge! And really handsome too. Itatí has finally recovered to the point where she is appearing in public with husband Educardo Santamarina, and she says that although her sons are certainly keeping her busy every minute she is looking forward to starring in a novela written especially for her and Eduardo, which may be filmed in Venezuela. |
October 14, 2000
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Correspondent: Luisa Magazine Cover: YES Magazine A collaboration between TW and the editors at YES entertainment magazine has resulted in a 5 page spread for Fernando Carrillo. The spread contains what we have termed as lessons in Fernando 101. Everything you wanted to know about Fernando but were afraid to ask. This article is all about Fernando -- the son, loving brother, singer, actor. This is Fernando Jose through a totally different light as told through photos. Such was the magazine reception that we have been told it was sold out almost immediately upon hitting the newsstands. Yes, Fernando mania has indeed swept the country. So much so that YES has planned to cover him yet again in their November issue. So to the die hard fans of Fernando, get a copy of this collector's item and have Fernando's family album to browse through everyday of the week. Not to forget, Thalia is the featured poster of the month along with other Thalia and Fernando / Rosalinda and Fernando Jose photos. |
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Source: Reuben Gonzales (Director
- Mambo Cafe)
TW Correspondents: Tonchi and Luisa
Unapix Entertainment, the company that controls the US rights to Mambo Cafe, has made yet another change in the release of the film. The company is presently going through a restructuring and they have, we hope only temporarily, stopped distributing films theatrically. However, we have been informed that the December 12, 2000, date for the US video release premiere is still set. At this point, no one really knows what effects the Unapix restructuring will have on the film's release. Perhaps another company will release it theatrically and Unapix will release it on video, but Unapix says they will not relinquish video rights even if another company wants to pick up the film theatrically.
The movie will not completely fall out of sight in the meantime: Mambo Cafe is scheduled to close the Channel Islands Film festival in Ventura County on November 12th at 5:30 pm.
October 13,2000
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Thalia is number one in the worldSource: Despierta
America, Univision If there was every any doubt who is number one, the Queen of the Telenovelas, the numbers do not lie. Thalia now has been seen in more countries of the world, by more people, and dubbed into more languages (25 at least) than any other star in history. Her face is literally known world-wide, and the response to Rosalinda definitely put her over the top and she is not likely to be unseated for many years to come. The phenomenon of the Mexican telenovela abroad was begun more than 10 years ago, when Veronica Castro's memorable "Rosa Salvaje" was shown in places as unlikely as Russia. Most studios thought Veronica would hold the title for greatest exposure, but it is now recognized that Thalia has topped her.As Luis put it: "Veronica opened the door for us to the world, but now Thalia has broken it down." |
Source: thalia.com
TW Correspondent: Ric
Thalia will be in Spain October 11 - October 13. She will be arriving Madrid, Wednesday, October 11 on AirFrance #2000 @ 7.35pm.
She will be travelling from Madrid to Seville Thursday, October 12 on JK #583 at 1.20pm arriving Seville at 2.25pm.
Thalia will be the female star on the Hispanity Gala Thursday, October 12th. This is show airs live on Tele5 at 10.00pm. She will be performing Arrassando and Rosalinda. Be sure to tune in. This show also will be seen by 35 million viewers in Latin America.
Thalia wil be flying from Seville to Madrid on Friday, October 13 on Iberia #115 at 10.15am arriving Madrid at 11.10am.
She will be doing local interviews and then taping "Noches de Fiesta" which will air on Saturday, October 14. Details on the show will follow.
October 10,2000
Source: El Gordo y La Flaca,
Primer Impacto, Univision
Broadcast October 9, 2000
Photos: EMI
TW Correspondent: Tonchi
This time a picture was worth more than a thousand words, but all of them apparently untrue. The rumors started after Thalia failed to attend the Latin Grammy presentations with Tommy Mottola, she being on tour in Europe, and either at the ceremonies or shortly thereafter he was photographed with Demi Moore. As we ought to know by now, every female singer or wannabe in the world has been photographed with Tommy; after all, he is one of the most powerful "star-makers" in the recording industry and has to appear at all the events. The rumors became so persistent that people have been calling or writing to Univision, trying to find out what was going on, and Reforma (on of the largest newspapers in Mexico) even published their speculations after interviewing Thalia’s sister. Laura Zapata has made it plain that she has no intention of being the "rumor central" for her sister, but the reporters apparently construed her avoiding the question as confirmation that something was going on!
Lili Estefan has now confirmed, by a telephone call to Thalia in London, that not only is nothing wrong but Tommy flew in on his corporate jet to meet her on Sunday and they are enjoying some vacation time together. Thalia also sent Lili some photos taken of her in London by someone from EMI. If anybody wonders "why England?", it is very simple – the parent company of EMI is located there. The super-rich and flamboyant Richard Branson, owner of Virgin Records, Virgin Airways, and a couple of other "Virgins", lives there and is probably their host.
October 9,2000
It’s in the stars?Source: TV &
Novelas, October 9, 2000 When Thalía appeared on Sabado Gigante recently, people who had known her in the past appeared on tape to tell her about their relationships and what it meant to them. But there was also one guest who appeared to tell Thalía her FUTURE, and additionally concerning one relationship in particular. A famous seer predicted for several artists that they would be having weddings, pregnancies and divorces, and some of these predictions have already come true. The man, who calls himself Professor Lottito, is well known in Hispanic circles as much for his predictions of earthquakes and public upheavals as well as personal predictions of the future, and Thalía seems to respect his opinions because afterwards she even spoke further with him backstage. |
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According to Professor Lottito, Thalía had an accident to her foot when she was a child and now suffers from bad circulation, especially in her legs, which causes her to bruise at the smallest blow. As a result, people misinterpret these bruises and make comments. Lottito also referred to a scar or blemish on Thalía’s side, and she immediately confirmed it.
Lottito was not exactly telling anything that the whole world does not already know when he said "Thalía has always sought protection from older men, it’s as if she is looking for the father figure that she lost very soon in her childhood." But her also "saw" Thalía converted into Mrs. Mottola before the 21st of March of the coming year, and Thalía seemed to receive this confident prediction with great pleasure.
There is still no word on any date being set for this wedding, which every magazine and TV show has some comment about. In fact, rumors are arising now that the wedding may even be called off. You can take your pick of rumors, but we recommend that you not believe any of them. It is just too obvious that nobody know anything. The following is one of the more improbable scenarios which has been published lately, courtesy of Eritmo.com on the internet:
"Thalía and Tommy Motola parting?
Rumors are
circulating about charming Tommy Motola, president of Sony Music,
breaking up with Mexican pop star Thalía after going as far as
planning an upcoming wedding. According to these rumors, Demi
Moore would be partially responsible for this break up. The
beautiful actress who used to be married to actor Bruce Willis
has come into Motola's life while looking for ways to enter the
music world as a singer. Eritmo.com has tried to confirm these
rumors with Thalía's producers,
Estefan Enterprises, and record label, Emi Latin. Neither source
knows anything about the juicy info. Would Moore be more
attracted to Sony Music exec's wisdom -and power-than she was to
her ex's muscles?"
The only comment we have about this gossip is that Tommy Mottola has never shown such bad taste in his life if he is romantically involved with Demi Moore. You don’t expect a man of his class to toss away the best there is to sample stale leftovers :D
October 6,2000
Source: Afisorama Magazine,7
TW Correspondent: Kate and Theo
During her recent visit to our country (Greece), our beloved Thalia confirmed her special relations to our country, when she met with her most vivid fans! We went after her, step by step...
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Begining of September. The news fell like a bomb: Thalia is coming to Greece! With the magazine's author, Spyros Logothetis, we began to set our plans, for how we could get her in touch with you, her fans. But we fell off clouds, when her record label informed us that she wouldn't stay in Greece for more than 24 hours because of her schedule being loaded. Our moves had to be real fast: the Greek branch of her official fan club, Mundo de Cristal, had recently announced its' establishment. Wanting to make a different interview, from you to...you, we came in touch with the president and decided that the questions would be posed by the fans themselves. So, we set an appointment for Wednesday's noon, to go to her hotel. Kate Pappa, Maria Papageorgiou, Jim Mantsios and Theo Gigoglakis, the author (Lisa Fergadi) and Spyros Logothetis had a friendly chat with Thalia, who seemed excited with her fans and had some pictures with them! |
Kate: How do you manage to keep
the media away from your private life?
Thalia: I can't bother with this. Media get their nose everywhere,
they want to know everything about your private life and there
are a lot of paparazzis around you trying to take pictures of you.
It's hard to keep your private life away. I'm used to it and I
can't do anything to stop it.
| Jim:
According to Lili Estefan, you have already recorded some
songs in English, is that true? T: Yes, I already have recorded some songs in English, like "Regresa a mi" and some others which we will include to some albums for some special countries, as Germany and some Asia countries. Jim: Is there any difference for
you to sing in English? |
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Theo: Which will be your next
single, after "Regresa a mi"?
T: It will be "Arrasando", I love this song. I have
written the lyrics and the music, and it is some kind of...social
critic. Because, instead of searching in our soul, what we look
for is gossips. That's why I say:"Hey you, open your eyes,
you gotta look in you, see things less from the outside".
Theo: What does "Arrasando"
mean?
T: It means to do something with the power of a storm. Like a
typhoon that gets all the houses, cars and people up, it cleans
everything up. That's what I do with my music.(laughing)
Jim: How did you inspire "Arrasando"?
T: It's like an x-ray of me, of my soul, because it comes out
from here (showing her heart) and it is like saying "I want
to tell you something, listen to me!"
Kate: How is you relationship
with your sisters?
T: It's very good! We contact all the time, we're like this (showing
her punch). We contact by e-mail, we call each other, we travel
to meet each other, we're a very joined family.
Kate: Is your sister still an
actress?
T: Of course, she's a fabulous actress and she always is the
villain in telenovelas. It's very funny, because people think it
is true, and at the street they hit her and say:"You're bad,
you made that poor girl cry!"(laughing)
Spyros: What's your worst
experience by a fan of yours?
T: Something terrible? There have been two such incidents. A fan
of mine was staying outside my house, every day and night, even
when it was raining! One day, when I was getting out of my garage
with my car, he knocked my door and he threw me a note and a
little box. He intensely looked at my eyes and said: "We got
to make it happen!". So, I looked at him, smiling like
nothing was going on and said:"OK, I leave now, I'm going to
work!"(laughing). So when I opened the letter, everything
was written with blood! He was writing that God made us to be
together, that he will fight for me and we would make a blood
contract to be always joined. I got real scared and when I opened
the box I saw a ring with our names written on it, all in blood!
I got scared and called the police. After that I never saw him
again. That's why I've writen a song for my second or my third
album with the title "Sangre" ("Blood"). And
there was a girl in Brasil, and while I was walking through lots
of people waving to them, I suddenly fell a hand pulling my hair.
Then, came the security men pulling me to the other side. So,
from the one I was pulled by the girl and from the other I was
pulled by the policemen, I was in a lot of pain, screaming "Wait...wait..".
I think I really lost a part of my hair then! (laughing)
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Theo: Is it true, that
you give some of the gifts your fans send, to orphanages? T: I collect teddy bears, because I love them since I was a little girl, and I also collect Barbies. I have a huge collection, almost 500 dolls, and as for the teddy bears, I must have around 3000 of them that have been send from my fans around the world. Sometimes I sit and look at them! But, there are children, that don't have even one teddy, so sometimes we make packages and send some of them to orphans or poor kids. Maria: Do you answer the letters you get
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Jim: How hard is it for you to
smile everytime you're in front of the cameras, even when you
feel sad?
T: That's another tough part of the job, because sometimes you
just want to stay away from everything, but you have to work,
swallow it and smile. You have to think "This man across me
hasn't got any problem, I do, so why should I make him unhappy,
it's not his fault". It's very hard, especially when you're
ill, when you have flu or when you're sleepless...
Theo: How do you manage to keep
balance between "Thalia the woman" and
"Thalia the star"?
T: One week I work too hard and after that I get back to my
country (I thought she was going to Miami) and have vacations. I
see my family and friends. So one week for me and one for work.
Maria: We know you have a
contract with "Televisa" for 2 more years, to shoot
more telenovelas. Will we soon see you in any telenovela?
T: I don't know that, I read a lot of scripts nowadays and I don't
like them. Every time, it's the same story, that's why I'm
looking for something new. If i find a good story, I'll do it. If
not, it doesn't have to be done.
Maria: In one of your interviews
you said that Greece feels like home. How do you feel now that
you are here?
T: I feel blessed! When my mother was pregnant and I was inside
her, she fell in love with Greek Civilization and she read your
whole mythology. So, I, inside her belly, was like saying "Yes,
mom, read me more!" (laughing).
So, in a story, she saw the names "Ariadna" and "Thalia"
and she gave them to me. For me, who was "home", in my
mom, I felt that Greece was a part of me, that all those stories
were mine.
| Lisa: Is
she (Dona Yolanda) with you in this visit to Greece? T: Unforunately not. She had to take care of some problem with her teeth. But, we've been here together for vacations 3 years ago and we had visited Mykonos, Rhodes, Santorini, Creta, all these wonderful islands that I really love! Kate:
When will you be back? Jim: What do you think
of the role of mother in real life? |
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October 3, 2000
TW Correspondent: Luisa
Thalia’s Hollywood debut movie opened in Philippine theatres last September 27, much to the delight of her avid followers. Thalians, as they are called, were up bright and early on the first day of showing in order to show their support for the reigning Queen of Latin Telenovelas.
According to the ticket seller at Ali Mall, Thalia held her head high against her biggest foreign competition, Jennifer Lopez’s The Cell, which had a strong opening day ticket sale. Thalia, picked up momentum towards the afternoon as schools surrounding the mall were let out for the day and students flocked to see Thalia on the big screen at last. As of our last inquiry, Thalia's momentum has yet to slow down.
Over at SM Centerpoint, Mambo Café was packing in the crowds as families came in to see their beloved Rosalinda in her first English speaking role. Indeed, Thalia’s popularity knows no age. Other viewers were grandparents accompanied by their grandchildren and children. It was like having a Thalia concert inside when the scenes in the movie used her songs Mujer Latina and Por Amor from her album Amor Ala Mexicana as background melodies. The audience could not help but sing along and some children were seen dancing in the aisles.
Although Thalia did not sing in this movie (dancing was limited to a Mambo routine with her leading man Kamar delos Reyes) she carried it very well thanks to her comedic timing and dramatic abilities honed through years of telenovela experience.
Filipinos are known for getting full enjoyment out of physical comedy, the genre Mambo may be best classified in. The ensemble cast had the audience in stitches as the Benitez family struggled to get their family restaurant back on track hopefully by getting a mobster killed while eating at their restaurant. The publicity surrounding the event indeed gives the restaurant its second wind, but at what cost to Nydia (as portrayed by Thalia)?
As the restaurant gains popularity, it invites people of various social classes to its doors. One of them is the family of Chris, Nydia’s Harvard educated boyfriend who knows nothing about her harlem past. It seems she has been living a lie while studying at the Boston University. She has conned her boyfriend into thinking that she is a wealthy heiress from Argentina. The confrontation between them forces Nydia to accept who she really is. A middle class Latina whose family is striving hard to help her realize her own dreams even if it means a lot of self sacrifice on her parents part.
Thalia is a refreshing site to behold on the big screen. It was like seeing a totally different aspect of her personality as she stood up to Hollywood’s brightest Latino talents Paul Rodriguez, Rosana de Soto and Kamar Delos Reyes. Danny Aiello as the singing Godfather lessened the tension strongly felt towards the latter part of the movie.
Director Ruben Gonzales could not have chosen a better first vehicle for his directorial debut. The story is one of which any immigrant family can easily identify with. The story of Mambo Café is not only about Latinos, it is about any family of any race that has migrated to the US in dreams of having a better life. But not all have such a comedic and perfect ending.
October 2, 2000
Source: People en Español,
October 2000
By: María Morales
TW Correspondent: Tonchi
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What is
that young woman looking for at the side of that man who
could be her father? Security, success, power, or love?
It depends on whom you ask and about whom they are
speaking. From the outside, Thalía appeared to be at the peak. Young and adorable, the Mexican actress and singer had more admirers than she needed and her career was going full speed ahead. But only she knew the truth. "I worked like a crazy person, perhaps to cover up a need, a loneliness or an emptiness from not wanting to be damaged in my heart," remembers Thalía, 28, about that feeling that she succeeded in overcoming a few years ago. "At that moment was when I found love, at that moment was when I met him and everything was surrendered," she says, referring to Tommy Mottola, the powerful president of Sony Music Entertainment, 52 years old. "Of all the telenovelas which I have made, the best is the one which I am living right now." |
A novela which, just like many from Hollywood, in real life has a young woman and a much older man in the starring roles. Although this arrangement is nothing new, there are certainly a great number of luminaries who in recent years have made it theirs: Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones, Julio Iglesias and Miranda Rijnsburger, Clint Eastwood and Dina Ruiz Eastwood, Robert Duvall and Luciana Pedraza, and the ex-president of Argentina, Carlos Menem and the Chilean ex-Miss Universe, Cecilia Bolocco, among others.
Love, they all declare, has no age. But in some cases the marked differences do not cease to awaken curiosity and murmurings among those who ask: "Are they companions, are they lovers, or daddies?"
| The answer
for some women is maybe a little of both, states Ayala
Malach Pines, psychologist and author of the book Falling
in Love: Why We Choose the Lovers We Choose.
According to her, women are attracted by successful and
powerful men, men with whom, although it may be at an
unconscious level, they feel themselves protected and
supported. "But the attraction specifically to a
much older man tends to be more typical in those women
who are looking for the figure of a father who was absent
in one form or another while they were growing up,"
she says. In the case of Mottola, he is almost a patron. His ex is the singer Mariah Carey, with whom he was married when he was 44 years old and she was 24. The union lasted 5 years. Even if Thalía does not talk about their differences in age, she claims to be happy at his side. "It's the first time that someone loves me for what I think, for what I believe, for my ideals, and it is the first time that someone really is saying "Let's go! I'm with you. I am backing you up all the way," she says. "It is something which was already predestined." |
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The producer of Rosalinda talks about Thalía's love
Source : Rincon Latino,
Univision.com, September 26, 2000
By: Gabriela Y. Ríos
TW Correspondents: Luisa and Tonchi
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After meeting Tommy
Mottola, Thalía's life changed radically, remembers
Salvador Mejía, the producer of Rosalinda, the
telenovela that the diva was filming when she began the
romance with her fiancée, the President and CEO of Sony
Music Entertainment. That Thalía succumbed to the attractions of a mature man - leaving aside his influence in the music industry of the United States - is something perfectly natural. At least Mejía sees it that way. "She is too big a job for the little boys. I have known her since she was 20 years old. She is very mature, very stable. She never gets dizzy, let's say it this way: she always had a control of herself which up until now she maintains. The memories which Mejía has about Thalía and Mottola go back to the first stage of the romance. "We were looking at the music for the theme song of Rosalinda. We went to Miami then. We were discussing things about the music and the arrangements, and she was meeting with Tommy Mottola," Mejía states. |
Nevertheless, her courtship was not an obstacle so that Thalía would neglect her work responsibilities. Proof of that is that she never received a complaint from Mejía, despite, as that one explains, she was constantly with her favorite companion.
"During the production she went away sometimes, on the weekends, to New York. And truthfully, she has my respect, because it is a five-hour flight and on Monday she returned early to the studio."
Mejía, also the producer of another telenovela starring her, María Mercedes, has known Thalía for 10 years, sufficient time to interpret the emotions of the star: "She was obviously very much in love and during the filming she infected everyone with her happiness. Thalía was the one who brought the place to life at the studio with her yells."
And not only that, Thalía also looked better than ever. "She seemed like a different person. She was radiant. 30 scenes were filmed and she was always smiling. And then it happens that you record and record and you don't even notice because you are always splitting your sides laughing "
Mejía affirms that Thalía is a very affectionate woman, very simple, with some very Mexican values. An example to follow. "All that is said about her, like that about her getting married for the money, are pure suppositions."
