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Statue of La Llorona on an island of Xochimilco, Mexico, 2015. La Llorona (Latin American Spanish: [la ʝoˈɾona]; ' the Crying Woman, the Weeping Woman, the Wailer ') is a vengeful ghost in Mexican folklore who is said to roam near bodies of water mourning her children whom she drowned in a jealous rage after discovering her husband was unfaithful to her.
Alma López (born 1966) is a Mexican-born Queer Chicana artist. [3] [4] [5] Her art often portrays historical and cultural Mexican figures, such as the Virgin of Guadalupe and La Llorona, filtered through a radical Chicana feminist lesbian lens.
The song "La Llorona" is featured in the 2017 Disney-Pixar film Coco; it is performed by Alanna Ubach as Imelda Rivera and Antonio Sol in a guest appearance as Ernesto de la Cruz in the English version and Angelica Vale and Marco Antonio Solis in the Spanish version. In the film, Imelda sings the song during the sunrise concert as she attempts ...
In 2019, she played Patricia Alvarez in the horror film The Curse of La Llorona. In 2020, Velásquez played Nurse Velasquez in Malignant [16], Mariela Vicuna in Brut Force, [17] and Meg in List of a Lifetime where she was nominated for Best Supporting Actress in the 2022 Imagen Awards. [18] In 2024, Patricia was featured in Time magazine. [19]
Chavela Vargas (Spanish pronunciation: [tʃaˈβela ˈβaɾɣas]; born María Isabel Anita Carmen de Jesús Vargas Lizano [a]; 17 April 1919 – 5 August 2012) was a Costa Rican singer. She gained widespread recognition for her distinctive interpretations of Mexican rancheras .
Oprah Winfrey is a household name,but it turns out "Oprah" is not her real name. A little known fact about the 61-year-old media mogul -- her family wanted to give her a Biblical name, so they ...
Patricia Verónica Núñez Reyes Spíndola (born 11 July 1953) is a Mexican actress, director, and producer. She has received four Ariel Awards, two for Best Actress (Los Motivos de Luz in 1985 and The Queen of the Night in 1994), and two for Supporting Actress (Letters from Marusia in 1975 and El otro crimen in 1988).
The Pillsbury Doughboy has a name -- and you've probably never even heard it before. The cheerful mascot made his debut in a television commercial that aired on November 7, 1965.