Maria Conchita Alonso

Photo-shopped image by Vinayak Razdan A few weeks ago, I crossed paths with Maria Conchita Alonso at a red carpet event which was specifically organized to raise funds for a vital cancer charity. This past week, Maria's publicist invited me to attend an intimate evening with the popular star on tony Canon Drive in Beverly Hills. When I strolled into the swank environs of the trendy cafe playing host to the event, a posse of media types were clamouring for the chance to get up-close-and... Read Full Story

Venezolanos en Hollywood is sponsoring a "casual meeting" with the talented and charismatic actress, Maria Conchita Alonso, at the Coupa Cafe in Beverly Hills on November 2nd (8 p.m.) Alonso is a former "Miss Teenager Of The World", who went on to become a popular chanteuse and film star in her own country overseas in Venezuela and on these shores in the United States. Maria Conchita has worked in Broadway, TV and in Hollywood with the creme de la creme, which include actors such as Robin... Read Full Story

MARIA CONCHITA ALONSO arriving on the red carpet at Los Angeles Premiere of SPREAD at Arclight Cinemas in Hollywood, Ca USA August 3, 2009 Spread (Anchor Bay Entertainment) Release: 08/14/2009 Nikki isn't a gigolo. He's a sexual grifter, a fun-loving, freeloading hipster who understands his greatest assets are his looks and sexual prowess, which he uses to charm his way into the hearts of the city's richest women and enjoy their lifestyle. Nikki gets a free place to live, fantastic gifts, A... Read Full Story

Native Venazolana Maria Conchita Alonso has some opinions about her 1988 Colors co-star Sean Penn’s worship of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez . And it’s all on video! Asked by the paparazzi what she thinks of Penn’s recent Oscar win, since she worked with him in the past, Alonso rolled her eyes so far back in her head we thought she was going to pass out. “He’s an amazing actor,” she finally got out. “I can’t take that away from him. The only problem is that he has NO CLUE AT ALL... Read Full Story

Editor's Note: Some Pictures Have Been Removed María Conchita Alonso (born June 29, 1957) better known as María Conchita , is a Grammy Award-nominated Cuban-born Venezuelan singer and actress. Alonso became the front woman of the band Ámbar in 1979, and started a very successful career as a solo recording artist in 1982, with the release of "Dangerous Rhythm". In what is generally considered to be her best known song, she was asked by Giorgio Moroder to sing... Read Full Story

Maria Conchita Alonso has blasted her Colors co-star Sean Penn for his outspoken political views about her native Venezuela, insisting he should "shut up" and stop showing his support to the country's "killer" president, Hugo Chavez. Read Full Story

video.vh1.com Last night on your favorite show "Viva Hollywood," Vinci the heterosexual narrowly escaped being thrown out of the Casa de los Locos when the contestants were asked to face their greatest fear: proving they have talent beyond their looks. With the Mexican version of Ugly Betty Anjelica Vale as a guest judge, the kids had to compete in a beauty pageant wearing ugly makeup--the loser of which would face sudden death and expulsion from the house with no duel. In the above video... Read Full Story

Sheila E. showed up her fifty something self in an orange get-up at the Lupus charity ball. While Mz. E has aged quite well, and I do salute her… is she trying to give us cataracts prematurely with that bright orange. Maria Conchita Alonso and her overly hair-sprayed hair was on hand too. Quite adorable in pink, is our little Cuban-Venezuelan, no? Chilean model and actor Cristián de la Fuente was on hand, along with his mujericita. What a lovely picture this pareja make! Read Full Story

Maria Conchita Alonso talked to TV Y Novelas recently to discuss the important matter of her beauty. Unlike many of today’s beauty queens from her native Venezuela, Maria Conchita was first runner up for Miss Venezuela 1975 back when plastic surgery was seen as cheating. She’ll be the first to tell you that she got beautiful the old-fashioned way–through good breeding. Well, okay, there was that one time last year, she admits, when the fifty-one year-old finally broke down and got some... Read Full Story

Maria Conchita Alonso is preparing for the onset of menopause (Or MENTALPAUSE as someone super hilarious once referred to it. Someone get that kid a gig on According to Jim .) by talking to tabloid weeklies. Kind of like how we prepare for our period by talking to Us Weekly . And then eating a still-living goat. M.A.C. was literally asked, “Maria Conchita, as a woman who ignites passion in others, does it affect you to receive scripts for mom roles?” She responds that she would even play a... Read Full Story