Latino Celebrity Week in Review: Mariah Carey + La La Vazquez + Jessica Alba and More!

Latino celebrities shined at the BET Awards, like stars after dark. Jessica Alba showed up with her husband Warren Cash on her arms.

The show was part of a tribute to Michael Jackson El Rey del Pop. The death of Mr. Jackson hit a lot of Latino celebrities really hard. Thalia was one of them. Mrs. Mottola released this statement:

“Hace mucho no sentía una tristeza colectiva así, de las que se sienten en el pecho y te dejan abrumado. Es un sentimiento de ’shock’ y de pérdida muy específico. Sin opción alguna, esta pérdida te hace revivir momentos personales de vida que fueron acompañados por el ’soundtrack’ de su música y por las imágenes innovadoras de sus videos”.

She was not alone; other Latino artists expressed their grief as well.

At least Michael left us a Spanish version of “I Just Can’t Stop Loving You”, which is perfect for a boda—and other memories.

And then there were the movie premieres.

Cameron Diaz’s latest is My Sister’s Keeper, some movie that’s bound to squeeze some lagrimas out of you, judging from the theatrical trailers I’ve seen.

Mariah Carey made a video for her song “Obsessed”, and dressed as Eminem for the video, prompting a lot of people to think that the song is a rebuttal for Eminem’s dissing of the beautiful Venezuelan diva in the past. But here’s what her husband Nick Cannon had to say about the whole thing:

“People keep saying ['Obsessed'] was directed at certain people,” Cannon said. “To be completely honest, she did the record ’cause she’s a huge fan of this movie ‘Mean Girls,’ and there’s a line in the movie where one of the girls is like, ‘Why are you so obsessed with me?’ She says that at the beginning of the song, and that’s where the concept came from. But you know, art imitates life.”

He’s such a good sport, he also added:

“I always say I thought the record was about me, ’cause I’m obsessed with my wife,” he said. “But if somebody’s out there and you feel like you might have been obsessed, then the record’s about you.”

And me? What do I think? To me, she doesn’t even look anything like Eminem; she looks more like Fred Durst!

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Paulina Rubio’s latest album, Gran City Pop, went platinum, and it’s been barely a good three months since Pau’s album was released!

La Chica Dorada has a big comeback, no doubt!

So, went the Latino celebrity week! And what a week it was!