Born July 22, 1992
Gomez made her very first television debut as one of the children on the kids TV show Barney & Friends. She reached stardom with her role as Alex Russo on the Emmy Award–winning Disney Channel series Wizards of Waverly Place. Gomez has also starred in the television movies Another Cinderella Story, Wizards of Waverly Place: The Movie, Camp Rock, and Princess Protection Program. She was born in Grand Prairie, Texas to Ricardo Gomez (of Mexican descent) and Mandy Teefey (of Italian descent). Gomez has also pursued other projects, including a music career with her band, Selena Gomez & the Scene, and the successful launch of her own Kmart fashion line, Dream Out Loud.
Is Selena Gomez a rapper?
During a recent appearance on the Canadian television program MuchMusic, Gomez was peer pressured by audience members – and the show’s host – to rap. The teen star rapped some lines from Nicki Minaj’s song, Super Bass, and she got the audience involved too! Watch the adorable video below!
CHiPs alum Erik Estrada and comedian George Lopez have been feuding for years. Lopez has often made fun of Estrada in his stand-up comedy and they've both traded insults—sometimes via video. At one time, Estrada said that he even went as far as to confront Lopez at a church carnival and said that Lopez was too chicken to fight him.
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One word to describe yesterday’s Facebook chat with music video director Alfredo Flores: Wow! The young director, who has toured with Justin Bieber and Selena Gomez and worked with everyone from Beyonce to Jasmine V., fielded questions from from his fans all over the world on Latina magazine's Facebook fan page yesterday. Though we imagine how overwhelmed he must have been with the amazing response (we got over one thousand comments in less than 30 minutes!),...
Selena Gomez has scored a major hosting gig. The 19-year-old Monte Carlo star will be hosting the 2011 MTV Video Music Awards (VMA) pre-show next week.
Held annually by MTV, the awards ceremony celebrates the best in music videos. This year’s VMAs will be held at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles on Aug. 28 and the pre-show will start at 8 p.m. (live Eastern Time/ tape-delayed Pacific Time)....
They're young, they're beautiful, and they're Latino! Our 25 Most Beautiful Latino Stars Under 25 represent the wide spectrum of beauty we've always celebrated: they're from Costa Rica, Cuba, Puerto Rico, Honduras, Dominican Republic, Mexico and Colombia (among other places) and they represent the truth about Latino beauty—that it is diverse. You'll find blondes, Afro-Latinos, curvy bodies and skinny bodies, but they all have one thing in common: They're as beautiful on the inside as they are on the outside.
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A few weeks ago, rumors surfaced online that Demi Lovato and Justin Bieber would be collaborating on a “super duet” in the near future. While Justin recently told Hollywoodlife.com that "those are rumors," Demi has been quiet on the subject—until now.
On Friday, the half-Mexican singer cleared up the story exclusively to Latina.com. “I don't know where the Justin Beiber rumor got started,” said the 18-year-old star. “But that one is not true.”
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Alfredo Flores is directing a documentary on Selena Gomez's first solo tour, "We Own the Night" and the teen pop star posted a video on her YouTube account with a sneak peek of her process of getting to the Teen Choice Awards. She starts out in New York City’s Times Square, then hops on a (private!) plane to California, before rehearsing for hours in order to prep for her big performance of “Love You Like A Love Song.” Before you know it, the big night is here, and she is ready to perform with her bf Justin...
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