Mexican Version of ‘The Masked Singer’ to Premiere in August on Univision

Trini López, the singer and guitarist who in the 1960s had hits with the songs "If I Had a Hammer" and "Lemon Tree" and appeared in the classic war movieThe Dirty Dozen, has died. He was 83.

The Dirty Dozen and for singing a popular cover version of the hit ‘If I Had A Hammer’. His death was first confirmed in Palm Springs Life Magazine, with Lopez being a longtime resident of the Southern California area and ultimately passing away there.Lopez was born in Dallas, Texas, in 1937 and grew up in the Little Mexico neighbourhood.

COVID-19 at Desert Regional Medical Center in Palm Springs, California.Mentored by Buddy Holly and Frank Sinatra, Lopez became an international star while performing in English and Spanish. Unlike Mexican American singers such as Ritchie Valens, Lopez rejected advice to change his name and openly embraced his Mexican American heritage despite warnings it would hurt his career.“I insisted on keeping my name Lopez,” he told The Dallas Morning News in 2017.

Thomas Markle apparently had no plans to attend his daughter Meghan Markle’s wedding, but she still had high hopes.In the new book Finding Freedom, royal reporters Omid Scobie and Carolyn Durand write that the Duchess of Sussex, 39, still arranged for the retired TV lighting director, 76, to fly to London after he was caught staging paparazzi photos in Mexico just days before her May 2018 nuptials.

Lupita Infante is a rising Mexican-American singer and songwriter with an impressive family heritage and legacy. She is an accomplished and talented musician that happens to be the granddaughter of the legend Pedro Infante (1917-1957), an icon in the Golden Era of Mexican Cinema, and daughter of Pedro Infante, Jr.

Leonel Garcia has joined forces with Cyrille Aimée for a new version of the classic “‘En El Último Trago,” exclusively premiering on Billboard today (Aug.6).

Jake Kanter International TV EditorViacomCBS has pulled the curtain back on plans to launch a premium international streaming service, which will premiere new Showtime and CBS All Access originals, and will go live across three big territories in early 2021.The yet-to-be-named streamer — first mooted in May — was discussed on the ViacomCBS second-quarter earnings call on Thursday, with the company drawing up plans to go live in Australia, Latin America (including Argentina, Brazil and Mexico)

Guy Lodge Film CriticThere’s a visceral, wordless trawl through earthly hell straining to get out from beneath the overwrought script clichés of “Tijuana Bible,” a long-awaited third feature from Frenchman Jean-Charles Hue that echoes, but doesn’t quite fulfil, the promise of his electrifying 2014 breakout “Eat Your Bones.” Following two lost souls through a veritable obstacle course of human horrors in the volatile border city of the title, Hue’s perspiration-soaked latest confirms his knack

Jake Kanter International TV EditorStarzplay, the Starz-backed streamer that is available in 50 countries, has pulled the curtain back on its first slate of Spanish and Mexican originals.The four shows (detailed below) will stream on Starzplay across Latin America, with a plan to debut select titles in Spain and in the U.S.

From career milestones and new music releases to major announcements and more, Billboard editors highlight the latest news buzz in Latin music every week. Here's what happened in the Latin music world this week:

BRAWLEY – As the search for the person or persons who murdered Marilyn Cazares, a 22-year-old Trans-Latinx woman in this small Imperial Valley city about 45 minutes north of the U.S.-Mexico border earlier this month expanded this week, family, friends, and the small LGBTQI+ community are gathering for a vigil and march in her honor. The “I Am Marilyn” march and vigil will be held on Saturday

Los Dos Carnales’ Al Estilo Rancherón debuts at No. 2 on the Regional Mexican Albums chart (dated July 25). It’s the the San Pedro, Coahuila-based group’s first appearance on any albums chart.

Calibre 50 notches its 16th No. 1 on the Regional Mexican Airplay chart as “Barquillero” jumps 2-1 on the July 25 survey. The corrido, written by Calibre 50’s frontman and accordionist Ede

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorEXCLUSIVE: In a competitive situation, Alcon Television Group has acquired the rights to Diego Gutierrez’s (From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series, Without a Trace) Mexican wrestling drama Luchador.Written by Gutierrez, Luchador is a character-driven action drama about a fictional, Lucha Libre-inspired city run by colorful gangs of Mexican Wrestlers at the brink of tyranny, and the unlikely young wrestler who becomes its champion and savior, both inside and outside

Meghan Markle's never-ending drama saga with her estranged father, Thomas Markle. According to Us Weekly, Thomas has been "continuing to try and get in contact" with Meghan since she, Prince Harry, and baby Archie relocated to Los Angeles earlier this year.