New Walter Mercado documentary ‘Mucho, Mucho Amor’ coming to a screen near you

By Dino-Ray Ramos

Myke Towers is currently making the rounds with his sophomore studio album Easy Money, Baby, an 18-track production that pays tribute to his growth as an artist and his newborn baby.

On this week’s El Factor Latino podcast, Billboard Latin editors Leila Cobo and Suzette Fernández had a deep conversation with Puerto Rican urban singer Ivy Queen about her new single “Un Baile Más,” her first-ever U.S.

Myke Towers clocks his first leader on the Top Latin Albums chart as Easy Money Baby debuts at No. 1 on the Feb.

“Other people can try to build walls, keep us out or put us in cages."

In today’s film news roundup, DreamWorks Animation hires a Sony vet, indie comedy “Kombucha Cure” gets cast, “Siempre, Luis” gets sold and Women In Film names new board members.

HBO Documentary Films has picked up the worldwide television and streaming rights to doc feature Siempre, Luisabout the work of Luis Miranda, the father of Hamilton star Lin-Manuel Miranda, in his native Puerto Rico.Luis A. Miranda Jr., a Puerto Rican migrant who helped shape New York politics for over three decades, left Puerto Rico for New York City in the 1970s.The doc follows Miranda over the course of a year, as his devotion to family and country propel him forward.

The new Taylor Swift documentary, Miss Americana, is officially streaming on Netflix. And if you think you know everything there is to know about the singer, well, you're probably wrong.

Earlier this week, Anuel AA revealed his new haircut, chopping off his signature bangs and opting for a fresh buzz cut. Though the new look is fitting, many of his fans were in total disbelief.

Bad Bunny is celebrating the life of one of his heroes the only way he can – with a song. The Puerto Rican rapper released a song on Tuesday, January 28 entitled 6 Rings in honor of Kobe Bryant. The surprise track comes two days after the NBA great, his 13-year-old daughter Gianna and seven others died in a tragic helicopter accident. In the song, the 25-year-old alludes to Kobe’s five championship rings and the ring he gave to his wife Vanessa Bryant in honor of their marriage.

Anuel AA took social media by storm when he unveiled his new haircut Monday night (Jan. 27).

Puerto Rican singer Bad Bunny has paid tribute to the late Kobe Bryant with his new track, 6 Rings.

Bad Bunny dropped a new song titled "6 Rings" in honor of Kobe Bryant, the former Los Angeles Lakers shooting guard who passed away Sunday morning (Jan. 26). 

In the 1976 Oscar-winning classic, Network, Faye Dunaway’s character refashions television news into entertainment, and one of the features she inaugurates is a segment called “Sybil the Soothsayer,” which spews out nightly doses of prophecies for the masses.

What a fraud, you might have thought glimpsing astrologist Walter Mercado on TV in the ’90s. But you wouldn’t forget his face. The bejeweled and blonded psychic hotline pitchman looked like a sorcerer from outer space. Cristina Costantini and Kareem Tabsch’s giddily glittery documentary “Mucho Mucho Amor” traces the half-century that Mercado was a global icon, his fingers whirling like flamenco dancers as he hypnotized audiences from Holland to Brazil.

Taylor Swift will unveil a new song titled Only The Young from her upcoming Netflix documentary Miss Americana, it has been announced.