NPR celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month with Becky, Ivy Queen, and more artists

La Catrina, looking down on me. Her name’s Lily, as her dress is patterned in black-and-white lilies. She’s reminding me not only that her special holiday approaches, but to take a moment to appreciate National Hispanic Heritage Month.

It’s been a half-century since DJ Kool Herc energized a West Bronx rec room and invented the most popular musical genre on the planet. Now the celebration is going primetime.

Tesco is helping families with little ones stock up on some essentials with a new sale running for the next five weeks.

Taylor Swift‘s “Eras Tour” concert film in Los Angeles. “I appreciate you being here because this night is a core memory for me and you’re a part of it,” Swift said introducing the highly-anticipated movie before a packed auditorium of Swifties, celebrities (and celebrity Swifties), including Adam Sandler, Julia Garner, Maren Morris, Flava Flav, Karamo Brown, Hayley Kiyoko, Becca Tilley, Simu Liu, Molly Sims, Jennifer Meyer and Mariska Hargitay, as well as the Grove owner Rick Caruso.

Ivy Queen was a part of your life. Martha Ivelisse Pesante Rodriguez was born in Puerto Rico and built a career that boomed at a time when reggaeton was making its international crossover. Unlike Daddy Yankee, Nicky Jam, and other reggeatoneros of the era, Ivy Queen was a woman.

Ivy Queen has shared a sweet and inspiring video on her social media. The clip shows her encounter with Feid, with the latter artist thanking her for her work and her contributions to the genre.

Paramore have announced the artists that will be featured on their “almost remix” album, ‘Re: This Is Why’.The band have been teasing a release to coincide with the first anniversary of the album’s title track since last week. They confirmed the release of a companion piece to ‘This Is Why’, featuring remixes, reimaginings and rewritten tracks, as well as collaborations. It will land on Friday (October 6).They have now released the tracklist along with every collaborator that will be featured on ‘Re: This Is Why’.

Coronation Street’s Elle Mulvaney has celebrated her 21st birthday by throwing a huge party that was attended by her soap co-stars and her boyfriend. Elle, who plays Amy Barlow in Corrie, looked stunning in her party dress for the milestone occasion, which was a cream colour and featured a plunging neckline, cinched in waist detail and flowing sleeves.

Swifties’ wildest dreams are coming true because Taylor Swift is back for another one of Travis Kelce‘s games. A week after the pop star set the internet ablaze by popping up next to the Kansas City Chiefs tight end’s mom at his game again

J. Kim Murphy “This is the only person to run a studio who knows how to make a movie,” director Allan Arkush exclaimed, hailing his former boss Roger Corman in front of a sold-out crowd at the Aero Theater in Santa Monica Saturday evening.

Fulham remain interested in Scott McTominay and could make an approach for the Manchester United midfielder in January, according to reports.

Thania Garcia Today’s online music landscape can be the perfect platform for budding independent artists looking to make an impact. Gone are the days of regional barriers, and when it comes to finding undiscovered talent, there are countless algorithms or playlists to source from. This is especially true in the Spanish-language market, where revenue growth has seen consistent expansion for consecutive years.

Libraries across Greater Manchester will be participating in Black History Month by hosting events celebrating black female pioneers who made history.

Billie Eilish and Peter Gabriel and a host of musicians have appeared in a new video by a new music coalition to tackle gun violence.Artist For Action To Prevent Gun Violence, which also features Sheryl Crow and Nile Rodgers, describes itself as a “non-political” organisation which asks Americans to volunteer and vote to eradicate gun violence in the country.

It looks like Strictly saved the best until last as Casualty's Nigel Harman topped the Strictly leaderboard with Bobby Brazier, Ellie Leach and Layton Williams close behind. Strictly Come Dancing kicked off with a bang on Saturday night, 23 September, as 15 brand new celebs prepared to battle it out on the dancefloor for the first time in the series.The show opened with a dramatic performance by the professional dancers performing at a scenic, coastal viewpoint before the scene moved to the Strictly dance floor where the rest of the professionals joined the performance.

Take That are coming to Manchester as part of their huge UK and Ireland 2024 tour and tickets are set to go on sale soon.

he wasn’t good anymore because the 69-year-old is “woke.”“I hear that a lot that I’m not good anymore because I’m woke,” said Stern according to a report by the news site Mediaite.“By the way, I kind of take that as a compliment, that I’m woke,” he said. “I’ll tell you how I feel about it. To me the opposite of woke, is being asleep.”“And if woke means I can’t get behind Trump, which is what I think it means, or that I support people who want to be transgender or I’m for the vaccine, dude, call me woke as you f—— want,” Stern said in the rant.“I am woke, motherf—–, and I love it.

Manchester United have retained their interest in Frenkie de Jong with Barcelona weighing up their finances, according to reports in Spain.

Isabel Allende and Gabby Rivera.