Selena

I Was Bullied During My Disney Channel Days

... described as “the biggest high school in the world.”. Famous Disney Stars. Speaking with The New York Times for a profile published  Wednesday, March 22, the 24-year-old pop star opened up about the tough times she endured as a teen actress on Wizards of Waverly Place. During her chat with the newspaper, Gomez explained why she wanted to option the rights to author Jay Asher’s novel Thirteen Reasons Why — a story about a student who takes her own life after being relentlessly tormented at school — which she is now producing as a show for Netflix. See Selena Gomez's Sexiest Styles. “I think he understood that I knew what it meant to be bullied,” the “Kill Em With Kindness” singer said. “I went to the biggest high school in the world, which is the Disney Channel. And my mom had a lot of history dealing with [bullying]. I heard her stories growing up. She’s very open about it.”. Selena Gomez in 'Wizards of Waverly Place' Bruce Birmelin/Disney Channel via Getty Images. You ...

Selena Gomez Says She Rehabbed With 'real People' In Tennessee

... Chuck Campbell. Selena Gomez performs at the Staplse Center in Los Angeles on July 8, 2016, just more than a month before she abandoned her tour and checked in to a treatment facility in Tennessee. (Photo: Rich Fury/Invision/Associated Press). 713 CONNECT TWEET LINKEDIN COMMENTEMAILMORE. Pop singer and actress Selena Gomez, the former Disney child star who became the most-followed person on Instagram, told Vogue that breaking from her tour last August to come to Tennessee to check in to a psychiatric facility was, “one of the hardest things I’ve done, but it was the best thing I’ve done.”. It was widely reported, but unconfirmed by Gomez, that she checked in to a Knoxville-area treatment center , though Vogue only confirms it was in Tennessee. However, during the 90 days Vogue says she was in Tennessee getting treatment, Gomez was spotted in public in ...

Corpus Christi Man Recalls Acting In The Film Selena

... to “rewind” after they recognize the Tejano singer and her family stranded on the road. “I lucked out that it’s so memorable,” Mendez, 52, said, sitting in his Corpus Christi childhood home. “I woke up at 3 a.m. so I could get tattoos drawn on me for an hour, and we filmed from 7:30 a.m. to 7:30 that night.”. Mendez was living in Dallas at the time and was encouraged by Teatro Dallas’ founder to audition. He’d always loved theater and the instantaneous reaction from the crowd while he performed. “Selena” was his first and only film. “I’ve always been a movie geek, but I’m interested in how things work behind the camera,” Mendez said. “The process for film is long and tedious, so I stuck with theater.”. He said his favorite part of being in the movie was the 20 minutes he spent riding around with his scene partner making up a fake back story for his character and improvising lines. That’s where “rewind” came from, he said, everything else in the scene was scripted. “I was supposed to say reverse, but in my head, ...

20 Years Ago, Biopic Helped Give Pop Star Selena Life Beyond Her Tragic Death

... Helped Give Pop Star Selena Life Beyond Her Tragic Death. Jennifer Lopez plays singer Selena Quintanilla Perez in the 1997 film Selena. Rico Torres/AFP/Getty Images hide caption. toggle caption. Jennifer Lopez plays singer Selena Quintanilla Perez in the 1997 film Selena. Rico Torres/AFP/Getty Images. The biopic Selena tells the story of Mexican-American pop star Selena Quintanilla Perez, a Tejano music singer who made a rare crossover to mainstream American audiences. The movie debuted 20 years ago Tuesday, two years after the singer was killed by the former president of her fan club. Deborah Paredez, author of Selenidad: Selena, Latinos, and the Performance of Memory, says the film is more concerned with the triumph of Selena's life than the tragedy of her death. "We learn about how she ascended to fame as both a Tejana ...

Selena Gomez Gets Teased About Liking Canadians The Weeknd And Justin Bieber

... just got exponentially better and more stylish now you've signed up for our newsletter. Fabulousness awaits. Turns out, Selena Gomez has a type: Canadians. The brunette beauty was shooting an Instagram story on her makeup artist Hung Vanngo’s account earlier this week when he made a joke about her boyfriend The Weeknd and ex Justin Bieber, who both hail from the country. Hung gave a shout-out to Canada as Selena blew a kiss, before adding, “You know Selena loves Canadians.”. “Alright, alright,” the singer says, ending the video. — Selena Gomez News (@Life With Sel G) March 21, 2017. As fans of the 24-year-old know, she dated Justin on-and-off from 2010 to 2015 and was first spotted with The Weeknd in January. The “Hands to Myself” hitmaker recently admitted that she’s keeping her relationships closely guarded from now on. “Look, I love what I do, and I’m aware of how lucky I am. But, how can I say this without sounding weird? I just really can’t wait for people to forget about me,” she told Vogue. The former Disney Channel star has also backed away from social media, admitting it became an ...

Panel To Discuss Selena's Impact On Latinas In Entertainment

... and Jackie Cruz will participate in a panel, "One Person Unites Us: Reflections of Selena" at 1 p.m. Saturday, March 25, during Fiesta de La Flor in North Bayfront Park. (Photo: Contributed/Jackie Guerra). 32 CONNECT TWEET LINKEDIN COMMENTEMAILMORE. Before Selena and other trailblazers that came before and after her made their marks, there was not much room for Latinas in entertainment. Unless it was the stereotypical housekeeper, nanny or foul-mouthed, big hoop earring-wearing character, Hispanic women on TV and in movies were not a full representation of the community as a whole. Then Selena came along and people started paying attention, said Jackie Guerra, an actress most known for her role as Suzette Quintanilla Arriaga in "Selena.". Guerra, Quintanilla Arriaga, and actress Jackie Cruz , who plays Flaca in Netflix's " Orange is the New Black ," will participate in a three-woman ...

The Selena Movie Cast Then & Now

... Photo: Getty. Actress Jennifer Lopez in 2017 played Selena Quintanilla in the 1997 Selena movie. Photo: Jordan Strauss, Associated Press. Image 3 of 33. Jon Seda, Becky Lee Meza, Gregory Nava, Jennifer Lopez and Constance Marie attend the 1997 premiere of Selena (Photo by Albert L. Ortega/Wire Image). Photo: Albert L. Ortega, Getty Images. Image 4 of 33. Actress Constance Marie played Marcella Quintanilla in the 1997 movie Selena. Photo: Jason Merritt, Getty Images. Image 5 of 33. Jennifer Lopez, Gregory Nava, Abrahan Quintanilla, Jackie Guerra, Cris Franco, Constance Marie and Jacob Vargas (Photo by Albert L. Ortega/Wire Image). Photo: Albert L. Ortega, Getty Images. Image 6 of 33. Actress Jackie Guerra in 2011 played Suzette Quintanilla in the 1997 Selena movie. Photo: David Becker, Getty Images. Image 7 of 33. Actress ...

Have You Seen These Other Latin Music Biopics

... independent filmmakers have paid tribute to legendary artists in their native countries, including Camarón de la Isla (Jaime Chavarri’s 2005 Camarón) and Violeta Parra (Andrés Wood’s 2011 Sundance World Cinema Prize winner Violeta Se Fue a los Cielos). El Benny, a Benny Moré biopic directed by Jorge Luis Sánchez, premiered at the Havana film festival in 2006. In 1993, Marcelo Piñeyro, who later became known for Plata Quemada and Kamchatkca, directed Tango Feroz, based on the life of Argentine rocker Tanguito. Those films are not just for fans. Beyond the attraction of the music, they are films that are compelling as social portraits twentieth-century Latin America and Spain. HBO premiered For Love or Country, the story of  Arturo Sandoval back in 2000. But more recently (and you wonder why it wasn’t sooner), Spanish-language networks have found a niche producing musical biopics of Latin artists for an audience that logically embraces them. Hasta Que Conocí a ...