San Juan street festival is saluting Ricky Martin
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - A decades-old street festival in San Juan's colonial district will dedicate its 2008 celebration to Ricky Martin.
Martin's international singing career and charitable work for children will be saluted at the San Sebastian Street Festival, which kicks off Jan. 17, organizers announced.
The popular festival, now in its 38th year, is a raucous four-day celebration that attracts thousands to the cobblestone streets of Old San Juan.
Martin, 36, said in a statement that he is thrilled to receive the honor.
The ex-Menudo member has long been one of Puerto Rico's top-selling artists. His hits include “Livin' la Vida Loca” and “She Bangs.”
Martin created the nonprofit Ricky Martin Foundation to advocate for children's rights. He has also spoken out against human trafficking, especially the trafficking of children.
Pat Green released from Dallas-area hospital
WACO, Texas - Pat Green was out of the hospital and resting with family after an emergency appendectomy earlier in the week.
The country singer was admitted Wednesday to a Dallas-area hospital and released late Thursday, publicist Heather Bohn said.
“He's now with family and resting, so he's doing really well,” Bohn said Friday.
Green grew up in Waco and lives in Fort Worth. With a dedicated following in Texas, he has been working to build his fan base around the country. His most recent album, “Cannonball,” was released in August 2006.
Doctors advised Green to cancel a New Year's Eve concert as well as several days of planned studio work in Nashville, Tenn., Greg Henry, president of Austin Universal Entertainment Inc., said in a story Thursday on the Waco Tribune-Herald Web site.
‘National Treasure' finds fresh fortune
Fortune-seeker Nicolas Cage, lonely guy Will Smith and a pack of talking chipmunks ended Hollywood's year on a happy note.
Cage's “National Treasure: Book of Secrets” was the No. 1 movie for a second weekend with $35.6 million, followed by “Alvin and the Chipmunks” with $30 million and Smith's “I Am Legend” with $27.5 million, according to studio estimates Sunday.
Those hits along with a solid crop of other holdovers and new movies that opened Christmas Day capped a year-end hot streak for Hollywood, whose business soared the last few weeks after a sluggish fall.
“It's being spread among three or four key movies, then another six or seven or eight below that, which is great,” said Mark Zoradi, president of the motion-picture group at Disney, which released “National Treasure.”
- From wire reports
Martin's international singing career and charitable work for children will be saluted at the San Sebastian Street Festival, which kicks off Jan. 17, organizers announced.
The popular festival, now in its 38th year, is a raucous four-day celebration that attracts thousands to the cobblestone streets of Old San Juan.
Martin, 36, said in a statement that he is thrilled to receive the honor.
The ex-Menudo member has long been one of Puerto Rico's top-selling artists. His hits include “Livin' la Vida Loca” and “She Bangs.”
Martin created the nonprofit Ricky Martin Foundation to advocate for children's rights. He has also spoken out against human trafficking, especially the trafficking of children.
Pat Green released from Dallas-area hospital
WACO, Texas - Pat Green was out of the hospital and resting with family after an emergency appendectomy earlier in the week.
The country singer was admitted Wednesday to a Dallas-area hospital and released late Thursday, publicist Heather Bohn said.
“He's now with family and resting, so he's doing really well,” Bohn said Friday.
Green grew up in Waco and lives in Fort Worth. With a dedicated following in Texas, he has been working to build his fan base around the country. His most recent album, “Cannonball,” was released in August 2006.
Doctors advised Green to cancel a New Year's Eve concert as well as several days of planned studio work in Nashville, Tenn., Greg Henry, president of Austin Universal Entertainment Inc., said in a story Thursday on the Waco Tribune-Herald Web site.
‘National Treasure' finds fresh fortune
Fortune-seeker Nicolas Cage, lonely guy Will Smith and a pack of talking chipmunks ended Hollywood's year on a happy note.
Cage's “National Treasure: Book of Secrets” was the No. 1 movie for a second weekend with $35.6 million, followed by “Alvin and the Chipmunks” with $30 million and Smith's “I Am Legend” with $27.5 million, according to studio estimates Sunday.
Those hits along with a solid crop of other holdovers and new movies that opened Christmas Day capped a year-end hot streak for Hollywood, whose business soared the last few weeks after a sluggish fall.
“It's being spread among three or four key movies, then another six or seven or eight below that, which is great,” said Mark Zoradi, president of the motion-picture group at Disney, which released “National Treasure.”
- From wire reports
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