4/27/2012

CUBANS FAVORITE SINGERS

CHAYANNE, MARC ANTHONY, MARC ANTONIO SOLIS

Marc Anthony, Marc Antonio Solis and Chayanne are the three best Latin American singers that are the most famous and most heard of musicians on the streets of Cuba. All three will be preforming in Miami in front of the biggest concert crowd ever with many famous Cubans from Havana & Miami.

4/25/2012

LIST OF FAMOUS CUBANS

Daisy Fuentes (Image via RottenTomatoes.com)

Famous Cuban Actors

    Ana Margarita Martínez-Casado, actress and singer
    Andy García, actor
    César Évora, actor
    Daisy Fuentes, actress

    Desi Arnaz, actor
    Emiliano Díez, actor
    Enrique Molina, actor
    Faizon Love, actor and comedian
    Francisco Gattorno, actor
    Julio Oscar Mechoso, actor
    Luis Oquendo, actor
    Manela Bustamante, actress
    María Conchita Alonso, actress
    Mario Ernesto Sánchez, actor and founder of Teatro Avante
    Renny Arozarena, actor
    Steven Bauer, actor
    Velia Martínez, actress and singer
    William Levy, actor

2/14/2012

PITBULL HOT CUBAN-AMERICAN

PITBULL Armando Christian Pérez Cuban American Superstar from Miami Havana

PITBULL MR. WORLDWIDE
Pitbull the Cuban-AMERICAN singer, song writer, record producer was born Armando Christian Pérez to immigrant Cuban parents on January 15, 1981. Armando Perez, The Pitbull, was influenced by Miami's Cuban hip hop scene and has credited Cuban singing legend Celia Cruz and Willy Chirino as heros for his love of Cuban music. Pitbull's Cuban parents separated when he was 10 years old, and he was raised by his single Cuban mother and spent time with a foster family in Roswell, Georgia. Pitbulls Cuban mother kicked him out of their house at age 16 for dealing drugs like his father. He barely graduated from Miami Coral Park High School. After high school Pitbull abandoned the drug dealing and finally focused on his music career instead of drugs. He found it hard to crack the Hip-Hop music genre because he is white, from the South and of coarse Cuban. Not the best pedigree to crack the mostly American black hip hop scene of New York, Atlanta, Los Angeles or Miami.

The "Pitbull" stage name, was a way for Armando Perez to say to the music world of non believers this dog PIT BULL will bite to lock to the death. This Pitbull is just too dam stupid to lose. This Pitbull dog, is everything that I am. It's been a constant fight says Pitbull who was featured on Lil Jon and the East Side Boyz' "Oye" in 2 Fast 2 Furious. Pitbull also released several mix tapes, composed of freestyles and remixes of popular rap music. Campbell featured Pitbull in his single "Lollipop".
Armando "The PitBull Perez" quickly became nicknamed "the PitBull" by his friends as a hero to all Cuban American born success story, rapper, singer-songwriter and record producer.

English: Pitbull in Enrique Iglesias Euphoria ...

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PITBULL HITS
Armando "PitBull" Perez had lots of problems in his early career as a rapper because he was Cuban, white, Bald and blue eyes. Not your typical rapper image. His first record was in 2002 for Little John "Kings of Crunk" he released his first record in 2004 titled M.I.A.M.I. with T.V.T. Records of Miami Florida. He released two new albums under the label "El Mariel" in 2006 and "The Boatlift" in 2007 which was dedicated to the Cuban immigrants that came over from Cuban to Miami. "Rebelution" Album was released in 2009 with hit hit single "I Know You Want Me (Calle Ocho)" and "Krazy". "I Know You Want Me". Pitbull started to hit the top of the music charts in Miami, the UK, Canada, Italy, and the Netherlands. Pitbull soon reached reached No.1 in France, Italy and the European Hot 100.Billboard magazine. Pitbull soon created his own label titled "Mr. 305 Inc." and the roof blew wide open with hit after hit. His hit album "Rebelution" sold over 7.5 million worldwide digital singles and albums combined. Pitbull Perez host his own Spanish-language program on the cable channel Mun2 titled "La Esquina" or The Corner where he talks with Latin Superstars like Enrique Igleasias, Marc Antony, Chayanne, & Jenifer Lopez. In 2005 Pérez and rapper Sean 'Diddy' Combs co-founded Bad Boy Latino, a subsidiary of Combs' New York based Bad Boy Records label. It primarily focuses on Latin Salsa & Rap, Latin Soul, Latin Pop and other Tropical music offices in Miami and New York.

PLANET PITBULL
For Cuba Pitbull is a true hero. Pérez has become a huge success as a product endorser, singing with Drake, Rihanna, and Trey Songz the “So Kodak” campaign for Kodak and embarking on a sponsorships of Dr Pepper. “Vida 23” for which he recorded the song specifically featured on his album Armando. Pitbull the Cuban business conglomerate, sells his own Vodka brand called Voli Vodka, in which he holds a majority equity stake. Today Pitbull is on his World tour with monster record breaking album"PLANET PITBULL" The Music industry has gone Pitbull crazy naming him " Mr. Lucky because other artist are scoring #1 hits when Pitbull get to sing with them on their songs. Number one hits from Marc Anthony, Jenifer Lopez and Enrique Eglesias & Shakira all have Mr Pitbull featured on these hits. Just a small sign of whats to come from our Cuban American Drug dealing Singing Superstar.

WE LOVE YOU PITBULL

11/22/2011

FAMOUS CUBAN ARTIST

Cuban Art

List of Cuba Artists, Cuban Photographers Fashion Designers
Cuba is famous for its legendary Cuban Artist, Cuban Painters, Cuban Photographers and now its rising Fashion Designers of Cuba. Art in Cuba has a long rich history that goes back over 500 years before Christopher Columbus even discovered the Caribbean island of Cuba. Fidel Castro Cuban Revolution helped develop a renewed interest in Cuban Artist. Below is a small sample of famous Cuban artist that have gained international recognition for their art.

Alberto Korda, photographer
Agustín Cárdenas, sculptor
Alexandre Arrechea, painter, sculptor
Amelia Peláez, painter
Carlos Enríquez, painter
Fidelio Ponce de León, painter
Humberto Jesús Castro García, painter
José Bernal, painter
José Vilalta Saavedra, sculptor
Juan José Sicre, sculptor

Art of Cuba

List of Cuban Artists
Juan T. Vázquez Martín, painter
Mario Perez, painter
Pedro Álvarez Castelló, painter
Raúl Corrales, photographer
Raúl Martínez, pop artist, painter
Rene Mederos, poster artist and graphic designer
René Portocarrero, painter
Tomas Sanchez, painter
Victor Manuel, painter
Waldo Diaz-Balart, painter
Wifredo Lam, painter

11/21/2011

FAMOUS CUBAN ACTORS

Cuban Art and Cuban Entertainment

LIST OF CUBAN ACTORS

Cuba Sexy
Jean Carlos Canela

Jean Carlos Canela, Sexy Cuba Actor

Ana Margarita Martínez-Casado, actress

Andy García, actor

César Évora, actor

Daisy Fuentes, actress

Desi Arnaz, actor
Emiliano Díez, actor
Romina Espinosa, actress
Enrique Molina, actor
Faizon Love, actor and comedian
Francisco Gattorno, actor
Julio Oscar Mechoso, actor
Luis Oquendo, actor
Manela Bustamante, actress
María Conchita Alonso, actress
Mario Ernesto Sánchez, actor
Renny Arozarena, actor
Steven Bauer, actor
Velia Martínez, actress and singer

William Levy, actor

11/20/2011

FAMOUS CUBANS FROM CUBA

Cuba Sexy Actor William Levy

CUBA ACTORS

Cuba has a long list of famous actors that were born in Cuba and have been at the very top of the movie, film, singing and entertainment industry. Below is a very short list of famous Cubans:

2/05/2010

EMILIO ESTEFAN

Emilio Estefan

EMILIO ESTEFAN

Emilio Estefan, Jr., (born in Cuba on March 4, 1953) is a Cuban musician and producer of Lebanese ancestry. Estefan's first taste of celebrity came as a member of the Miami Sound Machine, but he is currently better known as the producer of many famous singers. In 1968, Estefan moved to the United States, where he shared an apartment with 15 family members. He earned a living by running errands for neighbors, using an old car. Estefan then began to work at local beauty contests, and at Bacardi, where he was employed as a mailroom worker. He reached the position of the company's Latin marketing department. Emilio's real passion, however, remained with music. He started a group which became known as the "Miami Latin Boys". The group had success, being hired to play at multiple private parties and events around Miami. It was during one such event in 1975 that Emilio met Gloria Estefan, then Gloria Fajardo. He asked her to join their group, and the group was renamed "Miami Sound Machine". In 1977, Gloria decided to join the band. In the band, Miami Sound Machine, Emilio played the accordion. In 1978, Emilio and Gloria Estefan were married. By the early 1980s, the group, which also included Cristina Saralegui's future husband Marcos, had become a major international band, with such songs as "Get On Your Feet" and "Conga" becoming number one hits in many countries. The group's success came after Emilio had signed them to an exclusive contract with CBS Records. In 1980, the couple's first son, Nayib, was born. He has gone on to follow in his father's footsteps as a music producer. After Gloria Estefan decided to leave the group and embark on a solo career in 1987, Emilio Estefan made the decision to become a full time music producer. The success that Gloria Estefan experienced as a solo singer made Emilio Estefan a popular producer among Hispanic singers. He began to arrange albums for a wide array of singers, and the Estefans became friends with their compatriots, Celia Cruz and Pedro Knight. By the late 1980s, the Estefans already owned a mansion in one of Miami's exclusive neighborhoods' and Emilio Estefan owned a studio. In 1994, a daughter, Emily, was born to Emilio and Gloria Estefan. She has already expressed interest in the show business world. In 1995, one student from Howard University was killed and another was injured when their personal water craft collided with the Estefans' pleasure boat. . In 2002, Estefan began to produce the Grammy Latino Awards, a yearly ceremony that is televised. In 2003, an actor alleged that Emilio Estefan had harassed him, but the actor turned out to really be a stalker; he was arrested by Miami police while trying to illegally enter the Estefan mansion. On August 24, 2005, Estefan and well known rap singer P. Diddy announced the joint creation of a new record label, to help Hispanic rap singers. In November it was announced that Emilio will be the Executive Producer for Jennifer Lopez's first Spanish album entitled Como Ama Una Mujer due for released in January 2006.
CUBAN MUSIC

9/27/2009

THE WOMEN OF FIDEL CASTRO

Fidel Castro's Women El Commandante

Cuba's Fidel Castro, Cuba's dictator, has over 11 children by a Chain of Women.

FIDEL CASTO WOMEN IN CUBA

FIDEL CASTRO: Fidel Castro's Cuba full of his offspring after years of El Commandante's womanising

Fidel Castro Cuba Women of Fidel

FIDEL CASTO RUZ, is the famous Cuban leader with countless female admirers in New York, 1959 Photo: GETTY

Fidel Castro is famous in Cuba for his vitality and longevity. But his fellows comrades and compatriots know nothing about where El Commandante Fidel has proved invincible which is in his private life.
It was forbidden to discuss Fidel's womanizing ways as strictly taboo on this Cuban Communist outpost, even on an island where the gossip grapevine flourishes in the absence of a free news reporters.
But a long-time Cuban aficionado has now revealed the heavy scale of his wild philandering and the discovery of at least 10 offspring that we know of and countless others that rumor have not yet confirmed. That is more than previously believed but very possibly not the full tally.
When American prize winning journalist Ann Louise Bardach asked Castro how many children he had during an interview with Vanity Fair in 1993, he smiled and answered "almost a tribe".
During the research for Without Fidel, her new book chronicling the lives of Fidel Castro and his brother, Raul, to be published by Scribner, she discovered how true that observation was.
Fidel Castro is 83 years old and a dashing young man whose good looks and rebel swagger clearly leant him a strong sexual appetite during the years before and after the Cuban revolution. Cuban news reports describe female fans swooning after Fidel Castro of Cuba arrived in Havana and during early trips to the US.
At that time it was believed that Fidel had one child, Fidelito (Little Fidel), with his first wife Myrta Diaz-Balart in 1949 and five boys between 1962 and 1974 with Dalia Soto del Valle, a invisible companion whom he is said to have secretly married in 1980. Remarkably, she was first shown on Cuban television in 2003 - "so forbidden" was Castro's personal domain, Ms Bardach observes.
However Castro had several other children from many other women - most notably from the time when the young rebel leader celebrated his release from prison in 1955 for a failed uprising.
Four Castro offspring were born to three women during 1956. Most famously, there was Natalia Revuelta, an aristocratic beauty who became a passionate defender of his Cuban revolution - she bore him a daughter, Alina Fernandez Castro.
Ms Ann Bardach, an investigative journalist and a member of the Cuba Study Group at the Brookings Institution think-tank, had previously reported the existence of another illegitimate 1956 child, Panchita Pupo. Panchita Castro was not even known to his other children and her mother still remains unidentified.
Ann reveals the identity of the mother of Jorge Angel Castro, the third Castro child of 1956 - Maria Laborde, an admirer who Castro met just after was he released from Cuban Prison.
Bardach also discloses another son known as Ciro, the early 1960s product of another wild exotic romance. Ciro Castro was previously unknown outside the family inner circle, but a close relative of Celia Sanchez, Castro's closest confidante and yet another rumoured lover, revealed his existence to the author.
Ciro Castro was named after a Cuban revolutionary martyr and whose mother's name is still a Cuban state secret, is said to have "movie star looks", with green eyes and dark complexion. Ciro went into sports medicine after studying physical education at college, married a minor party official and lives in a Havana suburb where nobody knows his connection to his father Fidel Castro.
A Cuban intelligence defector that Fidel fathered another son in 1970 are true, that would take the count to 11 children by seven women - and still counting.
Fidel Castro's first name is derived from the Latin for "faithful", but while he has remained true to his politics, the same cannot be said of the women in his life. Fidel's offspring have followed their father's instructions not to flaunted their privileged political backgrounds and are rarely seen in the Cuban public, Fidel Castro's first son, Fidelito, has received the highest recognition from his father however when he mishandled the country's nuclear power programme, his father ordered his immediate dismissal. "He was fired by his father Fidel for incompetence," Castro said. "We don't have a monarchy here. No one is Spared"
Many Cubans would, disagree with the last point - and with good reason. After the crippling intestinal disease of diverticulitis nearly killed him in 2006, Fidel's brother Raul Castro Of Cubawas anointed to replace him. The younger Castro brother was confirmed as Cuba's Official president last year in a handover which appeared preordained.
Ann Bardach predicts that the most likely member of the powerful Castro family's next generation to emerge as a future Cuban leader is Raul's first son, Alejandro, 43, a colonel and rising star in the powerful interior ministry The controversial book also discloses the explosive inside story of how Raul Castro purged two close lieutenants of his older brother. Carlos Lage, the economics czar, and Felipe Perez Roque, the foreign minister, had both been considered possible future leaders, but were ousted for making jokes and poking fun at Fidel & Raul after a surveillance sting operation.
In classic old communist style, the two men were forced to write embarrassing resignation letters to the Cuban Communist press for political sins which are still unclear. Raul Castro who was previously the veteran defence minister, moved many of his allies from the armed forces into virtually every area of Cuban government and the economy - apparently inspired by the incredible success of the Powerful People's Liberation Army of China.
Ms Ann Bardach states that Fidel Castro's pride and obstinacy almost proved fatal when he rejected the recommended surgery in 2006 - a colostomy. Fidel Castro insisted on a much riskier operation as he did not want to suffer the embarrassing indignity of living with an attached pissing bag.
The riskier operation failed and Fidel Castro was nearly killed by a peritonitis infection. After a life-saving colostomy was finally performed, Ms Bardach reports that Castro was distraught. "Fidel was crying," a source present in the hospital told her. "He cried several times that day. Fidel was devastated."
Ann's contacts at the Cuban medical system told her that Castro was fed intravenously for five months after the surgery and lost 45 pounds. A famous Spanish doctor brought into Cuba to treat Fidel feared he was "starving to death" and gradually restored solid foods to a highly restrictive diet.
Fidel's occasional photo shoots with visiting left-wing Latin American proteges like Hugo Chavez, Castro has abandoned his old uniform of olive fatigues.
Instead, Fidel prefers the athletic looking track suits because they hide the hated colostomy bag - emblematic of his transformation from womanizing Cuban revolutionary heart-throb to frail octogenarian.
Fidel however had a great romantic life with at least 11 children to prove it.
We should all be so lucky.

FIDEL CASTRO CUBA

5/08/2009

Andy Garcia

ANDY GARCIA OF CUBA

Andy García nació el 12 de abril de 1956 en La Habana, Cuba. Hijo de un abogado cubano, salió en 1961 para instalarse en Miami. Estudió en la Universidad Internacional de Florida y tras graduarse se mudó a Los Angeles en busca de un oportunidad, donde estuvo trabajando en diversos oficios: como camarero y como botones en el Hotel Beverly Hilton.

Su primer trabajo artístico le llegó con la famosa serie televisiva 'Canción triste de Hill Street' (1985). Tras esta primera toma de contacto con el mundo de la interpretación comienza en el cine con papeles pequeños en los que su origen latino se funde con sus personajes. La primera película en la que participa se tituló 'A night in heaven' (1983) a la que siguieron otros títulos destacables como 'Black Rain' (1989) de Ridley Scott. Pero su verdadero reconocimiento tanto a nivel nacional como internacional lo consiguió al intervenir en la película de Francis Ford Coppola, 'El Padrino III'.
Podemos decir que él es el verdadero precursor del 'boom' latino en norteamérica y durante la práctica totalidad de la década de los ochenta fue el único representante del latin lover en la industria cinematográfica hollywoodiense. Quizás en los años noventa su intensidad de trabajo haya disminuido con la aparición de nuevos talentos latinos como el internacional actor español Antonio Banderas.
En 1996 estuvo España para rodar 'Muerte en Granada', un largometraje en el que dio vida al poeta andaluz 'Federico García Lorca'.
Lleva casado muchos años con María Victoria con la que tiene tres hijos Dominik, Daniella y Alessandra, aunque debido a la gran protección que ejerce sobre su familia y privacidad poco ha trascendido de su vida personal. Es conocida su afición por la música cubana y ha hecho sus pinitos en este campo actuando en conciertos de algún músico amigo.

Su atractivo físico y su aspecto de caballero apuesto y sobrio le han facilitado en más de una ocasión el trabajo.
CUBA GIFTS

Cesar Evora

Famous Cuban Cesar Evora

CESAR EVORA CUBA

César Évora nació en la Habana, Cuba, el 4 de noviembre de 1959. Hijo de un exitoso escritor y poeta, que reside en actualmente en París, además tiene un hermano periodista que escribe para el periódico estadounidense Miami Herald.En 1999 obtuvo la nacionalidad mexicana.

Durante su educación primaria siempre era el elegido para que pasara al frente o para que en los festivales dijera alguna poesía o algunas palabras, ya que se siempre se ha caracterizado por tener una voz muy peculiar.
El interés por los minerales y la búsqueda de petróleo en su tierra natal, lo llevó a estudiar Geofísica, carrera que a una semana de haber iniciado estuvo a punto de dejar, lo cual no ocurrió ya que sino continuaba estudiando tenía que participar en las actividades del ejército por dos años.
Creció al lado de su madre y de su abuelo, del cual tiene muchos recuerdos, ya que su papá siempre se encontraba de viaje y sólo le llamaba o le enviaba una carta cada seis meses y esto fue así durante 20 años.
A Évora le costó mucho trabajo elegir a qué se iba a dedicar a lo largo de su vida. El asistir a la filmación de una película y estar detrás de cámaras fue lo que lo hizo decidirse por la actuación. Ese mismo día se convirtió en una pesadilla ya que recibió la noticia de que su abuelo había muerto.
César, como todos en cualquier profesión se tiene que picar piedra, para obtener su primer papel tuvo que realizar un casting en el que participaron más de 500 personas.
A los 18 años ya tenía un objetivo bien delimitado, llegar a ser un actor de cine.
En 1980 hizo otro casting para trabajar en la cinta Cecilia Valdés, la cual no se llevó a cabo, pero este proyecto lo ayudó a entrar al Instituto de Cine Estatal, ICAIC, donde realizó Un hombre lleno de éxito y Casa blanca, que fueron las cintas que lo dieron a conocer fuera de Cuba.
Después, él vino por su propia cuenta a México en busca de oportunidades de trabajo. Llegó a Televisa y consiguió un contrato por seis años, este contrato se renovó, pero por una exclusividad.
Laberintos de pasión, El manantial, Abrázame muy fuerte , Gente bien, El privilegio de amar, Entre el amor y el odio son algunas de las telenovelas en las que ha actuado en México.
En 2003 encarna a un villano en Mariana de la Noche.
En 2006 protagoniza Mundo de fieras.
En 2007 participa en la telenovela conmemorativa de los 50 años de la telenovela en México, Amor sin maquillaje y en Al diablo con los guapos, producida por Angelli Nesma.
La televisión no es el único medio en el que ha destacado, pues también ha realizado varias películas como lo son: Cecilia, Amada, Habanera, Una novia para David, Capa Blanca, Barrio negro, entre otras.
En México fue en donde conoció a su actual esposa, para lo que tuvo que viajar a La Habana para divorciarse. Tiene tres hijos Rafael, Mariana y Carla.

La comida que más le gusta es la mexicana y para bajar los kilitos que le hace subir practica natación y el voleibol. Su música preferida es New age y la mexicana.
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