By Ben Sisario When the first Latin Grammy Awards were held in 2000, they celebrated the diversity of sounds from throughout Latin...

By Derrick Bryson Taylor Tito Jackson, a founding member of the Jackson 5 who, along with his brothers Jackie, Jermaine, Marlon and...

By Michael Paulson Twenty-seven years ago, “Buena Vista Social Club,” an album of pre-revolutionary Cuban music that became an unexpected...

By John Koblin “Shogun,” FX’s big-budget chronicle of feudal Japan, took best drama honors at the Emmy Awards on Sunday night, putting an...

By Nicholas Casey Pedro Almodóvar is widely considered Spain’s greatest living filmmaker, but he sees himself as a writer first — a...

By Brian Seibert María Benítez, an American dancer and choreographer who, as the founder of a popular Spanish dance troupe, played a...

By Jon Pareles Sergio Mendes earned a lasting place in international pop as a conduit between Brazilian music and the wider world. He had...

By Robert D. McFadden James Earl Jones, a stuttering farm child who became a voice of rolling thunder as one of America’s most versatile...

By The Star Staff The University of Puerto Rico (UPR) in Carolina is slated to unveil on Friday, Sept. 13 a mural titled “La Bomba Eh!”...

By Nicolas Rapold “The Room Next Door,” directed by Pedro Almodóvar, was awarded the Golden Lion for best film at the 81st Venice...