point, set, match
daily dos
tue 9/22/2009
Did Enrique Iglesias get girlfriend Anna Kournikova pregnant?
stop bucking
daily dos
wed 1/14/2009
A representative for Enrique Iglesias is declining to comment about rumors that Anna Kournikova is pregnant with the couple's first child.
future is now
daily dos
tue 11/4/2008
Enrique Iglesias joins Daddy Yankee as one of the celebs featured in Cosmo magazine's "Hottest guys of 2008" list.
crew romance
daily dos
mon 9/8/2008
Enrique Iglesias teams up with Wisin y Yandel in a new video, "Lloro Por Ti (Remix)." (via Blog Reggaetón)
Julio Iglesias vs. Enrique Iglesias
versus
wed 12/12/2007
| name | Julio José Iglesias de la Cueva. | Enrique Miguel Iglesias Preysler. |
| hometown | Madrid, Spain. | Madrid, Spain. Moved to Miami, Florida at age eight. |
| birthdate | September 23, 1943. | May 8, 1975. |
| role | father. | son. |
| style | Pop ballads. | Pop ballads. |
| debuted | Benidorm International Song Festival in 1968. | A production of Hello Dolly in 1995. |
| breakthrough hit | La Vida Sigue Igual. | Si Tú Te Vas. |
| signature move | ::Rubs tummy:: | ::Points at crowd:: |
| love life | Divorced from Enrique's mother, Filipina socialite Isabel Preysler. Lives with Dutch model Miranda Johanna Maria Rijnsburger and their five children. | Self-described loner. In a long-term relationship with athlete-turned-model Anna Kournikova. |
| too cool for school | Dropped out of law school to pursue musical career, but earned the degree in 2001. | Dropped out of business school. |
| brush with death | Almost paralyzed in a car accident in 1963. | Surgically removed a mole on his face in 2003. |
| starred in | Me Olvidé de Vivir. | Once Upon a Time in Mexico. |
| albums released | Over eighty. | Eight. |
| can say "I love you" in | German, Portuguese, Italian, Spanish, French and English. | Spanish, English, Portuguese and Italian. |
| bet you didn't know | Played goalkeeper for Real Madrid's youth fútbol squad. | Co-wrote "The Way" by Clay Aiken. |
| famous duets | Willie Nelson, Dolly Parton, Alejandro Fernández and Thalia. | Lil Wayne, Whitney Houston, Kelis and Lionel Richie. |
| the critics | The New York Times: "Some people are drawn to powerful characters; others are touched by tender entreaties. Julio Iglesias, one of the most popular singers on earth, seduces through vulnerability." | Popmatters: "He’s good at what he does, and knows exactly how to make the girls scream – a definite talent. Whatever people think of his music or his genre, he does pop and does it well." |
| most recent album | Quelque Chose de France. | Insomniac. |
| webprops | Official webshop sells clothing, mugs, keychains and books. | 120,195 friends on official MySpace. |
| best video moment | Lusting after another man's woman in Ni Te Tengo Ni Te Olvido. | Lusting after another man's woman in Do You Know?. |
Correction: In an earlier version, Enrique Iglesias was incorrectly described as single. He is currently in a long-term relationship with Anna Kournikova. Julio Iglesias was incorrectly described as having released 250 albums. Instead, he has released over 80 albums to date.
bubblin'
daily dos
wed 8/29/2007
Enrique Iglesias was reportedly offered $1 million to model condoms.
de lo habitual
daily dos
thu 8/9/2007
Subterranean nightclubs + private make-out rooms = "Tired of Being Sorry," a new video by Enrique Iglesias. (via musik is life)
Enrique Iglesias, Mala Rodríguez, The White Stripes, Queens of The Stone Age and Mandy Moore.
the music press
tue 6/19/2007
- Enrique Iglesias’ eighth LP Insomniac is "an album that comes exquisitely polished but perhaps stretching itself too far,” according to the BBC. Cinema Blend Music is less subtle: “The album is essentially divided between the corny and the dirty, with a few awkward crossovers in between, but a few factors remain consistent – it’s sexy, it’s corny and it’s uninspired.”
- Spanish female rapper Mala Rodríguez's Machete Music debut, Malamarismo, which includes appearances by Julieta Venegas, Tego Calderón and Cuban rapper Mahoma, "demonstrates [Mala's] desire to be original, which has opened her up to pull from new influences,” according to La Nueva España newspaper. Spanish blog Tocando Las Puertas Del Cielo is disappointed with the album’s lack of social critique and calls it “malamalísimo.”
- The White Stripes' highly anticipated sixth release Icky Thump “positively swarms out of the speakers” and pushes the Detroit rock band's sell-by date “further off than ever,” according to the Guardian U.K. Webzine PopMatters commends the duo for “learning to expand the sounds in their musical repertoire while retaining the focus, power, energy and consistency that made their best work.”
- Stoner metal heavyweights Queens Of The Stone Age released Era Vulgaris, an album All Music Guide declares “the best rock & roll record yet released in 2007 – and the year sure needed the dose of thunder that this album provides.” The New York Times is equally enthralled: "Queens of the Stone Age don’t just riff through their new songs; they push and pull, spar and gnash, buzz and scream and hurl chords back and forth across the stereo field to dizzying effect.”
- Mandy Moore takes a break from acting and returns to music with Wild Hope, an album that “incorporates enough country, rock and pop sensibilities to satisfy any ear,” according to Billboard.com. Slant Magazine adds that Moore’s greatest asset is her “appreciation for the good ol’ fashioned singer-songwriter ethic, not to mention a desire to distinguish herself from her teenybopper past.”
stuntin' like whose daddy?
daily dos
tue 6/12/2007
"Push," Enrique Iglesias' collaboration with Lil' Wayne from Iglesias' new album, Insomniac.
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