World & Nation
The Senate confirms fossil fuel executive Chris Wright, one of the industry’s loudest voices against efforts to fight climate change, as U.S. Energy secretary.
Sports
Canelo Álvarez didn’t score a coveted knockout, but he rolled to a comfortable unanimous decision win over Edgar Berlanga in Las Vegas on Saturday.
The Latin Grammys celebrated a 25th anniversary by bringing together some of the biggest names in Latin music to Miami. Juan Luis Guerra, Kany Garcia, Edgar Barrera and Chiquis took home gramaphones.
Hollywood Inc.
Bronfman submits a $4.3-billion bid to take control of Paramount to thwart a competing offer from tech scion David Ellison. Bronfman’s group would take over the Redstone family’s National Amusements, which holds the voting stake in the media company that also owns CBS, MTV and the Paramount studio.
Edgar Alejandro knows the challenges of the music industry thanks to his mariachi parents. He’s finding his way by blending mariachi, jazz and bossa nova.
Television
Piers Morgan edited an ‘Uncensored’ interview after a guest who was discussing Diddy’s arrest made ‘totally false’ claims about Jay-Z and Beyoncé.
Some said they hoped to make it to the U.S. before November’s elections, because they fear if Donald Trump wins he will close the border to asylum seekers.
Image
To the unsympathetic eye, the hairstyle is peculiar, so childlike and unflattering as to be offensive. But as rasquache provocation, it’s also a work of anti-assimilationist art
Awards
“I’d never had a meeting like that before in my career for any film that I’ve been a part of, and certainly not one that I was the lead in,” the actor says of his first Oscar campaign.
CBP One app: Migrants in Mexico’s southern states can apply for appointments to seek U.S. asylum instead of heading closer to the northern border.