Novela stars show off their Christmas trees

It seems that our favorite novela stars are ready to celebrate Christmas with style. Many of them posted photos, showing off their beautifully decorated Christmas trees on their social network pages. 

Check out all the amazing Christmas trees of our favorite stars:

Aarón Díaz and Lola Ponce are all smiles as they pose in front of their tree

Ximena Duque posted a beautiful photo in black and white that shows her and Carlos Ponce’s children, decorating the Christmas tree and wrote: “I love these dates and without these treasures it wouldn’t be the same"

Stephanie Cayo posted some pics of her red Christmas tree and wrote: “in process”

Carmen Villalobos and Sebastian Caicedo posted a photo of their small and improvised tree, as they’ll be celebrating in Mexico this year

 Aracely Arámbula posted a photo of her gorgeous tree, where her son Daniel plays with his toy railroad

Anahi also shared her massive Christmas tree with her fans

 Gaby Espino shared a photo of her daughter Oriana decorating the tree

Claudia Álvarez

Ana Brenda

Jacky Bracamontes

Marimar Vega

Zuria Vega & Alberto Guerra

Scarlet Ortiz, husband Yul Bürkle and daughter Barbara

Sebastián Rulli

Sherlyn

Ximena Duque and Carlos Ponce travel to Madrid after concluding ‘Santa Diabla’

Ximena Duque and Carlos Ponce recently ended taping the successful Telemundo novela ‘Santa Diabla’, where they interpreted the antagonists Inés Robledo and Humberto Cano.

Duque twitted on December 14, thanking José Ignacio Valenzuela, the writer of the novela: “Thanks @elchascas once again for allowing me to create and giving me so much to develop in just one role… Inés was special.”

She also thanked Telemundo and her unconditional fans, the DuqueFamily: “Thanks #DuqueFamily for always believing in me. Remember that my work is for you. Thanks for accompanying me in one more adventure.”

Shortly afterwards, she revealed her followers that she and boyfriend Carlos Ponce are on a plane, ready to fly to an unknown destination, twitting: “here we go... flying!!!!”, and posting a photo of her and Ponce on the plane.

Fans soon found out that she and Ponce safely arrived in Madrid, from where they posted photos and videos via their social network accounts. They enjoyed the Madrid nightlife, meeting with good friends like singer Luis Fonsi and girlfriend model Águeda López, and also visited some of the monuments of the Spanish capital.

Duque twitted today, revealing her followers that she’s already back in Miami after her short trip to Europe, and adding that she’s ready to change her hairstyle, leaving her role as Inés behind.

Check out the photos from their lovely trip:

The internationally acclaimed telenovela “Avenida Brasil” comes to Telemundo beginning January 6

Telemundo kicks off 2014 with the premiere of “Avenida Brasil,” a worldwide hit coming to U.S. screens for the first time on Monday, January 6 at 12pm/11am Central.  A story that has moved millions of viewers in more than 120 countries and 17 languages, “Avenida Brasil” follows the fate of a little girl orphaned by her stepmother’s greed.  Abandoned in a garbage dump, she meets the boy who will grow to be the love of her life, but the two are separated when they are adopted by different families and given new names.  They never imagine that destiny will bring them back together as adults when she takes a job as a cook in the home of the archenemy who gave her up for adoption, only to reencounter her childhood love.  Viewers can follow "Avenida Brasil" on Facebook/AvenidaBrasilUS and follow @AvenidaBrasilUS on Twitter. 

Starring the internationally renowned Murilo Benício (El Clon), “Avenida Brasil” is the dramatic story of Rita (Débora Falabella), who struggles to recover the birthright stolen from her by her stepmother, Carminha (Adriana Esteves).  After Rita’s father dies under suspicious circumstances, Carminha and her lover, Max (Marcello Novaes), send the girl to live at the garbage dump so she won’t interfere with their get-rich schemes.  There, Rita is forced to work under a cruel man named Nilo (José de Abreu), but she has the fortune to meet Batata (Eduardo Simões), a young boy who becomes her best friend and true love.  He takes her to live with the other children at the dump until they are adopted, each by a different family: she by a loving couple that takes her to live abroad, renaming her Nina; and he by Carminha and Tifón (Murilo Benício), who call him Jorgito (Cauã Reymond).  Years later, Nina tracks down Carminha and talks her way into a job as the family’s cook to pursue her plans for revenge.  Once inside the household, she is stunned to discover that she and Carminha have something very important in common: Their love for Jorgito, Nina’s childhood friend and soul mate and Carminha’s adopted son.

Telemundo announces “La Impostora” will premiere on January 14

Telemundo is proud to announce the eagerly awaited “La Impostora,” will premiere on Tuesday, January 14 at 8pm/7c.  Starring Christian Bach, Sebastián Zurita and Lisette Morelos, this beautiful and unforgettable story follows the fate of Blanca Guerrero (Morelos), a lovely young waitress in a beach town on Mexico’s Pacific coast who has an extraordinary ability to imitate other people.  A powerful Mexican businessman, Adriano Ferrer (Manuel Landeta), notices her talent and hires her to impersonate a millionaire New York investor.  Blanca accepts the challenge, never dreaming that living a lie will lead her to true love.  Filmed in high definition by Telemundo Studios, the telenovela is set in locations around Mexico, including the world-famous beaches of Acapulco, Guerrero.  Viewers can follow “La Impostora” on Facebook/LaImpostoraTV (https://www.facebook.com/LaImpostoraTV) and @LaImpostora (https://twitter.com/LaImpostoraTV)TV on Twitter. 

This epic story of love, intrigue, thrills and all-too-real situations is Sebastián Zurita’s first production for Telemundo as well as his first appearance in a telenovela alongside his famous mother, acclaimed actress Christian Bach.

"La Impostora" is Bach’s second project with Telemundo following her role as the villainess Antonia Guerra on “La Patrona.”  For Lissette Morelos, the production is a chance to play the lead after her appearance as Blanca Ponce de León in “Aurora.”

The cast of "La Impostora" also includes Manuel Landeta, Jonathan Islas, Mauricio Henao, Begoña Narváez, Alpha Acosta, Juan José Pucheta, Julieta Grajales, Mariano Palacios, Rene García, Lupita Sandoval, Héctor Calderón, Néstor Rodulfo, Sandra Benhumea, Rocío Vázquez, Ricardo Sevilla, Mimí Morales, Armando Silvestre, Socorro de la Campa, Paco Mauri, Eligio Meléndez, Javier Lazcano, Uriel del Toro, Edgar Iván Delgado, Sam García, Elsa Amezaga, Simone Victoria, Macarena de la Oz and Mossy Santini.

José Ron confirms the cancellation of 'Madre sustituta’

 

Disappointing news for the fans of Mexican actor José Ron: after rumors came out earlier this month, it was confirmed that the telenovela 'Madre sustituta' will eventually be cancelled. The production was supposed to premiere in 2013, starring Ron and Esmeralda Pimentel and produced by Giselle González.

Supposedly, it was decided by the Televisa executives that the novela is too intense for the hour on which it was supposed to air. The actor said: “it was cancelled. It was because of the storyline of the novela, but I’m relaxed and thankful to Giselle for choosing me. At the moment I’ll be studying. I will wait for the right time to work with her.”

'Madre sustituta' was supposed to tell the story of a woman who faces economic problems and who takes care of her ill father. To earn money, she becomes a surrogate mother, but later she regrets the decision, not wanting to give away her baby.

Meanwhile, Ron also confirmed that he’ll be leaving 'Perfume de Gardenia'. He recently announced that he’ll be moving in together with girlfriend Ariadne Díaz.

Maite Perroni confirms her return to the small screen next year in "La Gata"

After dedicating 2013 to making music and releasing her first solo cd “Eclipse de Luna”, Mexican actress Maite Perroni is ready to return to telenovela-land next year. She recently confirmed that next year she will be starring the new novela “La Gata”, alongside Daniel Arenas.

Maite will also continue to promote her music next year, and will probably be singing the musical theme of the show: “I will have the opportunity of singing the musical theme, and also to sing the song of the couple, so it’s ideal because I’ll be able to combine music with acting. Hopefully I’ll be able to perform in concerts during the weekends, because I’ll be filming from Monday to Friday in the set,” said Maite.

Referring to the upcoming production, she said enthusiastically: “I’ll be working again with producer Nathalie Latrilleux and I’ll be able to act with Daniel Arenas, interpreting this story. Next year I’ll be making a television comeback with this project that I’m excited about”.

Natalia Oreiro ‘collaborates’ with son Merlín Atahualpa at her Russian concert

After finishing filming her successful novela ‘Solamente Vos’, Uruguayan star Natalia Oreiro made a surprising musical comeback and opened her east European tour, where she performed some of biggest hits in various cities in Poland and Russia.

The actress and singer surprised the audience during her Moscow concert, when her cute little son Merlín Atahualpa went up on stage with his famous mom, carrying a little toy guitar and wearing a cute Russia-style hat. The thrilled Oreiro played with adorable her son, who walked shyly on the stage, and presented him to the thousands of fans that came to watch her concert and shouted his name. Oreiro rose to international fame thanks to the huge success of her 1999 novela 'Muñeca Brava'.

Check out the lovely video:

First promotional stills from 'La mujer sin nombre' are released

TV Azteca released the first promotional photos for its upcoming novela 'La mujer sin nombre', which is expected to premiere on February, replacing 'Prohibido amar'. It will be starred by Melissa Barrera and Daniel Elbittar.

The novela tells the story of a young and beautiful woman who dreams of falling in love. Her life changes when she meets a man that doesn’t remember who he is and where he’s from, and she helps him to start over, and ends up falling in love with him, not knowing that this love will make her suffer.

The cast is also comprised by Ceci Ponce, Francisco Angelini, Aura Cristina Geithner, Rafael Sánchez Navarro, Erick Chapa, Ramiro Tomasini, Israel Amescua, Eva Prado, Amaranta Ruíz, Ale Ley, Germán Valdéz, Fernando Sarfati, among others.

Jacky Bracamontes announces her second pregnancy

Thrilling news for Mexican actress and presenter Jacky Bracamontes, who surprisingly announced her second pregnancy. She shared the exciting news on the final broadcast of "La Voz... Mexico", joking that her stomach didn't look bloated because she was sick, but because she was pregnant. 

She added that she's two and a half months along her pregnancy. The coaches of the reality show hurried up to congratulate her, and David Bisbal added that he hopes it will be a boy.

Bracamontes thanked the numerous fans and well-wishers that congratulated her on her Twitter account: "Thank you so much for all your well-wishes for this pregnancy of our second child. Martín and I are very happy and grateful”.

Jacky gave birth for the first time back in March this year to her twins whom she and her husband named after themselves. However, her little newborn Martín unfortunately passed away due to respiratory problems. Bracamontes said in an interview: “I think time heals everything. I haven't gotten over it yet, but I know I will with the love of my husband and just by seeing my daughter. That's the biggest support I get from the two of them".

Televisa, Globo, Telemundo and their stars welcome the holiday season with exclusive campaigns

Three of the major novela networks in the world: Televisa, Globo and Telemundo seem to be ready to kick off the Holiday Season, as all three presented their exclusive Holiday campaign video clips, where most of the exclusive stars of each network appear, wishing the viewers happy holidays.

Telemundo ushered in the Christmas spirit with the launch of the network campaign “Ven a mi casa, Telemundo…esta Navidad”. “Ven a mi casa…esta Navidad” is a campaign inviting viewers to join Telemundo and its stars to celebrate a festive, traditional and warm family holiday. The video showcases the holiday spirit and traditions of the US Hispanic community, with the stellar participation of celebrities like Aarón Díaz, Gaby Espino, Ximena Duque, Litzy, Gabriel Coronel, Shalim Ortiz, Cynthia Olavarría, Kimberly Dos Ramos, Juan Soler, Rafael Amaya and Aracely Arámbula.

Meanwhile, Televisa launched the campaign titled "Tiempos de Amor", where the stars of the network are seen accompanying the special moments of their public in their everyday lives, at work and at home. Erika Buenfil, Eduardo Yáñez, Fernando Colunga, Blanca Soto, Ariadne Díaz, José Ron, Jorge Salinas, Elizabeth Álvarez, Susana González, Sebastián Rulli and Maite Perroni are among the stars that participate in this campaign.

Brazilian network Globo also released their yearend campaign, with the participation of their major stars. As it’s almost summer in the southern hemisphere, the video is more casual and summery than the previous ones, and features the traditional song of Globo for its yearend campaign "A Festa É Sua". Giovanna Antonelli, Carolina Dieckmann, Letícia Spiller, Adriana Esteves, Gloria Pires, Isabelle Drummond, Rodrigo Lombardi, Paolla Oliveira, Malvino Salvador, Mateus Solano, Tony Ramos, Susana Vieira, Flavia Alessandra and Cláudia Abreu were among the stars that sang and danced for this campaign.

Which one was your favorite?