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Latin Grammys 2026 Special Awards: Best Quotes From Lila Downs, Chichí Peralta & More Honorees

• Five artists received Lifetime Achievement Awards.
• Omar Alfanno received the Trustees Award.
• Honorees reflected on identity, music and creativity.

The Latin Recording Academy honoured six figures whose work has shaped Latin music, presenting five Lifetime Achievement Awards and one Trustees Award at a ceremony in Las Vegas. The awards recognised artistic careers and contributions beyond performance, while the honorees’ remarks touched on identity, songwriting, inclusion and creativity.…

How the American French Film Festival Is Bringing French Cinema to 3,000 Los Angeles High School Students With Packed Screenings of ‘In Waves’

• About 3,000 students attended five screenings of “In Waves”.
• More than 60 schools joined the festival programme.
• The initiative connects students with cinema and filmmakers.

The American French Film Festival brought about 3,000 Los Angeles high school students to five screenings of animated feature “In Waves”, followed by discussions with members of its creative team. The programme aims to introduce young audiences to French and international cinema, while giving students access to filmmaker…

In 1983, Frank Sinatra rejected a song. In 2026, Willie Nelson has earned over 50,000,000 streams with it

• The Nelson and Iglesias duet has passed 50 million streams.
• Frank Sinatra was offered the song but declined to record it.
• Albert Hammond revived the 1975 song for Iglesias’s 1983 album.

Willie Nelson and Julio Iglesias’s version of ‘To All the Girls I’ve Loved Before’ has passed 50 million streams, giving the song a much bigger audience than its original release achieved. The story shows how a country and pop duet revived a song that Frank Sinatra had declined…

‘We Don’t Take Anything For Granted’ — LATAM is the Strongest Region in Street Fighter 6, and It’s Because They’re Hungrier Than You

• 2Game won the 2026 Street Fighter League Americas Finals.
• Blaz’s clutch performance helped set up the comeback.
• The coach says limited travel chances have kept talent hidden.

Latin America’s Street Fighter 6 players are making a strong mark in international competition, and team 2Game won the 2026 Street Fighter League Americas Finals. Their success highlights the region’s depth of talent, which the team’s coach links to players making the most of limited chances to compete…

Ramla Ali wins two world titles; Harman launches music discovery app

Ali claims the IBO and WBF belts in Texas, while Samsung subsidiary Harman debuts invite-only app Drops in the US. Germany still feels divided decades after the Wall fell, and Billboard will revise its stream-counting rules in 2027.

11 Years Ago Today, Beatlemaniacs Bid a Final Farewell to the “Fifth Beatle” Who Replaced Ringo Starr on the Fab Four’s First Single

• Andy White drummed on “Love Me Do” and “P.S. I Love You”.
• George Martin chose his take after two others were recorded.
• White died in 2015, aged 85.

Session drummer Andy White played on The Beatles’ 1962 recording of “Love Me Do” and its B-side, “P.S. I Love You”, though he was never an official band member. His contribution became part of the group’s early history and was heard by many US fans when “Love Me…