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PEOPLE & ARTS Friday 15 November 2019
Latin Grammys to celebrate 20 years with massive performance

By MESFIN FEKADU makes him a double nomi-
Associated Press nee for best urban song. His
The Latin Grammys will new album with Bad Bun-
celebrate its 20th anniver- ny, "Oasis," was not eligible
sary with a 20-artist perfor- for this year’s Latin Gram-
mance in a tribute to the mys but will qualify in 2020.
legacy of Latin music. Songs and albums released
Thursday night’s show at between June 1, 2018 and
the MGM Grand Garden May 31, 2019 were eligible.
Arena in Las Vegas will Maluma, Nicky Jam and
open with a performance Karol G, last year's winner
featuring Prince Royce, for best new artist, earned
Anitta, Fito Páez, Natalia Ji- zero nominations, while
ménez, Beto Cuevas, Cali- other stars like Bad Bunny,
bre 50, Carlos Rivera, Draco Daddy Yankee and Ozuna
Rosa, Leonel García, Milly were restricted to catego-
Quezada, Olga Tañón, Reik This combination photo shows, from left, actress Paz Vega, actor-singer Ricky Martin and actress ries such as best urban mu-
and Tony Succar. Roselyn Sanchez, who will host the 20th Latin Grammy Awards on Thursday in Las Vegas, Nev. sic album, best urban song
Ricky Martin, Roselyn Sán- Associated Press and best urban fusion/per-
chez and Paz Vega will formance.
host the show, which will through performer Rosalía, for the top prize, or in other cially surprising since the Pop singers, however, did
also include performances who won two Latin Gram- big categories like song of Latin Grammys have 10 well. Camila Cabello is up
by Residente, Bad Bunny, mys last year, is behind the year, record of the year nominees for its top four for record of the year, song
Luis Fonsi, Farruko, Ozuna, Sanz with five nominations. and best new artist. The categories. of the year and best pop
Alicia Keys and Miguel. She will also perform at the Latin Grammys received When the nominations song for "Mi Persona Favor-
Juanes, who was named show, which begins at 8 backlash for dismissing per- were released in Septem- ita" with Sanz, while Alessia
the Latin Recording Acad- p.m. Eastern and is airing formers like J Balvin, Bad ber, Balvin posted a photo Cara and Juanes' "Que-
emy's 2019 Person of the live on Univision. Both Sanz Bunny, Ozuna, Daddy Yan- of the Grammy logo with a rer Mejor" is nominated for
Year, will sing a medley of and Rosalía are nominat- kee, Maluma and Nicky large red "X'' across it on In- song and record of the
his hits. And Mexican pop ed for album of the year, Jam — artists who have stagram. Words on the im- year. Most of the awards —
singer Alejandro Fernández along with Fonsi, Succar, dominated on streaming age read in Spanish: "With- 39 out of 50 — will be hand-
will perform with his father Rubén Blades, Sebastián services, sold out arenas out reggaeton, there's no ed at the Latin Grammys
Vicente Fernández and his Yatra, Paula Arenas, An- like Madison Square Gar- Latin Grammys." Premiere, a ceremony that
son Alex Fernández. drés Calamaro, Fonseca den, racked in millions of Balvin, however, did re- is not televised but can be
Veteran singer-songwriter and Ximena Sariñana. YouTube views and topped ceive two nominations followed through the Latin
Alejandro Sanz, who is the None of the uber-popular the charts with multiple — his collaborations with Grammy Facebook page
top nominee with eight, will Latin trap and reggaeton songs. Rosalía ("Con Altura") and beginning at 4:30 p.m.
also take the stage. Break- acts received nominations The omissions were espe- De La Ghetto ("Caliente") EDT.q

'My Penguin Year' works best as companion to nature series

By ROB MERRILL McCrae spent 337 days in first wild encounter with the the eight-month mark of
Associated Press Antarctica as the director bird that has fascinated his trip, lamenting when his
"My Penguin Year: Life of photography for the BBC him all his life. "On my knees, wife wants to talk about
Among the Emperors," Wil- series "Dynasties," narrated I was the same height as possibly leaving the Lake
liam Morrow, by Lindsay by Father Nature himself, they were at well over a District in England where
McCrae Sir David Attenborough. He metre tall, and I could see McCrae grew up and his
It's an odd thing to write won a BAFTA Award for his straight into their eyes. The son, Walter, was born. "I was
in a book review, but "My work, documenting the life pair were so close I could too far from home, too de-
Penguin Year" is better seen cycle of emperor penguins. see every fibre on every tached from real life, to be
than read. The good news So you can actually watch feather." making those kinds of huge
is you can do just that. the best of the footage he It really does make you decisions." All true, but also
captured — from mating want to see it in 4K, right? all his choice. Writing about
to chicks hatching — and The segments of the book it bogs down the book a
then pick up this book for a that don't quite work are bit. The overall effect is per-
behind-the-scenes look at the more personal parts. haps a good one though
how it was done. McCrae left his pregnant — you just want McCrae to
Whether you'll get really wife in England for the ex- fire up his Skidoo and get This cover image released
into McCrae's personal cursion, an agonizing de- back out on the ice to tell by William Morrow shows "My
journey or it will just make cision given it meant he you what's happening at Penguin Year: Living with the
Emperors" by Lindsay Mc-
you want to watch "Dynas- would miss the birth of the penguin colony. Crae.
ties" again is up to you. his first child. He often at- Final takeaway: Watch epi- Associated Press
The best parts of the book tempts to juxtapose his sode 5 of "Dynasties," then
are the passages when Mc- thoughts about what he's pick up the book if you're fresh sea ice toward the
Crae is out on the ice and witnessing among the pen- hooked. most inhospitable breed-
just can't believe his luck. guins against what he's They are meant to be en- ing grounds on Earth, you
"... as they approached al- missing at home, and it joyed in tandem. As you may long for details about
most to touching distance feels unnecessary. "Life was watch that first shot of just how much sacrifice —
on their bellies, I felt maybe continuing without me and the penguins material- personal and physical — it
I should move out of their it felt strange to be so de- izing out of the blowing took for McCrae to get that
way," writes McCrae of his tached," he writes around snow, marching across the shot and tell the story.q