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Latin Grammys Tonight

Aired September 03, 2003 - 15:49   ET

THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.

THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.


(MUSIC)
KYRA PHILLIPS, CNN ANCHOR: All right.

MILES O'BRIEN, CNN ANCHOR: Can you translate that for me please?

PHILLIPS: Yes, we can do a little salsa to that. Oh, bring up Ana Maria. Look at that. Can we bump that music up a little bit? Let's bump that music up. Look at her moving. Here we go. All right, there's the music.

We want to see Ana Maria dance. Didn't you see her? Steven (ph), come on, punch her up. You've got to see here go. There she goes. Come on, girl, let's see it. Yeah! See? She's got that salsa down. Doesn't she?

ANA MARIA MONTERO, CNN EN ESPANOL CORRESPONDENT: You cannot stand still with that music blaring in your ear. It's impossible.

PHILLIPS: Absolutely. You've just got to move to it. It forces you it move. Hi, Ana Maria.

MONTERO: There is no way around it. Absolutely not. I think the entire American arena tonight will be dancing to this music.

PHILLIPS: Tell us about it. Tell us about the musicians from Cuba, you know, that are going to be no-shows. Tell us about the featured top artists. Give us the run down.

MONTERO: Well the run down starts with this (speaking in Spanish) which is a big tribute to Celia Cruz. That's (UNINTELLIGIBLE) open the ceremony tonight. People are going to start wanting to get up and dance because imagine if you open a show with this sort of thing.

Marc Anthony will be there, Gloria Estefan, (UNINTELLIGIBLE) Manuel, all sorts of important artists in the salsa industry. People that performed their entire lives with Celia. Everybody's going to be up on stage. It's a beautiful tribute that should make us feel like she is not gone. Even though she passed away in July, she is still with us and her spirit is still with us. And her music, that's what a doubt.

That won't be the only performance though, Kyra, there's going to be about ten performances tonight. And among the rest that are scheduled, slotted for tonight is Jaunes. I don't know if -- we've talked about Jaunes before in previous "LIVE FROM..." (UNINTELLIGIBLE) from L.A.

And frankly he hasn't stopped leaving his mark. He's nominated for five Grammy awards this year and that gives him a total of 50 (ph) nominations since the awards started. That makes him the most nominate nominated artist in history. He'll also be performing.

So that's going to be fun. He's going to be performing with Black Eyed Peas. He's one of the most awaited performances. Ricky Martin's going to also take the stage. He's also nominated.

Now, what's interesting is Ricky isn't going to be shaking his bonbon. But he's going to be doing a ballad which will is going to be the next release off his album, his new Spanish album, (speaking in Spanish). So that he's not going to be -- we can't expect that from Ricky, but we have other artists that are going to take care of that. So don't worry. We'll get our bonbon shaking in.

With Thalia, for example. Thalia's also going to be performing tonight. I wasn't able to see her rehearsals, but she is definitely going to be heating up the stage because she always does. One of her last acts included what looked like big flames in the background. that's going to be crazy.

Then, of course, we'll have Molotov. Molotov will close the show. Molotov is like a hip-hop, rock Mexican band. They're really hot, they've got four nominations this year. They're trail blazers. They're something different and it shows a very different aspect of Mexican music. It's not your typical mariachi thing going on. You know?

PHILLIPS: Well I know you talked a lot...

MONTERO: (UNINTELLIGIBLE) that's about the run down.

PHILLIPS: Oh, no no. Do you remember when she was talking about Jaunes? He was the hot new thing. She's like, Come on. We've got to put him on CNN. And now he's huge. You called it.

(CROSSTALK)

O'BRIEN: No, I don't remember that. (UNINTELLIGIBLE)

MONTERO: I don't think you were around then, Miles.

PHILLIPS: This was pre-Miles. Tell us about Jaunes. He's quite a little sexy thing, isn't he?

MONTERO: He is. And he's really leaving his mark. He's very exciting. What's happened with his album is just amazing. He just came from Germany where he just tore it up, in Germany! The thing with Jaunes is he really achieved that crossover status where he doesn't have to change languages, he doesn't have to sing in English in order to be accepted. He still sings in Spanish, plans to always sing in Spanish. But everybody appreciates it, no matter where he goes. PHILLIPS: Now, talking about being accepted. What about the musicians from Cuba. They couldn't get visas, right? So they won't be able to come.

MONTERO: Exactly. They couldn't get visas. And it's a double- edged sword because in one aspect it makes things much easier for Miami as a venue. As you know last year it was moved from Miami to L.A. at the last minute because of the Cuban protesters and security reasons related to that.

So, that makes it easier in Miami but it's a shame because dozens of Cuban artists were nominated this year and they're not going to be able to come. It's a toss-up between whether or not they were sent the invitations on time and whether the State Department has taken more time than it should have.

The State Department says it's taken the time it should have taken and that they've already processed half the visas, the others are still pending. But that the Cubans just took to long to send in for that.

O'BRIEN: What a shame. Here they are 100 miles away.

PHILLIPS: And they're going to have to watch it.

All right, Ana Maria, who's your photographer there with you?

MONTERO: Ricardo (ph).

PHILLIPS: OK, have Ricardo pull out. Can he hear us? Can we get a wider shot?

(CROSSTALK)

PHILLIPS: We got to check out the dress here. No no no. Can't he give us some more? Oh! There we go.

MONTERO: Do you like it?

PHILLIPS: Yes.

MONTERO: It's a Columbia designer.

PHILLIPS: Oh my gosh. Bonita.

(CROSSTALK)

PHILLIPS: All right, we're going to have you -- we have to see the shoes. Show us the shoes girl.

MONTERO: I'm not wearing the right shoes, Kyra. These are my comfy shoes. I have to stand around all night in shoes.

(CROSSTALK)

PHILLIPS: All right, well we're going to put a little music and we're going to have you salsa us into the next half hour.

O'BRIEN: Salsa us to break.

MONTERO: I can do that. Let me put my paperwork down.

PHILLIPS: Are you ready? All right, here we go. Steven, can we give her a little music? Mel (ph)?

MONTERO: Yes, I need some music.

(MUSIC)

PHILLIPS: Here we go.

O'BRIEN: All right, here we go.

PHILLIPS: You go, girl.

(LAUGHTER)

PHILLIPS: See, everyone is checking her out. Yeah, there we go. Ana Maria Montero. We'll be checking in for the Latin Grammys.

MONTERO: Having fun.

PHILLIPS: Way to go, novia.

MONTERO: I'll be here. Bye, guys.

O'BRIEN: All right, enjoy.

PHILLIPS: See you later. Is she sexy? She's got it. She's got the rhythm.

O'BRIEN: She's got it going on.

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Aired September 3, 2003 - 15:49   ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
(MUSIC)
KYRA PHILLIPS, CNN ANCHOR: All right.

MILES O'BRIEN, CNN ANCHOR: Can you translate that for me please?

PHILLIPS: Yes, we can do a little salsa to that. Oh, bring up Ana Maria. Look at that. Can we bump that music up a little bit? Let's bump that music up. Look at her moving. Here we go. All right, there's the music.

We want to see Ana Maria dance. Didn't you see her? Steven (ph), come on, punch her up. You've got to see here go. There she goes. Come on, girl, let's see it. Yeah! See? She's got that salsa down. Doesn't she?

ANA MARIA MONTERO, CNN EN ESPANOL CORRESPONDENT: You cannot stand still with that music blaring in your ear. It's impossible.

PHILLIPS: Absolutely. You've just got to move to it. It forces you it move. Hi, Ana Maria.

MONTERO: There is no way around it. Absolutely not. I think the entire American arena tonight will be dancing to this music.

PHILLIPS: Tell us about it. Tell us about the musicians from Cuba, you know, that are going to be no-shows. Tell us about the featured top artists. Give us the run down.

MONTERO: Well the run down starts with this (speaking in Spanish) which is a big tribute to Celia Cruz. That's (UNINTELLIGIBLE) open the ceremony tonight. People are going to start wanting to get up and dance because imagine if you open a show with this sort of thing.

Marc Anthony will be there, Gloria Estefan, (UNINTELLIGIBLE) Manuel, all sorts of important artists in the salsa industry. People that performed their entire lives with Celia. Everybody's going to be up on stage. It's a beautiful tribute that should make us feel like she is not gone. Even though she passed away in July, she is still with us and her spirit is still with us. And her music, that's what a doubt.

That won't be the only performance though, Kyra, there's going to be about ten performances tonight. And among the rest that are scheduled, slotted for tonight is Jaunes. I don't know if -- we've talked about Jaunes before in previous "LIVE FROM..." (UNINTELLIGIBLE) from L.A.

And frankly he hasn't stopped leaving his mark. He's nominated for five Grammy awards this year and that gives him a total of 50 (ph) nominations since the awards started. That makes him the most nominate nominated artist in history. He'll also be performing.

So that's going to be fun. He's going to be performing with Black Eyed Peas. He's one of the most awaited performances. Ricky Martin's going to also take the stage. He's also nominated.

Now, what's interesting is Ricky isn't going to be shaking his bonbon. But he's going to be doing a ballad which will is going to be the next release off his album, his new Spanish album, (speaking in Spanish). So that he's not going to be -- we can't expect that from Ricky, but we have other artists that are going to take care of that. So don't worry. We'll get our bonbon shaking in.

With Thalia, for example. Thalia's also going to be performing tonight. I wasn't able to see her rehearsals, but she is definitely going to be heating up the stage because she always does. One of her last acts included what looked like big flames in the background. that's going to be crazy.

Then, of course, we'll have Molotov. Molotov will close the show. Molotov is like a hip-hop, rock Mexican band. They're really hot, they've got four nominations this year. They're trail blazers. They're something different and it shows a very different aspect of Mexican music. It's not your typical mariachi thing going on. You know?

PHILLIPS: Well I know you talked a lot...

MONTERO: (UNINTELLIGIBLE) that's about the run down.

PHILLIPS: Oh, no no. Do you remember when she was talking about Jaunes? He was the hot new thing. She's like, Come on. We've got to put him on CNN. And now he's huge. You called it.

(CROSSTALK)

O'BRIEN: No, I don't remember that. (UNINTELLIGIBLE)

MONTERO: I don't think you were around then, Miles.

PHILLIPS: This was pre-Miles. Tell us about Jaunes. He's quite a little sexy thing, isn't he?

MONTERO: He is. And he's really leaving his mark. He's very exciting. What's happened with his album is just amazing. He just came from Germany where he just tore it up, in Germany! The thing with Jaunes is he really achieved that crossover status where he doesn't have to change languages, he doesn't have to sing in English in order to be accepted. He still sings in Spanish, plans to always sing in Spanish. But everybody appreciates it, no matter where he goes. PHILLIPS: Now, talking about being accepted. What about the musicians from Cuba. They couldn't get visas, right? So they won't be able to come.

MONTERO: Exactly. They couldn't get visas. And it's a double- edged sword because in one aspect it makes things much easier for Miami as a venue. As you know last year it was moved from Miami to L.A. at the last minute because of the Cuban protesters and security reasons related to that.

So, that makes it easier in Miami but it's a shame because dozens of Cuban artists were nominated this year and they're not going to be able to come. It's a toss-up between whether or not they were sent the invitations on time and whether the State Department has taken more time than it should have.

The State Department says it's taken the time it should have taken and that they've already processed half the visas, the others are still pending. But that the Cubans just took to long to send in for that.

O'BRIEN: What a shame. Here they are 100 miles away.

PHILLIPS: And they're going to have to watch it.

All right, Ana Maria, who's your photographer there with you?

MONTERO: Ricardo (ph).

PHILLIPS: OK, have Ricardo pull out. Can he hear us? Can we get a wider shot?

(CROSSTALK)

PHILLIPS: We got to check out the dress here. No no no. Can't he give us some more? Oh! There we go.

MONTERO: Do you like it?

PHILLIPS: Yes.

MONTERO: It's a Columbia designer.

PHILLIPS: Oh my gosh. Bonita.

(CROSSTALK)

PHILLIPS: All right, we're going to have you -- we have to see the shoes. Show us the shoes girl.

MONTERO: I'm not wearing the right shoes, Kyra. These are my comfy shoes. I have to stand around all night in shoes.

(CROSSTALK)

PHILLIPS: All right, well we're going to put a little music and we're going to have you salsa us into the next half hour.

O'BRIEN: Salsa us to break.

MONTERO: I can do that. Let me put my paperwork down.

PHILLIPS: Are you ready? All right, here we go. Steven, can we give her a little music? Mel (ph)?

MONTERO: Yes, I need some music.

(MUSIC)

PHILLIPS: Here we go.

O'BRIEN: All right, here we go.

PHILLIPS: You go, girl.

(LAUGHTER)

PHILLIPS: See, everyone is checking her out. Yeah, there we go. Ana Maria Montero. We'll be checking in for the Latin Grammys.

MONTERO: Having fun.

PHILLIPS: Way to go, novia.

MONTERO: I'll be here. Bye, guys.

O'BRIEN: All right, enjoy.

PHILLIPS: See you later. Is she sexy? She's got it. She's got the rhythm.

O'BRIEN: She's got it going on.

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