SYNOPSIS
Esmeralda, whom everybody calls “The Stray Cat”, grew up in
a suburban slum under miserable conditions; ever since she was a little girl
she has lived with Doña Rita, who exploits her by sending her out on the
streets to beg or sell candies in order to “earn her food and bed”. As a child,
she became friends with Pablo, a wealthy child who cares for her and tries to
help her behind his mother´s back, Lorenza, who looks down on “The Stray Cat”
due to her social prejudices which make her reject poor, uneducated people.
50 most beautiful
Ana Brenda
Daniel Arenas
People En Español’s ‘50 Más Bellos’ 2014 Party: The Red Carpet Photos
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After revealing the names of the most beautiful Latin stars
of 2014 in its annual “50 Más Bellos” issue, People En Español celebrated the
release with a star-studded event on Monday, May 12, at Capitale in New York City.
Among the telenovela stars that attended the event were Maite Perroni, Ximena
Duque, Fabián Ríos, Kimberly Dos Ramos, Livia Brito, Daniel Arenas, Ana Brenda
Contreras, Marjorie De Sousa, Pedro Moreno, Blanca Soto and a very pregnant Angélica
Vale, who will soon give birth to a baby boy. The party was scheduled at a
perfect timing for many of the actors, who were in town to participate in the
annual Upfront presentations of networks like Telemundo and Univision, which
were held this week.
Daniel Arenas
La Gata
Maite Perroni
Maite Perroni and Daniel Arenas present ‘La Gata’
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Days ahead of its premiere, the upcoming Mexican novela ‘La
Gata’ was officially presented to the press. Maite Perroni and Daniel Arenas,
the protagonists, presented this anticipated production in the 9th Televisa
studio.
Producer Nathalie Lartilleux thanked the actors for their
constant efforts. A highlight video with scenes from the novela was shown and
Perroni, characterized as Esmeralda, sang the theme song 'Vas a querer volver'.
The actors spoke
about their characters. Maite said about Esmeralda: “She is a girl that grows
up in a dump. She doesn’t know where her parents are, although she knows she
grew up surrounded by people that loved her, but she ended up without her
family.” Meanwhile, Daniel Arenas spoke about his character Pablo and said that
it will be a different and modern telenovela.
‘La Gata’ premieres in Mexico on May 5 at 4:15pm, following
the end of ‘Por siempre mi amor’.
Daniel Arenas
La Gata
Maite Perroni
Maite Perroni and Daniel Arenas begin filming “La Gata” in a dump
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Production for the long awaited “La Gata” began in the Bordo
de Xochiaca dump, located in Nezahualcóyotl. It will be one of the main
locations for the novela, where the characters Esmeralda (Perroni), Doña Rita
(Pilar Pellicer), Jarocha (Leticia Perdigón), Fela (Erika Buenfil) y Mercedes
(Socorro Bonilla) will live.
Maite Perroni and Daniel Arenas, the protagonists, attended
the first filming and posed smiling in the dump. Pierre Louis and Alejandra
Robles, who will play Centavito and Inés, were also present. Director Víctor
Rodríguez commanded the filming, which included about 50 extras that played the
rag pickers of the dump. The cast was thrilled to begin this new adventure, which
for sure will be a huge success.
The story, originally written by Inés Rodena, will be
adapted by María Antonieta “Calú” Gutiérrez and produced by Nathalie
Lartilleux. It will premiere on May 5.
Daniel Arenas
La Gata
Maite Perroni
Maite Perroni and Daniel Arenas to play the leading couple of “La Gata”?
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One of the most anticipated productions in Mexico next year
is the remake of "María la del Barrio", by producer Nathalie
Lartilleux. It was previously revealed that Maite Perroni was one of the
actresses up for the leading role in this novela, originally played by iconic
actress Thalía.
It seems that Perroni will indeed by playing the role,
alongside actor Daniel Arenas, who will probably be taking the role that was
originally played by Fernando Colunga.
Meanwhile, César Évora, Jesús Ochoa and Laura Zapata are
among the actors that were confirmed to act in this novela.
Maite reportedly was also offered to participate in the
upcoming production of Pedro Damián and Juan Osorio, but finally decided to
take on the offer of Lartilleux, with whom she worked in the successful ‘Cuidado
con el ángel’ back in 2009.
Ana Brenda
Corazón indomable
Daniel Arenas
Daniel Arenas y Ana Brenda plan their well-deserved vacations
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Just a few days ago the final filming of ‘Corazón indomable’,
the highest-rated novela this year, was held, and represented the end of a cycle
of hard work for all the cast and crew, as they worked until 4:00 in the
morning. The series is expected to conclude in Mexico on October 6.
Both of its starts, Daniel Arenas and Ana Brenda Contreras,
are planning some well-deserved vacations after months of intense work and
endless hours of filming.
Arenas revealed he prepared a short break, during which he’ll
return to his native Colombia for a month.
Meanwhile Ana Brenda surprised her fans in the midst of the
novela with the news of that she became the wife of the bullfighter Alejandro
Amaya, whom she married in a civil ceremony in Las Vegas. After participating
in some successful production over the past years, the star is planning to go
to Spain for a prolonged period of time to accompany her husband. The couple
will also be holding a big religious wedding at the end of the year.
