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The loveable and inimitable Cheli and Pinchez are BACK with a set of five Public Service Announcements to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month that are unlike any other PSAs you've ever seen… Créanos!

We love Cheli and Pinchez of 'Soy Mono' for their irreverent yet hilarious portrayal of Latinos in all our stereotypical glory! But, guess what? We're not the only ones with amor por los monos. Over the weekend, MTV Tr3s won a Gold prize at the 2009 Hispanic Creative Advertising Awards for last year's Soy Mono shorts, entitled 'Words.' You remember -- the ones where Pinchez calls former President Bush a pinche Julyer and gave a whole bunch of seemingly inoffensive palabras a whole new meaning? If you missed those, make sure to check them out here! Felicitaciones!

Este año, Cheli and Pinchez have a new tactic for bringing out nuestro orgullo Latino. With a set of PSAs meant to demonstrate some of the most recurring stereotypes de nuestra cultura, Cheli and Pinchez discuss everything from the notorious "Wetback Condition" to the pitfalls of Spanglish and nuestros hombres Latinos using adequate protection (porque you never know when you'll encounter some premature... oranges.)

Watch the PSAs by Soy Mono below, y recuerda: Hispanic Heritage Month is ALL YEAR LONG on MTV Tr3s!

Tags 2009 Hispanic Creative Advertising Awards, Cheli, Hispanic Heritage Month, Pinchez, PSAs, Soy Mono, Tr3s shows, Words

Kanye West may be a jerk for interrupting 19-year-old Taylor Swift's VMA win, but it seems like even criticism from the President can't hold West down.

On Wednesday night, BET announced the nominees for their third annual Hip Hop Awards and Kanye leads the pack with 9 nods in categories like Best Hip-Hop Collabo, Best Live Performer, Lyricist of the Year, Producer of the Year, CD of the Year, MVP of the Year, Hustler of the Year, the Made-You-Look award (for style) and People's Champ.

Following Kanye with 7 nominations each are Jay-Z and Lil Wayne, and jailed T.I. received 6.

The 2009 BET Hip Hop Awards will be taped Oct. 10th in Atlanta and air Oct. 27, and we can't wait to see what Mr. West will do if he loses in any of the 9 categories he's nominated in. It's about to get interesting!

Did you miss Kanye's 2009 VMA outburst? Well, watch it again with toda tu familia con subtítulos en Español and find out why even el Presidente Obama is talking about Kanye! No te lo pierdas, este Domingo a las 5pm EST.

Tags 2009 Video Music Awards, BET Hip Hop Awards, Jay Z, Kanye West, Lil Wayne, President Barack Obama, T.I., Taylor Swift, VMAs

Pregnancy rumors came spilling in after bella cantactriz Belinda fainted on the set of su telenovela, Camaleones, in which she stars opposite Pee Wee and Alfonso "Poncho" Herrera, last week.

Others attributed el desmayo to her recent break-up con jugador de fútbol, Giovani Dos Santos, after being caught partying with another guy at a nightclub.  That might be more likely, since Camaleones producer, Rosy Ocampo, has now confirmed that Belinda is indeed NOT pregnant.  Menos mal! [Latin Gossip]

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Tags baby, Belinda, Camaleones, Chisme, Giovani Dos Santos, Pee Wee, Poncho Herrera, pregnancy rumor

Calle 13 tops the list of Latin Grammy nominations that were announced esta mañana.  Thanks to their más reciente disco, Los De Atrás Vienen Conmigo, the Puerto Rican música urbana duo nabbed 5 nominations!

Among the other nominees were Wisin y Yandel (who scored 3 nominations for La Revolución), Luis Fonsi, Don Omar, Tito "El Bambino", David Bisbal, Cafe Tacvba, Ricardo Arjona, Marco Antonio Solis, y muchos, muchos más!

The Best Urban Music Album category is by far the toughest of the night with a certified Hip Hop/ Reggaeton showdown between Calle 13's  Los De Atrás Vienen Conmigo, Daddy Yankee's Talento De Barrio; Don Omar's I-Don, Tito "El Bambino"'s El Patrón, and Wisin y Yandel's La Revolución.

Who do you think will win?

Felicitaciones a todos los artistas nominados!  Get the full list of nominees after the jump and at LatinGrammy.com!
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Tags Cafe Tacuba, Calle 13, David Bisbal, Don Omar, Latin Grammy Awards, Luis Fonsi, Marco Antonio Solis, nominations, Ricardo Arjona, Tito El Bambino, Wisin y Yandel

Increíble! If you thought Los Premios MTV 2009 were already heating up, think again porque the first wave of performers have just been announced and trust us -- este es un show you will not want to miss!

Just check out this list of Los Premios MTV red-hot performers este año!

Chart-topping reggaetoneros Wisin y Yandel,

pop princess Paulina Rubio,

international superstar Alejandro Sanz,

Nelly Furtado (who will be doing double duty as performer and co-host con Residente de Calle 13!),

Cobra Starship y rockeros Argentinos Miranda!

No te olvides, Los Premios MTV 2009 is airing LIVE on MTV Tr3s on October 15, at 10pm EST. Make sure to cast tu voto ahora para tus artistas favoritos in our Premios categories, Best MTV Tr3s Artist and Best NEW MTV Tr3s Artist, and enter for a chance for you and your fave 5 to attend Los Premios with the T-Mobile Los Premios MTV Casting Call!  Stay tuned to Blogamole for más noticias emocionantes de Los Premios!

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Tags Alejandro Sanz, Best MTV Tr3s Artist, Best New MTV Tr3s Artist, Calle 13, cobra starship, los premios mtv 2009, Miranda!, Nelly Furtado, Paulina Rubio, performers, Rene Perez, Residente, Wisin y Yandel

Our favorite Venezuelan/Colombian from 'That 70's Show' is back! This time, however, Wilmer Valderrama is putting his acting chops on hold to jump detrás de las camaras to direct an episode of Disney children's TV show 'The Imagination Movers' in New Orleans.

So how does he feel about sitting in the director's chair?

"I love it… I get to appreciate both sides now, being in front of the camera and behind the camera."

But Wilmer is no stranger to sitting in the hot seat. He previously directed the video for Omar Cruz & Frankie J's collabo "To The Top." If he keeps it up we may have the next Latino Spielberg on our hands! [AP]

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Tags director, Disney, Frankie J, Imagination Movers, Omar Cruz, That 70's show, To The Top, Wilmer Valderrama

America Ferrera graces the cover of the October issue of Latina magazine and this Betty looks anything but ugly!

America is looking classier than ever! La actriz cleared the air about a few things we've all been wondering about in her interview, and she even dished on her alleged feud with Lindsay Lohan!

"Of course they want to make us look like we fought like cats and dogs, because people are going to believe it. And it’s total BS. It’s not true. It does such a disservice to the image of young women."

America also talked about her continued portrayal of strong Latinas in her acting roles.

"It's not anything I've done consciously.  I'm just drawn to the characters and trying to make them more than one-dimensional."

Keep doing what you're doing, America!  Que vivan las Latinas!  Check out more of America's interview in this month's issue of Latina.  [Hissip.com]

Tags America Ferrera, Latina, Lindsay Lohan, Ugly Betty

We cornered Pitbull as he arrived on the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards red carpet to get some extra spicy scoop on the fly.  One thing we picked up -- Mr. 305 is collaborating on "Lola," the first single off Jennifer Lopez's nuevo album, which was produced by Pharell Williams.  Pitbull told us that the pair had just finished shooting the music video.

What can we expect from the Pit-JLo connection?  Pitbull revealed the video will have an Eyes Wide Shut feel.  From the sound of it, este video is gonna be hot! (We have a feeling Pitbull agrees!)

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Tags 2009 mtv video music awards, collaboration, J.LO, Jennifer Lopez, Lola, Pharell Williams, Pitbull, VMAs

Para toda nuestra familia Mexicana, saludos en el Día del Grito!

As we stuff the rest of this Mexican quesadilla en nuestra boca (yum!), we want to remember la lucha de nuestros ancestros por la independecia!   It's because of our rich past that we can look forward to an even greater future.  Join Blogamole and MTV Tr3s in wishing todos nuestros cuates Mexicanos un felíz dia de la independecia, and wear your Latin pride con gusto hoy y siempre -- no matter what the colors of your flag!

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Tags El Grito, Hidalgo, Mexican Independence Day, Mexico

VAMOS A CELEBRAR! Today marks the 1st day of Hispanic Heritage Month! Celebra tus raíces Latinas desde ahora hasta el 15 de Octubre!

We admit it -- Hispanic Heritage Month is our favorite time of year!   To celebrate, we're rolling out some goodies that'll bring out el orgullo Latino en todos nosotros!  Stay tuned to Blogamole and MTV Tr3s for ultra special noticias, video clips y más as we celebrate nuestras raíces Latinas!

Y recuerda -- Hispanic Heritage Month is ALL YEAR LONG at MTV Tr3s!

Tags Hispanic Heritage Month, MTV Tr3s, shows