ALMA Award

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| name = ALMA Award

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| awarded_for = Excellence in film, television, and music by outstanding Latinos

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| country = United States

| presenter = UnidosUS

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| former name = Latin Oscars Award

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| year = {{Start date and age|1995|12|9}}

| year2 = {{Start date and age|2018|11|4}}

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| website = {{URL|almaawards.com}}

| network = Fox (1995–1996)
ABC (1998–2009)
NBC (2011–2012)
MSNBC (2013–2015)
Fuse (2018–present)

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The American Latino Media Arts Award or ALMA Award, formerly known as Latin Oscars Award, is an award highlighting the best American Latino contributions to music, television, and film. The awards promote fair and accurate portrayals of Latinos. In Spanish and Portuguese the word alma means "soul".

History

File:Constance Marie with ALMA.jpg kissing her trophy at the ALMA Awards]]

The awards were created by UnidosUS (formerly the National Council of La Raza). The first ceremonies were held in 1987 under the name "BRAVO Awards" and broadcast on Univision.{{cite news|last=Montane|first=Diana|date=May 15, 1987|title=Miami hosts new 'Bravo' awards for international Latin artists|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2206&dat=19870515&id=qPwlAAAAIBAJ&sjid=2fMFAAAAIBAJ&pg=2406,4296766|newspaper=The Miami News|publisher=Cox Enterprises|page=22|access-date=August 20, 2013|via=Google News|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130821024304/http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2206&dat=19870515&id=qPwlAAAAIBAJ&sjid=2fMFAAAAIBAJ&pg=2406,4296766|archive-date=August 21, 2013|url-status=dead}} In 1995, they were televised on Fox. The name was changed to the "American Latino Media Arts Awards" in 1997 and ABC became the network venue. However, ABC faced a boycott which forced the award ceremonies to be postponed until 1998.

From 2003 to 2005, the ceremonies were not held for undisclosed reasons. In 2008, the NCLR and New York firm Society Awards redesigned the trophy statuette.{{cite web|date=January 8, 2014|title=Award statues|url=https://www.today.com/slideshow/amp/award-statues-54003326|website=Today|publisher=NBC|access-date=January 10, 2024}} ABC stopped airing the ceremonies in 2009.

The ceremonies were canceled in 2010, to "focus on a bigger and better show in 2011".{{cite news |last=Rentería |first=Melissa|date=November 24, 2010|title=ALMA Awards postponed |url=http://www.mysanantonio.com/sacultura/conexion/article/ALMA-Awards-postponed-831626.php |newspaper=Conexión|access-date=September 30, 2012|via=MySA}}

The awards started up again in 2011, on a new network, NBC.

They were canceled for 2015.{{cite magazine|last=Romero|first=Angie|date=October 7, 2015|title=ALMA Awards 2015 Canceled, Organizers to 'Reassess' Its Future |url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/latin/6721950/alma-awards-2015-canceled |magazine=Billboard|access-date=January 10, 2016}}

In 2018, Fuse announced that it had acquired the rights to the award show in partnership with UnidosUS.{{cite web |last=Pedersen|first=Erik |date=August 27, 2018|title=ALMA Awards Revived & Reimagined As Fuse Media Inks Media Partnership With UnidosUS|url=https://deadline.com/2018/08/alma-awards-revived-reimagined-as-fuse-media-inks-media-partnership-with-unidosus-1202452786/ |website=Deadline Hollywood |access-date=August 28, 2018}}

Award ceremonies

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! Year!!Date!!City!!Host(s)

align="center"| 1995

| align="center"| {{date table sorting|1995-12-09}}

| rowspan="2" align="center"| Los Angeles

| align="center"| {{sortname|Jimmy|Smits}}
Jennifer Lopez

align="center"| 1996

| align="center"| {{date table sorting|1996-12-14}}

| align="center"| {{sortname|Cheech|Marin}}
Giselle Fernández

align="center"| 1997

| colspan="3" align="center"| No ceremony

align="center"| 1998

| align="center"| {{date table sorting|1998-04-19}}

| rowspan="4" align="center"| Pasadena

| align="center"| {{sortname|Jimmy|Smits|nolink=1}}
Daisy Fuentes

align="center"| 1999

| align="center"| {{date table sorting|1999-04-11}}

| align="center"| {{sortname|Benjamin|Bratt}}

align="center"| 2000

| align="center"| {{date table sorting|2000-04-15}}

| align="center"| {{sortname|Paul|Rodriguez|Paul Rodriguez (actor)}}

align="center"| 2001

| align="center"| {{date table sorting|2001-04-22}}

| align="center"| None

align="center"| 2002

| align="center"| {{date table sorting|2002-05-18}}

| align="center"| Los Angeles

| align="center"| {{sortname|Paul|Rodriguez|nolink=1}}

align="center"| 2003–2005

| colspan="3" align="center"| No ceremony

align="center"| 2006

| align="center"| {{date table sorting|2006-05-07}}

| align="center"| Los Angeles

| rowspan="3" align="center"| {{sortname|Eva|Longoria}}

align="center"| 2007

| align="center"| {{date table sorting|2007-06-01}}

| align="center"| Pasadena

align="center"| 2008

| align="center"| {{date table sorting|2008-08-17}}

| align="center"| Los Angeles

align="center"| 2009

| align="center"| {{date table sorting|2009-09-17}}

| align="center"| Santa Monica

| align="center"| {{sortname|George|Lopez}}
Eva Longoria
Selena Gomez

align="center"| 2010

| colspan="3" align="center"| No ceremony

align="center"| 2011

| align="center"| {{date table sorting|2011-09-10}}

| align="center"| Santa Monica

| rowspan="2" align="center"| {{sortname|George|Lopez|nolink=1}}
Eva Longoria
Selena Gomez

align="center"| 2012

| align="center"| {{date table sorting|2012-09-16}}

| rowspan="3" align="center"| Pasadena

align="center"| 2013

| align="center"| {{date table sorting|2013-09-27}}

| rowspan="2" align="center"| {{sortname|Eva|Longoria|nolink=1}}
Mario Lopez

align="center"| 2014

| align="center"| {{date table sorting|2014-10-10}}

align="center"| 2015–2017

| colspan="3" align="center"| No ceremony

align="center"| 2018

| align="center"| {{date table sorting|2018-11-04}}

| rowspan="1" align="center"| Los Angeles

| align="center"| {{sortname|Wilmer|Valderrama}}

References

External links

{{Official website}}
{{IMDb event|0000016}}

Category:1987 establishments in the United States

Category:American film awards

Category:Awards established in 1987

Category:Awards honoring Hispanic and Latino Americans

Category:Latin American film awards