ALMA Award
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."
| ALMA Award | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | Excellence in film, television, and music by outstanding Latinos |
| Country | United States |
| Presented by | UnidosUS |
| First awarded | 1995; 26 years ago |
| Website | almaawards |
| Television/radio coverage | |
| Network | Fox (1995–1996) ABC (1998–2009) NBC (2011–2012) MSNBC (2013–2015) Fuse (2018–present) |
History
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.[1] 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 the years 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.[2] ABC stopped airing the ceremonies in 2009.
The ceremonies were cancelled in 2010, to "focus on a bigger and better show in 2011."[3]
The awards started up again in 2011, on a new network, NBC.
They were cancelled for 2015.[4]
In 2018, Fuse announced that it had acquired the rights to the award show in partnership with UnidosUS.[5]
Award ceremonies
| Year | Date | City | Host(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | December 9, 1995 | Los Angeles | Jimmy Smits Jennifer Lopez |
| 1996 | December 14, 1996 | Cheech Marin Giselle Fernandez | |
| 1997 | No Ceremony | ||
| 1998 | April 19, 1998 | Pasadena | Jimmy Smits Daisy Fuentes |
| 1999 | April 11, 1999 | Benjamin Bratt | |
| 2000 | April 15, 2000 | Paul Rodriguez | |
| 2001 | April 22, 2001 | None | |
| 2002 | May 18, 2002 | Los Angeles | Paul Rodriguez |
| 2003-2005 | No Ceremony | ||
| 2006 | May 7, 2006 | Los Angeles | Eva Longoria |
| 2007 | June 1, 2007 | Pasadena | |
| 2008 | August 17, 2008 | Los Angeles | |
| 2009 | September 17, 2009 | Santa Monica | George Lopez Eva Longoria Selena Gomez |
| 2010 | No Ceremony | ||
| 2011 | September 10, 2011 | Santa Monica | George Lopez Eva Longoria Selena Gomez |
| 2012 | September 16, 2012 | Pasadena | |
| 2013 | September 27, 2013 | Eva Longoria Mario Lopez | |
| 2014 | October 10, 2014 | Pasadena | Eva Longoria Mario Lopez |
| 2015-2017 | No Ceremony | ||
| 2018 | November 4, 2018 | Los Angeles | Wilmer Valderrama |
References
- Montane, Diana (May 15, 1987). "Miami hosts new 'Bravo' awards for international Latin awards". The Miami News. Cox Enterprises. Retrieved August 20, 2013.
- "Award statues". January 8, 2014.
- "ALMA Awards postponed". mysanantonio.com. November 11, 2010. Retrieved September 30, 2012.
- Romero, Angie (October 7, 2015). "ALMA Awards 2015 Canceled, Organizers to 'Reassess' Its Future". billboard.com. Retrieved January 10, 2016.
- "ALMA Awards Revived & Reimagined As Fuse Media Inks Media Partnership With UnidosUS". deadline.com. August 27, 2018. Retrieved August 28, 2018.
