Stephen Valdivia

I always wondered why my hometown of Hialeah had such a bad reputation. Almost every one I’ve met outside of Florida that knows of the city talks shit about it — without ever having stepping foot in it. After watching what was la desgracia que fue the Hialeahwood video on YouTube, I finally understood. I expected the video with the word "Hialeah" in the headline to make me nostalgic and homesick. Instead, I saw two washed-out Chongas take over my screen.

Every Saturday for 53 years, Mario Kreutzberger has been a presence in Latino living rooms across America. The star? of Univision’s flagship show “Sabado Gigante,” Kreutzberger, age 74, hosted 2,800 consecutive weekly shows, only missing one episode of the live variety show in 1974, when his mother passed away.