Selena Gomez was passed over for a July Emmy nomination for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series for her hit series Only murders in the buildingbut she is nominated for best actress – comedy (television) at the 37th edition of the Imagen Awards, which reward the work of the best Latino talent.
The nominees for Best Feature Film are Encanta, In the Heights, Language course, Spirit Untamed and West Side Story.
Ariana DeBose, who won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress in March for her performance in the remake of West Side Story, is nominated here for Best Actress – Feature. The film and its director Steven Spielberg, also nominated for an Oscar, are also in the running here.
Encanto is the only film nominated in both musical categories — Best Musical Composition for Motion Picture or Television (Lin-Manuel Miranda and Germaine Franco) and Best Musical Supervision for Motion Picture or Television (Tom MacDougall).
Selena: the seriesabout rising music star Tejano who was killed in 1995 aged 23, is nominated for Best Prime Time Program – Drama, with chicago fire, El Reino, Euphoria, Now and Promised land.
The nominations were announced on Monday August 15 by Harvey Guillén (What we do in the shadows) and Karrie Martin Lachney (gentified). The nominees are determined by an independent panel of entertainment industry executives and leaders of the Latino community.
The Imagen (pronounced ee-mah-hen) Awards program was created in 1985 following a suggestion by legendary television producer Norman Lear to recognize positive portrayals of Latinos in the media. Later, as The Imagen Foundation, it expanded its programs and initiatives to further its mission of serving as a bridge between the Latino community and the entertainment industry by providing access, education and resources to Latinos across the country. industry, as well as those looking for a career. in entertainment. For more information on the Imagen Awards, visit www.imagen.org.
This year’s award ceremony will take place on Sunday, October 2 at LA Plaza de Cultura y Artes in Los Angeles.
Here are the Imagen nominees in the selected categories, with a focus on music.
Best Musical Composition for Motion Picture or Television
- Carlos Jose Alvarez, Cocaine Cowboys: Miami Kings (Netflix; A Netflix Original Documentary Series / A Rakontur Production)
- Tim Davies and Gustavo Santaoalla, Maya and the three (Netflix; A Netflix Series)
- Camilo Lara, gentified (Netflix)
- Lin-Manuel Miranda & Germaine Franco, Encanto (Disney+; Walt Disney Studios Movies)
- Cristobal Tapia de Veer, The White Lotus (HBO/HBO Max; HBO in association with Rip Cord, The District and Hallogram Inc.)
Best Music Supervision for Film or Television
- Lynn Fainstein, Selena: the series (Netflix; a Campanario Entertainment production for Netflix)
- Tom MacDougall, Encanto (Disney+; Walt Disney Studios Movies)
- Javier Nuño and Joe Rodriguez, Acapulco (Apple TV+; Lionsgate Television / 3Pas Studios / The Tannenbaum Company for Apple)
Best Feature Film
- Encanto (Disney+; Walt Disney Studios Movies)
- In the heights (HBO Max; Warner Pictures)
- Language course (Shout! Studios / Duplass Brothers Productions)
- untamed spirit (DreamWorks Animation and Universal Pictures)
- West Side Story (Walt Disney Studios)
Best Director – Feature Film
- Jared Bush, Bryon Howard and Charise Castro Smith, Encanto (Disney+; Walt Disney Studios Movies)
- Reinaldo Marcus Green, King Richard (HBO Max; Warner Pictures)
- Alonso Ruizpalacios, A police film (Netflix; Una documentary de Netflix / Una producción de No Fiction)
- Steven Spielberg, West Side Story (Walt Disney Studios)
Best Actor – Feature Film
- David Alvarez, West Side Story (Walt Disney Studios)
- Gael Garcia Bernal, old (Universal Pictures, Perfect World Pictures, Blinding Edge Pictures, a Night Shyamalan Film)
- Eugenio Derbez, CODA (Apple TV+; Vendome Pictures / Pathé in association with Apple)
- Jean Leguizamo, Encanto (Disney+; Walt Disney Studios Movies)
- Adrian Martinez, iGilbert (Paloma Pictures, Inc/Gravitas Ventures)
- Anthony Ramos, In the heights (HBO Max; Warner Pictures)
Best Actress – Feature Film
- Stephanie Beatrice, Encanto (Disney+; Walt Disney Studios Movies)
- Ariana DeBose, West Side Story (Walt Disney Studios)
- Leslie Grace, In the heights (HBO Max; Warner Pictures)
- Natalie Morales, Language course (Duplass Brothers Productions / Shout! Studios)
- Rita Moreno, West Side Story (Walt Disney Studios)
- Rachel Zegler, West Side Story (Walt Disney Studios)
Best Primetime Show – Drama
- chicago fire (NBC; Universal Television, a division of Universal Studio Group, in association with Wolf Entertainment)
- El Reino (Netflix)
- Euphoria (HBO/HBO Max; HBO in association with ADD Content Agency | HOT | TCDY Productions, Dreamcrew, Tiny Goat, A24 and The Reasonable Bunch)
- Now (Apple TV+; Bambú Producciones in association with Apple)
- Promised land (ABC; Signature ABC)
- Selena: the series (Netflix; a Campanario Entertainment production for Netflix)
- Senior 89 (Pantaya; Fremantle, Fabula, Pantaya and StarzPlay)
Best Prime Time Show – Comedy
- Acapulco (Applet TV+; Lionsgate Television / 3Pas Studios / The Tannenbaum Company for Apple)
- gentified (Netflix)
- Love, Victor (Hulu; 20th Television)
- saved by the bell (Peacock; Universal Television, a division of Universal Studio Group, in association with Big Wig Productions)
- With love (Prime Video; GloNation and Amazon Studios)
Best Prime Time Show – Special or Movie
- book of love (Prime Video; Amazon Studios)
- mothers (Prime Video; Blumhouse and Amazon Studios)
- The valet (Hulu; Hulu, Lionsgate, 3Pas Studios)
- Torn from his arms (Lifetime; OZY Media and Motion Picture Corporation of America Lifetime)
Best Director – Television
- Antonio Campo, The staircase (HBO/HBO Max; A co-production of HBO Max and Annapurna Television in association with EMI Pop and What’s Up Films)
- Linda Yvette Chavez, gentified (Netflix; Netflix)
- America Ferrera, gentified (Netflix; Netflix)
- Zetna Fuentes, It’s us (NBC Network; 20th Television)
- Reinaldo Marcus Green, We own this town (HBO/HBO Max; HBO in association with Blown Deadline Productions and Spartan Productions)
- Jorge Gutierrez, Maya and the three (Netflix; A Netflix Series)
- Guillermo Navarre, The Last Days of Ptolemy Gray (Apple TV+; Apple Studios)
Best Actor – Drama (Television)
- Manolo Cardon, Quién Mató to Sara? / Who killed Sara? (Netflix; Una Producción de Perro Azul/Netflix)
- Manuel Garcia-Rulfo Lincoln’s lawyer (Netflix; an A+E Studios production for Netflix)
- Oscar Isaac, Scenes from a wedding (HBO/HBO Max; HBO in association with Sheleg, Media Res, Endeavor Content and Filmlance)
- Jaden Michel, Quail in black and white (Netflix; table for Netflix)
- Jose Maria Yazpik, Narcos: Mexico (Netflix; Gaumont for Netflix)
- Daniel Zovatto, Vandal (Fuse; Exilium, Oscura Film)
Best Actress – Drama (Television)
- Morena Baccarin, The end game (NBC; Universal Television, a division of Universal Studio Group, in association with Nicholas Wootton Productions, Jake Coburn Productions, My So-Called Company, Perfect Storm Entertainment)
- Rosario Dawson, DMZ (HBO/HBO Max; Warner Television Studios in association with Array Filmworks and Analog for HBO Max)
- Ariana Guerra, mothers (Prime Video; Blumhouse and Amazon Studios)
- Justine Machado, Changed before birth (Lifetime; Big Dreams Entertainment and Swirl for Lifetime)
- Rose Perez, Now (Apple TV+; Bambú Producciones in association with Apple)
- Judy Reyes, Torn from his arms (Lifetime; OZY Media and Motion Picture Corporation of America)
- Christian Serratos, Selena: the series (Netflix; a Campanario Entertainment production for Netflix)
Best Actor – Comedy (Television)
- Michel Cimino, Love, Victor (Hulu; 20th TV)
- Joaquin Cosio, gentified (Netflix)
- Eugenio Derbez, The valet (Hulu; Hulu, Lionsgate, 3Pas Studios)
- Frankie Rodriguez, High School Musical: The Musical: The Series (Disney+; Disney-branded TV)
- Carlos Santos, gentified (Netflix)
Best Actress – Comedy (Television)
- Selena Gomez, Only murders in the building (Hulu; 20th TV)
- Karrie Martin Lachney, gentified (Netflix)
- Victoria Moroles, Plan B (Hulu; Counterbalance Entertainment, American High, LD Entertainment)
- Camille Perez, Acapulco (Apple TV+; Lionsgate Television / 3Pas Studios / The Tannenbaum Company for Apple)
- Emerald Toubia, With love (Prime Video; GloNation and Amazon Studios)
Here is a link to the full list of nominees.
