Director Luis Valdez talks about his movie "La Bamba" being added to the Criterion Collection, the film being preserved for the future and Ritchie Valens's legacy as an early Chicano rock 'n' roll ...

Lou Diamond Phillips starred as Valens in the original, which was nominated for a Golden Globe and earned Los Lobos a 1987 chart-topper for their version of Valens’ 1958 single “La Bamba,” which was ...

Sony wants to remake ‘La Bamba’. The original movie was released in 1987. ‘The Motorcycle Diaries’ writer José Rivera will work on the new script. Though it might better be remembered for its ...

One of the most popular movies from the 1980s is reportedly in development for a remake. "La Bamba" was released in 1987 and is a biopic about the life Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Ritchie Valens.

Has the well really run so completely dry? Are there no interesting musicians left to explore? How in the world are we getting another version of La Bamba before we even make any headway on the ...

Where rock and roll and passion meet, you can find Chicano legend Ritchie Valens waiting. At this intersection and cherished sanctuary is music. “La Bamba” (1987)underscores how Valens defined the ...

Ritchie Valens is headed back to the big screen. Mucho Mas Media and Sony Pictures have teamed up to develop a remake of the Golden Globe-nominated 1987 film “La Bamba,” based on the life of the rock ...

Luis Valdez has so much to be proud of over the course of his decades-long career. The 83-year-old playwright, screenwriter, director and actor is considered “the father of Chicano film and ...

Kelly Clarkson continues to keep audiences on their toes with her Kellyoke choices, this time turning back the clock and reviving an early rock and roll classic. On Tuesday, April 20, Clarkson and her ...

Like many others, Azikiwee Anderson took up making sourdough during the pandemic. Once he mastered the basics, he started experimenting with ingredients no one had ever put into sourdough: gojuchang, ...

Few dates hold as much resonance in the history of American rock ’n’ roll as Feb. 3, 1959. On that day, a single-engine plane with room for only three passengers crashed into a cornfield in Clear Lake ...