Ten years ago, the Mexican superstar Jenni Rivera died after a plane she was on crashed south of Monterrey, just moments after taking off. Fans lost a legend who’d blazed trails in regional genres like banda, norteño, and ranchera — and Chiquis Rivera lost her mother. The eldest of Rivera’s five children, Chiquis went into caregiver mode, looking after her siblings while managing her own grief. Eventually, she poured all her emotions into her 2015 book Forgiveness, where she chronicled her complex relationship with her mother, the painful falling out...
- 2/10/2022
- by Julyssa Lopez
- Rollingstone.com
On December 9, 2012, Mexican banda superstar Dolores Janney “Jenni” Rivera Saavedra shocked millions when she tragically died in a plane crash. The business jet, carrying seven people onboard, took a nosedive minutes after taking off from Monterrey, Mexico, just hours after performing her sold-out and final concert in Monterrey, Mexico. There were no survivors. Jenni Rivera was 42.
Seven years later, the singer made national headlines when she became the first-ever regional Mexican music star to appear on a billboard in Times Square. It was a celebration of her latest release, “Aparentemente Bien,...
Seven years later, the singer made national headlines when she became the first-ever regional Mexican music star to appear on a billboard in Times Square. It was a celebration of her latest release, “Aparentemente Bien,...
- 8/6/2019
- by Isabela Raygoza
- Rollingstone.com
Jenni Rivera, the famed Mexican-American singer-songwriter, TV star, and activist who died tragically in a plane accident in 2012, will be immortalized in film form. Mucho Mas Media and De Line Pictures have acquired the life rights of Rivera from Jenni Rivera Enterprises with plans to develop a film that will focus on the life of the Banda Ranchera mega-star who touched not only her Spanish-speaking fan base but also successfully crossed over into the U.S. and global markets.
Kate Lanier, the screenwriter behind the Angela Bassett-starring Tina Turner biopic, What’s Love Got to Do with It, and the F. Gary Gray-directed cult classic, Set It Off, is attached to pen the screenplay for Rivera’s story.
Born in Long Beach, California – her mother just having crossed the border on foot while pregnant with Jenni – Rivera began her recording career in 1992, going on to become a top-selling...
Kate Lanier, the screenwriter behind the Angela Bassett-starring Tina Turner biopic, What’s Love Got to Do with It, and the F. Gary Gray-directed cult classic, Set It Off, is attached to pen the screenplay for Rivera’s story.
Born in Long Beach, California – her mother just having crossed the border on foot while pregnant with Jenni – Rivera began her recording career in 1992, going on to become a top-selling...
- 6/18/2019
- by Amanda N'Duka
- Deadline Film + TV
An authorized biopic of the late singer Jenni Rivera is in the works, seven years after she died in a plane crash at the age of 43.
The life rights deal was announced Tuesday with an agreement between Jenni Rivera Enterprises and producers Javier Chapa and Simon Wise of Mucho Mas Media and Donald De Line of De Line Pictures. The film will be written by Kate Lanier, who wrote one of Rivera’s favorite films, “What’s Love Got to Do With It.”
The singer’s sister, Rosie Rivera, the head of Jenni Rivera Enterprises, told Variety that she needed time to find the right partners for the project — along with giving her sister’s five children enough time to adjust to the loss of their mother.
“My sister dreamt of a biopic of her life for many years,” she added. “We are thrilled it will come to fruition. We...
The life rights deal was announced Tuesday with an agreement between Jenni Rivera Enterprises and producers Javier Chapa and Simon Wise of Mucho Mas Media and Donald De Line of De Line Pictures. The film will be written by Kate Lanier, who wrote one of Rivera’s favorite films, “What’s Love Got to Do With It.”
The singer’s sister, Rosie Rivera, the head of Jenni Rivera Enterprises, told Variety that she needed time to find the right partners for the project — along with giving her sister’s five children enough time to adjust to the loss of their mother.
“My sister dreamt of a biopic of her life for many years,” she added. “We are thrilled it will come to fruition. We...
- 6/18/2019
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
Producers secure life rights to pioneering multi-hyphenate.
Mucho Mas Media and Donald De Line’s De Line Pictures are partnering on a biopic of the renowned Mexican-American singer-songwriter, actor and activist Jenni Rivera.
Javier Chapa and Simon Wise of Mucho Mas Media and De Line have secured life rights from Jenni Rivera Enterprises to the late celebrity, whose flair for regional Mexican music, in particular the male-dominated music genre Banda Ranchera style and pop music, earned her a widespread following among Spanish-speaking and Us fans.
The California-born Latin Grammy nominee was 43 and according to Billboard the most successful woman on...
Mucho Mas Media and Donald De Line’s De Line Pictures are partnering on a biopic of the renowned Mexican-American singer-songwriter, actor and activist Jenni Rivera.
Javier Chapa and Simon Wise of Mucho Mas Media and De Line have secured life rights from Jenni Rivera Enterprises to the late celebrity, whose flair for regional Mexican music, in particular the male-dominated music genre Banda Ranchera style and pop music, earned her a widespread following among Spanish-speaking and Us fans.
The California-born Latin Grammy nominee was 43 and according to Billboard the most successful woman on...
- 6/18/2019
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
One thing is for sure, Jenni Rivera's legacy will forever live on in the hearts of her fans and especially her family. Today, the late star would have turned 48 years old. In 2012, she died tragically in a plane crash. "I love to see the love and passion people still have for you... you deserve that and so much more," the star's eldest daughter Chiquis Rivera captioned an Instagram post of herself kissing a poster of her mother. Jenni's children and siblings gathered in Los Angeles for the grand opening of the Jenni Rivera Boutique in the city of Huntington Park. Rosie Rivera remembered her big sister with a touching post. "Thank...
- 7/3/2017
- E! Online
It’s been over five years since the death of Mexican superstar Jenni Rivera, also known as “La Diva de la Banda,” from a horrific plane crash. With her legacy living on with her millions of fans, Telemundo is airing a bio-musical series in honor of the female star’s life titled Jenni Rivera: Mariposa de Barrio.
The series will center on the singer’s life before fame and her road to success, all the way to her tragic passing. It will be based on of Rivera’s New York Times best-selling autobiography “Unbreakable” and incorporate testimonies from her loved...
The series will center on the singer’s life before fame and her road to success, all the way to her tragic passing. It will be based on of Rivera’s New York Times best-selling autobiography “Unbreakable” and incorporate testimonies from her loved...
- 6/26/2017
- by Thatiana Diaz
- PEOPLE.com
Jenni Rivera's life is coming to a series on Telemundo and fans can now audition to play the star. The late singer's mother Rosa Saavedra and sister Rosie Rivera sat with Christian Acosta and gave all the details about the future project during a Facebook live session. "This is the authorized series, the real one. It's going to be amazing. I've been reading the scripts and they're so good!" Rosie said. "We're still in that process (of finalizing the series) and we're like by the 10th episode. My brother Juan Rivera and I have reviewed the scripts, and I'll call my mom and be like, 'Mom, this happened?' Now I'm seeing my sister's childhood and I...
- 9/16/2016
- E! Online
Jenni Rivera Fashion teamed up with Disney’s Alice Through The Looking Glass to create an exclusive boot inspired by Disney's new sequel to Alice In Wonderland and designed by Jenni Rivera Footwear and fashion designer Diego Medel. CineMovie spoke with Medel and Jenni Rivera’s sister Rosie Rivera about the collaboration and how the two worlds collided in the exclusive shoe.
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- 5/27/2016
- by info@cinemovie.tv (Super User)
- CineMovie
In tonight's emotional episode of I Love Jenni, the loved ones of the late Jenni Rivera will try to cope with the loss of their beloved family member. The cameras were there to capture the Rivera family as they grieve and lean on each other in an attempt to move forward. To commemorate such an important episode, we asked Rosie Rivera, Jenni's sister, and Pete Salgado, Jenni's longtime manager for five things that the fans might not have known about the singer. Check out their answers and get to know more about mun2 star Jenni Rivera: 1. What was Jenni's personality? Did she have a great sense of humor or was she was very serious? Rosie: Chay [Jenni's family nickname] was the...
- 6/2/2013
- E! Online
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