ALMA Award

Not to be confused with Astrid Lindgren Memorial 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
Formerly called	Latin Oscars Award
First awarded	December 9, 1995; 29 years ago (1995-12-09)
Last awarded	November 4, 2018; 6 years ago (2018-11-04)
Website	almaawards.com
Television/radio coverage
Network	Fox (1995–1996) ABC (1998–2009) NBC (2011–2012) MSNBC (2013–2015) Fuse (2018–present)

History

Constance Marie kissing her trophy at the ALMA Awards

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 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 canceled 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 canceled 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 Fernández
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
2015–2017	No ceremony
2018	November 4, 2018	Los Angeles	Wilmer Valderrama

References

1. Montane, Diana (May 15, 1987). "Miami hosts new 'Bravo' awards for international Latin artists". The Miami News. Cox Enterprises. p. 22. Archived from the original on August 21, 2013. Retrieved August 20, 2013 – via Google News.
2. "Award statues". Today. NBC. January 8, 2014. Retrieved January 10, 2024.
3. Rentería, Melissa (November 24, 2010). "ALMA Awards postponed". Conexión. Retrieved September 30, 2012 – via MySA.
4. Romero, Angie (October 7, 2015). "ALMA Awards 2015 Canceled, Organizers to 'Reassess' Its Future". Billboard. Retrieved January 10, 2016.
5. Pedersen, Erik (August 27, 2018). "ALMA Awards Revived & Reimagined As Fuse Media Inks Media Partnership With UnidosUS". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved August 28, 2018.

External links

• Official website
• ALMA Award at IMDb