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May 21, 2002 - Ricky Martin chatted with Access Hollywood's Shaun Robinson after picking up ALMA's prestigious Vanguard Award on Saturday night. Ricky said of his acceptance speech, "I started to get all tongue-twisted when I was giving my speech. But it's OK -- people understood and they felt it. It was all about emotions. It was a special evening." Read more.

May 20, 2002 - Several photo agencies have pictures from last night's ALMA Awards at The Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, California. Amongst the pop stars in attendance were Jennifer Lopez, Ricky Martin, Paulina Rubio, and Mya. Check out pictures from Getty Images, LFI, and WireImage.com.

May 20, 2002 - At the ALMA awards on Saturday, Ricky Martin received the National Council of La Raza Vanguard Award. The awards took place at the historic Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles and will air on ABC, June 1, 8:00pm - 10:00 pm. Read more.

May 18, 2002 - Leila Cobo of Billboard.com reports Ricky Martin is planning to release both English and Spanish albums by year-end. Ricky explained the move saying that Latin artists shouldn't forget where they came from after crossing over into the English market. Why? "Because there's a very large industry we have to support, there's great Latin American composers, great musicians, great labels, and we can't leave that to one side," he said. "It's very important to assert what we have." Read more.

May 16, 2002 - Ariel Ramerez of LaMusica.com chatted with Ricky Martin about his trademark dance that is a big departure from his early days with Menudo. "For the first five years of my career everything was choreographed," he said. "I vowed never again to count another step." Read more.

May 14, 2002 - Buckingham Palace has revealed that the latest acts to sign on for Queen Elizabeth at a concert for the 50th anniversary of her accession are Ozzy Osbourne and Ricky Martin. The Queen's Jubilee concert takes place June 3rd in the gardens of Buckingham Palace and already includes star musicians Eric Clapton, Aretha Franklin, Elton John and Paul McCartney.

May 14, 2002 - An English translation to Ricky Martin's acceptance speech at the Billboard Latin Music Awards has been posted. In accepting the special Spirit of Hope award for his charitable works, Ricky said:  "Many thanks! Its very important, No? A night that is very important because it brings me the pride of all Latins and a Latino Award-very important!" Read more.

May 12, 2002 - Ananova reports Miramax Pictures' Harvey Weinstein has been courting Ricky Martin to make his movie debut in a sequel to 'Dirty Dancing'. Ricky would star opposite Natalie Portman in 'Dirty Dancing 2' and be set in Miami. A source revealed, "Martin has been searching for the right kind of vehicle which might involve dancing and perhaps a song or two. He likes Harvey's ideas."

May 10, 2002 - LFI has photos of Ricky Martin from his Billboard Latin music press conference in Miami Beach, Florida at the Eden Rock Hotel Wednesday. Check out the pictures here.

May 9, 2002 - A  fan on Ricky Martin's official website message board shared highlights of Ricky's interview at the Billboard Conference earlier today. Ricky says he's working on both an English and Spanish album, one of the songs will be dealing with his frustrations of being unable to help the people of Afghansitan following the devastating earthquake the country had earlier this year. Ricky also revealed he's learning to play the piano and may show off the new skill on his next tour. Check out more on the fan's account here.

May 7, 2002 - Billy Master's column this week briefly touched on the talk of a romance between Ines Misan and Val Kilmer. Of course Ines had earlier been linked to Ricky Martin, so with her latest hookup Billy cracked, "Sounds like Ines has found a little niche for herself - and that's all I'm sayin'."

May 7, 2002 - Eileen Esquilín Creek of Elnuevodia.com spoke to Peruvian journalist Laura Bozzo who revealed she'll be presenting an award to Ricky Martin at the Billboard show on Thursday night in Miami. The award is being given for his involvement in charity and humanitarian causes. Amongst those causes were his protesting of the Navy's bombing assault on Vieques island. Check out a poor translation here.

May 3, 2002 - Access Hollywood reports Ricky Martin spoke of the ruthless paparazzi, saying: "You just have to pray for those souls all the time and pray for them to get a life instead of living mine." Read more.

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