Milagros "Millie" Aviles (alternatively known as Milly Aviles) is a Puerto Rican actress and singer. She is also known as a telenovela actress from the golden era of telenovelas in Puerto Rico. Aviles was the main female lead star, acting alongside male lead star Braulio Castillo, hijo, in three telenovelas: Alejandra in 1987, Andrea in 1988 and Pacto de Amor in 1989. [1] She also acted in 1984's Diana Carolina .
Aviles had a single, "Yo no se Porque" ("I Don't Know Why"), [2] which was the theme song of her soap opera, Alejandra.
Aviles' sister is actress Maricarmen Aviles. [3] Millie Aviles was once romantically linked to musical producer Edgardo Diaz, director of boy band Menudo. [4] Aviles lives in the United States.
Aviles is played by Amanda Rivera Torres in the Amazon Prime Video miniseries based on the success of Menudo, Subete a mi moto . [5]
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Menudo is a Puerto Rican boy band formed by producer Edgardo Díaz. Referred to as the "Most Iconic Latino Pop Music Band", Menudo has been ranked as one of the biggest boy bands of all time by several publications, including Billboard, Us Weekly, Seventeen, and Teen Vogue, being the only Latin band on their lists.
Edgardo Díaz Meléndez is a Puerto Rican music producer and songwriter. He is the creator of the "boy band" Menudo.
Rene Farrait Nieves is a Puerto Rican singer, actor, and former member of the boy band Menudo.
Ricky Meléndez is a Puerto Rican singer, lawyer and actor, best known for his tenures as a member of boy band Menudo and of El Reencuentro.
Francisco Xavier Serbiá Queipo is a financial commentator, syndicated columnist, and was news anchor of CNN Dinero at CNN en Español, from 2010 to 2023. Serbiá is also a former member of the boy band Menudo.
Johnny Lozada Correa is a Puerto Rican singer, actor, host, and television personality.
Miguel Ángel Cancel Vázquez is a Puerto Rican singer, actor and retired police officer who began his career with the Puerto Rico-based boy band Menudo.
Oscar Neftalí Sallaberry Valls and Fernando Ramón Sallaberry Valls, are Puerto Rican singers and actors who were part of the original lineup of the band Menudo. Nefti and Fernando are the sons of Santiago Sallaberry, a doctor in oncology.
El Reencuentro was the name that six ex-members of musical group Menudo used for their comeback project remembering Menudo's golden era. Ricky Melendez, Rene Farrait, Miguel Cancel, Johnny Lozada, Ray Reyes, and Charlie Masso re-joined to celebrate the 15th anniversary of their success in Latin America, North America, Spain and several other countries in the world. They started in 1998 as an experimental project and they had an unexpected success that continued until 2015 through North and Latin America.
Braulio Castillo Jr. is a Puerto Rican actor and radio host. He is the son of Braulio Castillo, an actor across Latin America, and the brother of the lesser known Jorge Castillo, also a television and theater actor.
"Sube a mi Motora" is a song by Menudo from their 1981 album Quiero Ser. It became arguably the album's most popular song, topping the charts in Puerto Rico, Mexico, and Venezuela. It is considered by many Menudo fans to have been the group's best song ever and their signature song. Rene Farrait was the lead singer for this song.
Carlos Javier Meléndez Sauri is a Puerto Rican architect and singer who is a former member of Menudo.
Mapita Cortés, was a Puerto Rican actress of telenovelas and the cinema of Mexico. She was the mother of Mexican actor Luis Gatica, the wife of Lucho Gatica, the niece of Puerto Rican actress Mapy Cortés, and the niece in law of Mexican actor Fernando Cortés. Mapita Cortés was also the cousin of famous Paquito Cordero, who was two years her junior.
Gladys Rodríguez is a Puerto Rican actress, comedian, and television host. She is also a Christian pastor and a priest at an Episcopalian church in Oviedo, Florida, near Orlando, United States.
Marisol Calero is a Puerto Rican actress and singer.
Óscar Meléndez Sauri is a Puerto Rican lawyer and singer and former member of boy band Menudo.
Súbete a Mi Moto is a biographical television series about the Latin boy band Menudo. The series narrates the history of the band from its creation to its evolution and international success. Menudo was the band that launched music stars such as Ricky Martin and others. Consisting of 15 episodes of 60 minutes each, the series premiered on Amazon Prime Video on October 9, 2020, in Mexico, Latin America, and Spain. In the United States, the series premiered on Estrella TV on February 14, 2021.
Von Marie Mendez is a Puerto Rican actress and restaurateur. Alongside such others as Iris Chacon, Millie Aviles, Sully Diaz, Giselle Blondet, Ivonne Goderich, Marilyn Pupo and others, she is remembered as one of the leading actresses during the golden era of telenovelas produced in Puerto Rico, that being between the late 1950s and the early 1990s.
Myraida Chaves Carbia was a Puerto Rican show host, actress and television and theater producer. Chaves was the daughter of the well-known Puerto Rican actress, Awilda Carbia.
José Luis "Josélo" Vega is a Puerto Rican dancer and choreographer, who is best known for his involvement with boy band Menudo, as their choreographer and second-in-command, after band creator and manager Edgardo Diaz. He was also the band's creative director. Vega is also known for his involvement in the career of former Menudo member Ricky Martin.