Hollywood Forever Celebrates Its 15th Annual Dia de los Muertos
Hollywood, CA — Hollywood Forever has announced Univision’s Jackie Guerrido and Rick Quintero are this year’s hosts for their 15th Annual Dia de los Muertos. Festivities will take place on Saturday, November 1st, 2014 from 12pm until 12am at Hollywood Forever located at 6000 Santa Monica Blvd, Los Angeles. Tickets are now on sale at hollywoodforever.ticketfly.com
Award-winning entertainment journalist, television host and actress Jackie Guerrido is best known for her daily weather report on Univision’s Primer Impacto but her ability to connect with her audience is what makes her a star and a natural choice for this year’s hostess. Joining Guerrido as co-host is local traffic reporter Rick Quintero. Quintero can be seen giving the morning traffic report on Univision’s morning show Primera Edición and on Fox 11’s Good Day LA. “I was honored to be asked to be part of Hollywood Forever’sDia de los Muertos Quinceañera. I think Jackie and I make a great team and I look forward to co-hosting with her.”
The famed Hollywood Forever is a cemetery unlike any other in the world. One of the world’s most fascinating landmarks, Hollywood Forever Cemetery is the final resting place to more of Hollywood’s founders and stars than anywhere else on earth. Founded in 1899, visitors come from all over the world to pay respects to Johnny Ramone, Cecil B. DeMille, Jayne Mansfield, Rudolph Valentino, Douglas Fairbanks, and hundreds more of Hollywood’s greatest stars. For fifteen years now more and more visitors come for the spectacular Dia de Los Muertos event.
In honor of its 15th year Dia de los Muertos celebration, Hollywood Forever has partnered with Quinceañera Magazine for this special anniversary and is offering a very special young lady the opportunity to win a dress for her upcoming quinceañera sponsored by Paradise Bridal. In addition, Quinceañera Magazine will be holding a casting to select Miss Quinceañera Cover Girl for their next issue and partake in a Quinceañera Pageant Show. All girls with an upcoming quinceañera are encouraged to participate by registering on-site at the Quinceañera Magazine booth.
It wouldn’t be a quinceañera celebration without performances by some of the top female music artists rocking the main stage including Carla Morrison, Gaby Moreno, La Santa Cecilia, Los Cenzontles and Mariachi Divas de Cindy Shea. Main stage performances begin at sundown and continue throughout the night.
Sponsors of this years Dia de los Muertos include Vons, AT&T, Heineken and El Jimador Tequila. Because safety is always top of mind, Hollywood Forever and El Jimador Tequila have partnered with Uber to offer a $25.00 discount for first-time Uber users. To take advantage of this special offer, please visit: https://get.uber.com/go/ddlm2014 and enter code: ddlm2014.
Additionally, Hollywood Forever wishes to thank Padrinos de Vestido y de Muñeca, Pink Horses, Padrinos de Zapatos, Fashionably Hurt and Padrinos de Pastel, April’s Cakes for their support of the Dia de los Muertos Quinceañera.
Admission to the event is $20 – children under 8 and seniors over 65 are FREE until 4pm. To pre-purchase tickets and avoid lines day of the event, please go to:hollywoodforever.ticketfly.com
2014 Dia de los Muertos schedule is now available online at:http://www.ladayofthedead.com/event-info/. For more information please visit:www.hollywoodforever.com and www.ladayofthedead.com
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About Hollywood Forever Cemetery
Hollywood Forever is a cemetery unlike any other in the world. One of the world’s most fascinating landmarks, Hollywood Forever Cemetery is the final resting place to more of Hollywood’s founders and stars than anywhere else on earth. Founded in 1899, the cemetery was an integral part of the growth of early Hollywood. Paramount Studios was built on the back half of the original Hollywood Cemetery, where the studio is still in operation today. The cemetery of choice for most of the founders of Hollywood’s great studios, as well as writers, directors, and, performers, Hollywood Forever Cemetery is now listed on the National Register of Historic Sites. Visitors come from all over the world to pay respects to Johnny Ramone, Cecil B. DeMille, Jayne Mansfield, Rudolph Valentino, Douglas Fairbanks, and hundreds more of Hollywood’s greatest stars.
About el Jimador
From Casa Herradura, established in 1870, el Jimador is a premium, authentic 100 percent agave tequila that captures the spirit of real tequila. The name el Jimador honors the men who harvest the locally grown agave with great pride and care. Since its introduction in 1994, el Jimador has become the No. 1 selling 100 percent agave tequila in Mexico*. To learn more about el Jimador, visit www.eljimador.com.
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