AOL Latino Partners with National Council of La Raza (NCLR) as a Media Partner for the 2006 ALMA Awards

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 25, 2006--

Exclusive Interviews with Cristina Saralegui, Andy Garcia, Daddy Yankee, Adam Rodriguez, Amaury Nolasco, Danny Pino, Michael Pena and More

“We are excited to team with NCLR to promote this exciting and prestigious event.”

AOL Latino announced today a partnership with the 2006 National Council of La Raza (NCLR) ALMA Awards, which recognizes outstanding Latino artistic achievement in television, film, and music. As a media partner, AOL Latino will feature exclusive video interviews with today's hottest Hispanic entertainers including TV show host Cristina Saralegui, Actor Andy Garcia, Daddy Yankee, CSI Miami's Adam Rodriguez, Prison Break's Amaury Nolasco, Cold Case's Danny Pino and Crash's Michael Pena, among many others.

Additionally, the service will examine all the nominees through feature profiles, photo galleries and video clips from their TV and films; and extensive coverage of the event itself with exclusive red carpet photo galleries, interviews, highlights from the evening's greatest after parties, polling around the hits & misses and much more.

"AOL Latino prides itself in being the go-to destination for Hispanics looking to find the best Latin original entertainment content on the web," said Angel Sepulveda, Director of Original Programming, AOL Latino. "We are excited to team with NCLR to promote this exciting and prestigious event."

Users will also be able to watch the latest episode of the original entertainment program Acceso Total (Total Access) which will give viewers an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at the award's ceremony, in-front and behind the camera.

The 2006 ALMA Awards programming package is available at AOL Latino Keyword: ALMA Awards. The awards ceremony will be televised on June 5, 2006 on ABC at 9:30PM (EDT).

About NCLR and the ALMA Awards

The National Council of La Raza (NCLR) - the largest national Hispanic civil rights and advocacy organization in the United States - works to improve opportunities for Hispanic Americans. The ALMA Awards was created by NCLR in 1995 as part of it's strategy to promote fair, accurate and balanced portrayals of Latinos in the media and the enhancement of the Latino image in the entertainment industry. For more information, please visit http://www.nclr.org or http://www.almaawards.com

About AOL(R) Latino

AOL Latino, the only bilingual Internet service provider for U.S. Hispanics, offers comprehensive Spanish product features such as toolbar, menus, Parental Controls, and Homework Help. AOL Latino also provides Spanish language content including U.S. and Latin American news, financial tools, the latest in music, entertainment, personal finance, sports, fashion and beauty, as well as access to all the existing content available on the English language AOL service for no extra cost.