Olga Breeskin - Kimberly Horg

Latina
Diva Hour
Mexican musical superstar Olga Breeskin delivers the Latin edge in sound
and savvy to listeners all over the Las Vegas valley and far beyond - Kim Horg
Born in Mexico City, the beautiful. multi-talented
Latin superstar Olga Breeskin has
entertained people all over the world for years with her singing, dancing and acting.
Living in Las Vegas for the past five years, she has become a radio celebrity
Hispanic world from the Entertainment
Capital of the World.
Breeskin's talent was apparent from the
beginning. Her father taught her to play
the violin when she was 6 years old.
Over the years, she added singer, dancer
and actress to her repertoire of talents.
Being blessed with her incredible artistic
abilities, Breeskin also has good genes.
Her father was a classical violinist and
conductor and her mother an opera
singer.
The child prodigy had her first starring
roll in the feature film Cri Cri at the age
of 8. At 9, she was in her first television
show "Wonderland." "By the age of 15,"
says Breeksin, "I had recorded three topselling classical albums. I attended
music school in Mexico and studied with
some of the best such as Higilio Brede.'
Through the years, she has performed in
Mexico, Spain, Puerto Rico, Costa Rica,
Venezuela,
Argentina,
San
t a
Domingo,
in soap operas in Mexico, 14 feature
films (10 she starred in), recorded several albums, and authored the best selling
book, The Four Keys to Look Younger Et
Beautiful.
In Latin America, she is remembered as
"Super Olga" and "Queen
of the
Spectaculars," from her television appearances and her elaborate nightclub
show acts. Her performances include
solo instrumental selections and vocals.
Breeskin broke all attendance records at
the Hilton' Hotel in Mexico City where
she performed her show for a solid five
years to a nightly sold-out
audience.
Now, Breeskin's fame has taken her into
the radio market. She hosts a radio talk
show that reaches millions of Latin
Americans in six different countries including the United States, Mexico, and
Central and South America countries.
The talk
show
"EI
Mundo
del
Entretenimiento
con Olga," or "The
World of Entertainment with Olga," has
plays that
toured
Mexico
and nightclub acts.
She
has
aired in Las Vegas on KRLV-AM for 10
months, she previously aired on channel
1340 but as of mid July, she changed
t01280 AM. "I want to grow and expand
[the] radio show for all Latin countries,"
says Breeskin.
"EI Mundo del Entretenimiento
can
Olga" airs once a week on Saturday
evenings from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. The program opens with Breeskin talking to entertainment
correspondents
in Miami
for the scoop on what's going on in that
part of the country. Then there is the
pick of the week, (the best musical
a p pea red
recording
Honduras,
San
Salvador and
the United
States.
Breeskin
starred in
theatrical
Breeskin with Glorio Estefon
to the
picked
for
that
week). She
leads into
exclusive
reports
from
Mexico. It only begins there. "I conduct
live interviews with Latino celebrities
who either call in from across Latin
America or are touring in Las Vegas,"
says Breeskin. "Some stars who have
been on my show include Placido
Domingo, singers Jose Jose, Veronica
Castro, Christian Castro, Daniela Romo
and Lucero, to name a few."
Interviewer
extra ordinaire
that she is,
Breeskin draws out her guests to reveal
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some of their deepest, darkest secrets. "I
a television show, live from Las Vegas. I
get artists to divulge their personal stories on the air in such a natural and
sometimes
comical
way that
the
will be talking, singing, playing and joking with my fellow entertainers, and I
will have the camera and microphone. It
will be the perfect dream to put my
celebrities feel comfortable to open up
to me and the audience keeps coming
back for more," she says.
The conversations allow one celebrity to
another to share their past experiences
with the world. "I'm a colleague of so
many celebrities that it makes this show
three favorite musical activities in one
show. I love it and I will do it!" Breeskin
says.
No doubt, she'll have it all.
rnw
singular. The conversations don't sound
like a journalist interviewing a star, but
like two friends talking artist to artist,"
Breeskin says.
Breeskin's producer, Maurice Rind, says,
"Olga is a Mexican diva herself so she
gets the best in the business on her
show. She has had numerous big name
celebrities on her show and plans to
have many more. For
instance, Ricky Martin
is just one of the many
super stars who are on
Breeskin at the mike.
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is remembered as
"Super Olga" and
her line up."
Dave Peschau, owner
and general manager
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purpose is to pitch the
idea of living in Las
Vegas to the Latino
o.
world. The.last p~rt of
the show IS dedicated
to explaining
to the
Latin community
why
0
they
should
move
here," Rind says.
The name of the game is to be the first
Latino radio show, other than sports, to
reach an audience of 380 million. "We
hope to do this by as early of October of
this year!" Rind says.
Breeskin says, "The goal is to reach and
unite all Latinos in the United States
with those in Latin America with a single program. I want this program to be a
way for all of us to embrace each other.
Additionally, I want this show to also be
Brceskin toiith Ricky Martin
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