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Netflix drops official trailer and release date for anticipated Selena: The Series

Christan Serratos as Selena.

Tucked amid a flurry of articles about the upcoming election and spiking COVID-19 cases is one piece of good news: the official trailer for Netflix's Selena: The Series is now available. The online streaming service dropped the teaser on Monday, October 26.

Selena: The Series will be released in two parts, with the first six hour-long episodes premiering on December 6. The series tells the story of Selena Quintanilla, beginning as a little girl growing up in South Texas, through her meteoric rise to the top of the charts as the country's first Tejano superstar, to her murder in 1995.

Before she became the Queen of Tejano Music, Selena Quintanilla was a young girl from Texas with big dreams and an even bigger voice.

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The Walking Dead's Christian Serratos dons the iconic beaded bra and red lips to play the titular role. She's joined by Jesse Posey, who plays Chris Perez; Luis Bordonada (Better Call Saul) as Johnny Canales; and Ricardo Chavira (Desperate Housewives) and Seidy Lopez (Resurrection Boulevard), who play Selena's parents, Abraham and Marcella Quintanilla.

According to the Los Angeles Times, the series was originally supposed to premiere earlier this fall, but Netflix pushed back its release date after the coronavirus shut down production in March. The Times reports that the series finished filming in a studio, allowing production to keep a contained environment.

It's easily one of the most anticipated shows premiering this fall, so if you just can't wait for your Selena fix, we do have a remedy. The McNay Art Museum in San Antonio has extended its "Selena Forever/Siempre Selena" exhibition through January 2021.

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Michelin Guide awards shine in 5 most-read Dallas stories of the week

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Editor's note: Restaurants that received Michelin Guide honors were the hottest topic of the week in Dallas and all across Texas. Also of note: The death of a beloved Dallas restaurateur, a new wing joint, and more. Here are the most-read stories of the week. Looking for things to do this weekend? That list is here.

1. More than a dozen Dallas restaurants earn Michelin Guide awards. The winners of the first Michelin Guide awards in Texas have been revealed, with 117 restaurants earning some kind of nod, including 15 one-star establishments. More than two dozen restaurants across Dallas-Fort Worth earned some kind of nod or another, but only one won a star. Then, oops, there was a goof on Michelin's list.

2. Reducetarian Summit had to be unlikeliest convention in Dallas ever. Dallas likes to promote itself as a great place to host conventions, but one of the most unpredictable would have to be the Reducetarian Summit, which took place at the end of October at the Fairmont Hotel in downtown Dallas, where 500 people from around the world met to brainstorm on ways to reduce consumption of animal products.

3. Where to eat in Dallas right now: 10 hot new restaurants for November. This month's installment of Where to Eat is bursting at the seams with newcomers and spinoffs. For November, we've got a vast range of cuisines, from Asian to seafood to the beloved Dallas staple, the Irish pub. To find many cuisines in one spot, there's also a new food-hall near downtown Dallas.

Dallas restaurateur Al Biernat, RIP. Facebook

4. Beloved Dallas restaurateur Al Biernat dies at 69 after ALS battle. Beloved Dallas restaurateur Al Biernat, founder of the acclaimed local steakhouse Al Biernat's, passed away on November 13, following a battle with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, also called ALS or Lou Gehrig’s disease; he was 69.

5. Pluckers Wing Bar opens first Dallas location in a decade in Mesquite. A Texas wing staple is bringing the wings to Mesquite: Pluckers, famous for its wings in many flavors, is opening at 1340 N. Peachtree Rd., in the old Joe’s Crab Shack space. According a marketing spokesperson, it's opening in mid-December.