HOLA Member Bochinche

Bochinche refers to "gossip." In this sense, we use it to mention HOLA members who are getting acting and performance gigs. The names of HOLA members are in boldface.

J.W. Cortés had a screening this August of the film he wrote and directed, entitled Conscientious Objector. The film, which had Edwin Pagán as its cinematographer, starred Cortés as well as Giselle Forté, Mônica Steuer, Martín Chávez, Jorge Humberto Hoyos, Kutcha, Marisol Carrere, Gilbert Cruz, Jaime Santana and Kareem Saviñón. The film had its screening at (Le) Poisson Rouge in Manhattan's West Village. For more information on the film, click here.

Also at (Le) Poisson Rouge is Destinations, a musical with a book by Dawn Eaton and music and lyrics by R.S. Rodkin. Playing at this year's New York International Fringe Festival (fringeNYC) in August, the play is directed by Gregory Fletcher stars William J. Vila. For more information, click here.

Ziad Tayeh e-mailed us to let us know that he booked a Mastercard commercial.

Eduardo Ramos just wrapped up filming on a Winny commercial in Colombia.

"El Don" is a new miniseries/telenovela that is airing in August and September on the Telemicro network in the Dominican Republic. In this case, the majority of the talent came from New York. They included Anthony Álvarez, Silvia Sierra, Dalia Davi, Modesto Lacén, Fernando Then, Eric Robeldo, Iván Camilo, Abdel González, Alfonso Rey and Sarah Jorge. Plans are under way to have the project aired in the United States. Stay tuned.

Winners of the 26th Annual Imagen (Spanish for “image”) Awards, honoring positive portrayals of Latinos and Latino culture in entertainment, were announced Friday, August 12, 2011 at a star-studded dinner ceremony held in the International Ballroom of the Beverly Hilton Hotel. The awards were hosted by actress María Canals-Barrera, star of Disney Channel’s Emmy-winning television program “Wizards of Waverly Place.” Winners were selected in 19 different categories from film, television and the internet. Some of the winners include María Hinojosa who won the Best National Informational Program for "María Hinojosa: One on One" (WGBH) and Esaí Morales, who won Best Actor/Feature Film for his work in Gun Hill Road (Motion Film Group/SimonSays Entertainment). The film Gun Hill Road also won an Imagen Award for Best Feature Film. For more information, click here.

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