HOLA Member Bochinche

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

Loren Escandón (shown at left with Carlos A. González) and Ángela Cove (who appeared in an ad with Jorge Humberto Hoyos), booked a print campaign for the New York City Department of Health and Mental Campaign. The ads hit the city's transit system and was made to promote safer sex awareness to Latinas. An article (in Spanish) in New York, El Diario/La Prensa about the campaign, whose slogan translates to "My body. My risk. My rules," can be read here. For more information, click here. In addition, Escandón booked a Metroplus commercial (directed by Alberto Ferreras).

Gilbert Cruz booked a commercial for New York State Lottery.

Francis Mateo performed his poetry at Palabras, Ritmo y Arte. The event, a celebration of Latino poetry, music and art, was produced by Voces, the Latino Heritage Network of The New York Times and took place in October at headquarters of The New York Times, located near Manhattan's Times Square.

The film Under My Nails (written by Kisha Tikina Burgos, directed by Ari Maniel Cruz) was the subject of an article in the Puerto Rican magazine Caras. The film stars Iván Camilo, Burgos, Maité Bonilla, Rosie Berrido, Marilú Acosta, Dolores Pedro, Enrique Juliá, Miranda Purcell and Antonio Pantojas in the cast. To read the article (which is in Spanish), click on the photo at right.

Josean Ortiz will act next in La última plena que bailó Luberza. Written and directed by Ortiz, the production also stars Miguel Juan Concepción, Osvaldo Luis Cintrón and Jeffrey Hernández and deals with the life of Isabel La Negra, a madam of a brothel in Puerto Rico and will have a November run as part of the Borimix Festival and will take place at the Roy Arias Theater in the theater district of midtown Manhattan. For more information, click here.

Rodney Roldán booked an episode of "Frenemies" (Investigation Discovery).

José Roldan, Jr. booked an episode of "Deadly Sins" (Investigation Discovery).

Delia Farizath is acting in the play Salón México. Written by Margarita Galbán and Lina Montalvo and directed by Galbán, the production has a September, October and November run in the Carmen Zapata Theater at The Bilingual Foundation of the Arts in Los Angeles, California. For more information, click here.

If you are an HOLA member or a Friend of HOLA and want to submit a bochinche item, send us an e-mail. If you are not an HOLA member, why not join? If you are not a Friend of HOLA, why not become one?