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, performance or similarly artistic gigs and/or recognition in the media. The names of HOLA members and Friends of HOLA are listed below in boldface.

Andrea Sousa was profiled in the Venezuelan edition of Access DirecTV [sic] magazine, where she was also on the cover (both seen at right, click on the photo to make it larger). For more information, click here.

Billy Martín Mejía booked an episode of "Caso cerrado" (Telemundo).

A trio of film shorts will be screened at the Tribeca Cinemas on Saturday, January 26, 2013, including When Bobby Met Larry (written by and starring Carlos A. González and directed by Philip Coccioletti). For more information, click here.

Jeannie Sol, shown at right, sang at the Mamajuana Café Uptown (located in the Inwood section of Manhattan) in January. She is also in the cast of the Leopoldo Santiago Lavandero children's musical La plenópera del empache (The Belly Ache Opera). Directed by Manuel A. Morán, the show will have performances in January and February in Teatro SEA, located in the Clemente Soto Vélez Cultural and Educational Center (home to HOLA) in Manhattan's Loísaida neighborhood. For more information, click here. [She received an audition a day after the director saw her perform at the 2012 HOLA Awards gala benefit.]

Marco Antonio Rodríguez, shown at right, wrote an article that was published in Latino Leaders magazine (and reposted on this very blog). To read the article titled "Do You Hear What I Hear: Latinos Misrepresenting Themselves in Film and Television", click here, here or here.


Adriana Sananes has just finished recording three audiobooks written by famed Puerto Rican writer Giannina Braschi, voices one of the character in the audiobook We Are America: A Tribute from the Heart (written by Walter Dean Myers and directed by Dion Graham). The Myers audiobook was recently named one of the best children's audiobooks of the year.


INTAR Theater introduced the members of its in-house company, dubbed Unit 52. It involves twelve actors, six associate artists and one new play developed in 24 weeks. Some of the artists involved include Jenniffer Díaz, Oscar A.L. Cabrera, Gabe Morales, Diomargy Núñez, Daniel Jáquez, Gilbert Cruz and David Anzuelo, among others. 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?