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.

Tony Plana, shown at right, and Sônia Braga lead a predominately Latino cast in the Hallmark Movie Channel original movie "Meddling Mom" (directed by Patricia Cardoso). The television movie also stars Mercedes Renard, Ana Ayora, Saundra Santiago, Rose Abdoo, George Contreras and Rafael Amaya. The project will air on Saturday, February 16, 2013. For more information, click here.

Juan Villarreal and Teresa Yenque, shown above, from left to right, were highlighted in the Entertainment section of the New York-based newspaper El Diario/La Prensa, alongside musician Prince Royce and entertainment correspondent Gelena Solano. The article, in Spanish, deals with the tradition of Three Kings Day (Día de los Tres Reyes Magos), and can be read by clicking here.

José Yenque is currently in post-production for three films in which he is starring: Fortunate Son (written and directed by John López), Mucho Dinero (written and directed by Blake Freeman and also starring Danny Trejo, Casper Van Dien and Eddie Griffin) and Hustle vs. Heartache (written by Jason Walker Tyler and Kenneth Walker Tyler and directed by Jason Walker Tyler and also starring Vanessa Bell Calloway and Sam Hale).

Daphne Rubin-Vega is in post-production for the film Emoticon ;) [sic], in which she stars. The film is written by Livia De Paolis and Sarah Nerboso and directed by De Paolis and also stars Carol Kane, Sonia Braga and Christine Ebersole.

Howard Collado and the band in which he is the guitarist, Facebacon, will perform on Tuesday, January 22, 2013 at Otto's Shrunken Head, located in Manhattan's East Village. For more information, click here.

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