BREAKING NEWS: Bobby Cannavale to receive 2013 HOLA José Ferrer Tespis Award, Will Join Nadine Velázquez, Vanessa Verduga, et al. at 2013 HOLA Awards (presented by Delta Air Lines)

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EMMY WINNER AND TONY NOMINEE BOBBY CANNAVALE (Blue Jasmine, "Boardwalk Empire", "Nurse Jackie") TO RECEIVE 2013 JOSÉ FERRER HOLA AWARD ALONGSIDE FELLOW HONOREES NADINE VELÁZQUEZ ("Major Crimes," "The League"), VANESSA VERDUGA ("Justice Woman") AND HBO LATINO AS DELTA AIR LINES PRESENTS
THE 2013 HOLA AWARDS ON MONDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2013

Delta Air Lines is the Presenting Sponsor of the 2013 HOLA Awards

The 14th Annual HOLA Awards Gala and Benefit will be at
The Battery Gardens in Battery Park, NYC

August 23, 2013 (New York, New York) — Star of stage and screen, Emmy winner and Tony nominee Bobby Cannavale will receive the 2013 José Ferrer HOLA Tespis Award from the Hispanic Organization of Latin Actors (HOLA), the nation’s longest running active arts advocacy organization for Latino actors. Cannavale is currently nominated for two 2013 Emmy Awards (for his roles on "Nurse Jackie" and "Boardwalk Empire", respectively), and is currently filming the updated remake of Annie, starring Academy Award winner Jamie Foxx and Academy Award nominee Quvenzhané Wallis and produced by Jay-Z and Will Smith. He is a Tony nominee for his role in the Broadway play Mauritius and was most recently on stage in the Stephen Adly Guirgis play The Motherf***er with the Hat. He can currently be seen on the big screen in the new Woody Allen film Blue Jasmine (starring Academy Award winner Cate Blanchett). For more information about him, click here.

Cannavale joins fellow honorees Nadine Velázquez (currently on TNT’s “Major Crimes” and FXX’s “The League”), who will receive the 2013 HOLA Excellence in Television Award; Vanessa Verduga ("Justice Woman"), who will receive the 2013 HOLA Excellence in Multimedia Award; and HBO Latino, which will receive the 2013 HOLA Excellence in Media Award; as Delta Air Lines presents the Fourteenth Annual HOLA Awards Gala and Benefit. In addition, the HOLA Awards will recognize the outstanding achievements of Latino theater in New York during the 2012-2013 season. The HOLA Awards will take place on Monday, October 21, 2013 at 6:30pm at The Battery Gardens, located on the waterfront in New York’s scenic Battery Park (opposite 17 State Street). Sponsorship opportunities are still available. A limited number of individual tickets are available at $150.

For more information and to read the full press release with the complete list of honorees and awardees, click here.

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