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. To see what other HOLA members are doing currently, click here.

David Zayas, shown at right, has just been added to the list of stars of Sony's star-studded remake of the film Annie. Directed by Will Gluck and produced by Jay-Z, Will Smith, Jada Pinkett Smith and James Lassiter, he joins Academy Award winner Jamie Foxx, Academy Award nominee Quvenzhané Wallis, Cameron Díaz, Rose Byrne and 2013 HOLA Award honoree Bobby Cannavale in the cast. In addition, he will be filming the movie Ride (written, directed and co-produced by Academy Award winner Helen Hunt, who also stars). To that end, he was recently profiled in The Hollywood Reporter. To read that article, click here.

Caridad de la Luz (also known by her nom de poésie et de musique La Bruja) is performing her spoken word poetry on Wednesday, October 2, 2013 (along with Orland Ferrand and Sofía Quintero) at the opening reception for a new art exhibition at the Longwood Arts Project gallery at Hostos College (located in the Mott Haven neighborhood of the South Bronx). For more information, click here.

Adyana de la Torre booked an episode of "The Good Wife" (CBS).

Elaine Del Valle, shown at left, will host the Hispanic Choice Awards on Saturday, October 5, 2013 at The Merriam Theater in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. For more information, click here.

Marisol Carrere, Fulvia Vergel, Paola Poucel and Idalmis García are in the cast of The Amazing Story of El Hombre Caimán. Based on a Colombian folk tale adapted and directed by Juan Pablo Félix, it will be produced by Columbia Stages as part of its Columbia MFA Theatre program and will have a run in October at Columbia University's Schapiro Theater, located in the West Harlem/Manhattanville neighborhood of Manhattan. For more information about the production, click here.

Joe Rodríguez booked an industrial voiceover and an on-camera promo for Roz Abrams.

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