Tuesday, December 29, 2015

2015: Year in HOLA

The year 2015 has been quite an eventful year for Latinos in the arts and media and for the Hispanic Organization of Latin Actors (HOLA) in particular. Take a look at some of the things that occurred in 2015. 

HOLA initiatives, events and workshops/seminars
have bullets marked in red.
Advocacy issues and efforts have bullets marked in blue.
Union affairs have bullets marked in green
Notable news items have bullets marked in purple.
Guest blogs
 have bullets marked in aqua.

JANUARY
 Alejandro González Iñárritu, Guillermo del Toro and Louis C.K. among the Producers Guild of America (PGA) Award nominees. (Click HERE for more information.)
8 Seismic Changes To The Hispanic Market. (Click HERE for more information.)
 "Jane The Virgin" Wins Favorite New TV Comedy Honors at 2015 People's Choice Awards. (Click HERE for more information.)
 Calendar for the Top Film Festivals and Markets in 2015. (Click HERE for more information.)
 Gina Rodríguez and Alejandro González Iñárritu Among The Winners at the 2015 Golden Globes. (Click HERE for more information.)
 Low-Budget Film Actors To Get 25 Percent Pay Hike Under New SAG-AFTRA Contracts. (Click HERE for more information.)
 Alejandro González Iñárritu's Birdman receives nine Academy Award nominations, tying with The Grand Budapest Hotel for most Oscar noms. (Click HERE for more information.)
The Birth of the "American Telenovela". (Click HERE for more information.)
 Birdman Picks Up Seven 2015 Critics' Choice Movie Awards. (Click HERE for more information.)
• SAG-AFTRA Chief on Diversity Woes, Awards Show's TV Deal and Residuals Investigations. (Click HERE for more information.)
 An Actor Inquires – Protecting Yourself If You Are A Nonunion Actor. (Click HERE for more information.)
 "Orange is the New Black" Reigns Supreme at the SAG Awards. (Click HERE for more information.)
Birdman wins Producers Guild Awards' Top Honor. (Click HERE for more information.)
Hollywood Has a Blind Spot on Diversity. (Click HERE for more information.)
 John Leguizamo on Diversity and Creating Roles For Himself. (Click HERE for more information.)
• Meet Disney's First Latina Princess – Princess Elena of Avalor. (Click HERE for more information.)

FEBRUARY
 El Actor y los 4 Elementos de la Naturaleza en Su Arte/The Actor and the 4 Elements of Nature Workshop. (Click HERE and HERE for more information.)
• On Being An Artist in the Digital Age (or, The #Art of #Artistry). (Click HERE for more information.)
 The Hidden Factor in Hollywood’s Racial Diversity Problem. (Click HERE for more information.)
 González Iñárritu's Birdman Continues Racking Up Awards– Wins Four 2015 Australian Academy's International Awards. (Click HERE for more information.)
 An Actor Inquires – What Is A Loan-Out Company, And Should I Create One? (Click HERE for more information.)
 González Iñárritu and Lubezki Pick Up Awards For Birdman As They Head Towards Oscar Gold. (Click HERE for more information.)
Actors of Color Talk About What They Often Hear in the Casting Office. (Click HERE for more information.)
• The Future of Movies Will Be More Latino. (Click HERE for more information.)
 Birdman Racks Up More Awards As It Heads Towards Oscar Gold. (Click HERE for more information.)
• ¿Español? ¿Inglés? ¿Spanglish? – Either Way, Hollywood Tends To Do It Wrong. (Click HERE for more information.)
 NALIP Media Summit Co-Chairs Announced. (Click HERE for more information.)
 González Iñárritu, Lubezki, del Toro Among 2015 Film Independent Spirit Award Winners. (Click HERE for more information.)
• Birdman Soars At This Year's Oscars As Latinos Are "Presente" at the Academy Awards. (Click HERE for more information.)
 Latinos and the Oscars (as of 2015). (Click HERE for more information.)
How I Got To Broadway. (Click HERE, HERE, HERE and HERE for more information.)
HBO Launches HBOAccess Writing Fellowship. (Click HERE for more information.)
 Film and TV Production To Return To The Bronx. (Click HERE for more information.)
 2015 Hollywood Diversity Report Released by UCLA's Ralph J. Bunche Center for African American Studies– Confirms What We Already Know (That Diversity Still Has A Long Way To Go in Hollywood). (Click HERE and HERE for more information.)
 An Actor Inquires – Getting A Manager, An Agent, And/Or An Attorney... Do I Need All Three? (Click HERE for more information.)

MARCH
CBS Writers Mentoring Program Now Accepting Applications. (Click HERE for more information.)
 Special HOLA Benefit Performance of El canto de Carlota (Charlotte's Song)/El canto de Carlota - Función Especial en Beneficio de HOLA. (Click HERE, HERE and HERE for more information.)
Spanish-Language Voiceover Workshop. (Click HERE and HERE for more information.)
 Golden Globe Winner América Ferrera on the Lack of Diversity in Hollywood. (Click HERE for more information.)
Amy Poehler on Creativity and Having a Career. (Click HERE for more information.)
• NBCUniversal Short Film Festival Accepting Entries. (Click HERE for more information.)
 Over 30 Latinos Cast in Pilot Season 2015. (Click HERE for more information.)
How Actors and Artists Can Use Their Blog To Get Work. (Click HERE for more information.)
 Gina Rodríguez on the Power of Uniting as Latinos. (Click HERE for more information.)
 Univision Incident Reignites Questions About Diversity In Latino Media. (Click HERE for more information.)
• Journalist Mekahlo Medina on the Internal Racism and Discrimination Within Latino Media. (Click HERE for more information.)
 American Film Institute (AFI) & SAG-AFTRA Set Ambitious Mentorship Programs After President Obama’s Call To Service. (Click HERE for more information.)
 Netflix Movies: Producers Weigh Hidden Downsides. (Click HERE for more information.)
 Call for Submissions for Playwrights – The American Playwriting Foundation's The Relentless Award. (Click HERE for more information.)
Deadline Hollywood and Why It's Dead/Deadline Hollywood Editor Apologizes Over "Ethnic Casting" Article. (Click HERE and HERE for more information.)
 The Fast and The Furious: Film Franchise With Most Latino/Hispanic Actors. (Click HERE for more information.)
Urbanworld Film Festival 2015 - Call For Submissions. (Click HERE for more information.)

APRIL
 "World's Oldest Filmmaker", Manoel de Oliveira Dies at 106/"O cineasta mais velho do mundo", Manoel de Oliveira morre aos 106. (Click HERE for more information.)
• Lin-Manuel Miranda, Liza Colón-Zayas, Víctor Almanzar Among the Lortel Nominees as Hamilton and Between Riverside and Crazy Rack Up Multiple Nominations. (Click HERE for more information.)
 Univision Nabs Five 2015 Daytime Emmy Nominations; Multiple Noms For Hulu's "East Los High", CNN en Español and ESPN Deportes. (Click HERE for more information.)
 "Jane The Virgin" star Andrea Navedo on Supporting Latino Representation in the Media. (Click HERE for more information.)
 Netflix Steps Up Production on Spanish-Language Original Series. (Click HERE for more information.)
• The 2015 ScreamCraft Screenplay Competition Is Ready for Your Horror Scripts. (Click HERE for more information.)
 Netflix and Baz Luhrmann's Upcoming Series "The Get Down" Takes Place in 1970s New York City and the Early Days of Hip Hop... So Where Are The Latinos? (Click HERE for more information.)
 An Actor Inquires – Performers and Doing Taxes. (Click HERE for more information.)
 Sergio Trujillo Wins the Olivier Award for Choreography. (Click HERE for more information.)
Imagen Awards - Call for Entries. (Click HERE for more information.)
National Hispanic Media Coalition (NHMC) TV Writers Program. (Click HERE for more information.)
 Univision Ends "Sabado Gigante" After More than 53 Years. (Click HERE for more information.)
 Lin-Manuel Miranda and Chita Rivera Among the 2014-15 Outer Critics Circle Award Nominees. (Click HERE for more information.)
 Lin-Manuel Miranda, Chita Rivera, Hamilton and Between Riverside and Crazy among the 2015 Drama League Award Nominees. (Click HERE for more information.)
 Actors' Equity Association (AEA) To Do Away With the 99-Seat Theatre Plan of Los Angeles. (Click HERE for more information.)
NALIP 2015: Official Selection - Call For Entries. (Click HERE for more information.)
 Comcast-Time Warner Merger Seems To Be Off... For Now?/Comcast Calls Off Time Warner Cable Merger. (Click HERE and HERE for more information.)
• Lin-Manuel Miranda's Hamilton Dominates the 2014-15 Drama Desk Awards With 13 Nominations; Chita Rivera, José Joaquín Pérez and Paola Lázaro-Muñoz Also Receive Nods. (Click HERE for more information.)
 CinemaCon Executives Tell Exhibitors That Hispanics is Their Core Customer. (Click HERE for more information.)
 Carlos Calderón, Univision's "El Gordo y La Flaca" and Telemundo's "Un Nuevo Día" Pick Up 2015 Daytime Emmys. (Click HERE for more information.)
 Chita Rivera Picks Up Her Tenth Tony Nomination. (Click HERE for more information.)
 Latinos Are Our Own Worst Enemy: Why Shows Like "Cristela" Matter. (Click HERE for more information.)
 "Jane The Virgin" Star Jaime Camil Explains Hollywood's Latino Problem With The Perfect Analogy. (Click HERE for more information.)
 Tío Louie Reporta: Viaje with Paz Fábrega. (Click HERE for more information.)

MAY
 Chita Rivera to Receive the 2015 John Willis Award for Lifetime Achievement from the Theatre World Awards. (Click HERE for more information.)
 Between Riverside and Crazy and Hamilton Take Top Honors at 2015 New York Drama Critics' Circle Awards. (Click HERE for more information.)
Special Casting Seminar with Amy Gossels of Amy Gossels Casting. (Click HERE and HERE for more information.)
 Gina Rodríguez, Jaime Camil and Elvis Nolasco Among the Nominees for the 2015 Critics' Choice Television Awards. (Click HERE for more information.)
Tío Louie Reporta: Countdown to Cannes– 7 Days of 7 NY Latinos At Cannes 2015. (Click HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, and HERE for more information.)
 Lin-Manuel Miranda's Hamilton Dominates the Lucille Lortel Awards; Liza Colón-Zayas and Between Riverside and Crazy Also Big Winners. (Click HERE for more information.)
 Lin-Manuel Miranda's Hamilton Adds To Its Collection of Awards As It Picks Up Three Outer Critics Circle Awards. (Click HERE for more information.)
• Chita Rivera Wins the 2015 Drama League Award for Distinguished Performance. (Click HERE for more information.)
 SAG-AFTRA Launches Campaign Against Work on Non-Union Commercials. (Click HERE for more information.)
Hamilton: The Musical Wins Obie Award for Best New American Theatre Work. (Click HERE for more information.)
 Univision Announces Acquisition of The Root/Getting to the Root of Univision's Acquisition of The Root. (Click HERE and HERE for more information.)
 Jimmy Smits Joins Cast of Netflix-Baz Luhrmann Series "The Get Down". (Click HERE for more information.)
 Zoë Saldaña Questions Why White Actors Have Played Characters Of Color For Decades. (Click HERE for more information.)

JUNE
 Lin-Manuel Miranda's Hamilton Cleans Up at the 2015 Drama Desk Awards. (Click HERE for more information.)
Latinos Who Have Won Tony Awards. (Click HERE for more information.)
 Selenis Leyva: NYC's Best Kept Secret Steps Into The Spotlight. (Click HERE for more information.)
 "Club de Cuervos", Netflix's First Spanish-Language Original Series, To Premiere Globally in August. (Click HERE for more information.)
• Gina Rodríguez Says Hollywood "Isn't About Racism, It's About Money". (Click HERE
for more information.)
The Vilcek Prizes for Creative Promise in Theatre. (Click HERE for more information.)
 Gina Rodríguez and Uzo Aduba on Fusing Comedy and Drama. (Click HERE for more information.)
 Prime Latino Media Salón: Summer Kick-Off– Bilingual Theater & Film Festival (June 2015). (Click HERE for more information.)
 Tío Louie Reporta: Bilingual Theater in NYC & Dominican Film Festival in NY. (Click HERE for more information.)
 Gina Rodríguez's Mission To Improve Latino Representation On TV. (Click HERE for more information.)
 "Cuban Chrome", First U.S. Series To Be Shot Entirely In Cuba, To Premiere In July On Discovery Channel. (Click HERE for more information.)

JULY
 Cynthia Cidre Returns With New Series, Signs TV Development Deal at ABC. (Click HERE for more information.)
 New Generation Voiceover Workshop with Manuel Herrera. (Click HERE for more information.)
 Sonia Manzano, María on "Sesame Street", Retires. (Click HERE for more information.)
• Film & Television Production Company Silvercup Studios Opening Up Shop In The Bronx. (Click HERE for more information.)
 Rosie Pérez To Leave Hosting Duties at ABC's "The View" After One Season. (Click HERE for more information.)
 2015 HOLA Awards Announcement Ceremony. (Click HERE and HERE for more information.)
 "Orange Is The New Black" Star Selenis Leyva Asks, "What Makes a 'Real Woman'?" (Click HERE for more information.)
 Rita Moreno To Receive Kennedy Center Honor. (Click HERE for more information.)
 Louis C.K., Neil deGrasse Tyson, Anthony Méndez, Richard Cabral Among The Latinos To Receive 2015 Emmy Nominations. (Click HERE for more information.)
 Prime Latino Media Salón: Working Artist Mothers (July 2015). (Click HERE for more information.)
 “Scarface” Remake: Same Latino Stereotypes, New Anglo Face. (Click HERE for more information.)
 "Sesame Street" and "Battlestar Galactica" Slated For Spanish-Language Editions. (Click HERE for more information.) 
 MundoFox Is No More; Now Completely Owned By RCN, It Has Been Renamed MundoMax. (Click HERE for more information.)
Journalist María Hinojosa and Her Role In Making The Invisible Visible. (Click HERE for more information.)
 Latinos Are Everywhere, Except On TV. What's Going On? (Click HERE for more information.)

AUGUST
Norman Lear Teases "One Day at a Time" Latino Remake (Click HERE for more information.)
 Google Announces Plans for New Operating Structure, Will Become Part Of New Umbrella Company Named Alphabet. (Click HERE for more information.)
 Lin-Manuel Miranda on Hollywood, the Latino Dollar, and the Importance of Art in Society. (Click HERE for more information.)
 Prime Latino Media Salón: Latinos In Any Language– Spanish and Urban (August 2015). (Click HERE for more information.)
 Cynthia López, Commissioner of the NYC Mayor's Office of Media and Entertainment, To Step Down After A Year in Office. (Click HERE for more information.)
 SAG-AFTRA Reaches Deal With Recording Industry. (Click HERE for more information.)

SEPTEMBER
Miriam Colón To Receive National Medal of Arts Honor From President Barack H. Obama. (Click HERE for more information.)
Prime Latino Media Salón: Hispanic Heritage – Celebrating Our Roots (September 2015). (Click HERE for more information.)
 Academy Award winner Benicio Del Toro confirms villain role in Star Wars: Episode VIII. (Click HERE for more information.)
 A Producer's Guide To The Perfect Headshot. (Click HERE for more information.)
 LatinHeat Cinema: Online Distribution, Licensing & Streaming Platform For Latino Content Makers. (Click HERE for more information.)
 Nina Tassler, Broadcast Television's Highest Ranking Latina, To Step Down as Chairman of CBS. (Click HERE for more information.)
 Latino Rebels Creates Digital Network. (Click HERE for more information.)
 Our Adventure at the 2015 Emmy Awards. (Click HERE, HERE, and HERE for more information.)
 Tío Louie Reporta: Irma Rivera from Kaufman Films and LMN's "Ms. Homicide". (Click HERE for more information.)
 Latinos in the U.S. Really Need a Viola Davis. (Click HERE for more information.)
 Lin-Manuel Miranda Awarded "Genius Grant" by the MacArthur Foundation. (Click HERE for more information.)
 Horatio Sanz and Fred Armisen Are Creating Más Mejor – A Digital Hub for Latino Comedy. (Click HERE for more information.) 

OCTOBER
 ABC Family to Rebrand Network To "Freeform" in January 2016. (Click HERE for more information.)
 New York City Opens First Public Graduate Film School. (Click HERE for more information.)
 SAG-AFTRA Members Authorize Strike Against Video Game Industry. (Click HERE for more information.)
2015 HOLA Awards. (Click HERE, HEREHERE and HERE for more information.)
 YouTube Unveils Plans For Subscription Service Dubbed YouTube Red. (Click HERE for more information.)

NOVEMBER
Prime Latino Media Salón: The Power of Latinos in Media & Entertainment – IPRHFF Kickoff (November 2015). (Click HERE for more information.)
Daphne Rubin-Vega On Racism, Sexism, and Ageism in Show Business. (Click HERE for more information.)
 Prime Latino Media: So You Think You're Funny? Latinos In Comedy Panel Discussion at the IPRHFF. (Click HERE for more information.)
 ABC Casting's Marci Phillips on Being a Working Actor. (Click HERE for more information.)
 Kitana Kiki Rodríguez, Julio Pérez IV, Manos sucias, Et Al. Among the Latino 2016 Film Independent Spirit Awards Nominees. (Click HERE for more information.)
 TV Is More Diverse Than Ever On Screen. Why Not In The Writers' Room? (Click HERE for more information.)

DECEMBER
 When Will Broadway’s Onstage Diversity Carry Over Behind the Curtain? (Click HERE for more information.)
 Prime Latino Media Salón (December 2015) - Holiday Fiesta + Padrino/Madrina Awards. (Click HERE for more information.)
2015 HOLAfestival: Homage to Oscar A. Colón. (Click HERE and HERE for more information.)
 Louis C.K., Sofía Vergara, Et Al. Nominated for the 2016 SAG Awards. (Click HERE for more information.)
Gina Rodríguez, Wagner Moura, Gael García Bernal, Oscar Isaac, Et Al. Nominated for the 2016 Golden Globe Awards. (Click HERE for more information.)
 A Brief But Spectacular Take on Rita Moreno's Life, According to Rita Moreno. (Click HERE for more information.)
 Alejandro González Iñárritu, Oscar Isaac, Gina Rodríguez, Jaime Camil, Et Al. Nominated For 2016 Critics' Choice Awards. (Click HERE for more information.)
 You May Not Have Noticed But There Were Almost No Latino Films in 2015. (Click HERE for more information.)
The Case Against Colorblind Casting. (Click HERE for more information.)


HOLA members have been very busy this year as well. And some of their gigs have been due to them being HOLA members. Whether HOLA members received work from a casting announcement we send to them via e-mail, a direct referral or through a casting director finding the actor’s information on our online directory, it makes us proud to see our members working. Some of the jobs that HOLA members received as a result of their membership are listed below.

Film, Television and New Media (including webseries) 
ABC Casting
B10 Productions
CNN
Columbia University Film School
Comedy Central
End of Story Productions
Frank Graziano
Investigation Discovery
Young-ki Jin
Joyas Entertainment
Gee Malik Linton
MFS Productions
Noel Núñez Caba
Orpheus Casting
María Palacio
Lina Sarrello
Sebastian Stimman
TTO Entertainment
TV Land
Xpress Film Company
Theater and Live Events
ASPIRA Foundation
E3Outlaws Productions
Hispanic Choice Awards
Group of the Arts
Repertorio Español
Teátrica
Teatro Vanguardia USA
United Productions
The Unity Theatre Company of New York City
Commercials, Industrial, Voiceover and Print
Cleaning USA
Del Valle Casting


[The above only indicates the jobs that HOLA members have informed us they received through HOLA and may not represent all the jobs received by HOLA members through HOLA membership.]


Que en Paz Descansen / Rest in Peace

Ninón Sevilla
Fernando Salicrup
Taylor Negrón
Amparo Baró
Celina González 
Lorena Rojas
Braulio Castillo
Magda Guzmán
Luis Abreu
María Elena Velasco "La India María"
Manoel de Oliveira
Marujita Díaz
Antonio Reyes
Anita Vélez-Mitchell
Álex Soto
Alina Rodríguez
Joan Sebastian
Lina Morgan
Raphy Leavitt
Daniel Rabinovich
Eduardo (Tato) Pavlovsky
Fernando Echavarría
Enrique Gratas
Rafael Decena
Oscar A. Colón
Adriana Campos
Harry Adorno
Philip Baychuk
Holly Woodlawn

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