Sofía Vergara Talks Latino Representation On Television

Check out this blog by Carolina Moreno in The Huffington Post on how actress Sofía Vergara talks about Latino representation in television and what she did to help the writers of her hit ABC television series "Modern Family" represent her Colombian heritage correctly by clicking here.

HOLA Member Bochinche

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Vanessa Verduga, shown at right, in character, was profiled in Latin Heat, where the blog dealt with the upcoming third season premiere of her webseries "Justice Woman", which she conceived, wrote, directed, and in which she produces and stars. To read the article (written by Elia Esparza), click here. The third season of the webseries is scheduled to premiere Tuesday, October 28, 2014. For more information, click here.

María Fontanals will be starring in Federico García vuelve a nacer. Written by Rodolfo Braceli and directed by Raúl Rivera, the production will be part of the eARTh Theater Festival/Lorca Al Desnudo II, scheduled to take place in November at the Roy Arias Studios and Theaters complex, located in the theater district of midtown Manhattan.

2014 HOLA Awards recipient Jeannie Sol, shown at left, will be performing a cabaret to benefit Teatro SEA's Be a Hero campaign. The cabaret will take place at Mundo (in the Paper Factory Hotel), located in the Long Island City neighborhood of Queens. For more information, click here or here.

Rénoly Santiago is scheduled to be keynote speaker for the Second Annual Latino Youth Leadership Conference at Rutgers University in Newark, New Jersey on Saturday, November 1, 2014. To register, click here.

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Do Minority Actors Have a Duty to Reject Stereotypical Roles?

Check out this article by Justin Chan of Complex magazine regarding the images of minorities in the media (and where HOLA's Executive Director Manny Alfaro was quoted), by clicking here.

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Michael Díaz (also known by his nom de comédie Juan Bago), pictured at right, in character, was profiled in the DNA Info blog, where it mentioned his current webseries "Ask Bago" (The Flama), where he dispenses advice to people online with comically disastrous results. To read the profile in DNA Info, click here. 

2014 HOLA Awards recipient Marco Antonio Rodríguez was recently interviewed by Mike Robles & Pedro Rafael Rosado of the popular internet radio show "Robles & Rosado", where he was promoting the two stage productions now playing in which he is involved— Barceló con hielo (written by Rodríguez and directed by José Zayas and presented by and at Repertorio Español, located at Manhattan's Rose Hill neighborhood), and La caída de Rafael Trujillo (written by Carmen Rivera and directed by Cándido Tirado and presented by and at Teatro Círculo, located in Manhattan's East Village). He can be heard at about 14:58 into the program, which can be heard by clicking here.

María Cotto acted in the play El espejo. Written and directed by and co-starring Yasmar Cruz, the two-hander was presented in October at the Gran Teatro del Cibao as part of the VIII Festival Internacional de Teatro del Gran Teatro del Cibao in Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic. 

Rosa Rodríguez and Ramón Hierro, shown above, from left to right, booked an on-camera commercial for Access Health through an HOLA referral.

Vivienne Jurado is starring in the Christy Smith-Sloman's play Negative is Positive. Directed by Andreas Robertz, the play will be performed at the Theater for the New City in Manhattan's East Village. For more information, click here.

Diana Pou, shown at left, will play Vanessa in the musical In The Heights (written by Lin-Manuel Miranda and Quiara Alegría Hudes). Directed by Waddys Jáquez and produced by Amaury Sánchez, the musical will run in November at the Palacio de Bellas Artes in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. The production was featured in a Playbill Online Photo Call showing production photographs. The photo gallery can be seen by clicking here. The cast (including Pou) performed on the Dominican talk show "Chévere Nights" (TeleSistema). To see the performance and interview (the former in Spanglish, the latter in Spanish), click below.



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Zoë Saldaña On Why She Wants The Word ‘Ethnic' To Disappear

“I cannot wait until the word ‘ethnic’ is erased from our everyday vocabulary,” the star added. “In America, everything that’s not ‘American’ is ethnic but outside of America everything that is American is ethnic. So in reality there’s no such thing as being darker or lighter, when in reality you’ve just been this way your whole life. Unless you’re comparing me to something, then I’m always going to be taller, smaller, skinnier, bigger or lighter or darker.”

Check out this blog by Carolina Moreno in The Huffington Post on how actress-producer Zoë Saldaña wants to have a particular word erased from the vocabulary and how she advocates creating your own opportunities by clicking here or by viewing the video below.

Rosie Pérez Says Latin Hollywood Told Her Not To ‘Rock The Boat'

“I started calling people on their stuff. I’d say, ‘Listen, things have to change. How come I keep getting 50 million offers to play the crack ho?’” the Puerto Rican actress told King. “And I challenged them on it, and initially, oh my god, the negative response was horrific. And it wasn't just from white Hollywood. It was also from Latin Hollywood. They were telling me to stop trying to rock the boat. And I said, 'The boat needs to be rocked.' "

Check out this blog by Carolina Moreno in The Huffington Post on how Academy Award nominee Rosie Pérez has been a vocal advocate for Latino representation in the media– and how she was often discouraged from being one by Latin Hollywood by clicking here.

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Emmanuelle Bordas, shown at right, booked an on-camera  commercial for Access Health through an HOLA referral.

Group of the Arts (GOTA) will present Rosita. Adapted from texts by Federico García Lorca and directed by J. Edgar Mozoub, the production will be part of the eARTh Theater Festival/Lorca Al Desnudo II, scheduled to take place in November at the Roy Arias Studios and Theaters complex, located in the theater district of midtown Manhattan. The production will star Anny Gómez de Benítez, A.B. Lugo, Alexandra Manzano, Yvette Quintero, Héctor Luis Rivera, Dilcia De Jesús, Agar García, Raúl Rivera and Pedro Vargas in the cast.

Liza Colón-Zayas, shown at left, is starring in the Stephen Adly Guirgis play Between Riverside and Crazy. Directed by Austin Pendleton, the play was presented in July and August at the Atlantic Theater Company (in Manhattan's Chelsea neighborhood) to sold out houses. The play has been picked up for a second off-Broadway mounting at the Second Stage Theater in the theater district of midtown Manhattan. The production will run in January and February of 2015. For more information, read this article by Gordon Cox in Variety by clicking here.

Robin De Jesús, shown at right, will be singing with Adam Pascal, Mandy González and Marcus Paul James in an evening of songs and stories titled Seasons of Broadway. The event will be performed in three cities in three different states (Scottsdale, Arizona; Carmel, California; and Lone Tree, Colorado) in November with Jesse Vargas as musical director. For more information, read this article by Andrew Gans in Playbill by clicking here.

Jay Santiago booked a national (U.S.) print campaign for Huggie's and an international (United Kingdom and Asia) ad campaign for HSBC.

Michael Díaz (also known by his nom de comédie Juan Bago) will be interviewed on Thursday, October 23, 2014 at 6pm (Eastern time) by Angelo Lozada, Tammi Cubilette and Sonia González-Martínez on the podcast "Lozada Lowdown" (Urban Latino Radio). For more information, click here or here.

Rosie Pérez, shown at left, will return to Broadway with a role in the new Larry David play Fish in the Dark. The Broadway veteran and Academy Award nominee will star opposite David (making his Broadway debut as actor and playwright) in the comedy, which will start previews on February 2, 2015 and is slated to open on March 5, 2014 at Broadway's Cort Theatre. The production will be directed by Tony Award winner Anna D. Shapiro and will also star Jayne Houdyshell, Jake Cannavale, Jonny Orsini and Jerry Adler. Tickets are now available through Telecharge. For more information, check out this article by Andrew Gans in Playbill by clicking here.

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