Film & Television Production Company Silvercup Studios Opening Up Shop In The Bronx

Map of the South Bronx. The site of the
future Silvercup Studios is shown by the
red pin at bottom left, while the future
York Studios site is shown by the red pin
at the upper right of the map.
Courtesy of Welcome2TheBronx.com.

Just four months after York Studios announced the purchase of 10-acre lot to construct a total of 300,000 square foot film and television production facility in the Soundview section of The Bronx, the Wall Street Journal now reports that Silvercup Studios is moving into the South Bronx in the neighborhood of Port Morris adding an additional 120,000 square feet to their facilities which are located in Long Island City, Queens.

The Bronx location of Silvercup Studios will be house four production studios belonging at 295 Locust Avenue, overlooking the East River, while the York Studios lot will overlook the Bronx River. For more information, check out Ed García Conde's blog in Welcome 2 The Bronx by clicking here.

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Caridad de la Luz (also known by her nom de poésie et de musique La Bruja), shown at right, was named one of "16 Puerto Rican Women Everyone Should Know" by the Attention Boricuas blog. This follows on the heels of being named one of "20 Puerto Rican Women Everyone Should Know" by the La Respuesta Media blog a few months ago. To read the blogs, click here and here. For more information on the actor-poet-singer-hip hop artist-writer (who two blogs state you should already know), click here, here or here.

Raquel Almazán, shown at left, received the Arthur J. Harris Memorial Prize through Columbia University (from which she recently earned her Master of Fine Arts degree in Playwriting) for her play La Paloma Prisoner. She will partner with STEPS to End Family Violence and include programming with formerly incarcerated women. For more information, click here. 

Vanessa Verduga was interviewed by KCAL (the Los Angeles affiliate of CBS), where she spoke about her award-winning webseries "Justice Woman" (of which she takes on the roles of creator, writer, director, producer, and star). In addition, she mentions her upcoming personal appearances in July at the San Diego Comic Convention in San Diego, California, just as the Season 3 finale of "Justice Woman" is about to premiere. For more information, click here and/or on the video below.  



Emilio Delgado was a guest on CNN's "Reliable Sources", where the star of "Sesame Street" (PBS) was interviewed about his thoughts millionaire and presidential candidate Donald J. Trump and his controversial comments regarding Mexican-Americans. For more information, click here, or on the video image below. The ABC's of offensive speech - CNN Video
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Vanessa Verduga, shown at right, was featured in Latin Heat, where her award-winning webseries "Justice Woman" (of which she takes on the roles of creator, writer, director, producer, and star) is profiled. In addition, she will be making personal appearances in July at the San Diego Comic Convention in San Diego, California, just as the Season 3 finale of "Justice Woman" is about to premiere. To read the article, click here.

The Francisco Lupini Basagoiti short film Tú. Yo. Baño. Sexo. Ahora. (starring Francisco Fuertes and Mauricio Pita) continues its journey on the film festival circuit, with a stop at the North Carolina Gay and Lesbian Film Festival (NCLGFF), scheduled to take place in August at Durham, North Carolina. For more information, click here.

Caridad del Valle booked a featured role in the upcoming "Untitled Rock 'N' Roll Project" from HBO. The series, which is set in 1970s New York at the height of punk and disco music, stars Bobby Cannavale and Ray Romano and is directed by Martin Scorsese and produced by Mick Jagger, Scorsese and Terence Winter.

Jason Torres was interviewed on "The Keith Harris Show" (WHLR Hotline Radio), where he spoke on his life and career. You can hear the interview by clicking on the video below.



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Sonia Manzano, María on "Sesame Street", Retires

This blog is brought to you today by the letters S and M and by the number 44.

Sonia Manzano, known to many in the United States as María Figueroa on the long-running PBS children's television series "Sesame Street" is retiring after being on the program for just over 44 years. The program, created by Joan Ganz Cooney in 1969, also helped popularize Jim Henson's Muppets. and Manzano joined the show two years later, in 1971. Also joining the cast that year was HOLA member Emilio Delgado, who plays Luis Rodríguez. Their characters dated over time and married in 1988, becoming parents to a daughter, named Gabriela (named after Manzano's real-life daughter Gabriella). Manzano and Delgado received the HOLA Ilka Award from the Hispanic Organization of Latin Actors in 2005 for their work in educating children through "Sesame Street". 

With Emilio Delgado at
the 2005 HOLA Awards.

Manzano was nominated for two Emmy Awards for Outstanding Performer in a Children's Series. She then branched out into writing for the series, and as part of the "Sesame Street" writing staff, she has received 15 Emmy Awards. In addition, her children's book No Dogs Allowed was published by Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing in 2004. The book has also been successfully adapted as a stage musical (which starred HOLA members Javier E. Gómez, Mike Smith Rivera and Juan Villarreal).

In addition to "Sesame Street", she has a recurring role as Judge Gloria Pepitone on the long-running NBC television series "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" and as the title character in the Adel L. Morales film short Missing Grandma (which most recently screened at the Cannes Film Festival). She will soon release her memoir, Becoming Maria: Love and Chaos in the South Bronx. This is a followup to her award-winning novel The Revolution of Evelyn Serrano. For more information about the magnificent Sonia Manzano, click here.

New Generation Voiceover with Voiceover Motivator Manuel Herrera

HOLAfábrica and DuArt Film and Video 

present

New Generation Voiceover with V.O. Motivator 

Manuel Herrera

FIVE CLASSES

Mondays and Thursdays 

August 17-31, 2015

6:30-8pm

Manuel Herrera presents a Spanish-language voiceover technique workshop for media professionals and actors who wish to fine-tune his/her technique. The workshop covers diction and voicing in Spanish, interpretation, rhythm and narration, professional audition and quick study techniques.

Manuel Herrera presenta su taller de técnicas de voiceover en español para profesionales de medios de comunicación y actores que desean afinar su técnica. El taller cubre dicción y uso de la voz, interpretación, ritmo y narración, audición profesional y técnicas de estudiar rápido de libreto.

The workshop will take place at

DuArt Film and Video

245 West 55th Street, 11th Floor, NYC

Registration is $250 for the workshop. Credit cards are accepted.

Call HOLA to register at (212) 253-1015 or (888) 624-HOLA.

For more information, e-mail here.

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Idalmis García, shown at right, was profiled in the Hip Latina blog, where she spoke about her career in stage (with theater companies Repertorio Español, Pregones-PRTT and Woodshed Collective) and screen (the feature films Los dioses rotos and Conducta). To read the interview, click here.

Jaime Carrillo booked a role in the television series "Hack My Life" (truTV).

Olga Merediz can be seen reprising her recurring role of Lourdes in the third season of "Orange is the New Black" (Netflix). 

Suni Reyes, shown at left, is one of the writers of the latest edition of the live sketch comedy show "He Said, She Said", scheduled to take place on Wednesday, July 1, 2015 at the Upright Citizens Brigade (UCB) Theatre, located in Manhattan's Chelsea neighborhood. For more information, click here. In addition, she co-starred in two comedy videos from the online network Flama– one titled "Girls Do It Too" (a mock public service announcement), and one titled "If Mexicans Celebrated the 4th [of July] Like Americans Celebrate Cinco De Mayo". The videos can be seen below.





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Cynthia Cidre Returns With New Series, Signs TV Development Deal at ABC

Cynthia Cidre.

Check out the Latin Heat article about the former showrunner/creator of TNT's "Dallas", Cynthia Cidre, and her new ABC television series "Blood and Oil" (starring Don Johnson and Chace Crawford), as well as her development deal with the same network, by clicking here.