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.

Vanessa Verduga, shown at right, star-writer-director-producer of the webseries Justice Woman, has announced the webseries is an official selection of the Bilbao Web Fest, which will take place in October in Bilbao, Euskadi, Spain. For more information, click here or here.

José Sepúlveda was interviewed by Alfredo Galván and Audris Rijos on the Telemundo program "Acceso Total", where he spoke about involvement with the Sueño Pop concert series, which he founded and produces (and where he performs as well). The latest incarnation, titled "Baila", will also feature Luis Salgado and take place on Saturday, August 8, 2015 at Drom, located in Manhattan's East Village. To see the interview, which is in Spanish, click on the video below.
Jose Sepulveda | Facebook


Marlene Forté will be directing a webisode of the second season of the award-winning webseries in which she co-stars, "Ylse". For more information about the webseries, click here. To see an interview by Marabina Jaimes (who also interviews season 2 guest star Judy Reyes), click on the video below.



Mario Golden was interviewed, along with his co-star Emmanuel Martín, by the channel Capital 21 (based in México City, Distrito Federal, México) for his play The Love of Brothers (Amor de hermanos). Directed by Andreas Robertz, the play is running in August at the Centro Cultural de la Diversidad in the Cuahutémoc area (Colonia Roma Norte) of Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico. To see the interview, which is in Spanish, click on the video below.



If you are an HOLA member or a Friend of HOLA and want to submit a bochinche item, send us an e-mail. If you live in the New York metropolitan area and want to be an HOLA member, why not join? If you live outside the New York metropolitan area and want to be an HOLA member, you can find out more information on how to do so, by clicking here. If you are not a Friend of HOLA, why not become one?

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.

Cedric Leiba, Jr., shown at right, was interviewed by Bessy Reyna for the Connecticut newspaper Identidad Latina, where he spoke on his life and career and his current project– playing Jacob in the Harvey Fierstein-Jerry Herman musical La Cage aux Folles (based on Jean Poiret's play of the same name). Directed by Rob Ruggiero and choreographed by Ralph Perkins, the production is currently running through September at the Goodspeed Opera House located in East Haddam, Connecticut. To read the article (which is in Spanish), click here.

Vanessa Verduga, shown at left, is slated to join the cast of the third season of the webseries "Karma" (created, written and directed by Karlton T. Clay and produced by Victory Productions). For more information, click here and here.

Teresa Yenque can be seen reprising her recurring role as Miranda in the upcoming second season of "The Affair" (Showtime).

José Yenque is shooting the feature film A Life Lived (written by Kevin Brown and Riley Wood and directed by Wood).

Mônica Steuer co-stars in the feature film Cassanova Was A Woman (written by Jezabel Montero and directed by Kevin Arbouet), which is currently hitting the film festival circuit. Its latest stop will be in August in Los Angeles, California as an official selection of the All Things Hollywood Film Festival. The film also stars Montero, Margo Singaliese and Paolo Andino. For more information, click here, here or here.

If you are an HOLA member or a Friend of HOLA and want to submit a bochinche item, send us an e-mail. If you live in the New York metropolitan area and want to be an HOLA member, why not join? If you live outside the New York metropolitan area and want to be an HOLA member, you can find out more information on how to do so, by clicking here. If you are not a Friend of HOLA, why not become one?

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.

Jesica Levi, shown at right, will be singing on a bill that includes Lisa Yaeger, Ronni Faust, Warren Schein, and David Auxier-Loyola for the cabaret series Saturdays at Six. Hosted by Charles Baran, it will take place on Saturday, August 8, 2015 at Room 53, located in the theater district of midtown Manhattan. For more information, click here.

On the heels of his successful collaboration with photographer Lester Blum, Vladimir Ríos will team up with him again on a new photo series, scheduled to premiere at a gallery show in time for World AIDS Day (Tuesday, December 1, 2015). By coincidence, their previous collaboration, The Warrior of Hope, will be presented at the Brad Brafford LGBT Center in Santa Ana, California. For more information, click here.

Joel Pérez, shown at left, will be singing in the concert version of the new musical The Fitzgeralds of St. Paul. Written by Christie Baugher and directed by Danny Medford (with orchestrations and musical direction by Nick Myers), Pérez will play F. Scott Fitzgerald to Tiffany Topol's Zelda Fitgerald. The concert will take place on Friday, April 7, 2015 at 54 Below, located in the theater district of midtown Manhattan. For more information, click here.

Johanna Tolentino was interviewed by Louis Perego Moreno (also known as Tío Louie) for the Prime Latino Media Salón (co-produced by Tío Louie, HOLA and the United Latino Professionals). In the interview, she talks about her latest project– the webseries "Whatever It Takes", which she created, and in which she stars, writes, and directs. In additional to Tolentino, the webseries will star Elaine Del Valle, A.B. Lugo, Blanca Camacho, Jay Álvarez, and Solanyi Rodríguez. To see the interview, click below.



If you are an HOLA member or a Friend of HOLA and want to submit a bochinche item, send us an e-mail. If you live in the New York metropolitan area and want to be an HOLA member, why not join? If you live outside the New York metropolitan area and want to be an HOLA member, you can find out more information on how to do so, by clicking here. If you are not a Friend of HOLA, why not become one?

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.

José Sepúlveda, shown at right, was featured in the Héctor Luis Sin Censura blog (written by 2015 HOLA Awards recipient Héctor Luis Rivera, also see below), where he was interviewed about his career and his involvement with the Sueño Pop concert series, which he founded and produces (and where he performs as well). The latest incarnation, titled "Baila", will also feature Luis Salgado and take place on Saturday, August 8, 2015 at Drom, located in Manhattan's East Village. To read the interview, which is in Spanish, click here.

2015 HOLA Awards recipient Héctor Luis Rivera (also see above and below) acted in a commercial for MDX Manhattan Glasses.

Raúl Rivera will be acting in the José Vicente play El consultorio del Dr. Locardio. A co-production of Teatro Experimental Blue Amigos (and its producer, Héctor Luis Rivera [no relation], also see above) and Teatro Fragal (and its producer, Franco Galecio), it is adapted and directed by Galecio, the production will take place in September at the Broadway Blackbox Theater in the Washington Heights neighborhood of Manhattan.

Mónica Delgado, shown at left, is performing with the Colombian folkloric dance group Pajarillo Pinta'o at the 33rd annual Downtown Dance Festival (presented by the Battery Dance Company, in association with the Battery Park City Authority), scheduled to take place on Thursday, August 18, 2015 at the Robert F. Wagner Park, Jr. Park, located in the Battery Park City area of lower Manhattan. For more information, click here or here. For more information on Pajarillo Pinta'o, click here.

José Yenque is shooting the feature film Triumph (written by Michael D. Coffey and directed by Brett Leonard). In addition to Yenque, the movie stars Colton Haynes, RJ Mitte, Gale Howard, and Grace Victoria Cox, and is currently lensing in Nashville, Tennessee.

Lucio Fernández has released the latest music video from his current album American Mambo. The song is called "Can We Watch The Stars Tonight?" and it is directed by Brandon Medina. The video can be seen below.



If you are an HOLA member or a Friend of HOLA and want to submit a bochinche item, send us an e-mail. If you live in the New York metropolitan area and want to be an HOLA member, why not join? If you live outside the New York metropolitan area and want to be an HOLA member, you can find out more information on how to do so, by clicking here. If you are not a Friend of HOLA, why not become one?

Norman Lear Teases "One Day at a Time" Latino Remake

Norman Lear.

At Saturday’s Television Critics’ Association press tour in Beverly Hills, California, legendary television writer and producer Norman Lear, who was on hand to promote his PBS “American Masters” special, offered up new details on the potential remake of his sitcom “One Day at a Time,” this time with a Latino cast.

Some of the groundbreaking television series Lear has created include "All In the Family", "Archie Bunker's Place", "Maude", "Good Times", "Sanford and Son", and "The Jeffersons". He also created the cult favorite "Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman" and the Latino-led "a.k.a. Pablo".

"One Day at a Time" ran on CBS from 1975 to 1984, and dealt with a divorcée raising her two daughters by herself and their helpful (sometimes meddlesome) building superintendent.

The cast of the CBS sitcom
"One Day at a Time".

Lear opined on the potential Latino-led "One Day at a Time" reboot, “I just love the idea because I don’t see enough of that representation on the air in any place. I don’t mean to say it doesn’t exist — I don’t see it any place. There isn’t enough of it, and I think it’s a rich idea.”

For more information, read the article in Variety by clicking here.

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.

2015 HOLA Awards recipient Natalia Ivana Escobar, shown at right, was cast in the film ¡Ay, que susto! The short, bilingual horror-comedy was written by Mo Zapata and A.B. Lugo (also see below) and directed by Mo Zapata. The film features cinematography by Anthony Ruiz (also see below) and stars Andrés Chulisi Rodríguez, Yecenia Cotto and Lugo. [She received the role based on an HOLA recommendation.]

José Bonilla is directing the Eduardo Galán play Historia de 2. The production stars an all-HOLA cast of María Cotto and Raúl Rivera, shown above, from left to right, as part of the IX Festival de Teatro de la Casa de la Cultura Navarrete, which will take place in September at the Broadway Blackbox Theater, located in Manhattan's Washington Heights neighborhood.

Manuel A. Morán will be starring in ¡Viva Pinocho! The Teatro SEA production was adapted from the Carlo Collodi tale of Pinocchio by Morán, who also directs. The solo show will be presented on Saturday, August 15, 2015 at the University of Connecticut (in Storrs, Connecticut) as part of the 2015 Puppeteers of America National Festival. For more information, click here.

The short film Truth Will Out (written by Ed Trucco and Armando Riesco and directed by Trucco and Anthony Ruiz, also see above) was accepted into The Official Latino Short Film Festival. The film, which stars Trucco, Riesco, Mateo Gómez, Susanna Guzmán, Laura Gómez and A.B. Lugo (also see above), will be screened at the festival on Saturday, September 19, 2015 at the Poets Den Theater, located in Manhattan's El Barrio neighborhood. For more information, click here or here.

If you are an HOLA member or a Friend of HOLA and want to submit a bochinche item, send us an e-mail. If you live in the New York metropolitan area and want to be an HOLA member, why not join? If you live outside the New York metropolitan area and want to be an HOLA member, you can find out more information on how to do so, by clicking here. If you are not a Friend of HOLA, why not become one? 

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.

2015 HOLA Awards recipient Héctor Luis Rivera, shown at right, wrote his latest "Chismorreo" column for his blog Héctor Luis Sin Censura. He mentions the latest and upcoming projects for several HOLA members, including Edison Carrera, 2015 HOLA Awards recipient Julio Ortega, José Sepúlveda, Manuel A. Morán, 2015 HOLA Awards recipient Sebastian Stimman, Edna Lee Figueroa, and A.B. Lugo. To read the blog, which is in Spanish, click here. [Below, clockwise from top left: Carrera, Ortega, Sepúlveda, Morán, Stimman and Figueroa (left to right), Lugo.]

Caridad de la Luz (also known by her nom de poésie et de musique La Bruja) will be performing at the Free Music & A Movie event, sponsored by the New York Restoration Project (NYRP). The event will take place on Saturday, August 1, 2015 at the NYRP Wills Avenue Community Garden, located in the Mott Haven neighborhood of the South Bronx.

Jason Torres, shown at left, booked a lead role in the short film Another Creep (written and directed by Elroy Martínez). In addition, he will also be featured as Jack in the opening webisode of the third season of the webseries "The Wrong One" (written by Bruce Wabbit and directed by Chris Johnson). For more information, click here, here or here.

Mónica Delgado booked a voiceover for MetaHealth for a national commercial featuring Michael Strahan.

If you are an HOLA member or a Friend of HOLA and want to submit a bochinche item, send us an e-mail. If you live in the New York metropolitan area and want to be an HOLA member, why not join? If you live outside the New York metropolitan area and want to be an HOLA member, you can find out more information on how to do so, by clicking here. If you are not a Friend of HOLA, why not become one?