Lawmakers Unveil Overhaul of California’s Film and TV Tax Credit Lottery
California State Senate President Pro Tem Kevin de León, at left, with California Governor Jerry Brown.Photo credit: Kevork Djansezian/Getty ImagesCheck out Ted Johnson's article in Variety to read...
View ArticleNot Much of a Latino Presence in Hollywood Films (Despite Being The Fastest...
Check out the article "Poca presencia latina en las películas de Hollywood" in the Puerto Rican newspaper El Nuevo Día to find out the results of a study by the Annenberg School of the University of...
View ArticleStudy: Latina Women Most Likely to Be Naked On Screen
Academy Award-nominated actressand producer Salma Hayek.Hispanics are dramatically underrepresented and hypersexualized. In contrast to the representative numbers on black and Asian characters, only...
View ArticleLights, Camera, Struggle? Hollywood Latinos Speak Out
Elaine Del Valle.Check out (former HOLA member) Raúl A. Reyes' article in NBC News on the struggle for diverse visibility for Latinos in the media by clicking here. In the article, he speaks with...
View ArticleHOLA 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...
View Article2014 HOLA Awards in the News
The 2014 HOLA Awards, scheduled to take place Monday, October 13, 2014 at The Battery Gardens, inside Battery Park at the southern tip of Manhattan, has been in the news as of late. Click on each link...
View Article10 Extremely Problematic Realities About Latinos In Hollywood (And Some Hope)
A STUDY INDICATES LATINOS WERE MORE REPRESENTED IN AMERICAN MEDIA IN THE 1950s THAN TODAYAn in-depth study from Columbia University in conjunction with the Hispanic Foundation for the Arts and the...
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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...
View ArticleSAG-AFTRA Ratifies 2014 TV/Theatrical Contracts
SAG-AFTRA ratified the 2014 TV/Theatrical Contracts. SAG-AFTRA members passed the resolution by an astounding margin of 92.12% to 7.88%. To read more on the agreement between SAG-AFTRA and the Alliance...
View ArticleRobert Rodríguez On Storytelling and "Hispanic" Stories
Filmmaker-El Rey network chiefRobert Rodríguez in his office atTroublemaker Studios in Austin, Texas.Photo by Brent Humphreys for The Hollywood Reporter.We have to create storytelling that has...
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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...
View ArticleHOLA Legends: MARIO MORENO "CANTINFLAS"
Mario Fortino Alfonso Moreno Reyes, known more casually as simply Mario Moreno, and known professionally as Cantinflas (August 12, 1911 – April 20, 1993), was a Mexican comic film actor, producer, and...
View ArticleCYNTHIA LÓPEZ, Commissioner of NYC Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment,...
Commissioner of NYC Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment CYNTHIA LÓPEZto receive 2014 HOLA Advocacy AwardWill join HÉCTOR ELIZONDO, DANNY BURSTEIN, ANA ORTIZ, BIANCA MARROQUÍN, PEDRO PASCAL,...
View ArticleU.S. Network Fusion Launches Documentary Short Competition
U.S. network Fusion is launching a competition for short documentaries, with the winning entry earning a slot at Slamdance in January and the Big Sky Documentary Film Festival in February.The network...
View ArticleLouis C.K. and Lin-Manuel Miranda Win 2014 Emmy Awards
The 66th Annual Creative Arts and Primetime Emmy Awards were held on Saturday, August 16, 2014 and Monday, August 25, 2014, respectively, at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles, California. The Emmy...
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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...
View Article9 Latina Stars Who Aren't Hypersexualized On TV
A recent study from the Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism of the University of Southern California revealed that "Hispanic females (37.5 percent) were more likely than females from all...
View ArticleRobert Rodríguez On Keeping His Name, Creating A Star System Of His Own And...
Filmmaker and El Rey network co-founder and chief Robert Rodríguez was honored recently with a Corazón de Oro award from the San Antonio Association of Hispanic Journalists (NAAHJ). During his...
View ArticleHOLA 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...
View ArticleWELCOME NEW AND RETURNING MEMBERS – JUNE AND JULY 2014
Below is a list of new (and returning) HOLA members who joined between July 1, 2014 and August 31, 2014. (Note that "returning members" refer to those members who have returned to HOLA after having...
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