04.15.2018 | By Jack Rico |
Ecuadorian-American actress and singer Michelle Veintimilla joins us on this episode to discuss her role as the villainess Firefly on FOX’s Gotham series. Listen to our interview with Michelle on the Highly Relevant Podcast after the jump to find out why she isn’t a fan of telenovelas.
09.16.2016 | By Jack Rico |
On this week’s episode of the “Highly Relevant Podcast with Jack Rico, two big A-list guests join me this week to discuss television and radio. Rafael Amaya, the star of Telemundo’s “El Señor de los Cielos” and Enrique Santos, the new Chairman and CCO of iHeartLatino. Listen now! Read More
09.19.2013 | By Jack Rico |
Eva Longoria is at it again. According to Deadline.com, the “Desperate Housewives” star is producing another telenovela from Latin America, this time for ABC. The network acquired the US rights to the popular Venezuelan telenovela “Pura Sangre”. The English language title will be “Trust“. Read More
07.22.2013 | By Jack Rico |
He got famous on ABC’s Dancing with the Stars, then got the cover of People Magazine and soon was doing an M&M commercial. Shortly after, he was being casted in Hollywood movies with names like Tyler Perry in Single Moms Club, Jada Pinkett Smith in Salsa and i currently in pre-production for a western titled Boom Town. Read More
07.2.2013 | By Jack Rico |
Shalim Ortiz, of Dominican and Puerto Rican heritage, is a bilingual actor who speaks fluent Spanish and English. He has worked in both languages throughout his career and it has lead to this – an actor who can now be seen weekly on two shows in two languages – Telemundo’s “Dama y Obrero” and Starz’s “Magic City”. Is this the future of acting? Will all actors one day be bilingual and work in two, even three languages? How great is it that if work dries up on one end, there’s a whole other career waiting for him on the other end. Read More
04.11.2012 | By Jack Rico |
What does it take to be a ‘Bad Ass‘ in Hollywood? Just ask Puerto Rican-Dominican actor Shalim Ortiz (Heroes), who seems to wear it as a badge in his young, but prolific acting career. From the USA to Mexico and back, English or Spanish, this bilingual, bicultural actor is working towards making a name for himself rather quickly in the tough turf of the acting business.
His latest cinematic effort is an indie action movie called ‘BAD ASS‘ starring Danny Trejo (Machete). A Vietnam veteran who becomes a local hero after saving a man from attackers on a city bus decides to take action when his best friend is murdered and the police show little interest in solving the crime. Ortiz plays the young Trejo, who went to war and is down on his luck. But don’t mess with him, he might just break your neck. Read More
