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del Puerto to Star in ABC Family’s Comedy Pilot “Tough Cookie”

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Arturo del Puerto is finding himself in a tough situation…

The Latino actor has landed a series regular role in ABC Family’s comedy pilot Tough Cookie.

Arturo del Puerto

From Awkward creator Lauren Iungerich and David Janollari., the project is centered around a young mother who isn’t ready to parent and her daughter who doesn’t want to be parented. It takes a village to raise a child or rather, a child to raise a village.

Del Puerto will portray Mickey, one of Lilla’s roommates, a neurotic hipster and something of a neat freak.

Del Puerto recently recurred on NBC’s Chicago P.D. Lifetime’s The Lottery, TNT’s Rizzoli & Isles and FX’s The Bridge.

He also starred in the film The Man Who Shook the Hand of Vicente Fernandez and The Devil’s in the Details.

Ganalon Cast in ABC’s John Leguizamo Comedy Pilot

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Luke Ganalon will soon be sharing screen time with a noted Latino comedian…

The Latino child actor has landed a role on ABC’s still-untitled semi-autobiographical comedy pilot starring John Leguizamo.

Luke Ganalon

Co-created by the Colombian-American actor/comedian and written by Jeff Astrof, the project is based on Leguizamo’s life as a husband, father and fish out of water on New York’s upper West Side as reflected in his one-man shows.

Woven into this world are his privileged wife, his friends from his life back in the Bronx, his mother and grandfather who try to keep him grounded in his Latin roots, and his own kids who he worries are getting a little too spoiled and are losing touch with reality..

Ganalon, who most recently starred as the lead in the movie Bless Me, Ultima, will portray Toby.

Ganalon’s other credits include the film The Man Who Shook the Hand of Vicente Fernandez and guest-starring roles on Grey’s Anatomy, Don’t Trust the B**** in Apt. 23 and Shake It Up!

Ortiz’s “The Man Who Shook the Hand of Vicente Fernández” Trailer Released

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Indican Pictures has released the official trailer for Ernest Borgnine’s last film, The Man Who Shook the Hand of Vicente Fernández.

Carla Ortiz

Featuring telenovela star Carla Ortiz in her first lead role and Ugly Betty’s Tony Plata, the film centers on a stubborn old man bitter about never having lived a life with any meaning. After suffering a stroke, he winds up in a nursing home staffed by Latino immigrants. Put off by the situation, he focuses all his energy on getting out, which places him at odds with the workers. But their relationship quickly changes when the staff learn that he once shook hands with Vicente Fernández, the legendary Mexican singer, producer and actor idolized throughout Latin culture. The employees soon begin to treat Rex like the celebrity he’s always dreamed of being.

The Man Who Shook The Hand Of Vicente Fernández was Borgnine’s final performance; the Oscar-winner passed away in July at the age of 95.

The 35-year-old Bolivian actress plays Borgnine’s character’s nurse Solena, while Plata plays the evil Dr. Dominguez.

The film will be released in Los Angeles on December 7, just in time for awards consideration.