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Valery M. Ortiz to Star in the Horror Film “Skeletons in the Closet”

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Valery M. Ortiz is embracing the skeletons in the closet…

The 37-year-old Puerto Rican actress and model will star opposite Terrence Howard and Cuba Gooding Jr in the horror film Skeletons in the Closet.

Valery M. OrtizShooting is getting underway this week in Las Vegas on the film that will also star Clifton Powell.

The film is about the spirit of La Llorona granting a costly wish to the parents of a child by curing her of cancer. In saving the child, the mother of the child suffers the consequences by losing her beloved husband and becoming more evil until she pledges her allegiance to La Llorona. The father (Howard) spirals down the path of self-destruction after borrowing hard money from a ruthless mobster to pay the hospital bills for his daughter.

Lance Kawas is directing from a script by Koji Steven Sakai and Joshua A. Cohen.

The original story comes from Al Bravo.

Ortiz’s previous credits include South of Nowhere, Gabby Duran & the Unsittables, Hit the Floor and Diary of a Single Mom.

Ortega to Executive Produce Fox’s Dance Drama “The Edge”

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Kenny Ortega is livin’ on The Edge…

The 66-year-old choreographer and director-producer, best known for his work on the High School Musical franchise, has joined forces with Flashdance star Jennifer Beals and James Larosa, creator of VH1’s cheerleading drama series Hit the Floor, for Fox’s dance drama The Edge.

Kenny Ortega

Written and executive produced by Larosa, The Edge is set in the Los Angeles dance world, where it’s survival of the fittest. And no one is more fit than this ensemble of ambitious, sometimes ruthless women and men who have trained their whole lives to be the best and won’t let anything—or anyone—get in their way.

Ortega, Beals and Larosa will executive produce. Sony Pictures Television is the studio.

Ortega is director and choreographer of The Rocky Horror Picture Show, starring Victoria Justice, Fox’s television remake of the cult classic set to premiere on October 20.