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Antônio Pedro
Antônio Pedro Borges de Oliveira (11 November 1940 – 12 March 2023) was a Brazilian actor, comedian, stage director and playwright, whose career spanned over six decades. Life and career Born in Rio de Janeiro, Pedro started his career as an actor and an assistant director in 1960. Initially only active on stage, in 1969 Pedro made his television debut in the Rede Tupi telenovela ''Super Plá'', and became popular in the 1970s thanks to his participation in numerous TV Globo telenovelas, starting from ''O Bofe'' (1972). In 1989 he created the comedy alter ego Bicalho for the ''Chico Anysio Show'', a character he successfully reprised for several seasons of the 1990s show ''Escolinha do Professor Raimundo''. Pedro also participated in films, TV children shows and in several seasons of the popular comedy show ''Zorra Total''; on stage, he directed the Chico Buarque-penned stage musical ''Os Saltimbancos'', produced and directed numerous plays, and was a key figure in the the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rio De Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro ( , , ; literally 'River of January'), or simply Rio, is the capital of the state of the same name, Brazil's third-most populous state, and the second-most populous city in Brazil, after São Paulo. Listed by the GaWC as a beta global city, Rio de Janeiro is the sixth-most populous city in the Americas. Part of the city has been designated as a World Heritage Site, named "Rio de Janeiro: Carioca Landscapes between the Mountain and the Sea", on 1 July 2012 as a Cultural Landscape. Founded in 1565 by the Portuguese, the city was initially the seat of the Captaincy of Rio de Janeiro, a domain of the Portuguese Empire. In 1763, it became the capital of the State of Brazil, a state of the Portuguese Empire. In 1808, when the Portuguese Royal Court moved to Brazil, Rio de Janeiro became the seat of the court of Queen Maria I of Portugal. She subsequently, under the leadership of her son the prince regent João VI of Portugal, raised Brazil to the dignity of a k ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vargas Era
The Vargas Era (Portuguese: ''Era Vargas''; ) is the period in the history of Brazil between 1930 and 1945, when the country was governed by president Getúlio Vargas. The period from 1930 to 1937 is known as the Second Brazilian Republic, and the other part of Vargas Era, from 1937 until 1946 is known as the Third Brazilian Republic (or ''Estado Novo''). The Brazilian Revolution of 1930 marked the end of the First Brazilian Republic. President Washington Luís was deposed; the swearing-in of president-elect Júlio Prestes was blocked, on the grounds that the election had been rigged by his supporters; the 1891 Constitution was abrogated, the National Congress was dissolved and the provisional military junta ceded power to Vargas. Federal intervention in state governments increased and the political landscape was altered by suppressing the traditional oligarchies of São Paulo and Minas Gerais states. The Vargas Era comprises three successive phases: *the period of the Provi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rede Tupi
Rede Tupi (; in English, Tupi Network) was a Brazilian television network free-to-air. Its parent broadcaster, located in the city of São Paulo, was the first TV station to operate in the country, being inaugurated on 18 September 1950 by journalist Assis Chateaubriand. He belonged to Diários Associados, one of the largest media conglomerates of the 20th century, owner of several newspapers, magazines, and radio. The channel was formed in the 1970s, with members as co-brothers of the Diários Associados and affiliates. The generating stations were TV Tupi São Paulo and TV Tupi Rio de Janeiro. Due to a history of management problems, which resulted in a financial crisis, Tupi had part of its concessions revoked by the Government of Brazil in July 1980, extinguishing the network. History Named after the Tupiniquim tribe in Brazil, Rede Tupi was a pioneer in television programming in South America, setting the tone for the best dramas, news programming, sports, theater, and en ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
TV Globo
TV Globo (, "Globe TV", or simply Globo), formerly known as Rede Globo, is a Brazilian free-to-air television network, launched by media proprietor Roberto Marinho on 26 April 1965. It is owned by media conglomerate Grupo Globo. The TV station is by far the largest of its holdings. Globo is the largest commercial TV network in Latin America and the second-largest commercial TV network in the world behind the American Broadcasting Company and the largest producer of telenovelas. All of this makes Globo renowned as one of the most important television networks in the world and Grupo Globo as one of the largest media groups. Globo is headquartered in the Jardim Botânico neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro, where its news division is based. The network's main production studios are located at a complex dubbed ''Estúdios Globo'', located in Jacarepaguá, in the same city. Globo is composed of 5 owned-and-operated television stations and 119 affiliates throughout Brazil plus its own i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Folha De S
''Folha de S.Paulo'' (sometimes spelled ''Folha de São Paulo''), also known as simply ''Folha'' (, ''Sheet''), is a Brazilian daily newspaper founded in 1921 under the name ''Folha da Noite'' and published in São Paulo by the Folha da Manhã company. The newspaper is the centerpiece for Grupo Folha, a conglomerate that also controls UOL (Universo Online), the leading Internet portal in Brazil; polling institute Datafolha; publishing house Publifolha; book imprint Três Estrelas; printing company Plural; and, in a joint-venture with the Globo group, the business daily ''Valor'', among other enterprises. It has gone through several phases and has targeted different audiences, such as urban middle classes, rural landowners, and the civil society, but political independence has always been one of its editorial cornerstones. Ever since 1986, ''Folha'' has had the biggest circulation among the largest Brazilian newspapers – according to data by IVC (Instituto Verificador de Circ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zorra Total
''Zorra Total'' was a Brazilian television comedy broadcast by TV Globo. It was launched on March 25, 1999, and has been shown on Saturdays at 10p.m. since May 1999. Despite being audience leader in its exhibition schedule, ''Zorra'' is heavily criticized for its style of fool humor, and is considered by many as one of the worst programs on Brazilian television. Current parts Zorra Brasil Subway This part was created based in the Brazilian president, Dilma Rousseff. Here, a parody, called "Dilmaquinista" ( Fabiana Karla) (a pun in ''Dilma'' and ''Maquinista'' ortuguese for machinist drives a subway train. In the subway, there are a lot of people, representing the Brazilian people. Among them are the couple Valéria ( Rodrigo Sant'Anna) and Janete (Thalita Carauta) (who is often called by Valéria a baboon, weird or American ince she aways says some English phrases during the comedy. At the very end of the episode, she says, "Eu sou maquinista de primeira viagem, mas já estou peg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chico Buarque
Francisco Buarque de Hollanda (born 19 June 1944), popularly known simply as Chico Buarque, is a Brazilian singer-songwriter, guitarist, composer, playwright, writer, and poet. He is best known for his music, which often includes social, economic, and cultural reflections on Brazil. The firstborn son of Sérgio Buarque de Hollanda, Buarque lived at several locations throughout his childhood, though mostly in Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, and Rome. He wrote and studied literature as a child and found music through the bossa nova compositions of Tom Jobim and João Gilberto. He performed as a singer and guitarist in the 1960s as well as writing a play that was deemed dangerous by the Brazilian military dictatorship of the time. Buarque, along with several Tropicalist and MPB musicians, was threatened by the Brazilian military government and eventually left Brazil for Italy in 1969. However, he came back to Brazil in 1970, and continued to record, perform, and write, though much of hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Volta Redonda
Volta Redonda () is the name of a Municipalities of Brazil, municipality in the Rio de Janeiro (state), Rio de Janeiro state of Brazil with an area of 182.81 km2, located from 350m to 707m above the sea level (22°31'23" S, 44°06'15" W) and with a population of 273,988 inhabitants (estimated in 2020). The area around the city has nearly 700,000 km2. Its name (which is Portuguese language, Portuguese for ''Round Turn'') is due to the round shape of a curve in the Paraíba do Sul river around which the city was built. Situated in Volta Redonda is Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional (CSN), Brazil's second largest steel producer. Today its economy, despite still being based on Industrial sector, industry, is quite diverse, and largely focused on the areas of services and trade. Due to this, Volta Redonda is worldly known as ''Cidade do Aço'' (which is Portuguese language, Portuguese for ''Steel City''). The city borders with the municipalities of Barra Mansa (north, northwes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Filhas De Eva
''Filhas de Eva'' (English title: ''A Woman's Fate'') is a Brazilian streaming television series created by Adriana Falcão, Jô Abdu, Martha Mendonça and Nelito Fernandes for Globoplay. Directed by Leonardo Nogueira, Felipe Louzada and Nathalia Ribas, and produced by TV Globo’s production division Estúdios Globo, it premiered on the streaming service on 8 March 2021. It stars Renata Sorrah, Giovanna Antonelli, Vanessa Giácomo, Dan Stulbach, Marcos Veras, Débora Ozório, and Cacá Amaral. Plot The series tells the story of three women who are trapped in standards that do not make them happy. Stella (Renata Sorrah) realizes during her 50th wedding anniversary that she did not enjoy life as she should have and repeated the fate of her generation, she gave up dreams for marriage and motherhood. Lívia (Giovanna Antonelli), Stella's daughter, has her career, but suffers from not being in control of the emotional life she idealized. Cléo (Vanessa Giácomo) with her low self-est ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
G1 (website)
G1, stylized as g1, is a Brazilian news portal maintained by Grupo Globo and under the guidance of Central Globo de Jornalismo. It was released on September 18, 2006, the year Rede Globo was 41 years old. The portal provides the journalism content of the various companies of the Grupo Globo – TV Globo, Globo News, Radios CBN and Globo, newspapers O Globo, Extra, Expresso and Valor Econômico, Época and Globo Rural magazines, among others - besides own reports in format of text, photos, audio and video. In addition to five editorial offices in the Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Brasilia, Belo Horizonte and Recife, affiliates of Rede Globo, newspapers, magazines, radio stations and news agencies Agência Estado, Agence France Presse, Associated Press, EFE, The New York Times, Lusa and Reuters feed the news portal, which is updated 24 hours a day. The portal stands out for its multimedia content, taking advantage of the internet's advantages over traditional means of communi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1940 Births
Year 194 ( CXCIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Septimius and Septimius (or, less frequently, year 947 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 194 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * Emperor Septimius Severus and Decimus Clodius Septimius Albinus Caesar become Roman Consuls. * Battle of Issus: Septimius Severus marches with his army (12 legions) to Cilicia, and defeats Pescennius Niger, Roman governor of Syria. Pescennius retreats to Antioch, and is executed by Severus' troops. * Septimius Severus besieges Byzantium (194–196); the city walls suffer extensive damage. Asia * Battle of Yan Province: Warlords Cao Cao and Lü Bu fight for control over Yan Province; the battle lasts for over 100 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2023 Deaths
The following notable deaths occurred in 2023. Names are reported under the date of death, in alphabetical order. A typical entry reports information in the following sequence: * Name, age, country of citizenship at birth, subsequent nationality (if applicable), what subject was noted for, cause of death (if known), and reference. January 18 17 *Jay Briscoe, 38, American professional wrestler ( ROH, CZW, NJPW), traffic collision. * Teodor Corban, 65, Romanian actor ('' 12:08 East of Bucharest'', '' 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days'', ''Tales from the Golden Age''). * Manana Doijashvili, 75, Georgian pianist. *Leon Dubinsky, 81, Canadian actor (''Life Classes'', ''Pit Pony''), theatre director and composer (" Rise Again"). *Renée Geyer, 69, Australian singer (" Say I Love You", "Heading in the Right Direction", " Stares and Whispers"), complications from hip surgery. *, 89, Italian choreographer and television and theatre director. *, 90, Iranian voice actor. *Larry Morris, 75, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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