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Geraldo Carneiro
Geraldo Eduardo Ribeiro Carneiro is a Brazilians, Brazilian poet, lyricist and screenwriter for television, theater and cinema. He was born in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, on June 11, 1952. He began to express interest in art at a young age, influenced by the many writers and musicians who frequented the house of his parents, among them Paulo Mendes Campos, Jacob do Bandolim and Tom Jobim. In 1968, he started a partnership with Minas Gerais musician Egberto Gismonti that lasted 12 years and yielded more than 60 songs. He also produced Gismonti's first album, ''Água e vinho'', released in 1972. Throughout his career, he has partnered with several other musicians, such as Argentine Astor Piazolla and Brazilians Tom Jobim, Wagner Tiso and Francis Hime. Screen and stage work On television, Geraldo Carneiro debuted in 1976, as a collaborator of the writer Bráulio Pedroso in the miniseries ''Parabéns pra você'' (''Congratulations to you''), directed by Roberto Talma and shown by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geraldo Carneiro
Geraldo Eduardo Ribeiro Carneiro is a Brazilians, Brazilian poet, lyricist and screenwriter for television, theater and cinema. He was born in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, on June 11, 1952. He began to express interest in art at a young age, influenced by the many writers and musicians who frequented the house of his parents, among them Paulo Mendes Campos, Jacob do Bandolim and Tom Jobim. In 1968, he started a partnership with Minas Gerais musician Egberto Gismonti that lasted 12 years and yielded more than 60 songs. He also produced Gismonti's first album, ''Água e vinho'', released in 1972. Throughout his career, he has partnered with several other musicians, such as Argentine Astor Piazolla and Brazilians Tom Jobim, Wagner Tiso and Francis Hime. Screen and stage work On television, Geraldo Carneiro debuted in 1976, as a collaborator of the writer Bráulio Pedroso in the miniseries ''Parabéns pra você'' (''Congratulations to you''), directed by Roberto Talma and shown by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gonzaguinha
Luiz Gonzaga do Nascimento, Jr. (September 22, 1945 – April 29, 1991), better known as Gonzaguinha (), in Portuguese Little Gonzaga, was a noted Brazilian singer and composer. He was born in Rio de Janeiro and he was the son of Luiz Gonzaga ('Gonzagão', 'Big Gonzaga'), the "king of baião". Gonzaguinha was killed in a car accident on April 29, 1991, in Renascença, state of Paraná, southern Brazil. Many eminent Brazilian artists recorded his compositions, such as Maria Bethânia, Simone, Elis Regina, Fagner, and Joanna. Among these, stands out Simone and great hits like "Sangrando", "Mulher, e daí" and "Começaria tudo outra vez". Death and legacy Gonzaguinha died at the age of 45 on April 29, 1991, the victim of a car accident. Returning from a performance in Pato Branco, Paraná, the singer was driving a Chevrolet Monza around 7:20 am on a southwestern highway when he collided with a truck. Gonzaguinha was heading to Foz do Iguaçu Foz do Iguaçu (''Iguazu River ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alcides Nogueira
''Alcides'' is a genus of uraniid moths from northern Australia, New Guinea, and other islands in the region. They are diurnal and strongly marked with iridescent colours. List of species * ''Alcides agathyrsus'' Kirsch, 1877 yn.= A. boops (Westwood, 1879)/small> * ''Alcides aruus'' Felder, 1874 * ''Alcides aurora'' Salvin & Godman, 1877 * ''Alcides cydnus'' Felder, 1859 * '' Alcides latona'' Druce, 1886 * ''Alcides leone'' Vinciguerra, 2007 * ''Alcides metaurus'' Hopffer, 1856 yn.=A. zodiaca (Butler, 1869)/small> * ''Alcides orontes'' Linnaeus, 1763 * ''Alcides privitera'' Vinciguerra, 2007 Current systematic and taxonomic knowledge of Genus ''Alcides'' is incomplete, so the status of some taxa remains uncertain including for example, * ''Alcides argyrios'' Gmelin, 1788 * ''Alcides arnus'' Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874 (Probably misprint for aruus) * ''Alcides coerulea'' Pfeiff., 1925 * '' Alcides latona'' Druce, 1886 'vide supra''/small> vs. ''Alcides ribbei'' 'vide infra' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carlito Azevedo
Carlito means "little Carlos". It may refer to: Biology * ''Carlito'' (genus), a genus of tarsiers *The Philippine tarsier (''Carlito syrichta''), the only extant species in the above genus People * Carlito (name) * Carlito (wrestler), a ring name used by professional wrestler, Carlos Edwin Colón Jr. Other * Carlito (typeface), a typeface released by Google with metrics compatible with Microsoft's Calibri typeface See also * Carlitos *Carloto Carloto is a name. Notable people with this name include the following: Given name *Carloto Cotta (born 1984), Portuguese actor Surname * Eduardo Luís Carloto (born 1981), Brazilian footballer See also * Carl Otto * Carlito (other) *C ... * Thiago Carleto {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miguel Falabella
Miguel Falabella (born October 10, 1955, Rio de Janeiro) is a Brazilian actor, presenter, screen writer, voice actor, film maker, theater actor, producer, writer and director. He is known, among many other works, for playing Caco Antibes in the sitcom ''Sai de Baixo'' and for presenting '' Video Show'' for over 15 years. He was a carnival performer for the Império da Tijuca and Rocinha samba schools. His family has Portuguese, Italian, Spanish, Austrian, German and Swiss ancestry. He is father of two sons, Cassiano and Theo. Career As a child, when he lived on Ilha do Governador, he watched the musical Hello Dolly, starring Bibi Ferreira, and was enchanted by the world of dramaturgy. He debuted on television in 1982, in the program Caso Verdade, in the episode "Jam and Jim", where he gave life to the title character. Soon after, he participated in his first soap opera, Sol de Verão, by Manoel Carlos, as a doctor called Romeu. He achieved success in 1986, playing Miro, in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jom Tob Azulay
Jom Tob Azulay (born 1941 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) is a filmmaker and former diplomat. He has taught film at Federal University of the State of Rio de Janeiro. Career From 1971 to 1974, he served as deputy-consul of Brazil in Los Angeles while attending film courses at University of Southern California, University of California, Los Angeles, and California Institute of the Arts. In 1972, he took a course on Film as a Visual Art, taught by Slavko Vorkapich at USC. In 1973, the experience of documenting the studio recording of the bossanova album Elis & Tom with Brazilian director of photography Fernando Duarte was influential in determining his future projects of musical documentaries in Brazil. He also became acquainted with the film Brazil: Report on Torture (1971), a documentary about torture during the Brazilian military regime made in Chile by Haskell Wexler and Saul Landau, which he helped to publicize clandestinely in Brazil and in the US. In 1974, Azulay resigned for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gilvan Pereira , in Zanjan Province
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Gilvan or Gilavan ( fa, گيلوان) may refer to: * Gilavan, Ardabil * Gilvan, Zanjan * Gilvan Rural District , native_name_lang = fa , settlement_type = Rural District , image_skyline = , imagesize = , image_alt = , image_caption = , image_flag = , flag_alt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Millôr Fernandes
Millôr Fernandes (August 16, 1923"Millôr Fernandes" ''Releituras'' (in Portuguese) – March 27, 2012) was a Brazilian writer, journalist, cartoonist, humorist and playwright. Born Milton Viola Fernandes, his birth was registered on May 27, 1924; the handwriting on his birth certificate rendered the name "Millôr", which he adopted as his official name. He was born in , and started his career in 1938, publishing in several Brazilian magazines, such as |
Norma Bengell
Norma Aparecida Almeida Pinto Guimarães d'Áurea Bengell (21 February 1935 – 9 October 2013) was a Brazilian film, stage and television actress, singer-songwriter, screenwriter and director. She appeared in several episodes of '' T.H.E. Cat'', the first being in 1966 episode “To Kill a Priest”. Biography Bengell was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She was the daughter of Christian Friedrich Bengel, a Belgian-born German piano tuner, and Maria da Glória Guimarães, a wealthy young Brazilian woman from the South Zone of Rio de Janeiro. Around the age of 10, her parents separated. Being rebellious, Norma was interned in a college of nuns. After a difficult time, she began working in the early 1950s, first as a model and then as a revue star, where she developed her singing career. Career Bengell was active in the film industry from 1959. She appeared in numerous international productions, including an extended period during the mid-1960s co-starring in Italian production ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jorge Amado
Jorge Leal Amado de Faria (10 August 1912 – 6 August 2001) was a Brazilian writer of the modernist school. He remains the best known of modern Brazilian writers, with his work having been translated into some 49 languages and popularized in film, notably ''Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands'' in 1976. His work reflects the image of a Mestiço Brazil and is marked by religious syncretism. He depicted a cheerful and optimistic country that was beset, at the same time, with deep social and economic differences. He occupied the 23rd chair of the Brazilian Academy of Letters from 1961 until his death in 2001. He won the 1984 International Nonino Prize in Italy. He also was Federal Deputy for São Paulo as a member of the Brazilian Communist Party between 1947 and 1951. Biography Amado was born on Saturday, 10 August 1912, on a farm near the inland city of Itabuna, in the south of the Brazilian state of Bahia. He was the eldest of four sons of João Amado de Faria and D. Eulália ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
