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Granja Viana
Granja Viana (commonly known as Granja, sometimes spelled as Granja Vianna) is an upscale district in the city of Cotia, São Paulo (state), São Paulo, Brazil. Officially, the district is located in the east side of the city, but some portions of southern Carapicuíba, northern Embu das Artes and eastern Jandira are often referred to as Granja Viana as well. It can be accessed via the Rodovia Raposo Tavares, Raposo Tavares Highway. In Cotia itself, it occupies an area of 50 km2, with a population of 35,000(2014),Barcellos (2014), p. 37 and it possesses 70% of the city's industry, including automotive parts, food & beverage, metallurgy, graphic, informatics, serigraphy, chemicals, pottery, horticulture, woods, plastics, etc.Barcellos (2014), p. 34 The district is part of the Transition Towns network, having a local community called "Transition Granja Viana". History The lands today considered as "Granja Viana" belonged to the Carapicuyba Farm, which also consisted of areas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eduardo Araújo
Eduardo Araújo (born Eduardo Oliveira Araújo; July 23, 1942 in Joaíma) is a Brazilian rock singer. Once part of the Jovem Guarda movement, he is now linked to the country music scene. He is famous for his Jovem Guarda hit "O Bom". Discography Albums References * Biography of Eduardo Araújoat allmusic AllMusic (previously known as All Music Guide and AMG) is an American online music database. It catalogs more than three million album entries and 30 million tracks, as well as information on musicians and bands. Initiated in 1991, the databa ... External linksEduardo Araújo official website (in Portuguese) 1942 births Living people People from Minas Gerais Brazilian rock musicians 20th-century Brazilian male singers 20th-century Brazilian singers Jovem Guarda Brazilian rock singers {{Brazil-singer-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Perla (singer)
Ermelinda Pedroso Rodríguez D'Almeida (born 17 March 1952), known as Perla, is a Paraguayan-Brazilian singer. Biography Perla was born and raised in Paraguay. She was born into a musical family and began performing in a group called "Las Maravilles del Paraguay" with her siblings and her father. In the early 1970s she moved to Brazil in search of challenges and opportunities. This is where she began performing in nightclubs as "O Bigode do Meu Tio" (The Mustache of My Uncle). She raised to prominence in the 1970s with her hit ''Fernando'', a Portuguese-language version of ABBA's song, from the same decade. During her career, she has sold more than 10 million records and won 10 Gold Record Gold is a chemical element with the symbol Au (from la, aurum) and atomic number 79. This makes it one of the higher atomic number elements that occur naturally. It is a bright, slightly orange-yellow, dense, soft, malleable, and ductile me ...s, 2 Platinum and a Double Platinum, among ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fernando Meirelles
Fernando Ferreira Meirelles (; born 9 November 1955) is a Brazilian film director, producer and screenwriter. He is best known for co-directing the film '' City of God'', released in 2002 in Brazil and in 2003 in the U.S. by Miramax Films, which received international critical acclaim. For his work in the film, he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Director. He was also nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Director in 2005 for ''The Constant Gardener'', which garnered the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for Rachel Weisz. He also directed the 2008 adaptation of José Saramago's novel ''Blindness'', and the 2011 film '' 360''. In 2019 Meirelles directed and produced in Brazil the HBO original series ''Joint Venture'' and also directed ''The Two Popes'' for Netflix. Early life Meirelles was born in São Paulo, Brazil. Meirelles' father, José de Souza Meirelles, is a gastroenterologist who travelled regularly to Asia and North America (among othe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Negra Li
Negra Li (born Liliane de Carvalho, São Paulo, September 17, 1979) is a Brazilian singer, actress and dancer. She was one of the lead actresses in the 2006 musical drama film '' Antônia''. She has sold over 300,000 copies and her net worth is R$ 3 million. In 2016 Negra Li released a single called "Sunshine" featuring her husband Jr. Dread, the song was written and produced by Jamaican producer Adrian "Donsome" Hanson for Donsome Records. In 2022, she performed cosplayed as a peacock in the reality singing competition ''The Masked Singer Brasil ''The Masked Singer Brasil'' is a Brazilian reality singing competition television series based on the South Korean television series ''King of Mask Singer''. The series premiered on August 10, 2021, on TV Globo. The series features celebrities s ...''. Discography Albums Singles References {{DEFAULTSORT:Li, Negra 1979 births Living people Brazilian actresses Brazilian hip hop musicians 21st-century Brazilian women s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rita Lee
Rita Lee Jones (; born 31 December 1947) is a Brazilian rock singer, composer and writer. She is a former member of the Brazilian band Os Mutantes and is a popular figure in Brazilian entertainment, where she is also known for being an animal rights activist and a vegan. She has sold more than 60 million albums worldwide. Her autobiography ''Rita Lee: Uma Autobiografia'' was the best-selling non-fiction book of 2017 in Brazil. Early life and education Rita Lee was born in São Paulo, Brazil, to an American father, Charles Fenley Jones, a dentist descended from the Confederates, and Romilda Padula, a Brazilian mother of Italian ancestry and a pianist. Rita studied classical piano with the renowned pianist Magdalena Tagliaferro. In place of the traditional adolescent debut ball, she asked to receive a drum set. She was educated in a French-language school and became fluent in Spanish, French, and Italian, as well as her native Portuguese and the English that her parents spoke ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
O Globo
''O Globo'' (, ''The Globe'') is a Brazilian newspaper based in Rio de Janeiro. ''O Globo'' is the most prominent print publication in the Grupo Globo media conglomerate. Founded by journalist Irineu Marinho, owner of ''A Noite'', it was originally intended as a morning daily to extend the newspaper interests of the company. In time, it became the flagship paper of the group. When Irineu died weeks after the founding of the newspaper in 1925, it was inherited by his son Roberto. At age 21, he started working as a trainee reporter for the paper and later became managing editor. Roberto Marinho developed Grupo Globo (the conglomerate of media companies consisting of ''O Globo,'' TV Globo, Rádio Globo, Editora Globo and other subsidiaries) as Brazil's largest media group, entering radio in the 1940s and TV in the 1960s, and picking up other interests. An active supporter of the military dictatorship that lasted from 1964 to 1985 in Brazil, ''O Globo'' is still considered a righ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexandre Frota
Alexandre Frota de Andrade (born October 14, 1963) is a Brazilian politician and a former model and porn star. A former member of the Social Liberal Party (PSL), Frota was elected Federal Deputy by the state of São Paulo in the 2018 general elections. Career Acting career His acting career begin in various telenovelas on the Globo TV Network (Rede Globo) and in Brazilian films. He participated on the Brazilian TV reality show "House of Artists" (''Casa dos Artistas'') on the SBT network, along with Brazilian rock musician Supla. He also appeared in the "Celebrity Farm" (''Quinta das Celebridades'') reality show in Portugal where he reached second place, first place being awarded to the controversial José Castelo Branco. Both of these shows were variations on the Big Brother theme. While in Portugal Alexandre Frota appeared in the theatrical spectacle ''Sex Fever''. Later he appeared in another TV reality show "First Company ''Primeira Companhia'', which took the form ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marcelo Fromer
Marcelo Fromer (December 3, 1961 – June 13, 2001) was the guitarist of Brazilian rock band Titãs. One of the founding members and also the band's manager, he died in 2001, after being hit by a motorcycle while jogging. Early life and youth Marcelo Fromer grew up in São Paulo in a house frequently visited by friends like Branco Mello, whom he met in 1974, in the Hugo Sarmento school. When he was 15 years old, he discovered The Beatles, Chico Buarque and the Tropicália, and started having guitar lessons with Luiz Tati, of the group Rumo. While studying at Equipe school, he met Tony Bellotto and formed the Trio Mamão with him and Mello. As he hated singing, he was the only one dedicated exclusively to the acoustic guitar. Also at Equipe school, he, Mello and other classmates created the "Papagaio" magazine, featuring comics, poetry and texts about the internal decisions of the school. But he would never stop composing and playing. Soccer would also play an important role on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Terra Networks
Terra is a Spanish Internet multinational company owned by Telefónica, with headquarters in Spain and offices in Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, the United States and Peru. Part of Telefónica Group (the former Spanish public telephone monopoly), Terra operates as a web portal or Internet access provider in the U.S., Spain, and 16 Latin American countries. Founded in 1999 as Terra Networks, S.A., a publicly traded company with Telefónica as its largest shareholder, all outstanding shares were purchased by Telefónica in 2017, making Terra a wholly owned subsidiary. History Terra was founded in 1999 as Terra Networks, S.A. by Juan Villalonga, Telefónica's president between 1996 and 2000, and grew in size through the acquisitions of several local startups in Spain and the main Latin American markets: Olé (Spain), ZAZ (Brazil), Mexico, Gauchonet, Donde (Argentina) and Chevere (Venezuela). Terra has created several digital portals, like Invertia, a successful finance port ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
