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Gilberto Braga
Gilberto Tumscitz Braga (November 1, 1945 – October 26, 2021) was a Brazilian screenwriter. Biography Braga was born in Rio de Janeiro, on November 1, 1945. He studied at the Instituto de Educação and the Colégio Pedro II. He studied at the Instituto de Educação and the Colégio Pedro II, and attended the College of Letters at the Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro and began to work as a teacher at the Aliança Francesa. Later he worked as a theater and cinema critic in newspaper ''O Globo''. Braga premiered on Rede Globo as an author in 1972 with an adaptation of ''The Lady of the Camellias'' by Alexandre Dumas in ''Caso Especial'' starring Glória Menezes. His first telenovela was '' Corrida do Ouro'' (1974) writing with Lauro César Muniz and Janete Clair. Created from a newspaper report, the central plot was conducted by five female characters, starring Aracy Balabanian, Sandra Bréa, Renata Sorrah, Maria Luiza Castelli and Célia Biar, who needed ... [...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] |
Roque Santeiro
''Roque Santeiro'' is a Brazilian primetime telenovela produced and broadcast by TV Globo. It premiered on 24 June 1985 and ended on 21 February 1986, replacing ''Corpo a Corpo'' and was replaced by ''Selva de Pedra''. It was created by Dias Gomes based on a play ''O Berço do Herói'' (Hero's Cradle) and starred Regina Duarte, Lima Duarte, José Wilker, Lucinha Lins, Yoná Magalhães, Paulo Gracindo, Armando Bógus, Cássia Kis Magro, Elizângela, Fábio Júnior, Lídia Brondi, Cláudio Cavalcanti, Cláudia Raia, Lutero Luiz, Maurício Mattar, Eloísa Mafalda and Ary Fontoura. It was directed by Paul Ubiratan and has co-written by Aguinaldo Silva. ''Roque Santeiro'' became a great success, with high viewership levels, and is recognized today as one of the best telenovelas of all time. It was distributed to several different countries around the world, and had an audience of 60 million viewers (out of approxmimentally 135-138 million Brazilians at the time), and is currentl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Newsweek
''Newsweek'' is an American weekly online news magazine co-owned 50 percent each by Dev Pragad, its president and CEO, and Johnathan Davis (businessman), Johnathan Davis, who has no operational role at ''Newsweek''. Founded as a weekly print magazine in 1933, it was widely distributed during the 20th century, and had many notable editors-in-chief. The magazine was acquired by The Washington Post Company in 1961, and remained under its ownership until 2010. Revenue declines prompted The Washington Post Company to sell it, in August 2010, to the audio pioneer Sidney Harman for a purchase price of one dollar and an assumption of the magazine's liabilities. Later that year, ''Newsweek'' merged with the news and opinion website ''The Daily Beast'', forming The Newsweek Daily Beast Company. ''Newsweek'' was jointly owned by the estate of Harman and the diversified American media and Internet company IAC (company), IAC. ''Newsweek'' continued to experience financial difficulties, whic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joana Fomm
Joana Maria Fomm (born September 14, 1939) is a Brazilian actress. Biography Joana Fomm was born in Belo Horizonte, but her mother died when she was still a baby and she was adopted by her uncles in Rio de Janeiro. Career Joana began her acting career at the Teatro Municipal in Rio de Janeiro in 1961, while still a student at Escola de Arte Dramática Martins Pena. She debuted in film in 1962 in '' O Quinto Poder'' by Alberto Pieralisi. In 1964, she made her first television appearance on TV Rio in the telenovela ''O Desconhecido'', written by Nelson Rodrigues Nelson Falcão Rodrigues (August 23, 1912 – December 21, 1980) was a Brazilian playwright, journalist and novelist. In 1943, he helped usher in a new era in Brazilian theater with his play ''Vestido de Noiva (The Wedding Dress)'', considered .... She won the APCA Award for Best Actress in Television in 1978, and the Candango for Best Actress in 1990. Selected television *'' Magnifica 70'' (2015–16) R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sônia Braga
Sônia Maria Campos Braga (; born 8 June 1950) is a Brazilian actress. She is known in the English-speaking world for her Golden Globe Award–nominated performances in '' Kiss of the Spider Woman'' (1985) and ''Moon over Parador'' (1988). She also received a BAFTA Award nomination in 1981 for ''Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands'' (first released in 1976). For the 1994 television film '' The Burning Season'', she was nominated for an Emmy Award and a third Golden Globe Award. Her other television and film credits include ''The Cosby Show'' (1986), ''Sex and the City'' (2001), '' American Family'' (2002), ''Alias'' (2005), ''Aquarius'' (2016), ''Bacurau'' (2019), and ''Fatima'' (2020). In 2020, ''The New York Times'' ranked her #24 in its list of the 25 Greatest Actors of the 21st Century. Early life Sônia Braga was born on June 8, 1950, daughter of Hélio Fernando Ferraz Braga and Maria Braga Jaci Campos, a costume designer from Maringá. Sônia's siblings are Júlio, Ana, Hélio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dancin' Days (1978 Telenovela)
''Dancin' Days'' is a Brazilian telenovela produced and broadcast by TV Globo. It premiered on 10 July 1978 and ended on 26 January 1979, with a total of 173 episodes. It's the twenty first "novela das oito" to be aired on the timeslot. It is created and written by Gilberto Braga and directed by Daniel Filho João Carlos Daniel Filho (born 30 September 1937), best known as Daniel Filho, is a Brazilian film producer, director, actor, and screenwriter. He starred in the film ''Os Cafajestes'', which was entered into the 12th Berlin International Fil .... Cast References External links * TV Globo telenovelas 1978 telenovelas Brazilian telenovelas 1978 Brazilian television series debuts 1979 Brazilian television series endings Telenovelas by Gilberto Braga Portuguese-language telenovelas Television shows set in Rio de Janeiro (city) Television series about revenge {{Brazil-tv-prog-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yara Cortes
Odete Cipriano Serpa, better known as Yara Cortes (September 22, 1921 – October 17, 2002) was a Brazilian actress. References External links * Brazilian telenovela actresses Actresses from Rio de Janeiro (city) Brazilian television actresses Brazilian film actresses Brazilian stage actresses 1921 births 2002 deaths {{Brazil-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pedro Bloch
Pedro Bloch (1914, Ukraine – February 23, 2004, Brazil) was a Brazilian writer. His family immigrated to Brazil at the beginning of the 20th century. He is famous for his plays, such as ''Dona Xepa'' and ''Mãos de Eurídice''. Also, he wrote more than a hundred books, one of which is ''Pai, me compra um amigo?'' Many of those books were inspired by his experiences taking care of children. His collections of children's sayings and anecdotes are quite renowned. Bloch was a musician, a playwright, and a physician; he had been a member of the Brazilian National Faculty of Medicine since 1937. His most renowned play was ''As Mãos de Eurídice'', which debuted on May 13, 1950 and which went on to be performed more than 60,000 times in more than 45 different countries. Two years later, he created another success, ''Dona Xepa'', which was even turned into a soap opera on the Rede Globo network. Pedro Bloch's interest in theater stemmed from the actors who used to visit him. Pedro Blo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dona Xepa (1977 TV Series)
''Dona Xepa'' (English: ''The Penny Lady'') is a Brazilian telenovela created and written by Gustavo Reiz and directed by Ivan Zettel. It premiered on May 21, 2013 and ended on September 24, 2013. It stars Ângela Leal, Thaís Fersoza, Arthur Aguiar, Rayana Carvalho, and Gabriel Gracindo. Plot Dona Xepa is the story of a mother who does everything for her children. Without much education, Dona Xepa says everything wrong and it embarrasses her children Rosalia and Edison. The tradeswoman earned this nickname by distributing the leftovers in her tent to the poor. Abandoned by her husband Esmeraldino, Xepa supports her children by working hard. Rosalia is a lawyer, beautiful, ambitious, she hates the life she leads and will do everything she can to infiltrate the rich world. Edison is an architecture student and despite being ashamed of his mother at times, he can do nothing to harm her. Cast * Ângela Leal as Carlota Losano Coelho 'Dona Xepa' * Thaís Fersoza as Rosália Losano ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
China TV Golden Eagle Award
The China TV Golden Eagle Award (), commonly known in China as the Golden Eagle Awards, is one of three main national award ceremonies recognising excellence in the Chinese television industry. The award is presented by the China Television Artists Association. It is considered to be one of the most prestigious television awards, alongside the Feitian Awards and Magnolia Awards. The Golden Eagle Awards are a biennial awards ceremony, held on alternate years with the Feitian Awards since 2005. History Candidates used to be nominated by members of the China Television Artists Association (CTAA) and managers of local television stations. The nationwide audience would vote by filling in a form published in the Popular TV Magazine (大众电视), and the nominee with the most votes would clinch the top awards. Each category had three winning candidates, with the one having the highest number of votes clinching the "Best Award" (最佳奖) while the other two would each receive an "Out ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucélia Santos
Maria Lucélia dos Santos (born May 20, 1957) is a Brazilian actress, director and producer. She received international acclaim for her leading role in the 1976 Rede Globo telenovela '' Isaura, The Slave Girl'', broadcast in over 80 countries."Escrava Isaura (1976) - Trivia" at the IMDb. Biography Maria Lucélia dos Santos was born in , , to Maurílio Simões dos Santos and Maria Moura dos Santos. Her parents were both |
China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and borders fourteen countries by land, the most of any country in the world, tied with Russia. Covering an area of approximately , it is the world's third largest country by total land area. The country consists of 22 provinces, five autonomous regions, four municipalities, and two Special Administrative Regions (Hong Kong and Macau). The national capital is Beijing, and the most populous city and financial center is Shanghai. Modern Chinese trace their origins to a cradle of civilization in the fertile basin of the Yellow River in the North China Plain. The semi-legendary Xia dynasty in the 21st century BCE and the well-attested Shang and Zhou dynasties developed a bureaucratic political system to serve hereditary monarchies, or dyna ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
