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Juan Pablo Gamboa
Juan Pablo Gamboa (born November 24, 1966 in Cali, Colombia) is a Colombian actor. The second of four children,Juan Pablo Gamboa Cook. was raised in a bi-cultural, bilingual household due to his mother, Sandra Cook - originally from Boston who went to Colombia with the Peace Corps and his colombian father, Andrés Gamboa Ruiz. The Gamboa family from Cali, Colombia, traces its ancestry to the Colombian poet Isaias Gamboa (1872-1904) and more than 30 poets, writers, artists and educators, spanning more than five generations. He appeared in telenovelas including '' Esmeralda'', '' La usurpadora'', '' Carita de Ángel'', '' La intrusa''. Gamboa studied communications in Hofstra University in New York. His portrayal of Willy in ''La usurpadora'' gave him his first TVyNovelas Award nomination for best male antagonist. He has four children, Santiago and Mariana from his first wife Viviana Escobar and Juan Martin and another son with his second wife. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cali
Santiago de Cali (), or Cali, is the capital of the Valle del Cauca department, and the most populous city in southwest Colombia, with 2,227,642 residents according to the 2018 census. The city spans with of urban area, making Cali the second-largest city in the country by area and the third most populous after Bogotá and Medellín. As the only major Colombian city with access to the Pacific Coast, Cali is the main urban and economic center in the south of the country, and has one of Colombia's fastest-growing economies. The city was founded on 25 July 1536 by the Spanish explorer Sebastián de Belalcázar. As a sporting center for Colombia, it was the host city for the 1971 Pan American Games. Cali also hosted the 1992 World Wrestling Championships, the 2013 edition of the World Games, the UCI Track Cycling World Championships in 2014, the World Youth Championships in Athletics in 2015 as well as the inaugural Junior Pan American Games in 2021 and the 2022 World Athletic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Los Muertos
LOS, or Los, or LoS may refer to: Science and technology * Length of stay, the duration of a single episode of hospitalisation * Level of service, a measure used by traffic engineers * Level of significance, a measure of statistical significance * Line-of-sight (other) * LineageOS, a free and open-source operating system for smartphones and tablet computers * Loss of signal ** Fading **End of pass (spaceflight) * Loss of significance, undesirable effect in calculations using floating-point arithmetic Medicine and biology * Lipooligosaccharide, a bacterial lipopolysaccharide with a low-molecular-weight * Lower oesophageal sphincter Arts and entertainment * ''The Land of Stories'', a series of children's novels by Chris Colfer * Los, or the Crimson King, a character in Stephen King's novels * Los (band), a British indie rock band from 2008 to 2011 * Los (Blake), a character in William Blake's poetry * Los (rapper) (born 1982), stage name of American rapper Carlo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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1966 Births
Events January * January 1 – In a coup, Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa takes over as military ruler of the Central African Republic, ousting President David Dacko. * January 3 – 1966 Upper Voltan coup d'état: President Maurice Yaméogo is deposed by a military coup in the Republic of Upper Volta (modern-day Burkina Faso). * January 10 ** Pakistani–Indian peace negotiations end successfully with the signing of the Tashkent Declaration, a day before the sudden death of Indian prime minister Lal Bahadur Shastri. ** The House of Representatives of the US state of Georgia refuses to allow African-American representative Julian Bond to take his seat, because of his anti-war stance. ** A Commonwealth Prime Ministers' Conference convenes in Lagos, Nigeria, primarily to discuss Rhodesia. * January 12 – United States President Lyndon Johnson states that the United States should stay in South Vietnam until Communist aggression there is ended. * January 15 – 1966 Nigeria ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Loving Pablo, Hating Escobar
''Loving Pablo, Hating Escobar'' ( es, Amando a Pablo, odiando a Escobar) is a 2007 memoir by Colombian author and journalist Virginia Vallejo about her five-year (1982-1987) romantic relationship with Pablo Escobar, head of the Medellín Cartel. It was published by Random House Mondadori on 22 September 2007, and Random House Inc. of New York on 4 October 2007. The book, upon release, instantly became the #1 bestseller in Colombia, Latin America, and the Hispanic market in the United States. It has been translated to sixteen languages, and inspired the 2017 film ''Loving Pablo''. Vallejo's memoir, in addition to covering the relationship, also serves as an intimate biography of Escobar, and a historical document about Colombian tragedies and political corruption in the second half of the 20th century. Plot The book is divided in an introduction and three parts: The Days of Innocence and Dreams; The Days of Splendor and Terror; and The Days of Absence and Silence. In the Int ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Virginia Vallejo
Virginia Vallejo García (born 26 August 1949) is a Colombian author, journalist, television director, anchorwoman, media personality, socialite, and political asylee in the United States of America. On 18 July 2006, the DEA took her out of Colombia in a special flight to save her life and cooperate with the Department of Justice in high-profile cases, after she had publicly signaled several Colombian presidents and politicians of being beneficiaries or accomplices of the leading cocaine cartels. In 2007, she published her first book, '' Loving Pablo, Hating Escobar'', which led the Colombian justice system to reopen the cases of the Palace of Justice siege (1985), and the assassination of the presidential candidate Luis Carlos Galán (1989). The book was translated to fifteen languages and made into a movie in 2018. Vallejo currently resides in Miami, Florida. In 2019, she returned to her work as a television journalist for the international channel Actualidad RT. Early l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Loving Pablo
''Loving Pablo'', internationally known as ''Escobar'', is a 2017 English-language Spanish biographical crime drama film directed by Fernando León de Aranoa, based on Virginia Vallejo's memoir ''Loving Pablo, Hating Escobar''. It was screened out of competition in the 74th Venice International Film Festival and in the Special Presentations section at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival. Plot Between 1983 and 1987, Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar had a romantic relationship with the journalist and the television presenter, Virginia Vallejo. Cast * Javier Bardem as Pablo Escobar * Penélope Cruz as Virginia Vallejo * Peter Sarsgaard as Shepard, based on Steve Murphy * Julieth Restrepo as Maria Victoria Henao * David Valencia as Santos * David Ojalvo as FBI Agent * Giselle Da Silva as Olguita Arranz Reception Box office ''Loving Pablo'' grossed $22,017 in the United States and Canada, and $17,5 million in other territories, plus $60,312 with home video sales. Critica ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ana Maria In Novela Land
Ana Maria in Novela Land is a 2015 romantic comedy film about a titular superfan switching places with her favorite telenovela character, Ariana Tomosa. It opened theatrically on February 27, 2015 in select markets through AMC, and stars Edy Ganem, Luis Guzmán, Michael Steger, Juan Pablo Gamboa and Elizabeth Peña in her final film role. It was developed and distributed by Fluency, as part of NBC Universal. Plot Ana Maria (Edy Ganem) is a bored twentysomething living in Los Angeles. After she gets fired from her job, bails on her best friend (Carla Morrison), and blows off her sister’s (Mercedes Masohn) bridal fitting, Ana Maria gets into a fight with her mother (Elizabeth Peña) and father (Nestor Serrano) about where her life is going. Her only solace at the end of a crummy day is watching the telenovela ''Pasión Sin Limites'' (Passion Without Limits) which features her favorite bad girl character, Ariana Tomosa (Edy Ganem). In the novela, Ariana has just been blackmailed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Viuda Negra (telenovela)
''La viuda negra'' (''The Black Widow'') is a 2014 Spanish-language telenovela produced by RTI Producciones and Televisa for United States-based television network Univisión and for Colombia-based television network Caracol Television. It is an adaptation of the book ''La patrona de Pablo Escobar'' of José Guarnizo based on history from Griselda Blanco. Series overview Season 1 (2014) The story of Griselda Blanco, a woman who as a teenager was raped by her stepfather. Griselda decides to leave home because her mother did not believe her stepfather abused her. Griselda joins a gang of criminals in order to survive alone in the world. Griselda falls for "Cejas" the first man who betrays her and thus was born "La viuda negra", a woman who murdered her three husbands for having betrayed her. Her ruthlessness and ability to sell large amounts of cocaine earned her the reputation of The Queen of Cocaine. Season 2 (2016) Griselda has a second chance to live, but to save her son ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kings Of South Beach
''Kings of South Beach'' is a 2007 American crime drama television film directed by Tim Hunter and written by Nicholas Pileggi, about an infamous operator of nightclubs in the South Beach section of Miami Beach, Florida. The lead character is portrayed by Jason Gedrick; his best friend is portrayed by Donnie Wahlberg. The film premiered on March 12, 2007 on A&E. Background The film is loosely based on a true story about the exploits of Chris Paciello, a transplanted New Yorker who was involved with the Mafia back in his hometown. He built a house of cards in South Beach, founded on models, money, and celebrity friends, including Madonna. After an intense undercover investigation, Paciello was arrested on racketeering and murder charges, and went on to testify against known members and associates of the Colombo and Bonanno crime families. Cast * Donnie Wahlberg as Andy Burnett * Jason Gedrick as Chris Troiano * Ricardo Antonio Chavira as Enrique * Brian Goodman as Lt. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pura Sangre (Colombian TV Series)
''Pura sangre'' (English title: ''Thoroughbred: Between the Justice and Revenge'') is a Colombian telenovela produced and broadcast by RCN Televisión in 2007. Cast * Rafael Novoa as Eduardo Montenegro / Marco Vieira * Marcela Mar as Florencia Lagos * Kathy Sáenz as Paulina Riascos/Regina Castaño "La Hiena" * Pepe Sánchez as Don Alejandro Lagos / Don Eusebio Beltrán * Helga Díaz as Irene Lagos * Juan Pablo Gamboa as Federico Lagos / Pedronel Lagos * Andrés Juan as Camilo Lagos * Manuel José Chávez as Simón Lagos * Silvia de Dios as Susana Suescún de Lagos * Edgardo Román as Atila Carranza * as Renato León * Carlos Hurtado as Aristides Bocanegra * Juliana Galvis as Silvia Vallejo * Carolina Cuervo as Azucena Flores de Chaparro * Alejandra Sandoval as Lucía Velandia (Beltrán Castaño) * Carlos Manuel Vesga as Isidro Chaparro * Fernando Arévalo as Dr. Ortegón * Jenny Osorio as Margarita Flores * Marcela Benjumea as Rosa Flores * Manuel Sarmiento as Sam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
