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Ken Appledorn
Kenneth "Ken" James Appledorn (born in Troy, Michigan) is an American actor known for his work in the series ''The Refugees (TV series), The Refugees'', a joint production of BBC Worldwide and Atresmedia and ''Arde Madrid'', directed by Paco León, Paco Leon for Movistar+. He is also known for his work in the film ''Casting'' as well as the film ''The Extraordinary Tale of the Times Table, The Extraordinary Tale''. Biography Ken Appledorn grew up in Troy, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit. He is the youngest of four boys. He attended Troy High School where he participated in theatre and drama, however went on study business administration and Spanish at the University of Michigan Ross School of Business. Upon graduation he traveled to Sevilla, Spain and began studying theatre there at Teatro Viento Sur and El Centro Andaluz de Teatro (CAT). He also spent time studing at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London. His first break came when David Fernández Sainz-Rozas, creator of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Troy, Michigan
Troy is a city in Oakland County, Michigan, United States. Its population was 87,294 at the 2020 U.S. census, making Troy the most populous city in the county and the 13th most-populous municipality in the state. Troy is a northern suburb of Metro Detroit, located about sixteen miles (25.7 km) northwest of downtown Detroit. Troy was organized as a township in 1827, and sections of the township incorporated much later into the cities of Birmingham, Clawson, and Royal Oak. The remainder of the township incorporated as the present-day city of Troy in 1955. Troy has become a business and shopping destination in the region, with numerous office centers and the upscale Somerset Collection mall. In 2011, Troy was ranked the safest city in Michigan and the 19th safest city in the United States. In 2008, Troy was ranked 22nd on a list of "Best Places to Live" in the United States by CNN Money, using criteria including housing, quality of education, economic strength, and recre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Festival De Málaga De Cine Español
A festival is an event ordinarily celebrated by a community and centering on some characteristic aspect or aspects of that community and its religion or cultures. It is often marked as a local or national holiday, mela, or eid. A festival constitutes typical cases of glocalization, as well as the high culture-low culture interrelationship. Next to religion and folklore, a significant origin is agricultural. Food is such a vital resource that many festivals are associated with harvest time. Religious commemoration and thanksgiving for good harvests are blended in events that take place in autumn, such as Halloween in the northern hemisphere and Easter in the southern. Festivals often serve to fulfill specific communal purposes, especially in regard to commemoration or thanking to the gods, goddesses or saints: they are called patronal festivals. They may also provide entertainment, which was particularly important to local communities before the advent of mass-produced ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yo Soy Bea
''Yo soy Bea'' is a Spanish television comedy-drama series which aired on Telecinco from 10 July 2006 to 16 August 2009. The series is an adaptation of the popular Colombian telenovela ''Yo soy Betty, la fea'' (''"I am Betty, the ugly"''). It stars Ruth Núñez in the title role of Beatriz "Bea" Pérez Pinzón and Alejandro Tous as Álvaro Aguilar, Bea's love interest. ''Yo soy Bea'' translates to "I am Bea"; it is a pun, with "Bea" sounding like bella, meaning pretty, and like fea, meaning ugly. The Spanish adaptation screened weekdays during the daytime and pulled in, on average, over four million viewers (over +35% share of the audience). The series' record is a 42.1% share. It was Spain's top rated daytime program. Plot Set in Madrid, the series tells the story of Beatriz "Bea" Pérez Pinzón ( Ruth Núñez). She is a highly intelligent and well-educated young woman, but has trouble finding a job because of her unattractive appearance, which consists of oversized glasse ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aída
''Aída'' is a Spanish sitcom that aired on Telecinco from 16 January 2005 to 8 June 2014. Set in Madrid, it is a spin off of the sitcom ''7 Vidas'', on which Aída was a recurring character. It was produced by Globomedia. The show stars Carmen Machi as Aída García, a working single mother with two teenage children who is forced to move in with her mother Eugenia, played by Marisol Ayuso, and brother Luisma, played by Paco León, to make ends meet. The show received favorable criticism and was the most-viewed show in Spain from 2007 until the end of its run. It has also received several awards, including the Ondas Award for Best Spanish Sitcom. The Polish remake of the series began airing in March 2012 on the TVP2 channel. Synopsis The series begins when Aída García, a divorced, ex-alcoholic and uneducated cleaning worker, returns to her lifelong working-class neighborhood, Esperanza Sur, when her recently deceased father leaves her the family home as an inheritance. A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Museo Coconut
''Museo Coconut'' (English: ''Coconut Museum'') is a Spanish TV sitcom which is aired in Neox since November 1, 2010. The series revolves around the situations that happen in Coconut Museum, a museum of contemporary art. Jaime Walter (Raúl Cimas) becomes its new director, after failing as head of the MOMA in New York and in his love life. On arrival, he must deal with both the owner of the museum, Mrs. Coconut (Carlos Areces), and with their employees. Cast *Raúl Cimas *Carlos Areces * Joaquín Reyes * Julián López *Ernesto Sevilla Ernesto Sevilla López (born 16 May 1978) is a Spanish TV director, actor, comedian, screenwriter and TV presenter. Career He began as a screenwriter for Paramount Comedy. In July 2015 he became a main character in ''La que se avecina'' with ... References Spanish television sitcoms 2010 Spanish television series debuts 2010s Spanish comedy television series {{Spain-tv-prog-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Allí Abajo
''Allí abajo'' (English: ''Down there'') is a Spanish television comedy series produced by Plano a Plano for Antena 3. Although it is compared to successful film '' Ocho apellidos vascos'', creators César Benítez and Aitor Gabilondo claim they had on their minds the concept of the show long before the movie, and that it has more in common with French film ''Bienvenue chez les Ch'tis''. It premiered to more than 6 million viewers on a simulcast airing on Antena 3, Neox and Nova, becoming the most-watched series premiere of a Spanish television show since ''Aída'' in 2005 and the best series premiere for an Antena 3 show since ''Compuesta y sin novio'' in 1994. Plot The series revolves around Iñaki (Jon Plazaola), a 30-year-old Basque man who has never left Euskadi. He lives in San Sebastián with his mother Maritxu (Ane Gabarain), the classic absorbent, dominant Basque matriarch who sees Iñaki as a perennial child unable to move forward in life on his own. Iñaki runs a bar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brain Drain (film)
''Brain Drain'' ( es, link=no, Fuga de cerebros) is a 2009 Spanish romantic comedy film directed by Fernando González Molina and starring Mario Casas and Amaia Salamanca. The film is an A3 Films production. The production started on 14 July 2008 in Madrid and Gijón, and its premier was on 24 April 2009. Due to great success at the Spanish box office, the film spawned off a sequel, ''Brain Drain 2'' (2011). Plot The film begins with an 18 year old Emilio (''Mario Casas'') who tells his amorous misadventures with Natalia (''Amaia Salamanca'') due to all his physical problems ( orthodoncy, orthosis, etc.) When he is 18 he finally gets rid of all his dental appareils and has the chance to confess to Natalia his love. But when she gets a student grant to attend Oxford University (England), all his friends try to help him by going to Oxford too with fake grants. However, once there, the group must confront several problems, such as their poor English and their disabilities an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Imposter (2012 Film)
''The Imposter'' is a 2012 documentary film about the 1997 case of a French confidence trickster Frédéric Bourdin, who pretended to be Nicholas Patrick Barclay, an American boy who had disappeared in Texas at the age of 13 in 1994. The film was directed by Bart Layton. It mainly includes interviews with Bourdin but also with members of Barclay's family, as well as archive television news footage and reenacted dramatic sequences. Summary The story begins in a phone box in Spain where Bourdin phones the police saying he is a tourist who has found a young boy in a phone box and the police should collect him. He is taken to a children's home and says he is American. He asks to be left in an office overnight to call his family. There he uses records in the office to contact various sheriff's offices in the USA asking about missing children. Through one lead he gets the name Nicholas Barclay. He then calls to another US agency claiming to be a Spanish official and asking to fax inf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Ignorancia De La Sangre
''The Ignorance of Blood'' ( es, La ignorancia de la sangre, links=no) is a 2014 Spanish thriller film directed by Manuel Gómez Pereira and written by Nicolás Saad which stars Juan Diego Botto and Paz Vega alongside Alberto San Juan, Cuca Escribano and Francesc Garrido Francesc Garrido (born 1969) is a Spanish film, television and stage actor from Catalonia. Biography Francesc Garrido was born in 1969 in Barcelona. He trained his acting chops at the Barcelona's Institut del Teatre, further advancing his traini .... Cast References External links * * Films shot in Madrid Films shot in Morocco Films with screenplays by Nicolás Saad Films directed by Manuel Gómez Pereira Films scored by Federico Jusid Maestranza Films films Tornasol Films films 2010s Spanish films {{2010s-Spain-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rifkin's Festival
''Rifkin's Festival'' is a 2020 comedy film, written and directed by Woody Allen. An American-Spanish-Italian co-production, it stars Wallace Shawn, Elena Anaya, Louis Garrel, Gina Gershon, Sergi López (actor), Sergi López, and Christoph Waltz. It premiered at the 68th San Sebastián International Film Festival on September 18, 2020, and was released in Spain on October 2, 2020, by Tripictures. A short plot summary appeared in ''The Guardian'' on September 4, 2019, stating: "The movie, ''Rifkin’s Festival'', is about a couple who fall in love while in town for the San Sebastián International Film Festival, San Sebastián film festival, drawing on the annual event as the backdrop to a romantic comedy." On January 28, 2022, the film began a limited release in United States theaters and on streaming services. Plot Mort Rifkin, a snobby elderly film critic from New York City, New York, is telling his therapist about the recent developments in his life. In the recount, he's a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malnazidos
''Valley of the Dead'' ( es, Malnazidos, links=no) is a 2020 Spanish zombie action film directed by Javier Ruiz Caldera and Alberto de Toro set in the Spanish Civil War. Its cast features Miki Esparbé, Aura Garrido, Luis Callejo, Álvaro Cervantes, Jesús Carroza and María Botto. Plot The film is set in 1938, during the latter phases of the Spanish Civil War. A column of SS troops arrive at a small village during a wedding. The SS officer in command takes a toast of the strong alcohol the wedding guests are drinking, but coughs and sputters, causing the guests to laugh at him. Angrily, he orders one of his men to open fire with a machine gun, slaughtering the wedding guests. The SS men then put on gas masks and open numerous canisters containing a strange gas, which float towards the corpses of the villagers. Captain Jan Lozano's high ranking uncle arrives just in time to save him from a firing squad. Jan has repeatedly run afoul of the Nationalist government, and it is onl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Héroes De Barrio
''Football Heroes of the Block'' ( es, Héroes de barrio, links=no) is a 2022 Spanish comedy film directed by Ángeles Reiné which stars Antonio Pagudo and Luna Fulgencio alongside Lisi Linder, Antonio Dechent, Álex O'Dogherty, and Jesús Olmedo. Plot Set in a suburb of Seville, the plot follows a man at a low ebb (Luis), who (falsely) told to be a friend of famous footballer Joaquín to his daughter Paula, a 9-year-old wannabe footballer. Upon lying to Paula, Luis does everything he can not to let her down. Meanwhile Luis yearns to be back with former partner Carmen, Paula's mom. Luis is supported by his father (a former boxer) and friend Litos to win Carmen's love back. Cast Production The screenplay was penned by Antonio Prieto and Ángeles Reiné. The film was produced by Spal Films, Álamo Producciones and Galdo Media, alongside AIE Palacios Gador, with the collaboration of ICAA, Junta de Andalucía, and Canal Sur. Filming started in March 2021 in Alcalá de Guada ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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