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Manuela Vellés
Manuela Vellés Casariego (born 16 January 1987) is a Spanish actress best known for her appearances in television series and films. Biography Manuela Vellés comes from a family of artists, writers, and designers, and her parents are architects. She began her theatrical acting studies at the school of Argentine director Juan Carlos Corazza, in the course "Theater for Youth". She continued her training with Jorge Eines, Augusto Fernandes, and Fernando Leones, and later, in 2010, she attended The Acting School of London. In addition to working as an actress, she has developed a parallel career as a musician. She has performed songs in several movies and series, and composes her own songs on guitar. Professional career Vellés made her cinematic debut in 2007, after Julio Medem selected her in a casting to be the protagonist of ''Caótica Ana''. She then obtained her first regular role as the second lead of the Antena 3 series ''La chica de ayer'', based on the British ''Life on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madrid
Madrid ( , ) is the capital and most populous city of Spain. The city has almost 3.4 million inhabitants and a metropolitan area population of approximately 6.7 million. It is the second-largest city in the European Union (EU), and its monocentric metropolitan area is the third-largest in the EU.United Nations Department of Economic and Social AffairWorld Urbanization Prospects (2007 revision), (United Nations, 2008), Table A.12. Data for 2007. The municipality covers geographical area. Madrid lies on the River Manzanares in the central part of the Iberian Peninsula. Capital city of both Spain (almost without interruption since 1561) and the surrounding autonomous community of Madrid (since 1983), it is also the political, economic and cultural centre of the country. The city is situated on an elevated plain about from the closest seaside location. The climate of Madrid features hot summers and cool winters. The Madrid urban agglomeration has the second-large ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ABC (newspaper)
''ABC'' () is a Spanish national daily newspaper. It is the second largest general-interest newspaper in Spain, number one in Madrid, and the oldest newspaper still operating in Madrid. Along with '' El Mundo'' and '' El País'', it is one of Spain’s three newspapers of record. History and profile ''ABC'' was first published in Madrid on 1 January 1903 by Torcuato Luca de Tena y Álvarez-Ossorio. The founding publishing house was Prensa Española, which was led by the founder of the paper, Luca de Tena. The paper started as a weekly newspaper, turning daily in June 1905. In 1928 ABC had two editions, one for Madrid and the other for Seville. The latter was named ''ABC de Sevilla''. On 20 July 1936, shortly after the Spanish Civil War began, ''ABC'' in Madrid was seized by the republican government, which changed the paper's politics to support the Republicans. The same year '' Blanco y Negro'', a magazine, became its supplement. The ''ABC'' printed in Seville was supportive ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Camino (2008 Film)
''Camino'' is a 2008 Spanish drama film directed by Javier Fesser starring Nerea Camacho as the title character alongside Carmen Elías, Mariano Venancio and Manuela Vellés. The plot is inspired by (and dedicated to) the real story of Alexia González-Barros, a girl who died from spinal cancer at age 14 in 1985 and who is in process of canonization. The girl's family (related to the Opus Dei) did not agree with the film and so controversy mired the film since the very beginning, and arguably only served to increase interest in the film. The film swept the 23rd Goya Awards, winning in 6 categories, including 4 of the Big 5 (Best Picture, Director, Original Screenplay and Actress). Plot Camino and her family belong to the Opus Dei. She develops a crush for a boy (Cuco/Jesús). Camino's elder sister is a Catholic acolyte, deliberately kept from contacting her family. Suppressing open signs of normal maternal grief, the mother seems almost inhuman in urging her dying daugh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
El Ministerio Del Tiempo
''El ministerio del tiempo'' (English title: ''The Ministry of Time'') is a Spanish fantasy television series created by Javier and Pablo Olivares and produced by Onza Partners and Cliffhanger for Televisión Española (TVE). It premiered on 24 February 2015 on TVE's main channel La 1. The series follows the exploits of an investigative team in the fictional Ministry of Time, which deals with incidents caused by time travel that can cause changes to the present day. On 24 March 2015, it was confirmed that TVE had renewed the series for a second season. The show was renewed for a third season on 22 September 2016. On 29 December 2016 it was announced that RTVE had sold the rights to Netflix to broadcast the third series internationally, outside of Spain, resulting in a bigger production budget. The series was renewed for a fourth season, which started airing on Televisión Española on 5 May 2020. It was known that HBO has acquired the broadcasting rights for the series, at lea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
High Seas (TV Series)
''High Seas'' ( es, Alta Mar, links=no) is a Spanish Mystery fiction, mystery series released on Netflix in May 2019. The program is set aboard a Transatlantic crossing, transatlantic ocean liner. It stars Ivana Baquero, Alejandra Onieva, Jon Kortajarena, Eloy Azorín, , Tamar Novas, Daniel Lundh, Natalia Rodríguez, Laura Prats, , Begoña Vargas, and Manuela Vellés. The show was renewed for a second season in June 2019 and was released on November 22, 2019. Bambú Producciones is the production company behind the series. Actor Jon Kortajarena, who portrays character Nicolás Vázquez, confirmed season three of the show on his official Instagram page on November 6, 2019. A planned fourth season was cancelled by Netflix in mid-2020. Plot Following the death of their father, sisters Eva and Carolina Villanueva travel on the ocean liner, ''Bárbara de Braganza'' (formerly ''Covadonga''), en route from Spain to Brazil in the late 1940s. They become embroiled in investigating mysteri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Infames
''Infames'' is a Mexican telenovela that premiered on 13 February 2012, and concluded on 12 August 2012. It's a Spin-off of the telenovela ''El octavo mandamiento''. The series is stars Vanessa Guzmán, Luis Roberto Guzmán, Miguel Ángel Muñoz, and Ximena Herrera. Cast Starring * Vanessa Guzmán as Ana Leguina / Preciado * Luis Roberto Guzmán as Porfirio Cisneros * Miguel Ángel Muñoz as Joaquín Navarro / José María "Chema" Barajas * Ximena Herrera as Dolores "Lola" Medina / Sara Escalante Also starring * Lisette Morelos as Sol Fuentes * Eréndira Ibarra as Casilda Barreiro * Carlos Torrestorija as Juan José Benavides * Juan Ríos Cantú as Ignacio Cabello * Andrés Montiel as Emilio Ferreira * Bianca Calderón as Claudia de Benavides * Ruy Senderos as Ricardo "Ricky" Benavides * Nicolás Krinis as Javier Peregrino * Aldo Gallardo as Felipe Sánchez Trejo * Aurora Gil as Amanda Ortíz * Juan Martín Jauregui as Daniel Herrera * Heriberto Méndez as Luis Navarrete ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amar En Tiempos Revueltos
''Amar en tiempos revueltos'' (Spanish for "Love in Troubled Times", or, more literally, "Loving during Turbulent Times"), is a Spanish soap opera set in the times of the Spanish civil war and Francoist Spain. The serial was aired from 2005 to 2012 on La 1 of Televisión Española. Following disagreements of producing company Diagonal TV with RTVE, the fiction was relaunched in January 2013 on Antena 3 as ''Amar es para siempre''. The broadcasting run from 27 September 2005 to 16 November 2012 comprised 1,707 episodes, 8 special episodes and 1 recap episode. The series has won prizes in Spain and a silver medal in the New York Festival. Seasons 1936–1945 Season 1 Started: 26 September 2005 Ended: 26 June 2006 Episodes: 199 Main love story: Andrea Robles ''(Ana Turpin)'' & Antonio Ramírez ''(Rodolfo Sancho)'' Main cast: , Rodolfo Sancho, , Pilar Bardem, , Luisa Gavasa, , Félix Gómez, , , , and Francisco Algora. 1945–1948 Season 2 Started: 11 September 2006 Ended: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
InStyle
''InStyle'' was an American monthly women's fashion magazine founded in 1994. It was published in the United States by Dotdash Meredith. In February 2022, it was announced that InStyle would cease print publications and move to a digital-only format. Description Along with advertising, the magazine offered content such as beauty, fashion, home, entertaining, philanthropy, celebrity lifestyles, feminism and human interest. Editors-in-Chief have included Martha Nelson (1993-2002), Charla Lawhon (2002-2008), Ariel Foxman (2008-2016) and Laura Brown (2017-2022). After originating in the United States, ''InStyle'' had expanded their brand and, as of 2012, had distributed internationally to over 16 countries including Germany, Brazil, Greece, South Korea, Spain, Turkey, South Africa, Romania, and Russia. In May 2017, ''InStyle China'' was launched as part of a partnership with an existing weekly magazine, which featured Victoria Beckham on its inaugural cover. In 2018, the UK editio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Okdiario
''Okdiario'' is a Spanish digital newspaper founded in September 2015 by the journalist Eduardo Inda. Its editorial ideology is aligned with neoliberalism and Spanish nationalism. The newspaper's motto is ''El sitio de los inconformistas'' (the place of nonconformists). Inda approached the creation of this media outlet after leaving his position as deputy editor of the newspaper ''El Mundo (Spain), El Mundo'', contributing €500,000 of capital, corresponding to the compensation received after his departure. The following year, ''Okdiario''s publishing company received €300,000 from the state public entity in the form of a participative loan on advantageous terms, despite its outstanding debts. The audience measurement company Comscore placed the number of ''Okdiario'' visits in May 2021 at 12 million, consolidating it as the eighth most viewed digital media outlet in Spain. ''Okdiario'' is known for Post-truth politics, promoting falsehoods and has been at the forefront of sev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniel Grao
Daniel Grao Valle (born 17 February 1976) is a Spanish actor. He is known for his performances in television series such as '' Luna, el misterio de Calenda'' or ''Sin identidad'', or his lead role in the biopic miniseries about Mario Conde. Biography Born in 1976 in Sabadell, Catalonia, he discovered acting thanks to a high school teacher in Caldes de Montbui, where he lived with his family, becoming a member of an amateur theatrical group. Grao had his debut as a television actor in the Catalan regional broadcaster TV3, with performances in shows such as '' Temps de silenci'' and ''El cor de la ciutat''. A native Spanish-language speaker, he declared in 2020 that he reportedly moved to Madrid because of TV3, as in his first performances in the channel's shows "the accent was not on the quality of the performance but on the way he pronounced the 's's" (in Catalan). His debut in a feature film came in 2003 with a minor role in '' La flaqueza del bolchevique''. While he had p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Trickster Of Seville And The Stone Guest
''The Trickster of Seville and the Stone Guest'' ( es, El burlador de Sevilla y convidado de piedra) is a play written by Tirso de Molina. Its title varies according to the English translation, and it has also been published under the titles ''The Seducer of Seville and the Stone Guest'' and ''The Playboy of Seville and the Stone Guest''. The play was first published in Spain around 1630, though it may have been performed as early as 1616. Set in the 14th century, the play is the earliest fully developed dramatisation of the Don Juan legend.Brockett and Hildy (2003, 144) and Bunn (1998, 1112). Main characters * Don Juan – protagonist (a young noble); relentlessly seduces all women possible by promising them marriage * Duchess Isabela – Duchess that Don Juan tricks; she was going to marry Duke Octavio * Don Gonzalo – nobleman and military commander, Doña Ana's father * Doña Ana – noble woman and Don Gonzalo's daughter; is engaged to Don Juan for a time (but the engageme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Muse (2017 Film)
''Muse'' ( es, Musa) is a 2017 English-language Spanish Supernatural fiction, supernatural thriller film directed by Jaume Balagueró. The screenplay, written by Balagueró and Fernando Navarro (screenwriter), Fernando Navarro, is based on José Carlos Somoza's 2003 Spanish novel ''The Lady Number Thirteen''. The film stars Elliot Cowan, Franka Potente, Ana Ularu, Joanne Whalley, Christopher Lloyd and Leonor Watling. It was released in Spain on 1 December 2017. Synopsis Samuel Solomon, a literature professor, experiences a recurring nightmare ever since the death of his girlfriend, in which a woman is brutally murdered. When the same woman in his dreams is found dead in reality, Solomon seeks an explanation. Rachel, a woman who claims to have also dreamed of the murder, helps Solomon in discovering the identity of the mysterious woman. Cast * Elliot Cowan as Samuel Solomon * Franka Potente as Susan * Ana Ularu as Rachel * Joanne Whalley as Jacqueline * Christopher Lloyd as Rausch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
