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Poder Paralelo
''Poder Paralelo'' ( en, Another Power) is a Brazilian telenovela produced by Rede Record that premiered on April 14, 2009 and ended on March 10, 2010. Written by Lauro César Muniz and directed by Ignácio Coqueiro, it will portray a corruption scheme involving an Italian-Brazilian family. Prior to Record's official announcement, the media was referring to the telenovela by its working title ''Vendetta''. It ran for one season. Plot The telenovela focuses on Tony Castellamare, a Brazilian citizen of Italian origin living in Palermo. He maintains the image of a merchant exporter, but is actually the leader of the Sicilian drug mafia. After an attack aimed at him kills his wife Marina and their twin daughters, Tony returns to São Paulo seeking revenge, at the same time he is investigated by the uncorruptible federal police officer Teolônio "Téo" Meira. Inspiration ''Poder Paralelo'' is based on ''Honra ou Vendetta'', the only novel by sports journalist and cuisine author Sílv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gabriel Braga Nunes
Gabriel Braga Nunes (born February 7, 1972) is a Brazilian actor, best known for his work in telenovelas, specially ''Essas Mulheres'', ''Cidadão Brasileiro'', ''Caminhos do Coração'' and '' Poder Paralelo''. He also stars in ''Insensato Coração'' for TV Globo. Career Graduate in Theatre Arts from University of Campinas, made his television debut in 1996, playing Mário on the telenovela ''Razão de Viver'', aired on SBT. In 1997, he played a photographer in the miniseries ''Por Amor e Ódio'', at Rede Record. After that, he worked in several of the Rede Globo soap operas such as ''O Beijo do Vampiro'', '' Terra Nostra'' and '' Anjo Mau''. In 2006, he returned to Rede Record. After the successful telenovela ''Essas Mulheres'', in which he played Fernando Seixas, Braga Nunes starred ''Cidadão Brasileiro'' as Antonio Maciel. In 2009, Gabriel Braga Nunes protagonist of the telenovela '' Poder Paralelo'' with the character Antonio Castellamare, with actress Paloma Duarte. A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Protógenes Queiroz
Protógenes Pinheiro Queiroz (born May 20, 1959) is a Brazilian former Federal Police officer, who has led investigations in some of the country's most high-profile corruption cases. Queiroz was responsible for investigations leading to imprisonment of the former mayor of São Paulo, Paulo Maluf. He was a key figure in two investigations, in 2005 and 2007, into corruption scandals in Brazilian football, the latter against Boris Berezovsky's MSI group for money laundering in Corinthians. From 2004 to July 2008 Quieroz led Operation Satiagraha, a major operation into misuse of public funds, money laundering and corruption, leading to the arrest of the banker Daniel Dantas and several other prominent figures, including Celso Pitta, another former mayor of São Paulo. Queiroz is a well-known but controversial figure in Brazil. While he has been frequently praised as a lone fighter for truth and justice in a corrupt system, he has also been criticised and investigated for going ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2009 Brazilian Television Series Debuts
9 (nine) is the natural number following and preceding . Evolution of the Arabic digit In the beginning, various Indians wrote a digit 9 similar in shape to the modern closing question mark without the bottom dot. The Kshatrapa, Andhra and Gupta started curving the bottom vertical line coming up with a -look-alike. The Nagari continued the bottom stroke to make a circle and enclose the 3-look-alike, in much the same way that the sign @ encircles a lowercase ''a''. As time went on, the enclosing circle became bigger and its line continued beyond the circle downwards, as the 3-look-alike became smaller. Soon, all that was left of the 3-look-alike was a squiggle. The Arabs simply connected that squiggle to the downward stroke at the middle and subsequent European change was purely cosmetic. While the shape of the glyph for the digit 9 has an ascender in most modern typefaces, in typefaces with text figures the character usually has a descender, as, for example, in . The mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2009 Telenovelas
9 (nine) is the natural number following and preceding . Evolution of the Arabic digit In the beginning, various Indians wrote a digit 9 similar in shape to the modern closing question mark without the bottom dot. The Kshatrapa, Andhra and Gupta started curving the bottom vertical line coming up with a -look-alike. The Nagari continued the bottom stroke to make a circle and enclose the 3-look-alike, in much the same way that the sign @ encircles a lowercase ''a''. As time went on, the enclosing circle became bigger and its line continued beyond the circle downwards, as the 3-look-alike became smaller. Soon, all that was left of the 3-look-alike was a squiggle. The Arabs simply connected that squiggle to the downward stroke at the middle and subsequent European change was purely cosmetic. While the shape of the glyph for the digit 9 has an ascender in most modern typefaces, in typefaces with text figures the character usually has a descender, as, for example, in . The mod ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antônio Abujamra
Antônio Abujamra (15 September 1932 – 28 April 2015) was a Brazilian theatre and television director and actor. Having majored in journalism and philosophy at the Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul in 1957, he started a career as a theatre critic while he directed and acted in his own plays at the university theatre. Professionally, he made his debut as a theatre director in 1961, and as an actor in 1987, acting in both theatre and television. In 1989, he gained national fame for his role as Ravengar in Rede Globo's telenovela ''Que Rei Sou Eu?'', which became his best known role. In that same year, Abujamra won the Best Actor award at the Gramado Film Festival for his role in the film '' Festa''. From 2000 onward, he was the presenter on TV Cultura's interview program ''Provocações''. His son André Abujamra André Cibelli Abujamra (born May 15, 1965) is a Brazilian score composer, musician, singer, guitarist, actor, and comedian of Lebanese and Itali ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luma Costa
Luma Costa (July 5, 1988 in Rio de Janeiro) is a Brazilian actress. Biography In addition to participation in programs of Rede Globo and ''Carga Pesada'' and ''Sítio do Picapau Amarelo'', Luma became known as Márcia Anita of ''Começar de Novo''. In 2006, Luma began her graduation in Journalism. The course was locked up in 2007 to devote her best for her acting career, in the same year she won a prominent role on the TV Record telenovela, ''Luz do Sol''. In 2009, she made her first novel as an adult, ''Poder Paralelo'', Lauro César Muniz, in which she played Bebel, a girl who seduces older men and is very selfish. After five years in Rede Record, Luma returned in 2011 to Rede Globo soap opera in ''Fina Estampa ''Fina Estampa'' (''Looks & Essence'') is a Brazilian telenovela that first aired on Globo between August 22, 2011 and March 23, 2012 in 185 chapters. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
André Bankoff
André Ricardo Bankoff (born July 20, 1978) is a Brazilian actor. Biography André was born in Americana, São Paulo. He is of Bulgarian, Italian and Polish descent. Career Participated in the miniseries ''Mad Maria'' and soap opera '' Bang Bang'', both in Rede Globo. '' Bicho do Mato'' (2006), the Rede Record, played Juba, the protagonist. This was his first important role on television. He worked as a model and did commercials for television. He studied theater and actors made the Workshop of Rede Globo for eight months. He joined the cast of ''Xuxa popstar'' in 2000 and also presented the program for some time ''Moto'n Roll'', the channel subscription SporTV. Before the fame, Andrew has pursued a career in football. He played in the Ponte Preta and had a brief stint at Associazione Sportiva Roma, Italy Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patrícia França
Patrícia França Monteiro de Oliveira (September 28, 1971, Recife, Brazil) is a Brazilian actress. Biography She began her career in theater as a child and won awards, including the play ''A Ver Estrelas''. Her first job was in the national headlines ''Tereza Batista'' miniseries, produced by Rede Globo. Rede Globo, gained prominence in the novels ''Sonho Meu'', ''Suave Veneno'' (being the cover of national soundtrack) and ''A Padroeira'', plus a cameo in ''Chocolate com Pimenta''. After ten years of returns in 2014 on Rede Globo interpreting Delma in ''Malhação'', mother of a teenager who dreams of becoming a rockstar. Personal life Was married to actor Ilya São Paulo between 1995 and 1997 and systems analyst Paulo Lins between 1999 and 2006, being the father of her first daughter, and Fernanda. She married since 2008 with entrepreneur Wagner Pontes, who had her second child Gabriel. Filmography Television Films *1991 - ''A Última Terra'' (direct to video) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maria Ribeiro
Maria do Amaral Ribeiro (born 9 November 1975) is a Brazilian actress, screenwriter and film director. Biography She worked in soap operas such as '' A Escrava Isaura'', playing the beautiful Malvina, and also ''Luz do Sol'', playing Zoé. She also had a part in the film ''Tolerância'', directed by the ''gaúcho'' Carlos Gerbase, playing the young Anamaria. Personal life She had a son with ex-husband Paulo Betti, João, born in 2003. She was married to the actor Caio Blat Caio Blat de Oliveira (born 2 June 1980) is a Brazilian actor. Biography Blat was born in São Paulo, Brazil. He studied law at the University of São Paulo, the largest and one of the most prestigious universities in Brazil, but dropped out be ..., a union that brought her second son, Bento, born in 2010. In 2015 the couple separated but soon after reunited. In 2017 the ten-year marriage came to an end. She has stated that she is bisexual. Career In television In films References Ex ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Torture
Torture is the deliberate infliction of severe pain or suffering on a person for reasons such as punishment, extracting a confession, interrogational torture, interrogation for information, or intimidating third parties. definitions of torture, Some definitions are restricted to acts carried out by the state, but others include non-state organizations. Torture has been carried out since ancient times. In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, Western countries abolished the official use of torture in the judicial system, but torture continued to be used throughout the world. A variety of methods of torture are used, often in combination; the most common form of physical torture is beatings. Since the twentieth century, many torturers have preferred non-scarring or psychological torture, psychological methods to provide deniability. Torturers are enabled by organizations that facilitate and encourage their behavior. Most victims of torture are poor and marginalized people sus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hypocrisy
Hypocrisy is the practice of engaging in the same behavior or activity for which one criticizes another or the practice of claiming to have moral standards or beliefs to which one's own behavior does not conform. In moral psychology, it is the failure to follow one's own expressed moral rules and principles. According to British political philosopher David Runciman, "Other kinds of hypocritical deception include claims to knowledge that one lacks, claims to a consistency that one cannot sustain, claims to a loyalty that one does not possess, claims to an identity that one does not hold". American political journalist Michael Gerson says that political hypocrisy is "the conscious use of a mask to fool the public and gain political benefit". Hypocrisy has been a subject of folk wisdom and wisdom literature from the beginnings of human history. Increasingly, since the 1980s, it has also become central to studies in behavioral economics, cognitive science, cultural psychology, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Observatório Da Imprensa
''Observatório da Imprensa'' ( Portuguese for ''Press Observer'') is a Brazilian website, and also television and radio programs, which focuses on the analysis of the current state of the mass media in the country. History ''Observatório da Imprensa'' was launched in April 1996 as a website, edited by Alberto Dines. It was an initiative of the Institute for the Development of Journalism (Projor) and an original project of the Laboratory for Advanced Studies in Journalism (Labjor) of the Universidade Estadual de Campinas (Unicamp). It is currently funded by the Ford Foundation. In May 1998, ''Observatório da Imprensa'' was launched as a weekly TV program, hosted by Dines and produced by public broadcasters TV Cultura and TVE Brasil (currently TV Brasil). On 2008, the São Paulo State government, which maintains TV Cultura, announced that it would cancel the program, which is currently produced by federal government-run TV Brasil only. In May 2005, ''Observatório da Impre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
