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Xuxa E Os Duendes 2 - No Caminho Das Fadas
''Xuxa e os Duendes 2: No Caminho das Fadas'' () is a 2002 Brazilian fantasy adventure children's film directed by Paulo Sérgio de Almeida, Rogério Gomes and Márcio Vito and written by Vivian Perl and Wagner de Assis. It is the sequel to '' Xuxa e os Duendes'' (2001). Xuxa Meneghel, Ana Maria Braga, Debby Lagranha, Emiliano Queiroz, Tadeu Mello and Guilherme Karan reprise their respective roles from the first film, joined by Luciano Szafir, Betty Lago, Vera Fischer, Deborah Secco, Thiago Fragoso. In this sequel, Kira (Xuxa), the elf of light, is in charge of saving her friends and mankind from a curse that would petrify the hearts of lovers and end love on the face of the Earth. The film was released in theatres on December 13, 2002. The film repeated the success of the previous and was watched by approximately 2,301,152 viewers, according to Ancine, and earned more than 11,486,623 Brazilian reals, becoming the fifth highest-grossing film of 2003 in Brazil. The accompanying ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Xuxa Meneghel
Maria da Graça Xuxa Meneghel ( ; ; born Maria da Graça Meneghel, 27 March 1963) is a Brazilian television host, film actress, singer, model, and businesswoman. Known as "Queen of Little Ones", Xuxa built the largest Latin American children's entertainment empire. In the early 1990s, she presented television programs in Brazil, Argentina, Spain and the United States simultaneously, reaching around 100 million viewers daily. She became a national superstar when she moved to TV Globo in 1986 for the ''Xou da Xuxa''. She was the first Brazilian to appear on ''Forbes'' magazine's list of richest artists in 1991, taking 37th place with an annual gross income of US$19 million. Over her 30-year career, Xuxa has sold over 30 million copies of her records worldwide, which makes her the highest-selling Brazilian female singer. Her net worth was estimated at US$100 million in the early 1990s. As of 2020, she continues to be among Brazil's most prominent celebrities. Also success ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Children's Film
A children's film, or family film, is a film genre that contains children or relates to them in the context of home and family. Children's films are made specifically for children and not necessarily for a general audience, while family films are made for a wider appeal with a general audience in mind. Children's films come in several major genres like realism, fantasy, adventure, war, musicals, comedy, and literary adaptations. Psychological aspects Children are born with certain innate biological dispositions as a product of long evolutionary history. This provides an underlying biological framework for what may fascinate a child and also impose limitations on the same. These can be seen in certain universal features shared in children's films.Grodal Torben (2009) Embodied Visions, Oxford University Press. P 27 According to Grodal, films like ''Finding Nemo'' (2003), ''Bambi'' (1942), or Hayao Miyazaki's ''Spirited Away'' (2001) are based on certain strong emotions like fear, t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Xuxa Popstar
Xuxa Popstar is a 2000 Brazilian musical romantic comedy film directed by Paulo Sérgio de Almeida and Tizuka Yamasaki with screenplay by Vivian Perl and Wagner de Assis. The cast includes Xuxa Meneghel, Luigi Baricelli, Marcos Frota and Sílvia Pfeifer, as well as musical numbers with Os Travessos, KLB and Deborah Blando. Popstar was co-produced by Warner Bros. and was released theatrically on 15 December 2000. The feature was watched by approximately 2,394,326 viewers. Plot After a brilliant career abroad, an international top model named Nick (Xuxa Meneghel) returns to Brazil to find her Prince Charming, whom she met through an Internet chat. In the country, she becomes a successful businesswoman of fashion, but her competitor does everything to disrupt the girl. Cast *Xuxa Meneghel as Nicole Vegas (Nick) *Luigi Baricelli as Ricardo / Ray of Light *Marcos Frota as João Pedro (JP) *Cláudia Rodrigues as Mari * Sílvia Pfeifer as Vani *Cláudio Corrêa e Castro as Olímp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monique Alfradique
Monique de Araújo Alfradique (born April 29, 1986) is a Brazilian actress. Biography Monique was born in Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on April 29, 1986. Her desire to become an actress began with children's theater and advertising campaigns. Career She began her career on a television show for kids, aired by TV Globo called, Xuxa. She was on the show from 1999 to 2002. After appearing in ''Malhação'' and ''Agora É que São Elas'', two Brazilian series, she got the leading role in the Brazilian soap opera ''A Lua Me Disse''. In 2004, together with Giselle Policarpo, she starred in the André Prado comedic film ''Loucuras a Dois''. In 2006, while working on the play "A Mentira" by the Brazilian playwright, Nelson Rodrigues, she was offered the starring role in the television show ''Malhação'', as the villainous Priscilla,. She worked on the show for a year and a half, and then moved on to play Fernanda in another TV Globo soap opera, ''Beleza Pura''. She later ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adriana Bombom
Adriana Bombom, stage name of Adri(((anoar Snu esaty doodo res y 8s a Brazilian dancer, model, television host, and actress. Biography In her early days, Adriana Bombom lived in an orphanage and worked as a nanny and as a saleslady.Farias, Cida"Adriana Bombom conquista pelo carisma e trabalho". Revista Afro. In 1996, she was invited to work for the tv show ''Xuxa Park'' where she participated in the sketch comedy "Academia de ginástica da Xuxa". She then worked as a dancer in the show ''Planeta Xuxa'', where, according to at least one author, she played "a secondary, but very visible role" so Xuxa could avoid the accusations that her show did not hire black artists. While working there, she released a single with two songs that she used to sing during the intervals of the show. The songs were ''Dança da Bombom'' (''Bombom's Dance'') and ''Bom Apetite'' (''Enjoy Your Meal''). She participated in the TV shows ''A Turma do Didi'', ''Zorra Total'', and ''Sob Nova Direção'', all of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Brazil (promoter)
David Brazil (born July 25, 1969) is a Brazilian promoter of events and actor. Early life He frequently participates in programs of SBT and RedeTV!, especially those related to LGBT topics. He is also famous for having publicly announcing his homosexuality. He also has a stutter, and some viewers have doubted whether his stuttering is real. Career He often appears in magazines about fashion and gossip, participated in tables as a reporter for the Domingo Legal and various programs of the RedeTV! RedeTV! () is a Brazilian television network owned by Amilcare Dallevo and Marcelo de Carvalho. It is the newest television network, among the five major networks in Brazil, being a relaunch of Rede Manchete in 1999. RedeTV! has modern producti ..., works in promotion of events, as well as programs to work sporadically in the auditorium of invitation to be presenters and communicator of FM Day. He's also promoter the school of samba Rio Grande. References External links "Quero o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luiz Carlos Tourinho
Luiz Carlos de Castro Tourinho Filho (16 May 1964 in Niterói – 21 January 2008 in Niterói) was a Brazilian actor. Tourinho gained notoriety on TV with the role of Franco in the series "Sob Nova Direção", in which he played opposite actresses Ingrid Guimarães and Heloísa Périssé. He died of a cerebral aneurysm at the age of 43 after being rushed to the Hospital de Clínicas de Niterói in Niterói, Brazil. Filmography Film *1988: '' Super Xuxa contra o Baixo Astral'' - Pássaro-gente Tic *1990: ''Assim na Tela Como no Céu'' - Lúcifer Júnior *1994: ''Era Uma Vez...'' - Banshee *1997: ''[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nathália Rodrigues
Nathália Cataldo Rodrigues (born December 9, 1980 in Bariri, Brazil) is a Brazilian actress. Biography Natallia is the daughter of a former priest, now market consultant and a marketing director. She graduated from the School of Dramatic Art at the University of São Paulo. She debuted on TV as a child, as an assistant stage game show ''Show Maravilha'' in SBT. Modeling career began at the age of ten and fifteen she started to study theater. She moved to Rio de Janeiro at twenty-one years and landed a role in the soap opera ''Desejos de Mulher'', Rede Globo. Her character, Paty, was the daughter of the characters of José Wilker and Renata Sorrah. In 2007, Natallia joined the cast of the show ''Alta Estação'' as the character Taíssa. In the same year, she played Laura, a prosecutor of Justice who falls for a young fisherman in the novel ''Luz do Sol'', even on Rede Record. In 2008 lived the character Suelen a suburban Rio fascinated by fame ''Chamas da Vida''. After fiv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Susana Vieira
Sônia Maria Vieira Gonçalves, better known by her stage name Susana Vieira and Suzana Vieira (born August 23, 1942) is a Brazilian actress. Biography and career Susana's father, Marius Gonçalves, was a military man and was a military attaché at the Brazilian embassy in Buenos Aires. Her mother, Maria da Conceição Vieira Gonçalves, worked at the Buenos Aires consulate, which was followed by the marriage and the birth of their children. Susana, baptized as Sônia Maria Vieira Gonçalves, was born in São Paulo Maternity, in the city of São Paulo. The artistic name of Susana is in fact her sister's Christian name, the Argentine actress Susana Gonçalves. In addition to Susana Gonçalves, Susana Vieira has three other brothers: Sérgio Ricardo Vieira Gonçalves, Sérvulo Augusto Vieira Gonçalves and Sandra Vieira Gonçalves. Susana's grandparents were Portuguese. She graduated in classical ballet, she joined the corps de ballet Grande Teatro Tupi in 1961. Eventually, she ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zezé Motta
Maria José Motta de Oliveira (born 27 June 1944), known as Zezé Motta, is a Brazilian actress and singer. She is considered one of the most important actresses in Brazil. Life and career Born in Campos dos Goytacazes, she moved with her family to Rio de Janeiro at the age of two. She attended the school of Tablado Theatre and began her acting career in 1966, starring in the play ''Roda-viva'', by Chico Buarque. Other plays she worked in include ''Arena Conta Zumbi'' (1969), ''Orfeu Negro'' (1972), and ''Godspell'' (1974) She began her singing career in 1971 in the nightclubs of São Paulo. Between 1975 and 1979, she released three LPs, and a further three albums in the 1980s. In 1976 she starred in the film ''Xica da Silva''. Over the decades she has acted in some of the most popular television soap operas and series.Alvaro NederArtist biography AllMusic. Discography # ''Gerson Conrad & Zezé Motta'' (1974) LP/CD # ''Zezé Motta (Prazer, Zezé)'' (1978) LP/CD # ''Negritude'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juliana Baroni
Juliana Riva Baroni (born 18 April 1978) is a Brazilian actress and singer. She is best known for being a ''paquita'' (Xuxa's stage assistant) for five years and for her leading role on the Rede Bandeirantes telenovela ''Dance, Dance, Dance''. Career Baroni started her television career in February 1990 as a stage assistant (''paquita'') to Xuxa on Rede Globo's children's television series ''Xou da Xuxa''. She was a ''paquita'' for five years. During that time, she recorded an album with the other ''paquitas'', besides being a backing vocal on Xuxa's records. She left the program in 1995 when Xuxa replaced all of her Paquitas with new ones. After her departure from the show, she started her acting career, starring on the Globo telenovelas ''Cara e Coroa'', ''Salsa e Merengue'', ''Malhação'', ''Uga-Uga'', ''A Lua Me Disse'' and ''O Profeta''. She also starred on the Portuguese telenovela ''A Senhora das Águas'', aired on RTP. On 2006, she remembered the time she was a ''paq ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
