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Óscar Jaenada
Óscar Jaenada Gajo (born 4 May 1975) is a Spanish actor. He portrayed Camarón de la Isla in '' Camarón: When Flamenco Became Legend'' (2005) and Cantinflas in ''Cantinflas'' (2014). Career Óscar Jaenada was born on 4 May 1975 in Esplugues de Llobregat, Spain. He began acting at the age of thirteen, performing in Shakespeare plays. Jaenada moved to Madrid to improve his career prospects. He obtained several television roles, appearing in '' 7 vidas'' and ''Hospital Central'', before landing work in feature films. Some of his early roles were in such productions as '' Lisístrata'' (2002) and ''Descongélate'' (2003). Shortly afterwards, Achero Mañas offered him the leading role in ''November'' (2003). Jaenada was a candidate for the Goya Awards in 2004 as best actor for his role in this production but couldn't attend the ceremony as he was in Argentina filming ''El juego de la verdad''. Upon his return to Spain, he was offered several roles in comedies. Among them was th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Esplugues De Llobregat
Esplugues de Llobregat () is a municipality of the Barcelona metropolitan area. Formerly in the ''Barcelonès'', since 1990 it has been part of the Comarques of Catalonia, comarca of Baix Llobregat. During recent decades Esplugues has evolved from a predominantly industrial town to a more diverse service area, preserving, however, its cultural and historical identity. It is known for its characteristic old quarter, the only one in the Baix Llobregat area with such evocative and romantic areas. The winding ''Carrer de Montserrat'' goes through the sprawling architectural complex built between 1968 and 2017 by sculptor Xavier Corberó. The mansion of ''Can Cortada'' was home to the Rafael de Amat y de Cortada, Baron Maldà, author of Baron of Maldà, Calaix de Sastre, the most representative work of Catalan literature of the late 18th century. Esplugues holds a remarkable natural area with parks and green spaces such as the Park of Solidarity, the Park of Torrents and the Can Vidale ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Círculo De Escritores Cinematográficos
The Círculo de Escritores Cinematográficos (CEC), known as "Cinema Writers Circle" in English, is a private nonprofit organization supporting cinema and filmmakers in Spain. It awards the annual CEC Awards, commonly known as Premios CEC. History The Círculo de Escritores Cinematográficos was founded in 1945 in Madrid Madrid ( ; ) is the capital and List of largest cities in Spain, most populous municipality of Spain. It has almost 3.5 million inhabitants and a Madrid metropolitan area, metropolitan area population of approximately 7 million. It i ... by Fernando Viola, , , Joaquín Luis Romero Marchent, , , , Pío Ballesteros, Fernando Merelo, , Domingo Fernández Barreira, es, , Luis Figuerola, Antonio Barbero, and Antonio Crespo. Description CEC brings together writers and film critics in Spain in order to create, support, and promote cultural activities related to the various facets of film. The organisation's primary objective is the "protection and d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chill Out!
''Chill Out!'' () is a 2003 Spanish comedy film written and directed by Félix Sabroso and Dunia Ayaso which stars Pepón Nieto, Candela Peña, Loles León, and Rubén Ochandiano. Plot Set in a multicultural neighborhood of Madrid, the plot follows struggling bit-part actor and impersonator Justo Santos, who is offered a lead role by film director Aitor, with the latter promptly dying from drug overdose, seemingly thwarting Justo and Justo's family (brother Berto, wife Iris, and mother Katy) yearnings to solve their dire economic hardships. Cast Production The film is an El Deseo, Mediapro, and Filmanova production, with the participation of Telemadrid, Canal+, and Antena 3. Release The film screened at the 15th L'Alfàs del Pi Film Festival in July 2003. Distributed by Warner Sogefilms, it was released theatrically in Spain on 22 August 2003. It opened to a so-so €222,000 opening weekend gross at the domestic box office, but good word-of-mouth took it to €1.1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
El Informador (Mexico)
''El Informador'' is an independent, daily newspaper published and headquartered in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico Mexico, officially the United Mexican States, is a country in North America. It is the northernmost country in Latin America, and borders the United States to the north, and Guatemala and Belize to the southeast; while having maritime boundar .... ''El Informador'' was founded by Jesús Álvarez del Castillo on October 5, 1917. The average daily circulation of the publishing group to which this newspaper belongs is 45,000 copies, of which 25,000 are subscriptions. This makes it the newspaper with the largest circulation in the state of Jalisco and the sixth largest in the country. See also * List of newspapers in Mexico External links ''El Informador'' References Mass media in Guadalajara, Jalisco Newspapers published in Mexico Newspapers established in 1917 Spanish-language newspapers {{Mexico-newspaper-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
What You Never Knew
''What You Never Knew'' () is a 2000 Spanish romantic drama film directed by (in his directorial debut feature) based on Almudena Grandes' short story "El vocabulario de los balcones" which stars Sílvia Munt and Gary Piquer alongside Andrés Gertrúdix, Cristina Brondo, and Daniel Guzmán. Plot Split in two different times (1974 and 1999), and set in Madrid, the plot follows the botched love story between a well-off woman and a vulgar man from Vallecas who first met upon facing each other from balconies on opposite sides of the street. Cast Production The film is an adaptation of Almudena Grandes' short story "El vocabulario de los balcones", included in ''Modelos de mujer''. The film is an Enrique Cerezo PC and Samarkanda production and it had the participation of TVE and . Release The film was selected in the Zabaltegi (New Directors) lineup of the 48th San Sebastián International Film Festival. It was released theatrically in Spain on 24 November 2000. Recepti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Euro
The euro (currency symbol, symbol: euro sign, €; ISO 4217, currency code: EUR) is the official currency of 20 of the Member state of the European Union, member states of the European Union. This group of states is officially known as the euro area or, more commonly, the eurozone. The euro is divided into 100 1 euro cent coin, euro cents. The currency is also used officially by the institutions of the European Union, by International status and usage of the euro, four European microstates that are not EU members, the British Overseas Territory of Akrotiri and Dhekelia, as well as unilaterally by Montenegro and Kosovo. Outside Europe, a number of special territories of EU members also use the euro as their currency. The euro is used by 350 million people in Europe and additionally, over 200 million people worldwide use currencies pegged to the euro. It is the second-largest reserve currency as well as the second-most traded currency in the world after the United Sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barbara Goenaga
Bárbara Goenaga Bilbao (born 20 July 1983) is a Spanish actress from the Basque Country. She was nominated to the Goya Award for Best New Actress for her performance in the 2007 comedy-drama film '' Oviedo Express''. Biography Barbara Goenaga was born in San Sebastian, Gipuzkoa, on 20 July 1983. She is the daughter of painter and the niece of actress, writer and film director Aizpea Goenaga. She started her acting career in her homeland, appearing in series like ''Bai Horixe!'', ''Beni eta Marini'' and ''Duplex'' along with her aunt Aizpea Goenaga. In 1994, she started working in long-running, popular Basque language television soap opera ''Goenkale'' where she spent six years interpreting Ainhoa. She moved to Madrid at age 16, where she participated in series like ''El Comisario''. She also featured in the series ''El grupo''. In 1992 she made her feature film debut in Arantxa Lazkano's '' Urte ilunak''. From year 2000 onwards, she featured in many projects, both in cinem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prensa Ibérica
Prensa Ibérica Media, S.L., or simply Prensa Ibérica, is a Spanish mass media company owned by Javier Moll. It primarily owns regional newspapers. History Founded by Javier Moll, the company traces back its origins to 1978, with the creation of Prensa Canaria, the editor of the morning newspaper '' La Provincia'' and the evening newspaper ''Diario de Las Palmas''. Yet the creation of Editorial Prensa Ibérica took place in 1984, following the acquisition in a public auction of ''La Nueva España'' (Asturias), ''Levante-EMV'' (Valencia) and ''Información'' (Alicante) from the , the State-owned media holding liquidated by the Felipe González's government, a renaming of the Francoist Cadena de Prensa del Movimiento. It also purchased the ''Faro de Vigo''. The group consolidated together with its rival Vocento as the two largest regional media holdings in Spain. The company purchased Grupo Zeta in 2019, adding newspapers such as ''El Periódico de Catalunya'', '' El Periód ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Faro De Vigo
''Faro de Vigo'' is a daily newspaper from the town of Vigo, in Galicia, Spain. It is the oldest Spanish newspaper in circulation. The word "faro" means lighthouse. History and profile ''Faro de Vigo'' was published for the first time on November 3, 1853 on a small printing house by its founder, Angel de Lema y Marina, at the rúa Olivo in Vigo, "with the idea of defending the general interests of Galicia (Spain), Galicia and, especially, of his hometown". It was initially published twice a week, becoming three times a week from 1 June 1875 and daily from 7 July 1879. Its headquarters are located in Chapela, Redondela, Galicia, Spain. Since 1986 it has belonged to Prensa Ibérica, a communication group that consists of 14 journalistic mastheads. The publisher of the paper is Faro de Vigo S.A. In 2002, its average daily circulation reached 42,245 copies, certified by the Office of Circulation Certification (OJD). The numbers, as released by the General Study of Media (EGM, first ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Telecinco
Telecinco is a Spanish free-to-air television channel operated by Mediaset España. The channel was previously known as Tele 5, because it had first begun its experimental transmissions on 10 March 1989, and a year later, it was officially launched on 3 March, 1990, becoming the fifth of the national terrestrial television channels and the second private channel in Spain. In 1997, Tele 5 was rebranded as Telecinco, dropping the biscione-absent flower logo seen in other Mediaset channel logos. History of Telecinco On April 4, 1986, the Council of Ministers of Spain approved private television in the country, the legislation was approved in 1988. On August 25, 1989, the contest was held to obtain three private television licenses, which were granted to Gestevisión Telecinco, Grupo Antena 3 and Sogecable. Tele 5 began transmissions experimentally in 1989 to officially begin broadcasting on 3 March 1990, although with limited coverage in Madrid and Barcelona. In January 1991, i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ferdinand VI Of Spain
Ferdinand VI (; 23 September 1713 – 10 August 1759), called the Learned (''el Prudente'') and the Just (''el Justo''), was King of Spain from 9 July 1746 until his death in 1759. He was the third ruler of the Spanish Bourbon dynasty. He was the son of King Philip V and Queen Maria Luisa. Ferdinand succeeded his father upon the latter's death in 1746. His reign proved peaceful, as he avoided involving Spain in any European conflicts. Moderate changes to Spain were initiated under the king, including reforms of taxation, advance commerce, and the Spanish navy, as well as a ban on freemasonry. However, the last years of Ferdinand's reign were marked by mental instability, much like his direct predecessor Philip V. Upon his death, Ferdinand was succeeded by his younger half-brother, Charles III. Early life Born at the Royal Alcázar of Madrid, Ferdinand was the last of the four sons that Philip V had in his first marriage to Maria Luisa of Savoy. The young ''infante'' endured ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
On Stranger Tides
''On Stranger Tides'' is a 1987 historical fantasy supernatural novel by American writer Tim Powers. It was nominated for the World Fantasy Award for Best Novel, and placed second in the annual Locus poll for best fantasy novel. Set in the early 18th century, ''On Stranger Tides'' takes place during the Golden Age of Piracy, when puppeteer John Chandagnac sets out to reclaim an inheritance in Haiti and is waylaid by various buccaneers and pirates, only to become one himself. Now known as "Jack Shandy", Chandagnac encounters voodoo, zombies and the supernatural while on a quest for the fabled Fountain of Youth and rescues Englishwoman Beth Hurwood. Powers' novel features real historical figures like Blackbeard, Stede Bonnet, Woodes Rogers, and Juan Ponce de León alongside fictional ones. The book was also the inspiration for the ''Monkey Island'' video game series by LucasArts and the story for the fourth installment in the ''Pirates of the Caribbean (film series), Pirates of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
