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Coque Malla
Jorge "Coque" Malla (born 22 October 1969, in Madrid) is a Spanish musician and actor, frontman of the group Los Ronaldos (Founded in 1985). His mother was the actress Amparo Valle, who died on 29 September 2016. Filmography He starred in the 1994 film ''Todo es mentira ''Todo es mentira'' (''Everything's a Lie'') is a 1994 Spanish comedy film A comedy film is a category of film which emphasizes humor. These films are designed to make the audience laugh through amusement. Films in this style traditionally h ...'' with Penélope Cruz, and in the 1998 film '' Nothing in the Fridge'' alongside María Esteve. He won a Goya Award for Best Original Song ("Este es el momento") in the film '' Campeones''. Discography * ''Soy un astronauta más'' (1999) * ''Sueños'' (2004) * ''La hora de los gigantes'' (2009) * ''La hora de los gigantes - Edición especial'' (2010) * ''Termonuclear'' (2011) * ''Termonuclear en casa de Coque Malla'' (2011) * ''Mujeres'' (2013) — duets with ... [...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-la ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Campeones (film)
''Champions'' ( es, Campeones, links=no) is a 2018 Spanish comedy-drama film directed by Javier Fesser. Plot This movie is inspired by ''Aderes'' team in Burjassot (Valencia), a team created with people with intellectual disabilities that won twelve Spanish championships between 1999 and 2014. Marco Montes is the assistant coach of the basketball team CB Estudiantes. He is an arrogant man with bad manners and is fired from his job after pushing the head coach during a game over a disagreement over team strategy. After driving drunk into the back of a police car, Marco is ordered to either spend two years in prison or ninety days of community service, in the form of coaching Los Amigos, a team of basketball players with disabilities. At first, Montes complains about coaching the disabled players calling them ''subnormales'' (below normal). However, as he continues to coach the team, he realizes that each of the players has a unique background and they are extremely persistent in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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1970 Births
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Spanish Male Film Actors
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The Divine Comedy (band)
The Divine Comedy are a pop band from Northern Ireland, formed in 1989 and fronted by Neil Hannon. Hannon has been the only constant member of the group, playing, in some instances, all of the non-orchestral instrumentation except drums. The band has released 12 studio albums. Between 1996 and 1999, nine singles released by the band made the UK Top 40, including the 1999 top-ten hit "National Express". History The beginning and early success (''Fanfare'' to ''Promenade'') The Divine Comedy were founded in 1989, by Neil Hannon who had been the only ever-present member of the band until he was joined by John McCullagh and Kevin Traynor. Their first album, ''Fanfare for the Comic Muse'', enjoyed a minor success and was later deleted. A couple of equally unsuccessful EPs – ''Timewatch'' (1991) and ''Europop'' (1992) – followed, with newly recruited member John Allen handling lead vocals on some tracks. After the commercial failure of the ''Europop'' EP, this line-up soon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neil Hannon
Edward Neil Anthony Hannon (born 7 November 1970) is a Northern Irish singer and songwriter. He is the creator and front man of the chamber pop group The Divine Comedy, and is the band's sole constant member. Hannon wrote the theme tunes for the television sitcoms ''Father Ted'' and ''The IT Crowd''. Early life and education Hannon was born in Derry, Northern Ireland, the son of Brian Hannon, a Church of Ireland minister in the Diocese of Derry and Raphoe and later Bishop of Clogher. He spent some of his youth in Fivemiletown before moving with his family to Enniskillen, in County Fermanagh, in 1982. While there, he attended Portora Royal School. Hannon enjoyed synthesizer-based music as a youngster; he has identified the Human League and Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (OMD) as "the first music that really excited im. In the late 1980s he developed a fondness of the electric guitar, becoming an "indie kid". Career Hannon is founder and mainstay of The Divine Comedy, a b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alondra Bentley
Alondra López Bentley (born 25 January 1983) is an English-Spanish singer-songwriter. She was born in Lancaster, Lancashire, England and has been living in Spain since the age of five. Life and education She was born in Lancaster, England, on 25 January 1983. Her mother, Susan Bentley, was a painter and her father, Juan Antonio López García, was a singer, actor and poet. She moved with her family to Murcia (Spain) when she was five years old. She studied in Murcia's Art School and then went on to Murcia's University to study Fine Arts but dropped out after four years to engage in her music career. She is completely self-taught in guitar playing and singing. She is currently living in Madrid. Career Alondra Bentley started writing her own songs at the age of 16. At that time she joined a few short-lived bands but soon focused on her own tunes. She made her first demo under the name Ladybird but soon decided to use her real name. After winning the ''Creajoven'' contest f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeanette (Spanish Singer)
Janette Anne Dimech (born 10 October 1951), known professionally as Jeanette, is a Spanish singer and songwriter. She rose to prominence as the lead singer of teenage folk-pop group Pic-Nic, which had a hit in 1968 with her song "Cállate, niña". Jeanette returned to music as a solo artist and experienced commercial success in 1971 with the hit single " Soy rebelde", which redefined her career as a romantic ballad artist and was a worldwide hit amongst Spanish-speaking countries and communities, eventually becoming a generational anthem. In 1976, Carlos Saura included Jeanette's 1974 song "Porque te vas" in his film ''Cría cuervos'', which propelled it to become a major hit and one of the most famous Spanish pop songs of all time. After the international success of "Porque te vas", Jeanette worked in France and Germany until she returned to the Spanish market with the 1981 album ''Corazón de poeta'', which includes several of her most famous songs. The commercial reception of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anni B Sweet
Anni B Sweet is the stage name of Ana Fabiola López Rodríguez (born 1987 in Málaga), a Spanish indie and folk singer-songwriter. López has been composing songs since the age of seven and in her teenage years performed in a number of bands with her friends. In 2007, Anni started to perform as a solo artist and word of her spread among music fans through MySpace. In 2008, she was signed by Subterfuge Records, Spain's biggest independent label, with whom she released her debut album ''Start, Restart, Undo'' the following year. Anni was offered the chance to perform at the Festival Internacional de Benicàssim in 2009 before having released her album. This was followed up by a massive tour of Spain and several other countries. In October 2009 Anni's acoustic cover version of Take On Me, by A-Ha, was used on a television advert for a major fast food chain, and in 2019 it was used in Season One of the UK television show Brassic. She was also voted Artist Sensation of 2009 by El P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ángela Molina
Ángela Molina Tejedor (born 5 October 1955) is a Spanish actress. Aside from her performances in Spanish films, she has starred in multiple international productions, particularly in a number of Italian films and television series. Family Molina was born in Madrid on 5 October 1955, the daughter of singer Antonio Molina (singer), Antonio Molina and Ángela Tejedor. Her siblings , Mónica Molina, Mónica and are also actors. Another of her siblings, , is a composer. Career She studied dance and theatre art in the Escuela Superior de Madrid. She made her film debut in 1975 with César Fernández Ardavín's ''No matarás''. Another early major credit is her performance as Rosa (a sexually provocative woman and unwed mother) in ''Black Litter, Black Brood'' (1977), a film portraying fascist violence in post-Francoist Spain. She rose to international prominence after starring in Luis Buñuel's last film ''That Obscure Object of Desire'' (1977). She has worked with such directors ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
