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Emilio Echevarría
Emilio Antonio Echevarría Noriega (3 July 1944 – 4 January 2025) was a Mexican actor. Life and career Echevarría began his acting career in 1978 as a member of the Constitution of Art and Society. He appeared in ''Amores perros'' as the hitman and ex-guerrilla nicknamed "El Chivo" (The Goat), and ''Y tu mamá también'', which also co-starred Gael García Bernal. He has also had small parts in two international productions, first as Raoul (James Bond), Raoul, a Cuban Espionage, agent in the James Bond film ''Die Another Day'' and then as Antonio López de Santa Anna in ''The Alamo (2004 film), The Alamo''. In 2007, he appeared in ''El Búfalo de la Noche (film), El búfalo de la noche'' along with ''Y tu mamá tambien'' co-star Diego Luna, written by ''Amores perros'' author Guillermo Arriaga. In 2011, he played Sabio in a Mexican adaptation of Gabriel García Márquez's novella ''Memories of My Melancholy Whores''. The film was directed by Henning Carlsen and also stars Ger ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mexico City
Mexico City is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Mexico, largest city of Mexico, as well as the List of North American cities by population, most populous city in North America. It is one of the most important cultural and financial centers in the world, and is classified as an Globalization and World Cities Research Network, Alpha world city according to the Globalization and World Cities Research Network (GaWC) 2024 ranking. Mexico City is located in the Valley of Mexico within the high Mexican central plateau, at an altitude of . The city has 16 Boroughs of Mexico City, boroughs or , which are in turn divided into List of neighborhoods in Mexico City, neighborhoods or . The 2020 population for the city proper was 9,209,944, with a land area of . According to the most recent definition agreed upon by the federal and state governments, the population of Greater Mexico City is 21,804,515, which makes it the list of largest cities#List, sixth-largest metropolitan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Memories Of My Melancholy Whores
''Memories of My Melancholy Whores'' () is a novella by Gabriel García Márquez. The book was originally published in Spanish in 2004, with an English translation by Edith Grossman published in October 2005. Plot An old journalist, who has just celebrated his 90th birthday, seeks sex with a 14-year-old prostitute, who is selling her virginity to help her family. Instead of sex, he discovers love for the first time in his life. List of characters *First-person narrator - Unidentified old journalist. *Rosa Cabarcas - Brothel owner and pimp. *Delgadita - 14-year-old virgin girl. *Florina de Dios Cargamantes - Narrator's mother. *Damiana - Narrator's maid. *Ximena Ortiz - Narrator's fiancée . *Jerónimo Ortega - Journal chief censor. *Editor-in-chief. *J.M.B.- Famous banker. *Sacramento Montiel - Brothel owner. *Casilda Armenta - Former prostitute. *Castorina - Prostitute with whom the narrator had his sexual debut. *Narrator's angora cat. Reception The book received positive rev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2025 Deaths
The following notable deaths occurred in 2025. Names are reported under the date of death, in alphabetical order. A typical entry reports information in the following sequence: * Name, age, country of citizenship at birth, subsequent nationality (if applicable), what subject was noted for, cause of death (if known), and a reference. June 17 16 * Nikolay Krasnikov, 40, Russian ice speedway rider, traffic collision. *, 89, Chilean actress and actors' rights activist. * Nellai S. Muthu, 74, Indian novelist. * John Reid, 61, Scottish record producer, singer ( Nightcrawlers) and songwriter. (death announced on this date) * Julio Retamal Favereau, 91, Chilean historian, philosopher and academic, member of the Academia Chilena de la Historia. * Ron Taylor, 87, Canadian baseball player ( St. Louis Cardinals, New York Mets) and team physician (Toronto Blue Jays), four-time World Series champion. (death announced on this date) * Jan Tesař, 92, Czech historian, writer and dissident. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1944 Births
Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January 2 – WWII: ** Free France, Free French General Jean de Lattre de Tassigny is appointed to command First Army (France), French Army B, part of the Sixth United States Army Group in North Africa. ** Landing at Saidor: 13,000 US and Australian troops land on Papua New Guinea in an attempt to cut off a Japanese retreat. * January 8 – WWII: Philippine Commonwealth troops enter the province of Ilocos Sur in northern Luzon and attack Japanese forces. * January 11 ** United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt proposes a Second Bill of Rights for social and economic security, in his State of the Union address. ** The Nazi German administration expands Kraków-Płaszów concentration camp into the larger standalone ''Konzentrationslager Plaszow bei Krakau'' in occupied Poland. * January 12 – WWII: Winston Churchill and Charles de Gaulle begin a 2-day conference in Marrakech. * Janua ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
60th Ariel Awards
The 60th Ariel Awards ceremony, organized by the Mexican Academy of Film Arts and Sciences (AMACC) took place on June 5, 2018, at the Palacio de Bellas Artes in Mexico City. During the ceremony, AMACC presented the Ariel Award in 26 categories honoring films released in 2017. The ceremony was televised in Mexico by Canal 22. '' Sueño en Otro Idioma'' received six awards out of its 16 nominations, including Best Picture. '' La Región Salvaje'' followed with five awards, including Best Director for Amat Escalante. Actress Queta Lavat and cinematographer Toni Kuhn received the Golden Ariel for their outstanding artistic careers. Background During a press conference held on April 23, 2018, actresses Ilse Salas and Tiaré Scanda announced the nominees for the 60th Ariel Awards. '' Sueño en Otro Idioma'' received the most nominations with 16, including Best Picture; by virtue of his position as President of the AMACC, its film director, Ernesto Contreras did not submit his na ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Milenio
''Milenio'' is a major national newspaper in Mexico, owned by Grupo Multimedios. It is published in 11 cities across Mexico, including Monterrey, Mexico City, Guadalajara, León, Pachuca, Puebla, Villahermosa, Tampico, Torreón, Toluca, and Xalapa Xalapa or Jalapa (, ), officially Xalapa-Enríquez (), is the capital city of the Mexico, Mexican List of states of Mexico, state of Veracruz and the name of the surrounding municipality. In 2020 census the city reported a population of 443,063 .... In each local edition, they include local content and national news developed by the media group, not only from their newspaper reporters, but also from Multimedios Televisión and Multimedios Radio. It started in Monterrey as ''Diario de Monterrey'', and expanded to other cities in the first decade of the 21st century. During elections, Milenio publishes the acclaimed ''María de las Heras'' poll, that was the only poll in Mexico to predict the victory of Vicente Fox in 2000. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ariel Award For Best Supporting Actor
The Ariel Award for Best Supporting Actor (Spanish: Premio Ariel a Mejor Coactuación Masculina) is an award presented by the Academia Mexicana de Artes y Ciencias Cinematográficas (AMACC) in Mexico. It is given in honor of an actor who has delivered an outstanding performance in a Supporting actor, supporting role while working within the Mexican film industry. In 1947, the 1st and 2nd Ariel Awards were held, with José Baviera and Fernando Soto winning for the films ''The Shack (1945 film), La Barraca'' and ''Campeón Sin Corona'', respectively. With the exception of the years 1958 to 1971, when the Ariel Awards were suspended, the award has been given annually. Nominees and winners are determined by a committee formed every year consisting of academy members (active and honorary), previous winners and individuals with at least two Ariel nominations; the committee submit their votes through the official AMACC website. Since its inception, the award has been given to 49 actors. E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
58th Ariel Awards
The 58th Ariel Awards ceremony, organized by the Mexican Academy of Film Arts and Sciences (AMACC) took take place on May 28, 2016, at the National Auditorium in Mexico City. During the ceremony, AMACC presented the Ariel Award in 26 categories honoring films released in 2015. The ceremony, was televised in Mexico by Canal Once. '' Las Elegidas'', and '' Gloria'' each won five awards, with the former earning the Best Picture honor. Other winners included '' Mexican Gangster: La Leyenda del Charro Misterioso'' with four; '' 600 Millas'', and ''El Hombre Que Vio Demasiado'' with two; and ''Ausencias'', ''El Abrazo de la Serpiente'', '' El Jeremías'', ''Hilda'', ''La Increíble Historia del Niño de Piedra'', '' Un Monstruo de Mil Cabezas'', ''Trémulo'', and ''Zimbo'' with one. Winners and nominees The nominees for the 58th Ariel Awards were announced on April 13, 2016 at the Cineteca Nacional in Mexico City, by Dolores Heredia, president of the Academy, and actors Adriana Paz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Chosen (2016 Film)
''The Chosen'' () is a 2016 Spanish-Mexican thriller drama film written and directed by Antonio Chavarrías. The film stars Hannah Murray, Alfonso Herrera, Julian Sands and Henry Goodman. The movie was filmed in Coyoacán, Mexico and Barcelona, Spain, and its release was scheduled for the first part of 2016. The film is based on the murder of Leon Trotsky in 1940. Cast *Alfonso Herrera as Ramón Mercader *Hannah Murray as Sylvia Ageloff *Henry Goodman as Leon Trotsky *Julian Sands as Kotov *Frances Barber as Natalia *Emilio Echevarría as Coronel Salazar *Alejandro Calva as David Alfaro Siqueiros * Elvira Mínguez as Caridad del Río * Roger Casamajor as Carles Vidal * Luis Rosales as Conserje Montejo * Javier Godino as Costa *Alexander Holtmann Alexander Holtmann (born 19 August 1978) is a Finnish-German cinema, television and theatre actor known for his characters in Humboldt in Mexico, The Chosen, Capadocia, El Señor de los Cielos, Qué bonito amor, Fortuna, La ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Monster With A Thousand Heads
''A Monster with a Thousand Heads'' () is a 2015 Mexican thriller film, directed and produced by Rodrigo Plá and written by Laura Santullo. The film stars Jana Raluy, as a wife desperate to beat the bureaucracy, when her insurance company refuses to approve the care her husband needs to survive. ''A Monster with a Thousand Heads'' premiered at the 72nd Venice Film Festival as the opening film of the Orizzonti section. The film also received seven nominations for the Ariel Awards in Mexico, including Best Picture, Best Direction and Best Actress, winning one for Best Adapted Screenplay. The film was named on the shortlist for Mexico's entry for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 89th Academy Awards, but it was not selected. Plot Sonia Bonet (Jana Raluy) tries to take justice into her own hands after a health-insurance company named Alta Salud refuses to approve the care of her dying spouse. She and her son Dario ( Sebastián Aguirre) attempt to fight the sy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fernando Gutiérrez Barrios
Fernando Gutiérrez Barrios (October 26, 1927 – October 30, 2000) was a Mexican politician affiliated with the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI). He was in charge of the Dirección Federal de Seguridad secret police at the midst of the "dirty war" (1964–1970), and served as governor of Veracruz (1986–1988) and as Secretary of the Interior in the cabinet of President Carlos Salinas de Gortari. Gutiérrez Barrios was born in Veracruz, Veracruz. His parents were Fernando Gutiérrez Ferrer and Ana María Barrios. He graduated from the '' Colegio Militar'' military academy in 1947 and joined the Institutional Revolutionary Party in 1950. In the 2000 general election, voters in Veracruz elected Gutiérrez Barrios to the Senate for the 58th and 59th sessions of Congress A congress is a formal meeting of the representatives of different countries, constituent states, organizations, trade unions, political parties, or other groups. The term originated in Late Mi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
El Asesinato
EL, El or el may refer to: Arts and entertainment Fictional entities * El, a character from the manga series ''Shugo Chara!'' by Peach-Pit * Eleven (''Stranger Things'') (El), a fictional character in the TV series ''Stranger Things'' * El, family name of Kal-El (Superman) and his father Jor-El in the Superman dynasty * E.L. Faldt, character in the road comedy film ''Road Trip'' Music * Él Records, an independent record label from the UK founded by Mike Alway * ''Él ''(Lucerito album), a 1982 album by Lucerito * "Él", Spanish song by Rubén Blades from the album '' Caminando'' * "Él" (Lucía song), the Spanish entry performed by Lucía in the Eurovision Song Contest 1982 Other media * ''Él'', 1926 autobiographical novel by Mercedes Pinto * ''Él'' (film), a 1953 film by Luis Buñuel based on the 1926 novel * ''Él'' (visual novel), a 1991 Japanese adult visual novel * EL TV, an Azerbaijani regional television channel Companies and organizations * Estée Lauder Compan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
