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Humo
''Humo'' (stylized in all caps) is a popular Dutch-language Belgian weekly radio and television magazine. History and profile ''Humoradio'' (meaning a portmanteau of 'humor' and 'radio' in English) was first published in 1936 as a Dutch-language counterpart to ''Le Moustique'', now '' Télémoustique''. During World War II between 1940 and 1944, ''Humoradio'' was not published. In 1958, when television started to reach a larger audience in the country, the magazine was renamed as ''Humo''. The magazine is published on a weekly basis. ''Humo'' as it is recognized today started emerging from 1969 on, when Guy Mortier became its chief editor. He gave the magazine its playful comedic tone, put more emphasis on articles about rock music and shaped it into a magazine that appealed to a left-wing, progressive audience. During Mortier's term many classic columns, interview series, annual cultural events and comic strips that are still considered to be part of "Humo" today saw the day ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Humo's Rock Rally
Humo's Rock Rally is a Belgian contest for rock bands, organized every second year since 1978. It is organized by the Belgian magazine ''HUMO''. Every band that has not yet released an official recording, may enter the Rock Rally, by submitting a demo to ''HUMO''. ''HUMO'' then selects 100 bands to compete in the pre-selections, followed by semi-finals and a final with 10 bands. The competing bands are assessed by a professional jury. Money prizes are awarded to the top three bands, as well as to one band chosen by the audience. The Rock Rally is an important possibility for young Belgian rock bands to get in the picture. Many notable Belgian bands and musicians, such as dEUS, The Black Box Revelation, Evil Superstars, Novastar, Milow, Arid, An Pierlé, Das Pop, Admiral Freebee and Goose, launched their career in the Rock Rally. Past prize winners and notable finalists 2024 # Maria Iskariot # Teun # Tje 2022 # Bluai # Meltheads # Yacid 2020 # Meskerem Mees # Wolker # Dyce O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herman Selleslags
Herman Selleslags (3 March 1938 – 18 October 2024) was a Belgian photojournalist, mainly working for the magazine ''Humo''. Life and career Selleslags was born in Antwerp in 1938. His father, Rik Selleslags, was a photojournalist as well. Herman Selleslags started working as a photographer in the 1950s, first making commercial photos for companies, and later working as a photographer for Humo, where he portrayed many celebrities. This includes portraits of the Beatles, Mick Jagger, Ike and Tina Turner, and Diana Ross. His archive and that of his father are kept at the Fotomuseum Antwerp. In 1991, he received the State Award for Visual Arts from the Flemish Community. In 2007, the Fotomuseum Antwerpen dedicated a large retrospective to his work. In 2024, Aldine Reinink directed ''Life Will Give You Pictures'', an 80-minute documentary about Selleslags' life. Selleslags was married to Sonja Cantré, the daughter of sculptor Jozef Cantré. Sonja was a television presenter. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Lanoye
Tom Lanoye (; born 27 August 1958) is a Belgian novelist, poet, columnist, screenwriter and playwright. He is one of the most widely read and honoured authors in his language area (the Netherlands and Flanders), and makes regular appearances at all the major European theatre festivals. He was born in Sint-Niklaas. Biography Lanoye was the youngest son of a butcher. He attended the catholic Sint-Jozef-Klein-Seminarie College in Sint-Niklaas. At the time it was a single-sex boys' school. He studied Germanic Philology and Sociology at Ghent University. Still a student, he self-published his first work. In his own words, 'Just like all the punk bands did in those days: out of dissatisfaction with the existing structures, and to learn the trade from the inside out'. Lanoye lives and works in Antwerp and Cape Town (South Africa). His literary work has been published and/or performed in over fifteen languages. Literary work In 1985 Lanoye published his prose debut, the semi-aut ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bert (comics)
Bert is a Belgian comic strip, written and drawn by Kamagurka, which appeared exclusively in the Flemish magazine ''HUMO'' since 1977. The cartoons have also been published in the Dutch magazine ''Vrij Nederland'', the French magazine ''Charlie Hebdo'' and the US magazine '' RAW''. The series' protagonist, Bert, is Kamagurka's most recognizable character. Concept Bert is a middle-aged bespectacled man with a long nose who always wears a sweater and long trousers. His full name is ''Vanderslagmulders'', but is seldom used in the series. He is a flat character, but does demonstrate absurd behaviour. In many cartoons he is giving absurd monologues, often with misanthropic comments. In the early 1990s Bert received his own pet dog: Bobje ("Little Bob"). Bobje is an anthropomorphic dog with a human face. He is often seen walking on two feet or doing things only humans can. Despite all that he is unable to talk and still treats Bert as his master. History Bert made his debut on Novembe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herman Brusselmans
Herman Frans Martha Brusselmans (; born 9 October 1957) is a Belgian novelist, poet, playwright and columnist. He lives in Ghent. He is one of the best-selling authors in Flanders, but controversial at the same time for his profane language and offensive comedy. Life and career Herman Brusselmans studied Germanic philology at the University of Ghent. In his early twenties he was a football player. He played as a left winger for Vigor Hamme and Sporting Lokeren. He now has his own football team called "De Woody's", after his late dog Woody. Brusselmans married Gloria Van Iddergem in 1981 but divorced from her ten years later. He married his second wife Tania De Metsenaere in 2005. Their relationship ended in 2010. In March 2016 he met his current girlfriend with whom he now lives together in his home in Gent. Although it's known her given name is Lena, her family name remains undisclosed up until this day. Their relationship generated a lot of media attention in Flandres becau ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cowboy Henk
''Cowboy Henk'' is a Belgian Surreal humour, absurd/surreal humour gag-a-day comic strip series drawn by Herr Seele and written by Kamagurka. It was originally published in the newspaper ''De Morgen'', but later taken over by the magazine ''HUMO'', in which it is still published today and for whom Henk is now their mascot. The series was in continuous syndication from 1981 until 2011. After the brief interruption it was continued again in the spring of 2013. History In 1981 Kamagurka published a one-off long-run comic strip named ''Mijnheerke Plagiaat'' ("Mister Plagiarism"), in the Belgian newspaper ''Vooruit'' (later ''De Morgen''). At the end of the story the main character Mr. Plagiaat decides to think up a comic character of his own, whom he names ''Cowboy Henk, in contrast to Zorro (comics), Zorro''. On September 24, 1981 the first ''Cowboy Henk'' gag cartoon, gag appeared in print. Kamagurka wrote the jokes and dialogue while his friend, Herr Seele, drew the stories. Orig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
De Persgroep
DPG Media Group is a Belgian media group. It is active in Belgium and the Netherlands. The exact ownership structure is not clear; it is believed that the group is mainly owned by the Belgian Van Thillo family.De duistere dividendendans van DPG Media Apache.be, 20 mei 2022. ''The owners of Epifin are well tucked away behind a so-called stichting administratiekantoor in the Netherlands. It is likely several descendants of the Van Thillo family are the main beneficiaries. Whether there are other shareholders in addition and who they are is unclear.'' The company employs about 6,000 people. Divisions The DPG Media Group operates through two national subsidiaries: * DPG Media België was founded on 1 January 2019, when[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kamagurka
Luc Zeebroek (born 5 May 1956), better known as Kamagurka, is a Belgium, Belgian cartoonist, playwright, comic strip artist, painter, comedian, comedic singer and television producer, known for the Absurd humor, absurd nature of his work. He created various comic strip characters, but Bert (comics), "Bert" is the most well known. He also writes the scenarios for Herr Seele's comic strip, ''Cowboy Henk''. Early life and education Luc Zeebroek was born on 5 May 1956 in Nieuwpoort, Belgium, Nieuwpoort in Belgium. Kamagurka studied Art in Bruges and later performed studies at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts (Ghent), Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Ghent. However, he quit school before he would graduate. During a schooltrip in Paris Kamagurka decided to visit to the editorial building of the magazine ''Hara-Kiri (magazine), Hara Kiri'' on his own. Only twenty years old, he ended up going there every two weeks to stay there for three days. Kamagurka still believes this to be his true ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jan Mulder (footballer)
Johan "Jan" Mulder (; born 4 May 1945) is a Dutch former footballer, writer, columnist, and TV personality. Early life Johan Mulder was born on 4 May 1945 in Bellingwolde in the Netherlands.G.J. van Bork,Mulder, Jan (in Dutch), ''Schrijvers en dichters'', 2010. Retrieved 28 June 2916. Football career Mulder was a Forward (association football), football striker and played for R.S.C. Anderlecht and AFC Ajax. He also played five matches for the Netherlands national football team, Netherlands, scoring once. (in Dutch), Voetbalstats.nl. Retrieved 28 June 2016. Mulder was topscorer of the 1966–67 season in the Belgian Belgian Pro League, Eerste Klasse. His son Youri Mulder, Youri also grew up to become a football player, spending most of his career in the German Bundesliga at FC Schalke 04 until he retired in 2002. ...
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Hugo Matthysen
Hugo Matthysen (born 30 January 1956, in Ekeren) is a Belgian (Flemish) singer, guitarist, columnist, writer, Master in Philosophy and actor. He lives in the municipality of Hove in Antwerp. Biography In 1978, he played with Bart Peeters and Jan Leyers in the coverband Beri-Beri. In 1984, he regularly appeared with Bart Peeters and Marcel Vanthilt in Peeters' programme Villa Tempo as "De Hermannen". De Hermannen were three people with sunglasses, blonde wedge and wearing black jackets with a white sweater beneath, with which they intentionally looked like the German singer Heino. They played absurd sketches. Matthysen then also started to write for the magazine HUMO, for which he would create several columns. He also founded a humouristic rock band, named "Hugo Matthysen en De Bomen", and in 1989 he delivered weekly contributions to the absurd programme Lava by Kamagurka and Herr Seele. Together with Bart Peeters he created the radio programme Het Leugenpaleis for Studio Brus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kees Van Kooten
Cornelis Reinier "Kees" van Kooten (; born 10 August 1941) is a Dutch comedian, television actor, and writer. He formed the duo Van Kooten & De Bie with Wim de Bie from 1972 to 1998. Biography Cornelis Reinier van Kooten was born on 10 August 1941 in The Hague, Netherlands. He is the oldest child of Cornelis Reinier van Kooten en Anna Geertruida Snaauw. He has one sister, Anke, who is a year younger. He met his wife Barbara Kits in 1959 and married her on 18 October 1968. After their marriage they moved from The Hague to the polder village of Zuidoostbeemster, where their two children were born, Kasper in 1971 and Kim in 1974. Both children are well-known performers in the Netherlands. In 1978 the family moved to Hilversum and in 1996 to Amsterdam. Van Kooten is best known for his collaboration with Wim de Bie. With him he formed the comedic duo Van Kooten en De Bie, often abbreviated as "Koot en Bie," in a variety of often very popular programs for the VPRO broadcasting o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guido Van Meir
Guido is a given name. It has been a male first name in Italy, Austria, Germany, Switzerland, Argentina, the Low Countries, Scandinavia, Spain, Portugal and Latin America, as well as other places with migration from those. Regarding origins, there are most likely homonymous forms of it, that is, from several etymological predecessors but now seeming to be the same name. One of the likely homonyms is Germanic ''Guido'' representing the Latinisation from the Old High German name ''Wido'', which meant "wood" (that is, "forest"). Another likely homonym is the Italian ''Guido'' from a latinate root for "guide". The third likely homonym is the Italian ''Guido'' with phonetic correspondence to Latin '' Vitus'', whereas the Latin ''v'' (/w/), the Latin ''i'' (/iː/), and the terminal syllable ''-tus'' have predictable homology with the Italian /u/, /iː/, and ''-do''. Thus, for example, Saint Vitus has also been known in Italian as Guido. The slang term ''Guido'' is used in American cultu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
