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Trópico (TV Series)
''Tropico'' is a telenovela produced and filmed entirely in the Dominican Republic by Venevisión International, Iguana Productions and Antena Latina. It is a remake of the 1997 vian |
Telenovela
A telenovela is a type of a television serial drama or soap opera produced primarily in Latin America. The word combines ''tele'' (for "television") and ''novela'' (meaning "novel"). Similar Drama (film and television), drama genres around the world include ''Turkish television drama, dizi'' (Turkey), ''Indian television drama, serial'' (India), ''teleserye'' (Philippines), ''lakorn'' (Thailand), ''teleromanzo'' (Italy), ''téléroman'' (Canada, specifically Quebec), ''Korean drama, K-drama'' (South Korea), ''Japanese television drama, J-drama'' (Japan), ''Chinese television drama, C-drama'' (China) and ''sinetron'' (Indonesia). Commonly described using the American colloquialism Spanish soap opera, many telenovelas share some stylistic and thematic similarities to the soap opera familiar to the English-speaking world. The significant difference is their series run length; telenovelas tell one self-contained story, typically within the span of a year or less whereas soap operas t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Javier Delgiudice
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Javier may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media * Javier, in video game '' Advance Wars: Dual Strike'' * Javier Rios, a character in the Monsters, Inc. franchise. * ''Javier'' (album), a 2003 album by the American singer Javier Colon, known as Javier People * Javier (name) Places * Javier, Spain * Javier, Leyte, Philippines See also * Hurricane Javier (other) * San Javier (other) * Xavier (other) * Xavier (given name) * Xavier (surname) Xavier (, , , , ; ; ) is a Portuguese surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Abel Xavier (born 1972), Portuguese footballer * Anderson Conceição Xavier (born 1980), Brazilian footballer * Arlene Xavier (born 1969), Brazilian volle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juan María Almonte
''Juan'' is a given name, the Spanish and Manx versions of ''John''. The name is of Hebrew origin and has the meaning "God has been gracious." It is very common in Spain and in other Spanish-speaking countries around the world and in the Philippines, and also in the Isle of Man (pronounced differently). The name is becoming popular around the world and can be pronounced differently according that region. In Spanish, the diminutive form (equivalent to ''Johnny'') is , with feminine form (comparable to ''Jane'', ''Joan'', or ''Joanna'') , and feminine diminutive (equivalent to ''Janet'', ''Janey'', ''Joanie'', etc.). Chinese terms * ( or 娟, 隽) 'beautiful, graceful' is a common given name for Chinese women. * () The Chinese character 卷, which in Mandarin is almost homophonic with the characters for the female name, is a division of a traditional Chinese manuscript or book and can be translated as 'fascicle', 'scroll', 'chapter', or 'volume'. Notable people * Juan (foo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vanessa Jeri
Vanessa Jeri (born c. December 2, 1979) is a Peruvian comedy actress and model. Biography She has two sisters. Jeri heard about a casting call for a comedy show named ''Mil Oficios'' (''Jack of a Thousand Trades''), attended the casting and was chosen to play one of the show's main characters, one of the two so-called ''Hermanas Terremoto'' (''Earthquake Sisters''), the other one being Sandra Arana, who had had more acting experience. ''Mil Oficios'' became a hit on Peruvian television, giving Jeri celebrity in that country, as well as in some countries where the show was available via satellite television. She and Sandra Arana became sex symbols once the show hit the airwaves, and Jeri continued her acting career. Jeri has also had her share of endorsements, including one for Clinica Renuance, an institution in Peru, where she admitted to having had a liposuction Liposuction, or simply lipo, is a type of fat-removal procedure used in plastic surgery. Evidence does no ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georgina Duluc
Georgina may refer to: Names *Georgina (name), a feminine given name Places Australia * Georgina, Queensland, a locality in the Shire of Boulia, Queensland * Georgina Basin, a large sedimentary basin in Australia * Georgina River, a river which drains the Georgina Basin Canada *Georgina, Ontario, a town in south-central Ontario, Canada **Georgina Ice, a Junior Hockey team in Georgina, Ontario **Georgina Public Libraries, the public library system of Georgina, Ontario *Georgina Island, an island and First Nations reserve in Lake Simcoe offshore of Georgina, Ontario Other * ''Georgina'' (grasshopper), a genus of grasshoppers in the family Episactidae *''Georgina'', a synonym for the plant genus ''Dahlia'' See also *Georgia (other) Georgia most commonly refers to: * Georgia (country), a country in the South Caucasus * Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the southeastern United States Georgia may also refer to: People and fictional characters * Georgia (n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laura García-Godoy
Laura García-Godoy Oliva is a ''telenovela'', theatre, film actress from the Dominican Republic. García-Godoy was born in Santiago de los Caballeros. She is descended from :es:Federico García Godoy, Federico García Godoy (1857–1924), Cuban-born Dominican novelist, literary critic, historian and educator, son of Cuban-born Dominican poet and academician Federico García Copley (surname), Copley (1890). She is also descended from Achille Fondeur, a Frenchman, brother of Colonel Furcy Fondeur. In 2013, García-Godoy participated in the Luz García’s contest "''Cuerpos ''hot'' del verano''". Filmography References {{DEFAULTSORT:Garcia-Godoy, Laura Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Dominican Republic people of Cuban descent Dominican Republic people of English descent Dominican Republic people of French descent Dominican Republic people of Galician descent Dominican Republic people of Spanish descent People from Santiago de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sergio Carlo
Sergio Nicolás de Jesús Carlo Pichardo (born March 19, 1977) is a Dominican actor best known for his role as Carbo, in Andy García's movie '' The Lost City'' and as Manolo Tavarez, opposite Michelle Rodriguez in the film '' Trópico de Sangre''. He is also known as the co-host of ''Chevere Nights'', a television entertainment news show in Dominican Republic. More recently, he has been the producer and host of the YouTube political news satire show, El Antinoti, which has become the most famous show of this nature in the Dominican Republic, being a vocal critic of the government and the establishment. Early life He was born Sergio Carlo in Santiago, Dominican Republic to Octavio Carlo and Laura Pichardo, the youngest child with five sisters and three brothers. At the age of 16 he moved to Boston, Massachusetts to pursue his studies in television and radio broadcasting. While in Boston he also participated in infomercials for Geovision and performed in independent student film ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nuryn Sanlley
Nuryn Sanlley Pou (known as La Pinky, September 18, 1952 – April 30, 2012) was a Dominican people (Dominican Republic), Dominican character and comic actress, best known for her popular character La Pinky, who for more than 25 years was part of the lives of Dominican children. She died from a brain tumor on the night of April 30, 2012. Biography Sanlley was the daughter of Tomás José Sanlley Gómez and Nury Amada Pou Ortiz; from her childhood she loved the acting and singing. Finally in the 70s she began to practice as an actress and singer, participated in programs including ''El Show del Medio Día'' beside Roberto Salcedo Jr., Roberto Salcedo and Freddy Beras Goico. She retired from the national art media to devote to their children and what became her most famous character, but continued her acting career. La Pinky was a celebrity since she was an eight-year-old girl, starring Nuryn Sanlley for generations and was part of children's entertainment in the Dominican Republi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
José Manuel Rodriguez
José is a predominantly Spanish and Portuguese form of the given name Joseph. While spelled alike, this name is pronounced very differently in each of the two languages: Spanish ; Portuguese (or ). In French, the name ''José'', pronounced , is an old vernacular form of Joseph, which is also in current usage as a given name. José is also commonly used as part of masculine name composites, such as José Manuel, José Maria or Antonio José, and also in female name composites like Maria José or Marie-José. The feminine written form is ''Josée'' as in French. In Netherlandic Dutch, however, ''José'' is a feminine given name and is pronounced ; it may occur as part of name composites like Marie-José or as a feminine first name in its own right; it can also be short for the name ''Josina'' and even a Dutch hypocorism of the name ''Johanna''. In England, Jose is originally a Romano-Celtic surname, and people with this family name can usually be found in, or traced to, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |