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Manuela Velasco
Manuela Velasco Díez (born 23 October 1975) is a Spanish actress and television presenter. She played Ángela Vidal in the horror franchise ''REC'' (2007–2014), for which she won a Goya Award in 2008. Career Velasco's first film role was in 1987, as pre-teen Ada in Pedro Almodóvar's comedy-drama thriller ''Law of Desire''. She played TV-reporter Ángela Vidal in the found footage horror films ''REC'', '' REC 2'' and '' REC 4: Apocalypse''. She won the Goya Award for Best New Actress for her performance in ''REC''. In 2005, she hosted ''Cuatrosfera'', by Cuatro. In 2009, she starred in '' La chica de ayer'', a Spanish adaptation of the UK science fiction series ''Life on Mars''. In 2010, she portrayed Eugenia de Molina, the duchess of Monfragüe in ''Águila Roja'', by TVE. In 2011, Velasco appeared in the TV-series ''Ángel o demonio''. In 2012, she portrayed Ainhoa in ''Aída''. From 2014 to 2016, Velasco played Cristina Otegui in the TV-series ''Velvet''. In 2016 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
33rd Goya Awards
The 33rd Goya Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences (AACCE), honored the best in Spanish films of 2018 and took place at the Conference and Exhibition Centre of Seville on 2 February 2019. The ceremony was televised in Spain by the Spanish public television (TVE) and was hosted by television presenter and comedian Andreu Buenafuente and actress Silvia Abril. It was also televised for the international public by the TVE Internacional TVE Internacional is a Spanish satellite free-to-air and pay television channel owned and operated by Televisión Española (TVE), the television division of state-owned public broadcaster Radiotelevisión Española (RTVE). It is the corporatio ... channel. It was the second time that the ceremony was held outside of Madrid, the other one being the 14th Goya Awards, 14th edition that took place in Barcelona. Nominations were announced on 12 December 2018 by Paco León and Rossy de Palma. ''The Realm (f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
REC 2
''Rec 2'' (stylized as '' REC'') is a 2009 Spanish found footage zombie film sequel to 2007's '' Rec'' and the second installment of the ''Rec'' film series. The film was written and directed by Jaume Balagueró and Paco Plaza, both of whom returned from the previous film. The story takes place immediately after the events of the first film and follows a team of soldiers assigned to protect a scientist supposedly sent to investigate the cause of the outbreak, but who may already know more about it than he claims. Several actors from the first film reprise their roles, mostly briefly appearing as infected versions of their characters. The film was followed by '' Rec 3: Genesis'', the events of which take place contemporaneously with ''Rec'' and ''Rec 2'', and later by '' Rec 4: Apocalypse'', a direct sequel. Plot Dr. Owen ( Jonathan Mellor), an official from the Ministry of Health, and a heavily armed GEO team of four (Fernandez, Martos, Rosso and Larra) equipped with video ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mediaset España
Grupo Audiovisual Mediaset España Comunicación, S.A.U. (formerly Gestevisión Telecinco, S.A. and Mediaset España Comunicación, S.A.) is a Spanish media company, controlled by the Italian-based company MFE – MediaForEurope N.V., which is majority-owned by Berlusconi family's Fininvest Group. Its divisions include the generalist free-to-air TV channels Telecinco and Cuatro, thematic channels and a film production subsidiary, Telecinco Cinema. Created in 1989 as ''Gestevisión Telecinco'', it was then granted one of the first licenses for private free-to-air analogic terrestrial TV broadcasting in Spain. In 2009, already in the TDT transition era, Gestevisión agreed with PRISA's Sogecuatro to merge their businesses (most notably their flagship channels Telecinco and Cuatro), with in exchange of a minor participation of PRISA as shareholder of Gestevisión. In 2011, the media conglomerate was renamed to ''Mediaset España Comunicación'' PRISA eventually sold its r ... [...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] |
Aída
''Aída'' is a Spanish sitcom that aired on Telecinco from 16 January 2005 to 8 June 2014. Set in Madrid, it is a Spin-off (media), spin off of the sitcom ''7 Vidas'', on which Aída was a recurring character. It was produced by Globomedia. The show stars Carmen Machi as Aída García, a working single mother with two teenage children who is forced to move in with her mother Eugenia, played by Marisol Ayuso, and brother Luisma, played by Paco León, to make ends meet. The show received favorable reviews and was the most-viewed show in Spain from 2007 until the end of its run. It has also received several awards, including the Premios Ondas, Ondas Award for Best Spanish Sitcom. The Polish remake of the series began airing in March 2012 on the TVP2 channel. Synopsis The series begins when Aída García, a divorced, ex-alcoholic and uneducated cleaning worker, returns to her lifelong working-class neighborhood, Esperanza Sur, when her recently deceased father leaves her the fam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sociedad Limitada
A private limited company is any type of business entity in "private" ownership used in many jurisdictions, in contrast to a publicly listed company, with some differences from country to country. Examples include: the ''LLC'' in the United States, ''private company limited by shares'' in the United Kingdom, ''GmbH'' in Germany and Austria, (BV) in The Netherlands and Belgium, (SARL) in France, (S.r.l.) in Italy, and (SRL) in the Spanish-speaking world. The benefit of having a private limited company is that there is limited liability. Abbreviations Albania In Albania, a limited liability company () is a commercial company founded by persons of physical or judicial status, who are not liable for the company and personally bear losses only up to the outstanding contribution agreements. Partners' contributions constitute the registered capital of a limited liability company. Each partner has his quota in the company in proportion to the contribution of the capital so th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Unidad Editorial
Unidad Editorial, S.A. is a Spanish media company. It owns the newspapers , and . It is primarily owned by the Italian holding RCS MediaGroup. History Unidad Editorial emerged in 2007 after the merger of two media companies, namely Unedisa (controlled by Italian media conglomerate RCS MediaGroup) and . Grupo Recoletos was the publisher of the newspapers '' Marca'', and the magazines '' Actualidad Económica'' and '' Telva''. Unedisa was the publisher of , founded in 1989 by Pedro J. Ramírez. Back in 2000, Veo Televisión (owned by Unedisa) had been also conceded one of the two new DTT licenses granted by People's Party government. Following the leaving of Pedro J. Ramírez from in 2014, RCS MediaGroup asserted a tighter control over Unidad Editorial. In 2016, RCS MediaGroup was acquired in a takeover by Urbano Cairo, who had support from the Intesa Sanpaolo banking group. Holdings Newspapers In 2006, the share of the newspapers controlled by the founding companies ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
El Mundo (Spain)
(; ), before , is the second largest printed daily newspaper in Spain. The paper is considered one of the country's newspapers of record along with '' El País'' and '' ABC''. History and profile was first published on 23 October 1989. Perhaps the best known of its founders was Pedro J. Ramírez, who served as editor until 2014. Ramirez had risen to prominence as a journalist during the Spanish transition to democracy. The other founders, Alfonso de Salas, Balbino Fraga and Juan González, shared with Ramírez a background in Grupo 16, the publishers of the newspaper '' Diario 16''. Alfonso de Salas, Juan Gonzales and Gregorio Pena also launched '' El Economista'' in 2006. , along with '' Marca'' and '' Expansión'', is controlled by the Italian publishing company RCS MediaGroup through its Spanish subsidiary company Unidad Editorial S.L. Its former owner was Unedisa which merged with Grupo Recoletos in 2007 to form Unidad Editorial, current owner of the paper. The pape ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Televisión Española
(acronym TVE, branded tve, "Spanish Television") is Spain's national state-owned public television broadcaster and the oldest regular television service in the country. It was also the first regular television service in Equatorial Guinea. TVE began as a standalone company dependent on the Ministry of Information and Tourism. After undergoing several restructurings and reorganizations, since 1 January 2007 it is the television division –while (RNE) is the radio division– of (RTVE), the public corporation which has the overall responsibility for the national broadcasting public services under a parliament-appointed president who, in addition to being answerable to a board of directors, reports to an all-party committee of the national parliament, as provided for in the Public Radio and Television Law of 2006. TVE launched its first channel on 28 October 1956 as the first regular television service in Spain. It was the only one for a decade, until 15 November 1966, wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Águila Roja
Águila or Aguila is Spanish for "eagle". It may refer to: Places *El Aguila, Valle del Cauca, a town and municipality in Colombia *Aguila, Arizona, United States Ships *, the first ship of the Chilean Navy *, a British passenger ship sunk in 1915 *, a British passenger ship sunk in 1941 Firearms * .17 PMC/Aguila, a type of ammunition cartridge * Aguila Ammunition, a Mexican Ammunition manufacturer Other uses * Águila, a beer made by Bavaria Brewery (Colombia), Bavaria Brewery in Colombia * C.D. Águila, a Salvadoran football club * Compañía Mexicana de Petróleo El Aguila SA, a former Mexican oil company, now Pemex * El Aguila, a character in the Marvel Comics universe * Mr. Águila (born 1978), Mexican professional wrestler * Aguila (film), ''Aguila'' (film), a 1980 Filipino film People *Aguila Saleh Issa (born 1944), Libyan jurist and politician *Chris Aguila (born 1979), American major league baseball player *Cynthia del Águila (born 1959), Guatemalan teacher and politi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Life On Mars (UK TV Series)
''Life on Mars'' is a British television series broadcast on BBC One between 9 January 2006 and 10 April 2007. It follows Sam Tyler (John Simm), a Manchester police officer in 2006 who wakes up after a car accident to discover that he has time-travelled to 1973, where he works the same job in the same location under the command of Detective Chief Inspector Gene Hunt (Philip Glenister) while attempting to solve the mystery of what has happened to him. ''Life on Mars'' (named after David Bowie's Life on Mars (song), song of the same name) and its sequel, ''Ashes to Ashes (British TV series), Ashes to Ashes'' (also named after Ashes to Ashes (David Bowie song), a David Bowie song), received acclaim for blending elements of mystery fiction, mystery, police procedurals, supernatural drama, science fiction, and historical drama. It won two International Emmy Awards for Best Drama Series. An Life on Mars (American TV series), American adaptation was produced by American Broadcasting Com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Chica De Ayer (TV Series)
''La chica de ayer'' ( English: ''The Girl from Yesterday'') is a Spanish television series which first aired on the channel Antena 3 between 26 April and 14 June 2009. A detective show, it is based on the British series ''Life on Mars'' which features a policeman suddenly transported back to 1973. The Spanish version of the show is set four years later, in 1977, and takes its name from the Spanish song " La Chica de Ayer" by Nacha Pop in a similar manner to the British version which was named after the David Bowie song "Life on Mars?". It features Ernesto Alterio in the role of Samuel Santos, a modern-day police officer who finds himself in 1977 post-Franco Franco may refer to: Name * Franco (name) * Francisco Franco (1892–1975), Spanish general and dictator of Spain from 1939 to 1975 * Franco Luambo (1938–1989), Congolese musician, the "Grand Maître" * Franco of Cologne (mid to late 13th cent ... Spain under the command of Quin Gallardo ( Antonio Garrido), a tough old-s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
