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Miryam Gallego
Miryam Gallego (born 1976) is a Spanish actress. She played the iconic villainous role of the Marchioness of Santillana in the television series '' Águila Roja'', which earned her public recognition. Biography Born in Ourense in 1976, her father is from Nocelo da Pena whereas her mother is from Vilamarín. She studied acting. Gallego started her television career playing a minor role in the Galician series ''Pratos combinados'', aired on the regional broadcaster TVG. She also performed guest roles in ''Policías, en el corazón de la calle'', as well as in ''El comisario''. In 2000, Gallego landed a main cast role in the popular series ''Periodistas'', playing Claudia, an intern working at the editorial office of ''Crónica'', the fictional newspaper the series was centered on. She later played roles in '' Hospital Central'' and , early cancelled because of low audience ratings. She had her debut in a feature film with her performance in the 2007 drama ''Concursante'' (2007 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ourense
Ourense (; es, Orense ) is a city and capital of the province of Ourense, located in the autonomous community of Galicia, northwestern Spain. It is on the Camino Sanabrés path of the Way of St James ( Camino de Santiago), and is crossed by the Miño, Barbaña, Loña and Barbañica rivers. It is also known as ''A cidade das Burgas'' (in Galician) due to its hot springs, being one of the European cities with the greatest thermal heritage. Population Its population of 105,233 (2019) accounts for 34.2% of the population of the province and makes it the third largest city of Galicia. Its metropolitan area has a population that exceeds 140,000. In 2019 there were 14,171 foreigners living in the city, representing 13.5% of the total population. The main nationalities are Portuguese (31.8%), Venezuelans (11.2%) and Romanians (7.9%). By language, according to 2018 data, 32.3% of the population always speak in Galician, 17.1% always speak in Spanish and the rest use both interc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Political Thriller
A political thriller is a thriller that is set against the backdrop of a political power struggle, high stakes and suspense is the core of the story. The genre often forces the audiences to consider and understand the importance of politics. The stakes in these stories are immense, and the fate of a country is often in the hands of one individual. Political corruption, organized crime, terrorism, and warfare are common themes. Political thrillers can be based on facts such as the assassination of John F. Kennedy or the Watergate Scandal. There is a strong overlap with the conspiracy thriller. Literature Before 1950, there were spy novels with political elements. Some earlier examples, however, can be found in the historical novels of Alexandre Dumas (particularly his ''Three Musketeers'' novels, which often involve political conspiracies), as well as such literary works as Joseph Conrad's novel '' The Secret Agent''. The actual political thriller came to life in the early day ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ABC (Spain)
''ABC'' () is a Spanish national daily newspaper. It is the second largest general-interest newspaper in Spain, number one in Madrid, and the oldest newspaper still operating in Madrid. Along with '' El Mundo'' and ''El País'', it is one of Spain’s three newspapers of record. History and profile ''ABC'' was first published in Madrid on 1 January 1903 by Torcuato Luca de Tena y Álvarez-Ossorio. The founding publishing house was Prensa Española, which was led by the founder of the paper, Luca de Tena. The paper started as a weekly newspaper, turning daily in June 1905. In 1928 ABC had two editions, one for Madrid and the other for Seville. The latter was named ''ABC de Sevilla''. On 20 July 1936, shortly after the Spanish Civil War began, ''ABC'' in Madrid was seized by the republican government, which changed the paper's politics to support the Republicans. The same year '' Blanco y Negro'', a magazine, became its supplement. The ''ABC'' printed in Seville was supportive of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Película
''La Película'' is a 1975 Argentine film. Cast * Ernesto Bianco * Alejandra Boero * Nora Cullen * Ricardo Espalter * Cacho Espíndola * Diana Maggi * Héctor Pellegrini * Horacio Roca * Marilina Ross * Hugo Soto * Osvaldo Terranova * María Valenzuela María del Carmen Valenzuela (born June 16, 1956) is an Argentine actress. She has worked in several Argentine TV programs, mainly soap operas. Biography Valenzuela played in many soap operas such as ''La cuñada'', ''Vos y yo toda la vida'' ... References External links * 1975 films Argentine films Spanish-language films {{1970s-Argentina-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Europa Press (news Agency)
Europa Press is a Spanish news agency founded in 1953. It broadcasts news 24 hours a day, publishing 3,000 articles on average per day. It serves content to almost 2,000 clients, including the main Spanish media: radios; newspapers; televisions and national, autonomic and local digital media. Also, among its clients there are the High Statal Institutions, all Public Ministries, Autonomous Governments, Public Halls, Public Deputations and the rest of Public Administrations at all levels, political parties, business organizations, labor unions and the main companies and foundations. These informations -with both general and specialized character and served in text and audiovisual format- are one of the main information sources for mass media and press offices. Europa Press has headquarters in every Spanish Autonomous Community and correspondents in each provincial capital. This allows the news agency to offer a very concrete informative product from local and autonomic issues, wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Contestant (2007 Film)
''The Contestant'' ( es, Concursante, links=no) is a 2007 Spanish black comedy film directed by Rodrigo Cortés in his directorial debut feature. It stars Leonardo Sbaraglia. Plot The plot follows a lecturer on economic history (Martín Circo Martín) who wins the biggest prize ever (a set of prizes valued in €3 million) in a television game show in Spain, only to find out that the tax authorities want to keep a large part of the prize and he has no way to pay off his debts. Cast Production The film was produced by Lazonafilms, Continental, Nephilim Producciones, and Filmax and it had the participation of TVE and TVG. Shooting locations included A Coruña. Release The film screened at the 10th Málaga Film Festival on 11 March 2007. Distributed by Filmax, it was released theatrically in Spain on 16 March 2007. Reception Jonathan Holland of '' Variety'' considered that Cortés "fails to take the premise anywhere interesting, but the pic has a madcap, contempo ene ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diez Minutos
''Diez Minutos'' (Spanish: ''Ten Minutes'') is a Spanish language weekly celebrity, entertainment and women's magazine published in Madrid, Spain. The magazine has been in circulation since 1951. History and profile ''Diez Minutos'' was started in 1951. The magazine was part of Lagardère SCA and was published by Hachette Filipacchi Médias until May 2011 when it was sold to Hearst Corporation. It is published by Hearst Magazines Espana S.L. on a weekly basis and offers news on celebrities. The weekly has its headquarters in Madrid. Milagros Valdé is one of the former editors-in-chief An editor-in-chief (EIC), also known as lead editor or chief editor, is a publication's editorial leader who has final responsibility for its operations and policies. The highest-ranking editor of a publication may also be titled editor, managing ... of the magazine. Circulation ''Diez Minutos'' was one of the best-selling magazines in Spain in the mid-1990s. In 2003 the magazine sold 206,284 c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sequía
''Sequía'' (), as known in Spain, or ''Crimes Submersos'' () in Portugal, is a Spanish–Portuguese thriller television series which stars Elena Rivera, Marco d'Almeida, Guilherme Filipe, Miryam Gallego and Rodolfo Sancho, among others. It is produced by Radiotelevisión Española (RTVE) and Rádio e Televisão de Portugal (RTP) in collaboration with Atlantia Media and Coral Europa. It premiered on La 1 and RTVE Play on 18 January 2022 and on RTP1 on 21 January 2022. Premise The plot starts with the discovery of two skeletons at the bottom of a water reservoir as the ongoing event of severe drought has led to the unflooding of the drowned village of Campomediano. Police inspector Daniela Yanes takes over the case. The plot gets to involve two families living at different sides of the border between Portugal and Spain. Cast Production and release Produced by Spanish and Portuguese public broadcasters RTVE and RTP in collaboration with Atlantia Media and Coral Europa, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
El Ministerio Del Tiempo
''El ministerio del tiempo'' (English title: ''The Ministry of Time'') is a Spanish fantasy television series created by Javier and Pablo Olivares and produced by Onza Partners and Cliffhanger for Televisión Española (TVE). It premiered on 24 February 2015 on TVE's main channel La 1. The series follows the exploits of an investigative team in the fictional Ministry of Time, which deals with incidents caused by time travel that can cause changes to the present day. On 24 March 2015, it was confirmed that TVE had renewed the series for a second season. The show was renewed for a third season on 22 September 2016. On 29 December 2016 it was announced that RTVE had sold the rights to Netflix to broadcast the third series internationally, outside of Spain, resulting in a bigger production budget. The series was renewed for a fourth season, which started airing on Televisión Española on 5 May 2020. It was known that HBO has acquired the broadcasting rights for the series, at leas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
University Of Seville
The University of Seville (''Universidad de Sevilla'') is a university in Seville, Spain. Founded under the name of ''Colegio Santa María de Jesús'' in 1505, it has a present student body of over 69.200, and is one of the top-ranked universities in the country. History The University of Seville originally dates to the 15th century. Created by Archdeacon Maese Rodrigo Fernández de Santaella, it was originally called ''Colegio de Santa Maria de Jesus'', and was confirmed as a practicing university in 1505 by the papal bull of Pope Julius II. Today, the University of Seville is known for research in technology and science. In the middle of the 13th century, the Dominicans, in order to prepare missionaries for work among the Moors and Jews, organised schools for the teaching of Arabic, Hebrew, and Greek. To cooperate in this work and to enhance the prestige of Seville, Alfonso the Wise in 1254 established "general schools" (''escuelas generales'') of Arabic and Latin in Sev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Periodistas (TV Series)
''Periodistas'' () is a Spanish drama television series set in the editorial office of a newspaper. Produced by Globomedia and starring, among others, José Coronado, Amparo Larrañaga, Álex Angulo, Alicia Borrachero, Esther Arroyo and Belén Rueda, its 9 seasons originally aired from 1998 to 2002 on Telecinco. Its success in Spain generalised a wave of series set in professional environments. Premise The series revolves around the ''Crónica Universal'', a fictional newspaper from Madrid, accounting for both the journalists' ups and downs of street work as well as their personal inter-relationships in the day-to-day at the editorial office. The fiction kicks off with Luis Sanz (José Coronado José María Coronado García (born 14 August 1957) is a Spanish film and television actor and former model. His performances playing (often corrupt and/or morally dubious) law enforcement officer roles have brought him some of the greatest succ ...) joining the newspaper as head of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
El Comercio (Peru)
''El Comercio'' is a Peruvian newspaper based in Lima. Founded in 1839, it is the oldest newspaper in Peru and one of the oldest Spanish-language papers in the world. It has a daily circulation of more than 120,000. It is one of the most influential media in Peru. History The military dictatorship of Juan Velasco Alvarado expropriated the newspaper in the mid-1970s. The company was returned to their original owners by President Fernando Belaúnde Terry on 28 July 1980, the same day he assumed office. It was his first official act upon assuming his presidency. The newspaper is owned by shareholders of the Miró Quesada family, whose ownership of the company dates to 1875. Despite this, management is under control of an individual who is not a member of the family. The company has ownership over its subsidiaries, the newspapers '' Peru 21'' and ''Trome'', and the magazine ''Somos''. The corporation, Empresa Editora El Comercio S.A., is the product of the merging of many comp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
