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Manolete
Manuel Laureano Rodríguez Sánchez (4 July 1917 – 29 August 1947), known as Manolete, was a Spanish bullfighter. Career Manuel Laureano Rodríguez Sánchez was the son of a bullfighter (who also went by the name Manolete) and his wife Angustias. His father died when Manolete was five years old. Rising to prominence shortly after the Spanish Civil War, Manolete went on to be considered one of the greatest bullfighters of all time. His style was sober and serious, with few concessions to the gallery, and he excelled at the ''suerte de la muerte'' — the kill. Manolete's contribution to bullfighting included being able to stand very still while the bull passed close to his body and, rather than giving the passes separately, remaining in one spot and linking four or five consecutive passes into a compact series. He popularized the "Manoletina": a pass with the muleta normally given just before entering to kill with the sword. In addition to appearing in all of the major bull ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lupe Sino
Lupe Sino (March 6, 1917 – September 13, 1959, born Antonia Bronchalo Lopesino) was a Spanish actress. Biography Antonia Bronchalo Lopesino was born on March 6, 1917 in Sayatón, a village in Guadalajara, Spain. She was the second of nine children (Benita, Basilia, Antonia, Claudia, Anunciación, Mari Pili, Emilio and Félix) born to Eugenia and Nicomedes, republican peasants. When she was fourteen, the family moved to Madrid and she began working as a servant, but ended up working in the world of Italian cinema with director Fernando Mignoni. She died in Madrid from a stroke on September 13, 1959. Career Sino worked as a movie actress, and starred in several films, notably ''La dama torera'' (1950), ''El marqués de Salamanca'' (1948), ''El testamento del virrey'' (1944), and ''La famosa Luz María'' (1942). Personal life She met Manolete, the matador, in the Chicote bar in Madrid, and was his girlfriend until his death by a fatal goring in the ring in 1947. She was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Islero
Islero was a Miura bull famed for killing the celebrated bullfighter Manolete on August 28, 1947. Bulls from the Miura ranch, located near Seville, Spain, are known for being large and ferocious. Islero had poor eyesight and tended to chop with his right horn. On the fateful day, he was the fifth bull of the afternoon, and the second for Manolete, at a bullfight in the town of Linares in the province of Jaén, Andalucía, Spain. The bullfighter's manager begged Manolete to finish him off quickly; as the ''matador'' reached over the bull's horns, thrusting his ''estoque'' (sword) deep up to its hilt, Islero thrust his right horn into Manolete's groin, severing his femoral artery. The bullfighter was rushed to hospital, but died on the operating table later that evening. Italian automaker Lamborghini named one of its grand tourers " Islero" as part of the company's tradition of naming its cars after Miura bulls and with other bullfighting-related terms. The Spanish project to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adrien Brody
Adrien Nicholas Brody (born April 14, 1973) is an American actor. He received widespread recognition and acclaim after starring as Władysław Szpilman in Roman Polanski's '' The Pianist'' (2002), for which he won the Academy Award for Best Actor at age 29, becoming the youngest actor to win in that category. Brody is the second male American actor after Christopher Lambert to receive the César Award for Best Actor. Other successful films that Brody has starred in are '' The Thin Red Line'' (1998), '' The Village'' (2004), ''King Kong'' (2005), '' Predators'' (2010) and ''Midnight in Paris'' (2011). He is a frequent collaborator of Wes Anderson's, having starred in four of Anderson's films, ''The Darjeeling Limited'' (2007), '' Fantastic Mr. Fox'' (2009), '' The Grand Budapest Hotel'' (2014), and '' The French Dispatch'' (2021). In 2017, he portrayed Luca Changretta in the fourth season of the BBC series ''Peaky Blinders''. In 2022, he portrayed Arthur Miller in the Marilyn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Land Of The Dead
''Land of the Dead'' (also known as ''George A. Romero's Land of the Dead'') is a 2005 post-apocalyptic horror film written and directed by George A. Romero; the fourth of Romero's six '' Living Dead'' movies, it is preceded by ''Night of the Living Dead'', '' Dawn of the Dead'' and ''Day of the Dead'', and succeeded by ''Diary of the Dead'' and '' Survival of the Dead''. It was released in 2005, with a budget of $15–19 million, the highest in Romero's ''Dead'' series, and has grossed $46 million. The story of ''Land of the Dead'' deals with a zombie assault on Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where a feudal-like government exists. The survivors in the film have fled to the Golden Triangle area of downtown Pittsburgh. The region is protected on two sides by rivers and on the third by an electric barricade that survivors term "the Throat". Released in North America on June 24, 2005, ''Land of the Dead'' received mostly positive reviews from film critics. Plot Some years ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matador
A bullfighter (or matador) is a performer in the activity of bullfighting. ''Torero'' () or ''toureiro'' (), both from Latin ''taurarius'', are the Spanish and Portuguese words for bullfighter and describe all the performers in the activity of bullfighting as practised in Spain, Portugal, Mexico, Peru, France, Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela and other countries influenced by Portuguese and Spanish culture. The main performer and leader of the entourage in a bullfight, and who finally kills the bull, is addressed as ''maestro'' (master), or with the formal title ''matador de toros'' (killer of bulls). The other bullfighters in the entourage are called ''subalternos'' and their suits are embroidered in silver as opposed to the matador's gold. They include the '' picadores'', '' rejoneadores'', and ''banderilleros''. Present since the sport's earliest history, the number of women in bullfighting has steadily increased since the late-19 century, both on foot and on horseback. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Playhouse 90
''Playhouse 90'' was an American television anthology drama series that aired on CBS from 1956 to 1960 for a total of 133 episodes. The show was produced at CBS Television City in Los Angeles, California. Since live anthology drama series of the mid-1950s usually were hour-long shows, the title highlighted the network's intention to present something unusual: a weekly series of hour-and-a-half-long dramas rather than 60-minute plays. Background The producers of the show were Martin Manulis, John Houseman, Russell Stoneman, Fred Coe, Arthur Penn, and Hubbell Robinson. The leading director was John Frankenheimer (27 episodes), followed by Franklin J. Schaffner (19 episodes). Other directors included Sidney Lumet, George Roy Hill, Delbert Mann, and Robert Mulligan. With Alex North's opening theme music, the series debuted October 4, 1956 with Rod Serling's adaptation of Pat Frank's novel '' Forbidden Area'' starring Charlton Heston. The following week, ''Requiem for a Hea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bullfighter
A bullfighter (or matador) is a performer in the activity of bullfighting. ''Torero'' () or ''toureiro'' (), both from Latin ''taurarius'', are the Spanish and Portuguese words for bullfighter and describe all the performers in the activity of bullfighting as practised in Spain, Portugal, Mexico, Peru, France, Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela and other countries influenced by Portuguese and Spanish culture. The main performer and leader of the entourage in a bullfight, and who finally kills the bull, is addressed as ''maestro'' (master), or with the formal title ''matador de toros'' (killer of bulls). The other bullfighters in the entourage are called ''subalternos'' and their suits are embroidered in silver as opposed to the matador's gold. They include the '' picadores'', ''rejoneadores'', and ''banderilleros''. Present since the sport's earliest history, the number of women in bullfighting has steadily increased since the late-19 century, both on foot and on horseback. Usual ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Linares, Jaén
Linares (; ) is a city located in the Andalusian province of Jaén, Spain. It is considered the second-most important city in that province and had a population of 56,525 in the most recent census (2021). The altitude is and the total area of the municipality is . It is located on kilometer 120 on the Valencia-Córdoba highway (N-322) and is from the province capital, Jaén. Overview Location Located in the Central-Western part of the province, the city of Linares is the second-biggest city in the province after the capital, Jaén. It is also the commercial capital of Sierra Morena, as well as the referential city in the surrounding areas. Geography The city term is orientated in a NE-SW direction, giving the transition in altitude decreasing between the higher northern area of Sierra Morena; being Paño Pico (552 m) the highest area of the municipal term; and the lowest area, the Guadalimar Valley in the South-Western limit, with an altitude of (318 m). Climate The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Palance
Jack Palance ( ; born Volodymyr Palahniuk ( uk, Володимир Палагню́к); February 18, 1919 – November 10, 2006) was an American actor known for playing tough guys and villains. He was nominated for three Academy Awards, all for Best Actor in a Supporting Role, for his roles in ''Sudden Fear'' (1952) and ''Shane'' (1953), and winning almost 40 years later for ''City Slickers'' (1991). Palance served in the United States Army Air Forces during World War II. He briefly attended Stanford University before pursuing a career in the theatre. He made his film acting debut in '' Panic in the Streets'' (1950). Following his roles in ''Sudden Fear'' and ''Shane'', he starred as Count Dracula in the 1974 television film '' Bram Stoker's Dracula'', and played crime lord Yves Perret in '' Tango & Cash'' (1989). He was also the host of the ABC television series '' Ripley's Believe It or Not!'' (1982–1986). Early life Palance was born in Lattimer Mines, Pennsylvania, th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Córdoba, Spain
Córdoba (; ),, Arabic: قُرطبة DIN: . or Cordova () in English, is a city in Andalusia, Spain, and the capital of the province of Córdoba. It is the third most populated municipality in Andalusia and the 11th overall in the country. The city primarily lies on the right bank of the Guadalquivir, in the south of the Iberian Peninsula. Once a Roman settlement, it was taken over by the Visigoths, followed by the Muslim conquests in the eighth century and later becoming the capital of the Umayyad Caliphate of Córdoba. During these Muslim periods, Córdoba was transformed into a world leading center of education and learning, producing figures such as Maimonides, Averroes, Ibn Hazm, and Al-Zahrawi, and by the 10th century it had grown to be the second-largest city in Europe. Following the Christian conquest in 1236, it became part of the Crown of Castile. Córdoba is home to notable examples of Moorish architecture such as the Mezquita-Catedral, which was named as a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miura Bull
The Spanish Fighting Bull (Toro Bravo, ''toro de lidia'', ''toro lidiado'', ''ganado bravo'', ''Touro de Lide'') is an Iberian heterogeneous cattle population. It is exclusively bred free-range on extensive estates in Spain, Portugal, France and Latin American countries where bull fighting is organized. Fighting bulls are selected primarily for a certain combination of aggression, energy, strength and stamina. In order to preserve their natural traits, during breeding the bulls rarely encounter humans, and if so, never encounter them on foot. History of the breed Some commentators trace the origins of the fighting bull to wild bulls from the Iberian Peninsula and their use for arena games in the Roman Empire.Fraser, Evan & Rimas, Andrew.Beef: The Untold Story of How Milk, Meat, and Muscle Shaped the World.'Harper Collins, London 2009 Although the actual origins are disputed, genetic studies have indicated that the breeding stock have an unusually old genetic pool. The aggr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Secrets Of The I Ching
''Secrets of the I Ching'' is the first album by American alternative rock band 10,000 Maniacs (following their 1982 EP, ''Human Conflict Number Five''), released in 1983 by Mark Records. While the album also contained the band's own Christian Burial Music imprint, the label itself was fictitious. Re-recorded versions of the songs "Tension" (as "Tension Makes a Tangle"), "Grey Victory", "Daktari" and "My Mother the War" would later appear on the band's 1985 album '' The Wishing Chair''. The song "Tension" is itself a re-recording of a song that initially appeared on the band's ''Human Conflict Number Five'' EP. All the tracks on the LP appear in remixed, remastered and resequenced form on the 10,000 Maniacs compilation CD '' Hope Chest: The Fredonia Recordings 1982-1983'' (1990). Background Following the release of their debut EP, ''Human Conflict Number Five'', 10,000 Maniacs embarked upon several months of touring independent clubs, including the Eastern seaboard, and achieved ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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