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Chacrinha
José Abelardo Barbosa de Medeiros (September 30, 1917 – June 30, 1988), better known as Chacrinha (), was a Brazilian comedian, radio and TV personality. His career was at its peak from 1950 to 1980. He was author of a famous Brazilian phrase that states: "Na televisão, nada se cria, tudo se copia" ("In television, nothing is created, everything is copied"). Famous Brazilian celebrities made their debut on his show, such as Roberto Carlos and Raul Seixas. He began as a radio presenter, and then enjoyed great success and inspired controversy with his anarchic sense of humor while hosting many TV shows on Globo and other networks in the 1950s, 1960s, 1970s and 1980s. He would interrupt the musical numbers of major stars, blow a horn like Harpo Marx while poking fun at guests and throw codfish to the audience. Biography Childhood Chacrinha was born in Surubim, Pernambuco. At the age of 10, he moved with his family to Campina Grande, Paraiba. At the age of 17, he w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
TV Rio
TV Rio was a Brazilian television station based in the city of Rio de Janeiro, capital of the state of the same name. It operated on VHF channel 13 and was founded by businessman João Batista do Amaral, its owner between 1955 and 1972. It was part of Emissoras Unidas, having led the homonymous network together with TV Record in São Paulo between 1959 and 1967, in addition to having pioneered the massive use of videotape in programming and long-distance microwave transmissions. However, with the consolidation and professionalization of its competitors, who invested in national television network projects that were left behind by TV Rio, the station began to suffer financial problems. The station went through several changes in its control, being definitively closed in 1977. History It was on air between 1955 and 1977. It was broadcast on channel 13 VHF. In the first phase, TV Rio had its own programming, but exchanged productions with TV Record in São Paulo, owned by the Machado ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
João Kléber
João Kléber, stage name of João Ferreira Filho (born August 2, 1957, in São Paulo), is a Brazilian television presenter and comedian. Career João Kléber began his career producing music videos for MTV Brasil. In Rede Globo, he wrote news programs. Kleber was the first to replace Cid Moreira in ''Jornal Nacional'' and made the final performances of the television program ''Cassino do Chacrinha'' before the death of the host, Chacrinha. He moved to a show from RedeTV! where he presented the controversial '' Eu vi na TV''. The program was distinguished by "Teste de Fidelidade" (later reassembled in modified form as '' Fiel ou Infiel'' in the Portuguese version, also by Kléber). Kléber also commanded the program ''Canal Aberto'' and its successor, '' Tarde Quente'', whose politically incorrect candid cameras drove RedeTV! be taken off the air in São Paulo for a day. Back on air, the station fired Kléber and canceled ''Tarde Quente'' and ''Eu vi na TV''. After his dep ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Surubim
Surubim is a city in the state of Pernambuco, Brazil. It is the birthplace of Chacrinha, a famous Brazilian comedian and entertainer who died in 1988. Geography * State - Pernambuco * Region - Agreste of Pernambuco * Boundaries - Vertentes do Lério and Casinhas (N); Riacho das Almas and Cumaru (S); Bom Jardim, Salgadinho and João Alfredo (E); Santa Maria do Cambucá and Frei Miguelinho (W) * Area - 252.85 km2 * Elevation - 394 m * Hydrography - Capibaribe river * Vegetation - Caatinga Hiperxerófila * Climate - semi-arid, hot and dry * Annual average temperature - 23.7 c * Distance to Recife - 134 km Climate Economy The main economic activities in Surubim are based in industry, commerce and agribusiness, especially the raising of cattle, pigs, goats, sheep and chicken The chicken (''Gallus gallus domesticus'') is a domesticated subspecies of the red junglefowl (''Gallus gallus''), originally native to Southeast Asia. It was first domesticated ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aquele Abraço
"Aquele Abraço" (, English: "That Hug") is a song in the samba genre by Brazilian singer-songwriter Gilberto Gil. Written during a period of military dictatorship and cultural censorship in Brazil, the lyrics invoke neighborhoods, landmarks, samba schools and popular culture figures of Rio de Janeiro. It was released as the third track, with an expanded version as track 11, on Gil's third album ''Gilberto Gil (1969 album), Gilberto Gil'', issued by Universal in 1969. On the tracks, he introduces the song as being "for Dorival Caymmi, João Gilberto and Caetano Veloso," all major Brazilian singer-songwriters. Gil was inspired to write the song on Ash Wednesday of 1969, his last day before leaving Rio, shortly after he had been released from detention in a military prison in the neighborhood of Realengo, referenced in the song lyrics. Upon his return to his home town of Salvador, Bahia, Salvador, he was placed under house arrest, where he developed the melody and instrumentation a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Radio Fluminense
Radio is the technology of communicating using radio waves. Radio waves are electromagnetic waves of frequency between 3 hertz (Hz) and 300 gigahertz (GHz). They are generated by an electronic device called a transmitter connected to an antenna which radiates the waves. They can be received by other antennas connected to a radio receiver; this is the fundamental principle of radio communication. In addition to communication, radio is used for radar, radio navigation, remote control, remote sensing, and other applications. In radio communication, used in radio and television broadcasting, cell phones, two-way radios, wireless networking, and satellite communication, among numerous other uses, radio waves are used to carry information across space from a transmitter to a receiver, by modulating the radio signal (impressing an information signal on the radio wave by varying some aspect of the wave) in the transmitter. In radar, used to locate and track objects like air ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Documentary Film
A documentary film (often described simply as a documentary) is a nonfiction Film, motion picture intended to "document reality, primarily for instruction, education or maintaining a Recorded history, historical record". The American author and Media studies, media analyst Bill Nichols (film critic), Bill Nichols has characterized the documentary in terms of "a filmmaking practice, a cinematic tradition, and mode of audience reception [that remains] a practice without clear boundaries". Research into information gathering, as a behavior, and the sharing of knowledge, as a concept, has noted how documentary movies were preceded by the notable practice of documentary photography. This has involved the use of singular Photograph, photographs to detail the complex attributes of History, historical events and continues to a certain degree to this day, with an example being the War photography, conflict-related photography achieved by popular figures such as Mathew Brady during the Am ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gilberto Gil
Gilberto Passos Gil Moreira (; born 26 June 1942), is a Brazilian singer-songwriter and politician, known for both his musical innovation and political activism. From 2003 to 2008, he served as Brazil's Ministry of Culture (Brazil), Minister of Culture in the administration of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. Gil's musical style incorporates an eclectic range of influences, including rock, Music of Brazil, Brazilian genres including samba, Music of Africa, African music, and reggae. Gil started to play music as a child and was a teenager when he joined his first band. He began his career as a bossa nova musician and grew to write songs that reflected a focus on political awareness and social activism. He was a key figure in the música popular brasileira and Tropicalismo, tropicália movements of the 1960s, alongside artists such as longtime collaborator Caetano Veloso. The History of Brazil (1964–1985), Brazilian military regime that 1964 Brazilian coup d'état, took pow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Música Popular Brasileira
(, ''Brazilian Popular Music'') or MPB is a trend in post-bossa nova urban popular music in Brazil that revisits typical Brazilian styles such as samba, samba-canção and Baião (music), baião and other Brazilian regional music, combining them with foreign influences, such as jazz and rock music, rock. This movement has produced and is represented by many Brazilian artists, such as Jorge Ben Jor, Caetano Veloso, Gal Costa, Djavan, Novos Baianos, Antônio Carlos Jobim, Tom Jobim, Chico Buarque, Belchior (singer), Belchior and Elis Regina, whose individual styles generated their own trends within the genre. The term often also describes any kind of music with Brazilian origins and "voice and guitar style" that arose in the late 1960s. Variations within MPB were the short-lived but influential artistic movement known as tropicália, and the music of samba rock. MPB songs are in part characterized by their harmonic complexity and their elaborate lyrics, which call back to a conne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
José Sarney
José Sarney de Araújo Costa (; born José Ribamar Ferreira de Araújo Costa; 24 April 1930) is a Brazilian politician, lawyer, and writer who served as the 31st president of Brazil from 1985 to 1990. He briefly served as the 20th vice president of Brazil for a month between March and April 1985. Sarney was a member of the Chamber of Deputies (Brazil), Chamber of Deputies from 1955 until 1966 and of the Brazilian Senate, Senate from 1971 until 1985. He was also the List of governors of Maranhão, Governor of Maranhão from 1966 until 1970. During the Brazilian military dictatorship, Sarney affiliated himself with the government party, Aliança Renovadora Nacional, ARENA, becoming the president of the party in 1979. Sarney joined the dissenters, and was instrumental in the creation of the Democrats (Brazil), Liberal Front Party. Sarney ran for Vice-President on the ticket of Tancredo Neves of PMDB, formerly the opposition party to the military government. Neves won the presidenti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doctor Honoris Causa
An honorary degree is an academic degree for which a university (or other degree-awarding institution) has waived all of the usual requirements. It is also known by the Latin phrases ''honoris causa'' ("for the sake of the honour") or ''ad honorem '' ("to the honour"). The degree is typically a doctorate or, less commonly, a master's degree, and may be awarded to someone who has no prior connection with the academic institution or no previous postsecondary education. An example of identifying a recipient of this award is as follows: Doctorate in Business Administration (''Hon. Causa''). The degree is often conferred as a way of honouring a distinguished visitor's contributions to a specific field or to society in general. Honorary doctorates are purely titular degrees in that they confer no rights on the recipient and carry with them no formal academic qualification. As such, it is always expected that such degrees be listed in one's curriculum vitae (CV) as an award, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Imperio Serrano
Imperio may refer to: *Imperio, a curse in the ''Harry Potter'' series (see Magic in Harry Potter#Unforgivable CursesMagic in Harry Potter) *Imperio (band) Imperio was an Austrian Eurodance Eurodance (sometimes referred to as Euro-NRG) is a genre of electronic dance music that originated in the late 1980s in Europe. It combines many elements of Hip-hop, rap, techno and Eurodisco. This genre of m ..., Austrian band See also * * *'' Império'', a Portuguese-language 2014 Brazilian telenovela {{dab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samba School
A samba school () is a dancing, marching, and drumming (Samba Enredo) club. They practice and often perform in a huge square-Compound (enclosure), compounds ("quadras de samba") and are devoted to practicing and exhibiting samba, an Afro-Brazilian dance and drumming style. Although the word "school" is in the name, samba schools do not offer instruction in a formal setting. Samba schools have a strong community basis and are traditionally associated with a particular neighborhood. They are often seen to affirm the cultural validity of the Afro-Brazilian heritage in contrast to the mainstream education system,Dils A., Albright A., (eds.) "Moving History / Dancing Cultures - A Dance History Reader", Wesleyan University Press 2001:169. and have evolved often in contrast to authoritarian development. The phrase "escola de samba" is popularly held to derive from the schoolyard location of the first group's early rehearsals. In Rio de Janeiro especially, they are mostly associated with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
