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Jorge Lafond
Jorge Luiz Souza Lima, better known as Jorge Lafond (29 March 1952 – 11 January 2003), was a Brazilian actor, comedian, dancer, and drag queen. His main and most well known drag persona was that of Vera Verão. Biography Early life Lafond was born on 29 March 1952 in Nilópolis, outside of Rio de Janeiro. At 6 years old, Lafond was already aware that he was gay. In an interview to the magazine Raça, he said that "people said that to be gay was a very ugly thing, and that I had a messed up head. But the fear of my parents discovering y sexualitywas so great that I had sought to walk the line and study a lot." At 10 years old, he already started to work at a mechanic's office, and would work with his mother at an amusement park. Dancing Lafond studied ballet and African dance, going on to work with Mercedes Baptista. He graduated from the Federal University of the State of Rio de Janeiro with a degree in theatre. He also graduated with a degree in physical education fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nilópolis
Nilópolis (, , ) is a municipality in Brazil, located in the Rio de Janeiro state's southwestern region, bordering São João de Meriti, Mesquita and Rio de Janeiro. It is the smallest municipality in Rio de Janeiro state, with a total area of 19.39 km2. The population of 162,693 inhabitants living in an area of 9 km2 and the remaining area corresponds to the Gericinó's Natural Park. Officially, the population density exceeds 8,120 inhabitants/km2, but if calculated just 9 km2 occupied, it becomes the most densely populated city in Brazil with more than 17.400 inhabitants/km2. Currently, São João de Meriti has the highest population density, with 12,897 inhabitants/km2. The city was named after Nilo Peçanha, a President of Brazil. Transport Nilópolis is served by bus companies owned by the municipality, such as Nilopolitana Cavalcanti & Cia, and other companies that are not based in the city but provide services to its population. Railway Nilópolis a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Praça é Nossa
''A Praça é Nossa'' (''The Square is Ours'') is a Brazilian comedy show produced and broadcast by Sistema Brasileiro de Televisão, SBT. It was created in 1956 by Manuel de Nóbrega, with the name of ''A Praça da Alegria''. It is based using a simple and practical scenario: a bench in a square garden, where several characters pass through. It debuted on television in 1957 on channel TV Paulista, being led by its creator until the beginning of the 1970s. Until then the attraction already shifted by TV Record and TV Rio. After a while off the air it was broadcast again at 1977–78 by Rede Globo, this time by Luís Carlos Miele. In 1987, the program was revived at Rede Bandeirantes with the title ''Praça Brasil'', presented by Manuel's son Carlos Alberto de Nóbrega. After four episodes, Carlos Alberto moved to SBT, where he set up a new program with the same format: A Praça é Nossa. The comedy debuted on 7 May 1987. The show has remained on the air since its debut. Actor C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Google Doodle
Google Doodle is a special, temporary alteration of the logo on Google's homepages intended to commemorate holidays, events, achievements, and historical figures. The first Google Doodle honored the 1998 edition of the long-running annual Burning Man event in Black Rock City, Nevada, and was designed by co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin to notify users of their absence in case the servers crashed. Early marketing employee Susan Wojcicki then spearheaded subsequent Doodles, including an alien landing on Google and additional custom logos for major holidays. Google Doodles were designed by an outside contractor, cartoonist Ian David Marsden until 2000, when Page and Brin asked public relations officer Dennis Hwang to design a logo for Bastille Day. Since then, a team of employees called Doodlers have organized and published the Doodles. Initially, Doodles were neither animated nor hyperlinked—they were simply images with tooltips describing the subject or expressing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Google
Google LLC (, ) is an American multinational corporation and technology company focusing on online advertising, search engine technology, cloud computing, computer software, quantum computing, e-commerce, consumer electronics, and artificial intelligence (AI). It has been referred to as "the most powerful company in the world" by the BBC and is one of the world's List of most valuable brands, most valuable brands. Google's parent company, Alphabet Inc., is one of the five Big Tech companies alongside Amazon (company), Amazon, Apple Inc., Apple, Meta Platforms, Meta, and Microsoft. Google was founded on September 4, 1998, by American computer scientists Larry Page and Sergey Brin. Together, they own about 14% of its publicly listed shares and control 56% of its stockholder voting power through super-voting stock. The company went public company, public via an initial public offering (IPO) in 2004. In 2015, Google was reorganized as a wholly owned subsidiary of Alphabet Inc. Go ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madame Satã
Madame Satã was the artistic name of João Francisco dos Santos (1900–1976), a drag (clothing), drag performer and capoeirista from Brazil. Biography He was born into a family of ex-slavery, slaves in the state of Pernambuco, Brazil. Having been convicted of murder, spending 27 years in prison, being a former gangster and father of 7, he found refuge in the dark Bohemianism, Bohemian culture of Rio de Janeiro amid a lively world of pimps, prostitutes, deviants and samba composers. João is most commemorated as a figure who fought to redefine himself while battling the stigmas of being a son of former black slaves, illiterate and homosexual. João is quoted for once saying "I was born an outlaw, that's how I'll live." In between his drag performances, his days as a male prostitute, hustler and his convictions of murder, his image as the legendary cabaret performance artist Madame Satã, meaning ''Madam Satan,'' having been influenced by the 1930s film by Cecil B. DeMille ... [...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] |
Ministry Of Culture (Brazil)
The Ministry of Culture of Brazil (, MinC) is a cabinet-level federal ministry created in 1985, in the first month of president's José Sarney government, dissolved by Jair Bolsonaro in 2019 and reinstated by Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in 2023. Dissolution and reinstatement In April 1990, it was dissolved by president Fernando Collor de Mello and transformed into a Culture Secretary, directly linked to the presidency. This situation was reverted two years later, but, in the meantime, in 1991, the law called popularly ''Lei Rouanet'' was created by the secretary of Culture, Sérgio Paulo Rouanet. It is a law that allows companies and individuals to sponsor cultural products, up to respectively 4% and 6% of their income tax. It is a law of incentive to the culture, the most important instrument of the ministry, frequently contested. In 1999, president Fernando Henrique Cardoso expanded the scope of the law, with more financial resources and a reorganization of its structure. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Military Police Of Rio De Janeiro State
The Military Police of Rio de Janeiro State () (PMERJ) like other military polices in Brazil is a reserve and ancillary force of the Brazilian Army, and part of the System of Public Security and Brazilian Social Protection. Its members are called "state military" personnel. The primary mission of PMERJ is ostensively preventive policing for the maintenance of public order in the State of Rio de Janeiro. History The first militarized police in Portugal (when Brazil was still a colony) was the '' Royal Police Guard of Lisbon'' (), established in 1801, which followed the model of the National Gendarmerie () of France, created in 1791. When the Portuguese Royal Family was transferred to Brazil, the Royal Police Guard of Lisbon remained in Portugal, and another equivalent guard was created in Rio de Janeiro under the name of ''Military Division of the Royal Police Guard of Rio de Janeiro'', in 1809. With the abdication of Emperor Pedro I in 1831, the Regency restructured the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Multiple Organ Dysfunction Syndrome
Multiple organ dysfunction syndrome (MODS) is altered organ function in an acutely ill patient requiring immediate medical intervention. There are different stages of organ dysfunction for certain different organs, both in acute and in chronic onset, whether or not there are one or more organs affected. Each stage of dysfunction (whether it be the heart, lung, liver, or kidney) has defined parameters, in terms of laboratory values based on blood and other tests, as to what it is (each of these organs' levels of failure is divided into stage I, II, III, IV, and V). The word "failure" is commonly used to refer to the later stages, especially IV and V, when artificial support usually becomes necessary to sustain life; the damage may or may not be fully or partially reversible. Signs and symptoms Multiple organ dysfunction syndrome can trigger a variety of symptoms throughout the body. Because MODS can impact any organ system, the specific symptoms experienced will depend on which ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vila Mariana (district Of São Paulo)
Vila Mariana () is a borough of the city of São Paulo, Brazil. Located to the south of Bela Vista (district of São Paulo), Bela Vista and Liberdade (district of São Paulo), Liberdade, east of Jardim Paulista (district of São Paulo), Jardim Paulista and west of Ipiranga (district of São Paulo), Ipiranga, it is a dynamic area of the city. Similar to its neighbor district, Moema (district of São Paulo), Moema, it is a wealthy area and it comprises some of the most famous symbols of São Paulo, like the Parque do Ibirapuera, Ibirapuera Park, the Obelisk and Mausoleum of the heroes from the Constitutionalist Revolution in 1932 and the "Monumento às Bandeiras", and the Fundadores de São Paulo monument. The district also has in its limits the headquarters of the Federal University of São Paulo and its medicine school. Until the early 20th century, it used to be a stop for chariots and horse riders on the way to Jabaquara (district of São Paulo), Jabaquara from the central a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quem (magazine)
''Quem'' (also called ''Quem Acontece'') is a magazine published in Brazil Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest country in South America. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, fifth-largest country by area and the List of countries and dependencies by population ... by Editora Globo, a magazine focusing on subjects about celebrities in evidence from the national and even international scene. The magazine was published in print until July 2017, when Editora Globo announced its end. The last print edition was 878, published on June 28, 2017. From that date, Quem started to focus on its online portal, publishing weekly interviews with entertainment personalities. With the creation of the Globo + app, which brings together all Infoglobo publications, Quem has been published again in magazine format. References Magazines published in Brazil Weekly magazines published in Brazil Globo magazines News magazines published ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marcelo Rossi
Marcelo Mendonça Rossi (born 20 May 1967) is a Brazilian Catholic priest known for his novel approaches to ministering to the faithful. He is also a writer and a singer, and he uses music intensely in his Mass (liturgy), Masses. He has recorded music CDs, hosts radio and TV programs, and has appeared as an actor in two movies with religious themes. All of these endeavors have been big hits in the media, but Father Rossi donates all the proceeds to Catholic charities and his own parish. Early life Father Rossi is based in São Paulo city where he was born into a Roman Catholic middle-class family and was raised in the neighborhood of Santana together with his two sisters Monica and Marta. His father, Antonio Rossi, worked as a bank manager for many years while his mother, Wilma, took care of the household. At the age 16 he made the decision of not attending church services any longer and six years later graduated in Physical Education at the Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
