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Mel Lisboa
Mel Lisboa Alves (born 17 January 1982) is a Brazilian actress. Biography Lisboa was born in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul. She is the daughter of the astrologer Cláudia Lisboa Alves and the musician Bebeto Alves. She studied cinema at the Fluminense Federal University (UFF), in Niterói, but left the course to pursue acting. She has no direct degree of kinship with the gaúcho musician Nei Lisboa. Career She debuted as an actress in 2001, starring in the miniseries, ''Presença de Anita'', playing Anita, a mysterious and seductive young woman. Due to the great sexual appeal of this character, she participated in a sensual essay for the Paparazzo site. The mini-series earned an average of 30 IBOPE points and was broadcast in full in 2002 on TV Globo. In 2002, in the soap opera ''Desejos de Mulher'', she played Gabriela, a young woman from the interior with aspirations of becoming a model. This project was not as successful as Presença de Anita, due to Lisboa’s associ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Movie
"The Movie" is the fourteenth episode of the fourth season of the American television sitcom ''Seinfeld'' (and the 54th episode overall). It first aired on NBC in the United States on January 6, 1993. The episode revolves entirely around the characters' struggles to go to see a movie together. Plot Jerry has two stand-up acts scheduled for the same night; due to a delay in one of them, he cannot make both shows. A hopeful comedian, Buckles, hangs around to fill in when somebody drops out. Jerry intended to meet his friends to see a movie, ''CheckMate'', at 10:30. However, given the situation, he agrees to skip the movie and reschedule his act to the 11:00 slot. Jerry first heads to the earlier scheduled comedy act, only to learn that the act was scheduled for 9:15, not 9:50 as Jerry thought, and Buckles ended up filling his spot. Jerry then heads to the movie theater to inform his friends that he won't accompany them. Buckles insists on sharing the taxicab with Jerry, and irrit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rita Lee
Rita Lee Jones (31 December 1947 – 8 May 2023) was a Brazilian singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist. Known as the " Queen of Brazilian Rock", she sold more than 55 million records, making her the most successful female artist by record sales in Brazil and the fourth overall. Winner of eleven Brazilian Music Awards, she built a career that started with rock but over the years flirted with various genres, such as psychedelia during the Tropicália era, pop rock, disco, new wave, pop, bossa nova, and electronic, creating a pioneering hybrid between international and national genres. Rita was considered one of the most influential musicians in Brazil, being a reference for those who began the greater use of electric guitars from the mid-1970s. A former member of the group Os Mutantes (The Mutants) (1966–1972) and Tutti Frutti (1973–1978), she participated in important revolutions in the world of music and society. Her songs, often filled with biting irony or a clai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Young Messiah
''The Young Messiah'' is a 2016 biblical drama film directed by Cyrus Nowrasteh and co-written by Betsy and Cyrus Nowrasteh, based on the novel '' Christ the Lord: Out of Egypt'' by Anne Rice. The film stars Adam Greaves-Neal, Sean Bean, David Bradley, Lee Boardman, Jonathan Bailey, and David Burke. The film revolves around a fictional interpretation of a seven-year-old Jesus, who tries to discover the truth about his life when he returns to Nazareth from Egypt. Nowrasteh acquired the film rights in 2011, and wrote the script along with his wife Betsy Giffen. Chris Columbus developed the film through his 1492 Pictures banner and helped the film financing by Ocean Blue Entertainment. FilmDistrict acquired the US distribution rights in 2013, which were later transferred to Focus Features in 2014. Filming began on September 15, 2014, in Matera and Rome, Italy. Although the film was known throughout production as ''Christ the Lord'', Focus Features announced on September 1, 2015, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
O Casamento De Romeu E Julieta
''Romeo and Juliet Get Married'' (; ) is a 2005 Brazilian film directed by Bruno Barreto and starring Luana Piovani and Marco Ricca. The film is loosely based on the William Shakespeare play, ''Romeo and Juliet'', set in São Paulo amid two feuding soccer clubs, Palmeiras and Corinthians. Plot The film's history takes place in 1999. The tomboyish, outgoing Julieta is the daughter of a member of the Palmeiras soccer club board. She is constantly frustrated by what she sees as institutional bias against women in soccer. One day while watching her beloved Palmeiras, she is struck by a handsome man, Romeu, that she sees rooting for the Palmeiras' chief rivals, the Corinthians. After meeting the same man again in the middle of eye exam, Julieta and Romeu quickly become a couple. However, in order to avoid incurring the wrath of her parents, Romeu is forced to pretend to be an adoring Palmeiras fan, an increasingly difficult task for the die-hard Corinthiano. Finally, Romeu i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Astronauta – Magnetar
''Astronauta – Magnetar'' (''Astronaut - Magnetar'') is a 2012 Brazilian graphic novel written and illustrated by Danilo Beyruth based on the character The Funnies (Monica's Gang), Astronauta created by Maurício de Sousa. It is the first installment in the Graphic MSP series of graphic novels based on Maurício de Sousa characters. The graphic novel had a continuation in ''Astronauta - Singularidade'' (2014), ''Astronauta - Assimetria'' (2016), ''Astronauta - Entropia'' (2018), ''Astronauta - Parallax'' (2020) and ''Astronauta: Convergência'' (2022). Synopsis The Astronaut visits a distant galaxy to study a magnetar, a neutron star that has a magnetic field estimated at one billion tesla (unit), teslas. But he makes a mistake that can cost his life. Now, with the damaged spaceship and without communication, he is "shipwrecked in space" and needs to find a way to escape before being defeated by the insanity that insists on taking his mind. The output can be in combining the t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cara E Coragem
''Cara e Coragem'' is a Brazilian telenovela produced and broadcast by TV Globo, that aired from 30 May 2022 to 13 January 2023. The telenovela is created by Claudia Souto and co-written with Isadora Wilkinson, Julia Laks, Wendell Bendelack, and Zé Dassilva. It stars Paolla Oliveira, Marcelo Serrado, and Taís Araújo. In 2023, the show was nominated for the International Emmy Award for Best Telenovela. Plot Siderúrgica Gusmão develops a secret formula based on magnesium that becomes the target of Leonardo, brother of the company's director, Clarice Gusmão. Stunt performers Pat and Moa are hired by Clarice to find Jonathan Azevedo's formula, and they see in the challenge a chance to keep their financial situations healthy, guaranteed by their work on film sets. Pat is married and the mother of two children, while Moa has been a single father since his separation from Rebeca. Both have a reciprocal passion for each other, but they don't admit their feelings. Pat and Moa lo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Girls From Ipanema
''Girls from Ipanema'' (), previously titled ''Most Beautiful Thing'', is a Brazilian period drama television series created by Giuliano Cedroni and Heather Roth. Produced by Prodigo Films, the series had as producers Francesco Civita and Beto Gauss, and Caíto Ortiz as showrunner. It stars Maria Casadevall, Pathy Dejesus, Fernanda Vasconcellos, Mel Lisboa, Leandro Lima and Ícaro Silva. The first season, consisting of seven episodes, premiered on Netflix worldwide on March 22, 2019. On May 13, 2019, Netflix renewed the series for a second season. The second season consists of 6 episodes and was released June 19, 2020. Plot ''Girls from Ipanema'' follows the story of Malu ( Maria Casadevall), a young and wealthy woman from São Paulo who moves to Rio de Janeiro to open a restaurant with her husband. Upon arriving, she discovers that he has abandoned her and fled with all the money. Malu then leaves in search of a new dream amid the emergence of bossa nova in the city with a ne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pacto De Sangue
''Pacto de Sangue'' () is a Brazilian crime drama television series created by Lucas Vivo and produced by Intro Pictures loosely based on the real-life story of Wallace Souza, a Brazilian TV personality from Amazonas, who was accused of ordering a series of murders to improve the ratings of his crime show. The first season, of eight episodes, was shown on Space in Brazil from August 2018, and on Netflix in some countries from October 2018. Plot Silas Campello is an ambitious and charismatic TV reporter who becomes a famous police program presenter and one of the most powerful names in the state of Pará. However, to achieve this fame he was able to go through the most devious paths. With the help of his brother Edinho, he maintains alliances with criminals where he ordered murders to be able to display them on television, further increasing his audience. Cast and characters * Guilherme Fontes as Silas Campello * Ravel Cabral as Roberto Moreira * André Ramiro as Soa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Delilah
Delilah ( ; , meaning "delicate";Gesenius's ''Hebrew-Chaldee Lexicon'' ; ) is a woman mentioned in the sixteenth chapter of the Book of Judges in the Hebrew Bible. She is loved by Samson, a Nazirite who possesses great strength and serves as the final Judge of Israel. Delilah is bribed by the lords of the Philistines to discover the source of his strength. After three failed attempts at doing so, she finally goads Samson into telling her that his vigor is derived from his hair. As he sleeps, Delilah calls a servant to cut Samson's hair, thereby enabling her to turn him over to the Philistines. Delilah has been the subject of both rabbinic and Christian commentary; rabbinic literature identifies her with Micah's mother in the biblical narrative of Micah's Idol, while some Christians have compared her to Judas Iscariot, the man who betrayed Jesus. Scholars have noted similarities between Delilah and other women in the Bible, such as Jael and Judith, and have discussed the ques ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Casos E Acasos
Casos e Acasos is a series of Brazilian TV Globo Network, written by Daniel Adjafre and Marcius Melhem, the general direction of Carlos Milan core of Marcos Schechtman (until the 15th episode) and Jayme Monjardim (from the 16th episode). First aired as a special year-end on December 26, 2007, the program went live April 3, 2008 and no longer appears in the following year. Cast Episode pilot * Humberto Martins - Lauro * Antônio Calloni - Ernesto * Taís Araújo - Gabriela * Ricardo Tozzi - Freitas * Érika Evantini - Michele * Thiago Fragoso - Felipe * Danton Mello - Adriano * Marcelo Valle - homem que se separa da mulher * Fábio Araújo - Robson * Bethito Tavares - Júnior * Alexandre Nero - Marcos * Paula Pereira - mulher que se separa do marido * Clarice Derzié Luz - vendedora de alianças ;Participação especial * Francisco Cuoco - Feldman 1º episódio ("O Encontro, o Assédio e o Convite") * Marcos Palmeira - Renato * Graziella Moretto - Suzana * Hugo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Casseta & Planeta
is a Brazilian group of comedians who ran a TV show named , broadcast by Rede Globo between 1993 and 2010. (In Portuguese) G1, November 26th, 2010. Accessed in November 21st, 2016. The humour featured on the show is mostly sketches, relating to broad Brazilian pop culture subjects (soap opera, political satire, regional stereotypes, and others). The group founded a company called ("Toviassu Artistic Productions"), whose name is an acronym composed of syllables from the phrase "" – "Every faggot is deaf"; which is the ending of a widely known Brazilian practical joke. Each one of the seven members has a specific function within the company. They present their TV show at Rede Globo an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Os Normais
''Os Normais'' (in Portuguese, literally "The Normal Ones") is a Brazilian sitcom directed by José Alvarenga Jr. and written by Jorge Furtado, Alexandre Machado, and Fernanda Young. It aired from 2001 to 2003 on Rede Globo. It features a lot of nonsensical situations, unpredictable stories and wild, often explicit humour. The sitcom was adapted in 2003 into a film titled ''Os Normais, O Filme'' (distributed as ''"So Normal"'' in some countries), which received the sequel '' Os Normais 2 - A Noite Mais Maluca de Todas'' in 2009. Plot Rui (Luiz Fernando Guimarães) is engaged to Vani ( Fernanda Torres). Although they spend most of their time together in the same apartment, they live in separate ones in Rio de Janeiro where strange situations take place with different guests in each episode. In 2003, during the third and last season, the series introduced two new characters, Bernardo (Selton Mello Selton Figueiredo Mello (; born 30 December 1972) is a Brazilian actor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
