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Silvia Abascal
Silvia Abascal Estrada (born 20 March 1979) is a Spanish film, television and stage actress. She landed a breakthrough role in 1995 sitcom '' Pepa y Pepe'' which advanced her career. She has since featured in films such as ''The Yellow Fountain'', '' The Wolf'', and '' The Idiot Maiden''. Biography Silvia Abascal Estrada was born on 20 March 1979 in Madrid. She made her television debut in the game show '' Un, dos, tres... responda otra vez'', age 14. She advanced her career with her performance in 1995 sitcom series '' Pepa y Pepe'', in which she played Clarita, the middle sibling in the protagonist family characterised as a sarcastic and macabre yet also sensible grunge-loving teenager. She trained her acting chops under Juan Carlos Corazza. Her performance in ''The Yellow Fountain'' as Lola, a half-Spanish half-Chinese wild child, earned her a nomination to the Goya Award for Best New Actress. She was appointed as Unicef UNICEF (), originally called the United Nations ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
33rd Goya Awards
The 33rd Goya Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences (AACCE), honored the best in Spanish films of 2018 and took place at the Conference and Exhibition Centre of Seville on 2 February 2019. The ceremony was televised in Spain by the Spanish public television (TVE) and was hosted by television presenter and comedian Andreu Buenafuente and actress Silvia Abril. It was also televised for the international public by the TVE Internacional channel. It was the second time that the ceremony was held outside of Madrid, the other one being the 14th edition that took place in Barcelona. Nominations were announced on 12 December 2018 by Paco León and Rossy de Palma. '' The Realm'' received the most nominations with thirteen, followed by '' Champions'' with eleven nominations. '' Champions'' won Best Film, as well as Best New Actor and Best Original Song, but '' The Realm'' won the most awards, with seven awards, including Best Director, Best Ac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
26th Goya Awards
The 26th Goya Awards were presented on 19 February 2012 to honour the best in Spanish films of 2011 and the ceremony was hosted by Spanish comedian Eva Hache. On January 10, 2012 the nominees were announced. '' No Rest for the Wicked'' won six awards, including Best Film, Best Director and Best Actor. Nominees Major awards Other award nominees Honorary Goya *Josefina Molina Josefina Molina Reig MML (born in Córdoba, 14 November 1936) is a Spanish feature film director, screenwriter, TV producer and scene director. She was one of the first female directors in Spain and is also known for directing such notable fea ... References External linksOfficial Website of the Goya Awards 2012 {{DEFAULTSORT:Goya Awards 26 [...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] |
Crazy (2007 Spanish Film)
''Crazy'' ( es, Enloquecidas, links=no) is a 2007 Spanish comedy film directed by Juan Luis Iborra which stars Silvia Abascal, Verónica Forqué, and Concha Velasco alongside Jordi Rebellón, Asunción Balaguer, Juli Mira, Iván Sánchez, and Elisa Matilla. Plot Blanca has met the man of her life, but he has mysteriously vanished. She embarks in a crazy investigation across the city (a Madrid Madrid ( , ) is the capital and most populous city of Spain. The city has almost 3.4 million inhabitants and a metropolitan area population of approximately 6.7 million. It is the second-largest city in the European Union (EU), an ... whose streets are always under construction), teaming up with her aunt Bárbara (married to a municipal councillor responsible for Urbanism) and a fed-up actress (Nuria). Cast Production The screenplay was penned by Juan Luis Iborra alongside Antonio Albert. The film is an El Paso PC, Cuarteto PC, Hispanocine PC and Notro Films prod ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
University Of Wales Press
The University of Wales Press ( cy, Gwasg Prifysgol Cymru) was founded in 1922 as a central service of the University of Wales. The press publishes academic journals and around seventy books a year in the English and Welsh languages on six general subjects: history, political philosophy and religious studies, welsh and Celtic studies, literary studies, European studies and medieval studies. The press has a backlist of over 3,500 titles. The main offices of the University of Wales Press are in Cardiff. With the announcement that the University of Wales will be merged into Trinity Saint David, the University of Wales Press will also be merged into the institution. In September 2016 it was announced they would be forming a partnership with the Open Library of Humanities to convert the ''International Journal of Welsh Writing in English'' into a full open-access journal. See also *Merthyr Tudfil in 1851 Merthyr Tudfil in 1851 is a volume of the architectural study by Harold Carte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Dépêche Du Midi
''La Dépêche'', formally ''La Dépêche du Midi'', is a regional daily newspaper published in Toulouse in Southwestern France with seventeen editions for different areas of the Midi-Pyrénées region. The main local editions are for Toulouse, Ariège, Aude, Aveyron, Haute-Garonne, Gers, Lot, Lot-et-Garonne, Hautes-Pyrénées, Tarn and Tarn-et-Garonne. History and profile The newspaper first appeared on 2 October 1870 when it was called ''La Dépêche de Toulouse''. ... En cette année anniversaire de la création de « La Dépêche du Midi », fondée en 1870, Publication was prompted by workers at the Sirven print works in Toulouse, which established the paper's left-leaning politics. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Life And Colour
''Life and Colour'' ( es, Vida y color, links=no) is a 2005 Spanish film written and directed by in his feature length directorial debut. Its cast features Junio Valverde, Silvia Abascal, Miguel Ángel Silvestre, and Joan Dalmau, among others. Plot Spain, 1975. Fede, a fifteen-year-old boy, is getting conscious of his environment little by little: his sister Begoña, unsatisfied with her imminent wedding; his grandfather, who stops dealing with his best friend after the Spanish Civil War; his friend Ramona, a girl with Down syndrome who was raped by her father, a young man who works with his father. Cast Release The film was presented at the 50th Valladolid International Film Festival (Seminci) in October 2005. Distributed by Alta Classics, it was theatrically released in Spain on 5 January 2006. Reception Jonathan Holland of ''Variety'' deemed the film to be a "powerful, haunting and finely observed debut about life in a rural Spanish village during the last months of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
El Mundo (Spain)
''El Mundo'' (; ), before ''El Mundo del Siglo Veintiuno'', is the second largest printed daily newspaper in Spain. The paper is considered one of the country's newspaper of record, newspapers of record along with ''El País and ABC (newspaper), ABC.'' History and profile ''El Mundo'' was first published on 23 October 1989. Perhaps the best known of its founders was Pedro J. Ramírez, who served as editor until 2014. Ramirez had risen to prominence as a journalist during the Spanish transition to democracy. The other founders, Alfonso de Salas, Balbino Fraga and Juan González, shared with Ramírez a background in Grupo 16, the publishers of the newspaper ''Diario 16''. Alfonso de Salas, Juan Gonzales and Gregorio Pena also launched ''El Economista (Spain), El Economista'' in 2006. ''El Mundo'', along with ''Marca (newspaper), Marca'' and ''Expansión (Spain), Expansión'', is controlled by the Italian publishing company RCS MediaGroup through its Spanish subsidiary company Uni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
My Mother Likes Women
''My Mother Likes Women'' ( es, A mi Madre le gustan las mujeres) is a 2002 Spanish comedy film directed by Inés París and Daniela Fejerman. The film stars Leonor Watling, Rosa Maria Sardà, María Pujalte, Silvia Abascal, and Eliska Sirova. ''My Mother Likes Women'' premiered in Spain on 11 January 2002. The theme song of the same title was written by Andy Chango. Plot Elvira, an attractive but insecure twenty-something, joins her sisters Jimena and Sol to celebrate the birthday of their mother, Sofía. A divorced concert pianist, Sofía announces that she's fallen in love but is interrupted by the doorbell as she describes her new partner. While the three gleefully speculate about their mother's new boyfriend, their joy suddenly gives way to shock when she returns with Eliska, and the sisters realize that their mother is a lesbian. The young women handle the shock in different ways. Elvira confides in her psychiatrist, while Sol composes a song about her mother and her l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Voz De Galicia
''La Voz de Galicia'' ( en, The Voice of Galicia) is a Spanish daily newspaper owned by the Corporación Voz de Galicia. ''La Voz'' is highest circulation newspaper in Galicia and the eighth-highest circulation general-interest daily newspaper in Spain. It is written primarily in Spanish with Galician used in the cultural and opinion sections. The newspaper was founded in 1882 by Juan Fernández Latorre and is published in A Coruña, Galicia. The paper has a digital version available in Spanish and Galician, however the Galician version is an automatic translation, the original articles are written exclusively in Spanish. History Juan Fernández Latorre founded ''La Voz de Galicia'' in 1882 as a republican, progressive newspaper. Consolidated in the republican era with a circulation of more than 20.000 daily copies, it was not until the 1960s, when Santiago Rey Fernandez-Latorre, the founder's grandson took over as manager, that ''La Voz'' began its expansion. In May 2010, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
His Master's Voice (2001 Film)
''His Master's Voice'' ( es, La voz de su amo, links=no) is a 2001 Spanish crime thriller film directed and written by Emilio Martínez Lázaro which stars Eduard Fernández, Silvia Abascal, Joaquim de Almeida, and Imanol Arias. Plot The plot is set in 1980 in Bilbao. It follows Charli, a former ETA member and football player now working as chauffeur and bodyguard for shady businessman Oliveira and having a casual relationship with substance addict Katy. After an ETA lorry bomb attack in the wake of Oliveira's refusal to bow to the ETA extortion racket, Charli is tasked to protect Oliveira's daughter Marta, having sex and then starting to fall romantically for her. Cast Production A Lolafilms (Andrés Vicente Gómez) production, the film had the participation of TVE. Release Distributed by Lolafilms Distribución, the film was theatrically released in Spain in May 2001. Reception Jonathan Holland of '' Variety'' deemed the film to be "an intelligent, upbeat thr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
University Of Zaragoza
The University of Zaragoza, sometimes referred to as Saragossa University () is a public university with teaching campuses and research centres spread over the three provinces of Aragon, Spain. Founded in 1542, it is one of the oldest universities in Spain, with a history dating back to the Roman period. Prime Ministers Pascual Madoz, Manuel Azaña, Salustiano de Olózaga and Eusebio Bardají, the Nobel Prize laureate and father of modern neuroscience Santiago Ramón y Cajal, the Catholic saint Josemaría Escrivá and the Cuban national hero Jose Marti studied at this university. History Beginnings Ecclesiastical schools were the initial elements of the University of Zaragoza. These schools were later consolidated into the School of Zaragoza, led by Bishop Braulio during the seventh century (who would later be made the patron saint of the university). The School of Arts officially became a university in 1542, though some scholars argue it could be considered a univer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
