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Supermax (Brazilian TV Series)
''Supermax'' is a Brazilian television series produced by Rede Globo that debuted on September 20, 2016 with an expected total of 12 episodes to be aired. The show was created by José Alvarenga Jr., Marcal Aquino and Fernando Bonassi. The latter two also wrote the script alongside Carolina Kotscho, Braulio Mantovani, Dennison Ramalho, Juliana Rojas, Raphael Draccon and Rafael Montes while José Eduardo Belmonte, Rafael Miranda and Alvarenga helm the directing team. In 2017, the series was nominated for the Seoul International Drama Awards in Best Series and Best Author Categories. Production The writing process of the series took place in the writer's room format in which the writers come together intensively for the creation and development of scripts. According to Carolina Kotscho, they had considerable freedom in writing: "we wrote without any limit. We imagined that eventually this limit would come, but it didn't. This was a grateful surprise!" According to Raphael Montes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dead Set
''Dead Set'' is a British zombie horror miniseries written and created by Charlie Brooker and directed by Yann Demange. The show takes place primarily on the set of a fictional series of the real television show ''Big Brother''. The five episodes, aired over five consecutive nights, chronicle a zombie outbreak that strands the housemates and production staff inside the ''Big Brother'' House, which quickly becomes a shelter from the undead. ''Dead Set'' is a production of Zeppotron, part of the Endemol group of production and distribution companies that produces the actual ''Big Brother''. The series first aired on E4 starting on 27 October 2008, just six weeks after the end of '' Big Brother 2008'' on the same channel. Cast Cameos by former ''Big Brother'' housemates Episodes Production Writing Charlie Brooker said that the basic idea for the series came about in 2004, as he watched the American series '' 24''. He commented: "I'm enjoying this, but these terrorist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Walking Dead (TV Series)
''The Walking Dead'' is an American post-apocalyptic horror television series based on the comic book series of the same name by Robert Kirkman, Tony Moore, and Charlie Adlard—together forming the core of ''The Walking Dead'' franchise. The series features a large ensemble cast as survivors of a zombie apocalypse trying to stay alive under near-constant threat of attacks from zombies known as "walkers" (among other nicknames). With the collapse of modern civilization, these survivors must confront other human survivors who have formed groups and communities with their own sets of laws and morals, sometimes leading to open, hostile conflict between them. Andrew Lincoln played the lead character Rick Grimes until his departure in the ninth season. Other long-standing cast members have included Norman Reedus, Steven Yeun, Chandler Riggs, Melissa McBride, Lauren Cohan, Danai Gurira, Josh McDermitt, Christian Serratos, Seth Gilliam, Ross Marquand and Jeffrey Dea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Acolyte
An acolyte is an assistant or follower assisting the celebrant in a religious service or procession. In many Christian denominations, an acolyte is anyone performing ceremonial duties such as lighting altar candles. In others, the term is used for one who has been inducted into a particular liturgical ministry, even when not performing those duties. Etymology The word ''Wikt:acolyte, acolyte'' is derived from the Greek language, Greek word ἀκόλουθος (''akolouthos''), meaning an attendant, via Late Latin ''acolythus''. Eastern Christianity In the Eastern Orthodox Church, Eastern Orthodox and Byzantine Rite, Byzantine Eastern Catholic Churches, Catholic churches, the nearest equivalent of acolyte is the altar server. At one time there was a rank of minor clergy called the ''taper-bearer'' (κηροφόρος) responsible for bearing lights during processions and liturgical Entrance (Liturgical), entrances. However, this rank has long ago been subsumed by that of the R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pedro Bial
Pedro Bial (born March 29, 1958) is a Brazilian producer, director, writer, journalist and a TV presenter. He is best known for hosting the variety show '' Fantástico'', and the reality show ''Big Brother Brasil'' (the Brazilian version of ''Big Brother''). Career Bial graduated in journalism from PUC-RJ. His career, as a reporter, began at Rede Globo in 1981. In 1988, he started to work for Jornal Hoje and Globo Repórter. He also hosted Rede Globo's live broadcast of Rock in Rio II. Bial was international correspondent for Globo network from 1988 to 1996. He replaced Renato Machado on August 13, 1988. In 1996, he started to host '' Fantástico''. As of 2014, he's been hosting the ''Big Brother Brasil'' for 14 seasons. In 2003 he translated and interpreted " Wear Sunscreen" by Mary Schmich, which was a great success. On July 5, 2012, he started to present a brand new show called ''Na Moral''. In 2017, leaves the command of Big Brother Brazil, after 17 editions. In t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amazon Rainforest
The Amazon rainforest, Amazon jungle or ; es, Selva amazónica, , or usually ; french: Forêt amazonienne; nl, Amazoneregenwoud. In English, the names are sometimes capitalized further, as Amazon Rainforest, Amazon Forest, or Amazon Jungle. or Amazonia is a moist broadleaf tropical rainforest in the Amazon biome The Amazon biome ( pt, Bioma Amazônia) contains the Amazon rainforest, an area of tropical rainforest, and other ecoregions that cover most of the Amazon basin and some adjacent areas to the north and east. The biome contains blackwater and white ... that covers most of the Amazon basin of South America. This basin encompasses , of which are covered by the rainforest. This region includes territory belonging to nine nations and 3,344 formally acknowledged Indigenous territory (Brazil), indigenous territories. The majority of the forest is contained Amazônia Legal, within Brazil, with 60% of the rainforest, followed by Peruvian Amazonia, Peru with 13%, Amazon n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Variety (magazine)
''Variety'' is an American media company owned by Penske Media Corporation. The company was founded by Sime Silverman in New York City in 1905 as a weekly newspaper reporting on theater and vaudeville. In 1933 it added ''Daily Variety'', based in Los Angeles, to cover the motion-picture industry. ''Variety.com'' features entertainment news, reviews, box office results, cover stories, videos, photo galleries and features, plus a credits database, production charts and calendar, with archive content dating back to 1905. History Foundation ''Variety'' has been published since December 16, 1905, when it was launched by Sime Silverman as a weekly periodical covering theater and vaudeville with its headquarters in New York City. Silverman had been fired by ''The Morning Telegraph'' in 1905 for panning an act which had taken out an advert for $50. As a result, he decided to start his own publication "that ouldnot be influenced by advertising." With a loan of $1,500 from his fa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bruno Gagliasso
Bruno Gagliasso Marques (born 13 April 1982) is a Brazilian actor. Career He began his career as a child, appearing in Rede Globo soap operas. In 1999, he participated in the episode "Papai é Gay!" on the program ''Você Decide''. The following year, 2000, he made a cameo on the show ''Malhação'', whose protagonists were played by Ludmila Dayer and Fábio Azevedo. Then he moved to the SBT, where he landed his first substantial role on the telenovela ''Chiquititas''. In 2001 he signed with Globo, the TV network which he remains under contract to as of the present, to join the cast of the telenovela ''As Filhas da Mãe'', as Artur, the son of Rosalva Regina Casé. In 2007 he played his first telenovela villain, the seductive bastard Ivan on ''Paraíso Tropical''. In contrast to 2008, he played the romantic hero Eduardo of ''Ciranda de Pedra''. Emendo in 2009, he reappeared in the video as the schizophrenic Tarso in '' India – A Love Story''. In 2010 he played the role ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Verdades Secretas
''Verdades Secretas'' (English: ''Hidden Truths'') is a Brazilian telenovela created by Walcyr Carrasco and directed by Mauro Mendonça Filho and Amora Mautner. Produced and broadcast by TV Globo, it premiered on 8 June 2015. The telenovela was the first original production in the 11 pm timeslot, having all its four predecessors being primarily remakes. It was also the first Globoplay original telenovela, starting with its second season. The first season stars Camila Queiroz, Rodrigo Lombardi, Drica Moraes, Marieta Severo, Reynaldo Gianecchini, Grazi Massafera, Agatha Moreira, and Rainer Cadete. Rômulo Estrela, Gabriel Braga Nunes, Maria de Medeiros, Deborah Evelyn, Ícaro Silva, Sérgio Guizé, and Júlia Byrro join the main cast in the second season. In 2020, the telenovela was renewed for a second season, which premiered on Globoplay on 20 October 2021, and concluded on 17 December 2021. The season is expected to air on TV Globo in 2023. In October 2021, the telen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alcatraz Prison
United States Penitentiary, Alcatraz Island, also known simply as Alcatraz (, ''"the gannet"'') or The Rock was a maximum security federal prison on Alcatraz Island, off the coast of San Francisco, California, United States, the site of a fort since the 1850s; the main prison building was built in 1910–1912 as a United States Army military prison. The United States Department of Justice acquired the United States Disciplinary Barracks, Pacific Branch, on Alcatraz on 12 October 1933. The island became adapted and used as a prison of the Federal Bureau of Prisons in August 1934 after the buildings were modernized and security increased. Given this high security and the island's location in the cold waters and strong currents of San Francisco Bay, prison operators believed Alcatraz to be escape-proof and America's strongest prison. The three-story cellhouse included the four main cell blocks – A-block through D-block, the warden's office, visitation room, the library, and th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Big Brother Brazil
''Big Brother Brasil'' (commonly abbreviated to ''BBB'') is the Brazilian version of the Big Brother reality franchised television show based on the original Dutch television series of the same name, that was created in 1997 by John de Mol. It is the second one with more finished seasons (only after the American version) and the only one with more than 20 years of uninterrupted annual transmission in the same channel. The show is based on a group of strangers, known as housemates, living together twenty-four hours a day in the "Big Brother" house, isolated from the outside world (primarily from mass media, such as newspapers, telephones, television and the internet) while having all their steps followed by cameras around-the-clock, with no privacy for three months. The housemates compete for the chance to win the grand prize by avoiding weekly eviction, until the last housemate remains at the end of the season that can claim the grand prize. The show's current host is journa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lost (2004 TV Series)
''Lost'' is an American science fiction on television, science fiction drama series, drama television series created by Jeffrey Lieber, J. J. Abrams, and Damon Lindelof that aired on American Broadcasting Company, ABC from September 22, 2004, to May 23, 2010, over List of Lost episodes, six seasons, comprising a total of 121 episodes. The show contains elements of supernatural fiction, and follows the survivors of a commercial jet airliner flying between Sydney and Los Angeles, after the plane crashes on a mysterious Mythology of Lost#The Island, island somewhere in the South Pacific Ocean. Episodes typically feature a primary storyline set on the island, augmented by flashback (narrative), flashback or flashforward sequences which provide additional insight into the involved characters. Lindelof and Carlton Cuse serve as showrunners and are executive producers along with Abrams and Bryan Burk. Inspired by the 2000 Tom Hanks film ''Cast Away'', the show is told in a heavily s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
