XHDRbZ
''XHDRBZ'' (stylized as ''XHDЯBZ'', a wordplay for "XH", a Mexican broadcasting satellite code, and "DRBZ", consonants of Eugenio Derbez' last name) is a Mexican sketch comedy television series created by Eugenio Derbez. It premiered on Canal de las Estrellas on 15 July 2002. XHDRBZ emulated a television channel that broadcasts sketches. The series ended production in 2004, due to Derbez wanting to focus on other projects. The final episode aired on 10 March 2004. Format The show emulated a TV channel. When the show began, the screen showed a notification saying that Televisa handed over the transmission to XHDRBZ. The show began with an introduction assimilating that of a Newscast. Each sketch is then presented as if it were a different show; at the end of each sketch showed its cast and credits, like in a real television program. When the actual show finished, it would present a notification that said Televisa would return to its usual broadcast. Musical theme In 2002, t ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Eugenio Derbez
Eugenio González Derbez (; born September 2, 1961) is a Mexican actor and comedian. He has appeared in many films and television series, including '' The Book of Life'', ''The Angry Birds Movie 2'', and '' CODA''. In the 2010s, he appeared in many American films and television series, such as '' Jack and Jill'', '' Girl in Progress'', '' Rob!'', and '' Miracles from Heaven''. Derbez provided the Spanish dubs for many characters in the Spanish versions of American films, including '' Dr. Dolittle'', ''Mulan'', ''102 Dalmatians'', and the ''Shrek'' franchise. Early life Derbez was born and raised in Mexico City and expressed interest in acting at an early age, landing his first roles as extras in soap operas at age 12. He made his directing debut in 1997 with a Mexican soap opera named . Career 1980s During the early 1980s, Derbez was a regular in , a Mexican television show. He also participated in , a children's television show. In 1988, he got his first recurring televisio ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Sketch Comedy
Sketch comedy comprises a series of short, amusing scenes or vignettes, called "sketches" or, "skits", commonly between one and ten minutes long, performed by a group of comic actors or comedians. While the form developed and became popular in music hall in Britain and vaudeville in North America, today it is used widely in variety shows, as well as in late night talk shows and even some sitcoms. While sketch comedy is now associated mostly with adult entertainment, certain children's television series such have used it, too. The sketches may be improvised live by the performers, developed through improvisation before public performance, or scripted and rehearsed in advance like a play. History Sketch comedy has its origins in music hall and vaudeville, where many brief humorous acts were strung together to form a larger programme. In the 1890s, music hall impresario Fred Karno developed a form of sketch comedy without dialogue, and in 1904 he produced a sketch called ' ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Enrique El "Perro" Bermúdez
Enrique () is the Spanish variant of the given name Heinrich of Germanic origin. Equivalents in other languages are Henry (English), Enric (Catalan), Enrico (Italian), Henrik (Swedish, Danish, and Norwegian), Heinrich (German), Hendrik, Henk (Dutch), Henri (French), and Henrique (Portuguese). Common nicknames of Enrique are Kiki, Kiko, Kike, Rick, Ricky, and Quique. Enrique is also a surname. A variant surname is '' Enriquez'' (son of Enrique). Notable people with the name include: Given name * Enrique of Malacca (fl. 1511–1521), Malay slave who may have been the first person to travel around the world * Enrique Aguirre (born 1979), Argentine athlete * Enrique Álvarez Félix (1934–1996), Mexican actor * Enrique Bátiz (1942–2025), Mexican conductor and concert pianist * Enrique Bolaños (1928–2021), President of Nicaragua from 2002 to 2007 * Enrique Bunbury (born 1967), Spanish singer and band member of Heroes Del Silencio * Enrique Campos (born 1961), Venezue ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Antonio De Valdez
Antonio is a masculine given name of Etruscan origin deriving from the root name Antonius. It is a common name among Romance language–speaking populations as well as the Balkans and Lusophone Africa. It has been among the top 400 most popular male baby names in the United States since the late 19th century and has been among the top 200 since the mid 20th century. In the English language, it is translated as Anthony, and has some female derivatives: Antonia, Antónia, Antonieta, Antonietta, and Antonella'. It also has some male derivatives, such as Anthonio, Antón, Antò, Antonis, Antoñito, Antonino, Antonello, Tonio, Tono, Toño, Toñín, Tonino, Nantonio, Ninni, Totò, Tó, Tonini, Tony, Toni, Toninho, Toñito, and Tõnis. The Portuguese equivalent is António (Portuguese orthography) or Antônio (Brazilian Portuguese). In old Portuguese the form Antão was also used, not just to differentiate between older and younger but also between more and less important. In Gali ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Kate Del Castillo
Kate del Castillo Negrete Trillo (; born October 23, 1972) is a Mexican and American actress. At the age of 19, del Castillo became known for her lead role in the telenovela ''Muchachitas'' for Televisa in 1991. Afterwards, she continued her career in film and television in Latin America, playing the leading roles in telenovelas, including ''Alguna vez tendremos alas'' (1997), ''La mentira (1998 TV series), La Mentira'' (1998), ''Ramona (2000 TV series), Ramona'' (2000), ''Bajo la misma piel'' (2003–04) and ''La Reina del Sur (TV series), La Reina del Sur'' (2011–present). In 2011, del Castillo earned worldwide recognition for playing the lead role in the Telemundo series ''La Reina del Sur (TV series), La Reina del Sur''. In 2017, she went to star in the Netflix political drama series ''Ingobernable'' playing First Lady of Mexico Emilia Urquiza. Since then, Del Castillo starred in the Peacock comedy-drama series, '''Til Jail Do Us Part'' (2022), and Fox crime drama series, ' ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Joaquín López Doriga
Joaquín or Joaquin is a male given name, the Spanish version of Joachim. Given name * Joaquín (footballer, born 1956) (Joaquín Alonso González), Spanish football midfielder * Joaquín (footballer, born 1981) (Joaquín Sánchez Rodríguez), Spanish football winger * Joaquín (footballer, born 1982) (Joaquín Rodríguez Espinar), Spanish football forward * Joaquín Almunia, Spanish politician * Joaquín Andújar, professional baseball player in the Houston Astros organization * Joaquín Arias, professional baseball player in the San Francisco Giants organization * Joaquín Balaguer, President of the Dominican Republic * Joaquín Barañao (born 1982), Chilean writer and podcaster * Joaquín Belgrano, Argentine patriot * Joaquín Benoit, professional baseball player for the San Diego Padres * Joaquin Castro, American politician from San Antonio, Texas * Joaquín Correa, Argentine football forward * Joaquín Cortés, Spanish flamenco dancer * Joaquín De Luz, Spanish New ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Marco Antonio Regil
Marco Antonio Regil Sánchez (born December 27, 1969) is a Mexican television personality, public speaker and activist. As the host of the Spanish versions of ''Family Feud'' (''100 mexicanos dijeron'' and ''100 latinos dijeron''), ''The Price Is Right'' (''Atinale Al Precio''), ''Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader?'' (''Todo el mundo cree que sabe''), and ''Generation Gap'' (''Recuerda y Gana''), Regil is a constant fixture in Latin households. In 2018, Telemundo announced Marco Antonio Regil as the host of the Spanish-language version of NBC's ''The Wall (game show), The Wall''. The game show is set to premiere in 2020. Career Named as Reader's Digest's most trusted TV personality in Mexico, [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Cuauhtémoc Blanco
Cuauhtémoc Blanco Bravo (; born 17 January 1973) is a Mexican politician and former professional footballer serving as a member of the Chamber of Deputies. He served as the Governor of Morelos from 2018 to 2024 under the coalition ''Juntos Haremos Historia'', and as the mayor of Cuernavaca, Morelos. As a footballer, Blanco was known for his attacking ability and played most of his career as a deep-lying forward and his last years as an attacking midfielder. Blanco is considered to be one of the greatest Mexican footballers of all time. Early life Blanco was born in Mexico City, in the district of Tlatilco, but grew up in Tepito. Born to Faustino Blanco and Hortensia Bravo, he was named after the last Aztec emperor Cuauhtémoc, in which the name means "one who has descended like an eagle". Football career Beginnings Blanco started his career with América in 1992, where he won various awards, both team-based and individual, and had various loan stints with Necaxa, Spani ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Vicente Fox
Vicente Fox Quesada (; born 2 July 1942) is a Mexican businessman and politician who served as the 62nd president of Mexico from 2000 to 2006. After campaigning as a Right-wing populism, right-wing populist, Fox was elected president on the National Action Party (Mexico), National Action Party (PAN) ticket in the 2000 Mexican general election, 2000 election. He became the first president not from the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) since 1929, and the first elected from an opposition party since Francisco I. Madero in 1911. Fox won the election with 43 percent of the vote. Considered a social-welfare promoter, along with Julio Frenk Mora formulated, signed and implemented the Seguro Popular who helped circa 55 million independent workers. As president, Fox continued the neoliberal economic policies his predecessors from the PRI had adopted since the 1980s. The first half of his administration saw a further shift of the federal government to the right, strong relations w ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Adal Ramones
Adalberto Javier Ramones Martínez (born 3 December 1961) is a Mexican television presenter and comedian who is known for his comments on Mexican and international social life. Ramones was the host of a popular Mexican television show, '' Otro Rollo'', which was produced by Televisa and televised in 53 other countries, including the United States, where the show was transmitted by Univision. Biography Ramones was born in Monterrey, Nuevo León. He suffered from heart disease for a long portion of his life, but after several operations, he managed to recover. He earned his communication degree from Universidad Regiomontana. Since 1998, Ramones is romantically involved with Gaby Valencia. Their first child, Paola Ramones, was born in 2001. In 1998, Ramones was a victim of kidnapping one month before his wedding. His kidnappers locked him in a closet, blindfolded with his hands and feet bound. He lost 7 kilos during those seven days, only allowed to drink minimum water and co ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Gabriela Ruffo
Gabriela may refer to: * Gabriela (given name), a Spanish, Portuguese and Romanian feminine given name * ''Gabriela'' (1942 film), a Czech film * ''Gabriela'' (1950 film), a German film * ''Gabriela'' (1983 film), a Brazilian film * ''Gabriela'' (2001 film), an American film * ''Gabriela'' (1960 TV series), a Mexican telenovela * ''Gabriela'' (1964 TV series), a Mexican telenovela * ''Gabriela'' (1975 TV series), a 1975 Brazilian telenovela * ''Gabriela'' (2012 TV series), a 2012 Brazilian telenovela * Gabriela Women's Party The Gabriela Women's Party (General Assembly Binding Women for Reform, Integrity, Equality, Leadership and Action), or simply GABRIELA, is a progressive Filipino political party that advocates for women's issues and represents Filipino women in ... (General Assembly Binding Women for Reforms, Integrity, Equality, Leadership, and Action), a feminist Filipino political alliance See also * Gabriella (other) {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Victoria Ruffo
María Victoria Eugenia Guadalupe Martínez del Río Moreno-Ruffo (born May 31, 1962) better known as Victoria Ruffo is a Mexican actress notable for her roles in telenovelas. Biography 1980s Ruffo began her acting career in 1980, starring in supporting roles in telenovela ''Conflictos de un Médico'' under the direction of Ernesto Alonso and continued her career acting in '' Al Rojo vivo''. In 1983, Valentín Pimsteín gave her the opportunity to star as the protagonist of ''La fiera'' as Natalia Ramirez along with Guillermo Capetillo. In 1985, she starred in Carlos Téllez's telenovela '' Juana Iris,'' alongside Valentín Trujillo and her sister, Gabriela Ruffo. In 1987, she worked in Ernesto Alonso's telenovela '' Victoria''. In 1989, Valentín Pimstein offered her the main role in telenovela '' Simplemente María''. 1990s In 1993, she was the protagonist of '' Capricho'', a telenovela by Carlos Sotomayor as Cristina Aranda. In 1995, she was the protagonist of ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |