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Yolanda Vargas Dulché
Yolanda Vargas Dulché de la Parra (; July 18, 1926, Mexico City) – August 8, 1999, Mexico City) was a List of Mexican writers, Mexican writer principally known for the creation of the comic book character of Memín Pinguín and various telenovelas for Mexican television. She began her writing career as a way to supplement income for several newspapers, creating Memín Penguín in 1943. By 1960, she has successfully published a number of comic books, encouraging her husband, Guillermo de la Parra, to write as well. The two went on to create various successful telenovelas including ''Rubí'', which has been redone for both television and film. In total Varga Dulché published over sixty titles in both Mexico and abroad. ''Rubí'' was published between 1963 and 1964 in the Romance comics, romance comic book ''Lágrimas, Risas y Amor''. Also in the comics, Yolanda Vargas Dulché created the character ''Memín Pinguín''. Life Vargas Dulché was born to poor parents Armando Var ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CONACULTA
The Secretariat of Culture () — formerly known as the National Council for Culture and Arts ( or CONACULTA) before being elevated to ministerial level in 2015 — is a Mexican government agency in charge of the nation's museums and monuments, promoting and protecting the arts (visual, plastic, theatrical, musical, dance, architectural, literary, televisual and cinematographic), and managing the national archives. It was created in 1988 and was a decentralized body of the Secretariat of Public Education (). On December 18, 2015, CONACULTA was elevated to a secretariat following the passage of a law originally promoted three months earlier by President Enrique Peña Nieto. Diplomat, historian and lawyer Rafael Tovar y de Teresa was the first culture secretary; in office for one year since CONACULTA was elevated to a Cabinet-level position in December 2015 until 10 December 2016, when Tovar y de Teresa died in Mexico city at the age of 62. Subsidiaries Subsidiaries of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacqueline Bracamontes
Jacqueline Bracamontes Van Hoorde (born 23 December 1979) is a Mexican actress, former model and beauty pageant titleholder who won Nuestra Belleza Jalisco 2000, Nuestra Belleza México 2000 and represented her country at Miss Universe 2001. Early life Bracamontes born in Guadalajara, Jalisco to Jesús Bracamontes, the former coach of the popular Mexican football team Chivas, and Jacqueline Van Hoorde. She is the oldest of three children. She has a sister Alina, and a brother, Jesus, Jr. Her father is currently a football analyst for the Hispanic-American television network Univision. Pageant career After seeing her on a magazine cover, ex-Miss Universe Lupita Jones contacted her and asked her to enter the Nuestra Belleza México. Bracamontes went on to win the state and national beauty titles and to represent Mexico in Miss Universe 2001, which took place in Puerto Rico. Acting and hosting career After being crowned Miss Mexico in 2000, Bracamontes decided to pursue a t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eduardo Santamarina
Eduardo Hernández García Santamarina (; born 9 July 1969) is a Mexican film, theater, and television actor who is known for his leading roles in many telenovelas. Beside Televisa telenovelas, Santamarina appeared in some Telemundo telenovelas. He is married with Mexican telenovela actress Mayrín Villanueva. Acting career Santamarina took acting classes at the Centro de Educación Artística (CEA) in Mexico City from 1989 to 1991. He made his acting debut in 1992 on the set of the telenovela '' De frente al sol'', produced by Carla Estrada. His more notable roles to date were in the telenovelas '' Marisol'' in 1996 and '' Rubí'' in 2004. He made his feature film debuts in the Mexican films ''Baño de Mujeres'' and ''Ya No Los Hacen Como Antes'', both released in 2002. He will star as the antagonist in Emilio Larrosa's telenovela: '' Libre para amarte''. Personal life Eduardo married actress Itatí Cantoral in 2000. She gave birth to the couple's twin boys José Eduardo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bárbara Mori
Bárbara Mori Ochoa () (born 2 February 1978) is a Uruguayan-born Mexican actress, model, producer and writer. She is known for playing the main character in the 2004 telenovela '' Rubí,'' one of the most successful telenovelas of all time. Since 2005, she has appeared as the lead character in several Hollywood and Bollywood films such as ''My Brother's Wife'' (2005), '' Violanchelo'' (2008), '' Insignificant Things'' (2008) produced by Guillermo del Toro, ''Kites'' (2010), ''Cantinflas'' (2014) and '' Treintona, soltera y fantástica'' (2016). Mori started her career in 1992 as a fashion model at the age of 14. Later she became an actress when she co-starred in 1997 on the smash TV-hit ''Mirada de mujer'' with TV Azteca; then, she starred in the telenovela '' Azul Tequila'' (1998). She has also appeared in several lists as one of the most beautiful Mexican actresses of all time. Life and career Mori was born in Uruguay. Her paternal grandfather was Japanese. Her mother is of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rubí (2004 TV Series)
''Rubí'' is a Mexican telenovela produced by José Alberto Castro for Televisa. It is based on a comic strip by Yolanda Vargas Dulché, published in installments on the 1960s Mexican romance comics magazine '' Lágrimas, risas y amor''. Starring Bárbara Mori, Eduardo Santamarina, Jacqueline Bracamontes, Sebastián Rulli and Ana Martín. Canal de las Estrellas aired ''Rubí'' from May 17 to October 22, 2004, with '' Apuesta por un amor'' replacing it. Univision broadcast ''Rubí'' from September 20, 2004 to March 7, 2005 and has named it as the top telenovela of all time. Plot In the heart of Rubí ( Bárbara Mori) reigns a constant struggle between every woman's desire to find true love and a desperate obsession with money. Although fate has denied her a good economic situation, it has instead favored her with extraordinary physical beauty and Rubí is determined to use it to marry a rich man who will give her the life of luxury she aspires to. Rubí studies at a private ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silvia Pinal
Silvia Pinal Hidalgo (12September 193128November 2024) was a Mexican actress. She began her career in theatre before venturing into cinema in 1949. She became one of the greatest female stars of the Golden Age of Mexican cinema and, with her performance in ''Shark!'' (1969), part of the Golden Age of Hollywood. Her work in film and popularity in her native country led Pinal to work in Europe, particularly in Spain and Italy. Pinal achieved international recognition by starring in a trilogy of films directed by Luis Buñuel: ''Viridiana'' (1961), ''The Exterminating Angel'' (1962) and ''Simon of the Desert'' (1965). In addition to her film career, Pinal pioneered musical theatre in Mexico, had a successful career in television, and held a series of public roles and political offices, including First Lady of Tlaxcala in the 1980s and elected terms in the Chamber of Deputies (Mexico), Chamber of Deputies, the Congress of Mexico City, Assembly of Representatives of the Federal Dis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
María Isabel (telenovela)
María Isabel López Rodríguez (born 4 January 1995), known professionally as María Isabel, is a Spanish singer. She rose to prominence after she won the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2004 for with the song "Antes muerta que sencilla". Biography On 4 January 1995, María Isabel was born in Ayamonte (Huelva), Spain. She demonstrated an interest in dancing and singing from a very young age. Junior Eurovision Between 7 and 21 September 2004, she competed with "Antes muerta que sencilla" and "Mira niño" in ', the national selection organised by Televisión Española (TVE) to select its song and performer for the of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest. "Antes muerta que sencilla" won the competition becoming the , and María Isabel the performer, for Junior Eurovision. On 2 November 2004, she released her first album ''¡No me toques las palmas que me conozco!'' of which "Antes muerta que sencilla" was the first single. On 20 November 2004, the Junior Eurovision Song Contest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
El Pecado De Oyuki
(English title: ''Oyuki's Sin'' alt. ''The Sin of Oyuki'', in Japanese ) is a Mexican telenovela produced by Lucy Orozco for Televisa in 1988. Retrieved November 16, 2015 The series was based on an original comic book of the same name by , who also adapted the screenplay for television. The comic tells the story of Oyuki, a young Japanese woman unfairly exploited by her evil brother. Her tragedy is intensified by falling in love with the son of the English ambassador in Japan, which triggers a series of obstacles in he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Secretariat Of Public Education (Mexico)
In Mexico, the Secretariat of Public Education ( in Spanish ''Secretaría de Educación Pública'', ''SEP'') is a federal government authority with cabinet representation and the responsibility for overseeing the development and implementation of national educational policy and school standards. Its headquarters has several buildings distributed throughout the country, but its main offices, initially confined to the Old Dominican Convent of the Holy Incarnation in the oldest borough of Mexico City, have extended to the House of the Marqués de Villamayor, (also known as the ''Casa de los adelantados de Nueva Galicia'', built in 1530), the Old House of don Cristóbal de Oñate, a three-time governor and general captain of New Galicia (also built in 1530), and the Old Royal Customs House (built in 1730–1731). Some of the buildings were decorated with mural paintings by Diego Rivera and other notable exponents of the Mexican muralist movement of the twentieth century, David Alf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Televisa
Grupo Televisa, S.A.B., simply known as Televisa, is a Mexican telecommunications and broadcasting company. A major Latin American mass media corporation, it often presents itself as the largest producer of Spanish-language content. In April 2021, Televisa announced that they would sell the company's media and entertainment assets to Univision Communications, which would form a new company to be known as TelevisaUnivision. The transaction was completed on 31 January 2022, with Televisa owning a 45% stake of the company. Company History Since its beginning, the company has been owned by the Azcárraga family. The company has been led and owned by three generations of Azcárraga; each has marked an era for the company and, until October 2017, each had passed the ownership of the company to his son upon his death. Emilio Azcárraga Vidaurreta (1955–1972) Grupo Televisa was founded in 1955 as Telesistema Mexicano, linking Mexico's first three television stations: XHTV-TV (fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Museo De Arte Popular
The Museo de Arte Popular (Museum of Folk Art) is a museum in Mexico City, Mexico, that promotes and preserves part of the Mexican handcrafts and folk art. Located in the historic center of Mexico City in an old fire house, the museum has a collection which includes textiles, pottery, glass, piñatas, alebrijes, furniture and much more. However, the museum is best known as the sponsor of the yearly Noche de Alebrijes (Night of the Alebrijes) parade in which the fantastical creatures are constructed on a monumental scale and then paraded from the main plaza or Zocalo to the Angel of Independence monument, competing for prizes. The museum The Museo de Arte Popular opened in March 2006. Its purpose is to serve as a reference for Mexican crafts as well as promoting them through workshops, and other events to both Mexico and foreign tourism. and dignify Mexican crafts though restoration of older works and the promotion of their creation both inside and outside the museum itself. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
