Camila Sodi Gonzalez (born 1986) is a Mexican actress, born in Mexico City, who is the niece of actress and singer Thalia Sodi. Her acting debut was in the remake of the telenovela Maria Mercedes, titled Inocente de ti. Camila Sodi - External link. Camila Sodi at the Internet Movie Database ...

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The American soap opera The Guiding Light started as a radio drama in January 1937 and subsequently transferred to television. With the exception of several years in the late 1940s when Irna Phillips was in dispute with Procter & Gamble, The Guiding Light has been heard or seen every weekday since it started, making it the longest story ever told. Other American soaps that have been telecast for more than thirty years (and are still in rotation) include As the World Turns, General Hospital, Days of Our Live ...

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Soap opera, Soap opera - Development of the soap opera, Soap opera - Soap opera characteristics, Soap opera - Plots and storylines, Soap opera - Soap music, Soap opera - Soaps in the United States, Soap opera - The Golden Age of American television, Soap opera - American soaps: for the evening too, Soap opera - Evolution of US daytime soaps, Soap opera - Characteristics of American soaps today, Soap opera - Current American daytime television schedule, Soap opera - Soaps in the United Kingdom, Soap opera - Soaps in Australia, Soap opera - Soap parodies

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The soap opera form first developed on US radio in the 1920s, and expanded into television starting in the 1940s, and is normally shown during the daytime, hence the alternative name, daytime serial drama. The first concerted effort to air continuing drama occurred in 1946 on the DuMont television series Faraway Hill. Soap operas, in their present format, were introduced to television in 1949. Two long-running soaps, Search for TomorrowSee also:

Soap opera, Soap opera - Development of the soap opera, Soap opera - Soap opera characteristics, Soap opera - Plots and storylines, Soap opera - Soap music, Soap opera - Soaps in the United States, Soap opera - The Golden Age of American television, Soap opera - American soaps: for the evening too, Soap opera - Evolution of US daytime soaps, Soap opera - Characteristics of American soaps today, Soap opera - Current American daytime television schedule, Soap opera - Soaps in the United Kingdom, Soap opera - Soaps in Australia, Soap opera - Soap parodies

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América is a Brazilian soap opera (or telenovela) that went on the air in 2005, broadcast by TV Globo. The telenovela focuses on illegal imigrants in the United States. It stars Deborah Secco and Murilo Benício. It's written by Glória Perez and directed by Jayme Monjardim. América telenovela - Main plot. Sol and Tião are born to different social backgrounds (she to a poor suburban family in Rio and him to an even poorer family who raised cattle in West São Paulo State). Their eventually meet, d ...

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• América telenovela - Main plot
• América telenovela - Subplots
• América telenovela - Ilegal immigration
• América telenovela - Rodeo
• América telenovela - The visually impaired
• América telenovela - Music
• América telenovela - The gay kiss
• América telenovela - Sources

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Christian Castro (born Cristian Castro on December 8, 1974 in Mexico City) is Mexican pop singer. He is the son of renowned actress and singer Verónica Castro; as a baby, he made his acting debut with her during the telenovela named El Derecho de Nacer. Soon after, he would appear on a television commercial with her, and on the Mexican version of the broadway show Mame alongside the prominent actress Silvia Pinal. Castro uses his mother's last name because the man who had a relationship with Verónica Castro by the time ...

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Children's television shows are television programs designed for and marketed to children, normally aired during the morning and afternoon hours, mainly before and after school. The purpose of the show is mainly to entertain and sometimes to educate the young audience about basic life skills or ideals. Programs vary in their intended age group audience and style of presentation. Some take the form of game shows or comedies, and many take the form of animated series, ...

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• Children's television series - List of shows
• Children's television series - Argentine television
• Children's television series - Australian television
• Children's television series - Belgian television
• Children's television series - Brazilian televison
• Children's television series - Canadian television
• Children's television series - Chilean television
• Children's television series - French television
• Children's television series - German television
• Children's television series - Irish television
• Children's television series - Japanese television
• Children's television series - Mexican television
• Children's television series - Dutch television
• Children's television series - Swiss television
• Children's television series - UK television
• Children's television series - US television
• Children's television series - Venezuelan television

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Rina is a telenovela from Mexico that was first broadcast on Televisa in 1977. Written by Inés Rodena and starred by Ofelia Medina as a hunchback named Rina and Enrique Álvarez Félix as her love interest. Three remakes have been produced since then under different names: Rubi Rebelde (Venezuela, 1989) with Mariela Alcalá María Mercedes (Mexico, 1992) with Thalía Sodi Inocente de ti (Mexico, 200 ...

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Soap opera - Plots and storylines. Most soaps follow the lives of a group of characters who live or work in a particular place. The storylines follow the day-to-day lives of these characters. In many soap operas, in particular US daytime serials, the characters are generally more handsome, beautiful, seductive, and wealthy than the typical person watching the show. This is true to a lesser extent in Australian and UK soap operas which largely focus on more everyday characters and situations. Many Australian and U ...

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Soap opera, Soap opera - Development of the soap opera, Soap opera - Soap opera characteristics, Soap opera - Plots and storylines, Soap opera - Soap music, Soap opera - Soaps in the United States, Soap opera - The Golden Age of American television, Soap opera - American soaps: for the evening too, Soap opera - Evolution of US daytime soaps, Soap opera - Characteristics of American soaps today, Soap opera - Current American daytime television schedule, Soap opera - Soaps in the United Kingdom, Soap opera - Soaps in Australia, Soap opera - Soap parodies

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In the United Kingdom, soap operas are one of the most popular genres, most being broadcast during prime time. Unlike the rich, glamorous and good-looking characters typical of US soap operas, most UK soaps focus on working-class communities. The most popular is ITV's Coronation Street, which regularly attracts the highest viewing figures for any programme. As in the USA, soap operas began on radio and consequently were associated with the BBC. The BBC continues to broadcast one of the earliest radio soap operas in Britain, the ...

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Soap opera, Soap opera - Development of the soap opera, Soap opera - Soap opera characteristics, Soap opera - Plots and storylines, Soap opera - Soap music, Soap opera - Soaps in the United States, Soap opera - The Golden Age of American television, Soap opera - American soaps: for the evening too, Soap opera - Evolution of US daytime soaps, Soap opera - Characteristics of American soaps today, Soap opera - Current American daytime television schedule, Soap opera - Soaps in the United Kingdom, Soap opera - Soaps in Australia, Soap opera - Soap parodies

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Australia has had quite a number of well known soap operas, some of which have gained cult followings in the UK and other countries. The majority of Australian soap operas are produced for early evening or evening timeslots. They usually produce two or two-and-a-half hours of new material each week, either arranged as four or five half-hour episodes a week, or two one-hour episodes. Stylistically they most closely resemble UK soap operas in that they are nearly always shot on videotape, mainly in the studio using a multicamera setup, with some location-shot footage in each episode. Like UK soap operas most Australian soaps focus ...

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Soap opera, Soap opera - Development of the soap opera, Soap opera - Soap opera characteristics, Soap opera - Plots and storylines, Soap opera - Soap music, Soap opera - Soaps in the United States, Soap opera - The Golden Age of American television, Soap opera - American soaps: for the evening too, Soap opera - Evolution of US daytime soaps, Soap opera - Characteristics of American soaps today, Soap opera - Current American daytime television schedule, Soap opera - Soaps in the United Kingdom, Soap opera - Soaps in Australia, Soap opera - Soap parodies

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Carlos Vives was born in Santa Marta, Magdalena Department, Colombia, in 1961, where he spent his first 12 years of life. At that age, he and his family moved to Bogotá in search of a better life. There he acquired a taste for rock, and started playing in bars and cafés in the city, but quite never forgetting his Caribbean roots. At the same time, he pursued an acting career, being remembered in Colombia for the telenovela (Latin American soap opera) Gallito Ramírez (which told the story of a Colombian Caribbean coast boxer who falls in love with an uptight girl, who was portrayed by his ...

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Carlos Vives, Carlos Vives - Biography, Carlos Vives - Discography, Carlos Vives - Ballads period, Carlos Vives - Vallenato/ethnic fusion period

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This is one of many cases where young artists begin their career in acting and then move on to singing. The daughter of Ignacio Peregrin and Belinda Schull, she made her first appearance in television as the main character, Ana Capistrán, in the children's telenovela Amigos x siempre ("Friends 4 Ever"), where she debuted as an actress after winning the role in a national casting. Belinda continued participating in other telenovelas like Aventuras en el tiempo ("Adventures in Time") and Cómplices al rescate ("Accomplice ...

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Belinda entertainer, Belinda entertainer - Biography, Belinda entertainer - Filmography, Belinda entertainer - Discography, Belinda entertainer - Endorsement Deals

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Shakira was born to a mother of Spanish and Italian descent & a father of Lebanese heritage. Shakira is also fluent in many languages including English, Spanish, Arabic, Portuguese and French and a little Italian. Shakira - Beginnings. Shakira began writing and composing music at the age of nine. One of the first songs she had written was "Tus Gafas Oscuras", and its lyrical message revolved around her father and his grief over a son who had passed away due to a car accident. At the ag ...

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Shakira, Shakira - Biography, Shakira - Beginnings, Shakira - 1991–1994: Magia & Peligro, Shakira - 1995–2000: Spanish market success, Shakira - 2001–2003: English market crossover, Shakira - 2005–2006: Fijación Oral/Oral Fixation, Shakira - Selected discography, Shakira - Albums

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After Villagrán and Valdés left the program in the late 1970s, several characters began to appear more frequently. These include: Popis (Florinda Meza). Cutesy and dumb, Popis was usually only present in schoolroom scenes until after Quico left the series, when she filled in for his character in remakes of old episodes. Ñoño (Edgar Vivar). The son of Señor Barriga, he is as fat as his father, and thus is always the butt of the classroom fat jokes. Ñoño was another classmate, but often appeared aroun ...

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El Chavo del Ocho, El Chavo del Ocho - Characters and cast, El Chavo del Ocho - Plot and setting, El Chavo del Ocho - Humor style, El Chavo del Ocho - History, El Chavo del Ocho - The early years 1971-1972, El Chavo del Ocho - The TV series 1973-1979, El Chavo del Ocho - The new Chespirito show 1980-1992, El Chavo del Ocho - Impact

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Ruby may be used for different reasons: because the character is rare and the pronunciation unknown to many — personal name characters often fall into this category; because the character has more than one pronunciation, and the context is insufficient to determine which to use; because the intended readers of the text are still learning the language and are not expected to always know the pronunciation and/or meaning of a term; because the author is using a nonstandard pronunciation for the characters — for example, comic books often employ ruby to em ...

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Ruby character, Ruby character - Examples, Ruby character - Uses of ruby, Ruby character - History, Ruby character - Ruby in Unicode, Ruby character - Ruby markup, Ruby character - Ruby markup examples, Ruby character - Special characters

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Lucero starter her career as Lucerito in the children television shows Alegrías del Mediodía and Chiquilladas at the age of 10 along other actors such as Pilar Montenegro and in the singing competition Jueguemos a cantar alongside singers such as Thalía. One of her more popular roles was in a Popeye skit as Olive Oyl. Her long hair and beauty helped her obtain starring roles the following year in the fil Coqueta alongside singer Pedro Fernández and in the telenovela Chispita playing the title rol ...

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Lucero, Lucero - Biography, Lucero - Awards, Lucero - Albums, Lucero - Films, Lucero - Voice acting, Lucero - Telenovelas, Lucero - Television shows, Lucero - Theater

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Raised in a devoutly Catholic family, she was sent to a Louisiana boarding school at the age of 12. After leaving the school due to alleged behavioral problems with the religious Sisters who ran the school, Hayek returned to Mexico, but she was eventually sent to Houston, Texas, to live with her aunt, where she stayed until she was 17. She subsequently moved to Mexico City, where she studied International Relations as a university student. To the chagrin of her family, she decided to drop out ...

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Salma Hayek, Salma Hayek - Early career in Mexico, Salma Hayek - Career in Hollywood, Salma Hayek - Personal Life, Salma Hayek - Filmography, Salma Hayek - Telenovelas, Salma Hayek - Other appearances

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She married several times to artists and politicians, among them Cuban actor Rafael Banquells who fathered a daughter with her, actress Silvia Pasquel (Pasquel is a combination of the surnames Pinal and Banquells). She then married Gustavo Alatriste, a businessman turned movie producer that granted her desires of working with Buñuel and fathered the late Viridiana Alatriste. She also married Enrique Guzmán a Venezuelan-born actor and singer who fathered her daughter Alejandra Guzmán, a singer. Silvia and Enrique hosted a TV show in the 1970s and ...

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Silvia Pinal, Silvia Pinal - Biography, Silvia Pinal - Career in film, Silvia Pinal - Career on television, Silvia Pinal - Career on stage, Silvia Pinal - Career in politics, Silvia Pinal - Works, Silvia Pinal - Telenovelas, Silvia Pinal - Television shows, Silvia Pinal - Theater, Silvia Pinal - Films

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TVN sends its feed via a 200+ sender network spanning all over Chile, using channel frequency 7 in Santiago. It also operates a external station (TV Chile), that is received via satellite around the world. ...

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TVN Chile, TVN Chile - Technical Details, TVN Chile - Regional Redes, TVN Chile - Programming

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Her first brush with fame came appearing nude on Caballero magazine, a men's magazine published in Mexico City, when she was only 16 years of age. After appearing in a series of films and telenovelas her career took-off with Los ricos también lloran, playing a poor orphan. This soap became a success in Latin America, Spain, France, Russia, China and the Philippines. Two years later she played the main role in the telenovela version of El derecho de nacer. In 1987 her career got a huge boost internationally when she play ...

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Verónica Castro, Verónica Castro - Acting career, Verónica Castro - Albums, Verónica Castro - Films, Verónica Castro - Telenovelas, Verónica Castro - TV shows

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