Al Rojo Vivo is a Spanish language news program on the American television network Telemundo. It is shown daily from 5 to 6 P.M. EST. Anchors are Maria Celeste Arraras. The show replaced a similar news program called Ocurrio Asi in 2002 after Arraras left the Univision network after some laboral disputes. Arraras is substituted by Carmen Dominicci, Monica Noguera or Vanessa Hauc in special occasions. The show is similar to its competitor, Primer Impacto with it having some gossips segments between the current news and sports or weather sections.

External links[link]

• [1] Telemundo Website
• [2] Official "Al Rojo Vivo" Website

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Maria Celeste Arrarás (born September 27, 1960 in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico) is a Puerto Rican journalist and actress and the host and producer of Spanish language news program Al Rojo Vivo Con Maria Celeste.^[1]

Biography[link]

Maria Celeste Arrarás was born September 27, 1960 in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico. She is one of seven children born to politician, sports leader, lawyer, and educator José Enrique Arrarás.^[2]

In her youth Arrarás competed internationally in swimming. In 1971, she won three medals (one gold, one silver, and one bronze) at the Central American and Caribbean Swimming Championships. She had hopes of competing at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, but had to give up on that goal after she had contracted infectious mononucleosis ("kissing disease") after having shared a glass of water with someone.^[2]

At age 18, she represented Mayagüez in 1979 at the Miss Puerto Rico pageant where she placed 1st runner up in the competition. When she reached the age of 20, Arrarás attended Loyola University of New Orleans in New Orleans, Louisiana, where she majored in communications and public relations.^[1]

Arrarás began her broadcasting career when she was employed by local Puerto Rican television station Canal 24 (Channel 24) as a reporter. In 1986, she was hired by the New York Telemundo affiliate WNJU as a reporter. Her work there drew the attention of the executives of the Univision network, who decided to hire her in 1994 as the co-anchor of their Miami, Florida based television news program, Primer Impacto. Along with her co-anchor Myrka Dellanos, she would continue to hold that position until 2002 when she left the show and the network.^[1]

In 2002, Arrarás moved to the Telemundo USA network to work as the anchor woman in a new television program that would replace her former competitor, Ocurrio Asi. Her new show was named Al Rojo Vivo con Maria Celeste.^[3] That same year Arrarás tried her hand at acting by appearing in two episodes of the American soap opera Passions in November 2002, in which she played herself.^[4]

In April 2003, Puerto Rican singer Ricky Martin let Arrarás have the first interview that he had done in Spanish in two years. On May of that year, Arrarás was honored by the displaying of a plaque with her name and hand-prints on it in Mexico City's Paseo de los Grandes (Walk of the Great Ones).

Since the NBC network owns the Telemundo company, executives at NBC decided that it would be a good idea for Arrarás to be a panelist for the candidates' debate during the "Iowa Brown and Black Presidential Forum" in 2004. Arraras mistakenly referred to Representative Dennis Kucinich as "Senator Kucinich" instead of "Congressman Kucinich", and he needed to correct her.^[5]

On March 2004, a celebrity gossip magazine ran a story about Arrarás's filing for divorce from her then husband Manny Arvesu.^[6] Also, in an interview her Telemundo co-worker, Laura Bozzo, expressed a disliking of her. All this was published shortly after Arrarás attended the wedding of her friend, Lucía Méndez, in Mexico. Arrarás declared that attending the wedding while in the middle of her own marital crisis was hard for her.^[7]

On Friday, June 23, 2006, Arrarás became the first Telemundo hostess to co-host the Today Show on NBC. She did this again July 7, 2006, July 30, 2006, and for several days during the first week of July, 2009.^[8]

In 2003 and 2006, Arrarás served as a judge for the Miss Universe pageant. She has also become the latest Hispanic celebrity mom to be a part of the Hispanic "Got Milk?" campaign in January 2007, as part of the "Think About Your Drink" campaign.^[9]

Over the years Arrarás has interviewed many presidents and other people of note, including Yolanda Saldívar, the woman convicted of murdering Tejano music singer Selena Quintanilla.^[10]

Books[link]

Arrarás is also an investigative reporter and writer, and has authored this several books. Her investigative works include Selena‘s Secret: The Revealing Story Behind Her Tragic Death, released in Spanish as El Secreto De Selena: La Reveladora Historia Detrás De Su Trágica Muerte, in which she investigated the events surrounding the death of singer Selena Quintanilla.^[10][11]

In 2007, Arrarás also wrote a book The Magic Cane, published in Spanish as El Bastón Mágico.^[12][13] The book made for children ages 4 to 8, features brightly-colored, comic book style illustrations that will appeal to readers, providing a modern touch for an old-fashioned type of storytelling.

In 2009, Arrarás published her latest book Make Your Life Prime Time: How to Have It All Without Losing Your Soul, published in Spanish as Vive Tu Vida Al Rojo Vivo: Secretos Para Triunfar En Todo.^[14][15] The award-winning journalist shares advice through personal reflections and a series of anecdotes that will serve all those who read it as a compass to navigate the world.^[16]

Personal[link]

Arrarás, who has been married twice, is the daughter of José Enrique Arrarás and is one of seven children.^[14] Her siblings include Astrid, José Enrique, Jr., Patricia, Gabriel Enrique, Enrique Antonio and Isabel Celeste Arrarás.^[2]

Arrarás, who is single, currently lives in Miami with her three children. She has two children with her ex-husband Manny Arvesu - their son Julian and their daughter Lara Giuiliana.^[4] She was one of the first Latina celebrities to adopt a child from an orphanage in Eastern Europe when she and former husband Manny Arvesu adopted a one-year old Russian boy named Vadim in 2000. They changed his name to Adrian and he learned that he was adopted because he was told by one of his friends.^[17]

See also[link]

• List of famous Puerto Ricans
• List of television presenters

References[link]

External links[link]

• Telemundo Website
• Official Al Rojo Vivo Website
• María Celeste Arrarás on Myspace
• Maria Celeste Arrarás Official Blog
• Maria Celeste Arrarás at YouTube
• Maria Celeste Arrarás at the Internet Movie Database

Maria Celeste
Painting believed to be an image of Maria Celeste
Born	(1600-08-16)16 August 1600
Died	2 April 1634(1634-04-02) (aged 33)
Nationality	Italian
Other names	Virginia Gamba
Occupation	Roman Catholic Nun
Relatives	Galileo Galilei (father) Marina Gamba (mother)

Sister Maria Celeste (16 August 1600 – 2 April 1634), born Virginia Gamba, was the daughter of the famous Italian scientist Galileo Galilei and Marina Gamba. She was the eldest of three siblings, with a sister Livia and a brother Vincenzio. All three children were born out of wedlock, and their father considered his daughters Virginia and Livia to be unmarriageable. He placed them in the San Matteo convent shortly after Virginia's thirteenth birthday. Virginia chose a new name, Maria Celeste, in honor of the virgin Mary, and her father's love of astronomy.

Although Maria Celeste was confined inside the walls of the convent at San Matteo for the remainder of her life, she was a constant source of support for both her father, whose books began a controversy in the Catholic Church, and the convent. Maria Celeste served as San Matteo's apothecary, and also kept the convent afloat through the influence of her father. She sent him herbal cures for his various maladies while additionally seeing to the convent's finances and occasionally staging plays from inside the convent's cloistered walls. There is evidence she prepared the manuscripts for some of Galileo's books.

The Catholic Inquisition tried Galileo for heresy in 1633. He was forced to recant his view that the Earth was not the center of the Universe, and he was confined to house arrest for the remainder of his life. Soon after Galileo returned to Arcetri in disgrace, Maria Celeste contracted dysentery, and she died on April 2, 1634. She was 33 years old.

After Galileo's death, 124 letters from Maria Celeste were discovered among his papers. These were the remainder of a vast correspondence between the two. It is not known what happened to Galileo's responses to Maria Celeste, and it is likely that they were destroyed by church authorities.^{[citation needed]}

Of Maria Celeste, Galileo once wrote, "[She is] a woman of exquisite mind, singular goodness, and most tenderly attached to me."

The International Astronomical Union has named the impact crater Maria Celeste on the planet Venus after her. All but a few of the geographical features of Venus are named for historical and mythological women.

The book Galileo's Daughter (hardcover, ISBN 0-8027-1343-2, paperback, ISBN 0-14-028055-3) describes her life and that of her father. She appears as a character in the play Life of Galileo, which is fictionalized and does not give an accurate portrayal of her life.

External links[link]

• Official Site for the book Galileo's Daughter
• Maria Celeste Galilei. The Galileo Project, Rice University.

María Gabriela "Gaby" Espino Rugero (born November 15, 1977)^[1] is a Venezuelan actress and model. She best known for her roles in telenovelas.

Biography[link]

Born in Caracas, Venezuela, Gaby Espino is the daughter of a chemical engineer and a publicist.^[2] Her parents divorced when she was young. She is the oldest of five children, she has a sister, Andreina, two paternal half-brothers, Gustavo and Mariano and a maternal half-sister, Nelly.

Due to her fascination of animals, she originally planned to become a veterinarian. She later decided to study odontology, but changed her mind and began studying public relations, before deciding to become an actress.^[3]

Personal life[link]

Gaby Espino married Venezuelan actor Cristobal Lander on June 14, 2007. On July 9, 2008, they welcomed their first child, a daughter named Oriana Lander.^[4]

During the filming of Mas Sabe el Diablo in 2009, Espino was linked to her co-star, Jencarlos Canela. In early 2010, Espino and Lander separated and it was rumored that it was because of Canela and Espino's relationship. Canela and Espino denied this and stated they were just friends.^[5]

Espino reconciled with Lander in November 2010, but they later divorced in March 2011 and once again rumors suggested that Canela and Espino were dating.^[6][7]

In September 2011, Canela and Espino did a live chat over social networking site Twitter, where they confirmed they were in relationship and announced they were expecting their first child together. The baby is a boy and it was born February 13,2012. The godparents are gong to be Cristina and Pitbull. Gaby gave birth to their son, Nickolas Canela, on February 12, 2012.^[8]

Filmography[link]

References[link]

1. ^ "Birthday - , | List of Celebrities & their Date of Birth @". Celebritorium.com. http://www.celebritorium.com/Gaby-Espino-date-of-birth-November%2015,%201977.html. Retrieved 2011-06-05. 
2. ^ "Gaby Espino Biography, Bio, Profile, pictures, photos from". Netglimse.com. 1976-11-15. http://www.netglimse.com/celebs/pages/gaby_espino/index.shtml. Retrieved 2011-06-05. 
3. ^ "Gaby Espino Official Website.". http://www.gabyespino.8m.com/. 
4. ^ Gaby Espino - Biography
5. ^ "Gaby Espino se separa de su esposo". PeopleenEspanol.com. http://www.peopleenespanol.com/pespanol/articles/0,22490,1954241,00.html. Retrieved 2012-03-09. 
6. ^ "Gaby Espino y Cristóbal Lander se reconcilian". PeopleenEspanol.com. http://www.peopleenespanol.com/pespanol/articles/0,22490,2032105,00.html. Retrieved 2012-03-09. 
7. ^ "Gaby Espino y Cristóbal Lander se divorcian". PeopleenEspanol.com. http://www.peopleenespanol.com/pespanol/articles/0,22490,2061849,00.html. Retrieved 2012-03-09. 
8. ^ "Jencarlos Canela y Gaby Espino: "Sí, estamos embarazados"". PeopleenEspanol.com. http://www.peopleenespanol.com/pespanol/articles/0,22490,2092516,00.html. Retrieved 2012-03-09. 
9. ^ Elipsis (2006) - IMDb

External links[link]

• Account in"IMDB-BG.NET
• Official "Más Sabe el Diablo" website
• Official "El Rostro de Analía" website
• Telemundo website

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For the soccer player and coach, see Rafael Amaya (soccer).

Rafael Amaya (Spanish pronunciation: [aˈmaʝa]) (José Rafael Amaya Núñez, born February 28, 1977), is a Mexican model, singer, and actor.^[1]

Biography[link]

Rafael Amaya was born in Hermosillo, Sonora, but after five years, he and his family moved to Tecate, Baja California. Since he was a small boy, Amaya has practiced a wide range of sports, especially, Athletics. Also, as a teenager, Amaya took classes in theater and music. After finishing high school, he traveled to San Diego to study University. He returned to Mexico and started playing with various groups, and it was with Almalafa that he came to Mexico City to try his luck. Of all the band members, Rafael was the only one who stayed in the city where he devoted his career to modeling.

Then came the Centre for arts education Televisa, and found the opportunity to make the casting of the new group Garibaldi. Rafael was selected.

Rafael split the group Garibaldi, but even so, still within the world artísitico, but now in action. It began with the novel "The House on the Beach" with the character of Romualdo, after continuing with the novel "Conceived Without Sin" with the role of Castulo. In January 2002, began its third and most exciting project, its participation in the soap opera "Salome" with the role of one of the main characters, Julian Joseph, the hero of the final and the son of Salome, the main protagonist. In this latest soap opera, Rafael has become known more than ever as an actor. The following major holdings in soap operas were "The rails of Love" with the dual role of Paco who was the catalyst for a good and important fabric of the soap opera, and after a while made the character of Paul (brother Paco). Still on the list of soap operas, we have "to love again" that was launched in the U.S. and originally known as "bouquet of Illusions," Raphael did here the role of Fernando.

The most recent involvement is currently in "Two Sides of Ana" (Las dos caras de Ana) where Rafael takes the leading role or principal with the same character that bears his name, Rafael. It is currently filming in Miami, Florida in the United States.

In February 2002, Rafael won the nomination for the Men's revelation in the delivery of the Herald and in June the same year was re-nominated at the Awards for TV y Novelas same category.

Rafael also shares in the big screen. His first experience was in the filming of the film "Naked" (Desnudos), a romantic comedy based on the play known as "Four X", he performs a frontal nudity. The second film will be Rafael "So the precipice," acting as a gay man, performing a masturbation scene.^[2]

Telenovelas[link]

• 2011: Por Derecho de Sangre
• 2011: La Reina del Sur .... Raimundo "El Guero" Dávila Parra
• 2010: Alguien Te Mira .... Julián García Correa
• 2006: Las Dos Caras de Ana .... Rafael Bustamante/Gustavo Galvan
• 2004: Amar otra vez .... Fernando Castañeda Eslava
• 2002: Las vías del amor .... Paco/Pablo Rivera
• 2001: Salomé.... José Julián (2001–2002)
• 2001: La Intrusa....Eduardo / Derick
• 2001: Sin pecado concebido .... Cástulo Campos Ortiz
• 2000: La casa en la playa .... Romualdo Reyes

Movies[link]

• Official Website: Pepe & Santo vs America (2010)

Actor[link]

• 2009: Rock Marí .... Pablo
• 2009: Dias Extraños ....
• 2009: Me Importas tu... y tu ....
• 2009: The Fighter (2009) .... Leone
• 2009: Se jodió la Navidad
• 2009: El descubrimiento .... Barman
• 2009: Pepe & Santo vs. America .... Julio
• 2009: La ruleta de los sueños .... Dan
• 2008: Sexo y otros secretos .... Martín (12 episodes, 2008)
• 2008: 24 cuadros de terror .... Lady Killer
• 2008: Fotonovela (movie) .... Angel
• 2008: Mujeres asesinas .... Oscar Epi. "Claudia, cuchillera"
• 2008: Amor letra por letra .... Julián
• 2008: Los simuladores .... Rubalcaba "El pacto copernico"
• 2007: Caliz
• 2006: Así del precipicio .... Gerardo
• 2004: Desnudos .... Pablo
• 2001: Mujer, casos de la vida real "Linea de fuego"

References[link]