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Miguel Bosé
Miguel Bosé, 2006
Born	Luis Miguel González Bosé (1956-04-03)April 3, 1956  Panama
Nationality	Spain  Italy  Colombia
Occupation	singer, actor
Years active	1973-present
Parents	Luis Miguel Dominguín(deceased) Lucia Bosè

Miguel Dominguín Bosé (born April 3, 1956) is a Latin Grammy-winning Spanish/Italian musician and actor. Bosé became a honorary Colombian citizen in 2010.

Biography[link]

Early life[link]

Bosé was born in San Fernando Hospital in Panama City, Panama, the son of the famous Italian actress Lucia Bosè and the legendary bullfighter Luis Miguel Dominguín. He is also a cousin of Carmen Ordóñez. He grew up in an environment surrounded by art and culture. Close friends of his family were Pablo Picasso, Ernest Hemingway. His godfather was Luchino Visconti and Pablo Picasso was the godfather of his sister Paola Dominguin.^[1]

Career[link]

In 1971, Bosé started a career as an actor, participating in various movies. However, he did not make that many films, and in 1975 he decided a career change was due and started exploring his talents as a singer. With the assistance of Camilo Blanes he recorded his first singles. Two years later, in 1977, Bosé signed a contract with CBS Records, and he remained with them until 1984.^[2]

In 1983, 1984 and 1985, he participated in the "Llena Tu Cabeza De Rock" television specials on Puerto Rico WAPA-TV. But it was in 1985 that he became an international superstar, when his song "Amante bandido" rose to the top of the charts all over Latin America and in Spain, while he started to decline in Italy (where he had a parallel career, singing in both Italian and English - he would go back to the top there in 1994, by winning Festivalbar (the second musical event after the Sanremo Music Festival) for the third time). The video to that song also became one of the most widely seen Spanish music videos, with Bose playing both a Superman style superhero and an Indiana Jones type of adventurer in it.

In 2007, to celebrate his 30 years as a singer, he released Papito, an album that contains remakes of his previous songs, re-interpreted in duets with Juanes, Alejandro Sanz, Fangoria (band), Ivete Sangalo, Laura Pausini, Shakira, Julieta Venegas, Ricky Martin, Amaia Montero (past member of the Spanish band La Oreja de Van Gogh), and Michael Stipe from R.E.M., along with many other singers. Three singles were released off Papito: the first is a re-make of his hit "Nena", featuring Mexican superstar Paulina Rubio; the second was "Morenamía", with Julieta Venegas. The third single "Como un lobo" featured his niece Bimba Bosé. "Nena" was by far the most successful single off the album, since it was nominated for a Latin Grammy for best song, and became the best selling download of Spain in 2007.

In 2008, Colombian President Álvaro Uribe offered him Colombian citizenship because of his efforts towards peace in Colombia, including his participation in two concerts in 2008. On March 16 of 2010 he received Colombian citizenship during a ceremony in the presidential palace, Casa de Nariño.

Discography[link]

• WEA
• 2012: Papitwo
• 2010: Cardio
• 2007: Papitour
• 2007: Papito
• 2005: Velvetina
• 2004: Por vos muero
• 2002: Sereno (Winner of 2003 Latin Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Performance)
• 2002: Girados (with Ana Torroja)
• 1999: Lo mejor de Bosé
• 1998: 11 maneras de ponerse un sombrero
• 1996: Laberinto
• 1993: Bajo el signo de Caín
• 1990: Directo 90
• 1990: Los chicos no lloran
• 1987: XXX (collaboration with Giorgio Vanni and Tomato)
• 1986: Salamandra

• CBS
• 1984: Bandido (collaboration with Giorgio Vanni and Tomato)
• 1983: Made in Spain
• 1982: ¡Bravo, muchachos! Los grandes éxitos de Miguel Bosé
• 1981: Más allá
• 1980: Miguel
• 1979: ¡Chicas!
• 1978: Miguel Bosé
• 1978: Linda

• Ariola
• 1976: Es tan fácil (B-side: "Who?", single)
• 1975: Soy (B-side: "For Ever For You" , single)

Actor[link]

• 1998: La mirada del otro .... Santiago
• 1998: Lorca .... Lorca
• 1996: Oui .... Hugo
• 1996: Libertarias .... Cura secretario de Durruti
• 1996: Amor digital .... Cinco-cinco
• 1995: Gazon maudit .... Diego, the Young Man
• 1995: Detrás del dinero (TV)
• 1994: Enciende mi pasión .... Ángel
• 1994: La reine Margot .... Guise
• 1993: Mazeppa .... Gericault
• 1993: La nuit sacrée .... Le consul
• 1991: High Heels .... Juez Domínguez/Hugo/Letal
• 1991: Lo más natural .... Andrés
• 1990: L'avaro .... Valerio
• 1989: Shangay Lily
• 1988: Il segreto del Sahara TV mini-series .... El Halem
• 1987: En penumbra
• 1985: El caballero del dragón .... IX
• 1982: Due di tutto TV series
• 1981: Cosa de locos
• 1978: La borgata dei sogni
• 1978: Sentados al borde de la mañana con los pies colgando
• 1977: California .... Willy Preston
• 1977: La gabbia
• 1977: Oedipus orca
• 1977: Suspiria .... Mark
• 1976: Retrato de familia .... Cécil Rubes
• 1976: Garofano rosso
• 1976: Giovannino
• 1976: La orca .... Humberto
• 1974: Vera, un cuento cruel .... Enrique
• 1973: Gli eroi .... German soldier

References[link]

External links[link]

• Review of 'Cardio' (English)
• Miguel Bose at the Internet Movie Database

Ximena Sariñana
Sariñana in 2011
Background information
Birth name	Ximena Sariñana Rivera
Born	(1985-10-29) 29 October 1985 (age 26) Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
Genres	Jazz, pop, rock, alternative
Occupations	Singer-songwriter, actress
Instruments	Vocals, piano, percussion, charango
Years active	1994–present
Labels	Warner Bros. Records
Associated acts	Omar Rodríguez-López
Website	ximenamusic.com

Ximena Sariñana Rivera (born October 29, 1985) is a Mexican singer-songwriter and actress. Sariñana's musical career was launched in 2008 with the release of her first studio album Mediocre, an adult contemporary pop-rock/vocal jazz album that has been critically acclaimed and nominated for various awards, including two nominations in the Latin Grammy Awards of 2008.

Childhood[link]

Ximena Sariñana (pronounced: [xiˈmena sariˈɲana]) Rivera was born in Guadalajara, Mexico^[1] to producer/director Fernando Sariñana and screenwriter Carolina Rivera. When she was 2 years old, Sariñana attended an Ella Fitzgerald concert, claiming this to be the beginning of her interest in music and one of her biggest influences. She soon started listening to other artists such as Paul Simon and Tracy Chapman. She would often be seen singing and dancing, dressed up in costumes. When Sariñana was 7 years old, her neighbor, Cecilia Toussaint suggested she should take singing lessons with her teacher Ricardo Sánchez, known for instructing Mexico's biggest talents. She also took up piano lessons with Hanna Cot. In 1994, Sariñana acted in Hasta morir (English: 'Til Death^[2]), which was produced by her father, Fernando Sariñana.^[3] Sariñana would later attend the Academia de Musica Fermatta.

Acting and early work[link]

She started acting in telenovelas at the age of 11 as the villain Mariela in Luz Clarita,^[2] starring Daniela Luján as the main character, Luz Clarita.^[4] The following year, Sariñana acted in the telenovela María Isabel as Rosa Isela, with Adela Noriega as the main character, María Isabel.^[2] Her final appearance on a telenovela was in 1998 on a telenovela entitled Gotita de amor (English: Droplet of Love) as Enriqueta.^[5] At seventeen, after earning a scholarship for the Five Week Program of the Berklee College of Music, she composed three songs for the soundtrack of the Mexican movie Amar te duele where she also played the part of Mariana. Other important movies in which she acted were as Ximena in the 2001 film El Segundo Aire (English: A Second Chance^[2]), Valetina in Niñas Mal (English: Bad Girls), all of which were directed by her father and written by her mother. She also appeared in a short film called De paso in 2005. In 2007, Ximena Sariñana acted in the movie Dos abrazos (English: Two Embraces^[6]) directed by Enrique Begne. Dos abrazos won Sariñana an award for Best Female Actress at the 38th Diosas de Plata of Pecime awards.^[7] The latest movie in which she has acted is called Enemigos íntimos^[2] (English: Close Enemies) and will be released on DVD in late 2008.

She went on to be part of the band Feliz No Cumpleaños (English: Happy Un-Birthday), a Mexican funk-jazz, pop-rock band she formed alongside old friends from the Academia de Musica Fermatta. She captivated the audience on television by performing "El Triste" (English: The Sad One), originally performed by Mexican icon José José.

[edit] Mediocre

Sariñana in 2008

Her first solo album Mediocre was released on February 12, 2008 by Warner Music Group. Ximena wrote most of the songs on the album and revealed in Venus Zine's Summer 2009 cover story that, “Learning the language of my nationality was something I really wanted to achieve... so I thought maybe if I did a Spanish album it would be a good challenge."^[8] On March 28, 2008, Mediocre was certified gold by AMPROFON for selling more than 50,000 copies.^[9][10] Sariñana would later receive further achievement when Mediocre reached platinum status for selling more than 80,000 copies.^[11]

The videos for Vidas paralelas, Normal, and No Vuelvo Mas were all shot in Iceland. Vidas paralelas was directed by Pablo Dávila.^[12]

In late June, Metronomy stated that they were fascinated with Ximena's debut album Mediocre and the group produced a remix of La tina. Her music video for the second single, No Vuelvo Más, was premiered as an exclusive video on July 14, 2008 in MTV Mexico. She was later nominated for two Latin Grammy awards for Best New Artist and Best Alternative Song but lost to Kany García and Volver a Comenzar by Café Tacuba respectively.

Collaborations[link]

In 2007, she contributed vocals for the song "Valenciana" in the album Extempore by the Ensenada-based nujazz band Kobol. In March 2009, Sariñana was featured as a vocalist alongside her boyfriend Omar Rodríguez-López with his solo group on their tour of Europe, which resulted in the live record Los Sueños de un Higado. She also provided vocals on Omar's solo albums Xenophanes, Solar Gambling, Ciencia de los Inútiles, Cizaña de los Amores and Tychozorente.

Along with Jason Mraz, she has released a Spanish version of Mraz's song "Lucky". The video for the Spanish-version has both her and Mraz in it, it was released to MTV on 22 June 2009.

Second album: Ximena Sariñana (2009-present)[link]

In November 2009, Sariñana was in the studio working on her second album. Her second, self-titled, album, consists of English songs written or co-written by her. The album contains one Spanish-language track called, "Tu y Yo". The album was recorded in Mexico City and Los Angeles during 2009 and was completed in early 2011. It was released in North America on August 2, 2011. The album's first single, "Different", was released in June 2011.^{[citation needed]}. Shine Down was released as a promotional single in summer 2011..

An article in Rolling Stone España in February 2009 featured Sariñana, and she expanded further into international stardom when she graced the cover of Venus Zine's Summer 2009 issue, transcending national boundaries to make her mark in American media.

Discography[link]

Albums[link]

Singles[link]

Guest appearances[link]

• Extempore by Kobol (2007)
• Los Sueños de un Higado by Omar Rodríguez-López Group (2009)
• Xenophanes by Omar Rodríguez-López (2009)
• Solar Gambling by Omar Rodríguez-López (2009)
• Ciencia de los Inútiles by El Trío de Omar Rodríguez-López (2010)
• Tychozorente by Omar Rodríguez-López (2010)
• Cizaña de los Amores by Omar Rodríguez-López (2010)
• どういたしまして by Omar Rodríguez-López Group (2010)
• Tu Nite con Lorenzo Parro (2011)
• Jay Leno Show (2011)

Filmography[link]

References[link]

External links[link]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Ximena Sariñana

• Official web site
• Ximena Sariñana at the Internet Movie Database

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Ana Belén is the professional name of María del Pilar Cuesta Acosta, a Spanish actress and singer. She was born on 27 May 1951 in Madrid.^[1]

Career[link]

Ana Belén studied acting in Spain during her youth and began acting in theatrical and cinematic productions in the mid-1960s. While working on the film Morbo by Gonzalo Suárez, she met Víctor Manuel, marrying him in 1972 in Gibraltar. At this time she also started her career as a singer, releasing several successful albums.

Ana Belén also appeared in various films: La petición by Pilar Miró, Emilia parada y fonda by Angelino Fons, El buscón by Luciano Berriatúa, La oscura historia de la prima Montse by Jordi Cadena, La criatura by Eloy de la Iglesia and Sonámbulos by Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón. She gave birth to her first child in 1976.

In 1991 she recorded Como una novia, with songs by Gloria Varona, Pancho Varona and Antonio García de Diego, this being the first album that did not include any songs composed or adapted by Víctor Manuel.

In 1997 she released a new album, Mírame, which consisted of her own songs and duets and which went on to become the best-selling album of her solo career. With its release, she went on tour throughout Spain, and in the autumn of the same year, the 'El gusto es nuestro' tour went to America, where it was received with the same enthusiasm as in Spain.

In 1998, Belen commemorated Federico García Lorca's centenary by releasing two albums under the title of Lorquiana, a collection of poems and popular songs by Lorca. The following year another album was released Ana Belén y Miguel Ríos cantan a Kurt Weill, and she had a role in the Tele 5 series, Petra Delicado.

Discography[link]

• 1965
  • Zampo y yo
  • Qué difícil es tener 18 años

• 1973
  • Al diablo con amor (BSO)
  • Tierra

• 1975
  • Calle del Oso

• 1976
  • La paloma del vuelo popular

• 1977
  • De paso

• 1979
  • Ana
  • Lo mejor de Ana Belén

• 1980
  • Con las manos llenas

• 1982
  • Ana en Río

• 1983
  • Victor y Ana en vivo

• 1984
  • Géminis

• 1985
  • BSO La corte de faraón

• 1986
  • Para la ternura siempre hay tiempo (with Víctor Manuel)
  • Grandes éxitos

• 1987
  • BSO Divinas palabras

• 1988
  • A la sombra de un león

• 1989
  • 26 grandes canciones y una nube blanca
  • Rosa de amor y fuego

• 1991
  • Como una novia

• 1993
  • Veneno para el corazón

• 1994
  • Mucho más que dos

• 1996
  • 20 exitos
  • El gusto es nuestro

• 1997
  • Mírame

• 1998
  • Lorquiana. Popular songs of Federico García Lorca
  • Lorquiana. Poems by Federico García Lorca

• 1999
  • Cantan a Kurt Weill (with Miguel Ríos)

• 2001
  • Peces de ciudad
  • Dos en la carretera

• 2003
  • Viva L`Italia

• 2006
  • Una canción me trajo aquí

• 2007
  • Anatomía

• 2008
  • Los grandes éxitos... y mucho más

Filmography as actress and director[link]

Television[link]

Theatre[link]

• Fedra (2007, 2009 – interruption between for the two due to musical contracts)
• Diatriba de amor contra un hombre sentado (2004/2005)
• Defensa de dama (2002)
• La bella Helena (1995/1996)
• La gallarda (1992)
• El mercader de Venecia (1991/1992)
• Hamlet (1989)
• La casa de Bernarda Alba (1984)
• La hija del aire (1982)
• Tío Vania (1979)
• Antígona (1975)
• Ravos (1972)
• Sabor a miel (1971)
• Los niños (1970)
• Te espero ayer (1969)
• Don Juan Tenorio (1969)
• Medida por medida (1968)
• Las mujeres sabias (1968)
• El sí de las niñas (1967)
• El rufián castrucho (1967)
• El rey Lear (1966)
• Numancia^{[disambiguation needed ]} (1965)

Awards[link]

• 1971 Best TV actress for Retablo de las mocedades del Cid Fotogramas Award
• 1972 Special mention for Morbo San Sebastián International Film Festival
• 1980 Best TV actress for Fortunata y Jacinta Fotogramas de Plata
• 1980 Best actress for Fortunata y Jacinta TP de Oro
• 1980 Best actress for La Corte del Faraón Bronce
• 1980 Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres
• 1987 Best actress for La Casa de Bernarda Alba and Divinas palabras Fotogramas de Plata
• 1988 Nominated for Best actress for Miss Caribe Goya Awards
• 1989 Nominated for Best actress for El vuelo de la Paloma Goya Awards
• 1991 Nominated for Best director for Como ser mujer y no morir en el intento Premios Ondas
• 1991 Nominated for Best director debut for Como ser mujer y no morir en el intento Goya Awards
• 1994 Best song for Contaminame Premios Ondas
• 1994 Nominated for Best actress for La Pasión Turca Goya Awards
• 1994 Best Actress for La Pasión Turca Goya Awards
• 1995 Gold Medal from the Spanish Cinema Academy
• 1995 Best theatre actress for La bella Helena Fotogramas de Plata
• 1996 Cadena Dial Award
• 1997 Best Female soloist. Carlos Gardel Awards
• 1997 Best actress El amor perjudica seriamente la salud Festival de Peñíscola
• 1997 Silver Lighthouse Award. Festival de Alfás del Pí
• 1997 Best Tour El gusto es nuestro Spanish Music Awards
• 1998 Nominated for Best Spanish female soloist for Lorquiana Premios Amigo
• 2000 William Layton Award
• 2001 Woman of the Year. Premios Elle
• 2001 Nominated Best Spanish female soloist for Peces de ciudad Premios Amigo
• 2002 Nominated Best female soloist for Peces de ciudad Latin Grammy Awards
• 2002 Runner up Defensa de dama Premios Mayte of Theatre
• 2003 Homage by the Instituto Cervantes of Toulouse
• 2004 Nominated for Best actress Cosas que hacen que la vida valga la pena Goya Awards
• 2004 Nominated for Best actress Cosas que hacen que la vida valga la pena Fotogramas de Plata
• 2004 Nominated for Best actress Cosas que hacen que la vida valga la pena Spanish Actors' Union
• 2004 Best actress Cosas que hacen que la vida valga la pena Premios Turia
• 2006 Málaga Award. Film Festival of Málaga
• 2007 Fine Arts Golden Medal presented by the Spanish royal family at Toledo Cathedral