Rada is the term for "council" or "assembly" borrowed by Polish from the Low Franconian "Rad" (council) and later passed into the Czech, Ukrainian, and Belarusian languages.

Normally it is translated as "council". Sometimes it corresponds to "parliament", or in Soviet Union contexts, to "soviet". It also carries a meaning of advice as in the English word counsel.

Råd in Norwegian/Danish/Swedish means "council" or "assembly" but also "advice". Råda is the verb of the substantive Råd. Due to the similarities both in spelling and in meaning it is not unlikely that "Råda" and "Rada" is of same origin.

Examples[link]

In Belarus

• BNR Rada, government of the Belarusian National Republic (now in exile)

In Poland

• Rada Główna Opiekuńcza (Central Welfare Council)
• Rada Jedności Narodowej (Council of National Unity)
• Rada Polityki Pieniężnej (Monetary Policy Council)
• Rada Trzech (Council of Three)

In Ukraine

• Sich Rada (Council of Zaporizhian Sich)
• Tsentralna Rada (Central Council), parliament of the Ukrainian People's Republic
• Verkhovna Rada (Supreme Council), the parliament of Ukraine

Historically, the Verkhovna Rada was also the Supreme Soviet of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic (Українська Радянська Соціалістична Республіка [УРСР], Ukrayins'ka Radyans'ka Sotsialistychna Respublika [URSR]), which was itself part of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (Союз Радянських Соціалістичних Республік, [СРСР]), the word rada replacing the Russian word soviet in both cases. See official names of the Soviet Union.

Other[link]

RADA may also refer to:

• Royal Academy of Dramatic Art

See also[link]

• Råda in Sweden
• Sejm
• Duma
• State Duma
• Soviet
• de Rada, a Spanish and Italian surname
• Rada is also a line from Chowder (TV series) "Snitzel" character, usually saying "RADA RADA!" in order to communicate with others.

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Tom Hiddleston
Hiddleston at the Avengers Premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival in NY, April 2012
Born	Thomas William Hiddleston (1981-02-09) 9 February 1981 (age 31) Westminster, London, England
Alma mater	Eton College The Dragon School University of Cambridge RADA
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2001–present
Relatives	Emma Hiddleston (sister)

Thomas William "Tom" Hiddleston (born 9 February 1981)^[1] is an English film, television, radio, and stage actor. He trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA), and he rose to prominence through a number of TV roles and more recently major film roles. He played Loki in the 2011 Marvel Studios film Thor, Captain Nicholls in Steven Spielberg's World War I film War Horse (2011), and also Freddie Page in the British drama The Deep Blue Sea, alongside Rachel Weisz. He played author F. Scott Fitzgerald in the Woody Allen film Midnight in Paris (2011). He returned to his role as Loki in The Avengers (2012) and is set to reprise the character again for Thor 2 (2013).

Early life and education[link]

Hiddleston was born in Westminster, London,^[1] to parents Diana Patricia (née Servaes), a former stage manager and arts administrator, and James Norman Hiddleston, a scientist in physical chemistry who was the managing director of a pharmaceutical company.^[2] His father is from Greenock, Scotland and his mother from Suffolk, England.^[3] He is the middle child with two sisters, Sarah (oldest), a journalist in India,^[4] and Emma (youngest), is also an actor. He was raised in Wimbledon, in his early years, and later in Oxford.^[3] When Hiddleston was 13, he boarded at Eton College, at the same time that his parents were going through a divorce. "I think I started acting because I found being away at school while my parents were divorcing really distressing." He went on to act at The Dragon School^[5] in Oxford, then continued on to the University of Cambridge, where he earned a double first.^[6] He graduated from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in 2005.

Career[link]

During Hiddleston's second term at Cambridge, he was seen in a production of A Streetcar Named Desire by talent agent Lorraine Hamilton, of Hamilton Hodell. While still doing student plays, he began doing British television, landing parts in Stephen Whittaker’s adaptation of Nicholas Nickleby for ITV^[7] the BBC/HBO co-production Conspiracy, and as Randolph Churchill, the son of Winston Churchill, inthe BBC/HBO drama The Gathering Storm.

On graduating from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, Hiddleston won his first film role, playing Oakley in Joanna Hogg’s first feature, Unrelated. He also appeared in the leading role of Edward in Joanna Hogg's second feature, Archipelago, and had leading roles in Declan Donnellan's company Cheek by Jowl's productions The Changeling, and Cymbeline. His Donmar Warehouse credits include Cassio in Michael Grandage's production of Shakespeare's Othello alongside Chiwetel Ejiofor and Ewan McGregor to critical acclaim^[8][9][10] and later Lvov in their West End revival of Chekhov's Ivanov.

His TV credits include Magnus Martinsson in the BBC detective drama Wallander, Bill Hazledine in Suburban Shootout, John Plumptre in the BBC costume drama TV film Miss Austen Regrets and William Buxton in the BBC drama series Return to Cranford.

He is best known for his portrayal of Loki in the 2011 Marvel Studios film, Thor. He was invited to audition by Kenneth Branagh, the film's director, after having previously worked with Branagh on Ivanov and Wallander. "Ken has had a life-changing effect. He was able to say to the executives, 'Trust me on this, you can cast Tom and he will deliver'. It was massive and it's completely changed the course of what is available to me to do. Ken gave me my break."^[11] In the beginning, he originally auditioned for the part of Thor. "I initially auditioned to play Thor. That was what I was being considered for, because I’m tall and blonde and classically trained, and that seemed to be the mold for what Thor was, he was to be a classical character. And it was in my auditions. I owe this entirely to Marvel and their open-mindedness, they saw something that they thought was interesting. They saw some temperament that they liked."^[12] The casting director gave Hiddleston six weeks to bulk up, so he went on a strict diet and gained twenty pounds of muscle. In the end, Branagh decided he was more suitable as the antagonist and cast him as Loki. To prepare for his role as Loki, Hiddleston trained in the Brazilian martial art of capoeira.^[13]

In 2011, he portrayed novelist F. Scott Fitzgerald in writer-director Woody Allen's Midnight in Paris. The noble Captain Nicholls in War Horse, a film based on the 1982 novel by Michael Morpurgo, directed by Steven Spielberg. And Freddie Page, a RAF pilot in the British drama The Deep Blue Sea, alongside Rachel Weisz.

He reprised his role as the supervillain Loki in the 2012 movie The Avengers. While filming a scene with Chris Hemsworth, who plays Thor, the film's director, Joss Whedon told the fighting duo that the scene didn't look real enough, so Hiddleston told Hemsworth to really hit him for the fight scene. "I said to Chris, 'Dude, just hit me. Just hit me because I'm protected here and it's fine.' He's like, 'Are you sure?' I was like, 'Yeah, it will look great. Just go for it.'"^[14] Hiddleston is scheduled to reprise his Loki role again in Thor 2, which is set to start filming in August 2012.^[15]

In 2012, he will portray Prince Hal in the TV-movie adaptation of Shakespeare's Henry IV Part 1 & 2 and Henry V in Henry V. Other scheduled projects include Jim Jarmusch's film Only Lovers Left Alive, set to shoot in 2012,^[16] and the film adaptation of Elliott Chaze's 1953 crime novel Black Wings Has My Angel, co-starring Anna Paquin and Elijah Wood.^[17]

Hiddleston narrated the audio book The Red Necklace by Sally Gardner,^[18] poetry for iF Poems on iTunes,^[19] for the British Museum on the Ancient Egyptian Book of the Dead, and was the voiceover for BBC's documentary on the Galapagos Island.^[20]

Awards and nominations[link]

Awards:

• 2012 Glamour Awards, Man of the Year ^[21]
• 2012 Jameson Empire Awards, Best Male Newcomer, for, Thor ^[22]
• 2012 Richard Attenborough UK Regional Film Critics' Awards, Rising Star Award, for, War Horse, Thor, The Deep Blue Sea, Midnight in Paris and Archipelago ^[23]
• 2009 Whatsonstage.com Theatregoers' Choice Award, Best Supporting Actor in a Play, for, Othello and Ivanov ^[24]
• 2008 Laurence Olivier Award, Best Newcomer in a Play, for Cymbeline ^[25]
• 2007 Ian Charleson Awards Third Prize, for, Othello ^[26]

Nominations:

• 2012 Saturn Awards, Best Supporting Actor ^[27]
• 2012 London Evening Standard British Film Awards, Best Actor Award ^[28]
• 2012 BAFTA Awards, the Orange Wednesdays Rising Star Award ^[29]
• 2012 Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards, Best Ensemble Acting ^[30]
• 2012 SAG Awards, Best Ensemble Acting ^[31]
• 2011 My Cinema Awards, Best Supporting Actor in a Drama, Action or Horror Award ^[32]
• 2010 ITV3 Crime Thriller Awards, Best Supporting Actor ^[33]

Filmography[link]

Hiddleston at a press conference for Thor in April 2011

Film[link]

Theatre[link]

Radio[link]

Video game[link]

References[link]

External links[link]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Tom Hiddleston

• Tom Hiddleston at the Internet Movie Database

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Luis Royo
At the 30th Paris Book Fair, Porte de Versailles.
Born	1954
Nationality	Spanish
Field	painting, sculpture
Website	http://www.royo-royo.com/

Luis Royo and "Dead Moon" books.

Luis Royo (born 1954 in Olalla, Teruel, Spain^[1]) is a Spanish artist, known for his sensual and dark paintings, its apocalyptic imagery, his fantasy worlds and mechanical life forms. He has also recently moved into sculpture.

Royo has produced paintings for both his own books and exhibitions and other media; such as video games, music CD and novels covers, tarot cards.

He is famous for his work collected in books published worldwide.

Life[link]

Education and early years[link]

Shortly after his birth, Royo's family moved to Zaragoza, where he first started school, his first memories are accompanied with drawing which plays an important role in his life.

His practical standpoint, acquired from his economically humble family, led him to study Technical Drawing for construction. He soon discovered that geometric forms did not satisfy him fully.

Later, he began to study painting, decoration and interior design at the Industrial School and the School of Applied Arts, and combined with different jobs in interior design and decoration studios in 1970 and 1971.

During this time he also combined his work with painting. Influenced by the student revolts of May 1968, he painted large format tiles with social issues and made exhibitions from 1972 to 1977.

The discovery of adult comics with the work of artists such as Enki Bilal and Moebius captivated him in 1978 and he started drawing comics for different fanzines and comics exhibiting at the Angoulême International Comics Festival in 1980.

In 1979 he left his job as a furnish designer, despite already having a child, to devote himself entirely to comics. In 1981 and 1982 he began to publish in journals such as 1984, Comix Rambla Internacional, and sometimes in El Vibora and Heavy Metal.

1980s[link]

A meeting in 1983 with Rafael Martínez in Zaragoza Comic Fair would determine his professional future. He made five illustrations for Norma Editorial, which marked the beginning of a long relationship.

His work stands out quickly and is not limited to national territory. His images are frequently published in foreign media. Among others, he published his work in the U.S., Britain and Sweden, and his production reaches covers for prestigious publishers as Tor Books, Berkley Books, Avon, Warner Books, Bantam Books and others.

American magazines like National Lampoon and Heavy Metal often resort to Luis Royo for their cover illustrations, as well as European magazines Cimoc, Comic Art, Ere Comprimé, Total Metal and others. His work is not only restricted to magazine covers, he also made covers for video and computer games.

In 1985, alongside his work as an illustrator, he published a comic album of the Rambla erie and a year later Ikusager Ediciones SA published an experimental comic with Antonio Altarriba, with the title: DESFASE.

1990s[link]

Since 1990, he is in a privileged position in the market for international art and illustrations, and his work is collected in books and a wide range of media. Some are collector's products today.

In 1992, it is published Women, an album that meets his emblematic artwork of that decade. With this book is already recognized as a great illustrator and his preference for drawing the female figure began to emerge clearly. It was a surprising book for comic lovers, covering a range of different genres, which led to its publication by Editorial Soleil in France, Germany and Comic NBM in the U.S.. On the basis of this compilation held his first exhibition of original artworks.

A year later, Comic Images brought out a collection of Trading Cards using his illustrations, under the title FROM FANTASY TO REALITY.

Following the success of his first author book, he published in 1994 MALEFIC, with the collaboration of Royo Romulo in the setting and scenarios, it presents an apocalyptic and personal world. He was revealed as an illustrator capable not only of representing fantasy worlds, also creating a story line, and his apocalyptic and dark angels woke a groundswell of supporters. This work is accompanied by a sculpture of the author.

In the same year, WOMEN is reissued and Penthouse Magazine of USA publishes an article on his illustrations.

In 1995, new publishers began to be interested in the work of Luis Royo: Ballantine, Nal, Daw, Doubleday, Harper Paperbacks, Zebra, Fasa Corporation, for Pocket Books Star Trek, Penthouse Comix and FLLER Ultra X-Men by Marvel . Since that year, the work of Luis Royo appears in many different formats and in many different countries (including Eastern Europe): calendars, posters, t-shirts, CD covers, mouse pads, Trading Card collections in THE ART OF HEAVY METAL and the third part of his collection of cards, THE BEST OF ROYO.

In 1996, uncharacteristically, a painting of his appears on the cover of Penthouse France (replacing the traditional photo of a Penthouse girl), and in Germany, along with an article. The same year, numerous articles of his work appear in prestigious publications such as La Stampa in Italy, Airbrush Action in USA and Germany, and Penthouse Comix. He also received the Silver Award SPECTRUM III the best in Contemporary Fantastic Art in USA.

His third album, SECRETS, appeared in 1996. The magic and the female figure occupies the central role, and the underlying presence of the myth of Beauty and the Beast permeates the book. This work was published by NBM for English-speaking countries. But there were more surprises still to come this year for their fans, with the portfolio WARM WINDS, published by Norma Editorial, in collaboration with Heavy Metal.

Heavy Metal magazine[link]

In 1997, the interest of Heavy Metal in Luis Royo was reflected in series of covers and calendars, as well as in their gallery, which was entirely dedicated to Royo. This interest culminated in a commission for the cover of the magazine's 20th anniversary issue and a series of illustrations on the character F.A.K.K. (Julie Strain) by Kevin Eastman.

That same year, Comic Images released two new collections of Trading Cards: ROYO SECRET DESIRES (the fourth collection of the artist) and ARTISTS CHOICE (along with other artists). To end the year, turn to republish MALEFIC and WOMEN in USA and Spain.

A year later, it appears his next book of illustrations: III MILLENNIUM. In this book, Royo renews the colours palette and gives us his particular vision of the end of the millennium. Also in 1998 presented his collection of tarot cards, THE BLACK TAROT (for which he designed new images and a personalized view of the esoteric symbolism of the cards). In 1999 there was the Heavy Metal calendar, his fifth collection of Trading Cards, under the name of III MILLENNIUM and III MILLENNIUN MEMORY portfolio. It was a year in which Luis Royo shows a clear evolution towards a more intimate style, monochrome and daring illustration.

Coinciding with the Barcelona Comic Fair in 1999, Royo presents a new album: DREAMS, a collection of all his work and varied worlds of the past ten years. What stands out most in this album is the versatility with which the artist is able to adapt to different themes and styles. The first vinyl figure based on the book cover was produced by Inteleg MALEFIC in 1999 and supervised by the artist himself.

The artist offered a new twist at the end of the year with even more daring work, publishing the first volume of PROHIBITED BOOK, with erotic content in which the passions, even the unmentionable is of great importance. This luxury publication in a smaller format than the other previous albums, offers images that are as sensual as elegant and provocative.

In 1999 his work was featured on the cover and the instruction manual for the PC game Starsiege: Tribes.

2000s[link]

EVOLUTION brings us back to the large format album, combining the most personal works with the assignments. The theme reflects past times and science fiction. Then appears the portfolio TATTOOS.

Originally conceived as a trilogy, PROHIBITED BOOK II is published in 2001 - a book in which sensations are transferred to the reader through the strength of the characters. In continuity with the first volume, we are offered a different view of sensuality, closer to forbidden dreams and secret desires. Fournier published a deck of playing cards with female illustrations of Royo.

In 2002, Luis Royo revealed some of its technical secrets in Conceptions, a book describing the creative process and presents a collection of artist's sketches and pencil drawings that allows us to enjoy his studies, the design of numerous illustrations and numerous alternatives Royo considers before making the final work. He also publishes the portfolio CHAINS.

VISIONS was published in 2003. It is a compilation with an introduction by Kevin Eastman, creator of Ninja Turtles, in which the images are dominated by fantasy and the creative talent of Luis Royo, with the addition of dragons who occupy a privileged position next to the female figure always present.

PROHIBITED BOOK III was the last in a series of banned books. In this volume, the reader is captivated by the beauty, tenderness and passion of the images in which sensuality may even be next to the monstrosity, eroticism of thoughts rather than acts.

In late 2003, the artist opens his work with a series of sketches and drafts of the illustrations of his books made by request, accompanied by texts to enrich the reader's experience and facilitate greater understanding of his method. Conceptions II with colored drawings contrasting with pencil sketches. Hits the market again this year the portfolio SEX PROHIBITED.

FANTASTIC ART is the compilation of the author's major works to date. Published in May 2004, meets the most complete collection of illustrations of the artist. Published in two formats for high quality, limited deluxe edition is a good example of the importance of Royo. Fantasy and reality come together through images that introduced the world-view, myths and legends that have shaped over time. It is a cosmogonic vision of reality where the future has to assume its own challenges.

Luis Royo moved to Barcelona, where he finds a spot full of beauty to create his work, in the Gothic Quarter. This change of study will also mean a change in the way he works. In his new vision of his work, fits the desire to return to painting on canvas, to move towards other roads that once again surprise the public.

In PROHIBITED SKETCHBOOK it can be enjoyed the sensuality and the desire of forbidden books in its early stages. Includes original drawings where the power of images is evident. As a special attraction, includes sketches of illustrations which, despite its incredible strength, had not appeared in previous publications. In his last period, in combination with other works, Luis Royo has spent four years developing one of his most personal works, THE LABYRINTH: TAROT. This design of tarot cards shows the limitless perfectionism of the artist. This is a package in which each image has been carefully studied, offering under his personal vision, all the symbolism and secrecy of every arcane, and demonstrates a titanic level of documentation.

THE LABYRINTH: TAROT is a completely new work by Luis Royo, published in December 2004 in two formats: a unique set of cards and a book including all the illustrations together with explanatory studies of each card, written by himself. He delves into the hidden meaning of each arcane and its power over the fate of people. He also publishes the portfolio TATTOO PIERCING. Already long since become a cult author, many heavy metal groups from different countries (Germany, Italy, Spain, etc.) adopted their images for their CD and album covers. The most recent ones are the last three CDs of Avalanch. His work came to the design of fantasy pool cues since 2001 to various puzzles, Zippo lighters, flags, posters, calendars and many other new products distributed internationally.

His book Subversive Beauty is published in 2005, offering a feminine universe that takes us to different mythologies customized by the author. In this book, the images are accompanied by short stories and provocative and challenging beauty is adorned with a profusion of tattoos and piercing. Later WILD SKETCHES collection is published, three books with 600 small-format quick drawings without planning, which shows a processing capacity of the figure.

In 2006 Luis Royo along with Romulo Royo paint a dome in a castle in Moscow (Russia) of more than 80 square meters, the greatest work accomplished so far by the author. This work is published in the book DOME, which meets the process and the paintings of the dome. This colossal work addresses the creation of a fantasic and sensual world where scenes are divided in various sexual myths which reinvent classical painting, a dome with more than 40 large female figures moving on an architecture full of vanishing perspective. Later he published Dark Labyrinth, which was translated into English by Miguel Guerra.

In 2009 he publishes the book Dead Moon in collaboration with Romulo Royo again, this is an ambitious book with an epic and intimate story at the same time, with a tragic and apocalyptic ending, where the images display a range of different techniques, from graphite, a precious illustration or large format paintings. Precede the release of this book, Dead Moon's portfolio.

Published books[link]

• Tatoos
• Women
• Malefic
• Secrets
• III Millennium
• Dreams
• Prohibited Book
• Prohibited Book II
• Prohibited Book III
• Prohibited Sketchbook
• Evolution
• Conceptions
• Conceptions II
• Conceptions III
• Visions
• Fantastic Art
• The Labyrinth Tarot
• Subversive Beauty
• Wild Sketches I
• Dark Labyrinth
• Wild Sketches II
• Dome
• Wild Sketches III
• Dead Moon
• Dead Moon Epilogue

References[link]

Malefic Time

External links[link]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Luis Royo

• Official website
• Luis Royo's blog
• Luis Royo, Official Editorial & Agency Norma
• Interview to Luis Royo, ArtPassword