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A villa was originally an ancient Roman upper-class country house. Since its origins in the Roman villa, the idea and function of a villa have evolved considerably. After the fall of the Roman Republic, villas became small farming compounds, which were increasingly fortified in Late Antiquity, sometimes transferred to the Church for reuse as a monastery. Then they gradually re-evolved through the Middle Ages, into elegant upper-class country homes. In modern parlance 'villa' can refer to a various types and sizes of residences, ranging from the suburban "semi-detached" double villa to residences in the wildland-urban interface.
In ancient Roman architecture a villa was originally a country house built for the elite. According to Pliny the Elder, writing in the first century CE, there were several kinds of villas: the villa urbana, which was a country seat that could easily be reached from Rome or another city for a night or two, and the Villa rustica, the farm-house estate that was permanently occupied by the servants who had charge generally of the estate, which would centre on the villa itself, perhaps only seasonally occupied. The Roman villae rusticae at the heart of latifundia were the earliest versions of what later and elsewhere became called plantations. Not included as villae were the domus, a city house for the elite and privileged classes; and insulae, blocks of apartment buildings for the rest of the population. In Satyricon Petronius described the wide range of Roman dwellings. Another type of villae is the "villa marittima", a seaside villa, located on the coast.
David Villa Sánchez (Spanish pronunciation: [daˈβið ˈβiʎa]; born 3 December 1981), nicknamed El Guaje (Asturian: The Kid), is a Spanish footballer who currently plays as a striker for FC Barcelona and the Spanish national football team. He can also operate as a winger.
Despite sustaining a serious injury as a child, he started his professional career with Sporting de Gijón. He moved to Real Zaragoza after two seasons, where he made his La Liga début, winning his first senior honours—the Copa del Rey and Supercopa de España. He joined Valencia CF in 2005 for a transfer fee of €12 million and was part of the Valencia team that won the Copa del Rey in the 2007–08 season. In 2010 he moved to FC Barcelona for €40 million where he won his first La Liga and UEFA Champions League titles.
Villa made his international début in 2005. He has since participated in three major tournaments, becoming an integral member of the Spain teams that won Euro 2008 and the 2010 World Cup. He scored three goals at the 2006 World Cup, was the top scorer at Euro 2008 and earned the Silver Boot at the 2010 World Cup. He is the first Spanish player to ever reach 50 international goals and is Spain's all-time top goalscorer, having has also scored more World Cup goals than any other player in Spain's history in the process. The goals-to-games ratio he has achieved for the national team has not been matched by any player since Alfredo Di Stéfano.
Enrique "Ricky" Martín Morales (born December 24, 1971), better known as Ricky Martin, is a Puerto Rican pop singer and actor who achieved prominence, first as a member of the Puerto Rican boy band Menudo, then as a solo artist since 1991. Throughout his career, he has sold more than 60 million albums worldwide. He is the founder of the Ricky Martin Foundation (in Spanish Fundación Ricky Martin), a non-profit charity organization aimed at human trafficking.
Martin got his start at age twelve with the all-boy pop group Menudo; after five years with the group, he released his Spanish-language solo album, Ricky Martin, in 1991. He also acted on stage and on TV in Mexico, becoming a modest star in the country. In 1994 he starred on the American TV soap opera General Hospital, playing a Puerto Rican singer. In 1999, after several albums in Spanish, he released his first English-language album (also titled Ricky Martin), which included "Livin' la Vida Loca". The album sold 22 million copies and brought Martin international fame. His other studio albums include: Me Amarás (1993), A Medio Vivir (1995), Vuelve (1998), Sound Loaded (2000), Almas del Silencio (2003), Life (2005), and Música + Alma + Sexo (2011).
Actors: Felipe Cazals (writer), Bruno Bichir (actor), Dagoberto Gama (actor), Gustavo Sánchez Parra (actor), Felipe Cazals (director), Jorge Zárate (actor), Damián Alcázar (actor), Felipe Cazals (producer), Enoc Leaño (actor), Tenoch Huerta (actor), Andrés Montiel (actor), Teresa Ruiz (actress), Ramón Medína (actor), Paquita la del Barrio (actress), Elizabeth Cervantes (actress),
Genres: Drama, History,Actors: Ricky Tognazzi (actor), Enzo De Caro (actor), Carlo Siliotto (composer), Mariano Rigillo (actor), Tony Sperandeo (actor), Ricky Tognazzi (director), Simona Izzo (writer), Fulvio Lucisano (producer), Ricky Tognazzi (writer), Francesco Venditti (actor), Riccardo Zinna (actor), Thomas Trabacchi (actor), Carlotta Natoli (actress), Giovanni Esposito (actor), Antonio Pennarella (actor),
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Genres: Action,Actors: Enoc Leaño (actor), Esteban Azuela (director), Esteban Azuela (writer), Rubén Imaz (actor), Rubén Imaz (producer), Israel Hernández (writer), Mara Soler (director), Carlos Gamboa (writer), Guicho Núñez (writer), Mara Soler (writer), Carlos Gamboa (director), Rodrigo Imaz (writer), Aldo Lugo (actor), Simon Gerbaud (writer),
Genres: Animation, Short,Actors: John Archer Lundgren (actor), Erik Feig (miscellaneous crew), Julie Hansen (miscellaneous crew), Leslie Hope (actress), M. Ross-Michaels (miscellaneous crew), Benjamin R. Reder (miscellaneous crew), Noor Ahmed (miscellaneous crew), Djimon Hounsou (actor), Affion Crockett (actor), Tom Nowicki (actor), Eric Mentis (actor), Eric Mentis (actor), Jesse Kozel (actor), Sean Faris (actor), Michael Wandmacher (composer),
Plot: At his new high school, a rebellious teen Jake Tyler is lured into an ultimate underground fighting club in a Backyard Fight, where he finds a mentor in a mixed martial arts veteran. After receiving threats to the safety of his friends and family, Jake seeks the mentoring of a veteran fighter, to train his mind and body for one final no-holds-barred elimination fight with his unrelenting personal nemesis and local martial arts champion Ryan McCarthy.
Keywords: bare-chested-male, barefoot, beating, bikini, black-eye, blood, bloody-nose, body-landing-on-a-car, body-slam, brawlActors: Kate Ashfield (actress), Anya Noakes (miscellaneous crew), Roshan Seth (actor), Paul Kaye (actor), Jack Dee (actor), Dominic Monaghan (actor), Nick Moran (actor), Tamer Hassan (actor), Ken Stott (actor), Eddie Hamilton (editor), Linda Bassett (actress), Shane Davey (miscellaneous crew), Shane Davey (actor), Jamie Carmichael (producer), Elizabeth Berrington (actress),
Plot: Jack, Steve and Goat are East-End Spivs. They spend their time wheeling and dealing wherever and whenever they can. It's not until Jack and the others get involved with a guy called Villa, and they are landed with a big payday they have been waiting for, when they realise what a mess they are into. At the back of the lorry they have smuggled goods in, they find illigal immegrants. Most of them escape but they are left with 2 kids; a boy and a girl, and have to decide what to do with them...Are they going to look after them and feed them, clothe them, love them, etc. or are they going to leave them on the streets of East-End London.
Keywords: one-word-titleActors: Nonong Buencamino (composer), Jess Navarro (editor), Joel Torre (actor), Lily Y. Monteverde (producer), Laurice Guillen (actress), Peque Gallaga (director), Leo Martinez (actor), Michael De Mesa (actor), Romy Romulo (actor), Lore Reyes (actor), Jess Navarro (actor), Pen Medina (actor), Peque Gallaga (actor), Anna Marie Gutierrez (actress), Uro Q. dela Cruz (writer),
Genres: Crime, Drama,Actors: Carlos Bravo y Fernández (actor), Isaura Espinoza (actress), Maribel Guardia (actress), Amparo Muñoz (actress), Carmen Salinas (actress), Fernando Galiana (writer), Ramón Obón (writer), Ernesto Cortázar (composer), Mario Cid (actor), Eduardo de la Peña (actor), Humberto Elizondo (actor), Juan Gallardo (actor), Luis Guevara (actor), José Antonio Marros (actor), Jaime Reyes (actor),
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance, War,Actors: Horst Niendorf (actor), Claus Biederstaedt (actor), Jürgen Goslar (director), Gerd Frickhöffer (actor), Ernst Fritz Fürbringer (actor), Konrad Georg (actor), Wolfgang Völz (actor), Jürgen Goslar (actor), Jan Hendriks (actor), Martin Hirthe (actor), Wolfgang Spier (actor), Erik Schumann (actor), Franz Schafheitlin (actor), Albert Bessler (actor), P. Walter Jacob (actor),
Genres: Western,Actors: Glen Cavender (actor), Bobby Dunn (actor), Mack Sennett (producer), Edward F. Cline (director), Slim Summerville (actor), Peggy Pearce (actress), Roxana McGowan (actress), Albert T. Gillespie (actor),
Genres: Comedy, Short,