Pulling Strings is Steve Howe's second live album.

Track listings[link]

1. Sweet Thunder
2. Diary of a Man Who Vanished
3. Excerpts From Close to the Edge
4. Excerpts From Beginnings
5. Pleasure Stole the Night
6. Sketches in the Sun
7. Rare Birds
8. Windy and Warm
9. Classical Gas
10. Excerpts From Turn of the Century
11. Misty
12. Excerpts From All's A Chord
13. Running The Human Race
14. Everytime You Look Over Your Shoulder
15. Theme From the Gates of Delirium
16. Soon
17. Blinded By Science
18. My White Bicycle

Personnel[link]

• Steve Howe - acoustic guitars (1,7,13,15,16), electric guitars (13,16), string pad (7), hi hat (7), lute (9), keyboards (9,13,15), bass (9,13,16), tambourine (9), drum machine
• Phil Spalding - bass on track 1
• Stuart Elliott - drums on track 1

Jaime Camil
Born	Jaime Federico Said Camil de Saldaña da Gama (1973-07-22) July 22, 1973 (age 38) Mexico City, Mexico
Occupation	actor
Years active	1994 ─ present
Website
http://www.jaimecamil.com/

Jaime Federico Said Camil de Saldaña da Gama (born July 22, 1973) is a Mexican actor, singer and host.

Biography[link]

Born in Mexico City, Mexico, Camil is the son of Jaime Camil Garza, a very successful Mexican businessman, and Cecilia Saldaña Da Gama, a Brazilian singer. He earned a license in business administration from Universidad Anáhuac; studied acting in New York, Los Angeles, and Mexico; and took classical opera training in Italy. Camil's acting is marked by high energy and an innate talent for comedy, both verbal and physical. He enjoys extreme sports and has crossed both South Africa and Mexico by motorcycle.

He started his career in 1993 as a radio commentator on Radioactivo 98.5. In 1995, he made his small-screen debut as a host in El show de Jaime Camil. He continued as a host in TV Azteca's Qué nochecita con Jaime Camil (1996) and Televisa's Operación triunfo (2002). In 2009, he co-hosted Aventura por México with Javier Poza.

In 1999, he released his first album Para estar contigo, which took him to major cities in Mexico, South America, and the United States. After participating in Tributo a las víctimas del 9/11 (2001), Camil released his second disc, Una vez más, in 2002. His most recent CD is Jaime Camil vol. 3 (2008), which he helped produce.

His work in the telenovela industry began with Mi destino eres tú (2000). In 2004, he starred in the telenovela Mujer de madera, in which he played Cesar Linares. The role which finally brought Jaime Camil universal renown was in the romantic comedy telenovela La fea más bella (2006–2007). His interpretation of "Don Fernando Mendiola" earned him a nomination for a well-deserved Best Actor award in the Premios TVyNovelas. In 2008–2009 he starred in Las tontas no van al cielo with Jacqueline Bracamontes. His next telenovela role took him to South America for the Argentine/Mexican co-production of Los exitosos Pérez (2009–2010).

His film debut was in Delfines in 1997, but it wasn't until 2003 when film producers noticed his talent in acting. He co-starred in three different movies filmed in just a year; Puños rosas (rel. 2004), Zapata (rel. 2004) and 7 Días (rel. 2005). For his interpretation of "Tony" in 7 Días, Camil was awarded the 2006 Diosa de plata as Best Supporting Actor. 2007 saw the release of I Love Miami. He participated in the Chilean movie All Inclusive. He went on to play the lead in two romantic comedies, Recien cazado filmed in Baja California and Paris, and Regresa, both released in the winter of 2008/2009. Jaime Camil performed the voice for Barry in the Spanish-language edition of the animated movie Bee Movie. In the Spanish version of Open Season he dubbed the voice of Elliot the Mule Deer. He is cofounder and spokesman of the Short Shorts Film Festival Mexico, as of 2006^[update] .^[1] and has starred in shorts Mariana made in Tepito and Volver, volver.

Camil has often said that his favorite venue is the stage. In 2005, he played Nestor Castillo in the Broadway-bound musical The Mambo Kings. Later in 2005 he performed in Latinologues on Broadway. His work in Mexican theater includes the 2004 role of Bernardo in West Side Story, for which he won the Palmas de oro award for Best Supporting Actor in a Musical. In 2007 he played the lead, Father Silvestre, in the Mexican favorite, El eiluvio que viene, which won the APT and ACPT awards for Best Actor in a Musical. He has played colorful characters such as Captain Hook in the musical Peter Pan (2007), and the Genie in the musical Aladdin (2008).

In October 2011, Camil and his long-term girlfriend, model Heidi Balvanera, had their first child, Elena. He has two half-siblings and three step-siblings. His stepsister Issabela is married to actor Sergio Mayer. Camil speaks four languages: Spanish, English, Portuguese, and French.

Filmography[link]

Television[link]

• 2012: Por Ella Soy Eva Telenovela .... Juan Carlos Caballero^[2]
• 2010: El Gran Show Game show .... Host
• 2010: El gran mexicano Historic documentary .... Host
• 2009: Los Exitosos Perez Telenovela .... Martín Pérez and Gonzalo Gonzalez
• 2009: Aventura por Mexico Travel documentary
• 2008: Las Tontas No Van al Cielo (2008/09) Telenovela .... Dr. Santiago Lopez Carmona
• 2006: La fea más bella (2006/07) Telenovela .... Fernando Mendiola Sáenz
• 2004: Mujer de Madera (2004/05) Telenovela .... César Linares Ruíz
• 2000: Mi Destino Eres Tú Telenovela .... Mauricio Rodríguez Calderón
• 2007: Una familia de diez Guest appearance ... as himself
• 2006: La familia P. Luche Guest appearance .... Jaime Camiluche
• 2002: Operación Triunfo Reality show .... Host
• 2001: Diseñador de ambos sexos Comedy series.
• 1996: Qué nochecita con Jaime Camil Talk / Variety show .... Host
• 1995: El show de Jaime Camil Talk / Variety show .... Host

Cinema[link]

• 2011: Blind Bastards Club (pre-production)
• 2011: Clipeado (pre-production)
• 2011: 200 cartas (in production)
• 2011: El cielo en tu mirada (post-production)
• 2011: Chiapas, Heart of Coffee (post-production)
• 2011: Salvando al Soldado Pérez / Saving Private Perez Black comedy, parody.
• 2010: Regresa Romantic comedy .... Ernesto del Valle
• 2009: All Inclusive Chilean light drama.
• 2009: Recien cazado Romantic comedy .... Sebastian
• 2008: El Agente 00-P2 Animated feature.
• 2007: Bee Movie Animated feature. Dubbed Spanish voice for .... Barry
• 2007: Open Season Animated feature. Dubbed Spanish voice for .... Elliot
• 2007: I Love Miami Political comedy.
• 2005: 7 días Light drama .... Tony Zamacona
• 2005: Volver, volver Short short.
• 2004: Zapata: El sueño de un héroe Historical drama .... Eufemio
• 2004: Puños rosas Crime movie .... Randy Garza
• 2004: Mariana made in Tepito Short short.

Stage[link]

• 2008: Aladino El Genio
• 2007: El diluvio que viene Musical Comedy .... Father Silvestre
• 2007: Peter Pan Musical Comedy .... Captain Hook
• 2005: Mambo Kings Broadway-bound Musical .... Nestor Castillo
• 2005: Latinlogues Broadway Musical
• 2004: West Side Story (Amor sin barreras) Musical .... Bernardo

Awards and nominations[link]

• Palmas de Oro Best Lead Actor in a Musical...for West Side Story (2004)
• MTV Movie Awards Nominated for Favorite Actor...for Zapata (2005)
• Ariel Awards Nominated for Best Supporting Actor...for 7 Dias (2006)
• Mexican Cinema Journalists Awarded "Diosa de Plata" for Best Supporting Actor...for 7 Dias (2006)
• Premios Tv y Novelas Nominated for Best Actor...for La Fea Más Bella (2006/7)
• Latin ACE Award Award for "Man of the Year" (2007)
• XXV Premios ATP (2008) Awarded the Golden Eagle for best comedy actor....for the play El Diluvio que Viene (2007)
• Mexican Cinema Journalists Awarded "Diosa de Plata" for Best Supporting Actor...for 7 Dias (2006)
• Premio Juventud Awarded for Best Actor (Qué actorazo!) for them movie Recien cazado (2011)

Trivia[link]

• Jaime Camil appeared on the cover for the first anniversary issue of Open (magazine).
• Jaime was voted "Sexiest Man of 2007" by the magazine People en Español in November 2007.

References[link]

External links[link]

• Official Website
• Jaime Camil at the Internet Movie Database
• Site Fã Clube brasil nunca dejarte ir Jaime Camil
• Xtreme Jaime Camil
• Los Exitosos Perez

Omar Rafael Chaparro Alvidrez is a Mexican actor and media personality.

Biography[link]

Omar was born in Chihuahua and he knew Brenda, and began his career in 1996 in Chihuahua, Mexico, in the radio program “Los visitantes” with his friend Perico Padilla and there is where he created many of his famous characters like La Licenciada, Chole Ramos and La Yuyis Montanegra. Because of the success of this radio program He was invited to make a TV show at the local TV station of Chihuahua, that TV show was named Los Visitantes (The Visitors).

Omar traveled to Mexico City looking for a better opportunity and he went to audition to many TV shows and TV networks, but it is from Telehit that he received his first opportunity and in 2001 started the TV show Black and White with his folks Perico and Rafita Valderrama.

On August 25, 2001, Omar got Married with Lucia Ruiz de la Peña and now they have three children, Andrea who is 5 years old, Omar Emiliano who is 2 years old and the little Sofia who is almost 1 year old. Because of his talent to make different voices and to make different characters, Omar was invited to perform in a couple Comedy TV shows like XHDRBZ and La Jaula.

In December 2002 Omar joined the team of the morning radio show Ya Párate with Facundo and Tamara Vargas.

In September 2003 Omar joined Big Brother VIP 2, where he stayed 64 days and He was the champion, obtaining an absolute majority with 64% of the votes , becoming the first man to win a reality show in Mexico.

In March 2004, the TV show No Manches was released on Channel 5 of Televisa, started by Omar, No manches was a family variety-show, with jokes, characters and musical guests, which had international guests like Robbie Williams, Shakira, Hanson, Thalía among others, this TV show changed the way television was made in Mexico.

In July of that year Omar traveled to Greece to the Olympic Games , with Televisa's team, making comedy.

In that year Omar made his debut in Movies in the film Puños Rosas playing the part of Chuy and also he made the dub in to Spanish of the character Syndrome of the Movie The Incredibles from Walt Disney.

In 2005 he debuted in theater in the play “La cena de los idiotas” that allowed Omar to act alongside former Jose Elias Moreno, Luis Gatica among others, getting many awards as the best new actor.

In July 2005 he got the second place of the contest “Festival Original Cantado y Unico” and also in November of that year he got first place of the reality show Bailando por México (dancing for Mexico) again obtaining an absolute majority with 50% of the votes.

In that year he also debuted as Industrialist releasing his own line of clothes, under the name "Bros Club" and which its exclusively available in Sears Mexico.

On December 2005 Omar, opened his restaurant-bar "Bros Club" in Chihuahua, México.

In January 2006, he joined to the reality show Cantando por un sueño (Singing for a dream) getting fifth place, he also was host of the contest TV show Buenas Tardes. In that year Omar was also invited to play in some episodes of the soap opera La fea mas bella.

In June 2006, he traveled again with the Televisa's team to the World Cup in Germany, to make comedy sketches.

He made the dub in to Spanish of the movie Hoodwinked (Buza Caperuza in Spanish)

In September of this year, Omar debuted as showman, releasing his own show which he wrote by himself, taking his show to many cities of Mexico and USA, .."Omar Chaparro el Show" it's a spectacle for all the family, in which Omar introduces his famous characters jokes and music

On October 21, 2006, Robbie Williams invited Omar to play the guitar, at the Robbie's concert in Mexico City like he had promised Omar a year ago in the TV show "No manches", that when he was back in Mexico they both will sing a song together on stage, and Omar play the guitar at Robbie's concert, while he sang the song "Better man"

In February 2007, Omar is included in the book "Televisa Presenta" to celebrate the 50 Televisa's Anniversary

On May 15, 2007, Omar debuted as actor on TV, in the TV show "Sexo y otros secretos" (sex and other secrets), Mexican version of the American TV show "Sex and the city".

In July 2007, Omar appeared in the summer edition of the magazine TV y novelas Mexico "Piel de estrellas" (skin of stars)

On Sept 2008, Omar was hired by Telefutura the sister station of Univision, to conduct his own show.

On September 4, 2010 Omar was hired to host the Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards México 2010 along with Anahí.

Career[link]

Omar in the radio[link]

• Los Visitantes (1996–1999)
• Ya Párate (2002- until now)

TV shows[link]

• The visitors (1999)
• Black and White (2001–2004)
• No Manches (2004–2006)
• Buenas Tardes (2006)
• Sexo y otros Secretos (sex and other secrets) (2007)
• Los diez primeros (the top ten) (2008)
• ¿Qué dice la gente? (2008)

Reality shows[link]

• Big Brother VIP 2 (2003 1st place)
• Festival Original Cantado y unico (2005 second place)
• Bailando por México (2005 1st place)
• Bailando por el Teleton (2005 second place)
• Guerra de Villancicos (2005 second place)
• Cantando por un sueño (2006 fifth place)

Movies[link]

• Puños Rosas (2004) as Chuy
• The Incredibles (2004) as Syndrome
• Hoodwinked (Buza Caperuza) (2006) as the Grandmother
• Kung Fu Panda (2008) as the Po, the Panda

Television appearances[link]

• Salon 21 Concierto OV7 (2002)
• XHDRBZ (2003)
• La Jaula (2003)
• No te hagas guey con el Teleton(2003)
• Athens Summer Olympic Games (2004)
• Oye Awards (2004)
• No te hagas guey con el Teleton (2004)
• Teleton (2004)
• Celebremos México(2005)
• La fea mas bella (2006)
• La jugada del mundial (Germany World Cup 2006)
• Plaza Sesamo (2006)
• El amor hace milagros (Teleton's video 2006)
• El juicio del Teleton (2006)
• Teleton 2006
• Una bella navidad para la fea (2006)
• La Flor de Tabasco
• Tv y novelas awards (2007)

Theater[link]

• La cena de los idiotas (2005)

Album's collaborations[link]

• Big Brother Vip (2003)
• Ya Parate (2005)
• Cantando por un Sueño CD+DVD (2006)

TV advertisements[link]

• Pepsi (2004)
• Sabritas (2005)
• Embarrados Canal 5 (2005)
• Instituto Federal Electoral (2005)
• Helados Holanda (2006)
• El Canal de las estrellas (2006)
• Tarjeta 40 principales(2006)
• Campaña México es de todos (2006)
• Pedro tu eres la estrella, Homenage to Pedro Infante (2007)

External links[link]

• Omar Chaparro oficial web site
• Chaparro´s myspace

Sources[link]

• esmas.com biography
• Omar Chaparro's official website