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João (pronounced: [ʒuˈɐ̃w̃]) is the Portuguese form of the name John. The diminutive is Joãozinho and the feminine is Joana. It is quite widespread in Portuguese-speaking countries and therefore also the name of several notable people and places:
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Stanley Getz (February 2, 1927 – June 6, 1991) was an American jazz saxophone player. Getz was known as "The Sound" because of his warm, lyrical tone, his prime influence being the wispy, mellow timbre of his idol, Lester Young. Coming to prominence in the late 1940s with Woody Herman's big band, Getz is described by critic Scott Yanow as "one of the all-time great tenor saxophonists". Getz went on to perform in bebop, cool jazz and third stream, but is perhaps best known for popularizing bossa nova, as in the worldwide hit single "The Girl from Ipanema" (1964).
Getz was born on February 2, 1927, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. His parents were Ukrainian Jews who emigrated from the Kiev area in 1903. The family later moved to New York City for better employment opportunities. Getz worked hard in school, receiving straight As, and finished sixth grade close to the top of his class. Getz's major interest was in musical instruments, and he felt a need to play every instrument in sight. He played a number of them before his father bought him his first saxophone at the age of 13. Even though his father also got him a clarinet, Getz instantly fell in love with the saxophone and began practicing eight hours a day.
Carlos Augusto Alves Santana (born July 20, 1947) is a Mexican and American rock guitarist. Santana became famous in the late 1960s and early 1970s with his band, Santana, which pioneered rock, Latin music and jazz fusion. The band's sound featured his melodic, blues-based guitar lines set against Latin and African rhythms featuring percussion instruments such as timbales and congas not generally heard in rock music. Santana continued to work in these forms over the following decades. He experienced a resurgence of popularity and critical acclaim in the late 1990s. In 2003, Rolling Stone magazine listed Santana at number 15 on their list of the 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time. He has won 10 Grammy Awards and 3 Latin Grammy Awards.
Santana was born in Autlán de Navarro, Jalisco, Mexico. Carlos learned to play the violin at age five and the guitar at age eight. His younger brother, Jorge Santana, would also become a professional guitarist. Young Carlos was heavily influenced by Ritchie Valens at a time when there were very few Latinos in American rock and pop music. The family moved from Autlán de Navarro to Tijuana In La Colonia Libertad, the city on Mexico's border with California, and then San Francisco. Carlos stayed in Tijuana but joined his family in San Francisco later and graduated from James Lick Middle School and Mission High School there. He graduated from Mission High in 1965. Carlos was accepted into the California State University, Northridge and Humboldt State University, but turned down both of the offers. Javier Bátiz, a famous guitarist from Tijuana, was said to have been Carlos's guitar teacher who taught him to play a different style of guitar soloing. After learning Javier Batiz's techniques, Santana would make them his own as well.
Actors: Katja Riemann (actress), Tilo Prückner (actor), Ken Duken (actor), August Zirner (actor), Frederick Lau (actor), André Jung (actor), Norbert Maass (miscellaneous crew), Mavie Hörbiger (actress), Denis Moschitto (actor), Kostja Ullmann (actor), Hildegard Schmahl (actress), Bruno Eyron (actor), Marco Kreuzpaintner (writer), Marco Kreuzpaintner (writer), Marco Kreuzpaintner (director),
Genres: Comedy,Actors: Alex Garcia (producer), Carlos Cuarón (director), Carlos Cuarón (writer), Carlos Cuarón (producer), Veronica Falcón (actress), Héctor Jiménez (actor), Santiago Garcia Galvan (producer), Enrique Arreola (actor), Tita Lombardo (producer), Bernardo Terrones (actor), Paloma Arredondo (actress), Kristyan Ferrer (actor), Paloma Arredondo (miscellaneous crew), Bernardo Terrones (miscellaneous crew), Eugenio Villamar (miscellaneous crew),
Genres: ,Actors: Jay Kim (composer), Ariel Elia (producer), Ariel Elia (writer), Mira el Koussa (director), Rodrigo Costa (actor), Patricia Heneine (editor), Mario Guto (actor),
Plot: A lonely and vulnerable shoe-shiner kid holds a silent fascination for a transvestite - prostituting next to him on a Copacabana beach sidewalk. One night they share a client, but end up fighting over his gift coin. Beseeching the goddess of the sea, they soon find a better fortune.
Genres: Drama, Short,Actors: Marina Person (actress), Gustavo Rosa de Moura (director), Gustavo Rosa de Moura (producer), Gustavo Rosa de Moura (writer), Bruno Ferreira (producer), Bruno Ferreira (producer), Ricardo Saito (editor), Eduardo Climachauska (actor),
Genres: Drama, Short,Actors: Anthony LaPaglia (actor), Anthony LaPaglia (producer), David Williamson (writer), Gabriel Dowrick (miscellaneous crew), Dominic Purcell (producer), Lisa Gerrard (composer), Paul Sonkkila (actor), Marcello De Francisci (composer), Nathan Phillips (actor), Robert Connolly (director), Gyton Grantley (actor), Robert Connolly (writer), Scott Warwick (miscellaneous crew), Nick Farnell (actor), Felino Dolloso (actor),
Plot: As Indonesia prepares to invade the tiny nation of East Timor, five Australian based journalists go missing. Four weeks later, veteran foreign correspondent Roger East is lured to East Timor by the young and charismatic José Ramos-Horta to tell the story of his country and investigate the fate of the missing men. As East's determination to uncover the truth grows, the threat of invasion intensifies and an unlikely friendship develops between the last foreign correspondent in East Timor and the man who will become President. BALIBO is a political thriller that tells the true story of crimes that have been covered up for over thirty years.
Keywords: apathy, arms-trade, asthma, bandaging-a-wound, based-on-true-story, bearing-witness, brutality, church-bells, collusion, complicityActors: Alex Castillo (actor), Charles Hall (miscellaneous crew), Jennifer Glynn (miscellaneous crew), Franck Lebon (composer), Cindy Thoennessen (miscellaneous crew), Jan Turetsky (miscellaneous crew), Danielle Turchiano (miscellaneous crew), Diane Becker (miscellaneous crew), Cindy Thoennessen (editor), Cody Benjamin Lee (actor), Tamanna Shah (miscellaneous crew), Todd Maetani (miscellaneous crew), Maya Kanehara (miscellaneous crew), Barbara Gannen (miscellaneous crew), Brody Nicholas Lee (actor),
Plot: Matteus is a six-year-old who treasures storytelling hour with his parents before bedtime. Believing that they will stop telling him bedtime stories once he learns how to read, Matteus comes up with a plan to exempt himself from reading exercises at school.
Keywords: bilingual, hopscotch, ill-mother, one-word-title, storytellerActors: Terence Blanchard (composer), Spike Lee (producer), Terence Chang (producer), Cinqué Lee (writer), Emir Kusturica (producer), Cinqué Lee (producer), Andre Royo (actor), David Thewlis (actor), Ernesto Mahieux (actor), Maria Grazia Cucinotta (actress), Rosie Perez (actress), Maria Grazia Cucinotta (producer), Coati Mundi (actor), Spike Lee (director), Emir Kusturica (director),
Plot: Seven shorts about childhood problem through the eyes of seven directors. 1) "Tanza": Mehdi Chafer shows a boy called Tanza in an undefined country in Africa fighting in a civil war with machine gun and explosives, and dreaming on having his home and going to school. 2) "Uros": Emir Kusturica shows a gypsy boy called Uros in his last day in a juvenile prison in Serbia-Montenegro without any other perspective but returning to the place. 3) "Jesus Children of America": Spike Lee shows a HIV positive girl called Blanca, daughter of junkies' parents with Aids and the cruelty of her schoolmates in school. 4) "Bilu and João": Kátia Lund gives an optimistic approach of two homeless children that fight to survive working on the streets, collecting beer and soda tins and paper to sell in a junkyard, and transporting shops in street fairs. 5) "Jonathan": Jordan and Ridley Scott show a photographer correspondent of war in pain for his past experiences. 6) "Ciro": Stefano Veneruso shows a young boy in Naples that pickpockets to survive. 7) "Song Son and Little Cat": John Woo shows a tale of fantasy, with a homeless orphan and a spoiled wealthy girl.
Keywords: africa, anthology, boy, chase, chased-by-a-dog, child-abandonment, child-with-gun, civil-war, collecting, forestActors: Frantisek Rehák (actor), Oldrich Vlach (actor), Karel Roden (actor), Jan Otcenásek (producer), Petr Forman (actor), Jan Danhel (editor), Marek Daniel (actor), Viktor Schwarcz (producer), Júlio Martin (actor), Matej Forman (actor), Roman Zach (actor), Dana Poláková (actress), Sylva Hanáková (costume designer), David Jarab (director), David Jarab (writer),
Genres: Thriller,Actors: JR Bourne (actor), Filipe Paulo (director), Filipe Paulo (producer), Filipe Paulo (writer), Isabel Duarte (actress), Grace Kary (producer), Brian McFarlane (composer), John Brinco (actor), Michael Medeiros (actor),
Genres: Short,Actors: Jason Kliot (writer), Joana Vicente (actress), Bruno de Almeida (actor), Jason Kliot (director), James Lyons (editor), Colin Wood (actor), Freddie Bryant (composer),
Genres: Short,