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Francisco Manso

Cesária Évora Dead at 70: Grammy-Winning Cape Verde Singer Also Did Film Work
World-renowned singer Cesária Évora died from cardiorespiratory insufficiency and hypertension today at the Baptista de Sousa Hospital in Mindelo, on the Cape Verde island of São Vicente. She was 70.

The heavy-smoking, heavy-drinking Évora had suffered from numerous health issues in recent years, including a series of strokes in 2008 and undergoing open-heart surgery in May 2010. Last September, she had to cancel several planned concerts after announcing that she was retiring due to ill health.

A former seamstress who grew up in poverty, Évora (born Aug. 27, 1941, in São Vicente) began her career singing "morna" [Portuguese for "lukewarm"] songs in São Vicente's local bars. "Morna" music, which sounds like a mixture of Portugal's soulful fado and Brazil's lively tropical jazz, is the national rhythm of the former Portuguese colony of Cape Verde, a series of volcanic islands off the northwestern coast of Africa.

Évora's international career was launched following the success of the 1988 French-produced album "La...
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  • 12/18/2011
  • by Andre Soares
  • Alt Film Guide
Portuguese consul's sacrifice bigger than Schindler's: Filmmaker - Realbollywood.com News
Panaji, Nov 28: Portuguese diplomat Artistides de Sousa Mendes weighs heavier on the scale of compassion and heroism than Oskar Schindler, a German industrialist who saved the lives of nearly 1,500 Jewish workers during World War II, maker of Portuguese historic film 'Consul of Bordeaux' said Monday.

Speaking to Ians, Francisco Manso, co-director of the film which opened the 42nd International Film Festival of India (Iffi), said Mendes -- played by Vitor North in the movie -- saved over 30,000 Jews during World War II by issuing them visas for safe passage to Portugal, much to the chagrin of Portuguese rulers.

'The.
See full article at RealBollywood.com
  • 11/28/2011
  • by Ketali Mehta
  • RealBollywood.com
Shah Rukh Khan
Srk to inaugurate the 42nd International Film Festival of India (Iffi) in Goa
Shah Rukh Khan
Shah Rukh Khan will be inaugurating the 42nd International Film Festival of India to be held at the pristine locales of Goa from the 23rd of November to the 3rd of December. The ten day festival will be spread across cultural locales like Kala Academy, Rabindra Bhawan and others and will bring the best of creative geniuses and celebrated auteur to a common platform which is aimed at making the festival the best in world. While the opening ceremony brings in the King of Bollywood, the closing ceremony will have the Southern Superstar Suriya best known for his super hit movies like Perazhagan, Vaaranam Aayiram and Kaakha Kaakha adding spice to the proceedings. The film festival will also see international celebrities like eminent French filmmaker Luc Besson and International actress Michelle Yeoh. The festival which is termed as the 'festival of change' seeks to bring in vast changes into the...
See full article at BollywoodHungama
  • 11/17/2011
  • by Bollywood Hungama News Network
  • BollywoodHungama
Shah Rukh Khan
Srk to inaugurate the 42nd International Film Festival of India (Iffi) in Goa
Shah Rukh Khan
Shah Rukh Khan will be inaugurating the 42nd International Film Festival of India to be held at the pristine locales of Goa from the 23rd of November to the 3rd of December. The ten day festival will be spread across cultural locales like Kala Academy, Rabindra Bhawan and others and will bring the best of creative geniuses and celebrated auteur to a common platform which is aimed at making the festival the best in world. While the opening ceremony brings in the King of Bollywood, the closing ceremony will have the Southern Superstar Suriya best known for his super hit movies like Perazhagan, Vaaranam Aayiram and Kaakha Kaakha adding spice to the proceedings. The film festival will also see international celebrities like eminent French filmmaker Luc Besson and International actress Michelle Yeoh. The festival which is termed as the 'festival of change' seeks to bring in vast changes into the...
See full article at BollywoodHungama
  • 11/17/2011
  • by Bollywood Hungama News Network
  • BollywoodHungama
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