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HOLLYWOOD

Friday, April 3, 2009

HOLLYWOOD

Louis B. Mayer was one of the original founders of MGM; here are one or two things said about Mr Mayer, and by whom:
“They say Louis B. Mayer is his own worst enemy. Not while I’m still alive”.
Jack Warner, one of the original founders of Warner Bros.
“A bastard’s bastard”.
Garson Kanin, famed screenwriter.
“He charms the… »

Tortilla Francesa

Tuesday, March 24, 2009

Tortilla Francesa

“Debido a la falta de alimentos sufridos por la población isleña (San Fernando -Cádiz-) durante el asedio francés, se dieron multitud de casos en los que el ingenio supo sobreponerse a la carencia que la guerra provocaba.

Uno de estos ejemplos culinarios fue la invención de lo que se vendría a conocer posteriormente como tortilla… »

No fear

Monday, March 23, 2009

No fear

During the German occupation of tiny Norway in the II World War, Scandinavia’s greatest classical actor was appearing in an important play in Oslo’s biggest theatre. One snowy evening the front eight rows of the auditorium were filled with German officers in full uniform, among them plenty of SS. Everyone applauded when Norway’s greatest… »

Those Celluloid Bonds

Friday, March 20, 2009

Those Celluloid Bonds

Cinema is history too, and hace muchos días two pushy American film producers called Harry Saltzman and Cubby Broccoli persuaded author Ian Fleming to sell them the rights to the titles of his highly successful James Bond thrillers. They couldn’t make their movies directly from the original stories, but they could use all names… »

Chesterton and Churchill

Sunday, February 8, 2009

Chesterton and Churchill

G.K. Chesterton was an internationally famous historian, journalist, novelist and wit. At the peak of his powers around 1906, his novels about the Catholic priest/private detective Father Brown sold in thousands. He was an enormously fat man, given to sitting in his London club by himself, and not encouraging any other member to approach. »

Diana Clunt!

Wednesday, January 28, 2009

Diana Clunt!

Diana Fluck was born in Swindon in 1931. When she became England’s answer to France’s Brigitte Bardot and America’s Marilyn Monroe, as a sex bomb on the cinema screen, her agents thought her name was in such obvious danger of mispronunciation that they changed it to Diana Dors.

After she had become super-famous in Britain,… »

Fíjense lo que creo en la Policía

Tuesday, January 20, 2009

http://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/2009/01/19/espana/1232368579.html
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Tengo Cáncer

Friday, January 16, 2009

Tengo Cáncer

Tengo cáncer y estoy en agonía, ya no puedo más, me muero. Mis oncólogos auguran que me queda poca vida, no sé, quizás otros veinte años, porque el tumor que lo ocasionó no para de crecer, y hay ciertas partes de mí que ya no pelean por obstaculizar su avance, como si estuvieran… »

La Mafia del Este en Madrid

Thursday, January 15, 2009

La Mafia del Este en Madrid

La noche en Madrid es cada vez más oscura. Tras la muerte de Ussía en el Balcón de Rosales, el asesinato del capo colombiano en un hospital y el ajuste de cuentas del Heaven, los empresarios madrileños están cada vez más preocupados.
Pero no sólo porque de vez en cuando hayan navajazos o duelos a… »

El conflicto árabe – israelí

Monday, January 12, 2009

El conflicto árabe – israelí

La raíz de este conflicto sin duda se encuentra en la Biblia, concretamente en el Génesis, cuando Yahvé le dijo a Abraham:
“Deja tu tierra y tus parientes y la casa de tu padre, y ve a la tierra que te mostraré”
Basándose en esta contundente frase, los extremistas judíos reivindican el territorio en el que… »

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