Marina Mota

Marina Mota é uma das caras mais conhecidas da televisão nacional dos últimos anos. Actriz, cantora e produtora, Marina deu-nos a conhecer personagens inesquecíveis, enquanto cantava o seu Fado.

Em jeito sério, mas sempre com alguns tons de humor, Marina relata-nos episódios passados, vivências para sempre lembradas. É difícil ficar indiferente àquela que é um dos grandes rostos do humor português.

1- Tem um jeito natural para a comédia e representação. De onde surgiu o seu interesse por fazer rir os outros e por representar diversos personagens? Como é interpretar tantas personagens diferentes? Fale-nos um pouco desse processo e de como se desenvolveu ao longo da sua vida.

Tudo aconteceu por acaso, fiz parte de uma revista em 1982 , “ CHÁ E PORRADAS” para a qual fui contratada como atracção nacional, ou seja só para cantar Fado Entretanto, os autores durante os ensaios da peça, acharam que eu era capaz de ter vocação para representar, talvez devido á minha personalidade extrovertida e bem disposta e assim começa a História…

A razão de gostar de “ vestir “ personagens diferentes, tem a ver com o facto de não ser fã da monotonia, de tentar diversificar o meu trabalho enquanto actriz, de tentar conhecer e ultrapassar os meus limites e acima de tudo da observação de tudo e todos que me rodeiam.

2- Além de actriz é também cantora. Como é que descobriu que também sabia cantar? Lançou álbuns de Fado e em 2006 lançou o seu ultimo álbum de originais. Qual é a sua ligação com a música? Foi algo que sempre teve interesse?

A minha primeira “ profissão” foi Fadista, é desta arte que tenho carteira profissional, gravei o primeiro disco em 1973, apenas com 10 anos ( embora já cantasse anteriormente ) e foi por cantar Fado que me estreei na revista, embora a minha carreira paralela de actriz tenha tido mais visibilidade pública.

Mais uma vez foi o acaso, sabia lá eu que era capaz de cantar…

Inscrevi-me num concurso quando tinha aproximadamente 9 anos, ( o prémio era uma motorizada Honda Amigo ) e isso era aliciante, e lá ganhei esse concurso….foi sem querer.

Posteriormente tudo se desenvolveu duma forma natural… mas é tão longa a história… é que já lá vão (oficialmente) 37 anos de carreira.

Em 2006 de facto gravei o cd “ Estados de alma”, não eram canções originais, apenas a minha escolha de vários temas que de alguma forma têm a ver comigo, mais uma vez de géneros diversos : Fado, Fado canção, música ligeira, marchas de Lisboa, folclore… mas pelos vistos teve pouco interesse, embora tenha sido gravado ao vivo com 52 músicos (algo que é inédito em Portugal) este trabalho não teve o privilégio de fazer parte das “ Play List “ ( palavra chique) das rádios nacionais, pouca gente conhece este trabalho, nunca foi divulgado.

3- Ao longo dos anos participou em vários teatros de revista. Entre a comédia feita no teatro e a comédia para televisão, qual é a que prefere e porquê?

Ambos os géneros são interessantes, a TV é mais imediatista, dá-nos mais visibilidade, promove mais facilmente, chega a mais gente. O teatro dá-nos o calor do público na hora exacta, e não há nada comparável.

4- Como foi para si em 2007 participar numa telenovela? (Fascínios)

Foi uma experiência diferente mas enriquecedora, engraçada, novo desafio. Fazer crescer uma personagem sem conhecer o seu percurso anterior e o seu desenvolvimento futuro. É sempre uma surpresa. Usei a sempre a minha intuição, a minha verdade.

5- Ao longo da sua carreira televisiva teve vários momentos de grande sucesso. Destaca algum em particular? E no teatro, qual o momento mais especial?

Todos os momentos são especiais, têm a importância que têm em determinada altura, no teatro igual. Claro que destaco, o dia da minha estreia. Emoções muito fortes.

6- Entre a música, a representação e a produção, o que prefere realmente?

Gosto das 3 vertentes, seria bom que pudesse continuar a exercê-las em simultâneo.

7- Qual foi a personagem que mais gostou de interpretar ao longo da sua carreira e porquê?

Várias, mas tenho um carinho especial pela BITUCHA, US BATNÁVÓ,( personagens que criei no Ora Bolas Marina , na SIC) o BISNAGA, a MATIDE, (Bora Lá Marina , na TVI). Talvez

porque têm uma irreverência e até infantilidade com que me identifico.

8- Como vê o estado actual da cultura em Portugal? O que faria para dinamiza-lo? Que areas destaca?

A cultura é triste, opta-se pela mediocridade, porque a qualidade dá trabalho, envergonham-se do que é genuinamente português, ( em vez de sentirem orgulho) são elitistas e etc etc etc…

9- Se pudesse escolher alguem para governar o país quem seria?

Eu…meu DEUS faria tanta coisa…

10- Sendo uma das melhores comediantes portuguesas, como avalia o actual estado da comédia em Portugal? Acha que se faz bom humor? Há bons humoristas nacionais?

A Comédia vai como o país devagar….devagarinho. E há bom e mau como em qualquer área. Seria bom que não promovessem o fácil, o fútil..

Prosit

Tapping the Bavarian Spirit

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Ladies and gentlemen of the choir, esteemed colleagues. Here we present a classy and sophisticated expose of Bavarian Beer, Bavarian Women, and Bavarian Pig. Oktoberfest 2008! Last Saturday, the 19th of September, was the very first day of Oktoberfest 2008 in Munich, Germany. It was said that if you did not get there early, that there was no way to get into an official tent, let alone find a table that had not been reserved. I mean, this was the first day of Oktoberfest! So, we got there early, and of course Sophie and Allie needed morning coffee.


Oh yeah, Miss Sophie Boddington, one of Allie's best friends from San Francisco, California, came to visit us just in time for Oktoberfest (as well as the first Raclette of the season!).

Reminiscent of Feria in Sevilla, as we arrived in the morning we encountered a huge fair ground in the middle of Munich, filled with rides, games, and the ominous beer tents. And when I say tent, I mean TENT, as in they are built to hold upwards of 7000 people. So, we got there at 8, and even though the tents didn't open until 9/10, there were huge, huge lines. But, luckily I was there with two beautiful girls in traditional garb. When they left to go to the bathroom, leaving me to save our place in line, I was skeptical of our ability to appropriate a table in the tent. Especially since official Oktoberfest beer is only served to those who are sitting at a table. But, then Allie returned solo and pulled me out of line. Turns out that a security guard had let them into a tent before the doors even opened, and Allie had quickly run off to get her "friend". Either way, we got into the tent pretty much before anyone else and found a table that had not been reserved. So, what's the lesson? Always travel with pretty girls, apparently they get things that we guys couldn't dream of!

Pre-Beer: We got in at 9, but the first beer doesn't get poured until 12, so we had a little bit of time to kill. So, we wandered around and ate brezi (pretzels) and made new friends at our table, who would soon become our drinking buddies!


The three hours went by fairly quick and we had a good time talking, exploring, dancing on the benches and playing cards, but as the hands of the clock crept closer and closer to 12, all 7000 of us in the tent grew a little edgy and impatient. But, good things come to those who are patient, a lesson we learned the hard way since I think we were the last table in the entire tent to receive our beer. But, I must say it was worth the wait. Well worth the wait.







The Song:

Ein Prosit, Ein Prosit, Gemutlichkeit!
Ein Prosit, Ein Prosit, Gemutlichkeit!

(Cheers, Cheers, Coziness!)
You gotta love Oktoberfest. It's all about the beer, and the food and the traditional garb. Next year I have to get a pair of lederhosen.

Mmm Mmm Mmm, there's nothing like Schweinshaxe during the second beer (or mass as they call the gigantic 1 Liter Oktoberfest beers!) You gotta respect the waiters and waitresses who sometimes walk around with as many as 15 Beers at once.


Allie and Sophie making friends.


Somehow Antonello wandered into our tent of all tents and Allie was kind enough to point him in the right direction. Lucky him, he wouldn't have been able to get a beer if he hadn't run into us!


Well, until we changed tents at least. A friend of mine from ETH, a native Munchener, invited us to his reserved table in the massive Paulaner tent. So, at 4, we wandered out of the tent where we were greeted by the sun and thousands of jolly Bavarians in lederhosen and dresses, and stepped right back into another tent.

Once again, good beer, good food, great people, and lots of drunk bavarians singing Schlager (the folk music of Bavaria) renditions of popular american songs!


The day after... just don't talk to her.


Well not until she's had her coffee.


I have to say that Munich is growing on Allie and I. There is a reason Mercer ranked it as the city with the 8th best quality of life in the world. Of course, we all know the number one... yeah, that's right, Zurich!


But then again, they surf in Munich. Yes, that is a real picture. Surfers on a standing wave in a river.


San Diegans need to rock the moto + surf board combination. How cool is this!


So, all in all, Oktoberfest = Good Fun. We'll definitely be heading back there again in the future.

Michael Jordan

Michael Jordan American professional basketball

Jordan was born in Brooklyn, New York, the son of Deloris (née Peoples), who worked in banking, and James R. Jordan, Sr., an equipment supervisor. His family moved to Wilmington, North Carolina, when he was a toddler. Jordan attended Emsley A. Laney High School in Wilmington, where he anchored his athletic career by playing baseball, football, and basketball. He tried out for the varsity basketball team during his sophomore year, but at 5'11" (1.80 m), he was deemed too short to play at that level. His taller friend, Harvest Leroy Smith, was the only sophomore to make the team.

Motivated to prove his worth, Jordan became the star of Laney's junior varsity squad, and tallied several 40 point games.[6] The following summer, he grew four inches (10 cm)[1] and trained rigorously. Upon earning a spot on the varsity roster, Jordan averaged about 20 points per game over his final two seasons of high school play. As a senior, he was selected to the McDonald's All-American Team after averaging a triple-double: 29.2 points, 11.6 rebounds, and 10.1 assists.

In 1981, Jordan earned a basketball scholarship to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he majored in cultural geography. As a freshman in coach Dean Smith's team-oriented system, he was named ACC Freshman of the Year after he averaged 13.4 points per game (ppg) on 53.4% shooting (field goal percentage). He made the game-winning jump shot in the 1982 NCAA Championship game against Georgetown, which was led by future NBA rival Patrick Ewing. Jordan later described this shot as the major turning point in his basketball career.[12] During his three seasons at North Carolina, he averaged 17.7 ppg on 54.0% shooting, and added 5.0 rebounds per game (rpg). He was selected by consensus to the NCAA All-American First Team in both his sophomore (1983) and junior (1984) seasons. After winning the Naismith and the Wooden College Player of the Year awards in 1984, Jordan left North Carolina one year before his scheduled graduation to enter the 1984 NBA Draft.
The Chicago Bulls selected Jordan with the third overall pick, after Hakeem Olajuwon (Houston Rockets) and Sam Bowie (Portland Trail Blazers). Jordan returned to North Carolina to complete his degree in 1986.

After a standout career at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he was a member of the Tar Heels' National Championship team in 1982, Jordan joined the NBA's Chicago Bulls in 1984. He quickly emerged as a league star, entertaining crowds with his prolific scoring. His leaping ability, illustrated by performing slam dunks from the free throw line in slam dunk contests, earned him the nicknames "Air Jordan" and "His Airness". He also gained a reputation for being one of the best defensive players in basketball. In 1991, he won his first NBA championship with the Bulls, and followed that achievement with titles in 1992 and 1993, securing a "three-peat". Although Jordan abruptly retired from basketball at the beginning of the 1993–94 NBA season to pursue a career in baseball, he rejoined the Bulls in 1995 and led them to three additional championships (1996, 1997, and 1998) as well as an NBA-record 72 regular-season wins in the 1995–96 NBA season. Jordan retired for a second time in 1999, but returned for two more NBA seasons from 2001 to 2003 as a member of the Washington Wizards.

Jordan's individual accolades and accomplishments include five MVP awards, ten All-NBA First Team designations, nine All-Defensive First Team honors, fourteen NBA All-Star Game appearances, three All-Star Game MVP awards, ten scoring titles, three steals titles, six NBA Finals MVP awards, and the 1988 NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award. He holds the NBA records for highest career regular season scoring average (30.12 points per game) and highest career playoff scoring average (33.45 points per game). In 1999, he was named the greatest North American athlete of the 20th century by ESPN, and was second to Babe Ruth on the Associated Press's list of athletes of the century. He was elected to the Basketball Hall of Fame on April 6, 2009 and was inducted on September 11, 2009.

Jordan is also noted for his product endorsements. He fueled the success of Nike's Air Jordan sneakers, which were introduced in 1985 and remain popular today.Jordan also starred in the 1996 feature film Space Jam as himself. He is the majority owner and head of basketball operations for the NBA's Charlotte Bobcats; he recently won a bidding war to buy controlling interest in the team from founding owner Robert L. Johnson.

Jordan is the fourth of five children. He has two older brothers, Larry Jordan and James R. Jordan, Jr., one older sister, Deloris, and a younger sister, Roslyn. Jordan's brother James retired in 2006 as the Command Sergeant Major of the 35th Signal Brigade of the XVIII Airborne Corps in the U.S. Army.

He married Juanita Vanoy in September 1989, and they have two sons, Jeffrey Michael and Marcus James, and a daughter, Jasmine. Jordan and Vanoy filed for divorce on January 4, 2002, citing irreconcilable differences, but reconciled shortly thereafter. They again filed for divorce and were granted a final decree of dissolution of marriage on December 29, 2006, commenting that the decision was made "mutually and amicably".[130][131] It is reported that Juanita received a $168 million settlement, making it the largest celebrity divorce settlement in history at the time on public record.

On July 21, 2006, a Cook County, Illinois judge determined that Jordan did not owe his alleged former lover Karla Knafel $5 million.[133] Jordan had allegedly paid Knafel $250,000 to keep their relationship a secret. Knafel claimed Jordan promised her $5 million for remaining silent and agreeing not to file a paternity suit after Knafel learned she was pregnant in 1991. A DNA test showed Jordan was not the father of the child.

As of 2007, Jordan lived in Highland Park, Illinois, and both of his sons attended Loyola Academy, a private Roman Catholic high school located in Wilmette, Illinois.Jeffrey graduated as a member of the 2007 graduating class and played his first collegiate basketball game on November 11, 2007, for the University of Illinois. After two seasons, Jeffrey left the Illinois basketball team in 2009. He later rejoined the team for a third season, then received a release to transfer to the University of Central Florida, where Marcus was attending. Marcus transferred to Whitney Young High School after his sophomore year and graduated in 2009. He began attending UCF in the fall of 2009.

In December 2010, the Charlotte Observer reported that Jordan had purchased and combined the two top-floor penthouses at The Trust, a luxury condominium building in downtown Charlotte, North Carolina.

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NBA basketball great Michael Jordan pauses during a ceremony where he was inducted into the North Carolina Sport Hall of Fame, during halftime of the NBA basketball game between the Toronto Raptors and Charlotte Bobcats, in Charlotte, North Carolina December 14, 2010.

Basketball legend Michael Jordan is engaged to his long-time girlfriend Yvette Prieto, his spokeswoman said on Thursday.

Jordan, 48, considered the greatest U.S. basketball player of all time, proposed to Cuban-American model Prieto, 32, over the Christmas holidays, the spokeswoman told TV station WCNC in Charlotte, North Carolina.

The couple have been dating for about three years. It will be the second marriage for Jordan, who divorced his wife Juanita in 2006 after 17 years.

Jordan spent almost 19 years with the National Basketball Association (NBA), retiring twice from the Chicago Bulls before finally quitting the game and the Washington Wizards in 2003.

He endorsed the successful line of Nike Air Jordan athletic shoes and appeared as himself in the 1996 movie "Space Jam."