João Carlos de Oliveira, also known as "João do Pulo" was a Brazilian athlete who competed in the triple jump and the long jump.
João Carlos Di Genio is a Brazilian physician and educator. He created and is the main owner of the largest educational holding in the country, comprised by the Sistema Objetivo and the Universidade Paulista (UNIP), a private university with more than 60 campuses all over Brazil.
Antônio Drauzio Varella is a Brazilian doctor, educator, scientist and medical science popularizer in the press and TV, as well as best-selling author. In addition to medicine, Varella is a public commentator on issues such as prison conditions, social welfare, government, literature and his professed atheism and skepticism.
RecordTV is a Brazilian free-to-air commercial television network established on September 27, 1953 by the businessman and media personality Paulo Machado de Carvalho. Its creation belongs to the television inauguration in Brazil, when Paulo Machado de Carvalho was interested by this media and wanted to expand its conglomerate to TV, which was the big news in the early 1950s. Paulo then filed a request to operate a television station in São Paulo, which was granted to him in November 1950, shortly after the pioneering TV Tupi came on air.
Tarcísio Magalhães Sobrinho, usually known as Tarcísio Meira is a Brazilian actor. He was one of the first actors to work in the most popular Brazilian channel Globo. He is the longtime owner of Fazenda Sao Marcos, a 5000 ha cattle ranch in the eastern Amazonian state of Para. Fazenda Sao Marcos is located approximately 20 km east of Aurora do Para, off the Belem-Brasília highway.
Espera Feliz is a municipality in southeastern Minas Gerais state, Brazil. The altitude is 2,430 m above sea level. Located at 20°39′00″S41°54′25″W, its neighboring cities are Caiana to the south, Dores do Rio Preto to the east, Divino to the west, Alto Caparaó and Caparaó to the north and Carangola to the southwest.
Bom Retiro is a central district in the city of São Paulo, Brazil. It is primarily commercial but has industrial and residential areas.
Jovem Pan is a large Brazilian FM radio station. The name is derived from the word jovem, which means "young", and Panamericana. The latter comes from the name of one of the earliest radio stations in Brazil, Rádio Panamericana, which began broadcasting from São Paulo on May 3, 1944 and was purchased in November of the same year by entrepreneur and sports executive Paulo Machado de Carvalho.
Pânico na TV was a Brazilian comedy program shown on RedeTV! on Sundays. It's the television version of the original radio program called Pânico. After its debut on TV, the program has become famous throughout Brazil. The show moved to Rede Bandeirantes in 2012 as Pânico na Band, staying on air until its cancellation in 2017.
Santa Cecília is a district in the city of São Paulo, Brazil.
The Subprefecture of Lapa is one of 32 subprefectures of the city of São Paulo, Brazil. It comprises six districts: Lapa, Barra Funda, Perdizes, Vila Leopoldina, Jaguaré, and Jaguara.
Mix TV was a Brazilian television music channel aimed at young people. The channel was owned by Grupo Mix de Comunicação, which also owns the Mix FM radio station. Mix TV is run by Fernando di Genio Barbosa and first aired in January 2005.
Tá no Ar: a TV na TV is a Brazilian sitcom created by Marcelo Adnet, Marcius Melhem and Mauricio Farias for Rede Globo. The series satirizes some Brazilian television programs, including the other stations.
Jornal da Record is a Brazilian news program, broadcasts on RecordTV every Monday to Friday at 21:30 and Saturday at 19:45 (BRT).
The Botanical Garden of São Paulo is a botanical garden in São Paulo, Brazil. The park spans a 164.45 hectare area in the Fontes do Ipiranga State Park, at the district of Água Funda, in São Paulo's South zone, next to São Paulo Zoo. It houses the state's Botanical Institute. It was founded, in its current location, in 1928, by the botanist Frederico Carlos Hoehne.
Grupo Bloch, also known as Empresas Bloch, is a Brazilian media conglomerate, founded by Ukrainian businessman Adolpho Bloch's family after their arrival in Rio de Janeiro in 1922, when they created Joseph Bloch & Filhos company. The company, which published pamphlets and other printed material, also started to print magazines. Thus, in 1953, the company launched Manchete magazine. With its successful launch, the publishing division of Bloch Editores was established.
The Carlos Botelho State Park is a state park is the state of São Paulo, Brazil. It protects a mountainous area of Atlantic Forest. The park contains more than half of Brazil's remaining population of endangered southern muriqui, the largest primate in the Americas other than man.
The Trófeu Raça Negra is a Brazilian award which is handed out to individuals and groups who have contributed or exhibited advancements for Afro-Brazilians. Organized by the NGO Afrobras, it was first handed out in 2000 on the 500th anniversary of the European arrival in Brazil, and has been held annually since 2004. It is similar to the NAACP Image Award in the United States.
