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    João Gilberto (born João Gilberto do Prado Pereira de Oliveira – Portuguese: [ʒuˈɐ̃w ʒiwˈbɛʁtu]; 10 June 1931 – 6 July 2019) was a Brazilian guitarist...
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    lothario father Julio". London Evening Standard. 1 June 2007. Archived from the original on 9 March 2014. Retrieved 9 March 2014. Egido, José Antonio (1993)...
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    born on the same planet as the rest of us." —Benfica goalkeeper Costa Pereira following the loss to Santos in 1962. Santos's most successful Copa Libertadores...
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    Fundação Casa Grande Geraldo Sarno Inezita Barroso João Donato José Júlio Pereira Cordeiro Blanco Lia de Itamaracá Liz Calder Márcia Haydée Mauricio de Sousa...
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    Supporting Actress for Rachel Weisz. He also directed the 2008 adaptation of José Saramago's novel Blindness, and the 2011 film 360. In 2019 Meirelles directed...
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    Fundação Casa Grande Geraldo Sarno Inezita Barroso João Donato José Júlio Pereira Cordeiro Blanco Lia de Itamaracá Liz Calder Márcia Haydée Mauricio de Sousa...
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    Person of the Year. Veloso was one of seven children born into the family of José Telles Veloso (commonly known as Seu Zeca), a government official, and Claudionor...
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    Fundação Casa Grande Geraldo Sarno Inezita Barroso João Donato José Júlio Pereira Cordeiro Blanco Lia de Itamaracá Liz Calder Márcia Haydée Mauricio de Sousa...
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    women's music anthology album in Portugal. Here, she met music producer José "Djô" da Silva, who signed Évora to his record label, Lusafrica. She released...
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    Fundação Casa Grande Geraldo Sarno Inezita Barroso João Donato José Júlio Pereira Cordeiro Blanco Lia de Itamaracá Liz Calder Márcia Haydée Mauricio de Sousa...
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    documentary film, Damned – The Strange World of José Mojica Marins (Maldito - O Estranho Mundo de José Mojica Marins), directed by biographers André Barcinski...
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    José Sarney de Araújo Costa (Portuguese pronunciation: [ʒuˈzɛ saʁˈnej dʒi aɾaˈuʒu ˈkɔstɐ]; born José Ribamar Ferreira de Araújo Costa; 24 April 1930) is...
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    Boal was in charge of directing plays along with other dramaturgs such as José Renato, who was also the founder of the Arena Theatre. It was here that he...
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    Portuguese municipality of Marco de Canaveses. She was the second daughter of José Maria Pinto da Cunha (17 February 1887 – 21 June 1938) and Maria Emília Miranda...
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    OCLC 859535737. Salgado, Sebastião; Buarque de Holanda, Francisco; Saramago, José; Landers, Clifford (1997). Terra : struggle of the landless. London: Phaidon...
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    charge for drugging and raping a 13-year-old girl. In 2012, Salles released José Rivera's screenplay adaptation of Jack Kerouac's On the Road, with Francis...
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    as newly graduated journalist Cláudia. During this telenovela, Nelson Pereira dos Santos invited her to play Heloísa, Graciliano Ramos' wife, in his...
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    thousand people, located in the sertão, or countryside, of Bahia. His father, José Gil Moreira, was a doctor; his mother, Claudina Passos Gil Moreira, an elementary...
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    Fundação Casa Grande Geraldo Sarno Inezita Barroso João Donato José Júlio Pereira Cordeiro Blanco Lia de Itamaracá Liz Calder Márcia Haydée Mauricio de Sousa...
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    Fundação Casa Grande Geraldo Sarno Inezita Barroso João Donato José Júlio Pereira Cordeiro Blanco Lia de Itamaracá Liz Calder Márcia Haydée Mauricio de Sousa...
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    Fundação Casa Grande Geraldo Sarno Inezita Barroso João Donato José Júlio Pereira Cordeiro Blanco Lia de Itamaracá Liz Calder Márcia Haydée Mauricio de Sousa...
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    Brasília Festival of Brazilian Cinema, including Best Film, Director, Actor (José Dumont) and Actress (Marcélia Cartaxo) and, internationally, earning the...
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    Nelson Pereira dos Santos (22 October 1928 – 21 April 2018) was a Brazilian film director. He directed films such as Vidas Secas (Barren Lives), based...
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    Brazilian music. Bethânia is the sixth of eight children born into the family of José Telles Veloso (Seu Zeca), a government official, and Claudionor Viana Telles...
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    Caetano [pt] Joaquim Manuel de Macedo Joaquim Serra José Bonifácio the Younger José de Alencar Júlio Ribeiro Junqueira Freire Laurindo Rabelo Antônio Peregrino...
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    in Latin America. A child prodigy, Martins began studying the piano with José Kliass at the age of eight. The following year, he won a competition sponsored...
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    "sad" Chico. Brazilian Portuguese: [ˈʃiku buˈaʁki]. Demony, Catarina; Pereira, Miguel (2023-04-24). "Brazilian legend Buarque receives prestigious literary...
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    Fundação Casa Grande Geraldo Sarno Inezita Barroso João Donato José Júlio Pereira Cordeiro Blanco Lia de Itamaracá Liz Calder Márcia Haydée Mauricio de Sousa...
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    born in Gávea, a neighbourhood of Rio de Janeiro, to Clodoaldo da Silva Pereira Moraes, a public servant, and Lidia Cruz, a housewife and amateur pianist...
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    2018: E sua visão original do forró 1956: Ritmos Alucinantes, by Clovis Pereira 1959: Batucando no Morro, by Pernambuco do Pandeiro e seu regional 1970:...
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