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Perfect Day

2011-06-08T19:14:00.000-07:00

In order of appearance:

Lou Reed
Bono
Skye Edwards (from Morcheeba)
David Bowie
Suzanne Vega
Elton John
Andrew Davis
Boyzone
Lesley Garrett
Lou Reed
Burning Spear
Bono
Thomas Allen
Brodsky Quartet
Heather Small (from M People)
Emmylou Harris
Tammy Wynette
Shane MacGowan
Sheona White (playing tenor horn)
Dr. John
David Bowie
Robert Cray
Huey (from Fun Lovin' Criminals)
Ian Broudie (from The Lightning Seeds)
Gabrielle
Dr. John
Evan Dando (from The Lemonheads)
Emmylou Harris
Courtney Pine (soprano saxophone player)
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Andrew Davis
Bono
Andrew Davis
Brett Anderson (from Suede)
Visual Ministry Choir
Joan Armatrading
Laurie Anderson
Heather Small
Tom Jones
Heather Small (voice only)
Lou Reed

Goya Winners for 2008 (awarded 1 Feb. 2009)

2009-02-01T15:18:00.000-08:00

Here's the complete list of tonight's Goya Winners:

Best Film: Camino

Best Director: Javier Fesser, for Camino

Best New Director: Santiago A. Zannou, for El Truco del Manco (The One Armed Trick)

Best Actor: Benicio del Toro, for Che

Best Actress: Carme Elías, for Camino

Best Supporting Actor: Jordi Dauder for Camino

Best Supporting Actress: Penélope Cruz, for Vicky Cristina Barcelona

Best New Actress: Nerea Camacho, for Camino

Best New Actor: Juan Manuel 'Langui' Montilla, for El Truco del Manco

Best Original Script: Javier Fesser, for Camino

Best Script Adaptation: Rafael Azcona for Los Girasoles Ciegos

Best Song: A Tientas (By Touch), from the film El Truco del Manco, written by Woulfjrank Zannou, and Juan Manuel "Langui" Montilla

Best Original Score Roque Baños for The Oxford Murders

Best Hispano-American Film: Chile's La buena vida, directed by Andrés Wood

Best European Film: Four Months, Three Weeks, and Two Days, from Romania

Best Animated Film: El Lince Perdido, by Kandor Graphics

Best Documentary: Bucarest, la Memoria Perdida (Bucharest, Lost Memory)

Best Short Fiction Film: Miente, by Isabel Ocampo

Best Animated Short: La Increíble Historia del Hombre sin Sombra, by José Esteban Alenda

Best Short Documentary: Héroes, No Hacen Falta para Volar, by Ángel Loza

Best Costumes: Lala Huete, for El Greco.

Best Production Director: Rosa Romero, for The Oxford Murders

Best Art Direction: Antxón Gómez for Che

Best Sound: Daniel de Zayas, Jorge Marín and Maite Rivera, for 3 Días

Best Makeup and Hair: José Quetglas, Nieves Sánchez and Mar Paradela for Mortadelo y Filemón: Misión Salvar la Tierra

Best Special Effects: Mortadelo y Filemón: Misión Salvar la Tierra

Best Cinematography: Paco Femenía, for Sólo Quiero Caminar

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Personal and social well-being ratings in Europe

2009-02-01T12:50:00.001-08:00

1 Denmark
2 Norway
3 Switzerland
4 Sweden
5 Ireland
6 Finland
7 Austria
8 Spain
9 Netherlands
10 Cyprus
11 Belgium
12 Germany
13 UK
14 Slovenia
15 Portugal
16 France
17 Poland
18 Estonia
19 Hungary
20 Bulgaria
21 Slovakia
22 Ukraine

Source: National Accounts of Well-being

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2009 Academy Award Nominations:

2009-01-22T06:45:00.000-08:00

1. Best Picture: “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button,” “Frost/Nixon,” “Milk,” “The Reader,” “Slumdog Millionaire.”

2. Actor: Richard Jenkins, “The Visitor“; Frank Langella, “Frost/Nixon“; Sean Penn, “Milk“; Brad Pitt, “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button“; Mickey Rourke, “The Wrestler.”

3. Actress: Anne Hathaway, “Rachel Getting Married“; Angelina Jolie, “Changeling“; Melissa Leo, “Frozen River“; Meryl Streep, “Doubt“; Kate Winslet, “The Reader.”

4. Supporting Actor: Josh Brolin, “Milk“; Robert Downey Jr., “Tropic Thunder“; Philip Seymour Hoffman, “Doubt“; Heath Ledger, “The Dark Knight“; Michael Shannon, “Revolutionary Road.”

5. Supporting Actress: Amy Adams, “Doubt“; Penelope Cruz, “Vicky Cristina Barcelona“; Viola Davis, “Doubt“; Taraji P. Henson, “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button“; Marisa Tomei, “The Wrestler.”

6. Director: David Fincher, “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button“; Ron Howard, “Frost/Nixon“; Gus Van Sant, “Milk“; Stephen Daldry, “The Reader“; Danny Boyle, “Slumdog Millionaire.”

7. Foreign Film: “The Baader Meinhof Complex,” Germany; “The Class,” France; “Departures,” Japan; “Revanche,” Austria; “Waltz With Bashir,” Israel.

8. Adapted Screenplay: Eric Roth and Robin Swicord, “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button“; John Patrick Shanley, “Doubt“; Peter Morgan, “Frost/Nixon“; David Hare, “The Reader“; Simon Beaufoy, “Slumdog Millionaire.”

9. Original Screenplay: Courtney Hunt, “Frozen River“; Mike Leigh, “Happy-Go-Lucky“; Martin McDonagh, “In Bruges“; Dustin Lance Black, “Milk“; Andrew Stanton, Jim Reardon and Pete Docter, “WALL-E.”

10. Animated Feature Film: “Bolt“; “Kung Fu Panda“; “WALL-E.”

11. Art Direction: “Changeling,” “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button,” “The Dark Knight,” “The Duchess,” “Revolutionary Road.”

12. Cinematography: “Changeling,” “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button,” “The Dark Knight,” “The Reader,” “Slumdog Millionaire.”

13. Sound Mixing: “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button,” “The Dark Knight,” “Slumdog Millionaire,” “WALL-E,” “Wanted.”

14. Sound Editing: “The Dark Knight,” “Iron Man,” “Slumdog Millionaire,” “WALL-E,” “Wanted.”1

15. Original Score: “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button,” Alexandre Desplat; “Defiance,” James Newton Howard; “Milk,” Danny Elfman; “Slumdog Millionaire,” A.R. Rahman; “WALL-E,” Thomas Newman.

16. Original Song: “Down to Earth” from “WALL-E,” Peter Gabriel and Thomas Newman; “Jai Ho” from “Slumdog Millionaire,” A.R. Rahman and Gulzar; “O Saya” from “Slumdog Millionaire,” A.R. Rahman and Maya Arulpragasam.

17. Costume: “Australia,” “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button,” “The Duchess,” “Milk,” “Revolutionary Road.”

18. Documentary Feature: “The Betrayal (Nerakhoon),” “Encounters at the End of the World,” “The Garden,” “Man on Wire,” “Trouble the Water.”

19. Documentary (short subject): “The Conscience of Nhem En,” “The Final Inch,” “Smile Pinki,” “The Witness — From the Balcony of Room 306.”

20. Film Editing: “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button,” “The Dark Knight,” “Frost/Nixon,” “Milk,” “Slumdog Millionaire.”

21. Makeup: “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button,” “The Dark Knight,” “Hellboy II: The Golden Army.”

22. Animated Short Film: “La Maison en Petits Cubes,” “Lavatory — Lovestory,” “Oktapodi,” “Presto,” “This Way Up.”

23. Live Action Short Film: “Auf der Strecke (On the Line),” “Manon on the Asphalt,” “New Boy,” “The Pig,” “Spielzeugland (Toyland).”

24. Visual Effects: “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button,” “The Dark Knight,” “Iron Man.”

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Nominees for 2009 Goya Awards

2009-01-17T06:08:00.000-08:00

Best Film
• Camino, Dir: Javier Fesser
• The Oxford Murders, Dir: Álex De La Iglesia
• Los Girasoles Ciegos, Dir: José Luis Cuerda
• Sólo Quiero Caminar, Dir: Agustín Díaz Yanes

Best Director
• Javier Fesser, Camino
• Álex De La Iglesia, The Oxford Murders
• José Luis Cuerda, Los Girasoles Ciegos
• Agustín Díaz Yanes, Sólo Quiero Caminar

Best New Director
• Belén Macías, El Patio De Mi Cárcel
• Santiago A. Zannou, El Truco Del Manco
• Nacho Vigalondo, Los Cronocrímenes
• Irene Cardona Bacas, Un Novio Para Yasmina

Best actor
• Benicio Del Toro, Che: El Argentino
• Javier Cámara, "Fuera de carta"
• Raúl Arévalo, Los Girasoles Ciegos
•Diego Luna, Sólo Quiero Caminar

Best actress
• Carme Elías, Camino
• Verónica Echegui, El Patio De Mi Cárcel
• Maribel Verdú, Los Girasoles Ciegos
• Ariadna Gil, Sólo Quiero Caminar

Best Supporting Actor
• Jordi Dauder, Camino
• Fernando Tejero, "Fuera de carta"
• José Ángel Egido, Los Girasoles Ciegos
• José María Yazpik, Sólo Quiero Caminar

Best Supporting Actress
• Elvira Mínguez, Cobardes
• Rosana Pastor, La Conjura de El Escorial
•Tina Sainz, Sangre De Mayo
•Penélope Cruz, Vicky Cristina Barcelona

Best Original script
• Javier Fesser, Camino
• Dionisio Pérez, José Antonio Quirós and Ignacio Del Moral, Cenizas Del Cielo
• Chus Gutiérrez and Juan Carlos Rubio, Retorno A Hansala
• Agustín Díaz Yanes, Sólo Quiero Caminar

Best Script Adaptation
• Peter Buchman, Che: El Argentino
• Jorge Guerricaechevarría and Álex De La Iglesia, The Oxford Murders
• Rafael Azcona and José Luis Cuerda, Los Girasoles Ciegos
• Ángeles González-Sinde, Una Palabra Tuya

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Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown=Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios (1988)

2009-01-11T18:45:00.000-08:00

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Trivial Spain: Answers

2007-07-28T18:34:00.000-07:00

Here are the answers to the questions at the Trivial Spain post:
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1. The official name of the country is
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A. Spain
B. The Republic of Spain
C. The Kingdom of Spain
D. The Spanish Federation of Autonomous Communities
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2. In Spain the film "The Sound of Music" goes by the name of
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A. Tu y Yo (You and I)
B. El Sonido de La Musica (The Sound of Music)
C. Sonrisas y Lagrimas (Smiles and Tears)
D. Maria y El Capitan (Maria and the Captain)
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3. A small part of Spain is located within
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A. Morocco - The Spanish enclaves of Ceuta and Melillla are located on the coast of Morocco, not within it.
B. France The enclave of Llivia
C. Portugal
D. Italy
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4. With an average altitude of 660 meters, Spain has the ____ highest average altitude of any country in Europe.
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A. 15th
B. 5th
C. 22nd
D. 2nd - only Switzerland has a higher average altitude.
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5. In the year 1600 the largest city in Spain was
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A. Segovia
B. Madrid
C. Toledo - The population was 44,000.
D. Seville
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6. Spain has ____ Autonomous Communities.
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A. 32
B. 12
C. 15
D. 17 - A follow-up question. Can you name them?
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7. Which Autonomous Community contains the cities of Cadiz, Granada, Malaga and Seville?
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A. Andalusia
B. Extremadura
C. Castile and Leon
D. Castile La Mancha
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8. How many Autonomous Communities consist entirely of islands?
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A. 6
B. 2 - The Balearic Islands and the Canary Islands.
C. 0
D. 3
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9. Madrid, the capital of Spain, is located in which Autonomous Community?
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A. Madrid - The Autonomous Community of Madrid is composed of several cities and towns including Madrid, Alcalá de Henares, Aranjuez, Getafe, San Lorenzo de El Escorial and others.
B. Castile La Mancha
C. Castile and Leon
D. Andalusia
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10. Where was Pablo Picasso from?
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A. Catalonia
B. Andalusia - He was born in the city of Malaga, to be exact.
C. Murcia
D. Guernica - this the title of one of his most famous paintings, which is named after a Spanish town that was bombed by Nazi planes during the Spanish Civil War.
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11. Which dance originated in Andalusia?
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A. Tango
B. Merengue
C. Salsa
D. Flamenco
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12. Spain used to be
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A. ruled by Muslims.
B. a Republic. - Spain was twice a Republic - between Feb. 11, 1873 and Dec. 29, 1874 and again from April 14, 1931 until April 1, 1939.
C. an empire.
D. all of the above.
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13. The Canary Islands are in the
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A. Mediterranean
B. Sargasso Sea
C. Atlantic Ocean
D. Caribbean
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14. The Canary Islands were named after
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A. dogs - From the Latin for dog, "cane" or "canis."
B. birds
C. a rich Spanish family
D. None of the above
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15. Salvador Dalí was
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A. Catalan - He was born and died in the city of Figueres, to be exact.
B. Andalusian
C. Galician
D. Basque
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16. Spain has a Parliament and
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A. a President of the Government.
B. a Prime Minister.
C. a Chancellor.
D. A and B. - The Spanish Prime Minister is referred to as the President of the Government. He is not, however, the Spanish Head of State, who is King Juan Carlos.
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17. In the 19th century Spain fought wars with
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A. Britain
B. France
C. the USA
D. B and C - Spain fought Napoleon at the beginning of the century and the Spanish-American war near the end of it.
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18. There
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A. is one language that is official throughout all of Spain (Castilian Spanish).
B. is a total of four official languages in Spain: Castilian Spanish throughout the country and three languages that are co-official in their respective Autonomous Communities (Catalan, Basque and Galician).
C. are four unofficial regional languages (Asturian, Aragonese, Aranese and Valencian).
D. All of the above. - Plus there are dialects like Andalusian and Canarian.
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19. Tomatoes, potatoes, avocados, tobacco and cacao
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A. were all brought to Europe and then spread around the world by the Spaniards.
B. are all words that were adopted by the English language from Spanish.
C. All of the above.
D. None of the above.
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20. The cities with the largest populations in Spain, from largest to smallest, are
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A. Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia, Seville, Zaragoza
B. Madrid, Barcelona, Seville, Valencia, Zaragoza - Only Seville and Zaragoza are under 1 million.
C. Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia, Zaragoza, Seville
D. Madrid, Seville, Barcelona, Valencia, Zaragoza
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How did you do?
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1 - 4 correct - you are a true "guiri."
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5 - 9 - you are a fan.
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10 - 14 - you are an aficionado.
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15 - 19 - you are a Spanish lover.
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20 - you probably live here - and if you don't, you probably should!

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See you back at Spain the Blog!