En Inglés: Vi esa película en el cine.

How to say this phrase that gives away your age.
Cómo decir una del las frases que más delata tu edad.

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I have to admit that I saw that movie in theaters.

If you saw Casa Blanca in theaters, you are very old.

On Youtube:



In News: 

"It’s a brilliant script, with an outstanding lead performance, and when I saw it in theaters in 1988, it literally changed my life"
Cinema Blend

In francais       In French       En francais 

Je l'ai vu au cinema

En inglés: Estar en Cartelera una película.

The period in which a movie ...
El período  de tiempo durante el cual  una película o filme  permanece exhibida en los cines.

To be/run/stay/play in theaters.

Back to the Future ran/stayed/was in theaters for six months.

In Documentaries:


On Websites:

How long does a movie typically stay in theaters?
Quora


En francais       En francés       in French

Rester a l'affiche.

Sur Youtube:

Juego de palabras.

Play on words.

Play on words: an amusing use of a word or phrase that has more than one meaning. 
Cambridge Dictionary Online.

In Modern Literature:

"Again feeling repulsed by his captor's sadistic play on words."
Inferno by Dan Brown.

In News:

"A Play on Words, devised by The Diced Soup company, will be performed by West Notts College students on the BA (Hons) Applied Practice (Theatre) course."
http://www.hucknalldispatch.co.uk

Novela por entregas.

Serial, novel in serial form, serialized novel.

We have to decide what to cut from the longer serialized version to make for a more streamlined novel version.

In News:

"It was first printed in newspapers in serial form and it was read  by millions."
Stafford County Sun

"An idea was proposed last semester to publish a serialized novel yn the Papyrus"
Greenville Collega Papyrus.

Siglas/Indicativo de una emisora de radio.

Call sign, call letters.

"Call letters: the call sign of an American or Canadian radio station, especially that of a commercial broadcasting."
Collins Dictionary.

"Call sign: a combination of letters and numbers that is used to identify someone or something in a radio broadcast."
Merriam Webster Dictionary.

KCOY is Sunny Radio call sign.


In News:

"The only thing the club is waiting for “is to see if the Coast Guard will give up one or two of their call signs that we’re considering for the radio station,” Huotari said."
Your West Valley.

"When WXDU first went live on the FM dial in 1983, it wasn't the first Duke University radio station. The school had been broadcasting under various call letters and frequencies as early as 1950."
INDY WEEK

Radio/TV en señal abierta

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Terrestrial TV, broadcast TV, over-the-air TV.

In the eighties there was no cable TV in Venezuela. People watched terrestrial/broadcast/over-the-air TV and there were just four channels: Radio Caracas Televisón, Venevisión, Televisora Nacional Canal Cinco and Venezolana de Televisión.

On the Radio:



From the Radio Show Remember the Eighties.

In News: 

"The drop in the popularity of boxing can be linked to its disappearance from terrestrial television in the early 1980s.
New York Daily News.

"Cable is predicted to experience an annual global growth rate of around 3% between now and 2015, and reach a total of 573 million households. But internet TV will experience a growth rate of 24% over the next five years and reach 109 million homes, and digital terrestrial TV grow by 18% to reach 211 million households.
Utalkmarketing.com

Radio en Señal Abierta:

Terrestial Radio, broadcast radio, over-the-air radio.

Terrestial radio is better that satellite radio.

In News:

"I'm not here to offer a hard-hitting analysis of terrestrial radio consolidation, the shift toward the Internet and the relative value of indie-pop formats versus classical music. I'd just like to offer one memory of listening to KUSF as a testimony to the power of terrestrial radio and a means of meditating upon what might change as new forms of reaching listeners take over."

Los Angeles Times.

Transmisión en Señal Abierta:

Terrestial Broadcasting.

"Granier has lost hope of regaining RCTV's terrestrial broadcasting rights. The channel shuttered in 2007 after Chavez refused to renew its license for its alleged role in a 2002 coup against him."
Variety.com

First published on February 7th 2011.

Película/telenovela de época.

Period movie, period soap opera.

Do you like watching period movies?

La Dueña is the best period soap opera ever.  

On Websites:

"A period film is a film that attempts to faithfully depict a specific time period. The period film has dramatically improved with advancements in filmmaking, such as the ability to replicate better costumes and set designs using new techniques and special effects."

Wisegeek.com

In News:

"Two years ago, Hollywood pundits were describing The King's Speech as Oscar bait – a feel-good period movie about a commoner who helped a king triumph when his nation needed him. And so it transpired, with the film winning a swag of Academy Awards, including best picture."

The Age Australia.

Relleno (cancion, show, presentacion, parte de libro, escrito, episodio)

Filler song/show/performance/text/episode, a filler.

A filler is  a short text or drawings used to fill extra space in a magazine or newspaper, or talk, music, etc. used to fill extra time in a radio or television broadcast.

Cambridge Dictionary Online.

In News:

"The SAG Awards, meanwhile, are a brisk, no-filler two hours, even including all the Southland commercials."

E Entertainment Television Online.

""Speed Demon" is filler on an overrated album."

Gawker.com

Pegajoso (canción, música, ritmo, slogan, etc.)

Catchy.

a catchy tune

a song with catchy lyrics

a catchy name/slogan

Cambridge Dictionary Online.

In News:

"Billboard said on Wednesday that the infectiously catchy song was already among the 40 most-played tunes on U.S."

ABS CBN News.

"While “Kiss Me” was the most upbeat of their three major singles, each of these songs has a relatively catchy rhythm."

Daily Californian.

Lavar el cerebro a una persona para que piense o haga algo.

To brainwash someone into doing something.

"The government is trying to brainwash them into thinking that war is necessary."
Cambridge Dictionary Online.


In News:

"Afghan boy suicide bombers tell how they are brainwashed into believing they will survive." The Telegraph.

"Unless the Mittster suddenly blurts out that he was brainwashed into opposing gay marriage or something, he’s going to be running against Barack Obama in the fall.

The Daily Beast.

Hacer/Dar la Voz de un Personaje. Hacer el Doblaje de la Voz de un Personaje.

To voice a character.

Will Smith will voice the main character in the new Disney animated movie.

What does a voice actor do?
He voices characters.

Emilio Lovera voices all the characters in Isla Presidencial.

In News:

"Each week, the jovial Casey Kasem -- who also voiced Shaggy on the "Scooby-Doo" cartoon show -- would chart the progress of the week's top rock and pop songs as they made their way up the Billboard Magazine chart."
Press Box.

" Tom Hanks voiced five roles, including the train's conductor and Santa Claus. "
Farfield County Online.

"Santa (voiced byJim Broadbent pilots a vast sleigh-shaped spacecraft crewed by thousands of commando-like elves who abseil on to roofs, assess sleeping children's niceness using scanning devices, and fill stockings with the aid of handy gift-guns."
The Telegraph Australia.

Tiempo al Aire de un Programa de TV o Radio.

Run (of a TV or Radio Show).

During the run of that show, they appeared in different TV movies.



On the Radio:


Taken from American Top 40 March 23 1984.

In the News:

"Six full seasons of the series were produced in the original run of the series, featuring the voice talents of multiple guest celebrities, including Whoopi Goldberg (Gaia), Meg Ryan (Dr. Blight)..."

TV Series Finale.

"Stock spent 12 years on the air hosting a talk show on news/talk KXNT (originally just on 840 AM but now simulcast on 100.5). That run is over as the CBS Radio-owned station has dropped him. The longtime Las Vegas talker spent the majority of his career with KXNT in mornings."

Radio-Info.com

Con Doble Sentido

Double entendre.

Double entendre: word or phrase that can be understood in two different ways, one of which usually refers to sex.
Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary.

In the News:

"It is both odd and sort of charming to see the stadium rock — the crew and the fans — to this joyous 1978 song that was early on embraced by gay people for the double entendre of its lyrics, which celebrate the Y as a great place for men to meet.
New York Times.

"The audience can expect to hear bad jokes, cheap tricks, and double entendres from the Dirdy Birdy."
Daily Record.

"All double entendre jokes aside (and there are many of them), we couldn’t be more excited about — get this! — an upcoming reality show on Lifetime! "
VH1

Lanzar Fuegos Artificiales.

To set off fireworks (AmE).

To let off fireworks (BrE).

To shoot fireworks (AmE).

Fireworks such as Roman candles, Catherine wheels (AmE pinwheels), bangers and rockets are put in the ground and are let/set off one by one

Oxford Advanced Dictionary Online.

If you do choose to shoot fireworks, there are some safety precautions that could reduce your chances of a severe burn or injury.

Today's THV.

In the News:

" It's hard to believe, but the pictures tell the story: They show someone shooting fireworks at Dallas police officers and a News 8 photojournalist early Tuesday morning."

WFFA

"In the days leading up to the Fourth of July, state and city officials repeatedly encouraged people to avoid setting off fireworks altogether because of the ..."

FireEngineering.com

Películas de Estreno.

First-run movies.

Getting the rights to show first-run movies can be a bit of a challenge, not to mention pricey!
Start up Biz Hub.



In the News:

"Currently, movies are available for people to watch in the home via video-on-demand three to four months after they appear in theaters and when, or soon after, they are released on DVD. However, fear of piracy has been an impediment to delivering first-run movies directly to consumers in the home: A pirated copy of a newly released movie could wreak instant financial havoc on the picture."

Los Angeles Times.

Salas en un Cine.

Posted by Prof. Héctor José Mendoza Ortiz.

(Movie) screen, theater.

Cines Unidos has got six screens at Sambil Barquisimeto.

References in News:

"RealD's technology has been installed on more than 5,000 of the 10,000 global movie screens that have been equipped for digital 3D projection."

Digital Media Wire.

"The company provides technology that upgrades conventional digital projectors to show 3D movies, such as "Avatar," that have wowed audiences and commanded higher ticket prices. But RealD, which says it has more 3-D screens worldwide than all its competitors combined, has offered dilutive stock options to movie-theater owners choosing its technology and taken over distribution of 3-D glasses in theaters, a business that loses money."

The Wall Street Journal.

In 2010 EEL sold its BCG cinema chain to Australia-based exhibitor Hoyts Corporation. The acquisition of BCG increased Hoyts to 47 multiplexes and 394 screens across Australia and New Zealand.

Voxy.com.nz

Reference in Website:


Hacer clic en imagen para agrandarla.



Apollo Cinemas Online.

" The entire cinema is wheelchair accessible with each screen having dedicated wheelchair spaces. Each screen is also fitted with an induction loop for the hard of hearing. All of our state-of-the-art screens are fully air-conditioned and are equipped with the latest sound systems."

Apollo Cinemas Online.

On the Radio:



Mountain Cinemas USA.

Reference in Relia:





Hacer clic en imagen para agrandarla.

Salle de cinema en anglais in English.
Movie screen in Spanish en español.

First published on July 18th 2010.

Televisión en Señal Abierta.

Terrestrial TV.

In the eighties there was no cable TV in Venezuela. People watched terrestrial TV and there were just four channels: Radio Caracas Televisón, Venevisión, Televisora Nacional Canal Cinco and Venezolana de Televisión.


On the Radio:


From the Radio Show Remember the Eighties.

References in News:

"The drop in the popularity of boxing can be linked to its disappearance from terrestrial television in the early 1980s.
New York Daily News.

"Cable is predicted to experience an annual global growth rate of around 3% between now and 2015, and reach a total of 573 million households. But internet TV will experience a growth rate of 24% over the next five years and reach 109 million homes, and digital terrestrial TV grow by 18% to reach 211 million households.
Utalkmarketing.com

Radio en Señal Abierta:

Terrestial Radio.

Terrestial radio is better that satellite radio.

Reference in News:

"I'm not here to offer a hard-hitting analysis of terrestrial radio consolidation, the shift toward the Internet and the relative value of indie-pop formats versus classical music. I'd just like to offer one memory of listening to KUSF as a testimony to the power of terrestrial radio and a means of meditating upon what might change as new forms of reaching listeners take over."

Los Angeles Times.

Transmisión en Señal Abierta:

Terrestial Broadcasting.

"Granier has lost hope of regaining RCTV's terrestrial broadcasting rights. The channel shuttered in 2007 after Chavez refused to renew its license for its alleged role in a 2002 coup against him."
Variety.com

Rellenar (para que un libro, disco, etc. sea más largo)

Pad something out.

"I padded out my answers with plenty of quotations"
Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary.


In the News:

"In honor of it being "TV Tune Week," the producers have created several fake TV commercials with which to pad out tonight's results show."
The Washington Post.

"Of course, the problem for any musician with just one (unreleased) album to perform is how to pad out the setlists for a first tour. The logical solution is “cover versions.”
Londonist.

Relleno.

Padding.
"There is a lot of padding in this novel"
Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary.

References in News:

"He makes a decent stab at a cover of Kim Carnes' Bette Davis Eyes without looking entirely comfortable with the material. But then, with just one album's worth of material to draw upon, such padding is a necessary evil."
Evening Post.

No Tener Oido Musical, Ser Sordo para la Música.

To be tone-deaf.

Your sister is tone-deaf. She will never learn to play the piano.


References in News:

"The tuneless Irish twins - real names John and Edward Grimes - came sixth in last year's series of the reality show after failing to impress judges with their tone-deaf performances. "

The Sun

Nombre Artístico

Stage name.

Her stage name is Lady Gaga.

References in News:

"Hilfiger - who uses the stage name Rich Hil - was arrested and booked on one felony count of possession of marijuana for sale."
Daily Mail.

"Her stage name was derived, she claims, from the Queen hit in 1984, years before she was born."
Chicago Sun Times.