Thalia

1. In Greek mythology, Thalia ("good cheer") was the muse of comedy and pastoral poetry. She was a rural goddess with the attributes of a comic mask and a shepherd's crook.
2. The name of one of the Charites
3. A nymph, with Zeus or Hephaestus, the mother of the Palici (may be the same as #1 or #2 above)

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Thalia is the artistic name of a famous Mexican Diva. She starred in Televisa's soap operas like Maria Mercedes[?], Maria La Del Barrio[?] and Marimar[?]. She also starred in Mambo Cafe[?], a Hollywood production with Paul Rodriguez[?] as her father. She played a Puerto Rican woman there.

Thalia lives in New York, where she married Sony Music[?] President Tommy Mottola[?]. Her two sisters, Laura Zapata[?] and an unidentified one, were kidnapped recently but Zapata was found alive by Mexican police. Her other sister was also released alive.

See also: Gloria Trevi