Category: Arts & Culture
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Famous Designer Paco Rabanne Dies at 88
Francisco Rabaneda Cuervo, – the French designer born in Spain, best known as Paco Rabanne, who revolutionized the fashion industry with his futuristic designs and perfumes – has passed away. He was 88 years old. Although he officially retired in 1999, the brand he founded and which bears his pseudonym remains alive. (It is now…
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Journalist Glória Maria Passes Away
Glória Maria passed away on the morning of this Thursday (2). The information was confirmed by TV Globo, the network where she had worked since 1971.
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See Which Films Are Competing for the Oscar
With 11 nominations, “Everything Everywhere All At Once” is the film with the most nominations at the 95th edition of the Oscars, as announced by the Academy this Tuesday (24). “All Quiet on the Western Front” and “The Banshees of Inisherin” follow with nine nominations each. Box office hits “Top Gun: Maverick” and “Avatar: The…
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NYC Winter Program to Help with Your Economic Recovery
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New York’s tourism industry continues to recover, with projections to attract over 61.7 million visitors in 2023. In 2022, the number was approximately 56.4 million travelers visiting all five boroughs – a 71.4% increase compared to 2021 (47.4 million domestic and 8.9 million international). This marks the return of 85% of the city’s record visitation…
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PassportBros: TikTok Movement Encourages Black Men to Seek Women in Other Countries
The #PassportBros movement is drawing attention as a group of Black men seeks to convince others that Black women from abroad are better traditional wives than American Black women.
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Brazilian Ballerina Enchants Judges on ‘America’s Got Talent: All-Stars’
Brazilian ballerina Vitória Bueno participated in ‘America’s Got Talent: All-Stars’ and enchanted the judges and audience with her performances.
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The Success of the Premiere of ‘The Last Of Us’
The new HBO series, ‘The Last Of Us’, attracted 4.7 million viewers during its premiere on Sunday night, making the zombie thriller the second largest debut for the network since 2010, only behind ‘House Of The Dragon’ last year. The premiere of ‘House Of The Dragon’ remains the largest in HBO’s history, with the first…
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Today Americans Celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. As a Hero. It Wasn’t Always This Way
Martin Luther King Jr. was a civil rights leader. Almost every adult American, 95%, according to a CBS News poll, believes he was an important figure in United States history. But it wasn’t always this way. King’s admiration and the establishment of a national holiday to celebrate his birthday were unthinkable during the activist’s lifetime.…
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The Untimely Death of Lisa Presley
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Only child of Elvis Presley and Priscilla Presley, singer Lisa Marie Presley spent her entire life in the spotlight. And the public interest in her life – from her marriages to the tragedies that marked her – never waned until, like her father, she was taken too soon. Lisa Marie Presley died on Thursday (13)…
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The Generation That Did Not Learn to Correlate Books with Reality
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in Arts & Culture, Brazil, children, Community, Education, Geral, In Focus, Inside, Literature, PoliticsDespite Paulo Freire being idolized in Brazil by a certain ideology, my wish is that his teaching method goes to the limbo of educational history, and I will explain why. I did not study my whole life in a private school, and this was due to my parents’ dissatisfaction with my learning. As children, we…