Category: Entertainment
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“Pictures of Ghosts” will represent Brazil at the Oscars
The Brazilian Academy of Cinema and Audiovisual Arts announced the film “Pictures of Ghosts” (“Retratos Fantasmas”), by Kleber Mendonça Filho, as Brazil’s representative in the race for a spot in the Best International Feature Film category at the 2024 Academy Awards.The film competed against five others, which had been selected from 28 Brazilian productions. “It…
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Healing Leaves: The Myth of Orisha Ossanhe by Luzia Castaneda
“The work began in the Poconos Mountains, Pennsylvania, in the summer of 2020. I was painting and a leaf fell onto my watercolor – it was a calling. Throughout the following year, I explored different forests in the U.S. and Brazil, searching for leaves that could create a wonderful beauty over my watercolor, and then…
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“O Arado Torto”: The New Book by Itamar Vieira Junior
Acclaimed as the most important Brazilian novel of the century so far, this best-seller’s unique blend of magic and social realism has earned it three literary awards and global acclaim. ‘I heard our grandmother asking what we were doing. “Say something!”, she demanded, threatening to rip our tongues out. Little did she know that one…
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Witches of the Past, Present, and Halloween
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Today seen as a symbol of evil and represented by frightening images, these women were once considered guardians of life and death, playing an essential role in European peasant communities during the Middle Ages. Witch. What image comes to your mind when you read that word? It is not uncommon to imagine the witch as…
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This Florida City Has Just Been Named the Best Food City in the Country
Dining out, like everything else, is getting more expensive. In fact, according to WalletHub, restaurant prices have risen 6.5% between August 2022 and August 2023. But that doesn’t mean you can’t still go out and have fun – especially if you live in one of the top food cities in the country.
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Las Vegas Inaugurates Impressive Sphere with U2 Show
For several years, a mysterious spherical structure has been under construction in Las Vegas. This summer, the public saw giant LED screens transform it into a planet, a basketball, and even a blinking eye. Last weekend, the public finally got to discover what lies inside the sphere. Sphere, the $2.3 billion venture touted as the…
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Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show Is Back. But A Little Different
For over 20 years, supermodels wearing lingerie and angel wings walked the runway alongside big names in music, such as Justin Timberlake, Lady Gaga, Jay-Z, and Kanye West, in an annual fashion show broadcast on TV and watched by millions. It has been five years since the show last took place, apparently due to a…
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Renato Falci and His Journey from Celebrity Drawings to Abstraction
The plastic artist Renato Falci, graduated in Art/Education with a specialization in plastic arts from the Guignard School – University of Minas Gerais, began drawing as a child. At school, he depicted on paper celebrities from our history such as Tiradentes, Dom Pedro I, Princess Isabel, and others, created prints on shirts, and later caricatures…
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USA Tour: Seu Jorge and Daniel Jobim Interpret Tom Jobim
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The work of one of the most relevant artists in Brazilian popular music will be interpreted by two great musicians: Seu Jorge and Daniel Jobim will reproduce part of Antônio Carlos Jobim’s work in a new tour in the United States. Starting in October, the shows will feature, in addition to Seu Jorge and Daniel,…
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Seu Jorge and Daniel Jobim Interpret Tom Jobim
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The work of one of the most relevant artists in Brazilian popular music will be interpreted by two great musicians: Seu Jorge and Daniel Jobim showcase their talents and reproduce part of the work of Antonio Carlos Jobim. The tour across the USA begins in October and will feature the precious talent of Seu Jorge…