Category: Entertainment
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Want to Watch Lionel Messi’s Debut in Miami? It Could Get Quite Expensive!
Tickets for Lionel Messi’s debut match with Inter Miami are being sold for up to $110,000, making it one of the most expensive in MLS history.
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Hollywood is on Strike
The union representing over 150,000 television and film actors is on strike, joining the writers who, in May, initiated the first industry-wide work stoppage in Hollywood in 63 years.Why are actors and writers on strike?Salary is usually the main reason for work stoppages, and this is the case here. The growth of streaming services and…
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Google Launches Bard, The ChatGPT Competitor, in Brazil
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The US tech giant, Google, launched its Artificial Intelligence tool, called ‘Bard’, in February, but it has only now arrived in Brazil. The Google team rushed to catch up with rival Microsoft, which launched ChatGPT last year. The AI tool can now be used in over 40 languages, including Arabic, Chinese, German, Hindi, Spanish, and…
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Northern Lights to Be Visible from Several States in the U.S. This Week
The northern lights, or aurora borealis, the dancing waves of light that have captivated people for millennia, will be visible in several U.S. states between Wednesday (12) and Thursday (13). The aurora borealis can be seen in parts of Washington, Idaho, Vermont, Wyoming, New Hampshire, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota, Nebraska, Massachusetts, Maryland, Ohio,…
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Number of Foreign Tourists in Brazil Grows 108% in 2023
Brazil welcomed 2.97 million international tourists in the first five months of 2023. This number is 108% higher than that recorded from January to May last year. According to the Ministry of Tourism, in May alone, more than 292,300 people visited the country, representing a 44.5% increase compared to the same month in 2022. The…
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More Than Half of Beaches in the U.S. Are Unsafe for Swimming, Study Finds
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More than half of American beaches are contaminated with feces and sewage, making the water unsafe for swimming, according to a study by Environment America.
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Disney Is Surprisingly Less Crowded This Summer. Why Could That Be?
Visitors to Walt Disney World this summer are facing significantly shorter wait times to enter attractions – a sign that the theme parks may be receiving fewer visitors. Data from the analysis company Touring Plans shows that smaller crowds are visiting the North American theme parks of The Walt Disney Company, as well as its…
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Amazon by Sebastião Salgado
If you haven’t seen the work of Brazilian photographer Sebastião Salgado, you have until this Saturday to visit the Sundaram Tagore Gallery in New York, where the exhibition “Amazon” is taking place. For over five decades, Salgado has dedicated his life to documenting humanity and nature through photographic expeditions around the world. For this series,…
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Tomorrow Is Prime Day: How Amazon Transformed a Slow Sales Season into the Biggest Day of the Year for Businesses
Tomorrow Is Prime Day: How Amazon Transformed a Slow Sales Season into the Biggest Day of the Year for Businesses
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Battle of Giants
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This Wednesday, the Meta platform (Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp) launched its newest app. Threads is the bet on microblogging that promises to dethrone Twitter. It’s no secret that since Elon Musk took over Twitter, the platform has been losing many users. Positioned by Meta as “a separate space for real-time information and public conversations,” Threads…