Brazil’s Oscar Win for ‘I’m Still Here’ Just Made for the Craziest Carnival Ever
The best international feature Academy Award for Walter Salles’ timely drama backdropped the annual celebrations and ...
Carnival 2025 samba queens set Rio ablaze in jaw-dropping costumes: PHOTOS
The Rio Carnival 2025 kicked off on Sunday night, March 2. The annual festival is renowned for its vibrant samba parades, ...
The Latest: From small dogs to big cats, a day inside Brazil's wild Carnival parties
For almost two decades, hundreds of dogs in the upscale Barra da Tijuca region in Rio de Janeiro have wagged their tails to ...
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Oscar fever for Brazil's Fernanda Torres has made her this year's Carnival muse
Brazil’s Carnival muse this year isn’t one of the divas or drum queens parading with the Rio de Janeiro samba schools.
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State Department warns travelers about drugging-dating scam in Brazil
The U.S. consulates and embassy in Brazil issued a security alert Feb. 3 titled “Carnival and Drugging-Dating Scam 2025.” Steve Royster, consular chief at the consulate general in Rio ...
Rio Carnival crowd reacts after ‘I’m Still Here’ wins Oscar for best international film
Crowd reacts at the Carnival parade in Rio de Janeiro after ‘I’m Still Here’ won the best international film award for Brazil ...
Experience the world’s biggest party in Rio de Janeiro
The world’s biggest party is back as Carnival celebrations return to Brazil. The ’ David Biller talks through why the ...
Brazil rejoices over first Oscar win. 'I'm Still Here' house to be transformed into a film museum
When Spanish actress Penélope Cruz announced that “I’m Still Here” was the winner of best international film at the Academy ...