Entertainment

This World Cup Brazilians Will Turn Brazil into a Huge Casino

In Brazil, the World Cup is far more than a sports event; it’s part ...

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David Nemer

Marina Montesanti: a Brazilian Touch in Broadway

Brazilian theater director Marina Montesanti has built a prominent and steadily rising career in ...

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Baile Charme: Rio’s Black Collective Dance Parties Spreading All Over Brazil

Under a busy overpass in Rio’s working-class neighborhood Madureira, far away from Copacabana beach ...

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Djamilia Prange de Oliveira
Pelé, seen here following Brazil's 1970 World Cup win, epitomized "the beautiful game" Image: Wikipedia

Can Brazil Soccer Get Its Beautiful Game Back?

Experts have long been warning that a sell-off of Brazilian talent is seriously damaging ...

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Tobias Käufer
Choro uses instruments such as the mandolin, flute, 7-string guitar, pandeiro, cavaquinho, and clarinet

Brazil’s Chorinho Music Now Belongs to the Country’s Cultural Heritage

Choro, a genuinely Brazilian musical genre, also known as chorinho, has been declared a ...

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Daniella Almeida
The storyline of Grande Rio escola de samba was "Our destiny is to be jaguar"

Rio’s Samba Schools Hit the Books in Search of Inspiration for their Storylines

A good story can unfold in various forms, languages, and rhythms. In books, it ...

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Rafael Cardoso
Olive tries to drag poor Popeye onto the dance floor, while Bluto looks on in delight

ANIMATED BRAZIL — PART FOUR: TWO FOR THE PRICE OF ONE (CONCLUSION)

Everyone Does the “Broadway Samba” Near the conclusion of “Samba Lelê,” Senhorita Olive Oyl ...

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Josmar F. Lopes
Bluto and Popeye advance toward their “fun” destination: The cartoon Cafe in Rio

ANIMATED BRAZIL — PART THREE: SAMBA YOUR CARES AWAY!

A Clubbing We Will Go In the next sequence, Popeye and Bluto stride brazenly ...

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Josmar F. Lopes
Paramount Pictures title card for ‘W’ere on our Way to Rio’ (1944)

ANIMATED BRAZIL — PART TWO: WON’T YOU BE MY GOOD NEIGHBOR?

Let Us Entertain You Nothing succeeds like success. And to repeat a successful formula, ...

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Josmar F. Lopes
Popeye (right) escorts Miss Olivia Oyla to the Cafe La Conga in “Kickin’ the Conga Round” (1942)

ANIMATED BRAZIL — PART ONE: KICKIN’ THE COUNTRY AROUND

I’m Popeye the sailor man / I’m Popeye the sailor man I’m strong to ...

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Josmar F. Lopes