Loss of much-loved samba star prompts outpouring of tributes and praise as six-decade career endsElza Soares, one of the greatest Brazilian singers of all time, has died at her beachside home in Rio after a legendary, genre-straddling six-decade career which made her a national treasure and … Read entire story.
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ALINE ARRUDA/NETFLIX Early in Alexandre Moratto’s new film, 7 Prisoners, 18-year-old Mateus attends a small going away party thrown for him by his family. He scolds his mother for buying him a new shirt worth “a month of groceries.” He’s about to leave their poverty… Read entire story.
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Ms. Mendonça, who was a social media sensation with millions of followers, was iconic in a type of Brazilian country music called sertanejo. Read entire story.
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Hailing from Brazil as one of the great pianists of the last half of the 20th century, he recalled masters of the first half in his virtuosity. But he shunned the limelight. Read entire story.
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From the get-go we’ve been obsessed with Precious Lee. After a history-making moment on the Versace runway followed by a coveted spot in the brand’s advertising campaign, replacing Ashley Graham as the face of Marina Rinaldi and covers of British Vogue and American Harper’s Bazaar, … Read entire story.
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