Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas is a Brazilian sports club based in the neighborhood of Botafogo, in the city of Rio de Janeiro. Although it competes in a number of different sports, Botafogo is mostly known for its association football team. It plays in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, the top tier of the Brazilian football league system, and in the state of Rio de Janeiro's premier state league. In 2000, Botafogo finished 12th in a vote by subscribers of FIFA Magazine for the FIFA Club of the Century. They have won the Brazilian championship three times, in 1968, 1995 and 2024. Botafogo won the Copa Libertadores for the first time in 2024.
Ian Joseph Somerhalder is an American retired actor. He is known for playing Boone Carlyle in ABC's science fiction adventure drama television series Lost (2004–2010) and Damon Salvatore in the CW supernatural teen drama series The Vampire Diaries (2009–2017).
Mariana Ximenes do Prado Nuzzi is a Brazilian actress. Her first role was in the telenovela Fascinação in 1998 where she portrayed the role of Emília Gouveia. In the same year she played the role of Ruth Stern in the film Caminho dos Sonhos. In 2000, she played in Uga-Uga portraying "Bionda". This role rise to prominence as she became widely known in Brazil and internationally. Later in 2001, she offered her services in the Portuguese voice over translation in the Canadian/Chinese animated series Braceface, for the character Sharon Spitz. She later played the protagonist in Cobras & Lagartos in 2006 and Lara in A Favorita, later in 2008. In 2010, she portrayed her first villainous role in the critically acclaimed telenovela Passione. Since 2010 she has appeared in several telenovelas, television series, films and theatre performances. In 2016, she starred the successor of Totalmente Demais, Haja Coração, together with Malvino Salvador.
Marjorie Dias de Oliveira, known professionally as Marjorie Estiano, is a Brazilian actress and singer-songwriter. She became nationally known for her role in TV Globo's teen soap opera Malhação.
Sophia Sampaio Abrahão is a Brazilian actress and singer.
Lua Blanco is a Brazilian actress, singer, songwriter, translator and writer. Blanco has been recognized for her talent, charisma and her ability to play different roles. She achieved success on the telenovela Rebelde and as lead singer of the band, Rebeldes, which received one gold, two platinum, and one double-platinum album awards. Band members included Arthur Aguiar, Chay Suede, Micael Borges, Mel Fronckowiak and Sophia Abrahão. Lua performed about 90 shows over a span of three years, for a total of over 1.2 million spectators in Brazil.
Mariana Gomes Ferreira Lima-Díaz is a Brazilian actress and producer.
Larissa Manoela Elias Frambach is a Brazilian actress, singer, writer, model, voice actress and businesswoman, one of the most famous children's and teen audiovisual celebrities, having built a successful career in television, film and streaming since childhood, and she had more than 50 million followers online.
Juliana Paiva dos Santos is a Brazilian actress.
Clarice Franco de Abreu Falcão is a Brazilian actress, singer-songwriter, screenwriter and comedian.
Léa Cristina Lexa Araújo da Fonseca, better known by her stage name Lexa, is a Brazilian singer, songwriter and dancer. In September 2015, Lexa released her debut studio album, titled Disponível. Five singles were released from this album.
Marco Fábio Maldonado Pigossi is a Brazilian actor and producer. He is known for playing Dylan on the Australian television series Tidelands, and for playing Eric in the Brazilian series Invisible City.
Camila de Queiroz Toledo is a Brazilian actress and model. She is known for her role as Angel in the International Emmy Award-winning telenovela Verdades Secretas.
The Prêmio Extra de Televisão de melhor ator is a category of the Prêmio Extra de Televisão, destined to the best actor of the Brazilian television.
Manoela Latini Gavassi Francisco, better known as Manu Gavassi, is a Brazilian singer, songwriter and actress.
Roobertchay Domingues da Rocha Filho, known professionally as Chay Suede, is a Brazilian actor and singer-songwriter.
Luisa Cavendish Arraes is a Brazilian actress, singer, film-maker, author and screenwriter
Humberto Halbout Carrão Sinoti is a Brazilian actor, presenter, director and screenwriter.
António Mota is a Portuguese writer, known for his works of literature for children and young people.
Fábio José de Melo Silva, better known as Padre (Father) Fábio de Melo, is a Catholic priest, artist, writer, university professor and presenter. He belongs to the Congregation of the Priests of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. He acts in the Diocese of Taubaté, in the interior of the State of São Paulo. As a singer, he has recorded eight albums for the Paulinas-COMEP Catholic record label, one for the record company Canção Nova, an independent project. His first record for a secular record company, Vida, was released by LGK Music and by Som Livre, with whom he continues to record, having already released two more albums by the end of 2009. As a university professor, he taught theology at the Dehonian College of Taubaté. Nowadays, he presents the program Spiritual Direction, transmitted by TV Canção Nova.
