Fernanda Pinheiro Monteiro Torres is a Brazilian film, stage and television actress and writer. She was born in Rio de Janeiro, daughter of the actress Fernanda Montenegro and the actor Fernando Torres.
Los Hermanos is a rock band from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The group was formed in 1997 by Marcelo Camelo (vocals/guitar), Rodrigo Amarante (guitar/vocals), Rodrigo Barba (drums), and Bruno Medina. Currently they are on an extended hiatus, performing some concerts sporadically.
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.
Luana Elídia Afonso Piovani is a Brazilian actress, TV host, and former model.
Camila Manhães Sampaio, known professionally as Camila Pitanga, is a Brazilian actress and former model. She is internationally renowned for her roles in film and television. In film, she is known for her roles in Quilombo, Caramuru: A Invenção do Brasil, Redeemer, I'd Receive the Worst News from Your Beautiful Lips, Rio 2096: A Story of Love and Fury, among others. In television, she is known for her roles in Paraíso Tropical, Cama de Gato, Lado a Lado, Babilônia, and Velho Chico.
Days of Nietzsche in Turin is a 2001 biographical-drama Brazilian film directed by Júlio Bressane about the German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche.
Flávio Guimarães is a Brazilian composer, harmonica player and singer. Considered a blues pioneer in Brazil, he founded the band Blues Etílicos in 1986, which is considered the most successful Brazilian blues group. He has also played with many famous artists along his career, such as Alceu Valença, Ed Motta, Luiz Melodia, Paulo Moura, Zeca Baleiro, Buddy Guy, Charlie Musselwhite, Sugar Blue and Taj Mahal.
Edu da Gaita was a Brazilian composer and harmonica player. Apart from releasing multiple solo albums, he also performed with Brazilian composer Radamés Gnattali and his sextet, touring Europa and South America.
Leandra Rodrigues Leal Braz e Silva is a Brazilian actress, singer, film director, producer, and playwright.
Mário Negrão Borgonovi is a Brazilian composer, drummer and percussionist.
Rio Belongs to Us is a 2013 Brazilian drama-thriller film written and directed by Ricardo Pretti, starring Leandra Leal, Mariana Ximenes and Jiddu Pinheiro. It premiered at the 42nd International Film Festival Rotterdam.
Events in the year 1981 in Brazil.
Araguaia was a Brazilian supernatural telenovela that ran on TV Globo from September 27, 2010 to April 8, 2011.
Haja Coração is a Brazilian telenovela produced and broadcast by TV Globo. It is based on the 1987 classic Sassaricando created by Silvio de Abreu. It premiered on 31 May 2016, replacing Totalmente Demais at the 7 p.m. timeslot. Written by Daniel Ortiz in collaboration with; Patrícia Moretzsohn, Flávia Bessone, Isabel Muniz and Nilton Braga.
Maria Gladys Mello da Silva is a Brazilian actress. Gladys made her acting debut in 1959 with Arthur Azevedo's play "O Mambembe" at the Municipal Theater of Rio de Janeiro. She earned recognition in the theater world by appearing topless in the publicity poster for the play "O Chão dos Penitentes". She's considered the mother of marginal cinema.
Treze Dias Longe do Sol is a Brazilian miniseries co-produced by O2 Filmes and Estúdios Globo. It was originally released on 2 November 2017 on Globoplay, Globo's streaming platform. From 8 January 2018 to 19 January 2018, one episode per night aired from Monday to Friday on Rede Globo. Written by Elena Soarez and Luciano Moura with Sofia Maldonado, it is directed by Luciano Moura with Isabel Valiente.
The 2020 Rio de Janeiro municipal election took place in the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in November 2020 to elect a mayor, a vice mayor, and 51 city councillors for the administration of the city. On the 29 November 2020 run-off election, former mayor Eduardo Paes, of the Democrats (DEM), defeated incumbent mayor Marcelo Crivella of the Republicans (REP), who lost his bid for re-election.
Nos Tempos do Imperador is a Brazilian telenovela produced and broadcast by TV Globo. It aired from 9 August 2021 to 4 February 2022. The telenovela is written by Thereza Falcão and Alessandro Marson, with the collaboration of Duba Elia, Júlio Fischer, Lalo Homrich, Mônica Sanches and Wendell Bendelack.
The first season of the De Férias com o Ex Caribe, premiered on MTV on January 13, 2022. It features ten singles living together on Isla Barú, Colombia with their ex-partners.
Luana Muniz (1958–2017), known as the Queen of Lapa, was a Brazilian transgender activist and cabaret performer. In 2002, Muniz founded the Associação dos Profissionais do Sexo do Gênero Travesti, Transexuais e Transformistas do Rio de Janeiro to fight for greater rights for Rio's sex workers.
