Francisco Buarque de Hollanda, popularly known simply as Chico Buarque, is a Brazilian singer-songwriter, guitarist, composer, playwright, writer, and poet. He is best known for his music, which often includes social, economic, and cultural reflections on Brazil.
Jorge Leal Amado de Faria was a Brazilian writer of the modernist school. He remains the best known of modern Brazilian writers, with his work having been translated into some 49 languages and popularized in film, including Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands in 1976. His work reflects the image of a Mestiço Brazil and is marked by religious syncretism. He depicted a cheerful and optimistic country that was beset, at the same time, with deep social and economic differences.
Alice Vieira is a Portuguese children's book author.
Laura Cardoso, artistic name of Laurinda de Jesus Cardoso Balleroni OMC is a Brazilian actress. She is celebrated as one of the best and most well known Brazilian actresses of cinema, theater and television.
Margaret Ursula Mee, MBE was a British botanical artist who specialised in plants from the Brazilian Amazon Rainforest. She was also one of the first environmentalists to draw attention to the impact of large-scale mining and deforestation on the Amazon Basin.
Francis Hime is a Brazilian composer, arranger, pianist and singer. He is the composer of the jazz standard Minha / All Mine, recorded, among others, by Bill Evans, Tony Bennett and Eliane Elias.
The Grêmio Recreativo Escola de Samba Beija-Flor is a Samba school headquartered in the municipality of Nilópolis, Baixada Fluminense, in the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
The Grêmio Recreativo Escola de Samba Acadêmicos do Grande Rio is a samba school of the Special Group of the carnival of the city of Rio de Janeiro, being headquartered on Almirante Barroso street in Duque de Caxias.
Portugal participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 with the song "Todas as ruas do amor" written by Pedro Marques and Paulo Pereira. The song was performed by the group Flor-de-Lis. The Portuguese broadcaster Rádio e Televisão de Portugal (RTP) organised the national final Festival da Canção 2009 in order to select the Portuguese entry for the 2009 contest in Moscow, Russia. The competition took place on 28 February 2009 where "Todas as ruas do amor" performed by Flor-de-Lis emerged as the winner after achieving the highest score following the combination of votes from twenty regional juries and a public televote.
Bete Mendes is a Brazilian actress and politician.
Flor da Serra do Sul is a municipality in the state of Paraná in the Southern Region of Brazil.
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.
Aracy Balabanian was a Brazilian actress.
Fábio de Souza Lago is a Brazilian actor, best known for his works in Elite Squad, Caras & Bocas, and Invisible City.
A Força do Querer is a Brazilian telenovela produced and aired by TV Globo. It was created by Glória Perez, directed by Rogério Gomes and Pedro Vasconcellos. It premiered on 3 April 2017, replacing A Lei do Amor. The show ran for 29 weeks with a total of 172 episodes and ended on 20 October 2017, being replaced by O Outro Lado do Paraíso.
Patrícia Campos Mello is a Brazilian journalist. She works at Folha de S.Paulo as a news reporter and columnist. In 2020, she received the Maria Moors Cabot Award, from Columbia University. In 2019, she received the International Press Freedom Award from the Committee to Protect Journalists. In 2018, she received the King of Spain International Journalism Award. And in 2020 she was awarded the Ordre National du Mérite by the government of France. In 2016, she received the Troféu Mulher Imprensa award.
Negócio da China is a Brazilian telenovela produced and broadcast by Globo. It premiered on 6 October 2008, replacing Ciranda de Pedra, and ended on 13 March 2009, replaced by Paraíso. The series is written by Miguel Falabella, with the collaboration of Mauro Mendonça Filho and Roberto Talma.
The Chorus: Success, Here I Go is a Brazilian musical drama television series created by Miguel Falabella. The series is produced by the companies Nonstop and Formata Produções e Conteúdo on behalf of The Walt Disney Company. In Brazil, the series premiered on Disney+ on September 28, 2022.
