Lygia Fagundes da Silva Telles was a Brazilian novelist and writer. Educated as a lawyer, she began publishing soon after she completed high school and simultaneously worked as a solicitor and writer throughout most of her career. She was a recipient of the Camões Prize, the highest literary award of the Portuguese language and her works have received honors and awards from Brazil, Chile and France. She was elected as the third woman in the Brazilian Academy of Letters in 1985 and held Chair 16.
Grande Otelo was the stage name of Brazilian actor, comedian, singer, and composer Sebastião Bernardes de Souza Prata. Otelo was born in Uberlândia, and was orphaned as a child. He kept running away from the families that adopted him; only when he took up art did his life become settled.
Moacyr Jaime Scliar was a Brazilian writer and physician. Most of his writing centers on issues of Jewish identity in the Diaspora and particularly on being Jewish in Brazil.
Paulo de Carvalho is a Portuguese singer.
Hebe Maria Monteiro de Camargo Ravagnani was a Brazilian television host, singer and actress. She is considered the "Queen of Brazilian Television". She died at her home on 29 September 2012. Her net worth was over US$360 million.
Multishow ao Vivo: Ana Carolina - Dois Quartos is the second live album and fourth DVD by Brazilian singer Ana Carolina, released on May 6, 2008 through Sony BMG and Armazém.
Rebeldes was a Brazilian musical group that emerged from the Brazilian soap opera Rebel Rio, produced by Rede Record in partnership with Mexican Televisa. In the plot, the six main characters—Alice, Carla, Diego, Pedro, Roberta, and Tomás—form a fictitious band, and the six actors who play these characters—Sophia Abrahão, Melanie Fronckowiak, Arthur Aguiar, Micael Borges, Lua Blanco, and Chay Suede, respectively—started to act like a real band.
Daniel Munduruku is a Brazilian writer and educator. He is member of the Munduruku indigenous people. His children's books deal about traditional indigenous life and tales and have been awarded several prizes. Munduruku holds three undergraduate degrees in philosophy, History and Psychology. He has a master's degree in Social Anthropology and a doctorate in education by the University of São Paulo.
Meu Passado Me Condena is a 2013 Brazilian comedy film directed by Julia Rezende, and starring Fábio Porchat and Miá Mello. The film is based on the television series of the same name, and was written by Tati Bernardi. It was released theatrically on October 25, 2013.
Ruth Machado Lousada Rocha, most known as Ruth Rocha is a Brazilian writer of children's books. Together with Lygia Bojunga, Ana Maria Machado and Eva Furnari she is one of the leading exponents of the new wave of Brazilian children's literature. Rocha graduated in Political Sociology at the University of São Paulo and postgraduated in Educational Orientation in the Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo. She became a member of the Paulista Academy of Arts since October 25, 2007, occupying the chair 38.
Elvira Olivieri Cozzolino, better known by her stage name Elvira Pagã, was a Brazilian vedette and actress, singer, writer and painter. She was the first Rio Carnival Queen, the first woman to wear a bikini in public, and one of the first women to have cosmetic surgery in Brazil. Talented and controversial, she broke the status quo and faced the reigning "machismo" with fearless audacity during the Brazilian military dictatorship and the revolutionary 1960s, where she lived with determination and courage. Pagã retired from public life, wrote and painted in her later years, dying a recluse.
Noemi Jaffe is a Brazilian writer, teacher and literary critic.
My Country is a 2011 Brazilian drama film co-written and directed by André Ristum and starring Rodrigo Santoro, Cauã Reymond, Débora Falabella, Anita Caprioli and Paulo José.
Maisa da Silva Andrade is a Brazilian television presenter and actress. She first gained fame for hosting the children's TV program Bom Dia & Cia from the age of six years old, and for playing the role of Valéria Ferreira in the Carrossel franchise, including a telenovela and two films. In 2022, she began playing the character Anita in the Netflix teen drama series Back to 15.
Carmelita Madriaga, known as Carmen Costa, was a Brazilian singer and composer.
Manoela Latini Gavassi Francisco, better known as Manu Gavassi, is a Brazilian singer, songwriter and actress.
Mylla Christie Vitta Sartori is a Brazilian actress, model, singer, television presenter and businesswoman.
Luísa Gerloff Sonza is a Brazilian singer-songwriter. She rose to fame in 2014 singing cover songs on YouTube, where she gained notoriety. After signing with Universal Music Group, she recorded an extended play titled Pandora (2018). Three years later, she released her debut album Doce 22 (2021). The year also saw her being featured on a remix of Katy Perry's "Cry About It Later", along with Bruno Martini. In 2023, she released Escândalo Íntimo, which features a collaboration with Demi Lovato on the song "Penhasco 2".
Ternuma is a non-governmental organization formed in 1998 by military, ex-military, family members and their sympathizers that aims to interdict and deny the past about the military dictatorship in Brazil from 1964 to 1985.
Simony Benelli Galasso is a Brazilian singer and television presenter. She is most well known for being a member of child pop band Turma do Balão Mágico, which sold more than 10 million records. Since leaving Turma do Balão Mágico, Simony has been a television presenter.
