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Astrud Gilberto, the Brazilian singer, has died at the age of 83. Musician Paul Ricci, a family friend, confirmed that she died Monday. He did not provide additional details.

“The Girl from Ipanema” singer Astrud Gilberto has passed away at age 83.

Jem Aswad Senior Music Editor Astrud Gilberto, the smooth-voiced Brazilian singer whose version of “The Girl From Ipanema” introduced bossa nova to much of the world and is likely one of the most recognized popular hits of all time, has died, according to the Guardian. No cause of death has been reported; she was 83. The daughter of a German father and a Brazilian mother, the singer was born Astrud Evangelina Weinert in Bahia in 1940 and mostly raised in Rio de Janeiro. She married bossa nova pioneer/ singer-guitarist João Gilberto in 1959, and although the marriage lasted only a few years, but she kept his name. In 1963, she joined him on a trip to New York to record the “Getz/Gilberto” album with jazz saxophonist Stan Getz. She ended up singing “Girl From Ipanema” inadvertently: Producer Creed Taylor had wanted to record an English version of the Brazilian song “Garota De Ipanema” and Astrud, whose father taught languages, was the only Brazilian at the session who spoke English. It was the first song she’d ever recorded, but her un-studied, lighthearted take on the song’s unforgettable melody turned it into a monumental international hit, which peaked at No. 5 on the Billboard Hot 100 and won a Grammy for Song Of the Year.

Astrud Gilberto, who was just 22 years old when her lovely, laid-back and sultry vocals on the jazzy bossa nova “The Girl from Ipanema” made the song a massive global hit and one of the most recognizable melodies of the 1960s, died Monday. She was 83.

Taylor Swift is bringing her hugely successful “Eras” tour to Mexico and South America later this year. Mexico, Argentina, and Brazil are the first countries announced, with more to follow later. For now, she’ll play three shows in Mexico City this August, with gigs in Buenos Aires, Rio de Janeiro, and São Paulo taking place in November.

The Independent reported.“She was an important part of ALL that is Brazilian music in the world and she changed many lives with her energy,” he said. “RIP from ‘the chief’, as she called me.

Boots has been flooded with praise for its budget £17 Summer perfume mist that smells like a tropical beach holiday in a bottle and lasts all day. In reviews on the high-street retailer's website, the perfume spray has racked up thousands of five star ratings from happy customers.

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Lana Del Rey played her first full gig in four years last night (May 27) – watch her debut six new songs live at a Brazil show below.On Saturday night, Lana headlined the MITA Festival in Rio de Janeiro, debuting songs from her most recent album and from earlier in her discography.During the show, she debuted four songs from her ninth LP ‘Did you know that there’s a tunnel under Ocean Blvd’, released earlier this year, playing its title track, ‘A&W’, ‘The Grants’ and ‘Candy Necklace’.Also aired for the first time was ‘Arcadia’ from ‘Blue Banisters’, another of the three albums released since her last live gig.She then also played ‘Flipside’ from 2014’s ‘Ultraviolence’ live for the first time ever.See the full setlist from the show and clips of the performance below.‘A&W’‘Young And Beautiful’‘Bartender’‘The Grants’‘Flipside’‘Pretty When You Cry’‘Cherry’‘Ride’‘Born To Die’‘Blue Jeans’‘Norman Fucking Rockwell’‘Arcadia’‘Ultraviolence’‘White Mustang’‘Candy Necklace’‘Venice Bitch’‘Diet Mtn Dew’‘Summertime Sadness’‘Did You Know That There’s A Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd’‘Video Games’Elsewhere this summer, Del Rey is due to deliver a headline performance on the Other Stage at Glastonbury 2023. During a recent interview, the artist said it was “unfathomable” to her that she has such a prominent slot at the legendary festival.Following that show, Del Rey will top the bill on the final day of this summer’s BST Hyde Park concert series in London.Earlier this month, the singer shared a previously-unreleased song called ‘Say Yes To Heaven’.

she wrote in the heartbreaking post.Authorities said that the body of the 44-year-old was discovered bound and stuffed inside a wooden chest, which had been encased in concrete and buried 6 feet beneath the backyard of a house in the Campo Grande neighborhood, G1 reported.“He had his arms tied behind his head and buried in a trunk that is very similar to the ones in his own house,” the family’s lawyer Jairo Magalhães said in a statement, per R7 News.The attorney said that the corpse, which was identified using fingerprints, had a “line” on the neck, indicating that he was strangled. Police footage showed the trunk getting exhumed from the ground — a task that reportedly took nine people to accomplish, the Daily Mail reported.While the probe is ongoing, police are currently investigating a man who had rented the property.

Barack and Michelle Obama shared a tribute for Tina Turner, who passed away this Wednesday. She was 83. The Obamas joined millions of people who were moved by her passing, writing a statement that praised Turner’s spirit and music.

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local news reported. She was 30 years old. Her family confirmed her passing in a statement posted to her Instagram page.“Our dear star Luanne passed on to shine brighter,” they wrote in Portuguese.

John Hopewell Chief International Correspondent Rio de Janeiro city authorities are looking to increase Rio’s cash rebate for international shoots launched last October by city org RioFilme with a 35% deduction rate on expenditure and R$15 million ($3.0 million) in total funding.  “We have on the table a proposal to double that,” Marcelo Calero, Rio de Janeiro city secretary of culture told Variety at Cannes. That 100% hike would be subject to the “approval chain that we have to follow at the city hall,” he added. A decision may be made by June when RioFilme is set to issue the call for applications for a second year of the cash rebate. 

Jordan Moreau Fasten your seatbelts because Universal’s “Fast X” is racing into theaters this weekend, and it’s picked up $7.5 million in Thursday previews at the domestic box office. The 10th “Fast and Furious” is predicted to open to more than $60 million. That would make it the franchise’s seventh-highest debut, between 2021’s “F9: The Fast Saga” ($70 million) and 2019’s “Hobbs and Shaw” spinoff ($60 million). In terms of Thursday previews, those movies made $7.1 million and $5.8 million, respectively. “F9” released during the pandemic, when around 80% of theaters were still shuttered, giving “Fast X” a shaky outlook in the U.S. However, international sales have played a major part in the “Fast and Furious” global box office hauls. “Fast X” is targeting $220 million overseas in its first weekend. After costing $340 million to produce and $100 million to promote, “Fast X” will need to keep its foot on the gas after it opens to net a large profit.

Marta Balaga Brazil’s Lupa Filmes has revealed first-look images for Cristian Ponce’s upcoming survival horror “A Mother’s Embrace” ahead of its bow at Cannes’ Fantastic Pavilion, where genre industry professionals will also be treated to the sneak peak of the trailer. Previously behind animated webseries “The Kirlian Frequency”, acquired by Netflix, in 2020 Ponce directed big breakout “History of the Occult,” which marked his feature debut. The film was described as the highest-rated horror movie of 2021 on Letterboxd’s Year in Review roundup, as voted by users of the film rating social platform. Set in 1996, during one of the biggest storms to ever hit Rio de Janeiro, “A Mother’s Embrace” will see a team of firefighters trying to evacuate a nursing home at risk of collapsing. But its mysterious residents have other plans.

allegedly fled Brazil after being charged with using stolen checks to purchase $700 worth of clothing from a high-end shop on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro in 2008. Santos will next appear in court on June 30.According to prosecutors from the U.S.

Tori Bowie has sadly died.

The FADER’s “Songs You Need” are the tracks we can’t stop playing. Check back every day for new music and follow along on our Spotify playlist. 11 months after its release, São Paulo singer-songwriter Tim Bernardes’ 2022 sophomore album Mil Coisas Invisíveis still rewards repeated listening.

Fast X has been released and reveals more about Jason Momoa’s new villainous character, Dante.The trailer kicks off with Dom Toretto (Vin Diesel) and his crew in Vatican City as they attempt to disarm a rolling bomb set loose in the city by Dante. Flashbacks reveal how Dante got caught up with Toretto, dating back to Fast Five.Dante turns out to be the son of Herman Reyes, the lead antagonist of Fast Five. During the events of Fast Five, Toretto masterminded a heist in Rio De Janeiro to steal from Reyes, killing him.

The official trailer has dropped for “Fast X”, giving fans an extended sneak peek at the long-awaited 10th film in “The Fast Saga”.

The chilling last words of a Air France pilot have been released just moments before the aircraft crashed into the Atlantic ocean.

Marcelo Cajueiro RIO DE JANEIRO — In Brazil, where the majority of the population are of African origin, persons of color are traditionally under-represented on above-the-line TV and film production. This, however, is gradually changing. For the past years, POC talents, as well as residents from the impoverished urban areas, LGBTQ  and indigenous people, have gained ground in the still white-male dominated production sector. The diversity drive resisted four years of an extreme-right government and ironically benefited indirectly from it, in the view of director and screenwriter Janaina Oliveira, vice-president of local Association of Black Audiovisual Professionals (APAN).

Marcelo Cajueiro Wondery, Amazon’s premium podcast studio, announced April 13 at Rio de Janeiro’s Rio2C, Latin America’s largest creativity and innovation event, a slate of upcoming Portuguese-language titles with Brazilian podcasters for Amazon Music. “Historias da Firma,” a spin-off of storyteller Deia Freitas’ “Nao Inviabilize,” will be exclusive on Amazon Music. Freitas’ new podcast will feature weekly episodes of 10-15 minutes with funny, absurd anonymous stories that happened to employees in Brazilian companies. Chico Felitti, creator of podcasts “A Mulher da Casa Abandonada” and “Ateliê,” is developing a new true crime podcast with Wondery, which will be first available on Amazon Music.

Salma Hayek is excited about Spring. The Mexican actress shared two photos of herself dressed accordingly, showing off some colorful flowers on her outfit.Salma Hayek’s daughter, Valentina Paloma, steals the spotlight on the Oscars’ carpetSalma Hayek’s daughter wore her mom’s 90s dress: See more matching momentsSalma Hayek and Francois-Henri Pinault clean trash off the ocean floorA post shared by Salma Hayek Pinault (@salmahayek)The post was shared on Instagram, showing Hayek with a leg on the wall, as she playfully leans on her elbow and looks at the camera.

Emiliano De Pablos Uruguay-based Agustina Chiarino, one of the drivers of the new Latin American cinema industry and at the forefront of pan-regional co-production, is kicking-off early projects at her recently launched production-distribution company Bocacha Films.  Chiarino attended last week’s Malaga Film Festival edition to present Pablo Solarz’s official section contender comedy “Desperté con un sueño” (“I Woke Up With a Dream”), which she produced at Mutante Cine, the Montevideo-based outfit Chiarino and editor-producer Fernando Epstein co-founded in 2011. After “I Woke Up With a Dream,” two feature debuts are finishing production stage under the Mutante Cine brand: Vanina Spataro’s “Naufragios,” teaming with Kino Films in Argentina, and Sebastián Peña Escobar’s documentary “The Last” in partnership with Paraguay’s La Babosa Cine. 

Gisele Bündchen is kicking off the year with her career in mind. The model is the image of Arezzo, a Brazilian brand that has a large imprint in Latin America. The photoshoot shows her modeling alongside various mirrors and a stripper pole.Gisele Bündchen breaks out of her shell, parties with friends in Rio de Janeiro’s CarnivalGisele Bündchen talks about the importance of health when ‘life gets challenging’The photos feature Bündchen showing off the brands’ footwear in stylish photos.