Brazil’s Carnival muse this year isn’t one of the divas or drum queens parading with the Rio de Janeiro samba schools.

They drink beer, clutch plastic Oscars and deliver the impromptu acceptance speeches that they hope their idol, the Brazilian actress Fernanda Torres, will give on Sunday night at the Academy Awards.

"I'm Still Here" earned Brazil's first Oscar in the best international film category A reveler dressed as the Oscar award and holding a replica of the trophy participates in a parade of the street ...

The Oscars fall smack in the middle of Carnival, Brazil’s largest celebration, which runs through Tuesday. During the five-day revelry, the rest of the universe usually fades into the background ...

could win the Oscar over Demi Moore and Mikey Madison. “It’s hard to put into words just how big of a moment this is,” emailed Bruna Santos, director of the Brazil institute at the ...

After celebrating its three Oscar nominations for Walter Salles’ “I’m Still Here” with the same excitement it normally reserves for the soccer World Cup, Brazil went into overdrive when it ...

A reveler dressed as Oscar-nominated actress Fernanda Torres holds a cutout depicting theacademy Instagram account, next to a banner labeled in Portuguese; "Fernanda Torres' Impersonators", during ...

“We will make it public and open it for visitation, the place that brought Brazil's first Oscar in almost 100 years of the awards,” Paes said in his social media channels. Rio’s O Globo and ...

Globo, Brazil’s TV giant, issued a press release celebrating the win, Globo’s first Oscar as it celebrates its 100th anniversary, a victory achieved, moreover, by the first movie backed by its ...

Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) (AFP) – Rio de Janeiro's massive Sambadrome erupted in noisy celebrations Sunday as the news broke that Brazil won its first Oscar, in the middle of the first day of its ...