When Spanish actress Penélope Cruz announced that “I’m Still Here” was the winner of best international film at the Academy ...

Walter Salles' Oscar-winning ‘I’m Still Here’ is part of a Brazilian film revival driven by generous funding and other major ...

The best international feature Academy Award for Walter Salles’ timely drama backdropped the annual celebrations and ...

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

Brazil erupted Sunday night when the movie I’m Still Here became the first Oscar winner in the country’s history — in the ...

Rio de Janeiro's massive Sambadrome erupted in noisy celebrations Sunday as the news broke that Brazil won its first Oscar, ...

There was even hope Torres, who had staged an upset at the Golden Globes, could win the Oscar over Demi Moore ... director of the Brazil institute at the independent Washington D.C. think thank ...

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 ...

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It’s Fernanda Torres, who’s competing for the best actress Oscar on Sunday. The Oscars fall smack in the middle of Carnival, Brazil’s largest celebration, which runs through Tuesday.

“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 ...

By Ana Ionova and Jack Nicas Reporting from Rio de Janeiro “I’m Still Here” — the Oscar best picture nominee about the murder of a Brazilian congressman by the country’s military ...