R&B singer R. Kelly will be sentenced this Wednesday (29) for luring underage women and girls into sex. Kelly, 55, was convicted last September in federal court in Brooklyn, New York, after a 5-and-a-half-week trial that amplified charges that have dogged the singer of the Grammy-winning hit “I Believe I Can Fly” since the early […]
Anatel opens public consultation for the standardization of cell phone chargers
The National Telecommunications Agency (Anatel) opened a public consultation for a proposal to standardize cell phone chargers by wire with USB type C standard, according to a statement at the end of Tuesday (29) on the agency’s website. The proposal follows a similar movement carried out in other regions, such as Europe. Earlier this month, […]
Use of 5G in the world is important to lower smartphone prices, says expert
The popularization of the use of 5G in the world – although the technology has not yet been implemented comprehensively in Brazil – will bring positive consequences for the country. This is the assessment of the president of Teleco, a consulting company in the Telecommunications area, Eduardo Tude. The projection of an Ericsson report is […]
Twelve years later, the Minions renew themselves so they don’t lose their grace
My favorite pastime when watching any movie with the presence of the Minions continues: in a scene with a large crowd of these little monsters, I always look at the back of the frame, for sure something bizarre happens at that moment, in the background. It is with this charm that the Minions still take […]
Selton Mello, Jeferson De and more Brazilians are invited to vote for the Oscars
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in Hollywood, organizer of the Oscars, released this Tuesday (28) the list of new nominees to join the institution. In all, 397 artists and executives who “distinguished themselves for their contributions to cinema” were invited and, if accepted, will be eligible to participate in the selection of […]
Rio de Janeiro receives unprecedented exhibition with 50 original and rare works by Portinari
A Portinari as never seen before. This is the promise of the exhibition “Portinari Raros”, which will be open to the public from this Wednesday (29), at the Centro Cultural do Banco do Brasil (CCBB), in Rio de Janeiro. Curated by Marcello Dantas, the show features around 50 unpublished works by Candido Portinari (1903-1962), one […]
Woody Allen says in rare interview he can stop directing films
the filmmaker Woody Allen which has repercussions for Hollywood on account of an accusation of sexual abuse made by his adopted daughter, he said on Tuesday (28) that he will shoot a new film in Paris in the autumn of the Northern Hemisphere, and that it could be the last of his career. Allen, 86, […]
Nearly 30 Years Later, Disney+ Will Release “Abracadabra” Sequel
Twenty-nine years later, the Sanderson sisters are back. THE Disney+ has just released the new teaser for “Abracadabra 2”, a continuation of the 1993 hit film, which features the actresses Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker and Kathy Najimy as the trio of witches that terrorize the small town of Salem. This time, they are summoned […]
Human fossils from Africa are 1 million years older than previously thought
A new study, published on Monday (27) in the scientific journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, revealed that fossils of Australopithecus found in South Africa’s Sterkfontein caves are a year older than previously thought — making them older than the famous fossil of Lucy (aka Dinkinesh) from Ethiopia. Lucy was found in the […]
LGBTI+ Pride: new book tells the history of the movement and talks about challenges
The story is of a movement. But, inevitably, it is also the people who are part of it. Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, transgender, transvestite, intersex, and all those represented by the acronym LGBTQIA+ . Clippings of these stories are in the new book by researcher Renan Quinalha, “LGBTI+ Movement: A Brief History of the 21st […]