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

Torres didn’t take home the Oscar for best actress, though I’m Still Here significantly won the best international feature ...

Brazilian movie "I'm Still Here", set against the backdrop of the military dictatorship and recounting the true story of a ...

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

Torres is the second Brazilian to be ever nominated in the Best Actress category, following her mother's nomination in 1999.

Brazil has won its first Oscar for international feature for I’m Still Here, the story of a family broken apart amid a ...

The film is based on a true story set in 1970s Rio de Janeiro, when Brazil was living under a military dictatorship.

Mikey Madison won the Oscar for best actress over contenders such as Demi Moore and Fernanda Torres, but there’s only love ...

I’m Still Here,” a film about a family torn apart by the military dictatorship that ruled Brazil for more than two decades, ...

Torres’ husband, Andrew “Andrucha” Waddington is a renowned Brazilian director, screenwriter, producer, and partner in one of ...

Some stories don’t end—they just wait for the right moment to come full circle. One of them happened in the Oscars 2025.

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.