Brazilian reality TV contestant-turned entertainment reporter Sabrina Sato is, I guess, a pretty big fan of Justin Timberlake. Either that or giving people plastic models of her own ass presented in gift boxes. Read… 9/19/13 5:45pm 9/19/13 5:45pm

Fertility declined in rural villages in India and Brazil with cable TV access — because, according to two studies, women are inspired by the relatable childless ladies on soap operas (but not, apparently, to kill/cheat/impersonate their twin sister). Read… 6/14/13 11:45am 6/14/13 11:45am

Over on BuzzFeed, Copyranter has posted a series of ads from Brazil. Star Models is that country's branch of Ford Models* and the ads involve a glamorous fashion sketch placed side by side with a model Photoshopped to appear painfully thin. The tagline: Read… 4/18/13 5:35pm 4/18/13 5:35pm

Last Saturday, an American woman and her French male companion were trapped on a public van in Rio de Janiero by three men. For six hours, they beat both and raped the woman as the suspects took turns driving the van. Finally, the couple was taken to an ATM at the outskirts of town to withdraw money before being… Read… 4/01/13 11:30pm 4/01/13 11:30pm

It's possible to write a lengthy tome on hair and gender. In King Charles' day, it was totes cool for a dude to have long, lustrous locks; in the late '60s and '70s, counter-culture hippies and rockers from David Crosby to Lynyrd Skynyrd let their hair grow long and wild and free. In the '80s and '90s, we had Fabio,… Read… 3/19/13 6:20pm 3/19/13 6:20pm

In case you missed it, for almost a week now there's been a jolly olde shitstorme a-brewing between a couple of British feminists and a whole lot of angry trans activists and allies. It started off innocuously enough—it could have begun and ended with a whimper if certain parties hadn't been such unyielding, bigoted… Read… 1/14/13 7:00pm 1/14/13 7:00pm

A fleet-footed black-and-white cat was captured back on Dec. 31 by prison guards in Brazil's northeast Alagoas state after it was caught sneaking around with a little parcel of tools strapped to its body, which is both the cutest and cleverest jailbreak plan ever devised. It's also reason enough to take a long, hard… Read… 1/06/13 12:30pm 1/06/13 12:30pm

At 6'8", a 17-year-old Brazilian girl named Elisany de Cruz Silva—we wrote about her back in 2010—has a rare form of gigantism caused by a benign tumor in her ptuitary gland (which doctors have since removed). Since the age of 13, she's suffered from severe joint pain and migraines, and her lifelong aspirations of… Read… 12/29/12 4:45pm 12/29/12 4:45pm

In "Nothing Good Ever Came From or Happened At a Beauty Pageant with the Exception of Alana Thompson" news, a Brazilian beauty queen hopeful has allegedly confessed to plotting the murder of her perceived #1 competitor. It's like Drop Dead Gorgeous came to life but super sad because it's real (but also kind-of less sad… Read… 10/01/12 10:00am 10/01/12 10:00am

If you dislike the idea of the Olympics being represented by logo that looks like a puzzle some mischievous housecat has broken into pieces, then you probably didn't like the London 2012 logo. The great thing about the Olympics, however, is that every four years, new graphic design teams and ad agencies have the… Read… 8/14/12 10:25pm 8/14/12 10:25pm

Brazil, the land of talking exotic birds, is wrestling with a childbirth culture that has, in recent years, relied on interventionist procedures such as C-sections. More than half of all babies born in Brazil are delivered via cesarean, a figure, according to the Associated Press, that rises to 82 percent for women on… Read… 8/13/12 1:00pm 8/13/12 1:00pm

You know it, you love it, you want it, so come and get it, doggystyle. That's what the in-flight magazine ad for a new Brazilian "love hotel" for dogs would say if dogs could read and make decisions about where they took their vacations. As it happens, no such ad currently exists, which is why it is my solemn duty to… Read… 7/11/12 9:15pm 7/11/12 9:15pm

This week, an armed man entered a Brazilian luxury sex toy shop, tied up the clerk, and made off with a $4,000 18K gold-plated vibrator. Tragicomically, he didn't manage to swipe the vibe's charger as well, so whoever ends up with the high end play dick will have difficulty gilding her lilly. Read… 6/01/12 5:50pm 6/01/12 5:50pm

People dance to the rhythm of samba in the 'Samba Train' in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Saturday Dec. 3, 2011. The Samba Train, which normally is a commuter train, takes revelers once a year to a neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro to attend music shows in commemoration of National Samba Day, which officially fell on Dec. 2.… Discuss… 12/04/11 1:35pm 12/04/11 1:35pm

"Macaco Gordo" — or "The Fat Monkey" in English — is a 45-foot long, florescent-colored monkey that resides in the middle of a park in Sao Paolo, Brazil. This monkey statue is different, though, because he isn't made from bronze, stone, or even plaster of paris — he's made from 10,000 pairs of flip flops. The installation… Read… 10/12/11 5:25pm 10/12/11 5:25pm

After suffering two strokes, Rosa Celestrino de Assis of Brazil was declared dead by her doctor and sent to the morgue. She spent two hours in a body bag before anyone noticed she was still alive. "I went to give my mom one last hug, and I could feel that she was breathing. I screamed out — my mom is alive! And they all … Read… 9/27/11 12:40pm 9/27/11 12:40pm

If the mayor of Sao Paulo, Brazil signs legislation adopted by the city council, the city will start celebrating Heterosexual Pride Day every year in December. Carlos Apolinario, who authored the legislation, explains that it's "not anti-gay but a protest against the privileges the gay community enjoys." Apolinario is… Discuss… 8/05/11 12:05pm 8/05/11 12:05pm

Brasilia, Brasil, July 29: Argentina's President Cristina Fernandez, right, and Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff speak during a welcoming ceremony at the Planalto Palace. Fernandez is on a one-day visit to Brazil. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres) Discuss… 7/31/11 6:08pm 7/31/11 6:08pm

Detractors of female soccer argue that the women's game isn't as interesting for spectators as the men's because men are bigger and stronger. When you watch a men's team play, you'll see more athleticism! More manly muscles! More grunting and five o'clock shadow and questionable tattoos! But there's another, less… Read… 7/12/11 10:46pm 7/12/11 10:46pm

How do you relieve stress and anxiety when you're on the job? Do some online window shopping? Hit up the vending machine for some chocolate? Take a smoke break? One Brazilian woman masturbates. Eighteen times a day. Read… 5/13/11 2:00pm 5/13/11 2:00pm

Seems like as good a time as any to direct your attention to this '80s-era clip of a young Arnold Schwarzenegger enjoying what Brazil has to offer during Carnival. Sample quote: "After watching the mulattos shake it, I can absolutely understand why Brazil is totally devoted to my favorite body part: The ass." Discuss… 5/11/11 10:10am 5/11/11 10:10am

Yesterday a Brazilian woman was cleaning up her home after a flood when she noticed her 3-year-old son playing with something behind the couch. She went to investigate and realized he was patting a 5-foot alligator, which had been washed into her home by the high water. The woman grabbed her son and called… Discuss… 2/23/11 10:13pm 2/23/11 10:13pm

Rio de Janeiro, Feb 19: A reveler takes part at the Banda de Ipanema carnival parade. Hundreds of people gathered Saturday during one of the many parades which take place in the city before the famed 'Carnival' which this year runs March. 4-8. Also, you now have the theme song from The Nanny stuck in your head.

What does Carla Bruni have to do with the extradition of a convicted Italian murderer? She says nothing, but a lot of people disagree. Read… 1/26/11 12:19pm 1/26/11 12:19pm

Nova Friburgo, Brazil, Jan 16: Ludmila Moura, 5, was pulled out of her destroyed house by her father on the first night of heavy rains and flooding last Thursday. To donate to the Red Cross, click here.