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

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

Her film ‘I’m Still Here’ has fueled a legal reckoning that experts say will get taken to the next level if she brings home ...

That’s why Torres, many believe, holds the power to do more than become the first Brazilian to win a major Oscar. “It’s just an award but it’s also much more than an award,” Ioris says.

Walter Salles' 'Im Still Here' won Best International Feature Film at the 97th Academy Awards. Brazilians roared at home and on the streets, where Carnival festivities have been ongoing since Saturday ...

Fernanda Torres has the chance to make history at the Oscars. The "I'm Still Here" star would become the first Brazilian actress to win the best actress award should her name be called on March 2.

Fernanda Montenegro was nominated for nearly 30 years ago. Montenegro was the first Brazilian actress to be nominated for the award; Torres is the second. "I feel that we have a nominated DNA ...

In Brazil, however, she was a superstar ... as an older version of Torres’s character during the film’s climax. Fernanda Torres in Walter Salles’s Oscar-nominated ‘I’m Still Here ...

Star Fernanda Torres has a strong chance to win best actress ... than they have before,” says Bruna Santos, director of the Brazil institute at the independent Washington D.C. think thank ...

That’s the verdict of Torres’ mother, fellow Brazilian screen favorite Fernanda Montenegro. Torres has earned her Best Actress nod for her performance in Walter Salles’ I’m Still Here - a ...

When the dust settled, there was a considerable amount of support for Cynthia Erivo (“Wicked”) and Fernanda Torres (“I’m ... a first for Brazil. One artisan’s branch voter says ...

Torres made history at the time Oscar nominations were announced when she became the second Brazilian actress to earn an Oscar nomination. Her mother, Fernanda Montenegro, who was nominated for ...