Nobody is sure just what it is, or even what its name implies: according to various experts, the Portuguese slang expression bossa nova can mean “the latest thing” or “the new beat” or “the new ...

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Think of Brazil and Rio de Janeiro will likely spring to mind: the golden-sand beaches, the mountainous backdrop, the gentle yearning of bossa nova or samba’s lively percussion echoing in the distance ...

Bossa Games has been affected by another round of layoffs, with an unknown number of staff affected. In a statement shared to LinkedIn, co-founder and co-CEO Henrique Olifiers said the studio had made ...

Brasil is a country full of music. Samba, which was strongly influenced by African music, originated in Rio de Janeiro about 100 years ago Bossa nova, the focus of this hour, is basically a fusing of ...

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The Pairi Daiza Zoo in Brugelette, Belgium, has officially welcomed baby rhino Nova. The southern white rhino was born on January 2. California to Negotiate Trade With Other Countries to Bypass Trump ...

Springfield's first baby of 2025 didn't wait long past midnight to arrive. Nova Finley, a baby girl weighing 6 pounds, 10 ounces, arrived at 12:18 a.m., Mercy hospital announced Wednesday. Nova, the ...

Riley Keough "acknowledges" she is a nepo-baby. The 35-year-old actress, who is the daughter of the late Lisa Marie Presley and the granddaughter of late music icon Elvis Presley, admits she is ...

Sergio Mendes, the Brazilian Grammy-winning musician whose hit "Mas Que Nada" made him a global legend, died after months of battling the effects of long COVID, his publicist Karen Vock confirmed to ...