On February 9, 1909, future Hollywood star Carmen Miranda was born in Portugal. Her family soon relocated to Brazil, where Carmen became a young singing sensation. In the early 1940s she broke into ...

The Brazilian performer was a huge hit with American audiences who loved her outrageous costumes and beautiful voice. But she's been less... Of Fruit Hats And 'Happy Tropics,' A Renaissance For Carmen ...

Relations between the U.S. and Brazil are strained by conflicting alliances in the Ukraine war. Decades ago, a Disney cartoon parrot and Carmen Miranda once played a part in U.S.-Brazilian diplomacy.

The New York Times and the [UK] Guardian both published articles commemorating the 60th anniversary of Carmen Miranda's (1909-55) death on August 5. Although her indelible Hollywood image is one of ...

Carmen Miranda - Entre Divãs E Balangandãs narrates a cut in Carmen Miranda's life, when, already consecrated as one of the main Brazilian personalities in the United States, she returned for a show ...

"The Brazilian Bombshell" may be gone, but she is not forgotten. Marking the 50th anniversary of the 40's star's death, the Modern Art Museum in Rio de Janeiro is to host an exhibition entitled ...

It has been more than 70 years since Brazilian singer and actress Carmen Miranda rose to fame as the "Lady in the Tutti Frutti Hat," becoming one of the highest-paid actresses of the 1940s and ...

About 200 Hollywood star footprints are outside Grauman’s Chinese Theatre, but only one set belongs to the Brazilian starlet who balanced a tutti-frutti hat. This month actress and La Cañada ...

Known for her outrageous costumes and beautiful voice, Brazilian performer Carmen Miranda was the highest-earning woman in Hollywood in the 1940s. In the signature number in the 1943 extravaganza The ...

President Biden and his Brazilian counterpart, Jair Bolsonaro, are expected to meet face to face next week for the first time. Their meeting at LA Summit of the Americas is framed against rising ...