The first candidates to the 2008 Mr. Gay Brazil title have been selected: 23 year old Patrick Scalco will represent Belo Horizonte, and 28 year old Jueves Tiedt will represent Blumenau at the national finals which take place in São Paulo in September.
Brazil and the US signed a bilateral agreement which will allow for 50% more flights between the two countries, and for more companies to operate the routes. Thanks to the new agreement, 154 weekly flights will be allowed between Brazil and the US, as opposed to the current 105 flights. Implementation will be complete by 2010.
For those planning to go to Rio, TAM Airlines announced a new direct flight from Miami starting September 5. A direct flight to Rio from New York will be offered by late October.
Forget about drinking and driving in Brazil: a new law of zero tolerance has been instituted, and anyone who is caught driving after drinking a single beer will have his license revoked for a year.
DJ Alan Natal will be spinning at nightclub Flex this Saturday, and on July 19 The Week Rio will be celebrating its first year in business.
Journalist Lufe Steffen just released his book Tragam Os Cavalos Dancantes, about the Grind party which happens at São Paulo club A Lôca on Sunday nights and has been going on for ten years now.
Fall Out Boy's Pete Wentz graces the cover of Out magazine.
Isabeli Fontana is getting some bad rep today for saying on a TV show last night that she would not like to have a gay son. I am sure she meant no harm, but she should have known better and used a more politically correct statement.
Louis Vuitton will collaborate with Kanye West in a line of men's shoes.
When is Cristiano Ronaldo going to go back to wearing speedos?
Let´s be honest. Unfortunately, Isabeli meant exactly what she said.
http://videolog.uol.com.br/video.php?id=343148
I only hope that one of her children turn out to be gay, so that she can deal with this prejudice and evolve as a person.
Posted by: André | 07/01/2008 at 10:33 PM
It´s like "I love gays, doing my hair, my make-up, my outfit, but very far from me, not in my family!"
Hipocrit!
xoxo
Posted by: Gossip Girl | 07/01/2008 at 10:49 PM
What the hell would be a "more politically correct" way to say she's a homophobe? Bigotry is bigotry --- it's not better if it's said more elegantly.
Posted by: Buster | 07/03/2008 at 03:00 PM
What the hell does she mean by saying that ? THat straight people are better than gay people?That she wouldnt love her own son any more if he turns out to be gay ,what a wonderful mother!Those ignorant ,stupid remarks from a girl like that ,that has made millions in the fasion industrie where as we all know her carreer is made by mosstly gay people,im a shamed for her ,for his sake with such a mother i hope he doesnt turn out gay and i hope her career in fashion may soon beover,theres always room for another Jordan if she gets some breasy implamtd ,what an in credble hypocriet,i still cant believe it !Kate snorting coke should have been ignored thats private this is just appaling!Hope father doesnt feel the same way !Oh yeah he divorced her ,so you see in her case,beautiful on the outside nothing in side!
Posted by: johannes | 07/06/2008 at 08:11 PM