And no, I am not talking about him booking Aline Weber for an ad campaign. Thanks to one of my resourceful friends, I had mentioned last week that Mr. Jacobs' date to the Met Gala was Brazilian. It seems that now his new love affair is finally hitting the news.
It is official: Marc is a Brazilianizer. Luckily, he did not pick up this Brazilian from Rentboy.
After not being able to donate blood in Rio, Miss Campbell showed up yesterday afternoon on the runway at Daslu in São Paulo for a fashion show celebrating the boutique's 50th anniversary. Naomi donated her profits from the show to to support the campaign against dengue.
Naomi, I am still waiting for your picture with a Made In Brazil sign for my collection. (Image Source)
Seal held a press conference today in São Paulo to promote the Brazilian leg of his tour in support of his latest album System. This is the first time in 16 years that the singer plays the country. During the conference, he complained about paparazzi attacks in America, and was a little annoyed with the translator which accompanied him.
Seal performs in São Paulo tomorrow and Thursday, in Rio on the 29th, in Curitiba on the 1st, and in Porto Alegre on the 3rd.
Posing with a t-shirt from the Brazilian soccer team (and her dad) yesterday in São Paulo.
Bar is in the city shooting a campaign for clothing label Besni. She flies back to the US tonight. (Image Source)
Your next trip to Brazil may be more expensive: the US dollar keeps on going down against the Brazilian real. The exchange rate is now the lowest in the past nine years, at R$ 1,696.
Argentinian Carlos Meliá, winner of the International Mr. Gay Competition, spent the weekend in the country doing press conferences and TV appearances to promote the event. Carlos also had time for an interview and photoshoot for an upcoming issue of Junior magazine. Watch a making of video and his interview on MixBrasil.
The third season of Lost debuts tonight on Brazilian TV. In it, Rodrigo Santoro actually dubbed his character Paulo in Portuguese. He had already done the same for the movie 300.
I have a new reason to watch Desperate Housewives.
Leonardo DiCaprio's gf Bar Rafaeli is the Brazilianizer of the week. She landed in São Paulo yesterday, and is shooting a campaign for a clothing line all day today.
Another Brazilianizer is also in São Paulo: model Naomi Campbell underwent surgery at a hospital this past Sunday, and is still there. No word yet on what the surgery was for.
Models.com unveils the Top 25 Money Girls, and the list is dominated by Brazilians.
In one of the worst soccer accidents I have ever seen, Brazilian-born Arsenal striker Eduardo da Silva almost had to have his foot amputated after being tackled by Birmingham defender Martin Taylor. Eduardo fractured his left fibula and sustained an open dislocation of his ankle joint in the same leg, and is expected to be back on the field in nine months. If you got the stomach for it, watch the accident on video (links are being constantly taken down).
You are not a real Brazilianizer unless you are having a fling with a Brazilian, and Naomi sure knows that. Although there were rumors that she was interested in bank Bradesco's Luca Cavalcanti, the truth is that she had another wealthy Brazilian in mind. Ego confirmed today that the model was whisked to Trancoso this past Tuesday by financier and Parmalat Brazil owner Marcus Alberto Elias. The two met at the Vogue Carnival Gala on Wednesday of last week, and it was apparently love at first sight (even though Marcus was dating someone else at the time).
As if spending Carnival in Salvador (and getting paid to do so) was not enough for Ms. Campbell, Folha de São Paulo reported today that the model turned Brazilianizer said that she would like to have a Brazilian child. Her maternal instincts may have awaken due to her recently developed crush on Luca Cavalcanti, bank Bradesco's marketing director. Nannies beware.
UPDATE: Naomi's fee for spending Carnival in Salvador has been confirmed at USD $100K. The tab was picked up by enterpreneur Nizan Guanaes, and on the contract there was a clause which made sure she would not have a b*tch fit.
Checking out the parade of samba schools at the Sambadromo until four in the morning, always surrounded by security guards.
FYI, Anna Kournikova, Monica Belucci, and Vincent Cassel were also at the Brahma Lounge last night.
Carnival in Brazil would not be complete without a visit from Brazilianizer #1 Naomi Campbell.
She showed up yesterday in São Paulo for the Vogue Gala at Hotel Unique, and already managed to get into trouble when she decided she had the right to cut the line to the bathroom. According to Ego, one Vogue editor even called her a snob, but that did not seem to phase her. Why am I not surprised?
She will be spending Carnival in Rio and Salvador this year. It is about time she sends me a picture with an I (heart) Made In Brazil sign.
David Beckham landed in the country today and the image below is the first one to hit the web: the player leaving his hotel in Natal protecting the skin he is in with wife Victoria stamped on a MJ t-shirt.
Beckham is in Natal to announce plans for his third soccer academy, the Beckham World of Sport, a sports complex that will be located in the soon-to-be-built luxury resort Cabo São Roque, in northeastern Brazil.
Will Smith landed in Rio yesterday, checked into the Copacabana Palace Hotel, and had pizza for dinner. He is in the city to promote I Am Legend, which starts playing in Brazil this Friday.
This morning he attended a press conference for the movie, and posed for pictures like Gisele.
The movie's national premiere is tonight at Cine Odeon.
Brazilian label Zoomp, which has been controlled by the HDLC group since 2006, announced this week that it will be acquiring four other labels: Alexandre Herchcovitch, Fause Haten, Clube Chocolate, and Cúmplice. The five brands, along with Zapping, will be managed by new fashion conglomerate Identidade Moda.
Brazilian Carlos Souza, VP of worldwide public relations at Valentino, did not renew his contract with the fashion house after a twenty-year career as the designer's right-hand man.
Cathy Horyn talks about her interview with CdG's Junya Watanabe.
The fall edition of Fashion Rio kicks off on Monday, and dates for the event have already been confirmed until 2010. The spring shows will take place from June 2 to 9. Next year, editions have been scheduled for January 12 and June 7.
Copacabana will be wireless starting May. The Orla Digital project will start at Avenida Atlântica, and then spread out to Avenida Nossa Senhora de Copacabana, and Baixada Fluminense, offering free wi-fi access to anyone in the area. Now wouldn't the project be more effective if the government could guarantee that people would be safe by taking their laptops to the beach?
Prince of Monaco Andrea Casiraghi is the Brazilianizer of choice this summer when it comes to national gossip sites. His pictures at the beach in Ipanema were all over the web this week.
Hillary Duff is bringing her Dignity tour to Brazil this month. She is schedule to perform in São Paulo at Via Funchal on the 21 and the 22, and then do Vivo Rio on the 24.
Fatboy Slim will be spending Carnival in Brazil again, performing at Maresias on February 3, and in Salvador on February 5.
Earth Wind & Fire also have performances scheduled in Rio and São Paulo on February 15 and 16, respectively.
While I can't get enough of her album, Britney has yet another meltdown.
DSquared2 twins Dean and Dan Caten spent New Year's at Chopin building in Rio.
Four million people watched the fireworks from the beach in Rio de Janeiro this year. O Globo Online has a picture gallery of the festivities.
I am saddened to report that one person died at Posto 9 in Ipanema during a shooting, and that five people were hurt by stray bullets in Copacabana on NYE.
My friend and blogger Italo talks about the parties in Rio on his blog. From what I heard, nightclub The Week reigned supreme in its first new year in the city, and Chris Cox was the best DJ.
Check out MixBrasil for a selection of pictures of the parties in Rio.
Rumors on Brazilian papers had everyone thinking Paris Hilton would spend NYE at Cafe de la Musique in Floripa. Paris ended up in Las Vegas, but models Alessandra Ambrosio, Izabel Goulart, Jeisa, Oluchi, and Fernanda Motta were there. Actor Jared Leto also chose the place to spend NYE.
Mary J. Blige performed Just Fine and Alicia Keys sang Like You'll Never See Me Again to ring in the new year in New York.
January 12 has been confirmed as the date for the first edition of the Creamfields festival in Punta del Este. The line up of DJs includes the likes of Hernán Cattaneo, Seb Fontaine, Jimmy Van M, S.O.S., and others.
It is time to get online and vote for Brazilian Luciano Lupo in the International Mr. Gay Competition.
A crowd of Brazilianizers took over luxury boutique Daslu in São Paulo this past Friday: Hamish Bowles and Michael Roberts both debuted their new books, while Liz Hurley introduced her line of swimwear.
Ex-Formula 1 racer Michael Schumacher went tanning in his balcony at the new Fasano Rio yesterday. He was in the country for a kart grand prix organized by Brazilian Felipe Massa.
Hot DJ and producer Mark Ronson will be spinning this Thursday at club Royal in São Paulo as part of Motomix 2007.
Artist (and Björk's husband) Matthew Barney is putting the final touches in an installation set to open to the public in Minas Gerais early next year.
Britney's ex Kevin Federline scores the cover of the Details' most influential men issue. The magazine's power list includes Disney hotties like Zac Efron, the Google founders, Perez Hilton, and Ryan Seacrest.
Model Raquel Zimmermann is featured in the Craig McDean Topsy-Turvy story, in the latest issue of W magazine.
Check out New York magazine's latest fashion publication, Look, and make sure to read the feature on Lanvin's Alber Elbaz.
In the next couple of weeks the girls in Brazil will be getting a website especially devoted to lesbian news and happenings, properly entitled Dykerama.
Brazilian Editora Abril canceled the project for its upcoming gay publication called Romeu.
The movie hit Tropa de Elite inspired a gay spoof on YouTube: As Bis De Elite is hilarious if you understand Portuguese.
In the country to promote Hector Babenco's El Pasado, Gael Garcia Bernal caused a paparazzi frenzy at the 31st Mostra Internacional de Cinema in São Paulo.
Miss Campbell landed in São Paulo to cheer for fellow Brit Lewis Hamilton in the Interlagos F-1 Grand Prix. However, the season title ended up in the hands of Kimi Räikkönen. Brazilian Felipe Massa finished second yesterday, and 4th in the season's ranking.
Teaching 24-year-old Brazilian girlfriend Camila Alves how to surf over the weekend in Malibu.
Lenny Kravitz is having a love affair with the country: after spending a lot of time in Rio in July, he was seen in Salvador this week.
Bono is landing in the country on October 21 for the F-1 Grand Prix in São Paulo. Björk may head to Rio at the same time, arriving few days before her three scheduled concerts on October 26, 28, and 31. It will be the third time she performs in Brazil.
Designer Gareth Pugh is coming to São Paulo in November for Pense Moda, a series of lectures and debates about fashion and marketing which also counts with Judy Blame, Hugo Scott, and Alexandre Herchcovitch.
Madonna is leaving Warner Music, her long-time record label, to sign a $120 million deal with Live Nation, the concert promoter behind the Live 8 events.
In the latest installment of his shirtless publicity blitz, Marc Jacobs does W magazine.
The US dollar opened the day at R$ 1.80, the lowest exchange rate to the real in the past seven years.
São Paulo will soon host a franchise of Buddha Bar, scheduled for an October opening at Daslu.
A Corrida Milionária, Brazil's first franchise of The Amazing Race, will debut this Saturday at RedeTV! with a gay couple competing for the big prize.
Valter Luiz Cardeal de Souza, president of Brazilian electric company Eletrobrás, released a statement yesterday claiming that he was not responsible for homosexual remarks attributed to him last week, and apologizing for the misunderstanding. Mr. Souza said that he has no prejudice towards homosexuality, and that Eletrobrás even offers health insurance benefits to partners of gay employees in civil unions. Furnas, a subsidiary of Eletrobrás, donated R$200K as a sponsor to Gay Pride in Rio this weekend.
Today is National Coming Out Day. If you are looking for a perfect moment to make significant changes in your life, why not stop making excuses and do it now? You are already reading a gay blog after all.
Brazilian label Moshe Sport presented its Prince Harry-inspired spring 2008 collection at Conjunto Nacional in São Paulo over the weekend.
Ana Beatriz Barros tells Nova magazine this month that some men feel impotent (to use her own words) by going out with a woman like her. "I am not quitting my job for a man. I was brought up this way, I don't like to waste time, and I love what I do," says the model.
Singer Fergie is a Brazilianizer: she cast Brazilian model Andre Ziehe for her next video, shot over the weekend in Los Angeles. Her single Big Girls Don't Cry took the #1 spot at the Billboard charts, making her the first female artist to have three #1 hits from one album since Christina Aguilera with her debut.
Check out David Guetta's new video for Baby When The Light.
Sweet dreams are made of this: Britney Spears' promotional makeover blitz is going strong. Another track leaks on the web, but it is not nearly as addictive as the new Gimme More.
Brazilian actress Alice Braga is a hot new commodity in Hollywood: she has been cast to star opposite Jude Law in Miguel Sapochnik's Repossession Mambo.
Hillary Clinton talked to Ellen this morning about her position on gay marriage versus civil unions.
Brad Pitt graces the cover of the October issue of Detais, shot by his usual photographer of choice Steven Klein. He confessed loving a gay story at the Venice Film Festival this week.
The 2008 Dieux Du Stade calendar, also photographed by Steven Klein, is coming soon, and I can't wait to get my hands on one.
I hear from good sources that American label Andrew Christian will soon be available in Brazil. I am sure the boys will be lining up for it.
While Brazil gets ready to elect its first Mr. Gay International candidate, Mr. Gay Argentina Jorge Schmeda gets a lot of buzz thanks to his career as a porn actor. Regardless of who ends up representing Brazil, he can already count on my vote.
Over a million people took over the streets of New York surrounding Little Brazil yesterday to celebrate Brazilian Day in the city. I watched some of it on TV last night, and it looked almost as big (if not bigger) than Gay Pride. The videos below were the best I could find on YouTube today:
A reader also sent me a link to some pictures and videos this morning. Click here for more.
According to Ego, singer Lenny Kravitz is so in love with Rio that he came back to the city last week (he had performed at Live Earth Rio over a month ago). The gossip site also reveals that the singer bought a farm on the countryside of Rio, and is supposed to leave the country this week.
With 22-year-old Brazilian model (and girlfriend of one year) Camila Alves at the beach in Malibu this weekend.
More at Estrelando. Meanwhile, someone seems to be milking her romance for a little bit of extra publicity in Brazil.
The cover of Istoé Gente is just the beginning. Camila Alves will soon be charging a lot more for appearences and fashion shows in the country.
It is already on People magazine: former 'N Sync star Lance Bass recently found love in the arms of Brazilian model Pedro Andrade. Apparently, the two met a party in the Hamptons earlier this summer, months after Lance's split from Reichen Lehmkul. I guess this makes two guys who Lance hand-picked from the covers of The Advocate in 2005. Coincidence?
From what I know, Pedro is a very sweet guy. There is more about him on Papel Pop for those who can read Portuguese.
I hope this whole move makes having a Brazilian boyfriend fashionable again.
Actor Bruno Gagliasso celebrated his 25th birthday last Friday with a costume party. He dressed up as Captain America.
The 18th annual GLAAD Media Awards took place this past Saturday in Los Angeles, honoring TV shows such as Ugly Betty and Brothers & Sisters.
Miss Minas Gerais Natália Guimarães was elected the new Miss Brasil.
Matthew McConaughey is the newest Brazilianizer on the block now that he is apparently dating Brazilian model Camila Alves.
Terry Richardson is also on a Brazilianizer ride. The photographer will land in Rio later this month to work on a book about the city, in partnership with Diesel.
Brazilian Alice Braga, who you may remember from City Of God, is one of the most promising young stars in Hollywood according to Vanity Fair.
Anna Wintour will be on the Today show on Friday morning, and she will be taking the 10 supermodels from the cover of the May issue of Vogue with her. Southern Brazilian blondes Carol Trentini and Raquel will be representing the country. My favorite new face Chanel Iman (who happens to be only 16 and already on the cover of Vogue) is on call as well.
Made In Brazil wishes happy birthday to model Evandro Soldati.
The twins behind DSquared2 took over São Paulo over the weekend for the big launch of the label in Brazil. Model João Vellutini, as well as actors Cauã Reymond and Dado Dolabella were there.
I am wondering if Dean and Dan headed to The Week after the party. All pictures of via Glamurama.
Why? Because the Prince got a little frisky when posing for a photograph with Brazilian student Ana Ferreira at a nightclub last week. According to her, "he has big manly hands and certainly knows what to do with them." She sure knows what to do with the picture.
Straight from today's Page Six:
Anderson Cooper was friendly at a Brazilian airport on Friday. "Hi, I'm Anderson," he said to the "attractive" man standing next to him at the flight connection monitors in the Salvador terminal, a spy told The Post's Braden Keil. The 25ish fellow was wearing a tight T-shirt, cut-off shorts and an earring. According to our witness, the unshaven, solo-traveling CNN star chatted for 20 minutes with the stranger before the fellow had to say goodbye and board his flight to Rio.
I am not going to say anything else, except for why don't I bump into Mr. Cooper at the airport in Brazil? And why are there no pictures of him in any Brazilian gossip sites this morning?
Alessandra Ambrosio, Raquel Zimmermann, and now Gisele's sexy back. No Brazilian models escaped from Mr. Timberlake last Thursday at the Victoria's Secret fashion show.
Click here for a picture gallery of the show.
Justin Timberlake performed at last Thursday's taping of the Victoria's Secret fashion show, and it seems to me like he was paying a lot of attention to Brazilian models Alessandra Ambrosio and Raquel Zimmermann. Can you blame him? It is all about a sexy Brazilian back.
Matt Dillon has been in the country since December 10 thanks to the 3rd Amazonas Film Festival. While in Manaus, he took the time to get the know the local fauna, feeding a baby manatee, and also signing t-shirts to be auctioned for Projeto Peixe-boi, an organization protecting the Brazilian manatee from risk of extinction. Pictures via OFuxico.
Last night, Matt Dillon was spotted in Rio having dinner and drinks with friends at restaurant Jobi.
She hasn't adopted a Brazilian child, but Madonna did adopt a Brazilian designer for her much talked about appearance at the Oprah show this week. The dress worn by the singer is designed by Issa, a London-based label created by my fellow Brazilian Daniella Helayel. Images via Chic.
Missed Madonna's interview on Oprah? Watch it here. I must admit that I really like what she had to say.
According to Brazilian newspaper O Globo, actor Jack Nicholson is set to direct a movie based on Paulo Coelho's novel 11 Minutes. The story about a Brazilian girl who ends up living as a prostitute in Switzerland is being adapted for the big screen by Marcos Bernstein for New Line Cinema.
I am now reading his latest book The Witch Of Portobello, but I don't think it has been translated to English yet. More information about the author on his website.
As if Diddy wasn't enough, Lindsay Lohan also gets major Brazilian points this week for sporting a white "Senhor do Bomfim" ribbon on every picture of her spread on Elle magazine. I wonder what were the three wishes she made when putting it on, and if this is going to take the place of the red Kabbalah bracelet.
I am aware that the editors at Elle love little Brazilian trinkets, but this ribbon has been overdone already. Scans by D Listed (thanks to Victor).
When it comes to loving Brazil, no one can beat Ms. Campbell. Even in times of crisis (she was arrested today for allegedly attacking her housekeeper), she still finds a way to promote the country. The Brasil hat is just priceless.
Thanks Ricardo for the picture.
Livin' it up in Rio this past weekend for Carnival.
