
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.