Brazilian actor Jonatas Faro will make a cameo in the upcoming television series Rio!, starring Jason Lewis and currently shooting in the city.

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• Brazilian street artists Os Gêmeos and Nunca were amongst the twelve artists invited by Deitch Projects to participate in the Wynwood Walls Project.
• French-Brazilian design firm Triptyque created a 50-foot tall sculpture for the Shenzhen & Hong Kong Biennale.
• I am obsessed with Lanvin's spring 2010 bags.
• This just may be the best news of the week: André Leon Talley is judging the next season of America’s Next Top Model.
• Joe McElderry is the winner of Britain's X Factor.
• Fabio Nascimento is the latest Garoto Vipado.
• Brazilian dating site (and by dating I mean occasional hook up) Disponivel.com is now available in English. Membership costs approximately $10 a month.
• Speedo break: model Caco Ricci showering in the reality series A Fazenda 2.
• Olive green is back: a 30-second sneak peek of Rihanna's new video for Hard.
• Margherita Missoni was in São Paulo for the opening of the first Missoni store at Iguatemi Mall. Read an interview with her (in Portuguese) at Blog LP.
• Luana Teifke was the most featured model in Vogue Brazil in 2009. Jacques Dequeker was the photographer with the most editorials.
• Rumor has it that Lara Stone will be walking for Tufi Duek at São Paulo Fashion Week next month.

• Here is the twitter-themed Vogue Italia December cover everyone is talking about.
• Alessandra Ambrósio shares her top ten tips to bag a man by Christmas. Yet another reason to love her.
• Shear Genius will be back in February with Camila Alves as the new host and Orlando Pita as the new mentor.
• The official line up for the January fall shows in Rio has been released.
• Vik Muniz, Obra Completa 1987-2009, a catalog raisonné on the work of the artist featuring over 1,600 images, will be released on December 17 at Shopping Cidade Jardim in São Paulo.
• DJ Samantha Ronson will be spinning at Cine Veneza in Rio on December 18.
• Têtu has uploaded pictures of Rodrigo Calazans.
• Francisco Lachowsky by Massimo Pamparana.
• Beyoncé topped the nominations for the 52nd Annual Grammy Awards, with ten total nods, including Album of the Year, Record of the Year, and Song of the Year.  Also up for the top three categories are Taylor Swift and Lady Gaga. Taylor Swift has eight nominations, followed by Kanye West, The Black Eyed Peas, and Maxwell, with six nominations each.
• Check out Blabbeando and Towleroad for coverage of last night's rally for marriage equality in New York. There is another rally scheduled for tonight in Union Square.

• Remember I posted about Raquel being in the 2010 Vogue Paris calendar shot by Mario Sorrenti at the Lido? Well, it is finally out, and it looks much hotter than what I imagined. Fashionologie has a preview.
• Sonia Rykiel for H&M at the Grand Palais.
• This will change the way people think about video editorials.
• Izabel Goulart brings her sexiness to the pages of Italian GQ.
• Ford's Supermodel of the World will take place in São Paulo on January 14.
• For those of you who haven't had enough of DJ Jesus Luz yet, here is a video with the best moments from his first Brazilian tour.
• Want to know what sort of tragedy happens when a Brazilian singer gets inspired by J. Lo and Beyoncé at the same time? Watch this.
• Speedo break: hot judo fighter Flávio Canto in Barra da Tijuca.
• DJs Phil Romano and Antoine909 are confirmed at the Maxima Party in Rio for nye. If you are in the city by December 12, then make sure to get tickets to the B.I.T.C.H. party at Fundicão Progresso. Deborah Cox will be performing live.
• Missed the Victoria's Secret extravaganza on television last night? Don't worry. I uploaded videos of the five segments after the jump.

• Hello Germany! Here is a preview of the latest issue of EY! Magateen, photographed by Kira Bunse. 
• Not even Lady Gaga's bottle smashing performance saved the AMAs from being the tackiest awards show so far this year (and I'm not just saying that because of Carrie Underwood's outfit). I did not watch the show until the end because of the three hour time difference in Brazil, but I learned this morning that Jennifer Lopez was not the only performer who fell on stage. 
• Was Glambert's sex-charged performance supposed to be shocking? Watch it here, and read what my friend Arjan has to say about the show last night.
• Shakira outdanced everyone. Love her.
• JakAndJil's Tommy Ton goes backstage at the 2009 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show.
• Coco Rocha was in São Paulo over the weekend shooting the new ad campaign for Lanca Perfume, a brand which I honestly didn't even know until now.
• Jesus Luz spinned at Hiro on Saturday night.
• Preview the upcoming Dolce & Gabbana spring 2010 menswear ad campaign.
• New backstage shots of the 2010 Pirelli calendar photographed by Terry Richardson in Trancoso.
• Did you watch New Moon over the weekend? I guess pretty much everyone did considering it broke the single-day record with $72.7 million on Friday, and closed the weekend as the third largest film debut ever. I have to admit that I read all the Twilight books last January and they were fun, but not even Taylor Lautner's wet ripped abs and delts could compensate for Kristen Stewart's acting in the movie. Dakota Fanning's three minutes on screen were seriously the best part of the whole thing. I am now officially Team Jane.

Mary J. Blige rocked a dress from Carlos Miele's spring 2010 campaign while performing at the AMAs last night.