Posted on 20 December 2011. Tags: Best Foreign Film, Best Original Song, Camané, January 2012, José e Pilar, nominated, nomination, Oscars, Saramago
The Academy of Motions Picture Arts and Sciences (Academy Awards) announced Monday in Hollywood the nomination of Fado song “Já não estar” [Being no more], interpreted by Camané, for the 2012 Oscar for Best Original Song. The Academy Awards nominated 36 songs competing for the Oscar under the category of Best original Song. The composition, […]
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Posted in Arts&Culture, Awards, Entertainment, Featured, Film, Music, World
Posted on 19 December 2011. Tags: Best Foreign Film, cinema, film, International Press Academy, IPA, movie, Mysteries of Lisboa, Paulo Branco, Portuguese, Raul Ruiz, Satellite Awards
The film Mysteries of Lisbon, by Portuguese producer Paulo Branco and Chile-born director Raul Ruiz, was the winner Monday of the 2011 Satellite Award for Best Foreign Film by the International Press Academy (IPA). The film The Descendants won the Best Motion Picture and Adapted Screenplay Award. The film, an epic drama set Portugal around […]
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Posted on 18 December 2011. Tags: Algarve, Claudia Jung, January 2012, Vila Joya, wine
The World’s Most Celebrated Michelin-Starred Chefs are joining Portugal’s 6th Annual International Gourmet Festival, considered one of the best and biggest gastronomical events in the world. The event will be held at the Vila Joya in Albufeira-Guia, Algarve, from January 12–22, 2012. The festival will honor Portuguese wines, local vineyards, area hotels, food, artists, designers […]
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Posted on 18 December 2011. Tags: international, January 2012, Literary Festival, Macau, Ponto Final, Portuguese Society of Arts and Letters, Rota das Letras
Writers from Greater China and the Portuguese-speaking world will participate in the 1st “The Script Road” [Rota das Letras] Literary Festival to be held in Macau from January 29 to February 4, 2012. Jointly organized by Macau-based Ponto Final newspaper and the local Portuguese Society of Arts and Letters (SAL), in partnership with the Instituto […]
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Posted in Arts&Culture, Conferences, Featured, Heritage, Macau
Posted on 17 December 2011. Tags: Barefoot Diva, Cape Verde, Cesária Évora, dead, died, grammy, morna
Cesária Évora, 70, died Saturday, December 17, on São Vicente island, in her native Cape Verde. Called the “Barefoot Diva,” because of her appearing on stage without shoes, Évora was the most popular singer of “morna,” a traditional music and dance from Cape Verde, often compared to the blues. She had been ill for several months […]
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Posted in Arts&Culture, Cape Verde, Entertainment, Featured, Heritage, Music, People, World
Posted on 16 December 2011. Tags: January 2012
The Civil Aviation Pilots’ Union (SPAC) announced Friday that the strike scheduled for January 3-6 was cancelled. This action follows the cancellation a four-day strike scheduled for December 9-12. According to SPAC, guarantees were attained from the company “regarding the fulfillment of the labor agreement and the reinstatement of a working environment respectful of the […]
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