Perhaps best known worldwide from the 1960s jazz song "The Girl From Ipanema," which describes a "tall and tan and young and lovely" who who walks "like a samba," the Ipanema neighborhood of Brazil’s ...

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Chauffeured in a classic Porsche, the Brazilian beauty steps out into 1960s Rio de Janeiro. The pastel pastiche is easy on the eyes, and so is the pin-up girl tracing twirls as a ...

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At the age of 21, Bonang Matheba drew up a list of all the things she wanted to achieve in the entertainment industry. Over the years she has ticked numerous achievements off her list including ...

WAN optimization specialist Ipanema Technologies says it's taking significant steps to build out its presence in the U.S. market and is banking on the channel to fuel its success. "In core [geographic ...

Singer had no previous recording experience when she sang a defining song of Brazilian culture in 1963 Astrud Gilberto, whose dreamy interpretation of The Girl from Ipanema became the most popular ...

More than half a century after her bikini-clad body inspired a song about the Brazilian beach where she was a regular, the original "Girl From Ipanema" continues to stir curiosity. Helo Pinheiro was a ...

Tall and tan and young and lovely The girl from Ipanema goes walking and When she passes, each one she passes goes “ahhh.” In the 1960s, Brazil gave the world the bossa nova, a musical style based on ...

Despite touring all over the world, this was hunky James’ first time in Rio.

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil—Satin-voiced Brazilian songstress Astrud Gilberto, who died at 83, shot to fame in the 1960s with “The Girl from Ipanema,” the song that did more than any other to export bossa ...

Astrud Gilberto, the singer whose beloved recording of "The Girl From Ipanema" is often credited with bringing Brazilian bossa nova to the United States, has died. She was 83. Her granddaughter Sofia ...