Posts Tagged: brazil
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Piranha Attack!!!

"Since they have no predators, piranhas have started attacking people on the beach." —Brazilian environmental official Romildo Mafra, discusses the surge in the local piranha population that led to some 100 swimmers being set upon by the voracious fish and their rows and rows of famously razor-sharp teeth in the state of Piaui. While none of the victims were skeletalized in less than a minute, surprisingly, authorities are taking the protective measure of introducing tilapia into the food chain, in hopes that the piranha will eat them instead of humans. I'm not sure its going to work. They've introduced so much tilapia into New York fish markets lately—it's [...]

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Lordy, Lordy Erykah Badu Is 40! (Tomorrow)

Hey! Awl-fave Erykah Badu turns 40 tomorrow! Happy birthday to her. She put out a new video a couple weeks ago, too, in case you haven't seen it. It sort of looks like what Terry Gilliam's storyboarding for the ministry of information scene in Brazil might have. (That style of animation is big in videos lately.) At the end of it, just as you'd expect, Erykah boards an ankh-shaped rocket and blasts off into outer space. Which is what everybody should do on their 40th birthday.

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"Baby GaGa" Could Be The Next Susan Boyle, For Better Or Worse

Laura Fontana is an eight-year-old from Brazil who loves to dance around to the music of Lady GaGa, at least judging by the video clip of her performing "Bad Romance" and "Paparazzi" on the Brazilian talent show Qual é o Seu Talento?. The outrage over her performance has already come from the usual quarters, and truth be told, the whole tableau definitely has its creepy aspects, from her mom's cheerfully singing along with the slightly menacing lyrics of "Bad Romance" to the half-hearted gyrations she's engaging in for the benefit of the Bruce Vilanch/Santa hybrid who I guess is the "Simon" of this show's judging panel. But [...]