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IOL News
28-05-2025
- Entertainment
- IOL News
WATCH: Brazilian nun goes viral for beatboxing on a Catholic TV show
Brazilian nun starts beatboxing on live TV. Image: TikTok screenshot Now this is something you don't see every day. Sister Marizele, a Brazilian nun, has taken the internet by storm after a video of her beatboxing on a Catholic TV show went viral. The clip comes from an episode that aired on Pai Eterno, a Portuguese-language Catholic channel, featuring two nuns and a priest chatting about their ministry work. Dressed in matching light blue skirts and white blouses, the sisters were performing a song when suddenly, Sister Marizele switched gears and started beatboxing like a pro. As if that wasn't enough fun, the second nun, who was simply swaying to the tune, started doing some hip-hop dance moves. Not to be outdone, the priest who was quietly standing in the background joined the impromptu dance party. Even the show's host had to get up and move out of the way to make room for the dancing trio. Video Player is loading. Play Video Play Unmute Current Time 0:00 / Duration -:- Loaded : 0% Stream Type LIVE Seek to live, currently behind live LIVE Remaining Time - 0:00 This is a modal window. Beginning of dialog window. Escape will cancel and close the window. Text Color White Black Red Green Blue Yellow Magenta Cyan Transparency Opaque Semi-Transparent Background Color Black White Red Green Blue Yellow Magenta Cyan Transparency Opaque Semi-Transparent Transparent Window Color Black White Red Green Blue Yellow Magenta Cyan Transparency Transparent Semi-Transparent Opaque Font Size 50% 75% 100% 125% 150% 175% 200% 300% 400% Text Edge Style None Raised Depressed Uniform Dropshadow Font Family Proportional Sans-Serif Monospace Sans-Serif Proportional Serif Monospace Serif Casual Script Small Caps Reset restore all settings to the default values Done Close Modal Dialog End of dialog window. Advertisement Next Stay Close ✕ @nbcnews A nun goes viral after unexpectedly beatboxing on television. ♬ original sound - nbcnews The internet, of course, couldn't get enough. The video has been reposted everywhere, with people comparing the joyful moment to scenes from the 1992 movie 'Sister Act.' In the movie Sister Mary Clarence, played by Whoopi Goldberg, turns a boring nun's choir into a musical sensation. One person commented, 'They really dropping Sister Act remake in 2025 huh?!' Another wrote, 'I'm loving this real-life ad for Sister Act 3.' But beyond the laughs and beats, viewers appreciated the reminder that nuns and priests had lives and passions before joining the church. 'People seem to forget that before becoming nuns or priests, they were teenagers with a love of music and going out. I love seeing them showing off their amazing talents,' wrote one viewer. IOL Entertainment Get your news on the go, click here to join the IOL News WhatsApp channel.
Yahoo
22-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Cannes: Mubi Buys Wagner Moura-Starring ‘The Secret Agent' for U.K., India, Most of Latin America
Arthouse streamer and distributor Mubi has acquired the political thriller The Secret Agent from writer and director Kleber Mendonça Filho (Ghost Portrait, Bacurau, Aquarius), which has been a standout in the Cannes Film Festival competition, for the U.K., Ireland, India and Latin America, except for Brazil. The Portuguese-language movie, about a technology expert returning to his hometown in 1977 to reunite with his young son and flee the country, premiered at Cannes on Sunday. The Secret Agent stars Wagner Moura, Maria Fernanda Cândido, Gabriel Leon, Carlos Francisco, Alice Carvalho and Hermila Guedes. More from The Hollywood Reporter Kieron Moore and Rose Ayling-Ellis Didn't Have a Chemistry Test for 'Code of Silence' Nicola Walker, Jermaine Clement to Lead Disney+ British Comedy Series Kneecap Member Charged With Terror Offense, Band Vows to "Vehemently Defend Ourselves" Mubi will unveil release plans for the various territories in the near future. It struck the deal with MK2, which is handling international sales on the movie. Neon has acquired the film for North America. The Secret Agent is set in Brazil in 1977. 'Marcelo, a technology expert in his early 40s, is on the run,' reads a synopsis. 'He arrives in Recife during carnival week, hoping to reunite with his son but soon realizes that the city is far from being the non-violent refuge he seeks.' The film has drawn rave reviews. 'Enlivened by a populous, almost Altman-esque gallery of characters — way too many to mention — played without a single false note, and by the strong sense of a community pulling together for safety from the oppressive forces outside, the movie luxuriates in an inebriating sense of time and place that speaks of Mendonça Filho's intense love for the setting,' David Rooney wrote in his THR review. 'It's a major achievement, and for my money, sure to be one of the best films of the year. The Secret Agent is the Brazilian filmmaker's third film to premiere in competition at Cannes after Aquarius in 2016 and Bacurau, which he co-wrote and co-directed with Juliano Dornelles and won the Prix du Jury, in 2019. In 2017, Filho served as the jury president of the Critics' Week section at Cannes and his second documentary Pictures of Ghosts premiered in the Special Screenings section at the 2023 festival. The Secret Agent has Moura returning to Portuguese-language cinema after several years away. The film is produced by Emilie Lesclaux, Nathanaël Karmitz, Elisha Karmitz, Fionnuala Jamison, Olivier Barbier, Leontine Petit, Erik Glijnis, Fred Burke and Sol Bondy. Best of The Hollywood Reporter Hollywood Stars Who Are One Award Away From an EGOT 'The Goonies' Cast, Then and Now "A Nutless Monkey Could Do Your Job": From Abusive to Angst-Ridden, 16 Memorable Studio Exec Portrayals in Film and TV
Herald Malaysia
09-05-2025
- General
- Herald Malaysia
World's oldest person, Sister Inah Canabarro Lucas, dies at 116
Sr Inah Canabarro Lucas, the oldest person in the world, died Wednesday in Porto Alegre, Brazil, at the age of 116. May 09, 2025 Sister Inah Canabarro Lucas lived to 116. | Credit: Nathália Queiroz/ACI Digital By Natalia ZimbrãoSr Inah Canabarro Lucas, the oldest person in the world, died Wednesday in Porto Alegre, Brazil, at the age of 116. Born on June 8, 1908, the Teresian nun was the oldest person in the world, according to LongeviQuest, a group of researchers that studies centenarians. She lived in Porto Alegre, in the Santo Enrique de Ossó Shelter, located next to the provincial house of the Teresian Sisters of Brazil, a community she joined in 1927 at age 19. In a March 2024 interview with ACI Digital, CNA's Portuguese-language news partner, she mentioned that one of the secrets to her longevity was praying every day for all the people of the world. Originally from São Francisco de Assis in Rio Grande do Sul state, Inah was the great-niece of Gen. David Canabarro, one of the main leaders of the Farroupilha Revolution (1835–1845) that took place in the same state. She studied at a convent school and at age 19 entered the novitiate with the Teresian Sisters in Montevideo, Uruguay. Over the course of more than a century, she experienced numerous changes in the world and in the Church. The nun lived through two world wars and 10 popes. The year she was born, St Pius X was pope. As a teaching sister, Inah taught Portuguese, mathematics, science, history, art, and religion in Teresian schools in Rio de Janeiro, Itaqui, and Santana do Livramento, a city where she is much loved because it was where she spent most of her life. A notable achievement in her life was the creation of the Santa Teresa School marching band in Santana do Livramento. The band featured 115 musical instruments and performed in Brazil, Uruguay, and Argentina. She also collaborated in the creation of the renowned Pomoli High School marching band in Rivera, Uruguay, sister city of Santana do Livramento. With her death, the world's oldest person, according to LongeviQuest, becomes Englishwoman Ethel Caterham, who is 115 years old, born on Aug 21, 1909. --CNA
Yahoo
05-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Child actor Millena Brandão dead at 11 after suffering ‘multiple heart attacks'
Brazilian child actor Millena Brandão has died at the age of 11 after reportedly suffering multiple heart attacks. Brandão, who appeared in Netflix's Portuguese-language drama, Sintonia, died on May 2, her family announced in an Instagram post shared Sunday. 'On May 2nd we lost our little girl, but I'm sure she's in the arms of our almighty father and in a beautiful place to play,' the post read. 'The memories we spent together will stay in my memory and I'll never forget your joy that infected everyone around you,' it added. 'My girl, I'm already missing you more and more not having you here and I know I'll miss you even more in the days to come! You were the light in our lives and I know that from up there you'll continue to watch over us and light up our lives. And I'll love you forever, and you'll always be in my heart.' The post included an edited image of Brandão as an angel. Brandão died at Granjaú General Hospital in São Paulo, one of three hospitals she had been taken to after she started experiencing severe headaches, lack of appetite, and drowsiness in late April, according to local Brazilian news outlet G1. Doctors had initially thought Brandão had contracted dengue fever, her mother, Thays Brandão, told the outlet. However, after some tests, they soon ruled that out, and later found Brandão had a urinary tract infection. She was then sent home with antibiotics and pain relievers. The morning of April 29, Brandão suffered her first cardiac arrest. 'Her lip turned purple. Then they resuscitated her and intubated her. From that day on, she never woke up again,' her mother recalled. It was then that Brandão was transferred from UPA Maria Antonieta to Granjaú General Hospital. 'There was no neurologist there. They only did a CT scan, and the doctors said they saw a 5-centimeter mass in her brain,' Thays said. 'But they don't know if this mass was a tumor, a cyst, an edema, a clot... because they couldn't open her head to see. And now that she died, they're going to do a biopsy to find out what was in her brain.' 'The doctors still haven't said what really happened to my daughter and what killed her,' she added. 'It's a question mark.' More to follow...
Yahoo
01-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Fact Check: Don't fall for image of shirtless Musk with large gut holding leash at beach
Claim: An image authentically shows tech billionaire Elon Musk shirtless at a beach, displaying a very large gut and holding a leash. Rating: A rumor that users circulated online in March 2025 claimed an image showed tech billionaire Elon Musk walking shirtless at a beach while displaying a very large gut. The picture appeared to show Musk, an adviser to U.S. President Donald Trump, holding a leash. For example, on March 27, an X user posted (archived) the image with the Portuguese-language caption (translated to English), "This is the guy who believes in the superiority of the Aryan race." The post received more than 1.8 million views. A reverse-image search also located other posts from as far back as April 2024, when users shared the picture on Bluesky, Reddit, Threads and X. However, the image of Musk shirtless near a beach displaying a very large gut was fake. Someone altered an existing picture with image-editing software or prompted an artificial-intelligence tool to entirely create the image, or used both. One of the earliest postings of the image located by the reverse-image search existed on X user @theliamnissan's account from April 24, 2024. The user's post (archived) received more than 4.2 million views. In a direct message, the user told Snopes they did not create the picture, nor did they remember who did. Know Your Meme, a website chronicling the history of various online memes, titled the image as "Elon Musk Shirtless Harkonnen Photo." The title referenced either the House Harkonnen people or Baron Vladimir Harkonnen from the "Dune" novel and film series. The article also mentioned genuine pictures of Musk appearing shirtless from time spent on a yacht in Mykonos, Greece, in 2022. For further reading, other fact checks examined similar photos, including a picture of Musk showing a larger-than-normal gut while visiting a SpaceX facility, as well as a purported image of him wearing a black mesh crop top. "Baron Vladimir Harkonnen." Villains Wiki, Carry, Owen. "Elon Musk Shirtless Harkonnen Photo." Know Your Meme, 26 Apr. 2024, ---. "Elon Musk Shirtless in Mykonos." Know Your Meme, 18 July 2022, Liles, Jordan. "Photo of Elon Musk Altered to Increase His Chest and Stomach Size." Snopes, 11 Nov. 2024, ---. "Photo Shows Elon Musk Wearing Mesh Crop Top?" Snopes, 3 Dec. 2024,
