Torres is just the second Brazilian actress nominated for an Academy Award; her mother, Fernanda Montenegro, was the first.

It’s Fernanda Torres, who’s competing for the best actress Oscar on Sunday. The Oscars fall smack in the middle of Carnival, Brazil’s largest celebration, which runs through Tuesday. During the ...

A scene from "I'm Still Here" — a devastating, absorbing drama from Walter Salles that tells the family’s story via a screenplay crafted from the 2015 memoir by Marcelo Rubens Paiva.

SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil's Carnival muse this year isn't one of the divas or drum queens parading with the Rio de Janeiro samba schools. It's Fernanda Torres, who's competing for the best actress ...