All posts containing the tag: "Brazil"
Posted Nov 14th 2009 4:11AM by TMZ Staff
Even Samuel L. Jackson isn't badass enough to handle this nightmare. Some English pet shop owner was busted in an airport in Brazil for trying to smuggle 1,000 LIVE SPIDERS onto an airplane.
He almost made it too -- dude was arrested on Wednesday right before he boarded his flight back to Europe at Rio de Janeiro's international airport ... when an x-ray of his suitcases revealed he was traveling with an army of illegal 8-legged cargo ... including tarantulas.
He hoped to sell the creepy crawlies once he got home -- but now faces up to a year in jail if convicted of animal trafficking, plus millions in fines.
Filed under: Critters
Tags: airport, brazil, england, europe, rio de janeiro, RioDeJaneiro, spiders
Posted Mar 16th 2009 12:27PM by TMZ Staff
With their wedding rings nowhere in sight, newlyweds Tom Brady and Gisele Bundchen flashed their smiles and gorged on ice cream cones in Brazil this weekend.
Although Tom didn't run her errands this time, Gisele is still in the driver's seat.
Filed under: Paparazzi Photo, Tom & Gisele
Tags: brazil, Gisele, Gisele Bundchen, GiseleBundchen, married, together, Tom Brady, TomBrady
Posted Mar 14th 2009 12:02AM by TMZ Staff
While in Rio on Thursday, Prince Charles and his second wife Camilla Parker Bowles were inspired with the idea of competing on next season's "Dancing with the Stars."
"You know Camilla, my dear, I'd really love to see you in one of those."
Filed under: Hot Mamas
Tags: brazil, Camilla, camilla parker bowles, CamillaParkerBowles, dancing, dancing with the stars, DancingWithTheStars, dwts, Prince Charles, PrinceCharles
Posted Feb 8th 2009 9:37AM by TMZ Staff
A family emergency caused Usher to 86 his performance at a pre-Grammy party last night -- and one report claims it's because his wife is in trouble after having cosmetic surgery.
Music bigwig Clive Davis announced at his Pre-Grammy Bash that Usher's cancellation was due to a "serious injury in the family" -- and according to Access Hollywood, his wife Tameka had "experienced complications from plastic surgery" in Brazil.
Access claims a neurosurgeon is on the way to South America to assist Tameka -- who gave birth to their second child back in December.
Filed under: Music, Usher
Tags: Brazil, canceled, cancellation, cancelled, grammys, Grammys 2009, Grammys2009, perfornance, plastic surgery, PlasticSurgery, tameka foster, TamekaFoster, usher
Posted Jun 23rd 2008 8:39AM by TMZ Staff
He spent his entire career eluding men who were trying to dispossess him, but Pele apparently couldn't outrun a gang of robbers in his native Brazil.
Reports from Sao Paulo say that a ten-strong gang of thieves armed with guns and knives took Pele's gold necklace, a phone, and a watch during a traffic jam in Santos in the state of Sao Paulo. Soccer's greatest legend -- real name Edison Arantes do Nascimento -- wasn't hurt.
The incident occurred June 13, but was just made public ... by Pele himself.
Filed under: Talk Sports
Tags: Brazil, Pele, Sao Paulo, SaoPaulo, Soccer Legend, SoccerLegend
Posted Feb 28th 2007 12:18PM by TMZ Staff
Ultra-sexy Brazilian supermodel Adriana Lima got down and dirty in her homeland for Carnival.
The Victoria's Secret sexpot hammed it up for cameras as she danced and partied the night away in Salvador de Bahia for the annual festival. Her hotness recently dumped billionaire Prince Wenceslas of Lichtenstein for hunkazon Brazilian rocker Danny of Timbalada.
If you thought Carnival couldn't get any hotter ... it just did!
Filed under: Paparazzi Photo, Hot Bodies
Tags: adriana lima, AdrianaLima, brazil, carnival, danny, prince wenceslas of lichtenstein, PrinceWenceslasOfLichtenstein, salvador de bahia, SalvadorDeBahia, supermodel, timbalada, victoria's secret, Victoria'sSecret
Posted Feb 19th 2006 4:11PM by TMZ Staff
By MICHAEL ASTOR, ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER -- The Rolling Stones promised a bigger bang, and they'll get one in Rio.
City officials said Monday they expect nearly 2 million people to turn out for the Stones'"A Bigger Bang" free concert on Copacabana beach Saturday.
"This is the biggest live show that has ever occurred in the world," said municipal Health Secretary Flavio Tanure at a news conference announcing the city's preparations.
Tanure was probably exaggerating a bit: The Guinness World Records Web site credits the largest live concert to Rod Stewart, who reportedly drew 3.5 million for a New Year's Eve 1994 performance - also at Copacabana Beach.
Millions of people flock to the famous 2.5-mile beach each year for Rio's New Year's Eve celebration, which features a fireworks show and bands playing on several stages.
Crowds are expected to fill full half of the beach Saturday, with the Stones performing on a single stage. Eight video screens and 16 sound towers will allow fans far from the stage a glimpse of the sexagenarian rockers.
Security is a concern. Earlier this month, three people were crushed to death and 38 injured in Sao Paulo, Brazil, when thousands of fans surged through security barriers at an autograph session for the Mexican band RBD.
But authorities said they weren't worried about a repeat at the Stones' concert.
"It's similar to New Year's, and we have significant experience with live shows on the beach," said Tanure.
Ana Maria Maia, Rio's subsecretary of special events, said the city would deploy 10,000 police officers - about three times the usual contingent for New Year's - as well as 600 firefighters, civil defense workers and lifeguards.
The show marks the Stones' third visit to Brazil, but the first for free in a country where few can afford tickets to see top international acts.
Fans across Brazil were chartering vans and buses to get to Rio, and Mayor Cesar Maia said tourists from as far away as Chile were coming for the concert.
Filed under: Music
Tags: a bigger bang, ABiggerBang, brazil, rio, rolling stones, RollingStones
