Rita Lee, the legendary Brazilian musician at the forefront of the Tropicália movement as the co-founder and lead singer for Os Mutantes, died Monday, May 8. She was 75.
Lee’s family confirmed her death in a statement shared on Instagram. In 2021, she was diagnosed with lung cancer, jokingly nicknaming her tumor “Jair” after Brazil’s former, and much loathed president, Jair Bolsonaro.
In their statement, Lee’s family said the musician died at her home in São Paulo surrounded by family. As per Lee’s wishes, she will be cremated. A...
Lee’s family confirmed her death in a statement shared on Instagram. In 2021, she was diagnosed with lung cancer, jokingly nicknaming her tumor “Jair” after Brazil’s former, and much loathed president, Jair Bolsonaro.
In their statement, Lee’s family said the musician died at her home in São Paulo surrounded by family. As per Lee’s wishes, she will be cremated. A...
- 5/9/2023
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
On the Latin airwaves, Brazilian pop singer Anitta is hard to miss. Her intoxicating mix of funk carioca, reggaeton, and fizzy dance-pop has made her a household name throughout parts of Portuguese- and Spanish-speaking countries. But as she begins to amplify her eclectic sound in the English-language realm, Anitta knows she has her work cut out for her. “It’s rare that [a Brazilian] goes international in pop,” she tells Rolling Stone over the phone, just hours before she headlines the Ginásio do Moringão, a stadium in the South Region of Brazil.
- 8/27/2018
- by Isabela Raygoza
- Rollingstone.com
We’ve got a pair of hot old-school cops squaring off, and a battle between characters from a pair of recent reboots, in Round 2, Day 6 of our Ultimate Female Law-Enforcement Crushes Bracket Tournament.
Mentalist and NCIS: La Gals Battle, Chuck and Burn Notice Babes Duke It Out in ‘Cop Crushes’!
To be more specific, we’ve got T.J. Hooker‘s Stacy Sheridan vs. Silk Stalkings‘ Rita Lee Lance, and Hawaii Five-0‘s Kono Kalakaua vs. Prime Suspect‘s Jane Timoney.
And, of course, in the single-elimination world of the TVLine Thunderdome, two crime-fighters will enter, but only one will leave!
Mentalist and NCIS: La Gals Battle, Chuck and Burn Notice Babes Duke It Out in ‘Cop Crushes’!
To be more specific, we’ve got T.J. Hooker‘s Stacy Sheridan vs. Silk Stalkings‘ Rita Lee Lance, and Hawaii Five-0‘s Kono Kalakaua vs. Prime Suspect‘s Jane Timoney.
And, of course, in the single-elimination world of the TVLine Thunderdome, two crime-fighters will enter, but only one will leave!
- 12/6/2011
- by Michael Slezak
- TVLine.com
It’s Day 2 of our Ultimate Female Law-Enforcement Crushes Bracket Tournament, and we’ve got undercover agents, military investigators, FBI profilers and rookie cops in the mix — all with one thing in common: They’re total hotties.
Female Law-Enforcement Crushes Tourney Opens With Castle, X-Files, Medium, Warehouse 13 and V
Every afternoon over the next few weeks, we’ll launch another set of bouts that will have you dialing 911 with an emergency of lusty proportions. So make sure the right choice is made by heading down to our polls to vote for your favorites (Round 1 voting will be open for...
Female Law-Enforcement Crushes Tourney Opens With Castle, X-Files, Medium, Warehouse 13 and V
Every afternoon over the next few weeks, we’ll launch another set of bouts that will have you dialing 911 with an emergency of lusty proportions. So make sure the right choice is made by heading down to our polls to vote for your favorites (Round 1 voting will be open for...
- 11/25/2011
- by Michael Slezak
- TVLine.com
Their stated goal is to uphold the law of the land and put the bad guys behind bars, but every TV fan knows that our favorite small-screen cops, detectives, and agents — as well as their colleagues who semi-officially serve in crime-fighting capacities — have a duty to increase pulses and raise the temperatures of whatever rooms they enter.
We recently wrapped up a 64-player bracket tournament for male law-enforcement types — won by NCIS‘ Tony Dinozzo — and since we’re equal opportunity oglers/romantics, we figured we’d better construct a similar showdown for their female counterparts.
Today, we kick things off with hotties from The X-Files,...
We recently wrapped up a 64-player bracket tournament for male law-enforcement types — won by NCIS‘ Tony Dinozzo — and since we’re equal opportunity oglers/romantics, we figured we’d better construct a similar showdown for their female counterparts.
Today, we kick things off with hotties from The X-Files,...
- 11/23/2011
- by Michael Slezak
- TVLine.com
Os Mutantes, the legendary Tropicalismo ensemble that infused traditional Brazilian musical forms with psychedelic rock, sampling and a massive dose of weirdness, has mutated yet again. Formed in 1966 by three Sao Paolo teens—brothers Arnaldo Baptista and Sérgia Dias, and Rita Lee, who would marry Arnaldo—the band dissolved in the 70s and was all but forgotten until the 1990s, when a new generation of fans, including Kurt Cobain, Beck and David Byrne, blew the dust off its old LPs. Os Mutantes reformed in 2006 with a new lineup for a series of sold-out gigs, and this month releases Haih or Amortecedor (Anti-), its first album in 35 years. Two founding members are absent: Lee, who departed amid considerable acrimony in 1972, and Baptista, who has struggled with mental health issues. But under the direction of Sérgio Dias, the band's sound remains as beguiling and deliriously nutty as ever. Credit for that goes...
- 9/25/2009
- Vanity Fair
Ten years ago, Anglophone rock fans discovered the late-’60s recordings of Os Mutantes en masse when the band’s early catalog got a U.S. release. Brothers Sérgio and Arnaldo Baptista and U.S.-born vocalist Rita Lee fashioned a sound that slotted right in with the era’s psychedelic American and British faves: catchy tunes, rocking beats (with more variation, Brazil being Brazil), and keenly applied studio pastiche. Os Mutantes’ early records sounded like a still-thrilling frontier, and nothing is harder to carry into middle age than the buzz of discovery. Especially when the group isn’t ...
- 9/8/2009
- avclub.com
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