- Dear John

After seven weeks being the most watched movie, Avatar was finally replaced by Lasse Hallström's Dear John. On it's premiere, Dear John surprised everyone and obtained more than 32,4 million of dollars (only on it's premiere) ! The movie is based on Nicholas Sparks' novel, which has the same title, and tells the story of an American soldier who falls in love with a girl and their love is put in test when the army recruits him and force them to be apart. During the time they are away from each other, they keep sending letters one to the other. These so called Dear John letters were invented during the World War II and were actually "goodbye letters" It was basically sent from wives to husbands or boyfriends telling them their relationship was over because they decided to start a new relationship with another man rather than wait for the other one to come back. According to Wikipedia, the letters started with Dear John because John was a very common name. Anyway, I never saw the movie because it is only available at the U.S, however I've already seen the trailer and I fell in love for it. On the other hand, my friend Ana, while she was somewhere in the U.S, watched it and she said it is a great movie, but its ending completely messes up with the whole story. I still want to see it, even though I know I'll be disappointed at the end. As it is a Nicholas Sparks' novel, its already obvious that the story is heart-breaking and completely "cryable" hahahaha. I almost cried when watching the trailer and it has never happened to me so I believe is quite worth watching ! Finally, for those interested, check the video below =)

- Carnaval

As traditional, Brazil always has this huge party called Carnaval. For most people, it is time to have a break from school, work or whatever you are doing... But for other people, it is the time to work hard, really hard ! Our so called Escolas de Samba always have this time to present many and many "alegorias", which I frankly don't understand why the hell they do that, portraying something, which I also don't understand how/why they choose it, historical, or not. For instance, if the Escola decides the theme to be the discovery of Brazil, each alegoria would be something remarkable, as the natives, the ships and etc... It is also kind of nice to watch all the colors, the costumes, the dances... On the other hand, these communities spend loads and loads of money just to compete for a prize... nice! I wonder how the government feels about it... Anyway, this years winner was Unidos da Tijuca, which had quite of a good presentation (I really don't know how to judge this or even how the judges judge it!) with many surprises... I don't understand the theme at all, but when watching the desfile, I could see an alegoria of super-heros such as Spiderman, Batman, Wonder Woman, and another alegoria of magicians, which I believe was the cause for the success of the group. In this category, there were some women dressed in dresses, but then, when "purpurina" was thrown over them, their dresses changed color and style ! From the beginning to end, people were trying to figure out how they did that, and the dresses and styles continue changing ! It was really amazing/awkward/frustrating to watch that ! (You can check it out in the video below) Finally, from my very basic understanding, I believe that they have deserved the title... Don't forget to check the video =)

- Beyoncé

Completing the previous post that was about Grammys/Beyoncé, this post is about Beyonce's show here in Brazil. As HUGE fans, my sister and I couldn't miss the show... It would be one of the greatest shows Beyonce had ever done... and it was ! The show happened in the 6th and took place at the Estádio do Morumbi, which can hold 60 thousand people and the prices varied between 70 reais and 600 reais... All the tickets were sold ! I fortunately got my ticket in time =) Ivete Sangalo, one of the greatest singer in Brazil, opened the show with a 50 minute performance, making all those present, jump and sing to her songs. Afterwards, it was Beyoncé's time to cheer the brazilian crowd. There is no need to say who INSANE people became when the diva appeared... We all danced, screamed, and were also those who cried (ok theeeen) during performances such as Halo, If I Were a Boy and these emotional songs. The show lasted more than 2 hours and Beyonce made everyone crave for more with her moves, amazing voice and awesome charisma; she even sang happy birthday to a guy holding a ENORMOUS poster saying it was his b-day (how obvious). The show was part of her "I am..." tour and also had performances at Florianópolis, Rio de Janeiro and to end up with, Salvador. It was a breathtaking show, which I would undoubtedly go (again) if Beyonce returned here =)

The ending of the show even had a tribute to Michael Jackson, enjoy !

- 2O1O Grammy Awards

As most of you should know, this year already began quite EXCELLENT to many celebrities. The 2010 Grammy Awards was, in my opinion, one of the best I ever saw. Not only because most of my favorite celebrities were out there, or even because of the stunning and shocking (for those who saw Lady Gaga...) dresses, but definitely because of the amazing live presentations ! The night was absolutely insane, specially for two stars; Beyonce and Taylor Swift. Taylor Swift was nominated to 8 awards while Beyonce was indicated to 10 Grammys! From these 10 Grammys, Beyonce won 6, making of her the winner of the night...

The video below is Beyonce's presentation of "If I Were A Boy".