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16 October 2026 at 08:03

O jogador do PSG é a estrela de um anúncio publicitário da Cerelac destinado a todas as idades. Ainda, o grupo de assaltantes de casas de luxo em Barcelona que foi "traído" pela bazófia do cabecilha.

Benfica vence Celtic (4-1) e Prestianni revela "segredo"

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16 October 2026 at 06:37

O argentino diz que o motivo para o excelente momento de forma está na "confiança" que lhe é passado por colegas e treinador. Ainda, a vitória de Portugal no hóquei em patins (5-1).

Porto. PSP põe fim a protesto: movimento fala em 37 feridos

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By: Carlos Diogo Santos

15 October 2026 at 07:58

Movimento pela Habitação diz que uma pessoa com deficiência ficou ferida e vários manifestantes foram hospitalizados. Bombeiros confirmam ter assistido vítimas, PSP diz que há um polícia ferido.

Praça Dom João I, no Porto, estava vazia na manhã desta quinta-feira após intervenção da PSP

7 vezes Suárez! Leão de Champions é pesadelo para franceses

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14 October 2026 at 06:46

O Sporting venceu o RC Lens, em França, por 2-0 e mantém o registo impecável na prova milionária. Ainda, as arrasadores declarações de Lisandro Martínez, que aponta o dedo ao próprio Man. United.

Irão prepara-se para guerra total com os EUA

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13 October 2026 at 20:05

Irão está a mobilizar sociedade para guerra total contra os EUA e até envia militares aos jardins de infância para contar histórias sobre a guerra. Mas possível ofensiva dos EUA só após intercalares.

IA. Estudo alerta para risco "baixo" de fim da humanidade

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13 October 2026 at 12:36

Diagnóstico feito por 35 especialistas, publicado na revista The Lancet e apresentado na Cimeira Mundial de Saúde. Ainda, a nova funcionalidade para identificar conteúdos gerados por IA.

Leão acelera (de Mercedes) para fazer história na Champions

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13 October 2026 at 06:36

Nunca o Sporting venceu em França para a Champions. Os leões vão de Mercedes a casa do Lens sem o ferrari da equipa: Zalazar é baixa por lesão. Ainda, a contestação a nova derrota do Famalicão.

"Saneamento." A "total surpresa" de Ricardo Carrilho com MAI

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13 October 2026 at 00:32

Ex-secretário-geral do MAI aponta que havia duas atitudes de Luís Neves: “Ou havia falta de resposta, ou responsabilidade era exclusivamente da secretaria”. Objetivo podia ser a sua saída do cargo.

Houthis voltam a atacar Riade e atrasam jogo do Al-Nassr

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13 October 2026 at 00:08

Houthis dizem que atacaram aeroporto de Riade, mas autoridades sauditas garantem que míssil basílico foi interceptado. Ataque levou jogo de Al-Nassr na Champions Asiática ser adiado uma hora.

"Só os ucranianos podem mudar o seu líder", desafia Zelensky

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12 October 2026 at 21:47

Zelensky responde a Trump e diz que cabe aos ucranianos mudar o seu líder. Presidente da Ucrânia garante que o país está a cumprir a trégua energética anunciada pelos EUA, ao contrário da Rússia.

Menos bots russos? Ucrânia ataca centros da Google russa

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12 October 2026 at 19:40

Ucrânia já atacou três centros dados da Yandex, a empresa que serve como a Google russa. Internet sofreu disrupções na Rússia e Zelensky diz que "se respira melhor" nas redes sociais: há menos "bots".

Flávio Bolsonaro exibiu imagem de Trump vestido de santo?

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12 October 2026 at 17:55

Num comício, no que seria uma prova da aliança com o trumpismo, Flávio Bolsonaro teria levantado uma imagem de Donald Trump vestido de santo. Fotografia que circula nas redes sociais será verdadeira?

Aeronaves dos EUA foram vistas no Brasil antes de eleições?

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12 October 2026 at 17:45

Nas redes sociais, estão a circular vídeos que mostram alegada presença de forças norte-americanas antes da primeira volta das eleições presidenciais brasileiras. Serão verdadeiros?

Up to 10 years in prison for criticizing Cuba’s government on social media: How the Castro regime punishes dissent

By: Juan Carlos Espinosa

12 October 2026 at 14:06

Ernesto Ricardo Medina and Kamil Zayas in Havana, October 7.

State Security, Cuba’s feared counterintelligence agency, arrested Ernesto Ricardo Medina in front of his three-year-old daughter. Agents knocked on the house’s front door at 6 a.m. It was Friday, February 6. At that same hour the power went out in Holguín, in the island’s east. Nothing unusual in a city used to blackouts. “Tico, it’s the police,” his wife, Doris Santiesteban, warned him after looking out the window. Medina went downstairs and opened the gate. “It’s only a search order,” he said after the operation’s commander showed him the document.

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Sissy Spacek was more than Carrie: A life of love, loss and acclaim

By: Carlos Megía

11 October 2026 at 05:00

Fifty years later, Carrie White is returning to American high schools. Prime Video’s new series revisits the bullied teenager who became one of horror’s defining figures, first in Stephen King’s novel and later in Brian De Palma’s 1976 adaptation. But there is one image that remains impossible to escape: Sissy Spacek, drenched in blood, staring directly into the camera after unleashing her telekinetic powers. For several generations, the role has been synonymous with Spacek. Now, as a new actress takes on Carrie, we look back at what became of the 76-year-old performer who brought to life some of the most memorable characters of 1970s and 1980s cinema.

Carrie's House — Spacek was 26 when Brian De Palma cast her as a high school student in 'Carrie.' The film changed her career forever, earned her first Oscar nomination and secured her a place in the cultural imagination that remains remarkably intact 50 years after its release. The actress says that teenagers still approach her today to show off tattoos of the outcast heroine. Incidentally, unlike Carrie, Spacek was her high school’s prom queen.

Sissy Spacek In 'Prime Cut' — Born Mary Elizabeth in a small rural town in Texas, Spacek acquired the nickname “Sissy” from her two older brothers, a name by which she would eventually become known around the world. Following the death of one of them, she left home one summer for New York with an actor cousin in an attempt to escape the family tragedy. She abandoned plans to attend college and, under the stage name Rainbo, tried to make it as a folk singer in late-1960s Manhattan. It didn’t work out. Her record label dropped her, and Spacek decided to enroll in acting school instead.

5th AFI Life Achievement Award — Terrence Malick’s cult classic 'Badlands' marked Spacek’s first leading role in a feature film and became her breakthrough. She played a teenage girl who runs away with a rebellious young man she has just met, played by Martin Sheen, and becomes a fugitive after her father rejects the relationship. The film won the Golden Shell at the San Sebastián International Film Festival, and Spacek, who had been studying acting for only a matter of months, emerged as an unlikely Hollywood star: an anti-diva whose red hair, freckles, diminutive stature and youthful appearance set her apart from the era’s conventional screen icons.

SIssy Spacek — The film also changed her life in another way: it was on the set that she met the love of her life, production designer Jack Fisk. After first crossing paths in 1972, the two married a couple of years later and have now been together for half a century, making them one of Hollywood’s longest-lasting couples. They have two daughters, Schuyler and Madison, and both remain active in the industry. Fisk's recent production design credits include 'Marty Supreme,' 'The Revenant' and 'Killers of the Flower Moon.'

On the set of The River — Spacek became one of the defining stars of the New Hollywood era, a movement heavily influenced by the French New Wave and Italian neorealism. Beginning in 1977, the Texas-born actress received five Oscar nominations in less than a decade. Among her most memorable performances from that era are 'Missing,' directed by Costa-Gavras; 'The River,' opposite Mel Gibson; and 'Crimes of the Heart,' alongside Jessica Lange and Diane Keaton.

Sissy Spacek in Coal Miner's Daughter — Spacek won her first and only Oscar in 1981 for 'Coal Miner’s Daughter,' the biopic of country singer Loretta Lynn. Lynn had risen from humble beginnings in rural Kentucky, marrying at 13 and becoming a mother of four before the age of 20. In a twist of fate, when Spacek was trying to launch a music career years earlier, a record label turned her down because her voice sounded too much like that of another artist on its roster: Loretta Lynn. That very similarity would later help earn her an Academy Award. Spacek performed all of the songs in the film herself and even received a Grammy nomination for her work.

Sissy Spacek Portrait — Spacek and Fisk married in Santa Monica in a ceremony so private that their dog was their only witness, and so informal that both wore jeans. The actress credits the longevity of their relationship to the constant collaboration between them.

Sissy Spacek Posing with Academy Award — At the height of their fame, Spacek and Fisk left Hollywood behind and moved to a farm in rural Virginia, determined to raise their daughters away from red carpets and the glare of the spotlight. There, they raised horses and grew their own vegetables, while Spacek returned to acting only for roles that truly resonated with her. In 2001, she earned a sixth Oscar nomination for her performance in 'In the Bedroom.'

98th Oscars - Arrivals — Their daughters have followed their parents into the film industry as well. Schuyler Fisk became an actress and, while she never came close to matching her mother’s level of fame, she has enjoyed a steady career in American television and film. Madison, meanwhile, learned the ropes from her father and has worked in the art department on a number of feature films, following in his footsteps as a production designer.

Brunch Celebrating the Kennedy Center Honors — One of the best-known stories from 1970s Hollywood is how Spacek landed the role of Carrie. As close friends, George Lucas and Brian De Palma held joint auditions for their next projects, 'Star Wars' and 'Carrie,' respectively. Spacek auditioned for Lucas’s film, while Carrie Fisher also took part in casting sessions connected to the horror movie. In the end, the roles found their way to the actresses who would make them iconic: Fisher as Princess Leia and Spacek as Carrie White.

Sissy Spacek Hollywood Walk Of Fame Induction Ceremony — Spacek’s performance left such a deep mark on popular culture that screenwriter and producer Mike Flanagan, who is once again adapting 'Carrie' for Prime Video, has said it was the biggest hurdle in casting the role anew. According to Flanagan, most of the 1,400 actresses who auditioned for the series arrived trying to imitate Spacek’s iconic performance. The part ultimately went to Summer H. Howell, whose reinterpretation of Carrie has drawn widespread praise from critics.

Robert De Niro and Sissy Spacek Holding Awards — Although she was never associated with method acting in the way her contemporary Robert De Niro was, Spacek’s approach to her craft also relied on total immersion in her characters. For '’night, Mother,' in which she played a daughter struggling with suicidal thoughts, she would spend weeks inhabiting a deeply depressed emotional state until filming wrapped. It was none other than Jack Lemmon who warned her that if she remained so committed to despair, she might end up being consumed by it herself.

38th Annual Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards - Red Carpet — Jennifer Lawrence, Jessica Chastain and Emma Stone — whom Spacek once advised never to hide her freckles on screen again — are among the younger generation of stars who have publicly expressed their admiration for the 76-year-old actress. Stone, who also worked with Spacek on 'The Help,' has reunited with the veteran actress for 'The Catch,' the new film directed by Stone’s husband, Dave McCary.

"Die My Love" New York Premiere — At 76, Spacek appears to have settled on a definition of happiness far less ambitious than the one Hollywood usually sells. In a 2022 interview with 'Esquire,' when asked how she managed to remain so upbeat, she said happiness is overrated and that we need to be content and simply be.

‘Choosin’ Texas’: The music phenomenon that has conquered (most of) the world

By: Carlos Marcos

10 October 2026 at 05:00

The music phenomenon of the moment is called Choosin’ Texas, an apparently innocuous country-pop song performed by Ella Langley, a 27-year-old artist from Alabama. The track, which tells the story of a love triangle in which someone inevitably gets hurt, has spent 24 weeks as the best-selling song in the United States. No song has stayed that long at number one on the Billboard Hot 100, the country’s official chart, which is calculated using a formula that incorporates streaming, download sales, and radio airplay.

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Ella Langley at a concert in Nashville, Tennessee, on June 4.

Procurado pelos EUA. Quem é o propagandista russo detido?

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9 October 2026 at 23:07

Passou pelas secretas russas, trabalhou nas Forças Armadas e criou rede que partilhava conteúdos pró-guerra. Foi detido no Montenegro quando se preparava para gravar vídeo num mosteiro.

Spain calls snap election as housing protests spread nationwide