On Nov. 1, 1982, Duran Duran released "Rio" as a single in the U.K. The title track of the band's 1982 LP quickly became one of the Birmingham band's signature songs, a confident mission statement ...

But now Deadline has learned that neither nominated song will be performed during the Oscar telecast as things stand now. We understand that both studios — Rio ‘s Fox and The Muppets ‘ Disney — ...

View of Rio de Janeiro. Photo by sandeepachetan.com (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0) via Flickr With the summer Olympics in full swing, I wanted to highlight two great songs about the country as well as the carioca ...

Uruguayan singer-songwriter Jorge Drexler made history when he won the best original song Oscar for 'Al Otro Lado del Río' from the Che Guevara biopic 'The Motorcycle Diaries.' By Lisa de los Reyes ...

The 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil are set to begin on August 5, and, to prepare the world for South America's first Olympic Games, Samba star Thiaquinho and rapper Projota have shared ...