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Succession bows out in Shakespearean style; Shane Meadows changes tack with a gobby, grubby period drama; Alan Carr meets his sitcom younger self; and a TV beast exits with a smile…

Prosecutors in Brazil have blocked a decision to authorize the installment of ziplines at Rio de Janeiro's world-famous Sugarloaf Mountain, claiming they will damage the environment around one of the United Nations world’s heritage sites

"It's like a cult, but with cars," explains one new character to another in "Fast X," the latest in the long-running "Fast & Furious" franchise, and that's as good an explanation as any. Basically, these are superhero movies in which everyone's superpower is that they can drive extremely fast in…

Ahead of a historic survey of her work at Margate’s Turner Contemporary, the Brazilian artist discusses her global inspirations, shape-shifting patterns, and why she’s still an optimist

It is time to say goodbye to the “Fast & Furious” franchise, but it's going to be a long farewell

‘No one starts at the finish line’ growls Dominic Toretto (Vin Diesel) at young son Brian (Leo Abelo Perry) in this latest iteration of the Fast Furious saga. And with nine films, one spin-off, and over 21 hours of tyre-squealing mayhem preceding it, you might well question the wisdom of…

Vin Diesel et al return for an overstuffed Fast and Furious chapter that delivers giddily effective action but an outsized and silly villain

How Rio de Janeiro's defunct cable car became a symbol of the city's extreme social inequality and its disappointing Olympic legacy.

Republican U.S. congressman George Santos, who has Brazilian heritage, agreed to settle a lawsuit in which he was accused of bouncing checks to buy clothes in a Rio de Janeiro clothing store over a decade ago, a court in Rio said.