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I agree but I hope for at least 4 gold medals, which would be better than the 3 of 2008/2012. No way we can repeat the 7 golds of 2016/2020. Don't know what names/teams Gracenote is predicting for gold but maybe they were considering another one in Football which won't happen since the team didn't even qualify. Rebeca will only win a gold if Biles somehow fails in Vault. Isaquias, Ana Marcela, Martine/Kahena are not as regular as before and probably will contend for bronze. I guess Beach Volleyball/Surfing/Skateboarding are our best chances but nothing too sure. Maybe another surprising gold in Boxing or even Judo?

If I was a Oscar voter, this would be my top 10 (alphabetic order): Anatomy of a Fall The Killer May December Monster Of an Age Oppenheimer Past Lives Perfect Days Robot Dreams Society of the Snow Special Citation (Documentary): The Eternal Memory Still have a lot to watch, especially international movies. Now that Oscar season is over, I'll try to catch up. Some of the films in my watchlist include: The Boy and the Heron, Close Your Eyes, The Delinquents, The Goldman Case, Green Border, La Chimera, Menus Plaisirs - Les Troisgros, The Missing, Origin, The Taste of Things, Tótem.

Here with my annual Oscar predictions post. After some good results, last year I only correctly predicted 17/23 winners, which was my worst result in a long time. This year I'm also not sure about some categories, although 'Oppenheimer' is guaranteed to win Best Picture and at least 7 (8?) Oscars in total. I hope we have some surprises, but I think this will be another boring ceremony. I watched all the nominated films except for 'The Boy and the Heron' and 'Godzilla Minus One', which are not yet available on streaming/VOD. ["will win" is my prediction / "could win" is my alternate prediction / "should win" is my personal ranking from what I've watched / "shoud have been nominated" is a way to remember other notable work].

Archery World Qualifier quotas Men's W1: Men's Compound: Men's Recurve: Women's W1: Women's Compound: Women's Recurve:

Archery African/Oceanian Qualifier quotas Men's W1: Men's Compound: Men's Recurve: Women's Compound: Women's Recurve: No qualification in women's W1 as there were no eligible competitors.

This Globo ad for the Olympics is pretty good.

Probably women's gymnastics team and Biles (AA).

Happy Valentine's Day for those who celebrate. In related news, brazilian Table Tennis stars Calderano and Takahashi just announced they're dating.

It's bad but in the end I don't think it would have made a difference? Anyway, kinda sad that probably won't qualify when one of and will

will refuse both ILCA quotas achieved by Gabriela Kidd and Bruno Fontes for not meeting the technical criteria (top 16 in Worlds in the Olympic cycle). The Nacra17 team is also at risk, despite placing 17th at the 2022 Worlds. They will have one last chance at the coming Princesa Sofia regatta.

will replace . Apparently, a Paralympics qualifying tournament needs to have at least 4 participating teams, and the women's African championships had 3.

Sitting Volleyball African Championships quotas Men's: Women's: As Egypt was the winner here, gets the World Cup quota as the best non-qualified men's team.

Gabriel Ohnmacht, one of our first athletes to compete in Speed Skating, died at the age of 23.

There's this one: 1. (a) All songs must be ORIGINAL, NEW MATERIAL, released on or after January 1st, 2023. Exceptions will be made in the following circumstances: (i) A song released as a single no more than 6 months before the cut-off date may ONLY be chosen if that song was subsequently released on an album for the first time during the official period of eligibility. For example, a song which was released as a single on July 1st, 2022 may be chosen if that song was later included in an album released on January 1st, 2023 or thereafter. But if the album was also released in 2022, the song can't be eligible.

BRAZIL Chady - "Futuro Caso Antigo"

Something worth mentioning is that the winning song "Tattoo" became a HUGE hit in Brazil... not the song itself, but a Portuguese version by singer Manu Bahtidão. Her music genre is a mix of sertanejo (Brazilian country) and tecno-brega (popular style from the North - "brega" literally translates to "corny"), so not really what I usually listen to, but her achievements caught my attention: more than 250 million combined views on YouTube, 100 million streams on Spotify and #1 on the Brazilian Billboard Hot 100 chart. I don't know if Loreen has even heard the song, but at least she's credited as a songwriter so she must be making some money.

I don't really know the players but I'm surprised by how terrible and are doing.

A win for Brazil in Curling

Agreed. Monster and Perfect Days are both among my favorite movies this year and I haven't even seen The Boy and The Heron and Godzilla Minus One yet. Sadly, in the end I think Japan might even miss the nomination for best International Feature.

Final rankings show finished in 4th.

I'm quite late, but I was sad to hear of the passing of Sara Tavares, Portugal's representative at Eurovision in 1994 (one of my favorite performances ever).

Nice to see South American nations sending a good number of athletes. Maybe it's unlikely, but I hope one of them can repeat Colombia's feat in 2020 and win a medal.

We'll, at least this isn't the Oscars, where a film usually wins a lot. Just like last year, all 10 competitive categories had a different nation as a winner ("Moment of the Year" doesn't count for medal table, but if it did would have 2 wins).