BRIC POP: The Blog

Some fresh stories of the pop cultural kind from around the BRICs:

• 19-year-old football wunderkind Alexandre Pato marries novela star Sthefany Brito in Rio.  Proceeding nicely on the pathway to superstardom, weight gain, tranny liaisons, a comeback and redemption.

• Now playing in Yekaterinburg: The Adventures of Mr Hudson in Russia.  The Brits continue to be repelled, yet strangely attracted, to Mother Russia.
• Big B has a tummyache.  Probably not helped by shrinking endorsements.
• Now I know why there’s unrest in China.  World of Warcraft has been dark for days, and no one can figure out if gold farming is legal or not.
• Brazilian graffiti artists keep showing up in nicer and nicer places.
• A follow-on to my post about Russian glamur:

New York Times, 9 July 2009

• Edison Chen in Southeast Asia again, probably opting for a flash drive on his laptop now.
• Coming soon:  Xinhua in your Albert Heijn.
• Finally, an Indian national hero 1) under 30, when all the others are over 40, and 2) rural middle class.  Jai Dhoni (and Happy Birthday, too)!