RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Anitta has become a pop music sensation in her native Brazil and abroad, but Monday she will have her first shot to prove herself on the country's biggest stage: the Sambadrome.

In the shuffling rhythms of samba, in its defiance and energy and lust for life, lies the soul of Rio de Janeiro. Samba is heard everywhere across the city, from the terraces of the Maracanã football ...

Dancing With the Stars pro dancer Mark Ballas always has one person in his corner: mom Shirley Ballas. After Mark, 39, and celebrity partner Whitney Leavitt took some heat from fans for their samba ...