RIO DE JANEIRO – Madonna has enthusiastically embraced Brazil’s spectacular Carnival in Rio and even wanted to try some samba moves herself during parades overnight, Brazilian media reported on Monday.
The US entertainer attended the spectacular shows with her Brazilian toyboy boyfriend, model Jesus Luz, her two children and a coterie of US friends.Other celebrities, including Paris Hilton, ‘300’ star Gerard Butler, and Pussycat Dolls singer Nicole Scherzinger were also in town to catch the festivities rolling out in summer heatwave conditions.According to Globo, the Brazilian television broadcaster of Rio’s parades, Madonna tried to join in on the fun in an overnight parade, but the frenzy she triggered among cameramen and security agents as she got close to the event prevented her from busting out some samba steps.Instead, she watched from VIP boxes along the parade route, the guest of Rio governor Sergio Cabral and a Brazilian beer maker.Paris Hilton watched from another private box in the company of her American boyfriend.She was expected to play up for the cameras later on, having been hired as the face of an advertising campaign for another brand of Brazilian beer. – Nampa-AFP
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