I conducted my first batch of casual chats with Oscar voters in 2012, sparked by a conversation with an industry professional ...

Fernanda Torres, the daughter of legendary Brazilian ... exploded into the cultural zeitgeist after New York Magazine published a who's who guide on nepo babies in entertainment.

Torres is only the second Brazilian to be nominated for an acting Oscar. The first was her own mother — 95-year-old Fernanda Montenegro, perhaps the only actor more legendary than her daughter ...