The once-nondescript bar now boasts a new refrigerator, tables and chairs, and a poster – all of them printed with the likeness of Mars.

But today, the caramel-colored mutts of Brazil are having a major moment. The “vira-lata caramelo” (literally: caramel trashcan-tipper) is being exalted in memes, videos, petitions, an upcoming Netflix film,

"When they said that 'Bruninho' ("little Bruno" as Mars is affectionately called in Brazil) was here, I shook his hand and he greeted everyone. He is a very humble person," he said. Raphaela ...

"When they said that 'Bruninho' ("little Bruno" as Mars is affectionately called in Brazil) was here, I shook his hand and he greeted everyone. He is a very humble person," he said. Raphaela Resende, a social projects analyst living in the city, said ...

Lacador, a small bar in the Brazilian city of Belo Horizonte, has got its uptown funk on following a surprise visit by US pop hitmaker Bruno Mars. "Bruno was here!" reads a proud sign in front of ...

ROSÉ and Bruno Mars' "APT." tops the Billboard Global 200 and Billboard Global Excl. U.S. charts for a ninth week apiece. The song debuted as the stars' second leader on each list. Plus, six seasonal songs light up each chart's top 10.