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21. Film Feature

    A Polish auteur -- and Mike Tyson! -- stage comebacks at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival.

    By Scott Foundas

    Published: May 22, 2008

    Call them the comeback kids: In its early days, the 2008 Cannes Film Festival has served as a staging ground for a number of unlikely returns, beginning with that of Polish...

22. Metro

    Golden Boy on a Board

    Don't hate him because he's purty. Hate him because you want his job!

    By Deirdra Funcheon

    Published: May 22, 2008

    The ritzy oceanfront town of Palm Beach usually hums quietly with the sounds of Rolls-Royces passing by and big fat wallets snapping open and shut. On days that the waves crank...

23. Film Feature

    Presenting the only Cannes awards that really matter: Ours.

    By J. Hoberman

    Published: May 22, 2008

    CANNES, France — The competition for the Palme d'Or is ongoing as I write, but the story of the 61st Cannes Film Festival is Steven Soderbergh's two-part,...

24. Riptide

    The Sex Doll Diaries

    Artist brings her silicone twin to town for one last romp.

    By Janine Zeitlin, Isaiah Thompson, Tamara Lush and Natalie O'Neill

    Published: May 22, 2008

    CULTURE The Sex Doll Diaries Artist brings her silicone twin to town for one last romp. By Janine Zeitlin On May 15, Amber Hawk Swanson spent her final day on South Beach...

25. Letters

    Letters from the Issue of May 22, 2008

    "I am so offended by Lance Stelzer that I e-mailed your article to the Florida Bar ethics committee. Who the hell is this idiot, anyway?"

    Published: May 22, 2008

    Best or No? In response to "Best of Miami" 2008 (May 15): I've noticed a trend in your yearly "Best Of" editions, especially when it comes to the restaurant listings. Whatever...

26. Music

    Alicia Keys in Miami

    Musician sees the pyramids, moves mountains.

    By Cole Haddon

    Published: May 22, 2008

    Alicia Keys has finally learned how to breathe. Coming off seven years of heavy international touring, an ever-increasing number of film roles, and high-level charity work, the...

27. Music

    World Party

    Latin rock band Feneiva gets down with the crowd.

    By José Dávila

    Published: May 22, 2008

    It's Tuesday night in Miami Beach and the pan-Latin popsters of Feneiva are in the middle of a well-attended live set at Jazid. Over cool Brazilian beats and electric guitar...

28. Suicide Blonde

    Yo Majesty: “Kyptonite Pussy” and God

    By Arielle Castillo

    Published: May 22, 2008

    LaShunda Flowers, a.k.a. Shunda K, is simultaneously black, gay, devoutly Christian, and the writer of songs such as "Kryptonite Pussy" (refrain: "Yo' punanny better make that...

29. Burner

    P.A.T.H. to Wisdom

    Presenting Brimstone127's inaugural hip-hop summer camp.

    By Arielle Castillo

    Published: May 22, 2008

    "I've always seen myself opening and running a hip-hop college or a hip-hop school of some sort," says Miami MC Brimstone127. Now the tireless preserver of hip-hop history is...

30. Burner

    Rolling Stoners

    The Heavy Pets jam down at Tobacco Road.

    By Eric W. Saeger

    Published: May 22, 2008

    On a recent Sunday, instead of trying out my awesome new driver at the golf course, I'm trying to herd the Heavy Pets into making just a little sense for the sake of a phone...

31. Burner

    Local Motion

    We review some more recent independent Miami releases.

    By Abel Folgar

    Published: May 22, 2008

    Vic Kingsley These Frequencies (self-released) www.myspace.com/kingsleyofmiami This "Vic Kingsley" seems to be a Mr. Vic Garcia, backed by Messrs. Luke Moellman, Jon Draper,...

32. Livewire

    Nickel

    By Eric W. Saeger

    Published: May 22, 2008

    Not one to forget the eight years he lived in Miami, New York rapper Nickel is holding two CD-release parties, one here and one up there. The occasion is his debut LP, The...

33. Livewire

    Avondale

    By Arielle Castillo

    Published: May 22, 2008

    Sunday afternoon marks the latest installment in an informal series of in-store performances at Sweat Records. It's a nice change of pace in (gasp) daytime activities. Taking...

34. Livewire

    Trick Daddy

    By Jonathan Cunningham

    Published: May 22, 2008

    In case you didn't already know, the mayor of Miami is not always Manny Diaz. Although Diaz is a nice fellow and knows a lot about politics, he can handle only so much...

35. Livewire

    Destroy Everything

    By Arielle Castillo

    Published: May 22, 2008

    Let's see ... a show at Churchill's, a MySpage page headline that reads, "Fuck it up for the kids!" and a band name involving the word destroy. It's a safe bet that Tuesday's...

36. Cafe

    Andú Lounges

    Don't let the retro-future chic fool you; there's nothing new here.

    By Lee Klein

    Published: May 22, 2008

    The new Andú's retro-futuristic design dares to depart from the restaurant world's recent tilt toward timid, if tasteful, taupe-toned settings. Tables shine in white...

37. Five Questions

    Nino Pernetti

    Caffé Abbracci

    By Lee Klein

    Published: May 22, 2008

    Lots of cookbooks get written on the fly by chefs who have grown star wings seemingly overnight. Nino Pernetti's opus has been 20 years in the making; that's how long his...

38. Film

    Summer Grows Up

    The season of big-budget bangs uses its brain.

    By Chuck Wilson

    Published: May 22, 2008

    Explosions, pratfalls, and robots; heroes, aliens, and blondes — it must be summertime at the movies. Beyond the flash, though, it's striking to note just how many...

39. Film

    Indiana Jones and the Fortress of Sad Decline

    Its very own temple of doom, Kingdom of the Crystal Skull digs Indy into a deep hole.

    By Robert Wilonsky

    Published: May 22, 2008

    Here's your hat, Indy, but, really, what's your hurry? Because 19 years after the Last Crusade that clearly wasn't, and 15 years after the old man joined Young Indiana Jones on...

40. Film

    Now Playing

    Up the Yangtze

    By Scott Foundas

    Published: May 22, 2008

    It's hard being a human, but being a common person in China is even more difficult," says one tearful shopkeeper along the soon-to-be-submerged banks of the Yangtze River in...