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Compton Royalty: A New Doc Examines Venus and Serena's rise From Their Upbringing in Southeast L.A.

Calle Ocho 2013: A 13-Stage Music and Entertainment Guide

Little Havana rises with the cock. Sunlight gleams off her concrete hips. She revels in her hot and sticky wetness. As fresh, juicy papaya scents float on palm tree breezes, she burns a sacred herb and swallows a cafecito with a piece of buttered toast. Today is her birthday, and soon 2 million fee ... More >>

"Don't Shoot!" New York Restaurants Don't Want You "Foodstagramming" Their Eats

When you consider the food-related restrictions in New York, you should cry fat, giant tears of joy that you live in Miami -- a city that considers rules and regulations mere trivialities of no concern to locals. Restaurants in the Big Apple have instituted an "unofficial" ban on food photography, f ... More >>

Justin Bieber Pukes on Stage!

It happened again. Just one year after puking on stage in the Philippines, Justin Bieber dedicated part of his show in Arizona to vomiting in front of a large crowd of screaming 12 year olds. According to ABC News, Biebz was in Glendale on Saturday night for the kickoff of his Believe tour when he ... More >>

Whitney Houston, Actress: Surveying the Great Diva's Checkered Film Career

Gigantes Tour With Marc Anthony, Marco Antonio Solis, and Chayanne at American Airlines Arena August 3 and 4

Marco Rubio Being "Thoroughly Vetted" as Potential VP, Says Romney

Well, this is strange. Yesterday, someone presumably close to the Romney campaign leaked information to ABC News that Sen. Marco Rubio was not being vetted as a potential Romney running mate. It was a sloppy move that left both Romney and Rubio looking bad. Well, late yesterday Romney took the ... More >>

Marco Rubio Being "Thoroughly Vetted" as Potential VP, Says Romney

Well, this is strange. Yesterday, someone presumably close to the Romney campaign leaked information to ABC News that Senator Marco Rubio was not being vetted as a potential Romney running mate. It was a sloppy move that left both Romney and Rubio looking bad. Well, late yesterday Romney took t ... More >>

Disney to Eliminate Junk Food TV, Radio and Web Advertisements, But What About the Parks?

In an effort to reduce childhood obesity, the Walt Disney Company will limit junk food advertisements on TV programs, radio shows and websites that are aimed at children, according to sources knowledgeable of the plan. Disney chief executive Bob Iger and First Lady Michelle Obama plan on announcing ... More >>

Fat Tax, Like California's, Is Too Much

In an effort to force citizens to make healthier choices, a few countries have instituted a "fat tax" or "junk food tax," which requires consumers to shell out more for unhealthy foods. So far, Denmark and Hungary have done so. France has so far restricted its levy to sweetened drinks.Health advocat ... More >>

SoBeWFF: Paula Deen's Southern Charm and Other Big Names at the Festival

​Famous for cooking rich Southern cuisine, Paula Deen received mixed press after announcing she had been diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. "I've never recommended that people go into their kitchen and prepare these fattening meals every day," she said. "But I'm feeling a little vulnerable." Truth is ... More >>

Fidel Castro Has Found Jesus, Will Ask Pope For Forgiveness, Daughter Says

​Decades after his education by Havana Jesuits, is Fidel Castro starting to feel kinda bad about the whole renouncing religion and being a hated dictator stuff? According to his Miami-based daughter Alina, the Marxist in fact has "come closer to religion" as he edges stubbornly toward death. Vatic ... More >>

McDonald's Will No Longer Use Pink Slime in Its Burgers. Wait ... Say What? (Video)

McDonald's has declared that it will no longer use "pink slime" in the manufacturing of its food products, ABC News reported yesterday.Much like you're probably doing right now, when I first heard the news I asked myself, What the hell is pink slime?And much like most Americans, I had no clue about ... More >>

Miami Herald Has Less News Aggregation Ethics Than Huffington Post Miami

​There's a media fight brewing in Miami between the old paper giant and the new local iteration of a quickly growing Internet media monster. Random Pixels blogger Bill Cooke, ever the keen-eyed instigator, noticed that the recently launched Huffington Post Miami was cribbing quite liberally from M ... More >>

Pitbull's Lawyers Question Lindsay Lohan's Residency, Cite TMZ and Wikipedia in Court Documents

​Lindsay Lohan's out of jail. But her legal problems aren't even close to being over. The LiLo v. Pitbull, Nee-Yo, and Afrojack saga continues as Mr. 305's lawyers have presented a notice of removal in an effort to shift the case from county to federal court. The document, filed last week in ... More >>

The Big Uneasy: New Orleans's enemy wasn't Katrina

Britney Spears's Femme Fatale Tour with Nicki Minaj at the AA Arena July 22

Hyena on South Beach

57 Percent of Floridians Support Legalizing Medical Marijuana

​With 14 states and the District of Colombia allowing the legal medical use of marijuana, acceptance of the issue is steadily growing in America. A new poll shows that 57 percent of Floridians support legalization of medical marijuana as buzz grows that the issue could be placed on the ballot as s ... More >>

Univision Wants to be The Number One Network in America in Five Years

​In five years the most watched shows in America could emanate from a massive television studio in Doral. No CBS, Fox, ABC or NBC isn't looking to relocate production from Los Angeles. Univision hopes to make those networks irrelevant, and wants to be the number one network in America. That may no ... More >>

Marco Rubio Rated Best Potential Republican Presidential Candidate Based on Communication Skills

​There's already at least one online moment hoping to draft Marco Rubio to run for President in 2012. Those supporters might not be completely insane. An analysis by former ABC News journalist and media professional Brad Phillips rates Rubio the best communicator of all potential Republican ca ... More >>

Food Sitcoms on Cockroaches, Ex-cons, And Rappers

via Flickr brizzle born and bred"Quiet, Phat E is about to start!"​Some opinions are still acceptable in our increasingly politically correct social climate. While most people wouldn't dare make a joke about the handicapped, African-Americans, or newborns, it is safe to say that Carrot Top is a lo ... More >>

Angelina Jolie and Hillary Clinton Condemn Koran-Burning Church, But Mayor Bloomberg Supports Congregation's Rights

Pastor Terry Jones​Pastor Terry Jones and his small Gainesville church known as the Dove World Outreach Center will continue with their plans to burn copies of the Koran, the holy book of Islam, on the ninth anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks despite a growing backlash and warnings ... More >>

Restrepo: A South Florida soldier and his comrades, vérité-style

Miami's Chicken Busters are no more

Jacory Harris Puts Canes on Steady TV Diet of SpongeBob

​Seems the Miami Hurricanes are well aware of everyone saying, "Well, let's see how long this lasts before it goes to their heads and they screw up" -- even though players and coaches alike are telling the media they still feel like underdogs.QB Jacory Harris has taken steps to ensure his team doe ... More >>

Obama's First Act: Closing Gitmo (But Don't Say Farewell Just Yet)

The prez-elect electrified the newswires yesterday when word leaked he plans to issue an executive order during his first week in office -- and maybe his first day -- officially shutting down the detention camps at Guantánamo Bay.But before you start planning those Gitmo V-Day parades, Obama sounde ... More >>

Cho Yes!

Margaret Cho and an online sensation hit the Fillmore.

Letters from the Issue of October 11, 2007

"It's a pity you guys didn't show any nipples"

Cage Rage

It was outlawed. Now it's popular and one of the nation's best teams is just up the road.

Spy Vs. Spy

Billy Ray takes on another liar: FBI traitor Robert Hanssen

Little Misses

Introducing the best movies of 2005 you probably didn't see

Letters from the Issue of June 23, 2005

Just a retiree collecting a pension, police brutality, defensive art scenesters

How I Missed the Posada Story

Straight to Helen

Hudson's a bad mother, and sister, in this pat parenthood tale

Letters from the Issue of December 19, 2002

Antiwar advocates go on the attack

Band Sluts

Some musicians just can't say "no' to a gig

Back to School

Judd Apatow's Freaks and Geeks grow up, more or less, and move to a dorm

Write and Wrong

Chris McQuarrie won an Oscar for Usual Suspects, to which Hollywood responded, "Big deal'

Dawn of the Dead

Sci Fi's brilliant good vs. evil is a corpse in search of a burial

Kulchur

How to win friends and influence people, el exilio style

Fine Young Cannibals

The reporters providing us coverage of Elian Gonzalez seem to recognize they're taking part in a shark feed. And they just keep chomping.

Letters

Night & Day

March 25 - 31, 1999

Gin and Tonic

Eight Is Enough

Letters

Rattle and Bum

Capitalist or Commie?

How a Miami businessman got rich doing business with Cuba - and lived to shout about it

Room with a Viewer

A young Larry King. A racist white enclave called Liberty City. A homophobic Anita Bryant taken seriously. South Florida's past is present at the Louis Wolfson II Media History Center.