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Rove's Obama Attack Ad: Subliminal Racism

There Is Nothing Cool About Karl Rove and Mitt Romney

Uncle Luke, the man whose booty-shaking madness once made the U.S. Supreme Court stand up for free speech, gets as nasty as he wants to be for Miami New Times. This week, Luke says Mitt Romney and Karl Rove are a couple of uncool tools.Karl Rove's super PAC, American Crossroads, has issued a 46-seco ... More >>

Anthony Bourdain No Reservations in Portugal: Tony Needs to Meet Cannibals

I've never been to Portugal, but my favorite aunt Mae used to travel there frequently.  Every week I received a little care package in the mail. Sometimes a doll with what seemed like 100 layers of petticoats and skirts, sometimes a small bracelet. Then she "took" a towel from the Lisbon Hilton ... More >>

Film's Biggest Losers and Winners of 2011

In many ways, 2011 was a great one for movies. Some really good films came out this year -- some that broke the mold and swirled genres together in unprecedented ways. Several icons of the movie world made remarkable contributions that should be mentioned at the year's close. On the other hand, y ... More >>

Cooking Channel's Eat Street Returns to Miami Food Trucks: Be On The Show

Cooking Channel Eat Street's James Cunningham is coming back to Miami​Eat Street, the Cooking Channel show that features host James Cunningham chomping his way through America's food truck scene, will feature The Fish Box on television tonight. The episode airs at 8:00 p.m. and again ... More >>

Satan's Whiskers, Brimstone Kiss, and More: Eight Drinks to Toast Armageddon

The end of the world is near - time to drink!​We've all seen the billboards - the end of the world is this Saturday (well, according to Harold Camping, a radio evangelist crazy person who's counting down the days until the end of time (watch the countdown here). We were sure Camping was ano ... More >>

Heidi Montag, Danielle Staub, and Ashley Dupre to Launch VH1 "Celebrity" Food/Reality Show

via Flickr angela n.Heidi Montag, celebrity at large.​In the infinite wisdom of television executives and snake oil salesmen, VH1 has created a new reality series that links the two subjects Americans are most interested in: food and big personalities.In the new show, Famous Food, so-called celebr ... More >>

New York Times Makes it Official: Miami is Once Again Bat-Sh*t Crazy

Michael E. MillerMaking national headlines, for the wrong reason.​Sometimes Riptide feels as if it's talking to itself. Like Brad Pitt in 12 Monkeys, we yell at people about all the crazy crap going on around us but to little avail.So imagine our surprise when we flipped open this morning's New Yo ... More >>

Top movies to watch in 2011

Michael E. MillerMaking national headlines, for the wrong reason.​Sometimes Riptide feels as if it's talking to itself. Like Brad Pitt in 12 Monkeys, we yell at people about all the crazy crap going on around us but to little avail.So imagine our surprise when we flipped open this morning's New Yo ... More >>

Miami Dolphins Pre-Season: Fins Win Again, Despite Another Squall

Oil can! ... Oil can!​Saturday night was quite a night for both football and meteorology enthusiasts. After nearly a two-hour weather delay, the Miami Dolphins went out and defeated the Jacksonville Jaguars 27-26. It's the second-straight win for the Fins, and a second-straight week where they had ... More >>

Dog Named "Christie Brinkley" Bestiality Case: What Not to Name Your Pet

A Great Dane, A Christie Brinkley: Notice the Difference?​Last Friday, 64-year-old Armand M. Pacher of Aventura was arrested for suspicion of having sex with his female Great Dane. Pacher's lawyer says the whole thing is a miscommunication started by a bad joke. It doesn't help his case any, thoug ... More >>

Comedy Review: Daniel Tosh at Fort Lauderdale Improv

​Daniel ToshFort Lauderdale ImprovBetter than: Granny takes a squirtBefore I begin, I want you all to know that I had absolutely no date to bring to see Daniel Tosh. Not that my friends didn't want to go see the host of Comedy Central's surprisingly good clip show, Tosh.0. It's just that everybody ... More >>

The Nuts and Bolts of the Indianapolis Colts

​Dolphins fans owe two debts of gratitude to the Indianapolis Colts this year: (1) for dropping a regular-season game to ensure that the '72 Fins remain the only team in modern NFL history to complete a perfect season, and (2) for stopping the NY Jets, with classless coach Rex ... More >>

Guide to Recognizing Your New Orleans Saints

​"Who Dat Nation" has begun its descent on our fair city in advance of the Super Bowl, where the New Orleans Saints will take on the Indianapolis Colts. Fittingly, while the Colts will stay in Fort Lauderdale, the Saints will hang out at the InterContinental Hotel in downtown Miami, and last nigh ... More >>

Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds

In a triumph of his will, the director makes Holocaust revisionism ridiculously fun.

Our Mickey Rourke Is an Oscar Nominee

The Oscar nominations came out this morning. There were some surprises, but as virtually everyone expected, Mickey Rourke got a nod for best lead actor for his role in The Wrestler. What started as a local hook for covering awards-show nonsense has turned into quite a saga detailing Rourke's strange ... More >>

Kevin Rudolf Is Cash Money's First Rock Act

And it doesn't hurt that Lil Wayne is on the "gangsta emo" guy's debut single.

Art Capsules

And it doesn't hurt that Lil Wayne is on the "gangsta emo" guy's debut single.

Art Capsules

And it doesn't hurt that Lil Wayne is on the "gangsta emo" guy's debut single.

Art Capsules

And it doesn't hurt that Lil Wayne is on the "gangsta emo" guy's debut single.

Art Capsules

And it doesn't hurt that Lil Wayne is on the "gangsta emo" guy's debut single.

Art Capsules

And it doesn't hurt that Lil Wayne is on the "gangsta emo" guy's debut single.

Art Capsules

And it doesn't hurt that Lil Wayne is on the "gangsta emo" guy's debut single.

Art Capsules

And it doesn't hurt that Lil Wayne is on the "gangsta emo" guy's debut single.

Art Capsules

And it doesn't hurt that Lil Wayne is on the "gangsta emo" guy's debut single.

Magic City Kitty - Easy, Breezy, Beautiful....Cover Boy?

And it doesn't hurt that Lil Wayne is on the "gangsta emo" guy's debut single.

Pause and Rewind

The best DVDs of '07 made old movies feel new again.

Martha Mitchell Calling

A play worthy of Watergate.

El Amigo Famoso

Andy Garcia gets by with a little help from his friend

Mighty Heart, Mightier Spotlight

Angelina Jolie kidnaps Daniel Pearl’s movie

Don't I Know You?

Former Miami Beach homeboy and character actor Scotch Ellis Loring makes his bid for musical greatness

Same Old Story

Sequels, prequels, and threequels headline Hollywood 2007

Excess Hollywood

Some interesting horror flicks, a couple of relationship movies, and plenty of action save summer from sequels

King Artless

Bruckheimer's knights go for grit but lose the glory

Think Different

Could it be that this year's crop of summer movies actually requires a brain cell or two?

Jenny from the Crock

Lopez, playing a Maid, can really put the "back" in backlash

Life in the Pits

Aronofsky's followup to Pi is a brutal personal movie about the horrors of drug addiction

Hot Wheels

Or: How Tony Hawk turned skateboarding into a multimillion-dollar international obsession

Loony Men

Mystery Men

Point Plank

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All Hail the New Olivier

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Let's Get Lost

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Swelter 27

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The Way of All Flesh

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Cinema Wackadisio

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Truckin' and Suckin' (Blood)

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Slackers Bite

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Happiness Is a Warm Gun

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The Catcher in the Fly

Mystery Men

Black Eyes

The Cave man's two-fisted culture romp dredges the depths