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Cocaine Cowboys

  • Blogs

    May 19, 2012

    Exxxotica 2012: Top Ten Porn Parties in Miami This Weekend

    Under normal circumstances, partying with a porn star might mean all kinds of DP, TP, ATM, RTF, and money shots. It would also require a clean STD test, fresh bikini wax, and 60ml tube of spermicidal lube. But this weekend, the Exxxotica 2012 adult entertainment expo has come to town for three full ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 30, 2012

    Cocaine Cowboys Creator Gets Called "Tweeting Twit" by Crotchety, Out-Of-Touch Columnist

    It's as if Miami Herald columnist Fabiola Santiago read her own paper's story on a defense attorney trying to get a new trial for his client because a juror, Cocaine Cowboys director Billy Corben, mused about the mundane details of jury duty on Twitter and then muttered to herself, "Wow, what a twee ... More >>

  • Film

    March 22, 2012

    Rakontur ten-year restrospective at O Cinema March 26-30

    It's as if Miami Herald columnist Fabiola Santiago read her own paper's story on a defense attorney trying to get a new trial for his client because a juror, Cocaine Cowboys director Billy Corben, mused about the mundane details of jury duty on Twitter and then muttered to herself, "Wow, what a twee ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 6, 2012

    Director David O. Russell Accused of Groping Transgender Niece in Florida Gym

    ​David O. Russell, the Oscar-nominated director behind films such as The Fighter and I ♥ Huckabees and who is said to be connected to a possible Cocaine Cowboys movie, is being investigated by the Broward County Sheriff's Office after allegedly groping the breasts of his transgendered ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 29, 2011

    Jon Roberts, Smuggler in Cocaine Cowboys, Dies

    ​Jon Pernell Roberts, the megasmuggler featured in the documentary Cocaine Cowboys, has died at the age of 63. Film company Rakontur's Billy Corben tweeted yesterday: "Just got word that Jon Roberts from Cocaine Cowboys passed away. Thankful he gave us the opportunity to tell his story." And the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 6, 2011

    Mark Wahlberg and Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson May Star in Michael Bay's New Times-based Movie

    ​Well, we guess it only makes sense that two men who launched to stardom by being muscular in tight briefs would team up to star in a movie about body builders. Variety reports that Mark Whalberg and Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson are currently in talks to star in Pain and Gain, explosive auteur Michae ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 23, 2011

    American Desperado: Co-Author Evan Wright On Coke Cowboy Jon Roberts' Memoir

    A couple of years ago, I went to the Hollywood home of former mega-smuggler Jon Roberts-- featured in the documentary Cocaine Cowboys-- hoping to do a profile on the quiet life of a retired criminal lifer in the 'burbs. It didn't turn out that way. After a couple of interviews, Roberts demanded tha ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 21, 2011

    Dhafir Harris, AKA Dada 5000, Gets National Press Ahead of Dawg Fight, New Rakontur Doc

    Dhafir Harris, AKA Dada 5000, king of back-yard fights, has plenty to be thankful for. Three years ago, the Perrine native decided being a member of Kimbo Slice's entourage wasn't for him, so he set out to become the P.T. Barnum of Miami's back-yard fighting circuit. We chronicled the early days of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 18, 2011

    John Stirling, Captain Caught With 800 Lbs Of Coke, Took Photos Atop Giant Piles of Cash

    ​Sure, John Philip Stirling may be Canadian, but he's also the most Miami-flavored drug smuggler to land in local federal court since the heyday of the Cocaine Cowboys. When he was caught at sea last week off Colombia with 800 pounds of coke, the good captain flat-out told the feds: "There's nothi ... More >>

  • Film

    October 13, 2011

    Limelight: Billy Corben's new documentary screens at O Cinema

    ​Sure, John Philip Stirling may be Canadian, but he's also the most Miami-flavored drug smuggler to land in local federal court since the heyday of the Cocaine Cowboys. When he was caught at sea last week off Colombia with 800 pounds of coke, the good captain flat-out told the feds: "There's nothi ... More >>

  • News

    October 13, 2011

    Michael Corleone Blanco lives in the shadow of his cocaine-queen mother

    ​Sure, John Philip Stirling may be Canadian, but he's also the most Miami-flavored drug smuggler to land in local federal court since the heyday of the Cocaine Cowboys. When he was caught at sea last week off Colombia with 800 pounds of coke, the good captain flat-out told the feds: "There's nothi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 12, 2011

    Decriminalized Pot Headed To A Vote In Miami Beach, Petition Gatherers Say

    photo by Michael McElroyPetition gatherers say they've netted enough signatures to put pot decriminalization on the ballot.​Miami Beach voters might just get a chance this year to decriminalize pot, making it the first city in South Florida to let small-time tokers off the hook with a $100 fine in ... More >>

  • News

    June 23, 2011

    Coke-smuggling legend Mickey Munday does spoken word

    photo by Michael McElroyPetition gatherers say they've netted enough signatures to put pot decriminalization on the ballot.​Miami Beach voters might just get a chance this year to decriminalize pot, making it the first city in South Florida to let small-time tokers off the hook with a $100 fine in ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 21, 2011

    Cocaine Smuggler Mickey Munday Does Spoken Word

    C. Stiles​If you're a fan of firsthand accounts, Michael O. Munday is something of a local treasure. Almost every one of his colleagues is dead, in prison, or underground. But 65-year-old Mickey Munday -- as the served-his-time cocaine megasmuggler is known -- just won't shut up. Now the gre ... More >>

  • Calendar

    April 7, 2011

    High Times

    C. Stiles​If you're a fan of firsthand accounts, Michael O. Munday is something of a local treasure. Almost every one of his colleagues is dead, in prison, or underground. But 65-year-old Mickey Munday -- as the served-his-time cocaine megasmuggler is known -- just won't shut up. Now the gre ... More >>

  • Calendar

    March 12, 2009

    Take a Hit of the Bella Donna

    C. Stiles​If you're a fan of firsthand accounts, Michael O. Munday is something of a local treasure. Almost every one of his colleagues is dead, in prison, or underground. But 65-year-old Mickey Munday -- as the served-his-time cocaine megasmuggler is known -- just won't shut up. Now the gre ... More >>

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