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Robert F.X. Sillerman on Why He "Loves to Dance" and Only Cares About Fans

In Miami to announce SFX Entertainment's near $100 million acquisition of the producer of TomorrowLand and Sensation White, ID&T Worldwide, Robert F.X. Sillerman held court Thursday afternoon in the shade of a cabana at the Delano Hotel. So we here at Crossfade sat down with Sillerman to discuss wh ... More >>

Sillerman, SFX, and ID&T in Miami, Possibly Announcing TomorrowWorld Festival Location

It seems only fitting that the rising kingpin of electronic dance music, Robert F.X. Sillerman, is using Winter Music Conference and Miami Music Week as a platform to make some still secret announcement regarding his recent acquisition of ID&T North America, the U.S division of the Netherlands-based ... More >>

Chopstick Talks Suol Label, Topping the EDM Polls, and Miami Debut at Delano Hotel

It's been a hell of a year for the Suol label, scoring international chart-topping success on the strength of an uncompromising A&R vision and formidable string of releases. And the man behind it all is DJ-producer, tastemaker, and all-around musical badass Chopstick, AKA Chi-Thien Nguyen. Suol ... More >>

Miami's 13 Best New Year's Eve Parties

Miami's 13 Best New Year's Eve 2013 Parties

When Miami throws an end-of-year blowout, it's guaranteed that everyone is going home broke. And drunk. And accompanied by some creepy-sexy stranger who'll ask for money in the morning. So if you wanna wake up in 2013 with empty pockets, a booze-damaged brain, and a bed full of hot mess, check out ... More >>

Lisa Shaw Talks EDM Fads, Miami Scene, and New Album With Miguel Migs

If you're a true house head, then Lisa Shaw needs no introduction. Since the mid '90s, this beloved Canadian-born singer has put her soulful golden touch on records by deep house luminaries like King Britt, Q-Burns Abstract Message, Fred Everything, and Andy Caldwell. Of course, Shaw is also a prol ... More >>

Fact: Creed's Scott Stapp Tried to Kill Himself, Jumping Out Hotel Window on Miami Beach

With arms wide open, jumping off the balcony. In 2006, Creed singer Scott Stapp was broken and bloody, hanging six-feet from the edge at the Delano Hotel on Miami Beach. But then T.I. swooped in to save the suicidal alt-rocker. No, this isn't bullshit. It's fact. And while the rapper kept this l ... More >>

Bianca at the Delano: South Beach's Bad Dining Habits Re-Emerge

To enter Bianca, the Delano Hotel restaurant that arrived at January's end, is to step back in time to South Beach during the heady '90s. In those days, fine-dining establishments could charge what they wanted for whatever fussed-up fusion cuisine they felt like serving. They could provide negligent ... More >>

Mix It Up Mixology Challenge at The Broken Shaker Crowns Last Year's Winner

​About 35 guests gathered at The Broken Shaker last night to watch as ten Miami bartenders competed in the 2012 Mix It Up Mixology Challenge. This competition weeds out nine other bartenders and sends the winner to compete nationally in New York.After a rather long introductory spiel, the bartende ... More >>

Chris Paciello ratted on mob bosses, new documents show

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 >>

Tudor House puts quality over quantity

View a photo slide show of the Tudor House Restaurant.

Eastern European B-girls in SoBe scam

Geoffrey Zakarian To Helm Dream Hotel South Beach's F&B Operations

Laine Doss Geoffrey and Margaret Zakarian -- poised to storm South Beach.Geoffrey Zakarian, restaurateur, Michelin star winner and Food Network celebrity is overseeing food and beverage operations for the soon-to-be-opened Dream South Beach hotel. According to his PR rep, Zakarian will spearh ... More >>

Is That A Shark's Tooth or Is Thomas Kramer Ready For Happy Time?

Thomas Kramer's Facebook Fan Page​We won't lie. We absolutely love that multimillionaire playboy real estate developer Thomas Kramer is such a big social media whore.Here's a guy who narrowly escapes criminal charges and a civil judgment for allegedly fondling a teenage boy's bits and supposedly g ... More >>

Top 5 Miami Restaurants for LeBron James to Dine At

Lee KleinThis could be yours!​OK, LeBron, all you have to do is let the word Miami mellifluously slide from your lips tonight and everybody will be happy. Extremely happy. And we know you'll be besieged with all sorts of stuff as soon as you make your announcement, so feel free to print out this c ... More >>

The Big Bounce celebrates its debut CD release this Friday at the Colony Theatre

Don't I Know You?

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

Art Basel 2006 Event Listings

Sticky Lingers

"The streets look horrible. Everybody I talk to is like, ‘You’re right, man; gum is disgusting."

Perception Is Reality

Drugs, guns, violence, beauty, style, and the illusory world of Miami Vice

The Art of Investing in Art

Wall Street gives new meaning to the term "artist portfolio"

Art Basel Events

Work It Out

Fifteen years down the line, De La Soul is still shining, still grinding

Float On

Whether it's festivals, VIP-only events, or block parties, it's all about how you work it

Porous by Design

Architect Zaha Hadid blurs the line between interior and exterior

Almost a Saint

People were drawn to him and his inspiring devotion to the downtrodden. They wanted to help, to give him money. And they did -- right up to the day he vanished.

New Year's 2004 Guide

How to navigate your big night

That Eighties Show

As nostalgia for the fun-filled Studio 54 era kicks in, don't forget Reagan, Boesky, and nuclear winter

New Year's 2004 Guide

How to navigate your big night

Paparazzi Pandemonium

For the photographers who recently swarmed over Miami Beach, J.Lo isn't a celebrity, she's a meal ticket

Smooth Operators

Miami Beach and urban hip-hop make up for last year

The Education of Shawn Lewis

Lesson #1: Hard work and an aptitude for computers can make a young man rich. Lesson #2: Some rich young men take to South Beach like fish to water. Lesson #3: South Beach is the shark. A young man with money is the bait.

Crespo's New 'Do

Merenguero Elvis Crespo finally decides to please himself

Kulchur

P-Funk to the sixth dimension

A South Beach Love Story

A playboy's steamy sexual liaison leads to a tangled investigation and a police feud

Pandering for Fun and Profit

Welcome to Sonya's world, where the clients are grateful, the money is good, and the risk is minimal

Deconstructing Tommy

How a Bensonhurst boy rose to the summit of South Beach's promotion biz

Letters

Fall from Grace

Health Crisis Network's stunning financial meltdown has spurred an outpouring of concern and a raft of rumors

He Did a Job on the Mob

During the Forties and Fifties, Mel Richard fought organized crime's incursion into Miami Beach. He's still crusading.

Calendar for the week

Once and Future Kings

Not so long ago the infamous Latin Kings ruled Miami's gangland streets. Now their missionaries are bringing a new message.

Calendar for the week

Reconstituted Juice

O.J. performs before fawning Floridians who forgive him past indiscretions as he reinvents his future

Calendar for the week

Life Sentences

Forget Hiaasen, Balmaseda, and Steinback -- the Herald's weird, wacky "Police Report" is the prose by the pros

Gimme Subterranean Shelter

When it comes to home security, you can't beat a house designed to withstand an atom bomb.

Taking the Sting Out of WASPS

Swelter 43