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Dennis Rodman: From Basketball Bad Boy to Dubious Diplomat

In Defense of New Girl (Hear Us Out...)

WFOR Snarks WSVN for Ray Allen Flub, But Then Deletes It

Unlike Riptide, most local news outlets do not take shots at other media in their stories. But local CBS affiliate WFOR took a big swipe at Fox affiliate WSVN in the opening paragraph of a story on Ray Allen. You might remember WSVN broke into its 11 p.m. newscast on Thursday to incorrectly report t ... More >>

Seth McFarlane's Ted Is Stuffed With More of the Same

Lorena Garcia, Robyn Almodovar on Hell's Kitchen, Top Chef Masters

For decades, talent scouts and filmmakers have scoured our tropical city in search of beautiful faces attached to perfect tanned bodies. It's true that Miami has more than its fair share of perfection in human form. But we also have talent and brains to go with that beauty.Take local chefs, Robyn Al ... More >>

Online poker players want justice after feds crush $2.5 billion industry

Miami DirecTV Costumers Could Miss NFL Playoff Games Thanks to Argument With WSVN

​It's well known that if it bleeds it leads on South Florida FOX affiliate WSVN, but local DirecTV costumers could be missing all that blood and a lot more if the station doesn't come to an agreement with the satellite provider. Channel 7's parent company and DirecTV have until midnight tonight to ... More >>

A New Year's Eve TV Guide for Proud Homebodies and Couch Potatoes

​VIP this, general admission that ... New Year's Eve is totally overrated. Why deal with hoards of drunk buffoons sporting ridiculously goofy 2012 sunglasses, overpriced prix-fixe menu options, and endless DUI checkpoints when you can slip into your Forever Lazy and ring in the New Year from y ... More >>

Pitbull on Glee: Will Mr. Worldwide Play Lesbian Cheerleader's Older Brother?

Pit and Gloria go "gleek."​The corridors of William McKinley High are a long fucking way from Calle Ocho, chico. But today, Entertainment Weekly reported that Pitbull is "being courted" by the producers of Fox's Glee to play the older brother of Santana (Naya Rivera), a newly out and proud lesbi ... More >>

Vintage Miami News Blooper: "Fuck It, We Getting Out of This Joint"

​Back in the '80s, Miami's Channel 6 used to be a CBS affiliate with the call letters WCIX. Also, apparently, all of their reporters signed off with profanity-ridden slang catch phrases. Well, at least one did. And now, for some reason, more than two decades later, a blooper has hit the web of for ... More >>

Simon Cowell Sued by Father and Son X Factor Contestants for "Physical and Mental Exertion"

​Former American Idol judge Simon Cowell scoured America this summer looking for contestants for his new singing show, The X Factor. We're not sure if he found any future Kelly Clarksons when he visited Miami, but he did discover a now angry and litigious father-and-son duo. Stephen Marks, 54 ... More >>

Ten Reasons the MTV Video Music Awards Are a Total Joke

​The MTV Video Music Awards are a sham. Every year, the network interrupts its regularly scheduled scraping-the-barrel reality television programming to pretend that there are people over at MTV who actually listen to music. To soften the blow of turning its focus away from pregnant teens and p ... More >>

The Scotto Family Brings Food & Fun To SBWFF Today

Lee KleinElaina, Marion, Anthony Jr., and John​​If you watch the Today Show on NBC, you likely know the Scotto family pretty well. If you watch Wake Up With Al (Roker) on The Weather Channel, you likely know the Scottos. Or maybe you've eaten at their New York restaurant, Fresco by Scotto on Eas ... 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 >>

What would immigration reform look like if the Feds got off their duffs?

Heads Up: American Idol Live! and Ted Nugent Coming (Separately) to South Florida

PRNewsFoto/Live Nation​Let us begin this posting about two upcoming summer tickets by saying to anyone planning to attend both of these shows: we want to hear from you right away.The 2010 American Idol Live! tour ostensibly features the 10 up-and-coming pop performers that a feverish segment of th ... More >>

Pro-Lifers Condemn Family Guy's Terri Schiavo Song-and-Dance Number

​Last week marked the five-year anniversary of the death of Terri Schiavo. Just ten days before the March 31 anniversary, Family Guy, which basically stays relevant by creating controversy, poked fun of the entire Schiavo affair by including a storyline about Stewie's pre-school class pu ... More >>

How HBO's Treme can get New Orleans right

Charlie Crist Agrees to Two Nationally Televised Debates Update: Marco Wants Fox First

​If there was any doubt that Florida's Republican primary has become one of the marquee elections of 2010, it ought to be eliminated as Charlie Crist and Marco Rubio are now likely to face off in not one, but two nationally televised debates.The Buzz reports that not only has Crist agreed to face ... More >>

Battle of the Blowhards: Keith Olbermann vs. Glenn Garvin

via the front page of The Herald's website todayGarvin, who's taking part in The Herald's weird Biggest Loser-esque "thing," getting back to his fighting weight.​MSNBC's Keith Olbermann has this terribly annoying habit of self-righteously addressing any criticism directed against him in overly dra ... More >>

Top Ten Thursdays: Top Ten Reasons to Hate KISS

KISS plays tonight at the BankAtlantic Center in Sunrise, but I wouldn't attend a KISS concert if it were in my living room. Here's why.1. The MusicKiss has never been known for producing anything but the most simplistic hard rock. On stage, the band struggles to recreate these brain-dead tunes. It' ... More >>

Charles Perez: WPLG Told Me Not to Have Kids

Recently fired Local 10 anchor Charles Perez took his side of the story to the Daily Beast today, in a wide-ranging column explaining why he'll continue his suit against WPLG, claiming they fired him because he was gay, attacking the state of the news business, positioning himself as a gay rights he ... More >>

A Look Back at Gloria Estefan's Sports History

Today, Gloria and Emilio Estefan officially announced their minority ownership of the Miami Dolphins. And while some people may scoff at the Estefans' acquisition, Gloria herself has had some previous sports-related endeavors. So come on everybody let's do the conga as Riptide takes a trip back in t ... More >>

The Toyota Prius: Hybrid Hell

It can be a devil to drive.

Chef Giovanni of Hell's Kitchen Says "I'm Not A Showbiz Person"

I spoke to Hell's Kitchen 5 contestant Chef Giovanni about the Redneck Riviera, gambling, and respect. Giovanni is a cool Jersey dude that keeps it real and is all about his work. He is the executive chef at Creehan's Copper Grill in Destin, Florida. Destin is up by Pensacola so it's more Alabama ... More >>

Hell's Kitchen 5 - Chef Danny

  This dude is appearing on Hell's Kitchen 5 premiering tonight on Fox at 9pm. His name is Danny and he's from Edgewater, Florida. There are three Florida contestants this year on Hell's Kitchen 5. Danny is 23 years old and works as an executive chef. He's a self proclaimed redneck who studied ... More >>

Hell's Kitchen 5 - Chef Paula DaSilva Interview

This season FOX's smash reality hit Hell's Kitchen 5 features 3 Florida Chef's, Paula DaSilva is one of them. Paula works as Chef De Cuisine at 3030 Ocean at the Marriot's Harbor Beach Resort in Ft. Lauderdale. I spoke to her via telephone and here's what she had to say."I grew up in the business. ... More >>

Here Comes the Bride. Yawn.

McDreamy tries to win over his engaged gal pal in My Best Friend's Made of Honor Wedding.

Reel Wrap Redux

Week two at the Miami International Film Festival.

Revenge of the Nerds

Judd Apatow's pretty good year.

Chongas!

Maybe 2007 will be their year

Geekology 101

Judd Apatow explains himself

SoBe Gets its Funny On

Smells Like Victory

DVD releases for the week of August 15, 2006

Crackhead Camera!

These guys make Girls Gone Wild look lame

Letters from the Issue of July 27, 2006

“Children are pawns used to expand bank accounts”

Trend-Spotting

In a scandal-ridden election year, the year's top ten music stories were all about winning the popular vote.

Yesterday's News

Fallon Fast

Saturday Night Live's prime player is rapidly outgrowing television's small screen

After M*A*S*H

Larry Gelbart is one of TV's last great writers. So why can't he stay tuned?

TV or Not TV?

That's no longer the question for visionary Stephen J. Cannell, who lives the novel life

Amused to Death

How will Hollywood react now that real life is more terrifying than fiction?

Good Cop, Bad Cop

Denis Leary is on The Job, but can ABC find him an audience?

The Imperfect Beast

Don Henley will not go quietly

Inside the Soapbox

Michael Moore gets out of his La-Z-Boy to find The Awful Truth

Chasing Danny

Is Dan Marino a stoic swaddled in hype or a frigid sports celebrity with the personality of an egg timer?

Smooch

Fighting Cocks

Inside Feature