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Madonna's Phony Bologna Feuding: The Material Girl's Five Best Beefs of 2012

We're not entirely sure why, but it seems that all of popular culture is rebelling against Madonna. Talk show hosts, contemporary pop stars, and LARPers have all had something nasty to say about The Queen of Pop over the past few months. In fact, the snark has been so intense, we wouldn't be surpr ... More >>

Silver Ball, Silver Screen

We're not entirely sure why, but it seems that all of popular culture is rebelling against Madonna. Talk show hosts, contemporary pop stars, and LARPers have all had something nasty to say about The Queen of Pop over the past few months. In fact, the snark has been so intense, we wouldn't be surpr ... 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 >>

Kelly Rowland and Jennifer Hudson Terrorized by Prankster Jet Skiers on Miami Beach

​Kelly Rowland and Jennifer Hudson were not holding a seminar on how to climb out of Beyoncé Knowles's shadow. While visiting Rowland's Miami Beach home, they were filming a segment for the British edition of Simon Cowell's X Factor, on which Rowland is now a judge. But the shoot w ... More >>

Billboards and Bling

​Kelly Rowland and Jennifer Hudson were not holding a seminar on how to climb out of Beyoncé Knowles's shadow. While visiting Rowland's Miami Beach home, they were filming a segment for the British edition of Simon Cowell's X Factor, on which Rowland is now a judge. But the shoot w ... More >>

Cinema Paradiso

​Kelly Rowland and Jennifer Hudson were not holding a seminar on how to climb out of Beyoncé Knowles's shadow. While visiting Rowland's Miami Beach home, they were filming a segment for the British edition of Simon Cowell's X Factor, on which Rowland is now a judge. But the shoot w ... More >>

Philip Glass at New World Center March 17

​Kelly Rowland and Jennifer Hudson were not holding a seminar on how to climb out of Beyoncé Knowles's shadow. While visiting Rowland's Miami Beach home, they were filming a segment for the British edition of Simon Cowell's X Factor, on which Rowland is now a judge. But the shoot w ... More >>

MIFF offers chimps and enchantments

​Kelly Rowland and Jennifer Hudson were not holding a seminar on how to climb out of Beyoncé Knowles's shadow. While visiting Rowland's Miami Beach home, they were filming a segment for the British edition of Simon Cowell's X Factor, on which Rowland is now a judge. But the shoot w ... More >>

Philip Glass at the New World Center March 17

via pomegranatearts.com​Philip Glass is a heavyweight of contemporary minimalism. Alongside auteurs like Steve Reich and John Cage, Glass is, simply put, one of the biggest, boldest names in 20th century music. Much like the aforementioned peers-in-experimentation, his ouvre delicately (and del ... More >>

Time to Say Goodbye, Again

via pomegranatearts.com​Philip Glass is a heavyweight of contemporary minimalism. Alongside auteurs like Steve Reich and John Cage, Glass is, simply put, one of the biggest, boldest names in 20th century music. Much like the aforementioned peers-in-experimentation, his ouvre delicately (and del ... More >>

Making Whoopi

via pomegranatearts.com​Philip Glass is a heavyweight of contemporary minimalism. Alongside auteurs like Steve Reich and John Cage, Glass is, simply put, one of the biggest, boldest names in 20th century music. Much like the aforementioned peers-in-experimentation, his ouvre delicately (and del ... More >>

This Mortal Coital

via pomegranatearts.com​Philip Glass is a heavyweight of contemporary minimalism. Alongside auteurs like Steve Reich and John Cage, Glass is, simply put, one of the biggest, boldest names in 20th century music. Much like the aforementioned peers-in-experimentation, his ouvre delicately (and del ... More >>

Down and Out in Suburbia

via pomegranatearts.com​Philip Glass is a heavyweight of contemporary minimalism. Alongside auteurs like Steve Reich and John Cage, Glass is, simply put, one of the biggest, boldest names in 20th century music. Much like the aforementioned peers-in-experimentation, his ouvre delicately (and del ... More >>

Paul McCartney

via pomegranatearts.com​Philip Glass is a heavyweight of contemporary minimalism. Alongside auteurs like Steve Reich and John Cage, Glass is, simply put, one of the biggest, boldest names in 20th century music. Much like the aforementioned peers-in-experimentation, his ouvre delicately (and del ... More >>

Photos: International Noise Conference is Like the Golden Globes of Noise Music

Kyle Munzenrieder​The International Noise Conference, organized yearly by Miami's resident sonic-fucking legend Rat Basterd, is secretly the best music conference the city has to offer. It's spun off international tours, and events across the globe, but the center piece will always be the Miami or ... More >>

News Roundup: VP Biden in Miami

The mother of two brothers living South Florida was pulled alive from rubble in Haiti. [NBCMiami]Joe Biden was in Little Haiti over the weekend. [Herald]And he's back in Miami to speak at a prayer breakfast at Florida Memorial Univerisity for Martin Luther King Day. [CBS4]Pundits have pretty much wr ... More >>

Dexter Star Battles Cancer, Keeps it Secret

netmen via flickr ccMichael C. Hall, star of the Miami-set TV series Dexter, announced yesterday he has cancer, but has kept it a hidden from fans since last year. The 38-year-old said he was diagnosed with Hodgkins Lymphoma -- a blood cell disease --and that he's now in complete remission. "I fee ... More >>

What's Wrong With Wes Anderson?

A decade after Rushmore and The Royal Tenenbaums, Generation Y's anointed auteur tries for a comeback with Fantastic Mr. Fox.

Top 10 Thursday: The Real Top 10 American Entertainers

Michael Jackson dies and all of a sudden he's the greatest entertainer of all time. Not so fast. MJ made three great albums, invented the moonwalk and, well.... Let us take another look at the performers who have truly proved most thrilling over the years.1. Elvis Presley Michael Jackson may have du ... More >>

Best of Miami 2009 Preview: Best Boy Made Good

(New Times Best of Miami issue hits the streets this week. With this post, Riptide 2.0 provides an appetizer. The main course/entire issue will appear on the website Tuesday afternoon.)Best Boy Made GoodMickey RourkeMickey Rourke's redemption has been the stuff Hollywood makes movies about. ... More >>

Mickey Rourke Signs on to Mona Lisa

It's been a long while since we've had a Mickey Rourke update. Let's see what our favorite redemption case is up to? Oh, he's signed on to star in a remake of 1986 British gangster film Mona Lisa. Larry Clark, who has made a career out of almost exclusively filming lower-class, hip teenage char ... More >>

Bet Five on Dirty Sanchez

It's been a long while since we've had a Mickey Rourke update. Let's see what our favorite redemption case is up to? Oh, he's signed on to star in a remake of 1986 British gangster film Mona Lisa. Larry Clark, who has made a career out of almost exclusively filming lower-class, hip teenage char ... More >>

Rourke Inks Iron Man 2 Deal

via Wikimedia CommonsThe Crimson DynamoIt was inevitable, but now it is official. Mickey Rourke is no longer our quirky washed up actor turned suprising Oscar Nominee for a small indie. He's officially a blockbuster idol once again. After some rumors to the contrary, he's signed on for a big role in ... More >>

Sean Penn, Expert Buzz Killer, Kills Mickey Rourke Oscar Buzz

Sean Penn bravely took time out of his busy schedule of giving back massages to Hugo Chavez (or as Robert De Niro put it, "respectfully advising world leaders"), and managed to kill all of our Mickey Rourke Oscar dreams while simultaneously reversing Proposition 8 in the process. Hooray Sean Penn, y ... More >>

Mickey Rourke's Chihuahua Passes On

PetaRourke in a Peta PSA with Loki's dog pal JawsAcademy Award nominee Mickey Rourke's constant companion, a plump little chihuahua named Loki, passed on just a day before the award ballots were due. Rourke gave a memorable heart felt thank you to his dogs during his Golden Globe acceptance speech, ... More >>

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 >>

The Wrestler Finally Opens in Miami Today

After a solid month of talking about Mickey Rourke non-stop, Riptide and the other residents of Rourke's home town can finally see his Golden Globe-winning performance in The Wrestler. After being released in only New York and Los Angeles a month ago, the film is getting a wider release today in a s ... More >>

Palin Flack Thinks Obama Can Learn a Thing or Two from Mickey Rourke

Nicolle Wallace is a Republican operative whose resumé includes working for the Bush White House and handling the early media strategy for Sarah Palin's VP run. She's the lady who decided those Charlie Gibson and Katie Couric interviews were a good idea. There is basically no reason whatsoever to  ... More >>

Rourke's Oscar Hopes Take One Step Forward with Globes Win, One Step Back with Steroid Rumors

Excuse me for covering this Best Actor Oscar race like a political election, but I need some horse race drama in my blogging life, and the 2010 elections are just so far --too far-- away. That being said, the Golden Globes are kind of like the 2008 Florida democratic primary. They don't really matte ... More >>

Mickey Rourke Is a Golden Globe Nominee! "Che"? Not So Much

Miami's very own actor/nutcase extraordinaire Mickey Rourke just got himself nominated for a Best Actor Golden Globe for his work in The Wrestler. Hell yeah, we'll be drunk scooter-ing in celebration tonight! Rourke will be up against Leonardo DiCaprio, Sean Penn, Brad Pitt, and Frank Langella come ... More >>

The Backwoods Barbie Comes to South Florida

Miami's very own actor/nutcase extraordinaire Mickey Rourke just got himself nominated for a Best Actor Golden Globe for his work in The Wrestler. Hell yeah, we'll be drunk scooter-ing in celebration tonight! Rourke will be up against Leonardo DiCaprio, Sean Penn, Brad Pitt, and Frank Langella come ... More >>

Golden Girl Estelle Getty Dies at 84

Miami's very own actor/nutcase extraordinaire Mickey Rourke just got himself nominated for a Best Actor Golden Globe for his work in The Wrestler. Hell yeah, we'll be drunk scooter-ing in celebration tonight! Rourke will be up against Leonardo DiCaprio, Sean Penn, Brad Pitt, and Frank Langella come ... More >>

In Living Color

Fantastic films for Black History Month at the Cosford.

Annie Lennox

Fantastic films for Black History Month at the Cosford.

Classic Coke

DVD releases for the week of January 23, 2007

Andrea Marcovicci

DVD releases for the week of January 23, 2007

Dolly Parton

"Travelin Thru" (Nettwerk)

Happier Together

A flick that defies tradition

Burdens of Proof

The Exonerated examines a thorny issue

Great Hair

The Exonerated examines a thorny issue

Feast of Film II

The Miami International Film Festival, part two

Far From Happy

The year's best featured plenty of Sad White Guys

Is David Caruso Too Good to be True?

That red-haired guy and CSI: Miami put us back on the media map

Indie Update

Veteran producer Lawrence Meistrich aims to rescue independent film

Up the Academy

The Oscar telecast has, for a decade, been Gil Cates' golden moment

Harden's Crossing

She's finally been invited to the Oscar party, but what will she do after the ball?

Czech It Out

A miniretrospective highlights the innovative works that have flowed from one of the world's great filmmaking nations

Viewing Options

This year's Fort Lauderdale Film Festival kicks off with a week on South Beach

Putting on the Dog

This year's Fort Lauderdale Film Festival kicks off with a week on South Beach