Las Vegas

LIV Miami Makes $45-$60 Million in 2012, Fourth Highest Grossing Nightclub in U.S.

Weak economy? Yeah, right! Despite staggering unemployment rates and a sinking middle class, the top 100 American bars, lounges, and nightclubs generated an estimated $1.5 billion in revenue last year, according Nightclub and Bar Media Group's "Nightclub & Bar Top 100." And while Las Vegas b ... More >>

Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong Checks Into Rehab, Totally OD-ing on Punk Rock

Billie Joe Armstrong, the energetic and iconic lead singer of Green Day, is taking a little time off after what 's being called a "meltdown" at the iHeartRadio Music Festival in Las Vegas. Today, Billie Joe checked into a substance abuse treatment center. And while a statement from the group's repr ... More >>

Funday Afternoon

A Vegan in Vegas: Thai Basil Salad, Beautiful Beets, and More

See also Vegans Can Carbo Load in LA, Beet Reporter Finds Vegan Glory in LA Yesterday, my friends and I were walking up the Las Vegas strip in desiccating 115-degree heat. My skin felt deflated, dehydrated and stretched to my bones. I looked to my left and to my right and saw nothing but i ... More >>

Top Ten Awkward Electric Daisy Carnival Dance Moves in Animated GIF!

See Crossfade's full Electric Daisy Carnival 2012 coverage -- plus photo slideshows from EDC's Day One, Day Two, and Day Three. By Christopher Victorio and Ben Westhoff We love you, Electric Daisy Carnival Las Vegas. In fact, here are five reasons why you rule the roost. But you dance funky. We' ... More >>

EDC Vegas Pulls Plug on Music Due to High Winds

[Update at 2:48 a.m]: EDC is over for the night. Organizers are waiting for crowds to thin out before making an official announcement. More details and older updates at the bottom.Electric Daisy Carnval in Las Vegas tonight was shut down temporarily as a result of high winds buffeting tall sound st ... More >>

Crunk Call

Miami Beach Misses Out on Hosting Miss USA

​Miss USA was hosted in Miami Beach for over decade between 1960 and 1971, but America's second most important beauty pageant won't be coming back to this year even after a strong push from the city's tourism and cultural development. Looks like we'll have to make do with all the non-competing you ... More >>

Mitt Romney Takes Slumlord Money While Newt Gingrinch Is Propped Up By Casino Under Federal Probe

​In the race for the White House, Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich don't seem to have a problem taking money from corporate pirates accused of breaking the law to maximize their profits. Romney has collected at least $100,000 from a Miami-based investment fund that owns run down apartment buildings i ... More >>

A Printer That Can Print Cupcakes?

​Using a printer to bake cupcakes sounds as crazy as using a jigsaw to cut a meatloaf, but the technology is out there and could provide the answer to your laziness. One of the many techie-foodie goodies recently unveiled at the Consumer and Electronics Show in Las Vegas is the Imagine 3D printer ... More >>

Lenny Kravitz Announces First US Tour in Five Years, (Funk) Rocks Miami Beach February 25

​Christmas came early indeed. According to a press release sent moments ago to Crossfade, Lenny Kravitz "is pleased to announce dates for his first American tour in five years!" Best of all, dude's got a gig in the Big Mango. The "nearly 20-city tour" kicks off at New York City's Radio City Mu ... More >>

Serendipity 3 Plans To Open In South Beach

Serendipity 3 plans to bring its over-the-top treats to SoBe.​Iconic Manhattan ice cream restaurant and celebrity hotspot Serendipity 3 plans to open in South Beach, bringing Frrrozen Hot Chocolate and sundaes priced like mortgage payments to the rich and beautiful of South Florida.Serendipity 3 h ... More >>

Couple Commits Suicide Outside Florida Church They Married in 40 Years Ago

via Daily Mail​Forty years ago, Patricia and Bruce Wright promised to love each other until death do them part at the Friendship United Methodist Church in Punta Gorda, Florida. In a tragic tale, the couple, who had most recently lived in Las Vegas, returned to the church on Sunday and killed them ... More >>

Acqua to Close at Four Seasons; Last Brunch This Sunday

Last oink this Sunday ​Acqua will be serving a "Farewell Brunch" at the Four Seasons Hotel Miami this Sunday, July 14. It's your last chance to indulge in the expansive buffet that includes a whole roasted pig, a sprawling raw bar, and a dessert display overflowing with 30-plus types of mini ... More >>

Did LeBron James Spend $171,000 at a Las Vegas Nightclub?

​Hot on the hells of an alleged $189,000 receipt racked up during a Cinco de Mayo party at the Tryst nightclub in the Wynn resort in Las Vegas comes rumors that LeBron James once racked up an even bigger bill at XS, one of the Wynn's other nightclub. $171,973 to be exact, and that's before a tip, ... More >>

Epicure for The Exorcist

Love Bites is a regular column on Short Order. Find other installments here.In any relationship, there comes a time when one half of a couple is victimized for a few low-down, embarrassing, horrific, pitiful, flat-out disgusting days. You just want to die. Some people call it the flu. I call it The ... More >>

Las Vegas Nightlife Superior to Miami's, Says Las Vegas Weekly

Welcome to Las Vegas, the supposed EDM capital of the United States.​Maybe it's the heat that has Las Vegas Weekly's Sarah Gianetto claiming that Las Vegas' nightlife scene is vastly superior to Miami's.Excuse us. Hahahahahahahahahahahahaha! Oh, sweet baby Jesus. We haven't read something that fun ... More >>

High-Class Gluttony

RA Sushi Bar & Restaurant's Most Ordered Dish

Courtesy of Stacia Schacherer/RA Sushi Bar & RestaurantRA's Viva Las Vegas Roll​RA Sushi Bar of South Miami claims its Viva Las Vegas Roll as its most ordered plate. With such a variety of colors, textures, and tastes (Kani Kama Crab, Sliced Lotus Root), RA Sushi Bar is able to deliver the Str ... More >>

944 Magazine Files for Bankruptcy; Publishes Listacle About How Sexy Chapter 11 Is

Lady Gaga on a recent cover of 944​944 Media basically publishes the same magazine in ten different cities, tweaks them a bit, and calls them local editions -- one of which is distributed here in Miami. Now the company has filed for bankruptcy, though the company plans to keep publishing."The whol ... More >>

Rumors: Miami Clubs Won't Host Chris Brown's Birthday Party

​Chris Brown isn't even 21 and he's already seen his career go down the drain. That's what happens when you let your fists do the thinking and get convicted of assaulting your now ex-girlfriend and one of the biggest recording stars in the world.Page Six reports today that Breezy is having a hard ... More >>

Happy Hour Hunt: RA Sushi

The Place: RA Sushi5829 SW 73rd Street, South Miami305-341-0092/ rasushi.com ​ The Hours: Monday-Saturday from 3-7 p.m. and Sunday from 8-11 p.m.The Deal: RA offers a lot of options, including half off thirteen different sushi rolls and fifteen appetizers. Drink specials include $1 Sake, $2 Buds, ... More >>

The Stripper Mobile rolled into Miami Super Bowl weekend, and no one noticed

Video: Peek Inside the Stripper Mobile, Where It's Safe to Say Nobody Is Reading Nietzsche

This week, New Times plays the role of the roadie in a story about a bus full of jiggling ladies called the Stripper Mobile. Part obnoxious stunt, part genius advertising gimmick, the contraption was booted from Las Vegas and shut down in New Orleans. Inside is a hotbox of sex, drama, and tricks of ... More >>

Magic Wands and Dirty Jokes

Meet and Tweet at SUSHISAMBA

SUSHISAMBA dromo is hosting the first nationwide "meet and tweet" -- aka Tweet Up -- next Wednesday, January 20, from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. This informal social event will allow folks who usually only tweet among themselves to actually meet and mingle in the flesh. Wow -- radical idea! The virtual fun g ... More >>

Joey Chestnut Eats 50 Martorano Meatballs To Win Championship

Young American makes $1,500 for all the balls he put in his mouth. Meatballs that is.World champion professional competitive eater Joey Chestnut has just won the first ever Martorano's Masters Meatball Eating Competition in Las Vegas.Steve Martorano is a South Florida restaurateur with a namesake j ... More >>

Miami Food Rankings for Travel Leisure America's Favorite Cities Poll

Image via travelandleisure.com​America's Favorite Cities is an annual Travel Leisure reader's poll. The 2009 results are in and Miami is ranked number one for hottest people and number 29 (out of 30) for intelligent ones. As far as food and dining goes, we ranked eighth for Big Name Restaurants, s ... More >>

The Killers' Day & Age tour hits the American Airlines Arena

Slot Machines at Our Airport?

via Iotea's flickrSometimes Miami-Dade County Hall reminds me of that guy who's always dreaming up wacky get-rich-quick schemes and shady money-making ideas ("Dude, I just bought that book from the guy who wears question-mark-print suits..." "If I hit up every sperm bank in the tri-county area once ... More >>

Hooray? Miami Named 7th Sweatiest City of All Time

It is summer in Miami, and you're either wet because of the rain or because the humidity and heat have conspired to drench you in sweat. Which means right now deodorant is your best friend. Well Old Spice has gone ahead and named the top 20 "Sweatiest Cities of All Time" in America, and we ... More >>

Living Legend Tom Jones to play the Fillmore Miami Beach on April 25

via www.tomjones.comYou'd be hard pressed to find a human being on the planet with more "cool" than Tom Jones. Countless hip hop artists claim to have the lock-down on the swagger, but each of them must bow their heads in reverence to Mr. Jones. There's not a person alive who can be mentioned in th ... More >>

Celine Dion

Under the Influence

Mike will Mesmer“Eyes” you at the Improv.

Roger Sanchez

Cirque du Homestead

No lions, tigers, or bears. Plenty of “oh my!”

Raise the Roof, Pass the Dramamine

Shake What Your Mama Gave Ya

Aspiring dancers have been “Waiting for Tonight” forever

Your Epidermis is Showing

You need to moisturize your situation

A Swish Best Served Cold

Will the Heat get sweet revenge?

Planeside

Baby Anne

Mixed Live: Las Vegas (Moonshine)

Requiem for a Lightweight Nightclub

Billboardlive is still blaming Sept. 11 for its many troubles

Going, Going, Gone

China Grill dismantles its empire

Not Leaving Las Vegas

A fresh debut from a young director, though the scene needs changing

Game Is Wild, Price Is High

Empeek Cheke

Havana Does Not Believe in Tears

Prize-winning author Roberto Uria landed in hot water in Cuba. Granted refugee status in the U.S., he must now sink or swim.

When the Chips Are Down

Chain, Chain, Chain

Adam's Crib