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  • Blogs

    February 8, 2012

    Gisele Bundchen and Eight Other Women Who Stand by Their Men

    ​Can we all stop hating on Gisele Bundchen? The lady has had a pretty stressful week. First she had to watch her husband, Tom Brady, completely choke in his starring role on the most-watched TV show of all time. Then she had to pretend she thought he did a really excellent job. Cameras captured he ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 18, 2012

    Wikipedia Is Down Today: Don't Panic, We Have Your Alternatives

    ​Pity the University of Miami freshman who picked this morning to crap out a research paper, and the Miami Herald journalist trying to write about whichever moderately famous person dies today. Wikipedia has gone dark! The site is protesting the SOPA legislation that most sane people realize would ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 18, 2012

    Marco Rubio Drops His Support of Online Piracy Bill on Day of Wikipedia Blackout

    ​Maybe Marco Rubio is addicted to late-night Wikipedia binges. You know, the type where you go to look up the director of whatever movie you're absentmindedly watching on cable and then somehow, an hour later, end up reading about the indigenous bird species of Alabama. Because this morning, the R ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 6, 2012

    Gluten-Free Dining in Miami: Local Resources For Diners With Celiac Disease

    ​If you like lots of dining options, Miami is your kinda place. Whether you crave International deliciousness or  vegan, low-fat or sugar-free fare, it's all right here. Or so it would seem. Because there's one option noticeably missing from this metro melting pot: gluten-free.Even so, there ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 19, 2011

    Last Week to Enter the $1,400 Whole Foods Holiday Bake-Off

    Photo by Bryan Ochalla/Wikimedia Commons​If one of your wild food fantasies includes running up and down the aisles of Whole Foods like a crazy person, filling your shopping cart with any and everything your heart -- and stomach -- desire, and doing it without spending your whole paycheck, read on ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 10, 2011

    Miami is Biblically F*@ked: Caribbean Crazy Ants, Dragon Flies, and Seven Other SoFla Plagues

    ​In the beginning was the swamp. Then God said, "Let there be Miami." And there was. Then he said, "Gimme some beaches with bikini-clad models while I'm at it." And there was that too. All was good.But sometime during the past century, we Miamians went way wrong. Maybe it was the coke or boob impl ... More >>

  • Culture

    August 25, 2011

    So My Grandmother Died, Blah Blah Blah is Paul Tei's funny, trippy mind blast

    ​In the beginning was the swamp. Then God said, "Let there be Miami." And there was. Then he said, "Gimme some beaches with bikini-clad models while I'm at it." And there was that too. All was good.But sometime during the past century, we Miamians went way wrong. Maybe it was the coke or boob impl ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 27, 2011

    Man Accused of Firebombing Wheelchair-Bound Neighbor's Apartment

    U.S. Office of War Information, via Wikimedia CommonsOriginal 1944 caption: An American pineapple, the kind the Axis finds hard to digest, is ready to leave the hand of an infantryman... American soldiers make good grenade throwers.​In a massive step backwards for Grand Avenue neighbor relations, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 11, 2011

    Donald Trump's Hair: The Long Form Birth Certificate

    Photo by Gage Skidmore (via Wikimedia Commons)​Our private investigators -- and art director Pam Shavalier -- have been working around the clock trying to locate this document. Now we know what Donald Trump's Hair has been hiding. You're welcome, America.

  • Blogs

    April 7, 2011

    David Rivera's Office Tries and Fails to Remove Scandals from Wikipedia

    ​Remember how Rep. David Rivera is allegedly a giant, corrupt scumbag? Well, someone in his office would rather you forget. According to Politico someone in Rivera's office is desperately trying to remove all references to the many investigations Rivera currently finds himself at the center of fro ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 19, 2011

    The 10 Sexiest Miamians

    Tipdrill​When people think Miami, the first thing that pops into their mind's eyes is boobs. Big, beach ball boobs. But we're so much more than that. We are also crazy-huge booties and rock hard six-pack abs. We are tans the color of Key Biscayne sunsets and weird Barbie hair that breaks apart if ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 16, 2010

    EcuRed, Cuba's Castro-Approved Wikipedia Clone, Launches, Has Curious Take on Miami

    It's just like Wikipedia, except Fidel gets to edit all your changes.​The resurgent Fidel Castro -- riding a new high as the world's foremost peddler of Bilderberg conspiracies -- has lately been helping his island nation lurch toward the Information Age. Last year, we wrote about Cuba's answer t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 14, 2010

    Area 31 Hosts Ice Cream Social for Charity

    D Sharon Pruitt via Wikimedia Commons​Ice cream socials mostly invoke thoughts of church gatherings and neighborhood get-togethers, but not when you're eating your ice cream overlooking Biscayne Bay at Area 31. The restaurant will celebrate National Ice Cream Month by hosting Scoops for Success to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 7, 2010

    Top 10 Foods That Can Get You High

    ​Are you bored? Hungry? Want to eat your way to intoxication? We've scoured the world for the top 10 foods that'll get you high, exposed the rumors and lies, and now we can explain why some of these can kill you. Prepare for food education.

  • News

    May 20, 2010

    Posner Plagiarizes Again

    ​Are you bored? Hungry? Want to eat your way to intoxication? We've scoured the world for the top 10 foods that'll get you high, exposed the rumors and lies, and now we can explain why some of these can kill you. Prepare for food education.

  • Blogs

    May 18, 2010

    Gerald Posner Plagiarized in Why America Slept and Secrets of the Kingdom, Research Shows

    Photo by Bill Cooke Gerald Posner​In this week's Miami New Times, we write about new evidence that Gerald Posner plagiarized dozens of passages in his 2003 book Why American Slept and in 2005's Secrets of the Kingdom. After the jump, you can check out all the proof. But first, a little back ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 16, 2010

    Tonight! Rock City Angels, Rebel and DJ Mig, Chicago

    ​Memphis/South Florida glam-punk luminaries the Rock City Angels top the bill for a night of unbridled rock 'n' roll at Monterey Club (2608 S. Federal Highway, Fort Lauderdale). Show starts at 9:30 p.m. In short, the band, fronted by Bobby Durango, has a history far too long and twisted to fit her ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 19, 2009

    Silicon Beach: Pepsi iPhone App for Dumb-Asses with No Social Skills

    Image via The Globe and Mail​Why do some women have their panties all in a twist about Pepsi's branded iPhone application, Before You Score, which was launched recently as part of a promotional campaign for AMP Energy drink? On the surface, the application seems to objectify women as naive creatu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 16, 2009

    Jets Fans Whining on Wikipedia?

    As we know from the "Wikipedia" entry on Wikipedia, Wikipedia can be edited by anyone. And apparently a few select Jets fans have put down their stone tools and cave paint brushes and figured out a little basic HTML. How do I know? Just check out the Wikipedia entry on the Miami Dolphins and scroll ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 15, 2009

    Naked Guy Breaks into Little Havana Home, Flees Without Pants

    Miami Police are on the lookout for a naked burglar.via Wikimedia Commons​Sometime after midnight early this morning, a white Hispanic man crawled through a window of an apartment on the 1200 block of SW Sixth Street, says Det. William Moreno, a Miami PD spokesman.A woman sleeping inside with her ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 15, 2009

    Stone Crab Season Is Open - Top 10 Stone Crab Trivia Facts

    via wikimedia commonsJoe's​Today, October 15, 2009 stone crab season officially opens and runs through May 15, 2010. We have assembled some trivia you may find useful around the dinner table, at a bar with friends, or if you ever end up on a quiz show. Enjoy.10. Stone crabs are found along the Atl ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 12, 2009

    Tonight at Urbanite Bistro - Wine, Dine, and Gator Meat

    via urbanitebistro.com​ Fourteenth street between Overtown and the Arsht is full of wild game: zombified crackheads, worse for wear working-girls, artists, musicians, promoters, creatives, thugs, drugs, and po nine.Now, with Urbanite Bistro in the mix, we can add the literal interpretation: animal ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 19, 2009

    Which Florida Celebrities Will Get a Piece of the Dolphins Next?

    In case you missed it, Dolphins owner Stephen Ross made it official this morning: The Fins are indeed waging the biggest celebrity love-fest in South Florida this side of Kourtney & Khloé Take Miami.via Wikimedia CommonsAre you ready for some mustache?​The Dolphins have lost 20 percent o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 18, 2009

    Wine Deal at Altamar on Lincoln Road - 50% off Bottles $50 or More Monday Through Thursday

    via Wikimedia CommonsBacchus drinking.​ Greek mythology's Maenads, the female followers of Dionysus, the God of Wine, were known to enter into states of ecstatic frenzy, indulge in wild, uncontrolled sexual urges, and run through herds of animals or people like sharp clawed lawnmowers tearing and ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 12, 2009

    Top Ten Home Remedies Using Food For South Florida Conditions

    via Wikimedia CommonsInuit medicine man.​10. Garlic for a scorpion sting - Sure you city folk probably don't have scorpion problems, but in rural Dade they do. The sulfur in garlic might neutralize toxins if you get stung. 9. Mango for heat stroke - You been outside lately? It's scorching hot. Que ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 28, 2009

    Live Dogs Fed to Zoo Animals in Cuba

    Wikimedia CommonsOur sister paper, the Riverfront Times, has a story about a private investigator who traveled  to Cuba and discovered live stray dogs are fed to zoo animals. Zoo employees acknowledged the practice: "Free food," said one.And a "diplomatic source" confirmed the practice, accordi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 7, 2009

    Embarassing Bush-Era Case Stumbling to Predictably Shameful Ending

    Twice before, the government tried to build a laughably flimsy case that six poor Haitian guys from Liberty City were getting ready to "wage a ground war against the United States," in the silly words of disgraced uber-clown Alberto Gonzalez.via Wikimedia CommonsComedy Central.Twice before, juries d ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 7, 2009

    Even at 62, Cher Can Still Appearantly Out-Dance You

    The lady we have to thank/blame for the rash of Auto-Tune-aided vocals* in pop music made a surprise appearance at LIV last night, according to Page Six. Even after a few facial overhauls and countless drag queens impersonating her at any given moment, Cher remains instantly recognizable and, says ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 7, 2009

    What Should Become of the Bacardi Buildings?

    via Wikimedia CommonsWith news that Bacardi will soon be moving to blander headquarters in blander Coral Gables, preservationists are making a preemptive move to ensure their iconic buildings in midtown Miami are protected with landmark status, even though neither is old enough to typically qualify. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 2, 2009

    Williams Sisters Gearing up for Their First Showdown in Miami

    via Wikimedia CommonsThere are few rivalries in modern sports more intriguing than the one between Venus and Serena Williams. Sure, there are the haters who want to think the outcomes are fixed, but for the rest of us watching the two sisters, who just happen to be the most dominant players of the p ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 26, 2009

    While Maria Sharapova Parties at LIV, Kim Clijsters Gets Serious About Comeback

    via Wikimedia CommonsPulling out of the Sony Ericsson Open this week further delayed Maria Sharapova's return to tournament glory, but it hasn't slowed down her celebrity status. Sharapova still made the trip to Miami, but is instead partying and playing fashionista. She made a promotional appearan ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 23, 2009

    Sharapova Withdraws from Miami Masters Again

    via Wikimedia CommonsMaria Sharapova occasionally pops up on my TV screen to sell me digital cameras in ads where she's constantly upstaged by a small dog who thinks in the most stereotypical French accent ever. But the 21-year-old former number one hasn't popped up on my TV screen in any important ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 23, 2009

    Robin Williams' Surgery a Success, South Florida Shows Should Be Rescheduled

    Fans of manic stand-up chock full of random associations and funny voices can breathe a sigh of relief. After being admitted to a Miami hospital earlier this month in the midst of his "Weapons of Self-Destruction" tour, Robin Williams was transferred to Cleveland Clinic in Ohio, where he underwent s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 18, 2009

    Helicopter Model Used By All Local TV Stations Grounded by FAA

    via Wikimedia CommonsA Bell 407, the helicopter used by all four major local English stations. Now when local news stations whip the proverbial "it" out to compare they talk about HD capabilities, fancy websites, digital editing, and other boring tech things, but in simpler times the prize package, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 17, 2009

    WMC Preview: Q&A with Late of the Pier

    The English quartet Late of the Pier are among their homeland's best, brightest young hopes, with all the high cheekbones and music press praise that usually entails. But don't mistake them for one of the dour, fedora-ed Brit indie groups of recent years. This band makes fun music for the kids full ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 17, 2009

    Silly Porn Tax Remains Silly

    via Wikimedia CommonsCan we tax plastic surgery instead? The Times/Herald Tallahassee Bureau has been following a proposed porn tax with quite some fervor lately, but the State Legislators can't seem to talk about the proposal with a straight face. Republican Sen. Carey Baker said he'd heard someone ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 12, 2009

    Chile Takes American Banks to Court for Aiding Pinochet

    via Wikimedia CommonsHave you seen this new, weird children's television program Fox News has on called "The Glenn Beck Show?" I've seen it only once, and Beck was harping on about how Obama was a socialist, and how socialism or anything vaguely like it is horrible because Stalin killed a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 11, 2009

    Thanks For Ruining the World Baseball Classic, Netherlands

    Here's something you don't know: In the Netherlands, professional baseball is called Honkbal Hoofdklasse.   Courtesy Wikimedia CommonsSomething else you don't know? A single player on the Netherland's World Baseball Classic team, which shocked the honkbal world by somehow taking down a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 10, 2009

    FDA Cracking Down On Another of Jose Canseco's Favorite Substances

    via Wikimedia CommonsWe've spent so much time following the sad saga of A-Rod, that we've forgotten to check in with Miami's even more disgraced baseball star -- Jose Canseco! Last year a Sunrise-based company, Smoking Everywhere, enlisted the former slugger to tout its e-cigarette. Using a com ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 9, 2009

    In Surfside, tennis is the people's sport

    Wikimedia CommonsDon't let this guy scare you away.Like its sister past-times of golf, polo, and hedge fund fraud, tennis has always been rank with the stink of exclusivity. But while it is usually played by guys named Nigel who tie their sweaters around their chests, once you take it out of the cou ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 9, 2009

    Stem Cell-ebration

    By wide majorities, Americans love stem cell research. According to Gallup numbers 64% find it morally acceptable, and 52% support easing the restrictions or having none at all. Today, your president Barack Obama repealed his predecessor's strict limits on stem cell research, which cr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 3, 2009

    Miami's MLS Bid Is Dead, Blame It On Beckham

    via Wikimedia CommonsThe only elongated yelp wannabe soccer announcers in Miami will be proclaiming anytime soon is, "Nooooooooooooooooooo!" As in no "gooooooooool!"  Major League Soccer, FC Barcelona, and Marcelo Claure jointly announced today that a plan to bring an expansion team to Miami ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 9, 2009

    Living Raw, Sex, and the City

    This girl here, livin' somewhere in Miami, name of Suvine, pictured above, has a public, online diary documenting her life as a  fruitarian. What's that mean? According to Wikipedia, "Fruitarians (or fructarians) eat in principle only the fruit of plants." No meat, no dairy, no eggs, no fish, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 7, 2009

    Florida Democrats Lacking Latino Candidates

    Absent from the list of possible candidates for the Democratic nomination for either governor or senator in 2010 are Latinos. It's nothing new. The Democrats have never run a Latino for governor or the Senate, and they've never elected one to the U.S. House of Representatives. In fact, one would be ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 22, 2008

    Crazy Rumor: Dolphins Scouting Usain Bolt?

    Absent from the list of possible candidates for the Democratic nomination for either governor or senator in 2010 are Latinos. It's nothing new. The Democrats have never run a Latino for governor or the Senate, and they've never elected one to the U.S. House of Representatives. In fact, one would be ... More >>

  • Calendar

    July 17, 2008

    Positive Vibrations

    Celestial Treasures takes that Pay It Forward movie seriously.

  • Calendar

    April 24, 2008

    All Hart

    Kevin Hart will make you giggle like a schoolgirl.

  • Calendar

    April 17, 2008

    Burn One Down

    Celebrate 4/20 with a few of your closest buds.

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