Finally. A few Americans are getting back to their colonial roots and rejecting the fairytale of tomorrow’s Royal Wedding. While it doesn’t pack the same punch as throwing tea into Boston Harbor, South Florida’s Seminole Casino Coconut Creek is injecting a little real-word cynicism into the affair. They’re giving away…
Sloane Crosley wrote the cover story for the worst-selling issue of Maxim in its history. And anyone who fails at that lad rag scores with us. A former book publicist, the essayist and humorist has been called a modern-day Dorothy Parker by writer Jonathan Ames for quips such as “Life…
“For the first time since I was a child, I — who normally sleep naked except for diamond earrings — am not wearing them,” Mario Cantone utters. He’s reading from One Lifetime Is Not Enough, Zsa Zsa Gabor’s memoir about her 72 hours in jail. It’s part of Celebrity Autobiography,…
When we heard HistoryMiami was exhibiting “Souvenir Maps and Plates,” we were a little nervous. Google Florida vintage souvenir, and one of the top hits is a St. Augustine spoon featuring a black man eating a watermelon. There’s no denying our state’s less-than-stellar history of race relations, so we might…
Something’s not a meme until it’s sold on Etsy, right? At least that’s how we judge it (see our Human Centipede and Charlie Sheen handmade roundups). So consider us proud parents as the ladies of Real Housewives of Miami are now immortalized on the indie goods site. David Gilmore, the…
When you’ve been repeatedly accused of domestic abuse, might not want to joke about killing your exes — just sayin’. But when Charlie Sheen — along with wingmen comic Jeffery Ross, Dennis Rodman, and Filter guitarist Robert Patterson — hit the BankAtlantic Center last Saturday night, he did just that. According to…
The Borscht Film Festival is a love letter to Miami, one covered with lipstick kisses and a few other suspect stains. Last night’s seventh edition at the Arsht Center’s packed Knight Concert Hall was a three-hour showcase of 305 talent. Of the 23 shorts, 97 percent were shot in, edited…
Oh embarrassment of riches! Take a look at this weekend’s events. Well done, Miami. Well done. If you don’t have fun this weekend, it’s totally your fault. There’s a sexy Australian chanteuse, LGBT film fest, feats of strengths (and it’s not even festivus!), local indie film fest, the Sheen Monster,…
Happy almost Easter! But hang on, ever think what bunnies and eggs have to do with J.C.? Not a whole lot. Turns out a German professor in the 1600s wrote a tale about an Easter Bunny force feeding children eggs as a parable about gluttony. And before that, pagans offered…
In 1994, our daily media diet included Arsenio Hall and Saved by the Bell. It was not a fantastic time to be stuck at home with cable and no driver’s license. Then Comedy Central delivered us from ennui with episodes of BBC’s Absolutely Fabulous. And although our 13-year-old pea brains…
Every day, 82-year-old Bill Cunningham stands on a bustling NYC street corner and takes pictures of strangers. The man’s no creep; he’s the photographer behind New York Times’ “On the Street” column in the Sunday Styles section. And to appear in one of his round-ups is validation that you’re sporting…
How do you beat writer’s block? Do you thrash your head against a wall? Down a fifth of Jack and mutter atonal Bob Dylan songs? Give up and sell insurance? Next time a blank page triggers a panic attack, try doodling. That’s the advice of famed writer/cartoonist Lynda Barry, who…
Last year, after a North Korea torpedo sunk one of its warships, South Korea aimed speakers across the border and blasted the pop song “HuH (Hit Your Heart).” The girl group 4minute chirped out, “Baby, you’re kidding me?/I do what I want and I do it my way.” All hail…
Every day, 82-year-old Bill Cunningham stands on a bustling NYC street corner and takes pictures of strangers. He’s not a creep; he’s the photographer behind the New York Times’ weekly “On the Street” column. And to appear in one of his street-fashion roundups is validation you’re sporting a trend months…
We end our 4/20 coverage with a smiling Gary Busey, dancing bacon, cat crunking video mash-up. Here’s a recap of what we learned this week:…
A city is only as good as its weekend lineup, right? So we took a quick look at the events in other cities in the Village Voice paper chain to see how Miami measures up. This weekend, Denver has an animation festival and an edible book show (?). In Phoenix,…
When we say Miss Richfield 1981 has balls — we mean it two ways. For starters, if she uttered her off-color comedy off-stage, she’d likely get run out of town. Secondly, she’s also a dude dressed like a lady. You’ll recognize the aging Minnesota pageant queen by her giant black…
Two babies cry: one after emerging from a gaping vagina in a hospital, the other a disproportionately large baby mask perched atop a slender 26-year-old woman with chipped pink nails. These are the lasting images after our sneak peak of Jillian Mayer’s “Family Matters,” at David Castillo Gallery. As the…
As Jim Morrison noted, “Film spectators are quiet vampires.” But this Thursday at O Cinema, expect more than just stone-faced voyeurs lurking in the theater’s shadows. At Cinema Sounds # 8, presented by Roofless Rex and Borscht Film Festival, live bands will suck the boring out of the room when…
In the video message announcing the seventh annual Borscht Film Festival, Werner Herzog mouthed the words to Pitbull’s “Defend Dade.” Thanks to some artful dubbing, the famous filmmaker spat out, “I know they see Miami, they think beach, palm trees, lights — that’s why we call it the Magic City…
Meg Ryan might have faked an orgasm at NYC’s Katz’s Deli in When Harry Met Sally. But hundreds of New York snowbirds spent decades in their own state of bliss at Miami Beach’s Rascal House, which served Jewish comfort food ever since Wolfie Cohen opened it in 1954. It closed…
A few weeks ago, we spoke sternly and admonished Miamians for their refusal to read poetry aloud. The Toronto-based video bloggers How Pedestrian were in town for O, Miami, asking people on the street to read verse on camera. And it freaked us out a little when the Canadians reported…
