For Downton Abbey fans, Miami’s a pretty lonely place. In other parts of the country, obsessed superfans have spent months actively searching for (or actively avoiding) spoilers about the fourth season, beginning this Sunday. They’ve been chatting non-stop about the death of Matthew, speculating about the future of Sybil’s son,…
One Florida man has proven that he’s the ultimate Breaking Bad superfan. Fort Myers’ resident Ryan Lee Carroll won a raffle to watch the season finale of the AMC series alongside its castmembers last September. But his love for the show didn’t stop there. Police have charged Carroll with running…
They say that what you do the night of New Year’s Eve will determine what happens for the next 12 months. And judging from your, uh, exuberance this year, Miami, it’s looking like 2014 is really “gonna fuck shit up!!!!” So if you rang in the new year like your…
Janeane Garofalo said it best in The Truth About Cats and Dogs: “We can love our pets. We just can’t looooove our pets.” (In the sexy way, she means.) For most people, the same is true of our college football teams. But don’t tell that to Miami comedian Dave Williamson,…
Just when you thought Florida had enough problems, here’s a new one for the new year: The Kardashians are back. Well, one of them, anyway. Reports surfaced this week that Rob Kardashian, brother to the uber-famous trio of sisters including Kim, Khloe, and Kourtney, is now a Sunshine State resident…
The Champagne has popped, the fireworks have exploded, and you’ve survived another Miami New Year’s Eve without taking a stray bullet. (Hopefully.) But so far, 2014 is the worst. You’ve been hungover for the past two days, all your friends are bragging about their stupid resolutions, and your boss comes…
No matter whether you spent the holidays devouring lots of latkes, half a Christmas ham, or Sandra Lee’s infamous Kwanzaa cake, chances are you’re re-examining your relationship with food in the new year. Were you just happily celebrating the season with family or secretly drowning your sorrows in a lake…
In 2013 there were a thousand bright lights and no strong center — even with Gravity, which ranked No. 8 on our tally of almost 100 critics’ bests. The results in this year’s Village Voice Film Poll, like the decisions arrived at by critics’ circles around the country, suggest that…
The Internet loves cats. The Internet loves random stuff. The Internet loves free music. So it’s only logical that when you put those things together, you’ll have a sure success on your hands. And yes, online reader, Procatinator is a win — especially for sad office drones working this holiday…
You’re exhausted. You’re stressed. Your family has finally flown back up north. And you can’t get the taste of eggnog out of your mouth. The holidays have come and gone. So now the real celebration can begin. Think about it: What better revenge can you take on your judgmental aunt…
All great creative minds are procrastinators. Da Vinci never finished a project on time. Picasso operated on Miami time. And Hemingway couldn’t meet a deadline to save his life. (That’s what we tell our editors, anyway.) But if you’re an artist planning to enter our MasterMind awards, now’s the time…
How much do you remember about 2013? Looking back, you likely remember the failed Obamacare rollout; the new Pope; the George Zimmerman trial; and the bombing of the Boston Marathon. But what about the stories that made the biggest impact on New Times readers last year? Judging from the popularity…
Merry Christmas! Would you like $1,000? If you’re an artist, musician, filmmaker, or other creative, New Times can help. But you’ve gotta enter our MasterMind awards to win the dough. Here’s how to enter…
Look, we get it. The holidays are busy. You have droves of family coming in, dozens of presents left to buy, and those cookies aren’t going to bake themselves. But y’know what? You’ve worked hard this year, and the person who most deserves a Christmas present is you. Would $1,000…
T’was the weekend before Christmas, and all through this town, Miamians planned the best ways to get down. They clocked out of work a bit early, with cheer, to rush to see family, or just grab a beer. No gifts? No problem. We’ve found for you all three places to…
Every year, Art Basel sneaks up on us like a ninja. Then, for one whole week, it takes over our lives, dazzling our eyes, damaging our livers, and generally kicking our asses. Hell, it’s almost a week later, and we still feel like we’re in recovery. And all we do…
The year 2013 hasn’t been the proudest for Florida, especially when it comes to issues of race. This is the year of George Zimmerman’s innocence. It’s the year Taylor Chapman harrassed a Dunkin Donuts employee using the n-word. It’s the year one Miami Dolphins player made headlines by using racist…
The Coconut Grove Playhouse is one step closer to the revival neighborhood activists have supported for years. Yesterday, the Miami-Dade County Commission adopted a resolution to save the historic building, planning to work with the City of Miami to settle the building’s debts. Under the resolution, Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez…
David Beckham’s not the only one who could bring soccer to Miami in 2014. The Miami International Film Festival announced today that its 2014 fest would premiere the movie Foosball, an animated film from Argentina by Oscar-winning director Juan José Campanella…
They say that absence makes the heart grow fonder. That was certainly true for Dave Chappelle last night, who opened his two-night, four-show series of Miami performances to a hyped-up, sold-out crowd at The Fillmore. As we overheard one fan say, “I never thought I’d see him live in my…
Did you see the photo Gisele posted to Instagram this week? There she sits, looking all serene as no fewer than three professionals do her hair, make-up and nails — while she sits, glowing, holding a baby to her breast. In the caption, she complained that she’d had only three…
The authenticity of an untitled painting credited to Cuban artist Carlos Alfonzo is in question after some, including a close friend of the artist, noticed peculiarities about the piece as it hung in an exhibit at FIU’s Patricia and Phillip Frost Art Museum. The piece, on display as part of…
