Ladies, when it comes to commercials broadcast during America’s most testosterone-y sporting event, you’ve come a long way, baby. Just a couple years ago, companies were shelling out millions of dollars for the privilege of reminding the football-watching world how weak, annoying, yet incredibly sexy women are. Remember the Dodge…
When the NRA publishes a list of “Organizations with Anti-Gun Policies,” or what’s being called its “Enemies List,” there are certain names you expect to see. The American Firearms Association? Check. College Democrats of America? Check. Alec Baldwin? Check. Then, however, there are other, more bizarre inclusions: Boyz II Men,…
People come to Miami for the beaches, for the palm trees, for the weather. Art Basel aside, they don’t generally come to Miami to stand around inside under a bunch of fluorescent lighting. (Not during the daylight hours, anyway.) So Herzog & de Meuron, the architects of the rapidly rising…
If you’ve ever been flustered by Miami International Airport’s labyrinthine terminals, constant renovations, and misleading signage, you’re not alone. The nation’s travel agents are right there with you. A survey of travel agents by Travel Leaders Group named the top ten worst airports for travelers hoping to catch a connecting…
The Super Bowl isn’t just for beer-swilling jocks. In fact, it’s the one day of the year when nerdy film types join their beef-brained rivals in the crowd around the TV screen. But not for the game — for the movie previews. The pauses between plays during the Super Bowl…
You’ve heard of banana boats. You’ve seen banana hammocks. But have you checked out the Big Banana Car? Steve Braithwaite of Pembroke Park turned his perfectly normal Ford F-150 pickup truck into a giant traveling banana, and he’s taking it on a road trip to show it off. Why? Because…
The fate of the Coconut Grove Playhouse, the historic theater that’s been shuttered for six years and that’s now facing foreclosure, may be uncertain. But the fate of its former contents — historic Playbills, costumes, video recordings, and other historic memorabilia — has been secured. Actors’ Playhouse and the University…
Finally, a development in Wynwood that’s both cultural and growth-oriented: Wynwood Ways, a project of the Miami Biennale and Wynwood Arts District Association (WADA), is bringing over a dozen crosswalks designed by artists to the streets of Miami’s most buzzed-about arts neighborhood. A public art installation/crosswalk, designed by Venezuelan kinetic…
The film Promised Land, a story of an energy company employee who travels to a struggling Pennsylvania town to convince the community to allow a method of collecting underground natural gas known as “fracking,” is just the kind of pretty story those Hollywood liberals want you to see: Corporate sheep…
The USA Network’s new drama Graceland tells the story of a group of agents from various government agencies — the FBI, DEA, and Customs — who go undercover in a California town to bring down the bad guys. But the spies using aliases aren’t the only things on the screen…
Gary Nader, one of the most prominent galleries in Wynwood, Miami’s most prominent arts community, is housing one of Miami’s most expensive gallery art exhibits. But does that warrant special treatment from city government? Mayor Tomás Regalado and Police Chief Manuel Orosa think so. According to the Miami Herald, at…
The present is over. The future is, like, so last year. All the cool kids these days are thinking retro, man. Consider the country’s most buzzworthy TV shows: Downton Abbey, Mad Men, Boardwalk Empire. Most people wouldn’t want to live in those worlds — no iPhones? Pass — but it…
Kourtney & Kim’s ratings have reportedly been in something of a slump since the show’s debut last week. Has America’s appetite for Kim and co. waned? After years of overdosing on the Kardashians, is this the nations’ first step in getting back on the wagon? Probably not, because this week’s…
The Real Housewives are people too, y’all. If you prick them, do they not bleed? If you tickle them, do they not laugh? If you post cruel nonsense about them in the comments section of a blog post, do they not hit you with a lawsuit? According to TMZ, they…
The Carbonell Awards, South Florida’s prestigious regional honors for live theater, announced its nominations this afternoon. And though Palm Beach County rules the list with 45 nods, Miami-Dade’s growing theater scene is creeping up on the competition, earning 43. Maltz Jupiter Theater earned the most nominations out of any theater,…
Kim Kardashian is one desperate woman. How desperate is Kim Kardashian? Kim Kardashian is so desperate that instead of just waiting out her stubborn, jilted, but still-legally-her-husband Kris Humphries, she offered him $10 million to quit stalling and just divorce her already. Kris Humphries is one rich dude. How rich…
Every year, at least one Super Bowl commercial pisses off feminists and family groups by objectifying a woman so blatantly it’s almost funny. For every baby talking about E*Trade and aging ’80s star remixing his most famous role, there’s a pervy GoDaddy.com spot, a Victoria’s Secret supermodel, and a girl…
Andrew Zuchero’s short film The Apocalypse was one of the audience favorites at the Borscht Film Festival last month. Turns out, that audience had pretty great taste, because the film was accepted to screen at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival, running now through Sunday. What’s not to love? You’ve got…
What do Dan Brown and Mozart have in common? Not much. One is the author of modern bestsellers such as The Da Vinci Code, and the other is a classical composer who’s been dead for centuries. But they do overlap in one area: freemasonry. Brown told the Associated Press in…
If you’re a child of the millennium, you know Howie Mandel as that guy who talks to “The Banker” on Deal or No Deal. But if you grew up during the ’80s and ’90s, Mandel is likely responsible for many of your favorite pop cultural experiences as a kid. Dude…
The new TV spot for Pain & Gain was released yesterday, and it features several new and interesting angles from which to view Mark Wahlberg’s crotch. “My name is Daniel Lugo, and I believe in the American Dream,” the trailer begins, the words said matter-of-factly by Mark Wahlberg, as he…
Well, Kourtney Kardashian, you can’t say we didn’t warn you. We knew that Kim Kardashian’s pregnancy would bring out the worst of the world’s mean preggers comments. And in the two-night premiere of Kourtney & Kim Take Miami, which ended last night, sisters Kim and Khloe got a head start…
