The inimitable Miami Book Fair is just around the corner. For those who say that Miami is a cultural wasteland, we say, “phooey!” For an intellectual vortex, we sure get lucky hosting the best, brightest, and biggest names in the literary world every year.And that is why the coolest, edgiest,…
I am so sick and tired of Barack Obama. How many of you saw him on Jay Leno last night, putting on his tired old shtick about how his wife is stronger and more in shape than he is, how his health advocate wife secretly loves French fries and pizza,…
Here is my final update on Rena Greenberg’s Gastric Bypass Hypnosis Surgery program.It has been about forty days since I first underwent the “surgery.” For those of you who haven’t read my previous columns on the subject, I’ll give you a brief summary.Rena Greenberg, a certified hypnotherapist (and author, among other…
Anti-obesity lobbyists and children activists have been trying for years to get food companies to stop marketing high sugar, high sodium, and overall unhealthy foods to children.Food companies, such as McDonald’s, General Mills, and others, create advertising campaigns that include cartoon characters with the specific purpose of luring kids towards…
Men don’t cry. And they don’t like love stories. Oh, yeah, and they hate all sentimental flap trap. That’s BS. Some of the most popular dick flicks of all time revolve around some schmaltzy love story and guys ball like babies when watching them. Whether it’s an epic love story…
Forged is one of those rare cases when an indie film fires on all cylinders. The story of Chuco, an ex-con with a horrific past, uses a stylized aesthetic, decent to good actors, technical acuity, and an engaging story to keep you interested and entertained throughout the entire film.The film…
Miami Beach is going to be crawling with loud, feisty, LGBT this Saturday for Orgullo, the first ever Hispanic LGBT pride event. Organizers put together a saucy line up of Hispanic entertainers, including Jose (from Minuto de Fama), Adora & Teddy Behr, Marytrini, Mariloly, and Shanay Bright. Unfortunately, multi Grammy…
As I mentioned before, I was going to try Rena Greenberg’s Gastric Bypass Hypnosis Surgery program, a non-invasive tool to help me lose weight.The program consists of several CDs, one of which is the actual “surgery.” Greenberg’s voice guides you through the experience of having gastric bypass surgery so that…
You always have to cut indie films a little slack. The films have little to no budget and they are usually a first time for the writer, director, and actors involved.All She Can, screening as part of the Maya Indie Film Series, is definitely an indie project. The cuts are…
In the golden age of Hollywood, Hispanics didn’t get much screen time, and when they did it was usually playing a character that depicted Latinos in a poor light. After decades of playing maids, landscapers, rapists, banditos, and the like, Latino actors have finally come into their own.The Maya Indie…
Latinos are caliente, and gays are fierce. What happens when you combine the two? You get Celebrate Orgullo (which means pride in Spanish). The first-ever Hispanic LGBT pride event will kick it this Saturday in Hialeah. Kidding! Of course it’ll take place in Miami Beach, silly. The event’s organizers —…
When you watch The Bronze Screen, a documentary that depicts 100 years of Latinos and Latino characters in Hollywood films, you shake your head and wonder how many Rosario Dawsons and Salma Hayeks we missed out on while Hispanic actors were being cast as maids and banditos. Latino Hollywood has…
Timothy Greenfield-Sanders is no stranger to crafting portraits. His are in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art, the Metropolitan Museum, and the Whitney Museum.Vanity Fair also avails itself of Greenfield-Sanders’ talents as a photographer and there are several books celebrating his work including Art World, XXX: 30 Porn-Star Portraits…
A 290-pound man is suing White Castle because the seats at the iconic fast-food restaurant are too small. I sit here shaking my head because I’m almost at a loss for words. Almost.First, let me share what I know so far. The man, a faithful customer of a White Castle…
Batwoman is back and she is no longer a second class citizen of Gotham City. The character, originally introduced in the ’50s, was intended to be a romantic interest for Batman but the idea never took off, and she was eventually killed. DC Comics had introduced her to dispel the…
Guiri Reyes, a Brazilian transplant who has been shredding the curbs, stairway railings, and streets of Miami for the past few years, recently won first place in the Air Attack Street Best Trick competition during the World Cup Skateboarding (WCS) in Belgium.How old is this guy? A mere two decades…
As some of you know, I’ve been looking into different weight loss techniques as of late. I’m currently on the Gastric Bypass Hypnosis Surgery program by Rena Greenberg, which I’ll be posting a halfway point update on next week.As some of you may also know – I believe in natural…
Yesterday at a McDonald’s restaurant in Pooler, Georgia a woman died and nine people had to be taken to the hospital after inhaling toxic fumes inside the restaurant.I know what you’re thinking, and no, the chemical fumes were not coming from the kitchen. So far, police believe chemicals from cleaning supplies…
ABC Science reported today that social sports “result in better weight loss.” During a recent study, scientists found that mice involved in physical activity with a social component responded better to the exercise.How? Their bodies’ composition and metabolism improved.The scientists divided the mice into groups – some were kept in…
Djenaba Gregory-Faal wants to school kids in African folklore. To achieve this, she is trying to raise money to produce Sundiata, a theatrical piece about Maghan Mari Djata Keita (AKA Sundiata Keita) — a crippled youth who overcame adversity in order to rule the 13th century Mali Empire.Her goal is…
The same way that we need more transparency in government, we need it in the food industry as well. Restaurants, fast-food chains, and food manufacturers constantly misrepresent their products to the public. When they aren’t misrepresenting products outright, they are sneakily burying nutritional data in their labels.Some of the worst…
Germans are geniuses. Besides inventing the term fahrvergnügen (driving enjoyment), they also produced We Are the Night (Wir Sind Die Nacht), a film that combines two of the sexiest, hottest archetypes known to humans: lesbians and vampires. The Miami Gay & Lesbian Film Festival (MGLFF) will throw a fundraiser this…
