Ah, here it is again: that special time we experience every two to six years when Quentin Tarantino makes a new movie, and people dig out the old “Tarantino just steals everything from such-and-such” arguments. You’ve heard them. Reservoir Dogs is a scene-for-scene rip-off of Ringo Lam’s City on Fire,…
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Few cultural phenomenons offer so many costume choices as The Wizard of Oz. You could go the obvious route, donning gingham, pigtails, and ruby slippers to become Dorothy. You could throw on a lion’s mane, stuff your shirt with a bag of straw, or wear a metal funnel as a…
It’s been 14 years since everyone’s favorite show about nothing went out in a blaze of ratings glory. After more than a decade, Seinfeld’s Soup Nazi, sponge-worthy men, and post-pool shrinkage still figure prominently in pop culture conversation. Don’t lie — you celebrate Festivus, just like the rest of us…
These are the matchups that true fans look forward to all year: rival games. For the past ten years, as the New York Knicks stank up the league, the Miami Heat were grinding their teeth against the Chicago Bulls. The Bulls played spoiler to the Heat and swept Miami out…
Latina hottie Eva Longoria may be best known for playing one of the titular spoiled brats on the TV series Desperate Housewives. But she’s not just another pretty face in Hollywood. Between posing in skimpy lingerie for the cover of GQ and ranking high on People magazine’s “Most Beautiful” list,…
When Nick Saban left Louisiana State University in 2004 to skipper the Miami Dolphins back to competitive relevancy in 2005, he mistakenly assumed he was cut out for the NFL. Though the Dolphins finished 9-7 that year, the team missed the playoffs. A year later, Miami seemingly missed the entire…
Remember a time when wrestling was a “sport” that featured guys like Dusty Rhodes or characters named Tugboat and Earthquake? Guys so ugly they earned nicknames like “The Animal” and whose bellies were so large they were the main focus of their characters’ finishing moves? Remember when plot lines carelessly…
The word obsession seems to have mostly negative connotations, conjuring images of Facebook stalking, Christmas cookie binges, or Glenn Close in Fatal Attraction. But sometimes obsession can be a good thing, particularly in the realm of art. The Museum of Contemporary Art (770 NE 125th St., North Miami) invites you…
A third-generation Chinese-American who is eccentric, multitalented, and cute as a button, Kristina Wong straddles the line between stand-up comedian and socially conscious commentator, creating unique solo theater shows in the process. Wong Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest explored the high incidence of depression and suicide in Asian women, and…
Fashionistas, erotic-art enthusiasts, and photophiliacs can delight in the fact that the World Erotic Art Museum (1205 Washington Ave., Miami Beach) caters to locals as much as it does Baselites. In cooperation with the Museum der Moderne in Austria, WEAM presents “Helmut Newton: A Liberating Focus” through March 3 —…
In a world full of throwaway pop divas and prepackaged emotional messages, heartfelt and talented singer-songwriters are few and far between. But leave it to the good people of Books & Books (265 Aragon Ave., Coral Gables) to find one of the music world’s sincerest up-and-comers, just for you thoughtful…
The holidays are finally over, and not a moment too soon. Remember how excited you were to spend time with your family, eat fattening foods, and have nothing to do during the holidays this year? Now, you’re just stressed out after spending time with your family, eating fattening foods, and…
If New Year’s debauchery has left you with a hankering for the pictorially perverse, then don’t miss Agustín Fernández’s exhibit of psycho-sexually charged works at the Frost Museum of Art. The late artist (1928-2006) was universally hailed as a master of modern Cuban art, and traveled from his homeland to…
If you’re a Florida State fan, congrats to you and your Seminoles for winning last night’s Orange Bowl as expected. (And our sympathies for your morning-after hangover.) If you were rooting for Northern Illinois, on the other hand, your Cinderella story is over. And you’re probably feeling a little crushed…
2012 was a good year for Sofia Vergara, with her show, Modern Family, continuing its popularity and a marriage proposal from then-boyfriend Nick Loeb in August. But if yesterday’s New York Post story is accurate, 2013 might be a little rockier. The Post reports that Loeb got into fights with…
In June, we told you about Jonathan Lee Riches’ insane theories that Kim Kardashian, Kanye West, and the rest of her reality star family are Al Qaeda members. Turns out, he’s not alone in his habit of wacky Kardashian conspiracy theorizing — especially now that she’s Kanye West’s baby mama…
If you love bikinis, basketball, or women who get into both, Christmas has come early for you this year. The Miami Spice Bikini Basketball team has chosen its roster, and we’re serving up photos and interviews of 12 of its newly named members. Consider it our Christmas gift to you.A…
Most of the blathering this year about the death of film and film culture has already evaporated from the mind, like so much inert gas. But one gnomic pronouncement endures: Leos Carax describing cinema as “a beautiful island with a cemetery” following the world premiere of Holy Motors at Cannes…
Welcome to 2013, art lovers. It’s the start of another year of watching the Magic City’s cultural scene grow and shift in exciting and unexpected ways. And if you’re an artist who wants to become a bigger part of that world in the coming year, we have a proposition for…
It’s been a good year, Miami. Sure, we’ve had our disappointments. CSI: Miami was canceled, meaning we’ll never hear another so-bad-it’s-really-bad-but-also-kind-of-great Horatio Caine pun. The Kardashians received the key to North Miami, embarrassing us all. Local tattoo goddess Tatu Baby did not win Ink Master. But we’ve had a bounty…
