Earlier this month, Adriana de Moura, the Brazilian star of The Real Housewives of Miami, shook things up on the show by attacking costar Joanna Krupa with a slap to the face. If you’re a fan of interpersonal drama, catfights, or reality show mayhem, it was pretty much the best…
Is Louis CK the greatest comic of our time? The short answer, of course, is yes. But that answer doesn’t suffice for the millions of Louis CK fanboys and fangirls who track his every performance, appearance, and tweet with feverish anticipation, so we’ll explain: He’s an artist. His show Louie,…
It took Haruki Murakami three years to complete 1Q84, the Japanese author’s nearly 1,000-page surrealist novel set in a fictionalized 1984 Tokyo. He described his creative process in a 2011 interview with The Guardian as “routine,” waking each morning well before sunrise, diving straight into his “subconsciousness,” and then writing…
Longer movies are not always better movies; otherwise your grandma would have a Palm d’Snore for the time she fell asleep “with the Skype on.” Fortunately, the Miami Short Film Festival, running this Saturday through December 1, cuts to the quick with more than 80 films from nearly 40 countries,…
You might not know Italian gallery Ca’ d’Oro by name, but if you were in Miami during Art Basel in 2010, you know its work. This was the gallery that brought the infamous giant pink snails to town. And this year, they’re adding even more enormous animals to their improbably…
Florida’s Seminole Indians earned historical distinction among the southeastern tribes through their bitter resistance to the removal policies of the federal government during the first half of the 19th Century. They waged three turbulent campaigns known as the “Seminole Wars” between 1814 and 1958, fiercely fighting invading U.S. forces, and…
Earlier this year, Miami’s landmark Bacardi buildings — the ones that formerly housed Bacardi headquarters but had stood mostly empty for years after the company moved to Coral Gables — were sold to YoungArts. It’s an exciting new start for kids interested in culture in Miami, but it also marks…
In honor of today’s release of remade ’80s hit Red Dawn we thought we’d compile a list of other movies from the 1980s that could use a modern touch up. Hollywood has already ruined such classics like Total Recall and Footloose, but don’t worry, there’s plenty more of your favorites…
Men of Miami, put down those pastelitos and pick up some weights, ’cause it looks like the Holy Grail of hotness is back on the market. Model and Real Housewives of Miami star Joanna Krupa has called off her engagement to Mynt Lounge bigwig Romain Zago, according to In Touch…
Miami Beach Senior High, or Beach High as any half-decent student who spent their share of time there remembers the place, fondly or otherwise, is a school deserving of the many colorful descriptors bestowed upon it. Among the pile of lovable nicknames, Beach High has on occasion been referred to…
“Will you mention my mom?” asks the 6-foot-and-1-inch tall Asif Farooq with a broad smile. He wears a black baseball cap on the back of his head, the lip pointing skyward at an angle, adding even more height to his massive build. Farooq, 33, exudes a playful energy, which belies…
On a very steamy summer day, a photo shoot in the heart of the Magic City is being prepared. Stylists are steaming racks of couture ensembles, makeup artists are cleaning their brushes, and hairstylists are ensuring curling irons are ready. All is in place, except the cover girl, Adriana de…
Art Basel (and its satellite fairs, public art projects, high profile parties, and general cultural mayhem) is known for bringing the art world’s biggest names to Miami. Think Warhol, Banksy, David Lynch. But plenty of lesser-known artists — and Miami artists in particular — take advantage of the increased cultural…
What’s up with the Kardashians? They show up in our county, start a business, spend money, and use their expensive camera crew to record their own hot asses in the sunshine for a hit television show. They take bikini pics on our beaches, smile for their stalkers in the media,…
Most red-blooded dudes would do almost anything to get the likes of Eva Longoria to look their way. And now, her gorgeous gaze has settled on South Florida’s own Miami Beach running legend, The Raven. See also: – Miami Runner The Raven Could Inspire a Hollywood Star-Directed Film – South…
In a balmy, tropical paradise like Miami, Christmas spirit can be hard to come by. But to the delight of seasonally-starved folks across South Florida, Santa’s Enchanted Forest has been bringing the North Pole to Tropical Park for 30 years and counting. And whether you love it, hate it or…
Miami could easily be described as a modern-day Sodom and Gomorrah. What with the drugs, the sex, the booze, the corruption — need we go on? And the fact that we’re all such depraved sinners makes the upcoming appearance of Peter Anton’s Sugar & Gomorrah roller coaster installation particularly apt…
In some ways, it ended up being a good thing that when we turned 10 years old, our mom didn’t let us change our name to He Man. But when LegalArt held a party on Friday night to celebrate its name change to Cannonball in advance of its tenth anniversary,…
Next month will mark one year since the death of journalist, polemicist and bon vivant Christopher Hitchens. Though the loss of the Hitch has been hard for his legion fans who fed lustily on his dispatches from around the world, few could have felt it more deeply than his best…
Wow, Andre Pierre. You really wanted to meet the Kardashians, huh?I mean, we get it. Millions of TV viewers are obsessed with them. They’ve got all kinds of famous connections. They’re pretty hot.But using your title as North Miami mayor to stage an “official welcome ceremony” in which you give…
And so it begins: tryptophan comas, football fanaticism, doorbuster madness, and copious amounts of booze to make it all bearable. Six straight weeks of holiday insanity starts now. But if you have a moment to spare in this food/football/family-fueled week, there’s lots of good stuff going on. So when you…
Last week, we reported on an arcade gaming competition between two industry heavyweights, Steve Wiebe and Billy Mitchell, which…didn’t go exactly as planned. Technical troubles prevented the two gamers from going head-to-head in the Fix-It-Felix, Jr. arcade game created for Disney’s Wreck-It-Ralph, and a rematch was planned.Given that local gamer…
