Lucille Bliss, a voice actor best known for voicing Smurfette on the 1980s cartoon The Smurfs, died earlier this month at the age of 96. And that’s sad for a whole generation of former Reagan-era brats who ate their Cheerios in front of the Saturday morning cartoon lineup each week.But…
There aint no party like a Real Housewives of Miami party because a Real Housewives of Miami party don’t stop! No, seriously, it seems like it never ends. And it also includes drag queens, ever-flowing alcohol, and more drama than your average Bravo viewer can handle.For week 11, our favorite…
Naomi Wolf has spent her career defending women from the culture they live in, from 1991’s The Beauty Myth, an assault on the value of women’s physical appearance in society, to Misconceptions, a feminist examination of the world’s response to pregnancy and childbirth. But in her latest work, she’s defending…
In the weeks leading up to Art Basel, Miami turns in its stilettos, and trades them in for cute flats, a pencil skirt and an easy up-do. We go from South Beach Hot to Wynwood Chic — and we haven’t even begun yet. This weekend we’ve got loads more artsy…
Forget Prozac, booze, or retail therapy. Any animal lover knows nothing lifts a stubborn funk like an impossibly adorable baby animal. Just ask the Internet, with its glorious stream of LOL cats and shamed dogs making even the most mundane workday bearable. See also: – Project Fashion Tails Exhibit Pairs…
Becoming an art collector isn’t as easy as laying down a couple hundred grand. Money fulfills only the base requirement, aka the finances to acquire art. But to become a big fish and make a name for yourself as a real connoisseur, you need to hone your artistic eye, learn…
Nicole Richie vs. Paris Hilton. Nicki Minaj vs. Mariah Carey. Donald Trump vs. Barack Obama. Mel Gibson vs. The Jewish Community. The Kardashians vs. Just About Everyone.We have seen many great celebrity feuds in our day. Luckily for you pop culture junkies out there, now we have one going down…
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…
Ladies, are you looking for an edge in Miami’s difficult dating scene? Uncomfortably prostitute-y dating site WhatsYourPrice.com, which lets men pay for dates with women, can help. It surveyed its male members living in Miami to determine what features make women most attractive to the opposite sex — the ones…
Rachel Swarns is one of the smartest reporters to ever work in Miami… or as a foreign correspondent anywhere. About two decades ago, she arrived here to write at the Miami Herald, where she covered Hurricane Andrew and the LA Riots.In 1995, she headed off to the New York Times,…
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The first few minutes of Lincoln play out like a parody of the expectations of Steven Spielberg’s detractors. The Great Emancipator rests like a humble Solomon upon a hard wooden chair, surrounded by freely mixing black and white soldiers of that great war of his. One black soldier dares to…
A short history of an art form’s long passing.
Whatever you do, don’t call Gabri Christa one-dimensional. She’s a filmmaker, a choreographer, a student of cultures, as well as a native of Curaçao and an alumna of numerous dance and film festivals across the globe. Now, Christa is coming to Miami for a unique one-night workshop and screenings for…
