Welcome to the Future: “Quadruple Ds”
There’s no denying Miami’s weird-ass ways. So every other week, Welcome to the Future addresses the absurdity of life in the Magic City — in comic art form, naturally…
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Showing 15137 - 15158 of 33080Free Shots, Cheap Drinks, and Debauchery: Inside the World of Organized Pub Crawls
It all started at the Local Craft Food & Drink in Coral Gables. Throngs of people wearing Mardi Gras masquerade masks descended upon the bar to get their drink on this past Saturday. Fritz & Franz followed, then John Martin’s, and at that point, well, things get a little hazy.Organized…
Facebook is Buying Instagram, So Get Ready to Be Photo-Poked
Okay, Facebook will probably not expand its poking policy to the photo sharing app Instagram. Seriously, why does the site even have a “poke” option anymore? Has anybody used the “poke” function on Facebook in the past five years? And more importantly, what will happen to Instagram now that Mark…
Oh Good, There’s a Hunger Games Barbie Doll
Say what you will about The Hunger Games, its obsessed fans, and its possible rip-off of decade-old Japanese cinema. As female lead characters go, Katniss Everdeen is a pretty decent role model.So naturally, Mattel needed to cash in.Entertainment Weekly has the first images of the Katniss Barbie set to hit…
Magic City Episode One: Water, Water Everywhere (Also, Blowjobs)
It’s hard to talk about Magic City without discussing its place in the shadow of Mad Men. We watched the premiere of Magic City immediately after a new episode of Mad Men, which seemed counter-productive. Like eating a steak and then realizing you have to eat a cheeseburger as well…
Mark Wahlberg in Pain & Gain: Actor Now “Insanely Buff” For Adaptation of New Times Story
WICKED HAWT PECS, MARKY MARK. The famous actor who now insists on being called Mark Wahlberg is in Miami, starring in a Michael Bay adaptation of a circa-2000 New Times investigation, Pain & Gain. He went to the beach yesterday with his wife and kids, and we are proud to…
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Collins Park Goes Retro for Evian’s Live Young, Skate On!
Big ‘fros, shiny booty shorts, and knee-high tube socks were all the rage at Evian’s roller skating event last Saturday.A “live healthy, get fit” kind of initiative, Live Young, Skate On! brought the ’70s and ’80s roller disco back to life. DJ Jubilee rocked everything from Kool & The Gang…
Miami Arts Scene to Gain New Voice With Launch of Miami Rail
The Brooklyn Rail has become a mainstay as a source of off-beat artistic, cultural, and political criticism in New York. Offered free in the borough, it’s a bit hard to come by in other reaches of the art scene.But not for long. Miami’s own version of the Brooklyn Rail is…
Free Events This Week: Dancehall Explosion, Photography by Women, Brown Bag
Spring is in the air! Unfortunately, in Miami that means intense heat, the reemergence of mosquitos, and humidity that turns every day into a bad hair day.Fret not, though; you can always stay within the safe walls of your air conditioned homes until evening, at which point you can run…
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In Defense of the Easter Bonnet: Mad Hatters Art Exhibit is Your Excuse for Freaky Headwear
Whatever happened to the tradition of wearing a big crazy hat for Easter? Years ago, when dinosaurs walked the earth and hatched out of giant pink eggs laid by the sabre-tooth Easter bunny, women and children would flounce down the main streets of their hometowns on Easter Sunday, displaying giant…
American Reunion: Ten Things From 1999 We’d Rather Revive
American Pie is making a comeback today via American Reunion, yet another sequel to the insipid franchise. We all know what that means. Original cast members like Jason Biggs, Chris Klein, and Tara Reid ran out of money (again), and have made their way back to the ol’ cash cow.The…
Ken Jeong of NBC’s Community Joins Pain and Gain Cast
And now, some news so exciting you’ll want to jump in the air like a naked dude getting sprung from the trunk of a car: Ken Jeong has joined the cast of Pain and Gain. Jeong is, of course, the actor who played manic gangster Leslie Chow in The Hangover…
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Magic City Premieres Tonight; Jeffrey Dean Morgan Talks About Hookers (Video)
If you haven’t checked out Magic City by now, you only have yourself to blame. The world premiere of the Starz series premiere took place here in Miami in March. And the first three episodes have been streaming online for almost a week now. Still, for old-fashioned, out-of-town Luddites who’ve…
The Ten Best Things to Do in Miami This Weekend
Sweet zombie Jesus! It’s Friday, y’all! You know what that means: let’s fast!Okay, so maybe we’re not all fasting for Passover Seder tonight. Maybe the rest of us are greatly anticipating what the Easter bunny will bring to our backyards Sunday morning. You better hope it’s not steamy and brown,…
Chicks With Steve Buscemi Eyes: Easter Edition
You’ve seen Chicks with Steve Buscemeyes.You’ve seen Chicks with Rick Scott’s Eyes.You’ve seen that Florida’s government is totally cool with the silly exploitation of helpless baby chickens.In the spirit of the above, Cultist proudly presents Chicks with Steve Buscemi’s Eyes: Easter Edition.(Yes, of course there’s a GIF.)…
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Rock of Ages: Tom Cruise Sings! And Not Just In the New Trailer
Y’know what the first Rock of Ages trailer was missing? Tom Cruise singing.Most of the newest trailer for the film, which hit the web this week, is exactly the same as the one we brought to you in December. But there is one big difference: the dulcet tones of Cruise’s…
Fake Tits and Holy Toast: Ten Uniquely Floridian Guinness World Records
As we shift from March to April, it is with heavy hearts that we Florida residents must wave good-bye to the droves of shamelessly wasted, toxically sunburned, and unequivocally annoying college kids that swarm our shores every year for the spring break season.Here in Miami, spring break brought the usual…
The Hunger Games is Not Battle Royale, But Go See Battle Royale Anyway
Below the giant wave of Hunger Games mania that washed over the U.S. last month, an unhappy undercurrent of haters sat behind their computers grumbling that the story of the film directly mimics Battle Royale, another film based on a book that opened in Japan to wide acclaim in 2000…
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Meet Magic City‘s Real Stars (The Cars) On Display This Weekend
The series premiere of Magic City, which debuts on Starz tomorrow but is already available online, has plenty of fantastic moments. But there’s one scene that made us cringe: the one in which Stevie Evans, distracted by what was apparently a coma-inducingly good blowjob, drives his gorgeous blue convertible into…
Pain and Gain: Mark Wahlberg’s Taking a Beating on Set
Mark Wahlberg, star of The Fighter, is probably used to a little bit of physical abuse on the set. Maybe he even enjoys it.At least that’s what we were telling ourselves as we watched him sprint, tumble, and dangle precariously above the asphalt — taking it all in with amusement.This…
Easter in Miami: Five Sinful Ways to Celebrate
Easter Sunday is almost upon us, and for plenty of people, that means stiff church pews, guilt-inducing sermons, and forced family time.All that stuff gets old quick, even among the pious. And we at Cultist are, well, not so pious.If you’re like us — i.e. you didn’t know Easter was…
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South Beach to Host the World’s Longest Roller Skate Conga Line
If you’ve always thought South Beach needed a little more Xanadu flavor, Evian’s got just the thing.Roller skaters will take over Collins Park this Saturday for Evian’s World Health Day event Live Young, Skate On!To promote hydration, fitness, and the sweet, buttery taste of French spring water among the young masses,…