The 154 minutes of Transformers: Dark of the Moon are loaded with unimaginable violence, but only one spasm left the audience at the theater where we watched it speechless. They cheered the robot slugfests, and the destruction of Chicago received a good number of OH SHITs. But when Megatron walked…
So word on the web is that Los Angeles Laker Ron Artest is changing his name to Metta World Peace. Metta. (That’s Mr. World Peace, if you’re nasty.) According to ESPN, his attorney filed papers a little over a week ago to make this his new legal label.His new first…
Do you need an escape from Miami but don’t want to travel far? Drive down to John Pennekamp in Key Largo and snorkel out to Jesus. That’s right, we said Jesus! The 10-foot statue of Jesus was made by Italian artist/professor Guido Galletti. But before you dive in, here are…
When ABC airs Pan Am, its new series about the glory days of air travel in the ’60s, will it include Miami? After all, the airline began and ended in our city despite living out its heyday at its NYC headquarters. But the Magic City’s engagement with aviation doesn’t stop…
Is it just us or is it weird to see so much of Suzie Ketcham on this season of Basketball Wives? Before, she was hiding more than Osama Bin Laden and now she is out, loud, proud and doing her best to get some air time. While we don’t mind…
FlickrTechnology is frightening. Just ask the Amish. After all, computers contract and die of viruses on a regular basis. Office printers have been known to burst into flames. Televisions stifle demons with white lines and black fuzz. Then there are cell phones, with their inability to detect a signal at…
If you don’t think myth remains a large part of contemporary culture, you probably haven’t been paying close attention to the evening news, the Discovery Channel, or the Internet, where stories of the fantastic, inexplicable, or just plain dumb abound. Remember Iraq’s Weapons of Mass Destruction? How about Barack Obama…
If ever you’ve wanted a sketch of yourself that wasn’t an outrageous caricature, or even wanted to try your hand at sketching, now is your chance. Sketchy Miami is having a launch party at Lester’s this Thursday.Sketchy Miami features portraits, or sketchys as they call them, of people from all…
Miami artists Pioneer Winter and Jared Sharon’s upcoming performance contains partial nudity — but which part? To find out you have to visit the Bass Museum of Art for 42: A Stonewall Prospective tomorrow. Winter and Sharon looked to the historical Stonewall riots as a focus for 42. “We’ll be…
Every guy needs to take a solid brocation on a special broliday. Brolidays can be anything: bachelor party, team victory, or finally understanding why it is anyone gives a shit about the return of the McRib. A brocation is a vacation where dudes go some place to have some good,…
In The Princess Bride, as Buttercup prepares to commit suicide with a dagger, Westley says, “There’s a shortage of perfect breasts in this world. It would be a pity to damage yours.” What a mensch! Well, this weekend, you have a chance to meet Cary Elwes, the actor who played…
Fashion Breakdown: Dress from Zara, pink patten pumps are Christian Louboutin, bag from the the Closet Boutique, earrings from Soul Mate Boutique, engagement ring custom made, nail color Lollipop by Essie, and lipstick Rouge by MAC…
The rest of the country might despise the Miami Heat, but the hate doesn’t extend to the team’s hot-ass dance team. Heat dancers are always among the most stalked and Facebook-creeped in the league, having been voted the Most Popular Dance Team in the NBA from 2006 to 2009 (that’s…
Green Lantern, starring Ryan Reynolds (yum) as Hal Jordan, the swaggering, yet talented pilot who is bestowed with the power of the ring, was just released in theaters. Although some Miami residents flock to superhero blockbusters every summer without ever having so much as seen the inside of a comic…
The Miami Heat’s epic collapse against the Dallas Mavericks in the NBA Finals earlier this month still stings. But the pain has been assuaged a bit by the way Dallas Mavericks’ owner Mark Cuban, some of his players, and especially fans have acted since winning the title. If you can…
Annie Vazquez guest blogs on fashion for Cultist. Visit her blog at TheFashionPoet.com.Kim Kardashian, Lindsay Lohan and our creepy next door neighbor who we are convinced is a bruja all have something in common these days when it comes to the world of fashion: baubles featuring evil eyes. Yeah, we…
Video artist Ryan Trecartin’s work is intense, but in the good way. He said it makes some people anxious, but generally speaking, it’s a little unnerving, a tiny bit scary, very funny, so smart, and sweetly over-stimulating. “Any Ever,” his MOCA exhibit that opened last night, includes seven movies created…
HBO is advertising its online streaming web site with the tag: “The story you could be watching is better than the one you’re in.” Sounds like a challenge to us. This weekend, drink more hooch and hug more whores than Steve Buscemi on Boardwalk Empire. Blow more horns and dance…
Cameron Diaz got her start as a model, and shot to super stardom with movies like The Mask and My Best Friend’s Wedding. Yes, she has done blockbusters like Shrek and Vanilla Sky, but her funny girl classics are the reason you’re still willing to pay $12 at the theater…
Fashion Breakdown: Jean jacket and pants from thrift store, shirt is homemade, cobra belt from Mexico, and boots are Docs…
It’s a great week to be an ink fan. TattooLaPaLooza promises to stain every inch of exposed human flesh come this weekend and Miami tattoo icon Ami James will be back on the boob tube doing what he does best with the premiere of NY Ink on TLC tonight.It’s been…
Much has been made of the Getty photo from Vancouver’s Stanley Cup riots, which showed a couple swapping spit in the midst of smoked-tinged chaos. Many of us admonished husbands and boyfriends for not executing similar spontaneous bodice-ripping-style affection in our own lives. But a new video (above) clearly shows…
