Basketball Wives, Episode 3: When Broads Break Bread

On last night’s episode three of Basketball Wives, a lunch finally comes to blows. Suzie and Gloria’s nice day of lunching to discuss the ladies turns into a full-blown ambush by the Wives. The highlight of the entire episode had to be when Suzie explains to Gloria that the ladies…

44. Danielle Estefan

In honor of our MasterMind genius awards, Cultist proudly presents “100 Creatives,” where we feature Miami’s cultural superheroes in random order. Have suggestions for future profiles? Email cultist@miaminewtimes.com with the whos and whys. 44. Danielle Estefan As a rising female artist, Danielle Estefan creates illustrations of characters with a seemingly dark…

Michelle Is into Ess and Emm

Fashion Breakdown: Vintage boots, Top Shop skirt, vintage cognac leather purse, Ralph Lauren yellow shirt, my grandmother’s old sweater, black bow earrings, brown opaque tights, and hair styled by Todd Jameson of Nue Studio in Midtown…

45. John Dufresne

In honor of our MasterMind genius awards, Cultist proudly presents “100 Creatives,” where we feature Miami’s cultural superheroes in random order. Have suggestions for future profiles? Email cultist@miaminewtimes.com with the whos and whys. 45. John DufresneAuthor John Dufresne teaches creative writing to MFA students at Florida International University. Although professors are…

Jay Leno Stands in for Lewis Black at the Hard Rock

We get it: You are pissed that you didn’t get to grinch your way through the holidays with Lewis Black. Unfortunately, the big-Black-grump got a batch of the sniffles while doing a show for the troops overseas and asked Leno to fill in for him. Thus, please defer your anger…

Film Review: In The Freebie, The Seven-Year Itch Is a Bitch

Annie and Darren’s love for one another is genuine and their friendship deep. But trouble seems to be brewing beneath the surface. The loving wedded couple, it seems, have lost their lust for each other. Instead of consummating a spontaneous moment of passion, the two begin debating when the last time…

How to Avoid Having a Horrible New Year’s Eve

​In case you didn’t know, the entire rest of your year is determined by the success of your New Year’s Eve. Whether or not you’re going to get laid, make money, or travel over the next 365 days is the result of an awesome or crappy last day of this…

Bettina Cuddles Up in Furry Ear Flaps

​Fashion Breakdown: Spencer’s winter hat, American Apparel scarf, black shorts and stockings, J. Crew long-sleeve, oversized shirt, Steve Maden boots, and thrift store purse. …

Waltz in 2011 With Salute to Vienna at the Arsht Center

So, you and your family have piled into the car and visited every relative. You’ve been jammed elbow to elbow in endless retail lines. You’ve eaten and drunk enough to launch a diabetic coma. Now there is only one holiday ritual left: Neujahrskonzert. What? This fun-to-mispronounce German word loosely translates…

46. Monica Lopez de Victoria

In honor of our MasterMind genius awards, Cultist proudly presents “100 Creatives,” where we feature Miami’s cultural superheroes in random order. Have suggestions for future profiles? Email cultist@miaminewtimes.com with the whos and whys.  46. Monica Lopez de Victoria  A roller skating crew freestyles in a circle while Otto Von Schirach’s…

Urban Outfitters Now Selling Toupées

We didn’t want to say anything, (but pssst, your scalp is showing). Luckily, the hipster Walmart has the solution. For a mere $30, Urban Outfitters is selling 8-inch pieces of hair, which you are supposed to stick on your forehead. They’re clip-on bangs. And they’re made of actual human hair…

Four Lions Puts the Fun Back in Terrorism

Terrorists are people too. And they can be as idiotic as the rest of us, if not more so. In the film Four Lions, which opens at the Cosford Cinema on Friday, British humorist Chris Morris compiles a troupe of fictional wannabe jihadists a la Three Stooges and Marx Brothers…

Will Ballbusting Make Me Sterile?

Don’t know which hand to hold the whip in? Get sex, love, relationship advice from Mistress Lera by emailing askadomme@miaminewtimes.com. Read more about Mistress Lera at Notes From a Miami Dominatrix.Dear Mistress Lera,I’ve been in a loving relationship for over three years now. I’ve always had a thing for my…

Killer machines to Duchamp: the year’s best art shows

From a dishwasher full of dildos to a mummy found festering in a Wynwood warehouse to a show celebrating Miami’s criminal soul to torture implements designed to mutilate genitals at the Freedom Tower to a pair of epic clinics on great painting, 2010 marked an unforgettable year in art. It…

The Freebie : a couple takes a break from fidelity

In The Freebie, writer and director Katie Aselton (who also plays Annie) gives us an affable, thought-provoking glimpse into the dilemma every married or long-time couple faces: What do you do when the thrill is gone? Can you break your fidelity for a moment, scratch the itch, and come out…

Gulliver’s Travels: now playing

Lemuel Gulliver (Jack Black) has spent a decade stuck in the mailroom of a New York City newspaper before blundering and plagiarizing his way into a travel-writing assignment that lands him, en route to the Bermuda Triangle, in Lilliput. Black’s playing a “Gulliver,” but while sharing disproportionate size with Jonathan…

Tectonic Beats

Millions of years ago, the Earth’s crust was one big hunk of land called Pangaea. But then tectonic plates began shifting and that hunk ’o land was broken into a handful of pieces. Brazil and Africa, once conjoined, were separated forever by the Atlantic Ocean. Yet they continue to share…