Top Ten Gambling Movies: Rounders, Cincinnati Kid, and More

Americans love gambling movies almost as much as they love gambling itself. What’s not to like? You get the thrill of a high-stakes cards game from the comfort of a multiplex. Over the last few years, though, something happened. The gambling movie was replaced by ESPN. Suddenly, with the broadcast…

Are Democrats Trying to Woo Charlie Crist?

After Charlie Crist announced he’d seek Florida’s open senate seat as an independent earlier this week his former party immediately begin trashing him. Oddly, the most powerful democrat in the Senate called to offer his congratulations. The Wall Street Journal reports that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid called Crist late last…

George Rekers Resigns from NARTH Board

Dr. George Rekers has resigned from the board of the NARTH, the National Association for Research and Therapy of Homosexuality, in the wake of the fallout following his trip to Europe with a young male escort.Talking Points Memo reports that Rekers first offered his resignation last Thursday, two days after our…

Dwyane Wade’s Wife Siohvaughn Turns Herself Into Police

Siohvaughn Wade has turned herself into Chicago Police, after the judge in the Wade’s divorce trial ordered police to track her down after she failed to show in court yesterday.Siohvaughn voluntarily turned herself in today, and will not be released until a $10,000 bond is met. Her attorney, Marsha Fisher,…

Hugo Chavez’s Twitter Has a Staff of 200

Since joining Twitter earlier this month, Venezuela’s controversial president Hugo Chavez has since become the most popular user of the service in the country. With 282,042 followers now, he’s since assigned a team of 200 government aids to reply to the “@” messages he receives.Yes, 200 people to run a Twitter…

Men Really Love Poles

The New York Times offers a weekly news quiz so there readers can give themselves a pat on the back for reading every friggin’ story the Times churns out. The Miami Herald offers no such feature, but we here at Riptide would like to test your Herald reading remembrance.So we…

Ex-Miami Beach Cop Pleads Guilty to Kidnapping, Extortion Charges

A former Miami Beach cop has pleaded guilty to charges that he kidnapped and tortured a Russian man in an attempt to extort more than $100,000 from him, bringing to an end one of the strangest crimes connected to the troubled police department.​Richard Anastasi, a 47-year-old with almost 14 years…

NARTH Had Hand in Rekers Damage Control, Escort Says

Members of one of America’s largest “ex-gay” organizations may have secretly intervened in the rentboy scandal, publicly calling for a “thorough investigation,” while working behind the scenes to quash the story.Officials of the National Association for Therapy and Research of Homosexuality (NARTH) allegedly had a hand in crafting a questionnaire…

New iPad App Claims to Modernize DJing Culture

When we heard an app was coming out in June for the newly released iPad that was set to “modernize DJing culture” we were more than curious. Claiming it feels like authentic turntables, iPadMixr.com also adds a beautiful interface and professional mixing to its list of declarations. It promises real…

Lawsuit: Bicyclist Hit By Miami-Dade County Bus is One of Many

Pier Raccuglia is no wimp when it comes riding bicycles. On Saturday mornings, he dons a bright white spandex suit and launches into an 80-mile loop stretching from Kendale Lakes to Pinecrest. He looks yanked from a Tour de France calendar on his $10,000 Canondale SystemSix, the tricked-out Porsche of…

Cigarette Club Killer, Sosthene Louis, Arrested and Charged

35-year-old Sosthene Louis has been arrested and charged in the killing of 26-year-old Lisney Oliveira a day after police identified him as the suspect.Louis is alleged to have asked Oliveira and his friends for a cigarette. No one in the group had one, and continued walking. That’s when Louis attacked Oliveira from…

There Were Others, Escort Says

The gay escort hired by George Alan Rekers as a travel companion told Miami New Times Thursday that he had been paid to give the anti-gay crusader body rubs in the nude before their March 30 trip to Europe. And Facebook exchanges seem to back up that claim. Lucien, not…