Bro comedies are big business in Hollywood, and the story of a Miami Beach stoner who suddenly becomes a major arms dealer seems right up the bro-cinema alley. No surprise then that Todd Phillips, the director of The Hangover and Old School, has optioned the rights to a Rolling Stone article…
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The Miami Dolphins wasted no post-lockout time addressing their plagued quarterback situation. They’ve already signed Pat Devlin, a QB out of the FCS-division University of Delaware. Hopefully the undrafted rookie free agent won’t be the only move the ‘Fins make at QB, but the team believed in him enough to…
Derick Kuilan has already faced professional consequences from the night the Miami Beach police officer took a woman he met at the Clevelander on a drunk ATV joyride down the beach before hitting a couple. He was fired. Now Kuilan faces criminal charges, and the former police officer turned himself in…
Florida has constitutionally banned its gay wedding cake and is trying to eat it, too.Gay couples in New York began exercising their right to marry this weekend. New York is the largest state so far to legalize gay marriage (permanently, at least), and Florida tourism boards are trying to make…
The Raleigh Hotel already has an air of unfussy chic that’s unique in South Beach, but in this town everyone needs an occasional nip and tuck to stay looking good. Signaling yet another financial move to indicate tourism is back in business after a recession-blamed bump, the hotel has secured…
While Miami Beach’s new DecoBike bicycle sharing program seems to be a hit with riders, the private company that runs the program says it’s already facing financial concerns. DecoBike says its failed to raise enough money in advertising and now wants to place mini-billboards on its bike stands. That’s a…
Divers, prepare your tickle stick. Lobster mini-season is nigh. Yes, the annual two-day recreational season that inevitably seems to involve a few deaths every year kicks off tonight at midnight…
Despite the fact Rick Scott used to owns shares in a social media company that partnered with Playboy, his prison chief was so distraught by the site of a Playboy centerfold hanging in a jail that he’s now banned all pornography from state prisons…
Florida Republicans don’t seem to know what to make of the rag tag bunch seeking the Republican presidential nomination, so much so that a recent poll shows that the favorite nominee in the state is a guy that’s not even running. Yep, apparently Florida GOPers can’t get enough of various…
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Another year, another season of uncertainty for Miami Hurricanes football. Could this finally be the year the once-storied team makes it to its first ACC championship game? Reporters who cover the Atlantic Coast Conference don’t think so and have picked Miami to finish second in its division…
Their bravery goes unheralded. Their story unheard. But Miami-Dade County’s heroic corps of sentinel chickens is your first line of defense against mosquito-borne diseases, and one such chicken in North Miami came down with a fatal strain of West Nile virus, signaling a return of the disease to the county…
Miami Police have closed off several streets in downtown following a possible bomb threat made to the building that houses the Israeli Consulate. Police say a man was spotted in front of the building at 100 Biscayne Blvd. carrying a briefcase and making several verbal threats. Updated…
We wouldn’t wish a trip to Jackson Memorial Hospital on our worst enemies. Yet according to a new report from the Human Rights Campaign, the public Jackson Health System is the only hospital in the entire southern United States cited this year for providing equal care to LGBT patients. That’s…
It’s been a strange week for Miami Heat star-turned-executive Alonzo Mourning. He was involved in an alleged hit-and-run accident, with the other driver filing a lawsuit. He then hosted his annual Zo’s Summer Grove charity weekend only to have Dave Chappelle involved in a metaphoric on-stage car crash. Now he…
German Guanchez, 57, stood before a judge yesterday with two black eyes and a “Save the Pumpkins” T-Shirt. Guanchez was in court after allegedly making a fake bomb threat that shut down a Kendall gym. Police can’t quite put together a motive, and it does not appear that Guanchez is…
Could former Florida Governor Jeb Bush be following in the dainty footsteps of other conservative figures like Tom Delay, Tucker Carlson, and Bristol Palin, and strapping on a dance belt for a run on Dancing With the Stars? Probably not, but the former Governor says he’d never rule it out…
It may not be as dramatic as last July’s personnel change, but the Miami Heat have a new CEO and they didn’t have to look far. Nick Arison will take over the position from his father, team owner Micky Arison…
The Miami-Dade County Public School System, the fourth biggest school system in the nation, has adopted new rules meant to specifically protect gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered students from harassment. The School Board amended a state law passed three years ago, the Jeffrey Johnston Stand Up for All Students Act,…
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The murder trial for the fatal stabbing that claimed the life of 17-year-old Juan Carlos Rivera in the halls of Coral Gables Senior High School back in 2009 is underway. Prosecutors are eager to portray the defendant, Andy Rodriguez, as a jealous boyfriend who stabbed Rivera after his girlfriend, Daimilsis…
