Because the cast of Jersey Shore will show up just about anywhere they’re invited, they’ve been on George Lopez’s TBS talkshow this week re-enacting scenes from this year’s slate of Academy Award nominated movies.Even though MTV hasn’t officially confirmed that season two will go down in South Beach, Snooki takes…
In this corner, wearing the blue trunks, we have the hot liberal mess who is not apologizing for himself. The man who told Dick Cheney to “STFU,” he could be a contender like Brando and he comes from Orlando — Alan Grayson!And in this corner, wearing the red trunks with tea stains,…
For better or worse, Miami has become an ideal place for jet-setting partiers to indulge in a bit of cocaine, but a new report says you might be safer using coke in a colder climate — like, say, snorting “snow” where it actually snows.That’s because cocaine raises the body’s core…
Prominent Miami businessman Gaston E. Cantens and his wife Teresita have been charged by the Securities and Exchange Commission for running a $135 million ponzi scheme that defrauded elderly Cuban-Americans. Gaston Cantens served as an advisory board member for Belen Jesuit Preparatory School, and the two are parents of former…
Next time you make a shopping trip to West Palm Beach to stock up on your Lily Pulitzer sundresses and whatnot, be sure to hit up the hottest new store in town: former Congressman Mark Foley’s new “Celebrity Consignment” boutique.After getting caught sending naughty messages to twinky male interns, the…
Whatever their reasons may be, the Brown brothers have been a flaky headache for the Miami Hurricanes. Now, Arthur Brown Jr., considered by some to be the top linebacker in the recruiting class of 2008, has enrolled at Kansas State after mysteriously leaving the University of Miami last month.Brown never…
As he tends to do, Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Alvarez sees a problem and decides the best way to fix it is to give himself more power. So in the face of the ongoing meltdown of Jackson Memorial Health system Alvarez wants the power to fire board members and appoint an…
Finally! The perfect gift for that special someone in your life who has a degree worth about $120,000 yet is a little too slow to figure out how to properly use a regular blanket. Priced at just $23.99 at the All Canes store, this “comfy throw” is perfect for those…
Despite some talk that the Pro Bowl may be played every other year in the same city as the Super Bowl, or find a semi-permanent home in Miami, the NFL announced today that it’s headed back to Hawaii for the next two years. One change from this year that seems to have…
Trip Advisor put together a list of the ten biggest hotel movie stars in history, and our own Fontainebleau made the list. Memorably a main backdrop in Goldfinger, the historic hotel also has credits for parts in The Bodyguard, The Bellboy, Scarface, Sinatra flick A Hole in the Head, and…
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Because the US Senate is basically a crazy, semi-undemocratic body full of arcane procedural rules and bitter partisanship, one cranky old senator from Kentucky has blocked unemployment benefits for more than 200,000 Floridians.The Democrat-controlled congress is currently hammering out a new jobs bill, but in the meantime tried to pass…
A proposed committee bill has been introduced in the Florida House of Representatives that would block the release of recordings on 911 calls. What’s with the timing? Gee, could it have anything to do with the 911 tapes that were released in the wake of the Tiger Woods controversy?Currently, under…
Cleveland Cavaliers superstar LeBron James announced that he just sent in paperwork to have his uniform number changed from 23 to 6. The official word is that it’s a tribute to Michael Jordan, though the number 23 figures quite prominently into the logo used for his Nike apparel. Why the…
Last year, for the first time in more than six decades, Florida actually saw a decrease in its total population. University of Florida’s Bureau of Economic and Business Research reported that the the population fell by about 58,000 people between April 2008 and April 2009.Now that same bureau is reporting…
Not so flattering nude pictures of Miami rapper Trina leaked to the internet yesterday, and the Diamond Princess is calling in the FBI.Trina tells MTV news that a thief stole her cell phone at the BET Awards last October, and that the criminal tried to shake her down for money.”I…
www.thedailyshow.comLike any good cable news freak out, Rick Sanchez’s hyper-kinetic, geographically confused coverage of the Chilean Earthquake on CNN this weekend has been skewered by John Stewart on The Daily Show. Stewart’s take: “I just realized something, Rick Sanchez delivers the news like a guy at a party who’s doing…
The family of a brain dead woman who had life support cut even though she may have been able to breath on her own is taking the case to court. [Herald]A water main break has flooded a Hialeah neighborhood, leaving a sink hole in the middle of the road and forcing evacuations. [JustNews]It’s official:…
As far as Latin American dictators go, Augusto Pinochet doesn’t get nearly enough hate in these parts. I mean, this is what Miami does: hate Latin American dictators. Philly has cheese steaks, Orlando has theme parks, Miami has its undying hate for Latin American dictators.Oh, that’s right! Pinochet was a…
It’s really a wonder that somehow the one-man entertainment machine known as Chad Ochocinco has not been on a reality TV show yet. If there’s a single player in the NFL who was made for trash television it’s him. He is, after all, Esteban: the most interesting football player in…
17.4 percent of all bicyclist deaths in America occur in Florida, which only makes up about 6 percent of the total population. Basically, Florida is the Red Asphalt State. According to USA Today, Florida is the deadliest state for both pedestrians and bicyclists. In 2008, there were 490 pedestrian or bicyclist…
Last time on Dwyane Wade Watch, we said we were “about 75 percent sure [Wade will] stay with the Heat.” Well, Heat owner Micky Arison is a bit more optimistic than our already sunny prediction. In fact, he’s 20 percent more sure. “The bottom line is he has publicly and privately said…
