With the NBA trade deadline less than an hour away, it seems that Phoenix Sun star Amar’e Stoudemire will not be making a mid-season move to Miami. Our brethren at the Phoenix New Times report that any Stoudemire trade is “unlikely.” The Heat had become the late leading candidate to land the…
It was a watershed moment for Marco Rubio today as he delivered the key note speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference to rampant cheers and a standing ovation. In the 30 minute speech he rallied against moderates in the GOP, warned that Democrats could be leading America to a…
Rakontur films has announced a sequel to their documentary The U, which chronicled the Miami Hurricanes football team of the ’80s. It became the highest rated documentary in ESPN history. They plan to have the sequel ready for release by December, about one year after the original’s premiere. Since The…
7th Graders from St. Thomas Catholic Middle School joined President Obama at the White House as he made a call to astronauts on the International Space Station yesterday. [NBCMiami]The State has decided to challenge a local judge’s decision to allow a lesbian couple to adopt a child. [Herald]Just what South…
Tiger Woods, that famous golfer you might have heard got caught having sex with many, many women who weren’t his wife, will hold his first press conference Friday morning since the affairs came to light. He’ll talk to a small gathering of reporters in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida at 11…
You mean to tell us that a barely-famous reality TV star came down to Miami and went on non-stop search for cocaine? Well, we never in all our years… Oh wait, this is exactly what we expect of reality TV “stars” who come down to Miami. US Weekly reports that The…
Some have always contended that Jeb was the smarter of the Bush brothers, and when he spoke alongside his brother in Naples today he certainly proved that he is, understandably, more knowledgeable on one subject: Florida Politics.When asked about the heated Republican Senate primary between moderate Governor Charlie Crist and…
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The exact reasoning for Lincoln Diaz-Balart’s retirement from congress still seems a bit of a mystery. At 55 years-old he could have sat in the seat, political dynamics willing, for at least two more decades if he wanted. If he was considering retiring, why didn’t he go out with a…
Elizabeth Edwards is scheduled to speak at Nova South Eastern University tomorrow night, in an event open to students and faculty and closed to the general public.That’s interesting in itself, considering her slime ball of an estranged-husband Sen. John Edwards fathered a child with his mistress while she was going…
Since last October, Burger King corporate headquarters in Miami has been in a bit of a feud with many of its franchise owners over a very serious issue: $1 double cheeseburgers.BK introduced the value menu item in hopes of increasing traffic in stores, but franchise owners say the margins on the…
As Lil Wayne gets ready to trade in his baller lifestyle for a jail cell, he’s liquidating his Miami real estate portfolio. He’s put his four-bedroom condo in the Murano Grande on South Beach up for sale for $2.8 million, according to AllHipHop.com.This isn’t the same apartment Weezy was renting that…
William and Michael Achenbaum, the father-and-son team that own the Gansevoort Hotel in New York City, now have officially nothing to do with the massive Gansevoort South in South Beach. The duo officially lost ownership of the hotel-and-condominium building last month when they failed to find a another buyer, Credit…
88 Haitians found trying to reach America in a 50-ft sail boat were returned by the Coast Guard. [CBS4]The body of a 21-year-old man wanted for murder in Miami was found dead in a field near Fort Pierce next to the body of his 35-year-old girlfriend. [Herald]A female student at…
The big ol’ Conservative Political Action Conference will kick off in Washington, D.C., in two days. Thousands of conservative activists will gather to exchange ideas and hear speeches. In fact, this year’s keynote address will be given by none other than Marco Rubio. But this year, a CPAC event is reaching out…
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Tyrese, the singer, actor, and model who is best known for having great abs, is no longer facing felony charges after an accident on Biscayne Blvd last month. Tyrese’s Dodge Charger hit a white SUV driven by a mother of four. Though the SUV wound up on its back faster than…
Fallen superproducer Scott Storch lost his 20,000-square-foot Palm Island mansion to foreclosure. He paid $10.5 million for the pad in 2006, but SunTrust Bank foreclosed on the property last year and bought it back at auction for $5.5 million. Now the property, known by the classy and sophisticated name of Villa Ferrari,…
Alien iguanas, orange trees, and your penchant for wearing flip-flops aren’t the only casualties of Florida’s unusually chilly temperatures. Scientists say the cold waters are also killing Florida’s coral reefs at an increased pace. Speaking to AFP, scientists from the University of Miami and NOAA’s Office of National Marine Sanctuaries say colder temperatures…
The International Noise Conference, organized yearly by Miami’s resident sonic-fucking legend Rat Basterd, is secretly the best music conference the city has to offer. It’s spun off international tours, and events across the globe, but the center piece will always be the Miami original.Featuring over 100 performers delivering 15 minute…
Riptide knows we give Romero Britto a lot of crap for regularly shilling out his artistic aesthetic to the highest corporate bidder while we continue to heap love on local art collective Friends With You even though they don’t exactly shy away from collaborating with corporations. But at least they…
Well, this tweet from the Republican Party of Florida’s Twitter page sure ain’t subtle: “Alex Sink is a lousy corrupt Ultra-Liberal Dem., fully-owned by banking industry and trial lawyers.”Jeez, RPOF, tell us how you really feel.The tweet linked to a RedState.com user diary titled “The Sinking of Alex Sink and…
