Used to be Playboy was a culturally relevant publication that was an institution in itself. Then Internet porn came along and made the magazine pretty much irrelevant.It didn’t help matters that founder Hugh Hefner turned himself into a Viagra-addled punch line, and his “girlfriends'” E! TV show cemented the Playboy…
Miami students got some of the best math scores in the nation for urban schools. [CBS4]The Florida Senate passed SunRail legislation yesterday. Now the bill goes to the governor, who is expected to sign it. [Reuters]A mother of seven was killed in a hit-and-run early this morning. [Herald]SportsMarlins stand-out Ross Gload…
The legal saga of five convicted Cuban spies known as the Cuban Five continues today as yet another member has had his sentence reduced.Ramon Labanino, also known as Luis Medina, was originally sentenced to life in a controversial 2001 trial in Miami, but earlier this year, an appeals court threw out…
Real Housewives of the NBA probably couldn’t be used for legal reasons, but reality TV’s love affair with ladies who lunch (and then throw it at each other) continues with VH1’s upcoming Basketball Wives.Although the show might not sate our need for a Miami version of Bravo’s weave-snatchin’, table-throwin’, all-around addictin’…
Art Basel regulars Eva and Adele check out some art, from Chris Gold’s Flickr. If you’d like to see your photo here, join our Flickr pool…
Since 2008, Mickey Rourke has gone from our friendly, neighborhood Hollywood wash-up to GQ’s Man of the Year. Now, according to Page Six the 57-year-old actor is engaged to a 24-year-old Russian hottie.Rourke has been dating model Elena Kuletskaya since earlier this year, and reportedly popped the question to her…
In advance of the Copenhagen Climate Conference, which kicked off today in Denmark, 56 papers across the globe yesterday published a front-page editorial led by the Guardian calling for international action on the global warming front. The only American paper to sign on: our own Miami Herald.”This initiative offered the Miami Herald’s editorial…
If you’re not afraid of a little color, and we mean that in almost all senses of the word, Pulse Art Fair was for you. With a strong commitment to new works and contemporary artists, Pulse gives you a window into the mind of young artists. And what you’ll find,…
That giant red weather balloon hovering over Collins Avenue this past weekend wasn’t some sort of Art Basel-related installation. It was part of a U.S. Defense Department Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) contest. DARPA set 99 ten luftballoons in locations across the country and challenged teams of citizens to use…
Univision is opening its own production studio in Miami. [LATimes]According to a recent poll, Miami is the second most desirable travel destination after Las Vegas. [CBS4]Ad sales at McClatchy, the Miami Herald’s parent company, are down 20 percent this quarter, but that’s apparently good because it’s less than in past…
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Miami-Dade Commissioner Carlos Gimenez’s troubled kid, Julio Francisco Gimenez, was arrested after a bar brawl this past Saturday. Actually, he’s not even a kid — he’s a 31-year-old man.Gimenez was at the Sports Exchange, a bar in Coral Gables, watching college football when he got into a heated argument with…
Gov. Charlie Crist is a Noles fan, but it’s not so surprising that he can relate to Gators quarterback Tim Tebow.UF had high hopes of repeating its national championship and was the favorite throughout the regular season. Tebow, meanwhile, was talked about as a potential Heisman double winner, but this…
Congratulations, Miami, you’ve survived another Art Basel. Riptide dropped by the main fair one final time late yesterday afternoon. Galleries had put out some new works since opening day, while some gallerists were literally counting their revenue, reportedly up from last year. That’s not surprising, considering much of the work…
The BlowPulse Art Fair at Ice Palace Studios, MiamiSaturday, December 5, 2009Better Than: A Samantha Ronson DJ set interrupted by a Lohan lover’s quarrel.The Review:It’s not impossible to think that The Blow really had been collaborating with Lindsay Lohan on the tabloid fixture’s upcoming album. In a world where Christina…
Gang Gang DanceMax Fish, MiamiFriday, December 4, 2009Better than: Seeing the band play in a hall way closet, yet also better than seeing them play at a spacious festival.The Review:I want to thank the people who continually stepped on my shoes, the guy who unintentionally gave me a vertical lap…
Police have identified the woman who, while driving her car in Miami Gardens, was shot by a high-caliber rifle, but aren’t much closer to finding out how or why it happened. [CBS4]Saturday afternoon, a 3-year-old girl in homestead found a family member’s gun and accidently fatally shot herself. [CBS4]A woman in Southwest…
You might as well call this year’s Champs Sports Bowl “The Shalala Bowl,” because Miami’s current President and University of Wisconsin’s former Chancellor Donna Shalala might be the person most excited by the match-up. Maybe the only person? Yes, that means The Gator Bowl’s nefarious scheme to pick a 6-6 FSU…
Riptide’s dear Miami Hurricanes won’t be playing this week, and instead will watch as a team they beat take on a team they narrowly lost to in OT battle it out for the ACC championship. That should be interesting and all –we’ve got our money on GT, btw–, but it…
Former Florida Sen. Paula Hawkins died yesterday at the age of 82. A Republican, Hawkins was a trailblazer for female politicians in the state of Florida.In 1972, Hawkins was the first woman elected to a statewide office when she took a seat on the Public Service Commission, then an elected…
Forget art videos of synchronized anal sex or the unusual number of Che portraits at Art Basel, the number one most talked-about visual statement in Miami this week is apparently 17-year-old Miley Cyrus’s underboob tattoo.After her concert at the AAA Wednesday, Cyrus relaxed poolside at the Fontainebleau and unveiled a tattoo…
