Oliver Stone predicts he’ll have a hard time finding distribution for his latest documentary, South of the Border, a cinematic love letter to Venezuela’s controversial president, Hugo Chávez. “This is a bigger issue than Mr. Chávez and South America,” Stone tells Reuters. “Not only is there a revolution there, but…
First the models began leaving South Beach, and now, almost predictably, so is painfully hip hotelier Andre Balazs. According to the Miami Herald, Balazs is set to sell the Raleigh, which the newspaper describes as “a favorite stop for celebrities and local hipsters.” The sale will take Balazs almost completely out of…
Eleven ACORN workers in Miami-Dade were arrested or are being sought for falsifying voter registration cards, which, OMG, means Barack Obama stole the election. Oh, wait. ACORN claims to have alerted the police to the suspects in the first place and that there was no effect on the election outcome…
Hey, look, it’s another Marco Rubio web ad. This one starts out well, listing all the problems Florida’s economy faces and prepares to point the finger squarely at the governor, who’s Goliath to Rubio’s David in the Florida Republican Senate primary. But then the Rubio team relies on a bit…
The American Institute for Economic Research found — through a complicated set of statistics involving academic environment, quality of life, and professional opportunities — that South Florida is the tenth-best large metro area in which to attend college. Of course, only 21 metro areas in America qualify as large, by having…
The last thing the world needs is Hugo Chávez’s ego to get even bigger. Unfortunately, Venezuala’s president might have been the biggest diva to walk the red carpet at the Venice Film Festival this past weekend. From the Telegraph:Mr. Chavez, who was accompanied by 50 bodyguards, played to the crowd, throwing a flower,…
The AP poll is out, and the Miami Hurricanes are a ranked team once again, while the Florida State Seminoles have been totally knocked off from their former 18th spot. Meanwhile, the Hurricanes’ next three opponents line up one after another in the poll, with Oklahoma at 13, Virginia Tech at…
Back in my school days, when the president spoke, we listened (or at least pretended to). This was, of course, after walking 15 miles in the snow, uphill, to school. Nowadays, whippersnappers think they can just stay home from school because the president wants to address them. What in hell is wrong…
Today is sentencing for five members of the Liberty City Six. Each could face up to 70 years in prison. [CBS4]Miami 21 got its first stamp of approval from the city commission Friday night. But there’s still plenty of hoops the plan has to jump through before becoming official. [SFBJ]Say hello to…
Forget Montu, the Incredible Hulk, and Space Mountain. Last night’s football game between the Miami Hurricanes and the Florida State Seminoles might have been the best roller coaster the state of Florida has ever had to offer. By the end of it, I wasn’t sure if I was more happy…
A former assistant director at the City of Miami Building Department, Christine Morales got caught on film doing just about everything but her $100k-a-year job. Welcome to Miami: A UM student got a gun pointed at his head during his first day of class for matching the description of a motorcycle thief…
It’s been a busy few weeks for Niche Media overlord Jason Binn. When he wasn’t buying a $1.6 million two-bedroom apartment in Continuum on South Beach, he was dashing the hopes and dreams of inner-city schoolchildren. Or so a lawsuit claims. Binn’s Niche Media bought out Ocean Drive Media in 2007. Since then, a…
But for the grace of God do we ever head out to Dolphin Mall. However, this photo from MigRodz’s Flickr makes it look almost inviting. …
Like Chevy Chase’s old Weekend Update quip, “Generalissimo Francisco Franco is still dead!” the coverage of any inkling that Fidel Castro is still alive has become something of a joke. Take this absolutely ridiculous Associated Press headline (which also ran on the Herald’s website): “Photo shows Fidel Castro outside, in…
You don’t need fancy statistics and indices to tell you the obvious: Traffic in Miami sucks. Alas, we still have fancy statistics and indices to make it official. According to IBM’s Commuter Pain Index, Miami has the third worst traffic in the nation. Additionally, the index shows these to be the…
Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy Riptide was one of the first outlets to jump on Jim Greer’s “Obama wants to indoctrinate your children into socialism” rant, and since then, it’s gone national. Last night, Greer hit up MSNBC’s Hardball, CNN, Fox, and the…
After last year’s Lingerie Bowl was canceled when the nudist resort that was hosting it wanted to allow spectators to be au natural, the Lingerie Football League is back for its first full season. Tonight at 8pm your Miami Caliente will take on the Chicago Bliss in the Windy City…
The county commission voted to keep the tax rate flat, which basically means a bunch of worthwhile, if not necessary programs are going to go through severe cuts, if not finding themselves totally eliminated. [Herald]Why is this Herald article titled “Residents still have a chance to dispute Miami 21” and…
The sun still shines. The beaches are still some of the best in the world. The weather, unfortunate for this time of year, is still the same as it ever was. All of those stereotypical things that draw people to call Florida home have gone more or less unchanged, so…
If you ask us, way too many of Will.i.am’s dreams have come true. The Black Eyed Peas’ resident shoddy producer has an ever growing ego, and now he has another modest dream: trying out for the Miami Dolphins. We say let him. Will.i.am took to some website called Dipdive… To brag…
A Persian Carpet Flower (edithcolea grandis) from inside FIU’s Wertheim Conservatory & Greenhouse, from Scott.Zona’s Flickr. …
