Internet dating site What’s Your Price is at it again. The service, which connects rich men to women who could be bribed into spending time with them, released yet another study of the country’s singles scene. And you’re going to be shocked to hear this, Miami, but: You’re kinda shallow…
Each week, Miami dating expert Nikki Novo gives us advice on finding love in this hopeless place. Today: Five reasons to stay optimistic about Miami’s dating scene. I admit it: Like many other Miamians, for a long time I was under the impression that in order to find a suitable…
While James Franco was in Miami last weekend to accept an Ally award at the Miami Gay and Lesbian Film Festival, he apparently took some time out to celebrate his 35th birthday. So just how does a hyper, quasi-genius, unfailingly quirky, handsome stoner commemorate the ol’ three-five? With a cake…
You can say a lot of things about James Franco, but you can’t say he likes to play it safe. Franco is once again pushing buttons with his latest project, Interior. Leather Bar, a fictional story of the lost footage from real-life gay sex film Cruising that was allegedly cut…
In Pain & Gain, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson plays Paul Doyle, a recovering cocaine addict and Christian who was born again in prison. He’s also maybe the most giant bodybuilder you’ve ever seen, a hulking heap of rippling, veiny muscle tissue assembled into the vague shape of a human being…
Each week, Miami dating expert Nikki Novo gives us advice on finding love in this hopeless place. Today: How to avoid sabotaging your first night out with someone special. You have the perfect outfit. Your date actually confirmed. And you’re just minutes away from your first outing with a pretty…
Each week, Miami dating expert Nikki Novo gives us advice on finding love in this hopeless place. Today: Ten only-in-Miami ways to impress your first date. Are you a one-date wonder? Maybe it’s bad luck, or maybe there’s a lack of enthusiastic planning. We’re not blaming you for your misfortune…
Star magazine has ranked the 20 most despised, anger-inducing, why-won’t-they-just-go-away celebrities of the moment, beginning with woman-beater and Britto collaborator Chris Brown and leading up to Gwyneth Paltrow, whose tone-deaf-hippie-meets-Martha-Stewart-meets-a-fairy-princess-with-unlimited-disposable-income persona earned her the number one spot on the list. There are plenty of names on Star’s ranking that probably…
This year, New Times received an press pass to the Blacks’ Annual Gala, one of the ritziest events in the Miami Beach social calendar. Now, why New Times would receive such an invitation remains a bit of a mystery. It’s not exactly known as a paper that pays loving homage…
If you were one of the tens of thousands of revelers at the Miami Beach Pride Parade and Festival yesterday, you know just how many fierce and faaah-bulous boys, girls, and in-between were there. We decided to forgo all the drinking and dancing and just shoot some peeps (with our…
“Deep Throat.” “Donnie Brasco.” “The Worm.” Yeah, you read that correctly. Dennis Rodman, the retired basketball player and cringeworthy fashion plate with poor copyediting skills, can add another bizarre descriptor to his resume: FBI informant. The feds got interested in Rodman after his highly publicized trip to North Korea, he…
Last night, Regal South Beach Cinemas hosted the world premiere of Dwayne “the Rock” Johnson and Mark Wahlberg’s Pain & Gain, director Michael Bay’s most elaborate contribution yet to National Poetry Month. It’s not every day that big stars come to Miami for something other than stealing people’s cell phones…
Each week, Miami dating expert Nikki Novo gives us advice on finding love in this hopeless place. Today: Run, don’t walk, from these Miami dating “prospects.” We’ve either posed the question ourselves, or have heard someone else ask it: “Why do I always attract the same (and wrong) guy?” See,…
We know you’re looking forward to Pride this weekend (Thursday, April 11 – Sunday, April 14). Free parties, kick-ass DJs, Adam Lambert, an excuse to drink — what’s not to like? To help you maximize your Pride experience, Cultist has put together the Mommy Dearest of all roundups. These are…
Rebel Wilson is having, as Hollywood types say, a moment. She’s fresh off a successful turn as the funniest person in Pitch Perfect, she’s due to host the MTV Movie Awards this Sunday, and her new film, Michael Bay’s Pain & Gain (which, you may have heard, is based on…
The Miami Beach Gay Pride Parade & Festival is right around the corner. And this year’s performers range from queens to Idols to club music legends. Pride is more than just a parade. It’s a festival celebrating the LGBT community in all its fabulous glory through a series of satellite…
Busta busted into the restaurant close to 6 a.m. and demanded to cut the line to get his food faster.
Each week, Miami dating expert Nikki Novo gives us advice on finding love in this hopeless place. Today: how not to behave on a date, direct from the mouths of three single Miamians. Instagramming at the table. Splitting the bill. Talking about exes. Some first-date behaviors are hard to forgive…
Let’s be honest: Miami isn’t exactly known for its particularly good drivers. You could drop somebody in the middle of a school of 400 famished hammerheads in the Galapagos, naked and marinated in warm fish blood, and they might actually be safer than most drivers on the Palmetto.So it takes…
If you’ve spent an afternoon on the South Beach shoreline, you’ve seen vendors wandering through the beach towels and chairs hawking henna tattoos. They typically target spring breakers and other tourists, promising a safe, temporary alternative to having your drunken, debauched weekend etched on your skin for a lifetime. But…
Each week, Miami dating expert Nikki Novo gives us advice on finding love in this hopeless place. Today: How confusing online interaction for real-life love interest can leave you lonely. A few years back, I was in a pretty bad place. My boyfriend at the time, who I had thought…
Each week, Miami dating expert Nikki Novo gives us advice on finding love in this hopeless place. Today: How to meet potential dates, even if you’re not perched on a barstool and wearing beer goggles. You’re sitting at Miami’s hot new bar, dressed to the nines, sipping on some overpriced…
