South Florida’s fiercest braved the rain Saturday for a chance to become America’s Next Top Model. The CW network reality TV show hosted auditions at the Fort Lauderdale Art Institute, and for the first time welcomed male models to try out.Miami Gardens resident Gregory Boudreaux, 24, was there with his best asset: his hair. His 6-inch afro sticks straight up into pointy...
Jan
05
America’s Next Top Model brings its fierce style to Lauderdale
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We Salute the First Baby Senator
Label: TechnologyWe realize there’s only so much time one can spend in a day watching new trailers, viral video clips, and shaky cell phone footage of people arguing on live television. This is why every day The Atlantic Wire highlights the videos that truly earn your five minutes (or less) of attention. Today:RELATED: Claire McCaskill and How to Attack the Opponent You’re Rooting ForHere’s our suggestion to improve...
Cher Signs Development Deal with Logo
Label: LifestyleLogo just announced at The Television Critics Association in Pasadena, CA that the network has signed a development deal with the ultimate gay icon, Cher.
AUDIO - Listen to Cher's New SongThe show, which is in its earliest stages of development, would mark Cher's first regular TV gig since The Sonny and Cher Show ended in 1977.While this could change before the show hits the air (if it actually does),...
Man hit, killed by car in Bronx
Label: Health A man was killed today crossing a busy Bronx street when he was struck by a car.The unidentified 55-year-old man was crossing East Tremont Avenue near Mapes Avenue at around 1 p.m. when a 1995 Honda Accord hit the man. He was pronounced dead a short time later at St. Barnabus Hospital.The 31-year-old driver remained at the scene and was also taken to St....
Needle reaches the inner groove for Spec’s
Label: Business In the end, even the almighty Adele and Taylor Swift could not hold back the inevitable.Spec’s, one of the last great record stores, will close its flagship location in Coral Gables on U.S.1, thus joining once-favored chains like Virgin, Tower and Peaches, locally and abroad, that have withered from Internet shopping. With the closing, sometime in January after the merchandise...
Jan
04
Lamberti praises agency’s work to reduce hate crimes in last news conference as Broward sheriff
Label: World In his last news conference as Broward’s top cop, Sheriff Al Lamberti praised his agency’s efforts to reduce hate crimes in the county — a finding reflected in the 2011 Hate Crimes in Florida report issued by the state attorney general’s office this week. But Lamberti, one of the most visible Republican elected officials in Broward, declined to say if he would ever run for...
How BuzzFeed Is Betting on Hollywood, Long-Form Writing to Grow
Label: TechnologyLOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) – Last January, BuzzFeed, then an aggregator of memes and cat videos, secured a $ 15.5 million round of venture capital to beef up a craft that most traditional media was downsizing: journalism.It hired dozens of reporters and editors, opened bureaus in Washington, D.C., and Los Angeles and became a must-read for political junkies during the 2012 presidential election.On...
Michael Douglas and Matt Damon Talk Behind The Candelabra
Label: LifestyleMatt Damon has already revealed that he will reveal quite a lot of himself to play Scott Thorson in Behind the Candelabra, HBO's Liberace biopic. But Damon went more than skin deep today when he was joined by Michael Douglas in talking about the hotly anticipated project at The Television Critics Association in Pasadena, CA. A project that was over a decade in the making.
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Cops shoot B'klyn man toting gun
Label: Health Cops shot a gun-toting man tonight in Brooklyn, police sources said.The incident occurred at the Cypress Hills housing project in East New York at about 7 p.m., sources added. The man was struck in the buttocks, the sources said.The man was taken to Brookdale Hospital and is expected to live, the sources added. ...
College championship won’t be easy money again
Label: Business South Florida hotels should count their blessings from this weekend’s football bookings. The championship crowds won’t come this easily again. With Notre Dame playing for its first national title in more than 20 years, demand is unusually high for both hotel rooms and tickets for Monday’s championship game against Alabama. The teams have two of the largest fan bases in the...
Jan
03
Prosecutors: Miami Police sergeant on trial did “wrong instead of right’’
Label: World Miami Police Sgt. Raul Iglesias chose to do “wrong instead of right” in 2010 when he took over an undercover squad fighting drug dealing in the inner-city, a prosecutor said during opening statements of a federal trial Thursday. Iglesias planted cocaine on a suspect and stole drugs and money from street dealers, Assistant U.S. Attorney Ricardo Del Toro told a 12-person jury....
George Lucas Engaged to Girlfriend Mellody Hobson
Label: LifestyleLegendary filmmaker George Lucas will soon undertake a brand-new, epic endeavor: matrimony!Related: George Lucas: 'I'm Retiring'
The Star Wars director will soon tie the knot with his longtime girlfriend Mellody Hobson, The Hollywood Reporter confirms. Lucas has been dating Hobson, a DreamWorks Animation chairman, since 2006.This will be the second marriage for Lucas, 68, and the first for Hobson,...
Off-duty cop shot in Bronx preventing apparent car dealership robbery
Label: Health An off-duty police officer was shot in the leg tonight while preventing an attempted robbery in the Bronx , police sources said.The officer interrupted a robbery crew of at least four men from sticking up a used car dealership he co-owned called "Boston Road Auto Mall"in Bronxwood around 6:32 p.m., sources said.He ran after one of the perps, who was armed,...
The return of the cranes: Miami-Dade construction projects on the horizon in 2013
Label: Business The cranes are coming back to Miami. The battered construction industry is going higher in the new year after showing strong signs of life in 2012. Will Miami feel more like Manhattan in a few years? It just might.So far, there has been more talk than action, fewer shovels in the ground than grand announcements. Even so, construction is underway on a dozen new condominiums...
Jan
02
Scott Rothstein’s wife to plead guilty in jewelry coverup
Label: World The wife of Fort Lauderdale’s most infamous fraudster could soon be before a judge fighting for her own freedom.Ponzi schemer Scott Rothstein’s wife is scheduled to plead guilty on Feb. 1 to conspiring to hide more than $1 million in jewelry from federal authorities, one of her attorneys confirmed Wednesday.Read the full story at Sun-Sentinel.com. ...
Review: Nintendo’s TVii tops button-laden remotes
Label: TechnologyLOS ANGELES (AP) — Nintendo‘s TV-watching tool for the new Wii U game console beats my regular remote control hands down.Called TVii, the service transforms how you watch television in three key ways. It turns the touch-screen GamePad controller for the Wii U into a remote control for your TV and set-top box. It groups your favorite shows and sports teams together, whether it’s on live TV or an Internet...
Lena Dunham Girls Emmys 2012
Label: LifestyleAs the last of the Gangnam Style craze finally dies down, and after the long-awaited Mayan doomsday scenario failed to manifest, the year 2013 might seem a bit underwhelming. Thankfully, one major star from this past year is not poised to slow down one bit.Lena Dunham, primarily known for her breakout HBO comedy Girls is something of a renaissance woman. It's one thing to be a part of a critically...
Man who allegedly hit 4 pedestrians at New Year's Eve party claims he was being chased by mob
Label: Health He says it was all a wild Goose chase.The alleged drunken driver who mowed down four pedestrians outside a Brooklyn club’s wild New Year’s Eve party claims he was fleeing a violent mob, angered that he accused them of stealing his bottles of pricey vodka, his attorney said today.Staten Island carpenter Charles Amado, 34, was slapped with attempted murder...
Portion of Macy’s Flagler Street property in downtown Miami sold
Label: Business A New York firm bought part of the Macy’s building in downtown Miami and is expected to acquire the rest. The next priority is negotiating a new lease to keep Macy’s as a tenant.In a deal that could have implications for the future of downtown Miami’s anchor retail tenant, a New York real estate investment firm paid $15.55 million to acquire more than half the property that...
Jan
01
Possible future Israeli ambassador holds two countries in his heart
Label: World In Israel, he’s already known as “Bibi’s Brain:’’ Prime Minister Benjamin “Bibi” Netanyahu’s master strategist.But Ron Dermer, 42-year-old Miami Beach native, now Israeli citizen — the son of one Miami Beach mayor and brother of another — could soon add an official title to his resume: Mr. Ambassador.Dermer is reportedly Netanyahu’s choice for Israeli ambassador to the United...
Thieves stole more than $1 million worth of Apple products during a New Years Eve heist
Label: TechnologyTitle Post: Thieves stole more than $1 million worth of Apple products during a New Years Eve heistRating: 100%based on 99998 ratings.5 user reviews.Author: Fluser SeoLinkThanks for visiting the blog, If any criticism and suggestions please leave a comm...
Taylor Swift Harry Styles New Years Eve Kiss
Label: LifestyleTaylor Swift and Harry Styles had equally amazing 2012's, and they kissed good-bye to the preceding 365 days together in Times Square last night.After singing on ABC's New Year's Rocking Eve, Swift and Styles braved the crowds to watch the ball drop. And to the hordes of fans who'd gathered to count down to midnight, "Haylor's" ensuing smooch ended up being more captivating than all the twinkling...
Fiscal cliff deal, approved by Senate, runs into opposition in House
Label: Health WASHINGTON – A Senate-passed bill to keep the country from going off the fiscal cliff ran into trouble in the House today, as Majority Leader Rep. Eric Cantor came out against the deal."I do not support the bill,” Cantor said as he left a closed closed-door meeting of Republicans about the deal negotiated between Vice President Biden and Senate Minority...
Housing, jobs key to lifting S&P toward record
Label: Business NEW YORK -- With it appearing that Washington lawmakers are working their way past the “fiscal cliff,” many analysts say that the outlook for stocks in 2013 is good, as a recovering housing market and an improving jobs outlook helps the economy maintain a slow, but steady recovery. Reasonable returns in 2013 would send the S&P 500 toward, and possibly past, its record...
Dec
31
Peeping tom suspect nabbed at Forever21 store at Sawgrass Mills mall
Label: World A suspected “peeping tom” was arrested Sunday after he was caught with video of women trying on clothes at the Forever21 store at the Sawgrass Mills mall. Andre Clements, 30, has been charged with video voyeurism and disorderly conduct, Sunrise police said. A manager at the store became suspicious when Clements, 30, was caught loitering in the dressing rooms. Customers...
Zynga carries out planned games shutdown, including “Petville”
Label: TechnologySAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Social games publisher Zynga Inc confirmed on Monday that it has carried out 11 of the planned shutdowns of 13 game titles, with “Petville” being the latest game on which it pulled the plug.Zynga in October said it would shut down 13 underperforming titles after warning that its revenues were slowing as gamers fled from its once-popular titles published on the Facebook platform...
Somber farewell for man pushed to his death in subway
Label: Health Friends of the hardworking, humble immigrant shoved to his death last week in front of the 7 train by a Muslim-hating madwoman today gathered for an emotional farewell in Queens at the Coppola-Migliore funeral home in Flushing.Sunando Sen, 36, was remember as a man of “quiet strength” by Lorcan Otway, a lawyer and longtime friend, who noted that Sen years...
Florida colleges a bargain, says Kiplinger
Label: Business Though Florida’s in-state tuition costs more than double what it did only a decade ago, many of the state’s public universities are still a good value, according to the latest annual “Best Values in Public Colleges” list compiled by Kiplinger’s Personal Finance. Florida schools have long fared well in the magazine’s rankings, with this year being no exception. Six of Florida’s...
Dec
30
As 500th anniversary nears, cities vie for title of Ponce de Leon’s landing spot
Label: World ST. AUGUSTINE -- — Where did that most ambitious conquistador, Juan Ponce de Leon, wade ashore five centuries ago and name his prize "La Florida?" Inquiring minds all over our state would like to know, the sooner the better, for planning purposes.With the big day approaching — the anniversary arrives on April 3, 2013 — what east-coast beach city gets to shoot off the fireworks?...
Skyfall Passes One Billion Mark at Box Office
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Skyfall is not only the highest grossing Bond film of all-time, it has just become the 14th film ever to earn more than one billion dollars at the box office.
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The 23rd Bond film crossed this milestone on December 30, with Sony vice chairman Jeff Blake saying, "To see a film connect with audiences is always gratifying, but the success of this film is nothing short...
Hillary Clinton admitted to hospital with blood clot following concussion
Label: Health WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton has been admitted to a New York hospital after the discovery of a blood clot stemming from the concussion she sustained earlier this month. Clinton spokesman Philippe Reines says her doctors discovered the clot during a follow-up exam Sunday. Reines says Clinton is being treated with anti-coagulants....
Week brings startup launches, social media advice for 2013
Label: Business Jared Kleinert, a South Florida entrepreneur, plans to soon launch Synergist, a platform that allow social entrepreneurs to meet potential co-founders online, collaborate and crowdfund their new projects. He also just launched AliveNDead, a blog about risk-taking, and he interns for a Silicon Valley startup. And when he’s not doing all that, he’s going to class — he’s a...
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