SeaWorld was all set to celebrate its 50th anniversary at a swank restaurant in Manhattan’s meat-packing district, but its decision to feature two live penguins walking around like they’re waiters put the kibosh on that whole endeavor. Turns out the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) got ahold…
Orlando-based attorney and pro-medical marijuana advocate John Morgan has put $2.8 million into the effort to get the legalization of medical marijuana on the Florida ballot come November. The Orlando Sentinel reports that Morgan has given the folks at United for Care a $909,000 loan to advance the effort. Morgan…
It took almost a year, but Rick Scott has finally named himself a new Lt. Governor. And it’s Miami-Dade Property Appraiser, Carlos Lopez-Cantera. Scott announced his decision Tuesday morning. The Madrid, Spain-born Lopez-Cantera becomes Florida’s first Hispanic lieutenant governor, taking over for Jennifer Carroll, who resigned from the position last…
Two people were shot inside a Cobb Theater in the Tampa area, several media outlets are reporting. According to Pasco County authorities, one of the victims was shot for texting during movie previews during a screening of Lone Survivor. The shooting went down at the Grove 16 Cobb Theater at…
As we’ve reported numerous times here on the Pulp, great white sharks really love swimming in Florida waters. They’ve been popping up just miles from different beaches along the Florida coast and have seemed to make our state their top destination around this time of year. Like snowbirds, but with…
Video footage of a Hollywood teen being held down by her friends and beaten before she was allegedly raped has been obtained by the media. The disturbing video, captured on a cell phone, shows Patricia Montes, 15, and Erica Avery, 16, brutally punching and kicking the victim and threatening her…
Twenty-one neglected horses were rescued from a Davie home this weekend, police say. Sixteen of the horses were taken take to Peaceful Ridge while the other four were taken to Pompano Beach. The horses were living in deplorable conditions on a three-acre property in Southwest Ranches in Davie. A neighbor…
As you may recall, the Miami Heat completely obliterated the entire NBA last year en route to its second-consecutive championship (third overall for the franchise). So, as is custom in this great nation of ours, the president of the United States of America will be honoring the Heat at the…
The Florida Panthers is the latest South Florida pro sports team that has decided to throw on some rags, put on the fingerless gloves, grab a tin cup, and start chanting. “Alms for the poor!” to the public. Yep. The Panthers — a franchise owned by a billionaire — much…
On Tuesday, we wrote about how Dennis Rodman lost his shit and blew up on CNN’s Chris Cuomo during an interview like an old-school WWF Wrestler. Well, the very next day, with the aftermath that the internet tends to cause these kinds of things and with the NBA players who…
Oh, teenagers. They love to hide things to not get into trouble. They try to get away with things like not picking up their dirty socks by brushing them under the bed, or shoving their nudie mags under their pillows so Mom doesn’t see it, or hiding a shark they…
Kayla Mendoza, the 20-year-old woman who tweeted out “2 drunk 2 care” before driving a Hyundai Sonata the wrong way on the Sawgrass Expressway and crashing into a 2012 Toyota Camry, killing Marisa Catronio and a passenger, Kaitlyn Ferrante, was, in fact, drunk. A search warrant filed by the Florida…
Former New England Patriot and Florida Gator, Aaron Hernandez, was in an SUV when someone inside the vehicle shot two people to death in Boston in 2012. This according to a recently released search warrant filed in Connecticut. According to the Hartford Courant, the warrant goes into some details on…
The Chicago-based doctor who fell through the glass ceiling at the Westin Diplomat Resort and Spa last November was drunk, according to an autopsy report. Piotr Kulesza, MD/PhD, the Chicago area associate professor in pathology, was in town for the tenth-annual Fairy Tale Ball “The Wizard of Oz” fundraising event…
South Florida-based nonprofit Planting Peace has lost funding from a donor for one of their orphanages in Haiti because of the group’s affiliation and support of the LGBT community. The group, founded by Aaron Jackson and John Dieubon in 2004, was a feature story by New Times in 2005. Since…
After six long years of perpetual failure, ineptitude, and building a team drenched in mediocrity, Jeff Ireland is no longer the general manager of your Miami Dolphins. The announcement that the Dolphins and Ireland had mutually agreed to part ways came Tuesday evening, one week after the NFL’s so-called Black…
A Florida man decided to go all Mike Tyson on his neighbor’s ear because he didn’t give him a cigarette. According to Boca police, the victim had a chunk of his ear bitten off after he turned down the man who had asked for a smoke. A thin piece of…
The push to legalize medical marijuana in Florida is nearing its final days, and the group responsible for collecting the petitions to force a vote in November is driving hard to the hoop to make that happen. United for Care, the group behind the massive petition drive, has until February…
Dennis Rodman was on CNN Tuesday morning, along with the former NBA players he took with him to Pyongyang, North Korea, in a supposed attempt to stay relevant unite the free world and Kim Jong-un with basketball. But Rodman flipped out during the live televised interview when CNN’s Chris Cuomo…
While Rick Scott has been taking his sweet-ass time in choosing a lieutenant governor, he sure has been quick to get all up about tonight’s BCS Championship game between the Florida State Seminoles and Auburn Tigers. Scott has managed to make the requisite arbitrary bet between government officials whenever two…
Better cut down all the palm trees on your block and build a fire in your living room, because it’s going to be cold tonight. A cold snap is expected to hit South Florida on Monday evening into Tuesday morning, which means you can bust out the pajama pants at…
Back in 1996, Beach Place opened on Fort Lauderdale beach and was supposed to usher in a new age of retail goodness and restaurants and family fun on Las Olas. There was a Banana Republic retail store there, as well as a The Gap and a Limited Express. Now, there’s…
