Following the April 20 explosion of the Deepwater Horizion oil rig and subsequent spill, there were scattered protests around the country, a bunch of huffing and puffing on Capitol Hill, and a general sense of heartbreak as TV news viewers watched the first tar balls reach land in Alabama. But…
Warning to School Boards and principals across the country: yes, we are in the middle of a recssion, but you miiiight not want to cut that funding for the drama department. Otherwise, you will have to contend with Fort Lauderdale High School junior Tatiana Rose-Becker and her ilk. Beware: They…
By the end of today, Florida drivers could have a new design option for their license plate: an image of a surfer inspired by the 60s surf flick, The Endless Summer. The state legislature is expected to OK a bill authorizing the new plate. Sounds pretty rad, right? But some…
This morning, Debra Villegas, the law firm employee who allegedly helped disgraced lawyer Scott Rothstein run his $1.2 billion Ponzi scheme, pled not guilty to a charge of money laundering in federal court in Fort Lauderdale — a move that observers say was just a formality. Villegas’s next court appearance…
Here’s the image you need to print out and bring to your local Jamba Juice for a BOGO (buy one, get one) special that lasts through the weekend. The promotion is being offered to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the company and its “better-for-you” chain-food choices. (Watch those carbs!) We…
Michael Bennett, currently executive chef at Bimini Boatyard — home of the famous Bimini Bread — will sign copies of his cookbook — with the adventurous title In the Land of Misfits, Pirates, and Cooks — at the Fort Lauderdale outpost of Barnes & Noble (2051 N. Federal Highway [U.S…
As the paparazzi continue to hunt for Tiger Woods (and I do mean hunt — tabloids have offered at least one New Times reporter hundreds of dollars for news tips about the golf star, and hundreds of thousands for photos), his alleged mistress, Rachel Uchitel has been venturing out near…
If you’ve lived in South Florida for any length of time, chances are, there are fewer than six degrees of separation between you and the tight-knit Pundik family. Of the three creative Pundik kids, Jordan is the singer for New Found Glory (and is currently on tour with his friends…
Is it a documentary? A mockumentary? Or propaganda sent out by John Tesh? (He’s an alien, you know.) Buzz has been swirling around “I’m Gonna Do It Until the Day I Die,” (made by West Palm Beach’s Majic Robot Films), which details the tragic disappearance of the Detroit band MOG…
Night Watch is a regular feature about bars and clubs by nightlife columnist Tara Nieuwesteeg. We walked in to Whiskey Tango All American Bar and Grill (1903 Hollywood Blvd, Hollywood; 954-925-2555; whiskeytangofl.com) to the sounds of an atrocious cover band playing “Summer of ’69” and grabbed a high table…
Night Watch is a regular feature about bars and clubs by nightlife columnist Tara Nieuwesteeg. On a bar-hopping tour of Hollywood, I popped into PRL Euro Cafe (1904 A Hollywood Blvd, Hollywood; 954-980-8945; prlcafe.com), a narrow venue with a few chairs at the front and a long bar extending along…
Night Watch is a regular feature about bars and clubs by nightlife columnist Tara Nieuwesteeg. It was in the low 70s–breezy, but pleasant–as my wingman and I walked up starry Hollywood Boulevard. The air was crisp, and the street was alive with the clicking of high heels, the kind…
A couple of years ago, we ran a feature story about GlobeTel, a company that was supposedly going to deploy blimp-like satellites across the country and beam down internet signals. There were a few problems with the scheme: building hi-tech airships seemed a job more suited for big aerotech companies…
Here’s a cut-and-paste press release about where and when you can — finally — get the swine flu vaccine. Officials at the Broward County Health Department announced Broward County’s first H1N1 Vaccination Clinic which shall be open to all members of the public starting Monday, November 30, 2009 at the…
Skot OlsenA few months ago, New Times Broward-Palm Beach announced that we would be giving away $4,000 to local artists through our first-ever MasterMind Awards, sponsored by the Amplitude Academy of Musical Arts, a new music school in Boca. This past Saturday, winners were announced at the Artopia event at…
Ever since lawyer Scott Rothstein went missing last week, only to return to the country amid allegations of running a $400 million Ponzi scheme, some observers have wondered how this news might affect one of the story’s subplots: the March 2008 murder of Melissa Britt Lewis, a young attorney who…
Dr. Rene Varela The local community of marine mammal experts is a relatively small one, so the Juice has been asking some high-level folks in the scientific community to weigh in on the recent controversy surrounding veterinarian Dr. Rene Varela, candidate for mayor of Lake Worth. One expert, who spoke…
Two days ago, we posted this story about how protesters in Lake Worth targeted mayoral candidate Rene Varela, shining light on his work with Ocean Embassy, an Orlando company (formed by ex-SeaWorld employees) that has plans to build a resort in Panama featuring marine animal attractions. The company has also…
It’s not unusual for politicians to want to hide controversial details of their lives: adulterous affairs, DUI arrests, bankruptcies. Leave to the reliably kooky city of Lake Worth to have this week’s most interesting political scandal: rivals of mayoral candidate Rene Varela — a marine mammal veterinarian — say that…
Today, newswires were abuzz with the information that a Washington-based nonprofit group called the Cancer Project, on behalf of two plantiffs in Connecticut, filed a class-action lawsuit against Burger King, McDonald’s, and Friendly’s. The lawsuit alleges that chicken sold by the three restaurant chains contains a chemical, PhIP, which causes…
Sheree Silver is the psychic who, for an episode of the TV series “Wife Swap” left Florida for a week to live with the Heene family in Colorado earlier this year. In that episode, which originally aired in the spring, Silver remarks on camera that the show will be her…
Audiences were riveted to TV yesterday as authorities tracked a homemade flying saucer across Colorado, believing that a six-year-old boy, Falcoln Heene, may be trapped inside the wayward flying vessel. Later in the day, after the boy was found safely at home, speculation grew that the incident was a hoax…
