Captain Sig Hansen of Discovery’s The Deadliest Catch is a man. A real man.After all, he faces unrelenting storms, 900-pound swinging crab pots and arctic temperatures for a living — a rare find in this modern world where the biggest workplace danger is carpal tunnel.Deadliest Catch isn’t just a clever…
Earlier this month, we complained that Showtime was being too tease-y with their teasers about the upcoming season of Dexter, which will also be its last. Give us something to sink our teeth into, we pleaded.We asked, and now we have received.Yesterday, Showtime posted a two-minute trailer beginning where last…
Anyone who’s wandered into Hialeah and tried to order a cafecito with zero Spanish skills knows something about the constant culture clash that is life in the Magic City. Namely, that a healthy sense of humor helps us relate to our fellow man in the middle of a cultural melting pot. And…
See Palace Drag Queen LaTrice Royale Cast on RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars.Nobody likes to travel with a diva. But in the case of the “Drag Stars at Sea” cruise, sailing from Miami in December, approximately 1,000 passengers will be signing up to do just that.Travel site AlandChuck.travel, based in…
Today in “cartoons for grown-ups” news, Vulture reports Mad Men actor Jon Hamm has signed on to play a talking toilet in an upcoming episode of Bob’s Burgers.(Aside: Are you watching Bob’s Burgers? Not enough people are watching Bob’s Burgers. You should all be watching Bob’s Burgers.)Hamm’s known for making…
See City Commissioners Plan to Evict Burn Notice from Coconut Grove; Burn Notice Eviction Not for Public Debate, Commissioners Say.It looks like Michael Westen has overcome his latest “burn” — for the next year, at least.After months of failed talks between Burn Notice’s producers, who want to keep filming the…
If you’re a film buff, you probably have a favorite director, can smell a cheesy rom-com from the first five seconds of its trailer, and know that anything produced by James Cameron is going to blow your mind with computer-generated imagery. But who’s your favorite special effects make-up artist? Aha!…
Whitney Houston, Actress: Surveying the Great Diva’s Checkered Film Career
William Friedkin on Killer Joe and What’s Wrong With Hollywood
“My son is sick right now, covered in zits. It’s not contagious — I mean, it’s contagious, but don’t worry: Grown-ups don’t catch it. It’s called mouth-foot-and-butt disease or something.” Julie Delpy materializes on the patio of Hollywood’s Chateau Marmont on a wave of nervous energy. Hair pinned up away…
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Total Recall 1990: The Old, Good One
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You’ve heard it every time you travel. Standing in line, waiting to be screened by the TSA, between chugging the last of your water and clumsily removing your shoes, someone around you always says it, the one infuriating thing everyone else is thinking:”What is the point of this, anyway?”The common…
HBO sure got its money’s worth from the Miami Dolphins this past weekend. On Friday night, shortly before kick-off of the first preseason game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, the team announced that quarterback David Garrard, a free agent pick-up brought in to compete for the starting job, would be…
Here at Cultist, we love a “local artist makes it big” story. And those stories are all the more impressive when said artist had to overcome some difficult situations to reach his success. That’s what Miami-born filmmaker Jesse Quinones is doing with his upcoming family drama, Calloused Hands. The filmmaker,…
