Miami Beach has always been a scene. In the ’40s, it was centered around families like the Whitmans who was later built Bal Harbour Shops. In the ’70s, it was the cocaine cowboy-types, and in the ’90s, it was a group of crazy surfing party-goers. Wait, there was a surf…
We hear you spent all your money on iPhone apps that track how poor you are. So we’ve researched a lineup of free things to do this week to keep the inevitable depression at bay.Monday: What to do when the summer lull kicks in? Look for art in strange places,…
Everyone loves gratuitous nudity. Old ladies dig it. Hipster photographers (i.e. Ryan McGinley and imitators) have made careers documenting it. Pimply preteen males are huge, huge, huge fans. Even Bobo the Juggling Chimp smiles wide and winks when he sees a bare pair of boobies. All in all, the natural…
Listen, if you’re under the impression that the gay bear is a furry woodland creature with a fondness for honey, salmon, and same-sex members of its own species, you are totally mistaken. Go buy tickets to the new documentary Bear Nation, which will screen tonight as part of the Miami…
Hollywood would be happy to take Florida’s tax breaks, but it’s not exactly thrilled about controversial proposed legislation that would ban productions featuring GLBT characters from receiving state assistance.While the bill would ultimately up the amount of incentives to lure film and television productions to Florida, the “Family Friendly” clause,…
On a recent Friday night, Living Room, the cavernous Fort Lauderdale gay club, was bathed in black lights. There were the usual go-go dancers and drag queens. Men, and the occasional guidette, danced to stock tribal house in varying degrees of undress. The place was a jungle. Literally. This wasn’t…
Well, our hopes for a sequel to The Birdcage just got dampened. That’s because a new bill that increases tax incentives to lure television and movie production to Florida would deny those tax breaks to films that feature gay characters. And unlike the ultraconservative Republican politician in The Birdcage, it…
You may know Reed Cowan from WSVN’s weekend night news desk, but the openly gay anchor has been moonlighting as a filmmaker. After debuting at the Sundance Film Festival last month his latest documentary, 8: The Mormon Proposition, has been picked up for theatrical and DVD release.Narrated by Oscar-winning screenwriter…
HBO is still at work on a fictional adaption of Cocaine Cowboys, but the cable giant’s latest project takes on the life of another infamous villain from Miami-Dade’s past: Anita Bryant. The beauty queen turned popular singer turned Florida OJ pitchwoman turned raving anti-gay activist will get the biopic treatment in…
