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  • Blogs

    March 29, 2012

    Scarlett Johansson, Mila Kunis -- Who Else Did Christopher Chaney, Florida's Celebrity Hacker, Spy On?

    ​Earlier this week, a 35-year-old Jacksonville man, Christopher Chaney, pleaded guilty to charges that he hacked into celebrity email accounts and leaked nude photos of several of them, including Scarlett Johansson and Mila Kunis. He faces up to 60 years in prison, according to the Associated Pres ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 5, 2012

    Super Bowl Liveblog From Louis the Clueless Orphan Sports Fan

    A photo from Louis's childhood​Louis did not have an average childhood. An orphan, he was taken in by kindly nuns, but now he's 30 years old and the nuns finally convinced him to move out. He was raised to be a kind and forgiving gentleman, but his experience in the orphanage had one blind spot -- ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 26, 2010

    Joe Alu Sets the Record Straight?

    Former Kim Rothstein bodyguard Joe Alu can be a very slippery guy. He called me today because he didn't like the mention of the steroids investigation in the previous post, but when I asked about his former employer, he went all "60 Minutes lawyer" on me. A snippet of our conversation:   ... More >>

  • News

    February 25, 2010

    Max Mermelstein, the Snitch Who Brought Down the Cocaine Cowboys, Hid for Two Decades

    Former Kim Rothstein bodyguard Joe Alu can be a very slippery guy. He called me today because he didn't like the mention of the steroids investigation in the previous post, but when I asked about his former employer, he went all "60 Minutes lawyer" on me. A snippet of our conversation:   ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 6, 2010

    Prison for Whistleblower; Probation for $6 Million Tax Cheater

    Flickr​The 60 Minutes segment was called "A Crack in the Vault." That "vault" contained all the billions and billions that wealthy Americans stowed in Swiss bank accounts, with the assistance of UBS, in order to cheat on taxes. And the person who cracked the vault was Bradley Birkenfeld, who gave ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 2, 2009

    Gregg Easterbrook on Michael Vick and Animal Cruelty

    ​Two weeks ago, former Atlanta Falcon's superstar Michael Vick appeared on 60 Minutes to give his first interview after his release from jail. For those of you living under rocks and sustaining yourselves on grubs and nightcrawlers, Vick was charged in December 2007 with running an illegal dogfigh ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 26, 2009

    Hollywood Drug Maker Scorned Nationally, Advertising Locally

    http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/A screen grab from the Broward edition of this morning's Miami Herald.​A month after a national magazine named Resveratrol Ultra among the drug supplements that profit from what appear to be misleading advertisements and in the week following its being menti ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 31, 2009

    With Regret, Hollywood Drug Retailer Making Bucks Off Dishonest Advertisement

    ​The researcher who discovered the possible life-extending powers of resveratrol sold his company for $780 million, which probably means he doesn't need to sell his endorsement to a company called FWM Laboratories that operates out of a shabby industrial neighborhood near I-95 between Stirling and ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 17, 2009

    UC Berkeley Study: Carbon Cap Good for Florida's Economy

    If maps with red don't convince you global warming is bad, maybe money will do it. It's trendy to go green these days. Fashionable to recycle, not waste water or litter, and help keep the planet what we like to call "inhabitable." But a new study from the University of Calif ... More >>

  • News

    May 28, 2009

    Mutual Benefits Con Man Joel Steinger Spent a Lifetime Getting Mobbed Up

    If maps with red don't convince you global warming is bad, maybe money will do it. It's trendy to go green these days. Fashionable to recycle, not waste water or litter, and help keep the planet what we like to call "inhabitable." But a new study from the University of Calif ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 16, 2009

    Fort Lauderdale, You Have Tea on Your Face

    Who would have guessed that witnessing a tea bagging would be so hard to swallow? Honestly, I thought yesterday afternoon was going to be funny. I figured I'd stroll a few blocks from the New Times the Juice office down to the federal courthouse at Broward and NE Third Avenue and see a fe ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 23, 2009

    Wade, Heat Shut Down Detroit

    I don't want to pile on the poor city of Detroit. That place has fallen on Dustbowl-esque hard times as of late. Half the population vacated the city, and the average cost of a home is now $18,000. President Obama mentioned Detroit in the litany of choices he has to make between "bad and worse" ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 16, 2009

    Tribune's Lee Abrams Defines America

    In his latest think piece, Tribune Co. Chief Innovation Officer Lee Abrams describes the transformation of the company's national cable channel, WGN, into "WGN-America." "WHY 'AMERICA'? Because there's more to life than Hollywood and Manhattan," Abrams writes. "The channel will speak to Mi ... More >>

  • Film

    December 11, 2008

    Nixon in a Deep Frost

    Langella and Sheen capture a summit of ego as Frost/Nixon goes from stage to screen

  • Blogs

    November 25, 2008

    Abrams: Tribune Should Study USA Today's Success

    We have the latest think piece from Tribune Co. Innovation Chief Lee Abrams and it's another doozy. I can't begin to capture the Abrams vibe, but here are some highlights:   -- He proposes to "blow up" an underperforming TV station in the Tribune chain and totally "rethink" the m ... More >>

  • News

    July 24, 2008

    10-S-N-E-1?

    Pay Through the Nose

  • Calendar

    December 27, 2007

    Draw Your Own Conclusions

    Pay Through the Nose

  • Music

    December 20, 2007
  • Film

    December 20, 2007

    Moolah for Mullahs

    All aboard the '80s way-back machine for Mike Nichols' good-time Charlie

  • News

    May 3, 2007

    Camilo's Retreat

    He left the war behind to enter a whole new controversy

  • Blogs

    March 31, 2006

    Yahoo For Tiger

    He left the war behind to enter a whole new controversy

  • News

    March 2, 2006

    The Rave's Back, Baby

    It's glowstick time again, and strangely, we have Mara Giulianti to thank

  • News

    September 8, 2005

    An' Jushtiss f'r All!

    The Luckiest Perps

  • Film

    June 9, 2005

    Scoundrel Time

    Alex Gibney expertly captures the lies and fall of Enron

  • News

    May 19, 2005

    Doctor's Orders

    South Florida's Smut Doctors broadcast filthy radio to the world

  • Film

    October 28, 2004
  • Film

    November 27, 2003

    Muck, Raked

    A dirty journo gets busted in Shattered Glass

  • News

    November 20, 2003

    Letters for November 20, 2003

    Caribbean Sounds Great

  • Film

    August 21, 2003

    Habitat for Inhumanity

    The "asylums" depicted in The Magdalene Sisters undermine both the Catholic Church and the popular image of Ireland

  • News

    June 12, 2003

    How Much Does Credibility Cost?

    Boca Raton video producer Mark Kielar signed Cronkite, Brown, and Safer to host thinly veiled advertisements -- until the deal fell apart

  • News

    January 24, 2002

    Wally's War

    Walter Philbrick's Hollywood lair is the one-stop shop for all your post-9/11 needs - and home to some truly odd characters

  • News

    June 22, 2000

    Let Me Kill Myself

    Before he dies of Lou Gehrig's disease, Phil Snaith wants to accomplish one final goal: force the state to allow assisted suicides

  • Culture

    May 25, 2000

    Inside the Soap Box

    Michael Moore gets out of his La-Z-Boy to find The Awful Truth

  • News

    September 2, 1999

    Lock, Stock, and 48 Smoking Barrels

    A year ago Wayne and Danny Dagenais stole guns from a family friend. In an effort to keep then-16-year-old Wayne out of jail, their parents tried to retrieve the weapons. But the plan didn't work.

  • Film

    April 9, 1998

    Moore Is Less

    A year ago Wayne and Danny Dagenais stole guns from a family friend. In an effort to keep then-16-year-old Wayne out of jail, their parents tried to retrieve the weapons. But the plan didn't work.

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