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MasterChef Casting in South Florida

If you've always dreamed of going on television and being verbally assaulted by Gordon Ramsay, your opportunity is coming soon to south Florida.MasterChef is casting for its fourth season. The Fox cooking competition features Ramsay mentoring amateur chefs who think they've got what it takes to make ... More >>

Palate Party's Robyn Almodovar Hosts Hell's Kitchen Watch Party Tonight

There's only one thought that comes to mind when we watch Hell's Kitchen, the combination cooking show/fraternity hazing hosted by foul-mouthed chef Gordon Ramsay on Fox television -- "is it worth it?"For local chef Robyn Almodovar, the answer is yes. The Le Cordon Bleu graduate's food truck, Palate ... More >>

Seth McFarlane's "Ted" is Stuffed With More of the Same

Fourth of July, Mango Mania, and Other Food Events This Week in South Florida

In the event that your holiday shenanigans are getting off to an early start, Clean Plate Charlie has put together a list of food and drink events (including a few fireworks- and barbecue-filled parties) happening this coming week and weekend in Broward and Palm Beach counties. And in case you' ... More >>

Monday: Hell's Kitchen Food Truck Invasion With Chef Robyn Almodovar

Local chef Robyn Almodovar always had a love for food and proved it while working at The Forge, Devito South Beach, and the Royal Palm Hotel. Now she's showing off her culinary skills to a national audience as one of the 18 contestants on Season 10 of FOX's Hell's Kitchen, premiering Monday, June 4, ... More >>

Allen West, Believe It or Not, Takes Up the Most Airtime of Any House Freshman

Harriet Tubman​Believe it or not, Rep. Allen West -- the self-proclaimed "modern-day Harriet Tubman" who compared being gay to liking ice cream and riding scooters, said gay soldiers can "change their behavior," called not-a-lady Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz the "most vile, unprofessional, and de ... More >>

Gov. Rick Scott Light Rail Saved More Than $300 Million, but That's Chump Change Compared to These Budget Sinkholes

spike55151Gov. Rick Scott last week turned down $2.4 billion in federal money to build high-speed rail in Florida, saying it could cost the state $300 million in cost overruns. And that got us thinking: Doesn't the state blow $300 million-plus like it's pocket change? So we searched for other simila ... More >>

Hell's Kitchen Open Casting Call

​The Brits can be scary folks with their superior verbal skills and sophisticated disdain: Americans hear the accent and expect decorum, tact, painfully perfect manners. And then you get called an "ignorant fucking cunt" and are left wondering what the hell just happened - but the funny thing is, ... More >>

So You Think You can F#@k: A Game Show -- in 3D! -- Soon to Film in Fort Lauderdale

From soyouthinkyoucanfuck.netHost Matthew Rush, recently seen as Voldemorecock in Whorrey Potter and the Sorcerer's Balls.​A Fort Lauderdale entrepreneur is looking for contestants who think they can fuck for a game show he calls So You Think You Can Fuck.That entrepreneur, adult filmmaker Domini ... More >>

Lee DeWyze Leads "American Idol Live!" Tour at BankAtlantic

Lighthouse Point's Le Bistro Still a Kitchen Nightmare

Food Events on the Radar

Chef Gordon Ramsay duking it out with Anna Vincenzo's owner Concetta Menna.​• Last year, three South Florida restaurants were chosen to be a part of Fox's reality TV series Kitchen Nightmares, with host Gordon Ramsay. The second of those episodes is airing tonight at 9 p.m. on Fox. It's on Anna ... More >>

Nothing But 'Net: Another Viral Video With Scottie Pippen

Fort Lauderdale's retired basketball great, Scottie Pippen, is all over the net these days. Last week we told you how the former Chicago Bulls stars was ambushed by extremely aggressive midgets. This week, Pippin has a supporting role in a segment from Fox's The Cleveland Show that's sure to be boun ... More >>

Food Season on the Boob Tube

Move over, Rachael; there are some new shows in town.​It seems as if food has become almost as popular a subject for television programming as reality shows -- when the two are combined, like on Top Chef, Kitchen Nightmare's, and Hell's Kitchen, the result is stratospheric. To be honest, I've neve ... More >>

Gordon Ramsay Films Kitchen Nightmares Segment @ Anna Vincenzo's in Boca Raton

Although I like cranky British Chef Gordon Ramsay, I'm not really a huge fan of his Fox show Kitchen Nightmares. It's far too formulaic, for one - every episode shares the same story arc, with only the set pieces changing - and it's 99% about drama and only 1% about food. The show on which the it w ... More >>

Hell's Kitchen 5 - Chef Danny

  This dude is appearing on Hell's Kitchen 5 premiering tonight on Fox at 9pm. His name is Danny and he's from Edgewater, Florida. There are three Florida contestants this year on Hell's Kitchen 5. Danny is 23 years old and works as an executive chef. He's a self proclaimed redneck who studied ... More >>

Hell's Kitchen 5 - Chef Paula DaSilva Interview - "The Eating Was The Worst"

This season FOX's smash reality hit Hell's Kitchen 5 features 3 Florida Chef's, Paula DaSilva is one of them. Paula works as Chef De Cuisine at 3030 Ocean at the Marriot's Harbor Beach Resort in Ft. Lauderdale. I spoke to her via telephone and here's what she had to say."I grew up in the business. ... More >>

The Real Sunday Ticket

Gordon Ramsay to Chastise Video Gamers this September

Touch of Evel

Heaven's Kitchen

At Lola's, chef Michael Wagner has your back

Mixed and Matched

See asses beaten at Warriors Collide II

Cool & Cocky

Detroit's Electric Six toe the line between rock and mock.

Cruella de Vogue

The Devil Wears Prada slaps the latest duds on an infamous fashion editor.

Our top DVD picks for the week of November 22.

Why We Need DVDs

Big Fun, Even Small

New releases available this week

Ballroom Battle

Out in the Styx

Aging bands + offbeat venues = interesting concerts

Best Career Move

Rick Sanchez

Pure Form

Girls Gone Mild!

Is there life after reality TV?

That '60s Show

Oliver Beene goes against fake millionaires and phony idols

End of the Road

Trio is the network where great shows go to die, and so much more

Flunk You

If Fox expels Undeclared, blame everyone but Judd Apatow

Net Loss

The government killed TV, and Hollywood's begging it to revive the corpse

TV or Not TV?

That's no longer the question for visionary Stephen J. Cannell, who now lives the novel life

Rescue 9/11

This year, a handful of shows provided the healing power of laughter

Hell of a Long Day

24 has been the most talked-about show of the season and for all the wrong reasons

Back to School

Judd Apatow's Freaks and Geeks grow up, more or less, and move to a dorm

Shoot Straight

Chris Carter considers the futures of X-Files and Lone Gunmen

Blow Up the Box

TV managed to suck and blow in 2000, but still, we watched...and watched

"Look! I Made This!"

Robert Altman wants your attention, if not your affection

School's Out

When Fox-TV canceled American High, the network hit a new low

Win, Lose, or Draw

Or: How do you bring a comic book to life without killing a superhero?

Tragicomedy

Rick Rockwell

Dawn of the Dead

Sci Fi's brilliant good vs. evil is a corpse in search of a burial

Geek love

The men behind this season's best shows -- and biggest failures -- blame it all on Regis

Love Is a Bumper Car

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