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Hellzapoppin: The Sideshow Freaks Are Coming to Town

Hellzapoppin: Those Sideshow Freaks Are Coming to Town

Sideshow freaks? "Freak" is a word we use endearingly, of course. First thing we think about is the lady who can grow a beard. No doubt, she exists. We see gals with killer 'staches all the time. But she's not a sideshow performer, she's the eye candy. These folks perform. Check out what they claim. ... More >>

Downton Abbey, the Best Show on Television

​Downton Abbey is a total television phenomenon. So much so that this PBS Masterpiece Classic was added to the Guinness Book of World Records in 2011 as the most critically acclaimed TV show in the English language. More than American Idol. More than The Sopranos?! That's sayin ... More >>

Kobayashi Sets Twinkie-Eating Record: Here Are Some Records Set in Florida

​Champion eater Takero Kobayashi set a Guinness World Record on the Wendy Williams Show by successfully eating 14 Hostess Twinkies in one minute.Kobayashi downed the endangered treats while a studio audience and a Guinness official watched. In fact, the official had the... ummm... interesting task ... More >>

Ron Jeremy Rum Owner Explains Product: "Captain Morgan has one leg, Ron de Jeremy has Three"

Jatinder Channa​Want Rum De Jeremy to penetrate your local liquor market? Let the staff at One Eyed Spirits know at www.rondejeremy.com

World's Highest Restaurant Opens in Dubai

Flickr/Sarbeth 718 Atmosphere is the highest restaurant in the world.​Move over, Space Needle and Stratosphere restaurant! The world's tallest restaurant has just opened in Dubai, and the view and prices are as high as you can get without wings. Atmosphere is located on the 122nd floor of ... More >>

Shaka, Brah!

Flickr/Sarbeth 718 Atmosphere is the highest restaurant in the world.​Move over, Space Needle and Stratosphere restaurant! The world's tallest restaurant has just opened in Dubai, and the view and prices are as high as you can get without wings. Atmosphere is located on the 122nd floor of ... More >>

Juggling Pros

Flickr/Sarbeth 718 Atmosphere is the highest restaurant in the world.​Move over, Space Needle and Stratosphere restaurant! The world's tallest restaurant has just opened in Dubai, and the view and prices are as high as you can get without wings. Atmosphere is located on the 122nd floor of ... More >>

Palm Beach's James Patterson Profiled in NYT Magazine

​jFor better or worse, people do judge books by their covers. And if a cover has the name James Patterson on it, there is a much better chance someone will deem that book worthy of purchase. That's one of the primary themes of this week's New York Times Magazine cover story about the former advert ... More >>

Marc Anthony

​jFor better or worse, people do judge books by their covers. And if a cover has the name James Patterson on it, there is a much better chance someone will deem that book worthy of purchase. That's one of the primary themes of this week's New York Times Magazine cover story about the former advert ... More >>

Fort Lauderdale Thrills the World -- Maybe

This Saturday night at around 8:30 local time, the world will be attacked by zombies. They'll look like the ones in the video above. It's part of Thrill the World 2009, the global attempt to set a Guinness World Record for the largest simultaneous performance of Michael Jackson's "Thriller." An esti ... More >>

Biggest Cupcake: Lamest Guinness Record Ever?

Photo: thinkpinkrocks.com​We were all beaming with pride this past weekend when a Deerfield Beach company, Big Top Cupcake, unveiled a colossal confection: a 1,316-pound cupcake that even had a big heart, raising awareness for Think Pink Rocks, a breast cancer charity.But the reason this is a lame ... More >>

World's Largest Cupcake to Trounce Mizner Park at Think Pink Rocks

Who you calling a cupcake, cupcake?​Tomorrow night's Think Pink Rocks concert at the Count de Hoernle Amphitheater in Mizner Park should be full of cupcakes screaming groupie-style at hip-hop artists AKON and Shontelle. But one cupcake in particular will tower over all the rest: the 1500-pound pin ... More >>

Can a Serial Killer Save a West Palm-Based Television Network?

Photo courtesy Ion Media NetworksDurham County's Det. Mike Sweeney and Ray Prager - two of the worst fathers / husbands in television history.​Durham County has a sneaky way of getting under your skin. Maybe it's the familiar anytown where it's set. Or the way the characters line up along a moral ... More >>

Hole in One for 4-Year-Old Boy From Boca

DayPortPlayer.newPlayer({articleID:"13845",bannerAdObjectID:"5",videoAdObjectID:"4",videoAdConDefID:"2",playerInstanceID:"24FAD9E0-DC70-2532-414F-7E6F051C4C2F",domain:"wptv.dayport.com",rootCategory:"null",categoryID:"3",accPos:"CCTVI.SPORTS.LOCAL",accSite:"WPTV"}); A nearly Guinness Book record-set ... More >>

Locals Help Set Skinny Dipping World Record

John Mark DayOn Saturday, nudists around the country set out to establish a Guinness World Record for the number of people simultaneously skinny dipping. Some locals -- 800 alone from a group called South Florida Free Beaches that organized at Haulover Beach (see photo, above), plus 31 participants ... More >>

The Bare Maximum

John Mark DayOn Saturday, nudists around the country set out to establish a Guinness World Record for the number of people simultaneously skinny dipping. Some locals -- 800 alone from a group called South Florida Free Beaches that organized at Haulover Beach (see photo, above), plus 31 participants ... More >>

Get the Skinny on Skinny Dipping World Record

John Mark DayOn Saturday, nudists around the country set out to establish a Guinness World Record for the number of people simultaneously skinny dipping. Some locals -- 800 alone from a group called South Florida Free Beaches that organized at Haulover Beach (see photo, above), plus 31 participants ... More >>

Paul Oakenfold

John Mark DayOn Saturday, nudists around the country set out to establish a Guinness World Record for the number of people simultaneously skinny dipping. Some locals -- 800 alone from a group called South Florida Free Beaches that organized at Haulover Beach (see photo, above), plus 31 participants ... More >>

Marc Anthony

John Mark DayOn Saturday, nudists around the country set out to establish a Guinness World Record for the number of people simultaneously skinny dipping. Some locals -- 800 alone from a group called South Florida Free Beaches that organized at Haulover Beach (see photo, above), plus 31 participants ... More >>

... Because Seminole Gamblers Aren't Quite Cash-Crazed Enough

From March 18 to 20, the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino will kick off a unique marketing ploy that is both a customer lure and a photo op. No, there's no Disney character dressed in a furry costume, no photogenic celebrity host, not even a wax statue of Chief Billie. Just $5 million in cold, ... More >>

Is DMX the Dumbest Rapper Alive?

From March 18 to 20, the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino will kick off a unique marketing ploy that is both a customer lure and a photo op. No, there's no Disney character dressed in a furry costume, no photogenic celebrity host, not even a wax statue of Chief Billie. Just $5 million in cold, ... More >>

Paging Freaks

Guinness writes the book on gaming, but doesn't shatter any records.

Eggstremely Important Food News

Guinness writes the book on gaming, but doesn't shatter any records.

A Less Fluffy FLIFF

The annual film fest has trimmed the carbs but saved the meat.

Sun-Sentinel Falls For 7-Eleven Sham

The annual film fest has trimmed the carbs but saved the meat.

Gimme Sommore

The annual film fest has trimmed the carbs but saved the meat.

Letters for September 1-7, 2005

The annual film fest has trimmed the carbs but saved the meat.

Tailpipe

Go Climb a...

Letters for January 20-26, 2005

Go Climb a...

Pierce and Play

Joe Amato sets a record -- and sets the past right

No Question

Jadakiss cashes in on controversy

Mod-el Behavior

Professional smart-asses crack up Lake Worth

Major League Invites the Minors

Professional smart-asses crack up Lake Worth

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

Professional smart-asses crack up Lake Worth

Cinematic Sprawl

The film festival that grew and grew

The Bug

Pressure (Tiger Beat 6)

Go Fly a Kite

Kites Unite Against Pet Overpopulation

Ocean's Heaven

Lauderdale-by-the-Sea's OceanFest is all wet

Skate or Die

In the 1970s, the Z-Boys were hell on wheels. Today, they're shredding the big screen.

Taxi Tales

16th Annual Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival

Undercurrents

A nightclub in the fast lane, a newspaper in the slow one, and a Brazilian with his thumb out

Gustavo's Travels

Brazil's Forrest Gump makes a pit stop in the Sunshine State

The Fest That Ate South Florida

This year's Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival is bigger and... well, bigger

Best Coffeehouse

Chocolate Moose Coffeehouse

Sand Blast

Chocolate Moose Coffeehouse

The Straight Dope

Chocolate Moose Coffeehouse