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Broward GOP and Joe Kaufman Get Clowned by the Daily Show

​Remember when Nezar Hamze -- a Muslim and executive director of Florida's Council on American-Islamic Relations -- got shut out of the Broward Republican Executive Committee?That whole situation got a well-deserved clowning from the Daily Show With Jon Stewart.The show even landed a hilarious int ... 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 >>

Dalia Dippolito Guilty Verdict Comes After a Reality-TV Defense Not Based on Actual Reality

When Dalia Dippolito's trial began on charges that she tried to have her husband killed, her defense attorney dropped a bombshell. Attorney Michael Salnick claimed in opening statements that Dalia's husband, Michael, had planned the whole thing in an attempt to get on reality TV. It was a crazy defe ... More >>

Top Chef Masters Recap: The Biggest Loser Challenge

​The cheftestants walk in and find a bunch of cheeses with hottie Curtis Stone. Quickfire Challenge Make a masterful cheese dish. The guest diner is a cheese connoisseur to be named. Hmmm..wonder if it's Mickey Mouse (I mean Elmo was a judge on a recent Top Chef All-Stars Quickfire). ... More >>

Top Chef Masters Recap: Gettin' Squirmy With It

NBC/Universal​Bravo's Top Chef has (mostly) been a beacon of light in the dimly lit world of reality television. On Top Chef people are smart and driven and even though there are sharp knives and open flames, no one has been stabbed or set on fire purposely. Though some past chall ... More >>

Top Chef Recap: Paula Deen's Down Home Fry Fest

NBC Universal​In the last Top Chef, Angelo packed his knives because of a salty dish. Mike is totally freaking out about Angelo leaving. Even Tiffany thought it would be her turn to leave. Quickfire Challenge Paula Deen is there. Paula-freaking-Deen! Antonia says the challenge is going t ... More >>

Top Chef Recap: Fabio Makes a Booger for Jimmy Fallon

NBC Universal Another one bites the dust​Last Top Chef, Tre was sent home packing for his crummy risotto dish. Read the recap here. Quickfire Challenge The cheftestants walk into the kitchen and see fondue pots. Richard notes that his parents probably went to nude fondue parties (eww ... More >>

Ellen DeGeneres Turns 53 Today; South Florida Poet Continues Quest to Perform on Her Show

via MySpace and Kristinefoley.comRenda Writer traveled across the country for Ellen DeGeneres's birthday.​Ellen DeGeneres received an on-air mini-surprise party for her birthday today. Colin Farrell gave her a T-shirt with a photo of him kissing her (who wouldn't want that!), Julia Roberts gave he ... More >>

Top Chef Recap: Restaurant Wars (Fabio Charms Everyone)

NBC Universal Fabio Viviani ​Recap: on Last Week's Top Chef, the chefs were taken out on the S.S. Minnow for a three hour tour and fish fry.  Carla won a trip to Amsterdam and both Jamie (finally) and Tiffany were sent packing. Quickfire Challenge: The cheftestants walk into Le B ... More >>

Top Chef Recap: A Tom Colicchio Smackdown (He Is So Hot)

NBC Universal Tom Colicchio​Top Chef is probably Bravo's last and only foray into "real" reality television. For eight seasons we've gotten to enjoy the drama of cooking rather than drunken behavior, screaming matches and random hookups (though the show has had its fair share of all t ... More >>

The List: 13 Things Foodies Should Be Thankful For

​Thursday, November 25, is, of course, Thanksgiving Day. It's a day for Americans from coast to coast to gather family and friends and, in the spirit of the holiday, watch interminable football games between two pathetic teams of losers who couldn't beat their own grandmother with a tire iron. Tha ... More >>

Beauty Pageant Contestant to Appear on The Amazing Race

Smith, from her days as Miss South Carolina USA​Stephanie Smith of Fort Lauderdale is a former Miss South Carolina USA and a contestant on this season's edition of the CBS reality show, The Amazing Race. That puts her perilously close to two of the world's most notorious Youtube video memes.But le ... More >>

Cooking Channel's Original Programming Delivers For "Food People"

John LinnDarryl Robinson, host of Cooking Channel's new show Drink Up.​By now everyone's heard of the Cooking Channel. The new cable station launched two weeks ago with a focus on food programming for "food people" (so named because foodies don't like to be called foodies). It comes courtesy of th ... More >>

Does George LeMieux Think Obama Is Moses?

Sen. George LeMieux is beginning to doubt whether this Barack Obama fellow really is the Chosen One. Because if he were, Obama would be standing on the shore of the Gulf of Mexico, parting the sea. Oil to the left. Saltwater to the right. And his people (Americans) would be free.Seriously, what's w ... More >>

Big Brother Reality Show a Breeding Ground for Drug Conspiracy

Jasinski​Truth is stranger than fiction and reality shows are always more interesting when the cameras go dark. That's definitely the case with Big Brother, the execrable CBS show that forces an obnoxious group of people to be imprisoned within a camera-filled home. The winner of Big Brother 9 was ... More >>

The Other Fergie

Jasinski​Truth is stranger than fiction and reality shows are always more interesting when the cameras go dark. That's definitely the case with Big Brother, the execrable CBS show that forces an obnoxious group of people to be imprisoned within a camera-filled home. The winner of Big Brother 9 was ... More >>

Dancing With the Not-Exactly Stars

Jasinski​Truth is stranger than fiction and reality shows are always more interesting when the cameras go dark. That's definitely the case with Big Brother, the execrable CBS show that forces an obnoxious group of people to be imprisoned within a camera-filled home. The winner of Big Brother 9 was ... More >>

The Price Is Right (If It Pays Your Bar Tab)

Jasinski​Truth is stranger than fiction and reality shows are always more interesting when the cameras go dark. That's definitely the case with Big Brother, the execrable CBS show that forces an obnoxious group of people to be imprisoned within a camera-filled home. The winner of Big Brother 9 was ... More >>

Local TV Needs Character. Meet Bogey.

Bogey in actionEvery TV news station in South Florida follows the same script: attractive people reading a teleprompter full of news that's spectacular on video, inconsequential to the viewer and forgotten in a flash. Fine. It's theater. I get that. But theater thrives on character, too. And this is ... More >>

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Bogey in actionEvery TV news station in South Florida follows the same script: attractive people reading a teleprompter full of news that's spectacular on video, inconsequential to the viewer and forgotten in a flash. Fine. It's theater. I get that. But theater thrives on character, too. And this is ... More >>

Just Desserts

Ted Allen hosts a night of sweet and greet at Nectar

Last Night: Anthony Bourdain at the Arsht Center

This man loves Mac's Club Deuce. (Reason No. 293 why we love this man.) Better Than: Pounding cheap beers between a soul-crushing double on the saute station. The evidence, plainly, is undeniable: the best-selling books, the top-rated Travel Channel Show, the Top Chef judging gigs. Hell, even t ... More >>

The Kids Were Alright

This man loves Mac's Club Deuce. (Reason No. 293 why we love this man.) Better Than: Pounding cheap beers between a soul-crushing double on the saute station. The evidence, plainly, is undeniable: the best-selling books, the top-rated Travel Channel Show, the Top Chef judging gigs. Hell, even t ... More >>

Sesame’s Treats

This man loves Mac's Club Deuce. (Reason No. 293 why we love this man.) Better Than: Pounding cheap beers between a soul-crushing double on the saute station. The evidence, plainly, is undeniable: the best-selling books, the top-rated Travel Channel Show, the Top Chef judging gigs. Hell, even t ... More >>

Hot Scoops On The SoBe Wine & Food Festival

This man loves Mac's Club Deuce. (Reason No. 293 why we love this man.) Better Than: Pounding cheap beers between a soul-crushing double on the saute station. The evidence, plainly, is undeniable: the best-selling books, the top-rated Travel Channel Show, the Top Chef judging gigs. Hell, even t ... More >>

Our top DVD picks for the week of June 6:

This man loves Mac's Club Deuce. (Reason No. 293 why we love this man.) Better Than: Pounding cheap beers between a soul-crushing double on the saute station. The evidence, plainly, is undeniable: the best-selling books, the top-rated Travel Channel Show, the Top Chef judging gigs. Hell, even t ... More >>

Dumb Can Work

The world premiere of Hatchetman is the best television not on TV.

The Addams Family: Season One (MGM)

The world premiere of Hatchetman is the best television not on TV.

Nashville's Finest

Nashville Star Tour

Savage Station

The Sun-Sentinel's news station, WFTL-AM (850), was an oasis of local talk. Now it's just another haven for hate.

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More yuks than your gut can handle

Girls Gone Mild!

Is there life after reality TV?

Best News Anchor

Jackie Nespral Readers' Choice: Dwight Lauderdale, WPLG-TV (Channel 10)

Various Artists

Songs from the Street: 35 Years of Music (Sony Wonder)

Sesame Opens

Can you tell me how to get, how to get to the Brow-ow-oward Center?

Ron Gunzburger

is a long-time political consultant in South Florida. He recently became legal counsel and director of public affairs for the Broward County Appraiser's Office.

Daniel Rose

is owner of Daniel Rose Shoes, purveyor of Fort Lauderdale's showiest platforms and spikes

Your New Friends?

NBC hopes Coupling is its next hitcom, which bugs the show's biggest fans

Slick Rick

Why won't those mean, old, sniping critics just quiet down?

A Gay Ol' Time

Victoria Place, the live gay soap, would make Jody Dallas proud

Twisted Sitcom

For standup comic Christopher Titus, the truth about his messed-up family is funnier than fiction

Net Loss

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

Fast, Furious Farce

Caught in the Net snares big laughs, thanks in large part to a fantastic cast

Emmy or Not to Emmy?

That's been the long, hard decision for TV academy chairman Bryce Zabel

Hollywood Gaming

By bringing the audience along for the ride, Game Show rides a rising wave

Good Cop, Bad Cop

Denis Leary is on The Job, but can ABC find him an audience?

My Life in Jeopardy!

Ever dreamed of being a Jeopardy! game show contestant? Think you could sweep the board? Yeah, I did too.

Court TV

Ever dreamed of being a Jeopardy! game show contestant? Think you could sweep the board? Yeah, I did too.