Two graduate film students at the University of Florida will be allowed to use footage they shot on a trip to Haiti since the earthquake in January in their thesis documentary. They will have to include a disclaimer at the beginning of the film that explains that the university did…
Bill Parcells, the Dolphins’ executive vice president of football operations, is “not worth a shit.” At least that’s what his former boss, Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones, was caught slurring on a shaky phone camera in video originally posted by Deadspin.The conversation starts when an unidentified man asks Jones –…
This weekend was eventful for animal rights activists in South Florida, especially for the people most staunchly opposed to businesses selling commercially bred puppies. Thursday in West Palm Beach, protesters held signs and chanted outside Palm Beach Puppies. Two activists were given citations that could cost more than $1,000 each…
Perhaps you’ve seen the bright-green T-shirts worn by roadside newspaper distributors advertising a new slogan for the South Florida Sun-Sentinel: “The Sun-Sentinel – How grandpa used to get his news.”These T-shirts were a gift to the Sun-Sentinel, actually. From the Juice.See, a few weeks ago, the Sun-Sentinel held a “Best…
This is a short clip from a documentary by two University of Florida film students. The students, Roman Safiullin from Fort Lauderdale and Jon Bougher from New Hampshire, were in Haiti in January when the big earthquake hit. Despite a university travel ban, the students went back to Haiti several…
Even after weeks of media coverage and national attention, two graduate film students at the University of Florida might not be able to graduate in a few weeks because of a documentary they are making about Haiti. School officials have ruled that the film made by Roman Safiullin of Fort…
Six years ago Antonio Balta, a then-27-year-old horse groomer working at Gulfstream Park in Hallandale Beach, left his 9-month-old daughter, Veronika, in the car as he waited inside for his girlfriend to get off work. It was mid-March and the temperature was in the low 70s. He went out to…
Even after weeks of media coverage and national attention, two graduate film students at the University of Florida might not be able to graduate in a few weeks because of a documentary they are making about Haiti. School officials have ruled that the film made by Roman Safiullin of Fort…
A few weeks ago, Puppy Palace in Hollywood was the site of a large animal rights demonstration and a simultaneous counterprotest. One side decried puppy mills and held signs that attempted to explain how many dogs go unadopted and die when people purchase expensive, commercially bred puppies. One man even…
Last month’s shooting outside Chances Nightclub in residential Lake Worth was startling, but it seems the incident — which left two young people in the hospital with life-threatening bullet wounds — is one more in a trend of nightclub shootings across South Florida.This week’s Cover Story in Miami New Times,…
The last time you saw Keith Ballard was in November, after he accidentally slashed the head of his own goalie. The incident even earned Ballard a spot on the 2009 Dirty Dozen list.Last night’s incident, at the BankAtlantic Center, wasn’t nearly as dangerous. But it was just as bizarre. In…
Glen Johnson has some thoughts about this weekend’s big fight in Las Vegas, the long-awaited (some say it’s coming years too late) rematch between boxing’s former favorite son (and Florida native) Roy Jones Jr. and spry statesman Bernard Hopkins. And when it comes to these two fighters, Johnson knows what…
It might have been gentler if Keith Olbermann just said: “Marco Rubio, you’re a little bitch.” Olbermann, MSNBC’s most outspoken political commentator, was ruthless in his message to Rubio last night, a response to remarks Rubio made yesterday during a speech in West Palm Beach. In a two-minute-long “Special Comment,”…
Wellington resident Rob Van Winkle (Vanilla Ice to you) is back with a brand new invention. Well, it’s kind of brand new. And kind of his invention. Either way, this collaboration with the Irish pop duo Jedward (teenage twins named John and Edward) went to number two on the UK…
One of the Juice’s favorite local charitable organizations, Planting Peace, will open a new orphanage in India next week. The nonprofit knows how to get kids off the streets. It already has four orphanages in Haiti.We had the chance to chat with Planting Peace founder Aaron Jackson (you can read…
Lingerie Football League executives, being the true arbiters of class and taste that they are, have put two of the best players in the league on probation for — of all things — having too much on during a recent photo shoot.Mariam Mortaza, sister of the league founder, recently informed…
The fact that the Amazing Randi is gay has long been an open secret. (The topic even comes up briefly in last August’s New Times cover story about him.) But yesterday, on the James Randi Educational Foundation website, Randi told the world.In a brief, thoughtful message, Randi described how much…
On Saturday, animal rights advocates took to Hollywood Boulevard, protesting Puppy Palace, a freestanding building that sells purebred puppies for $300 to $1,500 apiece. The protesters say nobody should be purchasing a commercially bred puppy when there are so many dogs in shelters across the country right now.After the animal…
Many people were very confused as they drove down Hollywood Boulevard on Saturday. There was a full-on protest on both sides of the street, replete with colorful signs, matching T-shirts, chanting, music, and adults wearing large, heavy dog costumes. Some drivers thought it was a protest in favor of animal…
Florida has given the rest of America so much over the years: delicious orange juice, great football players, cop dramas, a preposterous quantity of Disney paraphernalia, and more recently, the devastating social destruction of prescription pill addiction. Wayne Bird, chief of police in Williamsburg, the southernmost Kentucky town on I-75,…
Saint Patty’s Day is one of those rare times every year when a large part of the population can take a few hours to relax, kick back a few intoxicating beverages with friends, and try to forget the stresses of life. It’s a time for decent human beings to smile…
As America’s gamblers scramble to piece together their NCAA brackets this week, we’re realizing another tragic aspect of Lil Wayne’s unfortunate incarceration: In his absence, there are no super celebrities to pick amazingly accurate tournament brackets.In this video from last year, Lil Wayne lays out what turned out to be…
