Ordinarily, when you’re standing at a carving station and you say something like, “Give me some of that meat,” it’s a pretty straight-forward conversation. But if you’re at a swingers club, like Trapeze in western Broward, it seems every word takes on a new, more complicated meaning.If you saw the…
Animal-rights activists have long decried circuses as one of the most blatant and correctable violators of animal rights. (Stampeding and screaming elephants have long agreed.) And the Cole Bros. Circus, which was in Boca Raton this weekend and will travel around South Florida for the next month, is one…
Richard Lippner, the wealthy Fort Lauderdale socialite under investigation after two young women died in his apartment four months apart, will not be charged with a crime related to their deaths, according to police.This afternoon, Fort Lauderdale police spokesperson Sgt. Frank Sousa said the case against Lippner is closed. Though…
All the talk in the NFL this week is about troubled wide receiver (and Fort Lauderdale resident) Randy Moss, who was waived by the Minnesota Vikings only four games after they traded to get him — in part because of a disturbing rant he unleashed against a local food vendor…
After weeks of television ads, door-to-door campaigning, and no fewer than four different town-hall events, Karen Harrington was in good spirits this morning. In a brief phone call, she told the Juice that internal polling over the last few weeks — combined with a large, last-second get-out-the-vote campaign — has…
You remember the story of Guerdwich Montimer, the 22-year-old graduate of Dillard High School who allegedly posed as a 16-year-old junior high basketball player — and had sex with a teenaged girl — in Odessa, Texas, the setting for the book, movie, and television show Friday Night Lights.No court date…
Jon Bougher and Roman Safiullin with the subject of their film.Two University of Florida graduate students who almost didn’t get to graduate are now bringing their controversial film to the Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival. And there will be no disclaimers.Jon Bougher, originally from New Hampshire, and Roman Safiullin of…
flickr.comCeline Dion’s rep confirms that she gave birth to twins Saturday at 11:11 and 11:12 a.m. Now we’re confident that during the Canadian superstar’s stay at St. Mary’s Medical Center in West Palm Beach, she pored over hundreds of possible baby names.But we also know that the delicate 42-year-old diva…
Last week we brought a recap of the premiere of Wellington resident Vanilla Ice’s new home improvement reality show, The Vanilla Ice Project. In the show, Vanilla Ice (real name Rob Van Winkle) and his buddies are renovating a 7,000-square-foot mansion “rock star-style,” which includes basically pimping out the entire…
If there’s one thing Americans love, it’s seeing pets dressed in costumes. This year this country will spend more than $10 million on Halloween costumes for their pets.The animal rights activists who’ve been protesting the Puppy Palace in Hollywood know this all too well. That’s why on Sunday, October 31,…
For more photos, click here. They line up across the stage: kings of consumption, sultans of scarf. A half-dozen cameras hover around them, zooming in on waistlines and jaw lines and a few anxious, ticking fingers. In another setting, they might be freakish outcasts, but here they’re revered professional athletes…
Tara NieuwesteegPickle Champ Pat BertolettiIn this week’s print product, the cover story is about the World Pickle Eating Championship, held last month in Pompano Beach.As the story recounts, the event was a barrage on all the senses. But what the audience didn’t hear much of was the disgusting sucking and…
flickr.comNever bring a gun to a sandwich fight.Steve Lebrun, a manager at the Miami Subs on Sunrise Boulevard in Fort Lauderdale, had an amazing encounter with a robber on Sunday evening, according to police. The suspect, Devane Jenkins, entered the restaurant at 661 W. Sunrise Blvd. on Sunday at 8:18…
flickr.comThough certain Florida politicians would have you believe they are dutifully “protecting” marriage with laws preventing gay people from legally marrying, a new list of America’s 50 “Divorce Capitals” has more cities from the Sunshine State than anywhere else.The website, the Daily Beast, put the list together, ranking cities by…
Wilton Manors policeRobert GrigelaitisA few weeks ago, Andrew VonStein, a realtor in the central Ohio town of Twin Lakes, was found shot to death in a ranch-style house he was hoping to sell. Now police are looking for the suspect in South Florida.Wilton Manors police are asking the public for…
flickr.comThough most of the scene had been cleaned up by this weekend, the patrons and employees of Beach Place were still discussing the shocking murder-suicide that took place there, in front of at least a dozen witnesses, in broad daylight last Wednesday.One man was standing right outside Maui Nix Surf…
DIY NetworkIf there’s a renovation problem, yo, Vanilla Ice will solve it. If you had any doubts, they were proven wrong in last night’s debut of his new reality-home improvement show, The Vanilla Ice Project.In the show, Rob Van Winkle (better-known as Vanilla Ice) and his buddies renovate a 7,000-square-foot…
This week’s print product features a cover story about the heartbreaking but increasingly common phenomenon of child hyperthermia — kids sweltering to death in hot cars. The article tells the story of Antonio Balta, who is six years into a 20-year sentence for accidentally killing his 9-month-old daughter. As disturbing…
courtesy Bradley SpringerThe Miami Herald issued an incredibly lame correction this afternoon on a story that appeared on the front page of their sports section earlier this week. The brief, ambiguous note seems to be an admission that one of the paper’s most celebrated sports reporters was completely and utterly…
DIY NetworkHe was once one of the most famous individuals in the country, with the highest-selling rap album of all time. People know the hair, the old outfits, the regrettable comments, the dramatic fall from grace. But most people don’t know that Vanilla Ice is also in the real estate…
Babies Left in Hot cars: Accident or Crime?
In promotion of his forthcoming renovation-themed reality show, Rob Van Winkle (better-known as Rob Van Winkle) has been on quite a media blitz. He’s bantered about The Vanilla Ice Project with Jay Leno, George Lopez, the crew from the Today Show, and several other publicity tour staples. But it was…
