With friends like these who needs enemies? That appears to be the feeling for the owner of the Gryphon nightclub, located at the Seminole Hardrock Hotel & Casino, Michael Ault. He tells me that longtime friend and New York City club owner Adam Hoch swiped his club name’s and concept,…
In this week’s feature, Gail Shepherd explores the art of scam-baiting. What does that art entail you ask? In plain English, it’s screwing with Internet crooks. This hobby involves responding to those annoying emails that inundate your spam box promising get rich quick schemes.Over in Bob Norman’s The Pulp, he…
With mega swindlers like Madoff and Rothstein running rampant, a rapacious capitalist like Donald Trump is almost a sweetheart in comparison. But he does not come without flaws. The Donald faces litigation in Tampa and Fort Lauderdale for allegedly falsifying his role in the construction of two luxury towers.The $300…
Joe Kessling isn’t ready to start naming names, but suffice to say they’re big — literally. He has commitments from Miami Dolphins, among other South Florida athletes, all dedicating part of their Saturday, November 21 to raising money for Michael Brewer, the Deerfield Beach 15-year-old who was set on fire…
For a third-hand manager, Joe Girardi’s doing pretty well for himself. In 2006, the Marlins fired the feisty Girardi after he got a verbal altercation with team owner Jeffrey Loria. Then Girardi’s longtime team, the Chicago Cubs had a chance to hire him, instead opting for the more experienced Lou…
They wear Speedos when it’s 50 degrees. They’re pushy in person and even pushier in a car. Then there’s those nauseating accents… With November, the snowbirds are back in town, and the New York variety have something to celebrate: Their beloved New York Yankees have finally made it through to…
Your weekly dose of Vitamin C: The Lake Worth muni election is getting nasty — and weird — as one candidate beats back allegations he’s racist and another defends himself against accusations of dolphin-trafficking.South Florida rapper Flo Rida released a video for his brand new single “Touch Me.” But don’t look…
That’s homemade footage of the world’s largest cruise ship, seen leaving it’s birthplace of Turku, Finland, bound for Fort Lauderdale. Set to make its posh premiere December 1 out of Port Everglades, Royal Caribbean’s $1.2 billion, 5,400-passenger Oasis of the Seas offers titanic luxury, minus lurking icebergs…
The owner of the Gryphon nightclub, located at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, says a Manhattan nightclub called Griffin has swiped his name.I’m no legal expert, but it looks like the only similarities between the two clubs’ names are their pronunciation and meaning: a mythical creature with an…
During the 2008 presidential campaign, Barack Obama talked a good game about leading a corporate clean-up crusade, calling for the arrest and prosecution of corporate swindlers. In this week’s feature, James Lieber outlines the president’s plan of attack and progress in nabbing Wall Street crooks — which is virtually non-existent…
Famed South Florida attorney and tabloid dream Willie Gary is making headlines, again — but not for his own flamboyant behavior. The Rolls Royce riding, property tax evading, proud sex tape producer’s son Kobie was busted in the Treasure Coast for allegedly operating an elaborate pot-growing house equipped with all…
It’s been decades since a young aspiring comedian named Brian Regan took the stage at an open-mic night in a Fort Lauderdale comedy club. He knew that his debut might be tough, but he never imagined a worst-case scenario like the one that occurred that night…
The South Broward Medical District was found not guilty of malpractice in the case of a Fort Lauderdale mom who lost all her limbs after being misdiagnosed by doctors, but the case is far from over. A Broward judge has taken the unusual step of calling for a new trial,…
With three failing companies swamped by bankruptcy proceedings in Florida, Bernie needed a break. And he got one. Bernie Kosar is rejoining the NFL team he took to the playoffs in his first five seasons as a player.Although the details of the arrangement remain vague, it appears the Weston resident…
I wonder if Big Brother winner and Delray Beach resident Adam Jasinski was dipping into his stash of pills prior to the interview above, ’cause he sure does look slightly skeeted to me. Oh, and Mr. Jasinski, you really aren’t “smarter than you look” — hence the $1 million in…
For news junkies needing Vitamin C, here’s your pitcher full of South Florida bloggy bits, all fresh squeezed this week. Usually you hear of docs leaving gauze or the occasional sponge in their victims — I mean patients — but Dr. Bernard Zaragoza of Coral Springs took out the completely…
Nikki, the Doberman Pinscher-turned-spokesdog, did not die in vain. The dog whose rescue five years ago was featured on Animal Planet’s Miami Police series, died of cancer Sunday. But in the five days since, 270 people from around the world have signed this online petition in support of anti-chaining laws.That…
Prada, Fendi, Gucci — but no Louis V. They’re laying the luxury on thick at tonight’s grand opening party for Fort Lauderdale’s new Ferrari-Maserati shop. Promoters say the invite-only, catered event will attract some 600 members of South Florida’s upper crust, from Dolphins and Heat players to top plastic surgeons…
In this week’s New Times, Michael J. Mooney’s talking dog fighting minus Michael Vick, but with all the same cruel circumstances. The feature chronicles a passionate animal control officer’s investigation into an alleged pit bull fighting ring in suburban Boynton Beach, which led to extensive police surveillance, subsequent arrests, and…
The Material Girl’s Manhattan neighbors are none too pleased about the singer using her posh NYC pad as a stomping ground for dance rehearsals.Madonna’s upstairs neighbor, Karen George, has filed a lawsuit, saying she was forced to move out of her West 64th Street apartment because of the “intrusive and…
Take it from a recent college graduate: It’s rough out there. With the national economy in a shambles and entry level employment opportunities scarce, AmeriCorps can be a saving grace for recent college grads.That population is part of the reason that in the past 11 months, AmeriCorps received over 144,000…
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…
