When Celebrities Cook: Gwyneth Paltrow

Gwyneth Paltrow (who word has it will appear/sing yet again on Glee tonight), has just come out with a new cookbook. My Father’s Daughter may be part of a trend of celebrities cashing in on America’s food-obsessed culture. Paltrow, Eva Longoria, and Debi Mazar, are just some of the celebrities…

Tuesday Morning Bytes

It just keeps happening to Gov Rick Scott. He makes a decision from his evil alien gut — you know, like slashing funding for the developmentally disabled — and then when masses of bona fide Earth-born human beings rise up to oppose it, he reverses course. ​(Rick Scott is human you claim?…

The Coolest Online Food Videos You’ve Never Seen

Vlogging’s cool and YouTube has made anyone with camera skills and spare time famous online, if only for 15 minutes. Sometimes, these viral videos are amazing, but sometimes they just suck. At Clean Plate Charlie, we know everything there is to know about being cool and have seeped through endless viral videos to bring you the coolest online food videos that you’ve probably never seen. We’re not promising that you’ll learn anything, but we can assure that they’re mighty good fun.

Embattled Stacy Ritter Back on the Fundraiser Trail

Broward County Commissioner Stacy Ritter may be in trouble with various authorities, but she’s still the darling of the influence peddlers. ​Lobbyists Bernie Friedman and Neil Schiller are holding a campaign kickoff fundraiser for Ritter at noon Wednesday at the Becker & Poliakoff legal and lobbying firm’s office in Hollywood.  Ritter…

Was the Tea Party Rally Sabotaged?

The Fort Lauderdale Tea Party rally on Friday at the Fireman’s Benevolent Hall was full of hot air. And most of it, surprisingly, wasn’t coming from the mouths of the raging Republi-cons inside the building. The hall was a steaming 90 degrees Fahrenheit, and the attendees, who had led a sparsely…

ABC to Replace Soaps with The Chew

ABC has announced that two of its decades-running soaps, One Life to Live and All My Children will be canned. President of ABC Daytime, Brian Frons said, “We are taking this bold step to expand our business because viewers are looking for different types of programming these days.” …

This Tax Day Brings Bad Tidings for “So Ethical” Richard Rubin

Back in 2005, I questioned Richard Rubin, husband of criminally charged former Broward County Commissioner Diana Wasserman-Rubin, about his relationship with the shadowy politically connected real estate broker Ira Cor. ​Rubin worked as a sales associate in Cor’s real estate firm. One problem with this arrangement was that Cor did behind-the-scenes…

Diana Wasserman-Rubin’s Husband Hit With Federal Tax Charges

A lot of people didn’t think it was fair that while his wife was hit with felony corruption charges for voting on a grant that benefited him, Richard Rubin seemingly got off scot-free after he and other officials gamed the Town of Southwest Ranches for millions of dollars. ​Well, now Rubin…

The Sylvia Poitier Case for Dummies

It began as a little Pulp blog post back in December 2008 and has now grown up into a federal case. Last week, I told you about the investigation involving Broward County Judge and former Sunrise Mayor Steven Feren. Well, the Justice Department on Tuesday issued a subpoena to Sunrise in regarding…

Ed Portner: I Did More for Dirty Developers Than They Did for Me

Former Tamarac Commissioner Ed Portner — best-known as Stacy Ritter’s dad — claimed in yesterday’s Sun-Sentinel that he took no money from criminally convicted developers Bruce and Shawn Chait before his vote for their controversial housing project on two golf courses in his city.This after the Chaits’ political operative, Beverly…

Top Chef Masters Recap: Mad Men’s Joan Hates 60’s Food

As the cheftestants walk into the kitchen, Curtis Stone tells them that John Rivera Selar had to drop out of the competition due to an undisclosed emergency so they’re bringing back Hugh Acheson. Quickfire Challenge The challenge is to make a meatball dish in 30 minutes…and they have to hand…

Newspaper Report: Sylvia Poiter Is Being Charged With Five Misdemeanors

UPDATED: Sylvia Poitier, the controversial former Broward County commissioner who is now an elected official in Deerfield Beach, has been charged with five misdemeanors related to her family’s involvement in a city-sponsored housing organization, according to the South Florida Times. ​The newspaper didn’t specify the charges but reported that they stem…

Did Ilene Lieberman’s Public Bailout of Operative Buy Loyalty?

So the Sun-Sentinel is reporting that political consultant Beverly Stracher defended Broward County Commissioner Ilene Lieberman under oath, telling prosecutors that Lieberman would never sell her vote. The way Stracher sounds, you’d think Lieberman was a paragon of virtue, which is nonsense. Of course Lieberman’s vote is for sale, certainly in…

Angry Local Tea Party to Rally for Government Shutdown

The Fort Lauderdale Tea Party is out at gun shows rousing its base to come out for an April 15 tax day protest planned at the federal courthouse to favor a government shutdown — and they are promising an appearance by Congressman Allen West. The Tea Party is hopping mad that,…

UPDATED: BSO Sgt., Wife, Hit With Oxy Trafficking Charges

UPDATED: The pill mill problem in Broward County may have just hit a new low. Today, Broward Sheriff’s Office Sgt. John Goodbread, 42, and his wife, 37-year-old Heather, were arrested on charges of Oxycontin trafficking and prescription fraud and booked into the Palm Beach County Jail. ​Goodbread was arrested by a…

Government Shutdown Will Backfire on Republicans

​If the government shuts down at midnight tonight, it won’t be the first time. The same thing happened at the end of 1995, when a U.S. House led by Newt Gingrich pulled the stunt on Bill Clinton. We all know how that ended. The public blamed the Republicans for the shutdown, and…

Judge Steven Feren Hires Bogie; Is He the Next to Fall?

So why did Feren hire the go-to guy for for politicians in trouble with the law? Well, the truth is that rumors of a criminal investigation have been floating around Sunrise for many months. ​There’s only one indication of what it may be about. Two years ago, I reported here about…

Police Women of Broward County Arrest Former Political Pimp

Vicente Thrower was once a rising star in local politics.But unfortunately the 31-year-old political activist was a ​Thrower was arrested in a sting that was part of the production of the TLC show Police Women of Broward County, which is done in conjunction with BSO. The idea of the show is…

Top Chef Masters Season Three Recap: Meet The Masters

It’s time to meet our cheftestants, host and judges for season Three of Top Chef Masters. The host is Cutie Mc Cute, Curtis Stone. The judges are James Oseland and Ruth Reichl (ouch for the cheftestants is all I can say). Speaking of cheftestants, they are: John Rivera Sedlar (Playa,…

Top Chef All-Stars Reunion Show: The Top Ten Moments

Bravo reunion shows are basically one and the same — a schmaltzy way to pimp out yet one more cheap episode of the shows you love to say you don’t ever watch. At least Top Chef is the most intelligent of mindless television (Hey — at least it’s not Real…