L ike it was for everyone, 2020 was a long year for dog handler Ryan Fischer. A self-described “nanny to a frenzy of Frenchies,” Fischer had spent the first year of lockdown in a pandemic pod in Los Angeles with his clients and their six pampered French bulldogs. Things had …
Read More »Rolling Stones Remember Charlie Watts With Video Tribute to Drummer
The Rolling Stones remembered Charlie Watts with a video tribute posted on Twitter Friday following the death of their legendary drummer earlier in the week. Mick Jagger’s Twitter also shared the two-minute video Saturday, soundtracked by the Rolling Stones’ “If You Can’t Rock Me” and featuring archival footage of Watts …
Read More »'Reminiscence': Who Wants a Trip Down Sci-Fi Memory Lane?
His name is Nick Bannister (Hugh Jackman), the kind of handle that suggests someone destined to be a private dick from the moment the doc slapped his pink keister. He’s not a detective, though. Not really. Nick deals in memories. In the retro-dystopic Miami that he calls home — the …
Read More »How to Help Haiti Earthquake Victims
On Saturday, a devastating 7.2 magnitude earthquake hitHaiti. More than 1,400 people were killed in the island nation, which was also the site of a massive earthquake in 2010, and at least 6,000 have been injured as of Tuesday, per the Associated Press. The earthquake hit about 80 miles west …
Read More »Texas Venue Called 'Hitler' for Hosting Vax-Only Jason Isbell Concert
When Billy Bob’s Texas, the 40-year-old Fort Worth honky-tonk mecca, announced earlier this week that it was hosting a concert by Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit and enforcing Isbell’s Covid vaccination policy for entry after a different Fort Worth venue wouldn’t, the venue’s general manager says he spent the …
Read More »'The Whole Point Is To Create Chaos.' The Story Behind Miami's Anti-Communist Flotilla
MIAMI —It was the day after the Cuban people erupted into the largest protests for freedom in more than a quarter century, and Osdany Veloz had an incendiary proposal. Veloz, a 24-year-old Cuban American in Miami, wanted to assemble a private flotilla and sail to Cuban waters to confront the …
Read More »Stevie Nicks Cancels Upcoming Festival Appearances: 'These Are Challenging Times'
UPDATE 8/11: Foo Fighters will replace Stevie Nicks‘ headlining slot this fall at Shaky Knees Festival in Atlanta, Georgia, while Duran Duran will take over for her at Austin City Limits. ** Stevie Nicks has withdrawn from her upcoming festival appearances due to the spread of the Delta variant. Nicks …
Read More »DaBaby Deletes Apology to LGBTQ+ Community After Removal From Multiple Fests
The DaBaby saga has entered its third week after the rapper deleted his apology to the LGBTQ+ community from his Instagram page. DaBaby apologized on August 2nd after making homophobic remarks and comments about people living with HIV/AIDS at Rolling Loud Miami last month. “I want to apologize to the …
Read More »Taylor Swift Pays Tribute to Simone Biles After Her Bronze Medal Win at Tokyo Olympics
Taylor Swift called Simone Biles a “hero” following her bronze medal win for her balance beam routine at the Tokyo Olympics on Tuesday. The singer narrated a video shared on Twitter for NBC’s broadcast of the events later that evening. Biles responded to the tribute, saying it brought her to …
Read More »Emily Mortimer's Lifelong 'Pursuit'
The Pursuit of Love just wouldn’t leave Emily Mortimer alone. Much like its protagonist, the doggedly romantic yet free-spirited Linda Radlett, the novel followed Mortimer across time and space, waiting half a lifetime after their first meeting to present itself again, extend a hand, and ask her to go on …
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