MARGARET ATWOOD

Leading ladies of the book fair: Novelist, poet kick off Book Fair

ELIZABETH ALEXANDER

Inauguration opened a new world for poet

Elizabeth Alexander's Praise Song for the Day, the inauguration poem that helped deliver Barack Obama into ...

VISUAL ARTS

Wolfsonian exhibit drives plan for weekend of serious car gazing

The inspiration for the upcoming A Very Wolfsonian Weekend Gala -- which includes visits to classic-car mus...

BARBARA KINGSOLVER

Indulging her passions for artists and politics

Barbara Kingsolver jokes that whenever she publishes a novel she apparently turns into a railway station be...

JEANNETTE WALLS

Looking inside herself for a 'true-life' story

Journalists are never the story. They look instead to the world at large, interviewing, researching and see...

BRAD GOOCH

Admiration grew for his contradictory subject

If most biographers start out in love with their subjects and end up hating them, Brad Gooch did things bac...

ORHAN PAMUK

Laureate: Fiction's lessons will save us

Orhan Pamuk is a man in love. So is Kemal, the narrator of Pamuk's shimmering, brimming new novel The Museu...

STAR BEAUTY

What's that smell? It's called fame

Celebrity fragrances are nothing new, but now it seems like everybody's coming out with one -- even Oscar w...

THE WEEK THAT WAS

Seacrest too popular for his own good

RYAN SEACREST: The radio/TV personality got a restraining order against a male stalker who came to his offi...

The calendar for Nov. 8

RIBFEST 11 a.m. Stuff your face with mouth-watering ribs and enjoy music by country singers Tracy Lawrenc...

COMING TO TOWN

Joan Rivers brings laughs to Arsht

Her face has, hmmm, changed over the years, but the way she talks is vintage Joan Rivers. ``Someone tol...

Celebrity birthdays on Nov. 8

CBS newsman Morley Safer is 78. Singer Bonnie Raitt is 60. Entertainment Tonight host Mary Hart is 59. Actr...

Celebrity birthdays on Nov. 7

Opera singer Joan Sutherland is 83. Singer Johnny Rivers is 67. Singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell is 66. Sing...

The calendar for Nov. 7

PJ RACE 6 p.m. Miami Beach's Sleepless Nights event kicks off with a pajama run sponsored by Chipotle Mex...

SCREEN GEMS

A look at the week ahead in the movies and TV

BIG SCREEN 2012 (PG-13) -- Disaster magnet Roland Emmerich (Independence Day, The Day After Tomorrow) retur...

MOVIES

Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival schedule

DVD SCANS

DVD review | Hitchcock on Blu-ray's a thriller

'The Box' filmmaker Richard Kelly pushes his viewers' buttons

Filmmaker Richard Kelly's initial encounter with Richard Matheson's fiendish little short story Button, But...

MOVIES

Review | The Men Who Stare at Goats (R) **

Super soldiers in Iraq have nothing to do

MOVIES

Review | Disney's A Christmas Carol (PG) ***

Classic Christmas tale retold with eye-popping effects

MOVIES

Review | The Box (PG-13) ***

Eerie morality tale may well push your buttons

BIOGRAPHIES

Sultry song inspired Benny Moré bio

Latin Grammys: Calle 13 dominates with 5 awards

Subversive reggaetoneros Calle 13 were the big winners at the 10th Latin Grammy Awards on Thursday night, w...

CLASSICAL MUSIC

Big Bang hits Miami

BACKSTAGE PASS

Concerts | U2 performs in July

Nonpoint: On sale from 10 a.m. Saturday; 7:30 p.m. Dec. 26; REV; $17-$19. Taylor Swift: On sale from Friday...

SLEEPLESS NIGHTS

This BETTY ain't ugly

The ''gay positive'' band BETTY performs on the edge, making its three performers the perfect headliners fo...

Calle 13 leads nominations for Latin Grammys

With nominations in five categories including album of the year, the Puerto Rican reggaeton duo Calle 13 is...

LATIN MUSIC

Cuban diva Omara Portuondo hits the Grammys

Omara Portuondo could be any Cuban grandmother, if that grandmother were a world-famous singer with tales t...

MARGARET ATWOOD

Leading ladies of the book fair: Novelist, poet kick off Book Fair

ELIZABETH ALEXANDER

Inauguration opened a new world for poet

Elizabeth Alexander's Praise Song for the Day, the inauguration poem that helped deliver Barack Obama into ...

VISUAL ARTS

Wolfsonian exhibit drives plan for weekend of serious car gazing

The inspiration for the upcoming A Very Wolfsonian Weekend Gala -- which includes visits to classic-car mus...

BARBARA KINGSOLVER

Indulging her passions for artists and politics

Barbara Kingsolver jokes that whenever she publishes a novel she apparently turns into a railway station be...

JEANNETTE WALLS

Looking inside herself for a 'true-life' story

Journalists are never the story. They look instead to the world at large, interviewing, researching and see...

ORHAN PAMUK

Laureate: Fiction's lessons will save us

Orhan Pamuk is a man in love. So is Kemal, the narrator of Pamuk's shimmering, brimming new novel The Museu...

BRAD GOOCH

Admiration grew for his contradictory subject

If most biographers start out in love with their subjects and end up hating them, Brad Gooch did things bac...

Gourmet magazine's editor considers the next course

Nearly three weeks after food-world royalty Ruth Reichl got the staggering news that Gourmet, the venerated...

STAYING IN

Sushi spot a real find in Brickell

Rule No. 1 when opening a restaurant: Give potential diners clear directions as to where it is. Let us save...

MIAMI-DADE DINING

Review | Charlotte Bistro: The chocolate soup makes up for missteps

Charlotte Bistro is a sassy little flirt. From the moment you catch a glimpse inside the tight-fitting dini...

BROWARD DINING

Review | Fine, fairly priced food in an upscale setting at Satoro

A voluptuous young woman greets patrons with a welcoming smile at the door of Satoro Restaurant & Lounge. S...

A FORK ON THE ROAD

Saffron candy and yogurt soda at Nu Taste

Food & Wine Calendar

THURSDAY Archie's Lunch Special: Get the lunch menu for $6.95 with purchase of any drink. Choose from a sou...

STAYING IN

Now, that's using your noodle

EAT: My husband and I walked into an Asian noodle bar named Wagamama in London 12 years ago and fell in lov...

COMING TO TOWN

Joan Rivers brings laughs to Arsht

Her face has, hmmm, changed over the years, but the way she talks is vintage Joan Rivers. ``Someone tol...

SCREEN GEMS

A look at the week ahead in the movies and TV

BIG SCREEN 2012 (PG-13) -- Disaster magnet Roland Emmerich (Independence Day, The Day After Tomorrow) retur...

TELEVISION

Review | A bizarre trip through `Weird Florida'

Call the Chamber of Commerce Police. Weird Florida: Roads Less Traveled is an egregious insult to our comm...

TELEVISION

Review | 'V': The saucer-shaped bandwagon

Imagine this. At a time of political turmoil, a charismatic, telegenic new leader arrives virtually out of ...

SCREEN GEMS

Coming this week at the movies and on TV

BIG SCREEN The Box (PG-13): -- After the spectacular failure of his ambitious second film Southland Tales, ...

TELEVISION Q&A

`Chuck' fan in luck: Buy More reopens in March

TELEVISION

Review | 'The League': A raunchy laugh riot

GAME REVIEWS

Blockbuster films translate into some tepid video games

The video-game store looks more like a multiplex during the summer months, with just about every blockbuste...

New Wii lets you sweat off the blubber

The Nintendo Wii has already done what video game naysayers said couldn't be done -- get children and adult...

VIDEO GAME REVIEW

Characters, city come alive in Grand Theft Auto IV

Grand Theft Auto IV is all about the American Dream. An immigrant comes to this country with dreams of esca...

Halo 3 is worth the wait, worth the hype

The gamers stood in line for hours, from Los Angeles to Miami. Three years without a Halo fix and the day f...

Games releasing week of Sept. 24

The week belongs to Halo 3. Does it really matter what else is out in stores? For those few gamers without ...

Games releasing week of Sept. 17

This week the Sims franchise comes to the Wii, street racing gets Juiced and composer Frederic Chopin stars...

Games releasing week of Sept. 10

Gamers are in for a tough choice this week: competing NHL titles, a promising action-adventure game for the...

Carrey's 'Christmas Carol' wraps up $31M weekend

Jim Carrey's Scrooge collected holiday donations from movie fans with his new take on "A Christmas Carol," ...

New York City Opera revives 'Esther' _ and itself

Launching its comeback in perilous financial times, the New York City Opera might well have played it safe ...

Guests for the Sunday TV news shows

Guest lineup for the Sunday TV news shows:

Peter Wolf to perform with Portland Symphony

Rocker Peter Wolf says he's looking forward to trying some home-brewed beer and good wine when he arrives i...

Hopper: All's 'good right now' despite cancer

Prostate cancer couldn't keep Dennis Hopper away from the Breeders' Cup on Saturday.

Pakistan's fashionistas defy Taliban

Some women strode the catwalk in vicious spiked bracelets and body armor. Others had their heads covered, b...

Honolulu Symphony cancels remaining 2009 concerts

The Honolulu Symphony said Friday it's canceling concerts for the rest of the year and filing for bankruptc...