'Real Housewives' star Bethenny Frankel discusses new diet book

TELEVISION REVIEWS

Reviews | Just when you thought we'd hit rock bottom

It's easy to hammer Bravo's new pseudo-reality show Miami Social -- just watch me -- but it really does rep...

MEMOIRS

Reviews | 'My Judy Garland Life' and 'In Hanuman's Hands'

Many a celebrity biographer is a rabid fan hiding behind reams of research, smothering the reader in unproc...

NONFICTION

Review | 'The Waxman Report:' A small man with a giant agenda

A powerful member of Congress explains how he makes politics work.

STORIES

Review | Culture shifts through eyes of Nigerians in 'The Thing Around Your Neck'

These rich tales impart a type of history lesson.

FICTION

Reviews | 'Gone to the Dogs,' 'The Lace Makers of Glenmara' and 'I'm So Happy for You'

With summer in full swing, the days are long, and chances are good there's some downtime on the horizon. He...

What are you reading now? | Jennifer Haigh

LA VIDA LOCAL

Athletes team up for charity

CELEBRITY ROUNDUP

Mel Gibson behind the camera again

It may not be his finest work, but Mel Gibson is still directing and this time it's all in the name of love...

COURTROOM COMEDY

Paris Hilton under oath: She's an Aquarius

SCENE IN THE TROPICS

To Philippe and Mr. Chow, a name isn't just a name

The tension between soon-to-be neighbor restaurants Philippe and Mr. Chow has ramped up since the filing of...

Celebrity birthdays on July 14

The calendar for July 14

Join Alliance Francaise for the Vive La France celebration with live French music, a raffle and French food...

LA VIDA LOCAL

Cedric the Entertainer gets Groove started for celebs

MOVIES

Review | Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (PG) ***

The magic is back, without all the trickery.

COMMENTARY

'Brüno' bares the truth: We're all afraid of sex

SCREEN GEMS

A look ahead at the week in TV and movies

BIG SCREEN OPENING WEDNESDAY Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (PG) -- Although the story supposedly g...

KIDDING AROUND

'Transformers Revenge of the Fallen: The IMAX Experience'

Still trying to beat the heat? Join the biggest battle yet between the Autobots and the Decepticons with Tr...

MOVIES

Review | Brüno (R) ***

It's funny how some people just never learn

MOVIES

Review | The Stoning of Soraya M. (R) **

MOVIES

Review | I Love You, Beth Cooper (PG-13) **

Hmmm, haven't we met somewhere before?

ALBUMS

Reviews | Moby, Cam'ron, Stellastar and more

MOBY Wait For Me Little Idiot ˝ It's been a decade since pint-size Moby blew up to extra-large to become th...

CLASSICAL MUSIC

Revealing Ormandy reissues, now on CD

Few prominent conductors have such fleeting claims to greatness as has Eugene Ormandy -- but as the Japanes...

Chad Bernstein explores musical boundaries of the mollusk

SOUTH FLORIDA ARTS SCENE

Summerfest concerts hit Latin, classical beats

Contemporary Latin music and classical compositions by Vivaldi, Bach and Brahms are on the bill for Symphon...

BACKSTAGE PASS

Julio Sabala, Reverend Horton Heat tickets on sale

COMING TO TOWN

John Legend's brother to open sibling's South Florida show

A day of stirring tributes for King of Pop Michael Jackson

Mansion in the making showcases architect Rene Gonzalez's style

Black clouds charge across Indian Creek Island on the morning that Miami architect Rene Gonzalez visits the...

THEATER

Review | 'Vices' proves a risky choice that pays off

Surreal dream: A new museum to safeguard a Dalí collection from weather's realities

If a hurricane were to hit St. Petersburg, one of Florida's most valuable cultural treasures -- the Salvado...

NEA GRANTS

7 groups share South Florida's pie

Seven arts groups and government agencies in Miami-Dade and Broward will share $750,000 in grants from the ...

FICTION

Review | 'Girl in a Blue Dress' fictionalizes the life of Charles Dickens

Love it or loathe it, our paparazzi/camera phone culture has made it all but impossible for modern-day cele...

SOUTH FLORIDA ARTS SCENE

Summerfest concerts hit Latin, classical beats

Contemporary Latin music and classical compositions by Vivaldi, Bach and Brahms are on the bill for Symphon...

AUTHOR! AUTHOR!

Keeping an open mind about death

STAYING IN

Dinner & a movie: Rosinella and 'Cinema Paradiso'

EAT: Fans of Rosinella, the family-owned Italian restaurants in South Beach and downtown Miami, may be disa...

Miami Spice Girls: Culinary students vie for national championship

Contrived and cookie-cutter as they were, the Spice Girls managed to inject girl power into the 1990s pop m...

BROWARD DINING

Review | Morton's brings its winning formula to Fort Lauderdale

After more than 30 years and 80 locations as far-flung as Singapore, Mexico City and Macau, Morton's The St...

MIAMI-DADE DINING

Review | Blistering pizzas, bountiful eye candy at Racks

Oh, I get it. Racks. When the press release crossed my desk, I naively thought this new North Miami Beach r...

U.S.A. CHEF OF THE YEAR

Finalist cooks at country club

A FORK ON THE ROAD

Spicy Creole dishes star at Moca Café

CLINK!

Organic gin keeps it green

If yoga by the beach and Reiki healing touch are your thing, Canyon Ranch is the perfect in-town retreat. B...

TELEVISION REVIEWS

Reviews | Just when you thought we'd hit rock bottom

It's easy to hammer Bravo's new pseudo-reality show Miami Social -- just watch me -- but it really does rep...

CELEBRITIES

Dylan McDermott has true grittiness

Dylan McDermott has lost his sex appeal. The 47-year-old actor's face has been covered with phony gashes, b...

LUNCH WITH LYDIA

Bravo takes aim at SoBe's brash reality

You're a South Beach player. You're living the music video with your slick ride and your sick pad. You have...

BOOKS

King dishes lots of dirt in autobiography

SCREEN GEMS

A look ahead at the week in TV and movies

BIG SCREEN OPENING WEDNESDAY Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (PG) -- Although the story supposedly g...

TELEVISION

HBO planning Robin Williams special

RADIO

Casey Kasem's countdowns rocked our world

You can divide the world into two kinds of people: Those whose hearts cracked a little bit last weekend at ...

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...

Comic Artie Lange pleads not guilty to DUI in NJ

Comedian and radio personality Artie Lange (LANG) has pleaded not guilty to a charge of driving under the i...

Country singer Ferlin Husky recovering at home

A spokesman for country star Ferlin Husky says the singer is recuperating at home after being released from...

Coroner's official seeks records from Jackson doc

Nurse: Police say Jackson's body had track marks

Capsule reviews: `Harry Potter' and other films

Capsule reviews of films opening this week:

`Humpday' explores intimacy of male friendship

The mumblecore genre goes adult in more ways than one with "Humpday," a comedy about a couple of longtime b...

Music Review: Chico DeBarge delivers on new CD

Chico DeBarge, "Addiction" (Kedar Entertainment)