MOVIES

Review | The Twilight Saga: New Moon (PG-13) **

Bella's love-triangle test tries our patience

MOVIES

Review | Precious: Based on the novel Push by Sapphire (R) ***

Desperate to overcome desperation

CELEBRITY Q&A

Nikki Reed's growing role will eclipse 'New Moon'

MOVIES

Review | Planet 51 (PG) **

Out of this world? Not exactly

MOVIES

Review | The Blind Side (PG-13) ***

Sure it's schmaltzy, but it scores big

MOVIES

Review | Earth Days (Unrated) **˝

This story ignores a world of trouble

TELEVISION Q&A

In a Huff looking for Showtime series DVDs

Q: I was in Sweden this summer and watched an episode of Huff with Hank Azaria and Blythe Danner. It was aw...

SPOTTED

Young, hot Korean superstar Rain stopped in at the Loews Miami Beach Hotel to promote his new movie, Ninja ...

Celebrity birthdays on Nov. 21

Marlo Thomas is 72. Actress Juliet Mills (Nanny and the Professor) is 68. Actor-director Harold Ramis is 65...

ON THE SHELVES

Susie Essman: A no-B.S. kinda gal

Susie Essman has cursing down to a science. The Los Angeles Times puts it more nicely -- calling her ch...

CELEBRITY ROUNDUP

Love not in the air for these 2

James Caan really wants out. Court records in Los Angeles show The Godfather star filed for divorce fr...

The Calendar

TRUNK SHOW 1 p.m. Kristina Ashley Swimwear is having a trunk sale on its 2008 Island Collection and 2009 ...

SCENE IN THE TROPICS

Live like D-Wade: Buy his house

Dwyane Wade has listed his Pinecrest estate on Billionaire-Xchange.com. On the site for a week, the sprawli...

COMING TO TOWN

Eva Longoria Parker is a helpful housewife

CELEBRITY Q&A

Nikki Reed's growing role will eclipse 'New Moon'

MOVIES

Review | The Twilight Saga: New Moon (PG-13) **

Bella's love-triangle test tries our patience

MOVIES

Review | Precious: Based on the novel Push by Sapphire (R) ***

Desperate to overcome desperation

MOVIES

Review | Planet 51 (PG) **

Out of this world? Not exactly

MOVIES

Review | The Blind Side (PG-13) ***

Sure it's schmaltzy, but it scores big

MOVIES

Review | Earth Days (Unrated) **˝

This story ignores a world of trouble

MOVIES

Theaters showing 'The Twilight Saga: New Moon' in South Florida

The following is a list of movie theaters showing ''The Twilight Saga: New Moon'' Thursday.

BACKSTAGE PASS

Jay-Z, Phish coming to town

MUSIC Q&A

Leona Lewis' CD echoes new growth

The success of Leona Lewis' Bleeding Love not only made the British-born singer an international star last ...

LA VIDA LOCAL

3 major acts hitting town

THE MUSIC SCENE

Michael Feinstein, Cheyenne Jackson: Satisfying pairing of a him and a him

In his glowing review of Broadway's Finian's Rainbow, a New York Times critic last month wrote of the music...

MUSIC

Thorogood's raring to rock out

You might think George Thorogood would be sick of Bad to the Bone by now -- after all, the man can't walk d...

LA VIDA LOCAL

Sam Ronson coy on Lindsay

BACKSTAGE PASS

Bon Jovi, Phish coming to town

Karl Densons Tiny Universe: On sale from 10 a.m. Friday; 8 p.m. Jan. 8; CR; $19.99. Eek-A-Mouse: On sale fr...

MODERN DANCE

Dance was African's 'escape'

VISUAL ARTS

Art is dead: Decomposition is the focus of photographers' compositions

''People sometimes run out of our exhibitions,'' photographer Mirta Gómez says. ''They don't want to...

AUTHOR! AUTHOR!

Portraying realistic (non-desperate) women

MIAMI BOOK FAIR INTERNATIONAL

Big names, sun make the day perfect at the book fair

Readers revel in good writing -- and weather -- at the book fair in downtown Miami.

MIAMI BOOK FAIR INTERNATIONAL

Lethem's New York state of mind-bender

ARCHITECTURE

Getting what we deserve: New, world-worthy buildings boost South Florida's profile

For any number of anonymous winters, the Swiss architect Jacques Herzog vacationed in Miami Beach -- walkin...

FICTION

Review | Coming to life's many crossroads in 'War Dances'

These stories and poems skillfully blend humor and tragedy.

STAYING IN

Ligouri's fires up a great sandwich

EAT: I love it when a creative restaurant brings new character to a traditional dish, and that's what Liguo...

BROWARD DINING

Review | Fish dishes, specials star at lovely La Brochette

Aboud Kobaitri was born in Lebanon, apprenticed in a Paris restaurant, attended culinary school in Norway a...

MIAMI-DADE DINING

Review | It's always party time at posh, pricey Mr. Chow

A FORK ON THE ROAD

Hearty sandwiches, late hours hit The Spot

CLINK!

Chill out with acai sip

FIRST LOOK

Spanish comfort food, refined, at W's Soleá

CALENDAR

Food & Wine Calendar

THURSDAY Barry Alberts Wine Tasting: Wines of Chile and Argentina served with ceviche and char-grilled chic...

TELEVISION Q&A

In a Huff looking for Showtime series DVDs

Q: I was in Sweden this summer and watched an episode of Huff with Hank Azaria and Blythe Danner. It was aw...

TELEVISION

All talk, but is anyone listening?

TELEVISION

Review | 'The Prisoner' is cruel and unusual punishment

The list of Stuff From The 1960s That Doesn't Need To Be Relived just keeps getting longer: Beehive hairdos...

SCREEN GEMS

A look at the week ahead in the movies and TV

BIG SCREEN (PG-13) -- Sandra Bullock sets aside the ditzy romantic-comedy act for this drama based on Micha...

TELEVISION

Review | 'Sex and the Cinema' -- it's naughty and nice

American films have been wallowing in erotic voyeurism for, oh, about 103 years, since Thomas Edison's film...

TELEVISION

Nick at Nite's hot show has some parents boiling

When Maura Buete arrived home after a meeting one Monday evening, she wasn't surprised to see the televisio...

COMING TO TOWN

Joan Rivers brings laughs to Arsht

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...

Motown gala 'means everything' to founder Gordy

Sheryl Crow takes up cause of wild horses in West

Sheryl Crow is joining others in calling on the federal government to halt roundups of wild horses in the W...

'New Moon' takes record $72.7M box office bite

Vampires and werewolves have vanquished a dark knight. "The Twilight Saga: New Moon" took in $72.7 million ...

Losing Winfrey would be big blow for Second City

Step outside Oprah Winfrey's Harpo Studios and into the near west side neighborhood that's been home to her...

German auction house pulls disputed painting

A German auction house says it has withdrawn from sale a painting that the Max Stern estate claims was one ...

Tween Justin Bieber fans lose control at NY mall

Motown caps 50th anniversary with hometown gala