An imagination-fueled British hit has a young man’s male and female lovers squaring off.

In Frances Ha, which opens Friday at Coral Gables Art Cinema, Greta Gerwig (Lola Versus, Damsels in Distress) plays Frances, a cash-strapped New York dancer involved perhaps too deeply with her roommate Sophie (Mickey Sumner, daughter of musician Sting).

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New Theatre’s Ricky J. Martinez debuts the second play in his ‘Island Trilogy’

An imagination-fueled British hit has a young man’s male and female lovers squaring off.

The popular television show has helped solve Miami homicides, but critics say the cameras can be a distraction to investigators and the show seems to focus more on African-American communities.

Cannonball Miami is bringing L.A. artists here to create work and waves

The reviews are in and Star Trek Into Darkness, the second big screen adventure helmed by J.J. Abrams, has joined his 2009 reboot with critics’ phasers set on stunning.

At dinner-party-like ‘atelier nights,’ Copperbox chef Gabriela Machado is wowing diners with her artful food

In her bad girl days, Angelina Jolie's body was a billboard for tattoos that said such things as "Billy Bob."

Bill Hader is leaving "Saturday Night Live" after an eight-year run.

Falling in love means taking a risk, and Rudi Goblen takes plenty of risks in his new solo theater piece, PET.

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Seth Meyers is moving from his "Weekend Update" desk to his own late night show on NBC.

The third book in Rick Atkinson’s World War II trilogy is grim, depressing and a terrific read.

May the best man win. Watch live as Donald Trump crowns his “All Star Celebrity Apprentice” 9 p.m. Sunday on NBC. Will it be laid-back cowboy Trace Adkins or Vegas headliner Penn Jillette? The last two standing were tasked with creating an ad campaign and flavor of ice cream for Walgreens food brand Delish. In this corner: Teller’s Magic Swurtle chocolate turtle concoction. In the other: Adkins’ Maple Macadamia MashUp. Both flavors are currently on sale at the drugstore chain.

PBS newscaster Jim Lehrer is 79. TV personality David Hartman is 78. Actor James Fox is 74. Actor Peter Mayhew (Chewbacca in “Star Wars”) is 69. Musician Pete Townshend is 68. Singer-actress-model Grace Jones is 61. Singer Jenny Berggren of Ace of Base is 41. Singer Shooter Jennings is 34. Guitarist Tim McTague of Underoath is 30. Guitarist James Richardson of MGMT is 30. Actor Eric Lloyd (“The Santa Clause”) is 27.

Actor Bill Macy (“Maude”) is 91. Actor Robert Morse (“Mad Men”) is 82. Actor Dwayne Hickman (“The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis”) is 79. Keyboardist Rick Wakeman of Yes is 64. Country singer George Strait is 61. Actor Chow Yun-Fat (“Anna and the King,” “The Replacement Killers”) is 58. Singer-actress Martika is 44. Comedian Tina Fey is 43. Rapper Special Ed is 39. Musician Jack Johnson is 38. Actor Allen Leech (“Downton Abbey”) is 32.

“Busy is good,” says Wendy Williams driving to her home in New Jersey. Today, her plans include grocery shopping, Pilates and cooking dinner. “The phone is on the windshield,” the TV diva admits.

Winona Ryder is still pale, diminutive and breathtakingly pretty. She still peppers her speech with the vocalized pauses of her teen years — “you know.”

LeBron James celebrated the Miami Heat’s big win over the Chicago Bulls Thursday night with Drake at Katsuya’s Dragon Lounge at the SLS Hotel South Beach. Although James was not drinking, Katsuya has added a special victory cocktail to the list — the Heat Kanji Cocktail.

Fantasia Barrino hasn’t felt this energized since winning American Idol in 2004.

In town for the premiere of After Earth at the Miami Science Museum and the Heat game Wednesday, Will and Jaden Smith stopped by Univision’s Despierta America where the elder Smith impressed co-host Karla Martinez with his Spanish, while son Jaden went head to head in a trivia game with co-host Ana Patricia Gonzales. Earlier in the week, Jesse Eisenberg was on the show promoting his latest, Now You See Me, in between sharing magic tricks and fending off the amusing advances of Raul Gonzalez, channeling his cleaning lady character Dona Meche.

Singer Taj Mahal is 71. Singer-guitarist George Johnson of The Brothers Johnson is 60. TV personality Kathleen Sullivan is 60. Actor Bill Paxton is 58. Actor-comedian Bob Saget is 57. Singer Enya is 52. Talk-show host Craig Ferguson is 51. Musician Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails is 48. TV personality-interior designer Thom Filicia is 44. Singer Jordan Knight is 43. Dancer Derek Hough is 28. Actress Nikki Reed is 25.

The bad dream gets worse for a Scottsdale eatery featured on Gordon Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares, Amy’s Baking Company.

Temaris or ball sushi — warm mounds of rice with thin-sliced toppings drizzled in spicy sauces — was almost impossible to find in South Florida until Temaris opened on Brickell.

You may have been advised to dine out less often if you want to weigh less. That’s like telling people to leave their cars in the garage if they want to avoid getting into an automobile accident.

A gunshot to the head is the state’s recommended method for disposing of invasive Burmese pythons, whose swelling population threatens the Everglades. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission offers no guidance, however, on how to cook the slithery creatures.

What you put on a hot dog reflects where you come from, and for Colombians, it is lots of sauces and potato chips.

When Frances Alfonso was a little girl in Miami’s Little Havana she loved going with her parents to eat a Cuban’s version of the American hamburger, known as a frita.

The cuisine of Uzbekistan reflects the cultures that passed through Central Asia in caravans on the transcontinental Silk Road, and you can sample it at Chayhana Oasis in Sunny Isles Beach.

Sushi master Nobu Matsuhisa operates 31 restaurants on five continents — in Beijing, Budapest, Cape Town, London, Melbourne, Moscow and more. He has published five cookbooks and acted in movies such as 1995’s Casino, 2002’s Austin Powers in Goldmember and 2005’s Memoirs of a Geisha.

When you pry a piece of corn silk out of your teeth, you’re yanking out a fallopian tube. Good sake should never, ever be served hot. And though you might shudder to hear it, some brewers in Brussels are quite happy when bugs fall into open vats of yeast, because they churn it up, thus becoming “unwitting accomplices in the dance between sugar and yeast.”

The logo at Cecci Italian Peruvian Kitchen is a fish eating a slice of pizza, symbolizing the union of sea and land here. There are pies, pastas and tiraditos, ceviches and saltados (stir-fries) plus creations like pizza a lo macho topped with seafood cream, octopus, shrimp and calamari, and fettuccine in ají amarillo-spiked huancaina cheese sauce served with steak.

A competition by Krups has five Miami coffee spots in contention for top prize

There is no sign for Sacha’s Café, but financial district fans are finding it for morning coffee and quick lunches.

South Florida lends itself to people stripping down. Celebs, residents and tourists do it all the time. Canadian rocker Bryan Adams is no exception.

Celebrating its 15th year, music festival brings together Haitian fans and top entertainers to celebrate Haiti’s culture, and Flag Day.

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A documentary details how Miami composer Desmond Child and partner Curtis Shaw became parents of twin boys.

Gustavo Alberto Noguera Delgado believed he was prenatally programmed to love Ludwig van Beethoven.

Natalie Cole looked and sang like a diva at the inaugural Latin Songwriters Hall of Fame gala at the New World Symphony on Tuesday night, delivering a lovely rendition of Acercate Mas (Get Closer) in a “Unforgettable” style duet with video of her father Nat King Cole. “It’s not easy being first, and Dad was a first in so many ways,” Cole told the audience at the New World Center on Miami Beach, as she accepted the Premio Pionero Desi Arnaz on behalf of her father, who was friends with the famous Cuban actor and singer. Nat King Cole was revered in Cuba for recording three albums of Latin American songs. “I can only imagine Desi and my Dad are looking down on us.”

Viewers of Thursday night’s Billboard Latin Music Awards, broadcast live from Coral Gables on Telemundo, might get a strong feeling of déjà vu. On stage will be longtime salsa-pop favorite Marc Anthony (that was him, too, in 2012, 2011 and 2010), pop diva Paulina Rubio (a repeat from 2012 and 2010) and reggaeton star Don Omar and veteran Mexican pop-rockers Mana (both appearing for the third year in a row).

Jazz had Dukes and Counts. Latin music had one King. And hype aside, by the time of his death in 2000 at age 77, Tito Puente was an icon.

The debate over immigration is highly political, but for the Los Angeles-based group La Santa Cecelia, the issue is painfully personal. Lead singer Marisol Hernandez’s parents came to L.A. from Mexico without papers, and accordionist Jose “Pepe” Carlos is undocumented.

Some say Miami lacks a stand-up comedy scene. The truth is, you just have to know where to look.

Two young artists are at the center of the adventurous “New Work” program the New World Symphony will present April 20. Choreographer Justin Peck, 25, created a pas de deux for Miami City Ballet for the occasion, and Zosha Di Castri, 28, composed a piece the orchestra will premiere.

An imagination-fueled British hit has a young man’s male and female lovers squaring off.

New Theatre’s Ricky J. Martinez debuts the second play in his ‘Island Trilogy’

Japanese sisters Ayaka and Yuka Yamamoto, who have been performing together for four years as Duo Yamamoto, won the gold medal and $25,000 top prize Thursday night at the 12th Dranoff International 2 Piano Competition in Coral Gables. The pair triumphed with their interpretation of Poulenc’s Concerto for two pianos and orchestra in D minor.

Twenty-year old Russian pianist Nikolay Khozyainov demonstrated substance over style in the opening concert of the Miami International Piano Festival’s Discovery series, delivering a compelling evening of masterworks that revealed a young artist more concerned with music than notes.

Russian baritone Alexey Lavrov offered a generous sampling of Russian and Italian opera arias and songs by German, French, Russian and Italian composers in a terrific recital that closed the Friends of Chamber Music season Wednesday night.

At dinner-party-like ‘atelier nights,’ Copperbox chef Gabriela Machado is wowing diners with her artful food

Miami choreographer, performer, producer and teacher Octavio Campos, who has mentored countless South Florida artists, begins a two-week residency on Monday at the Baryshnikov Arts Center in New York. Legendary founder Mikhail Baryshnikov was so struck by Campos’ performances with the Rosie Herrera Dance Theater that he invited Campos to start creating a work at BAC.

Falling in love means taking a risk, and Rudi Goblen takes plenty of risks in his new solo theater piece, PET.

At the opening concert of the Mainly Mozart Festival, the most interesting work was not by Mozart. It was by the Hungarian composer Ernõ Dohnányi, whose long life took him from the rich musical world of late 19th century Budapest to a grave in Tallahassee, where he died in 1960 after several years at Florida State University. Although Dohnányi’s reputation has faded somewhat, his works are still played, and on Sunday the Amernet String Quartet gave an intense, committed performance of his String Quartet No. 2.

Actors’ Playhouse at the Miracle Theatre couldn’t be better situated to stage Ken Ludwig’s country club farce, The Fox on the Fairway.

At the opening for Miami artist Jillian Mayer’s exhibition “Precipice/PostModem” at Locust Projects in the Design District, visitors were asked to do something that is never asked of them in traditional museums and galleries: Touch and interact with the art. For example, in the piece Swing Space, guests are invited to take a ride on one of four swings hanging from the roof of the gallery while they watch a projection of digitally manipulated cloud imagery in front of them. This came as a pleasant surprise to many of the art patrons who passed through the gallery’s doors, including freelance photographer Tesoro Carolina.

When the Spanish came to the Americas, artistic expressions of the two cultures became entertwined — much like the peoples themselves

Cannonball Miami is bringing L.A. artists here to create work and waves

An anonymous donor has given $12 million in cash and more than $3 million worth of art to the future Pérez Art Museum Miami.

An artwork by secretive graffiti artist Banksy that sparked controversy when it disappeared from the side of a north London store has been put up for sale in the U.K., months after it was yanked from the block in Miami.

Celebrated Dutch architect Rem Koolhaas, who is competing to remake Miami Beach’s dated convention center, has been hailed and scrutinized for his mastery of large-scale design and his provocative writings.

Only 38, Danish architect Bjarke Ingels has amassed a portfolio and recognition at a pace that set him apart.

“Thomas A. Spain: A Retrospective” features drawings and paintings by a longtime University of Miami architecture professor.

Hollywood leaders aren’t so happy with the creative piece a well-known muralist created for downtown.

A pair of Miami exhibitions link art with urban life.

Bill Hader is leaving "Saturday Night Live" after an eight-year run.

As a child in Puerto Rico, Ismael Cruz was delighted by the colorful characters on Sesame Street, who not only entertained and educated him, but helped him learn “ingls.” He could not have imagined that two decades later, he would be joining them in front of the cameras.

When Doctor Who calls, Neil Gaiman listens. At least, when producer Steven Moffat calls with irresistible bait.

‘10 Buildings That Changed America.’ 10 p.m. Sunday. WPBT-PBS 2.

The third book in Rick Atkinson’s World War II trilogy is grim, depressing and a terrific read.

Carrie Underwood will take over the theme song for "Sunday Night Football," with NBC sticking to the formula of a female country music star for its intro.

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Because they are syndicated, not network, shows that are sold to individual stations in different markets. Dr. Phil and the talk shows hosted by Ellen DeGeneres and Katie Couric are also in that category.

Khaled Hosseini writes a meandering, yet complex and compelling novel about generations connected by a Kabul villa

A historian explores the country, looking for important spots that our nation has mostly forgotten.

Debut novel from Laura Lee Smith explores a fractured family living in a fictional small town on the cusp of change.

John le Carré entertains with his lyrical style in his intriguing suspense novel.

A gutsy Paul Theroux endures a solo trip to the place he explored decades ago.

“I just read a first novel by Holly Goddard Jones, The Next Time You See Me and Jamie Quattro’s first short story collection I Want To Show You More. They’re both young writers, and I think both are so fresh. They just have striking voices.”

South Florida lends itself to people stripping down. Celebs, residents and tourists do it all the time. Canadian rocker Bryan Adams is no exception.

A journalist finds quirky people and entertaining tales on the back roads of the Sunshine State

Stephen King’s sons offer moving and satisfying novels, one about a cruel world, the other about a thwarted filmmaker.

Jennifer Gilmore turns her own experiences with the dehumanizing adoption process into a novel.

“The Best of Us by Sarah Pekkanen. It’s a fun summer read about girlfriends. I’m always drawn to stories about friendship. And I’m looking forward to reading Meg Wolitzer’s The Interestings.”

The latest high-stakes court hearing for O.J. Simpson in the glitzy capital of big gambles has come to a close with the former football star's defense team feeling confident that their client is closer to getting out of prison.

"Star Trek: Into Darkness" has warped its way to a $70.6 million domestic launch from Friday to Sunday, though it's not setting any light-speed records with a debut that's lower than the studio's expectations.

Bruno Mars - and his band - kicked off the Billboard Music Awards in silky red suits that matched their silky dance moves, with bright gold disco balls hanging above them.

Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer Ron Chernow was honored by his peers this weekend and in turn shared a few tips about his craft.

The most striking thing about the broadcast TV networks announcing their new fall schedules this past week was how little that actually meant.

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