Miami New Times

Legendary DJ Alan Freed Received a Strange Form of Payola

Henry Stone is one of those legends in the music biz; he ran ventures including the mega-successful, disco-heavy TK Records (responsible for KC & The Sunshine Band and many more), and helped pioneer the way popular music is distributed and promoted. Hint: In all the sleazy ways you can imagine. In ... More >>

Dodgers Take Two in New York; Brewers on Tap Next

Ah, the ups and downs of a .500 team. Or, in the case of the 9-10 Dodgers, an almost-.500 team. L.A.'s baseball club went east for a week, dropped two out of three in Baltimore, won two of three versus the Mets, and came home as happy as clams in the Chesapeake. Winning the final game of a road tri ... More >>

Pain & Gain Review: Michael Bay Injects Absurdity Into an Already Unbelievable True Story

L.A. Weekly Seeking Brilliant Film Critic

We're hiring! We're hiring! And this might be the coolest job we'll ever post. (Except for, of course, food critic. Or music editor. Or, OK, investigative reporter -- what can we say? We have a lot of awesome jobs around here.) Anyway. We're looking for a film critic. This person will be based in ... More >>

What the Ravers Are Wearing This Year at Ultra

By Liz Tracy For more great Ultra Music Festival coverage tune into our sister blog at Miami New Times 10. Ballerina Bassers Hometown: Pompano Most excited to see: Fat Boy Slim When you were getting dressed today, what made you put on the tutus? It actually takes weeks of preparation. We just wan ... More >>

Pulp to Headline Coachella Cruise: Here's the Full Lineup

All aboard. Let the Coachella branding begin! Goldenvoice today announced a pair of Coachella boat tours; each will leave in December from Fort Lauderdale. Pulp will headline, with Hot Chip, Yeasayer, Girl Talk and Sleigh Bells among the bigger names.

Voter Suppression Efforts Could Take Out Barack Obama This Fall

Antonio Banderas Debuts Line of Spanish Wines

Anta Banderas​He's no longer merely the voice of the Nasonex allergy-fighting bee. Actor Antonio Banderas is now the spokesman for Anta Banderas, a line of Spanish wines he introduced this weekend at the annual South Beach Wine and Food Festival in Florida. Before heading to the Oscars in Los ... More >>

Los Angeles Leads Nation in Plastic Surgery, Says New Poll -- But Still Ranks Below D.C. in Superficiality

Plastic, and proud of it.​The most classic L.A. stereotype, long perpetuated by out-of-touch New York journalism, is that we're the most superficial city in America. But we've always had a sneaking suspicion that the land of shirtless Chris Lees and boxerless Anthony Weiners might be playing ... More >>

Drunk Florida Man Tries to Use Taco as I.D.

Ground beef is not a valid form of identification. Not in Martin County, not in Los Angeles, not anywhere. A Florida man learned this the hard way, when he handed a taco to police officers who asked for his I.D. This was after he had passed out in his car. While sitting in the drive-through lane o ... More >>