The Rat Pack may have paved the way, but Jackie Gleason really put Miami on the entertainment map when he started taping his weekly variety show here in 1964, and he remains an indelible part of the City’s history.  Here’s a look back at “the Great One” and his love affair with “the sun and fun capital of the world.” [...]

After receiving the key to the city by Miami mayoral candidate Tomas Regalado in August, hip hop artist Pitbull donated $500 to a candidate in the upcoming election. It wasn’t Regalado. [...]

It is no secret that Cuban Americans are extremely loyal to the republican party, which sets them apart from other Hispanic groups, but do you know why? We’ll tell you. [...]

More than twenty-five years after Scarface was filmed on South Beach, the impact of the movie on American society and popular culture - for better or worse - is undeniable. Not bad for a film that was reviled in some quarters in Miami even before a foot of film was shot. [...]

Just as the city of Miami had begun to breathe easier after the recent spate of cat killings, a new round of violence has began making headlines in South Florida—this time, it’s horses that are being killed. [...]

Cast aside your ascetic UFO cult preconceptions! The Raelians give human sexuality a sacred importance and, to many of their followers, freewheeling South Florida is their Garden of Eden. [...]

South Beach was among several places in the United States this past Sunday where women removed their tops to protest against laws that forbid them removing their tops in public. [...]

The house where Blanche, Dorothy, Rose and Sofia spent so many nights eating cheesecake and stargazing on the lanai actually exists. It is located in the Brentwood section of Los Angeles, and going there was a dream come true. [...]

If you’ve ever visited South Beach and strolled down Lincoln Road, chances are that you’ve seen Mr. Clucky. He is the rooster that rides on the handlebars of a blue spray painted bicycle operated by Mark Buckley, a lanky man in overalls. [...]

Less than an hour away from Miami is the primitive, mysterious sea of grass known as the Everglades.  For years, the alligator ruled as its supreme predator.  But watch out gators! Burmese pythons are taking over.  Predator, meet Alien! [...]