Abrams: TV News Needs Less Plastic, More God?

Tribune Co. Innovation Chief Lee Abrams is clearly more focused on the Tribune’s 25 television stations than he is the newspapers right now. And, judging from his latest think pieces, he’s not at all happy with the appearance of the company’s anchors. In a recent piece, he decried the fact that…

“Manny Being Manny” Means Stingy Tips, Opulent Weston Home

This past weekend, the Los Angeles Times landed the first interview with All-Star slugger Manny Ramirez, currently enjoying his status as the most sought-after free agent in baseball. Ramirez is training in Pensacola Beach while his superagent Scott Boras handles the negotiations with the Giants and Dodgers. In the meantime,…

Best Of Readers’ Poll 2009: Best Sex Toy Shop

Blow-up dolls. Dildos. Porn. Edible undies. Our local sex shops have an unbelievable selection of goods and usually they employ helpful shopkeepers who are eager to explain how the items work and recommend a few to take home. Nominate your favorite Broward or Palm Beach sex shop in the comment…

Wild Iguana Catchers/Eaters Welcome in Florida

“Individuals can capture iguanas,” affirms Pat Behnke, a spokeswoman for the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission who specializes in species and habitats. “They’re free to dispose of them, but we don’t recommend any particular way.” Yep, folks, that means you can grill ’em. And eat ’em. “Just use common sense,”…

Pembroke Pines “Cyberbully” Makes News in Big Apple

Remember Katherine Evans, the Pembroke Pines high school senior who got branded a “cyberbully” after she made a Facebook post about how her teacher Ms. Phelps was The Worst? The New York Times caught up with Evans at the University of Florida and published this story. And why not? It’s…

FAU to Women: Hey Broads, Deal with Budget Cuts!

FAU administrators, looking to cut costs during a tight budget year, have apparently decided to shut down the university’s Women’s Studies Center and related master’s degree program. The affected women did not take the news lightly. In a petition currently making the rounds, supporters assert that shutting down these programs…

Newsflash: Ritter Invited “Creepy” Joel Steinger To Her New Year’s Party

A Sun-Sentinel article this morning details the luxury items the fraudulent Mutual Benefits Corp. purchased for the Parkland home of Broward County Mayor Stacy Ritter and her husband Russ Klenet. That’s fine, but what’s really interesting is that Ritter speaks out on what she really thinks of Mutual Benefits president Joel Steinger and his brothers. “I only met them briefly,…

Best Of Readers’ Poll 2009: Best Pizza

No single foodstuff has been fought over with the fervor of of the simple tomato pie. Everybody’s got an opinion, and our guess is you’re no exception. Whether you like the fat, doughy Chicago pie, the New York-style thin crust (soft enough to fold in the middle), one of the…

Best Of Readers’ Poll 2009: Best Band

If you’re the type to give directions by referencing Respectable Street, City Limits, and the Culture Room, then you’ll have a band that deserves this honor. Vote in the comments field below for the best band in Broward and Palm Beach counties…

Will Seiler Be Slimed?

I got a robo-call yesterday afternoon from Jack Seiler’s mayoral campaign instructing me to please ignore an 11th hour smear, or something like that. (I was driving when the call came so I couldn’t jot notes.)Seiler’s clearly the frontrunner, and so he’s smart to keep his guard up, I suppose…

Mayor Of Broward Says ‘Stop Reading New Times’

Last week, Broward County Mayor Stacy Ritter said she would be happy to field questions about the Mutual Benefits scandal on her weekend AM radio show on 850-WFTL. But Ritter wasn’t very pleased when a caller named John brought up the scandal involving both the mayor and her lobbyist husband Russ…

Speeding Ticket in Broward Is Fast Track To Reality TV

Chief traffic magistrate Brenda DiIoia is the latest law figure in Broward County to join the reality TV circuit. Her show, Speeders Fight Back, airs Thursdays at 8:30 pm ET on truTV. Magistrate DiIoia tells the Juice that she is paid a small consultant’s fee (she declines to say exactly how much) for her participation…

Best Of Readers’ Poll 2009: Best Hair Stylist

Whether you go for a weave, dye, or a mere trim, you’re entrusting your image to a stylist who (hopefully) makes you look and feel fabulous. Tell us in the comment section below which stylist in Broward or Palm Beach counties is simply the best…

Best Of Readers’ Poll 2009: Best Album Store

Record stores are an endangered species, what with all the digital downloads available these days. But a few shops are still stocking vinyl and CDs for the deejays and collectors among us. Tell us which Broward or Palm Beach record store is your favorite in the comment section…

South Florida Sports Scene Tests Positive for Drugs, Sex, and Rocky Top

It was the weekend of positives, including a positive story about a plane crash. The most stimulating revelation came from a Sports Illustrated report that longtime Miami resident Alex Rodriguez tested positive for two different banned steroids during his 2003 MVP season with the Texas Rangers. A-Rod remains silent on the issue.A few…

Last Night: Adult Swim Presents Tim and Eric Live, at Revolution

Ian WitlenTim and Eric backstage at Revolution Sunday night. Click here to view the full slideshow.It takes an, um, special sensibility to really get into the Cartoon Network’s Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job, which airs on the network’s Adult Swim block of late-night programming. Pretty much the channel’s…

For Those Road-Tripping to Cayleestock

As anyone with cable news knows by now, there will be a public memorial for Caylee Anthony tomorrow in Orlando. Caylee’s grandmother Cindy asked the Orlando Sentinel to publish this eulogy in advance of the funeral. Notice that Cindy Anthony specifically invites only “those with the purest of hearts and…

Armed Man Demands Happy Ending at West Palm Massage Parlor

The Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office says a guy who looked like the one on the right showed up for an appointment Saturday afternoon at a massage parlor on Belvedere Road and forced the masseuse, at gunpoint, to perform oral sex on him. Apparently unsatisfied, he then allegedly yanked her pants down…

Best Of Readers’ Poll 2009: Best Sports Bar

The sports bar seems like a simple concept: beer and games on TV. But the best of them have much more, like loads of flat screens, more taps than Germany, and food that doesn’t taste like it came from the ballpark. Got a sports bar that sounds like that? Vote…