Miami is ready to star in a new TV series
Despite the crippling effect the lack of state tax incentives is having on Florida’s film and television industry, a new TV show that would be set in Miami — and filmed here — is on the market at the NATPE Miami convention, which starts Tuesday.“Deep City,” a music-heavy dramatic series that would focus on Miami’s diverse cultures and neighborhoods beyond the usual South Beach locales, is in development by Tandem Productions, which develops, finances and produces primetime TV shows for the glob..>> view originalAnnual parade celebrates Martin Luther King Jr.
The Martin Luther King Jr. Day parade made its way through Miami Monday with fanfare from local high school marching bands, fire trucks, food and floats. Jose A. Iglesias jiglesias@elnuevoherald.com Anthony Wallace, 24, center, is embraced by two Miami Beach police officers as they march in Annual MLK Parade along N.W. 54 street on Monday, Jan. 16, 2017. PATRICK FARRELL pfarrell@miamiherald.com Bruce Symonette enjoys the entertainment during the Annual MLK Parade al..>> view originalCarollos in tiff over Joe's run for Frank's Miami commission seat?
Having already served as the mayor of Miami, and spent the better part of two decades in public office, Joe Carollo likely needs little introduction to voters now that he’s running for the city’s District 3 commission seat.Still, it helps that he shares a last name with the man who currently occupies the post — his younger brother, Frank Carollo.But as his campaign gets going, here’s what the former mayor may not have: little bro’s express support. Frank Carollo has so far declined to say wheth..>> view originalATV, motorcycle riders swarm Broward, Miami-Dade roads
ATV and motorcycle riders swarmed into Broward and Miami-Dade counties Monday as part of the third annual Wheels Up, Guns Down ride, causing traffic tie-ups, accidents and chaos on the roads.Arrests in the two counties totaled 35, while 74 vehicles were towed, the Broward Sheriff's Office said late Monday night. Three firearms were seized, said spokeswoman Keyla Concepcion. Gladys Tyson, 50, of Miami, heard the rumble of riders go by her niece's restaurant, Tootsie's Kitchen, on Pembroke Road...>> view originalDetention has begun for some Cubans, causing anguish and fear of ...
Before being detained Friday at Miami International Airport, Cuban couple Aquilino Caraballo and Georgina Hernandez, 67 and 64, had visited their relatives in the United States six times.The husband and wife, who had tourist visas for five years, did not expect any problems.Neither did their children, Geidy and Jorge Caraballo, who live in Hialeah.But at 3 a.m. Sunday, after waiting more than 36 hours at MIA for her parents to clear customs, Geidy Caraballo learned that her parents had been det..>> view originalMysterious stranding kills 81 false killer whales off Southwest Florida
More than 80 false killer whales have been found dead after stranding themselves along the remote coast of Southwest Florida in Everglades National Park, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration reported Monday.So far, the death toll is 81, with just one of the rare whales found alive. Crews continue to search for another dozen or so from a pod originally thought to number about 100. It is the largest recorded stranding of such whales in Florida, officials said.False killer whale str..>> view originalFestival Miami opens with politically charged 'House of Cards' show
On the eve of the inauguration of one of the most controversial president-elects, Festival Miami kicks off with a program of music from the politically charged Netflix series “House of Cards.” The show chronicles the seedy underbelly of Washington politics narrated by the Machiavellian D.C. politico Frank Underwood, who claws his way to the top spot in American politics by hook and by crook. “Too bad it’s not too topical at all,” jokes Jeff Beal, the composer who will lead the UM Frost School o..>> view originalMiami Beach tells restaurant sax player to can it. Owner says: 'Free ...
It’s “Footloose” in Miami Beach.Earlier this month, a city code inspector told a brunch-time saxophone player at a trendy restaurant in South Beach to take five.You see, only “non-amplified piano and string instruments” are allowed to serenade diners in the Beach’s South of Fifth neighborhood, city code says. So the sax music had to stop. Now, feeling kind of blue, the owners of Bakehouse Brasserie are suing the city in civil court, claiming the ban on brass, woodwind and percussion instruments..>> view originalSouth Florida women searching for hope head to anti-Trump march ...
As the November election results came in and tears rolled down her face, Carrie Feit couldn’t stop thinking about her nieces.Unlike her own 6-year-old daughter, Feit’s 12- and 14-year-old nieces were old enough to ask their mother about what they heard Donald Trump say on television. They wanted to know about the leaked “Access Hollywood” tape, of crude groping language infamy.“My sister had to wake up the next day and tell her daughters that he won,” Feit said. “That ‘we’ elected him, that he ..>> view originalDriver of stolen truck dies in Miami rollover wreck
Driver of stolen truck dies in Miami rollover wreck MIAMI (WSVN) - The driver of a truck that, police said, was stolen died after colliding with two other cars in Miami. 7’s Skyforce HD hovered over the scene of the rollover wreck near State Road 112 and 17th Avenue, Monday. According to officials, the driver crashed into two cars while exiting the highway. That’s when the driver hit an additional car before smashing into a tree. The driver died at the scene. One the vehicles that was crashe..>> view original
Monday, January 30, 2017
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