Join us tonight for two incredible short film blocks presented by the 2024 Miami Film Festival!

Here’s the schedule of events:

7:00 PM Music To My Ears Shorts Block

9:15 PM Homegrown Docs Made In Miami Shorts Block

Go to cosfordcinema.com for tickets and program details.

Why did O.J. run to Miami? Because Florida laws enabled him to shield his assets from the Brown and Goodman families who were owed $33.5 million in damages from the man found responsible for the grisly double murder of Nicole and Ron. Miami Herald

But it made me think about my recent negative experience with local public radio. A diverse newsroom is great. And it’s a great thing to brag about when you need a statement for media but if your audience stays the same then what’s it all for?

This book was gobbledygook pseudo science dreck, wrapped in impossibly bad writing and robotic dialogue. YET… Matt Damon managed to use his charisma to make The Martian fun. Maybe Ryan Gosling can do the same — backed by the brilliant Lord and Miller.

Miami City Attorney Victoria Mendez has been removed from her post effective immediately after commissioners questioned her legal advice and decorum at recent meetings.

Via Tess Riski & Joey Flechas

miamiherald.com/news/local/com…

Dissolve the charter and start over.

“En esta empresa somos como una familia”
El ambiente laboral:

Who gets this deep cut?

By sorting its citizens based on race, the City reduced Miamians to no more than their racial backgrounds, thereby denying them the equal protection of the laws that the Fourteenth Amendment promises, the judge ruled.

Seems pretty obvious.

Judge throws out Miami’s ‘unconstitutional’ voting map over racial gerrymandering

miamiherald.com/news/local/com…

It may be time to scrap the city charter and start over.

So long Union Beer Store. You were a truly a wonderful part of my life in Miami.

The sunglass store:
'If you ever want to go to the beach, the lens needs to be polarized and those start $125.'

The eclipse:
'You can use these to stare directly into the sun for $3.'

When I got fired a year ago, I started telling people I was going to become a boat captain. It was a joke, but I said it so many times it actually happened. Please tell your Tampa-bound friends who like some stories with their saltwater. capnbenjamin.com

Eclipse update: cloudy with a chance of blindness.

Made it back to my old Atlanta stomping grounds for the first time in years. Even better, I spoke with some cool people about Henry Aaron. Wrote about what breaking Babe Ruth's HR record means after 50 years & the power in his power. Here's my story on 715 wapo.st/3TJyCqW

Annabelle Tometich’s moving, funny, heartbreaking memoir is a runaway hit, reviewed by New York Times Books. It was wonderful to be in conversation with a fellow memoirist and former sportswriter and food writer at @booksandbooks — where you can find signed copies of both our work.

In the Gables? Stop by Books & Books at 4 where I’ll be in conversation with Annabelle Tometich about her The New York Times reviewed memoir!

Be there for your teenager at crucial moments.

A tremendous debut for the film “Los Frikis,” in front of a home crowd at the Miami Film Festival with tears, laughter, thunderous applause — and even a heckler! On hand, exec producers Christopher Miller Christopher Miller and Miami boy Phil Lord Phil Lord.