On sale this week: All Fairwinds Broadway Across America shows
On sale: Monday, Dec. 30 EVITA March 25 – 30, 2014 JERSEY BOYS April 15 – 27, 2014 GHOST THE MUSICAL, May 13 – 18, 2014 Tickets can also be purchased at the FAIRWINDS Broadway Across America,100 South Eola Drive, Suite 101 1-800-982-2787 www.orlandobroadway.com $41 and up Down the Road: B.B. King, Jan. 3…
Christmas Craaaazy: Mon Oncle Antoine – Claude Jutra (1971)
I’ve always found that the best kind of art is the coy kind, the kind that sneaks the seriousness in through the back door. The way Kurt Cobain used to hide the serious lyrics in a mishmash of nonsense and contradiction, or the way Bergman and Ozu could deal with death and broken dreams while…
Jane Henson Nativity Story airs Christmas Eve on CBS featuring Orlando talent
Jane Henson, wife of Jim Henson and key collaborator in the creation of his Muppets, passed away in April of this year, but her artistic legacy lives on this Christmas Eve in the form of her final project. Jane Henson's Nativity Story will air on CBS television at 11:35 p.m. on 12/24, featuring puppets she…
YOUR DAILY WEEKLY READER: Utah’s rebuke; Obamacare’s cracks; Rick Scott’s publicity sputter; gay Santas! FEED THE WORLD!
AND THIS IS WHY WE CAN’T HAVE NICE THINGS. WOULDN’T WANT TO UPSET THAT STATUS QUO, UTAH: “A stay would harm couples who want to marry but haven’t yet had a chance to do so, Tomsic said, and would allow the state to continue to violate same-sex couples’ constitutional rights. That ‘cannot be considered a…
A man for all seasons: The audacity of Pope
“And next year … a hoodie!” It’s one of the most maudlin clichés in all of holiday fiction: The naïve kid who gets to sit on Santa’s lap, only to reveal that all he wants is to have some recently deceased relative back. This year, we lost my Uncle Bert. He wasn’t a blood relation,…
Christmas Craaaazy: Mixed Nuts – Norah Ephron (1994)
As we edge ever closer Christmas and New Years and to the promise of completely failing on our newly needed diets, we discover that it is apparently both Christmas Craaaazy and Rita Wilson week here at OW Labs. Wilson is given a somewhat more meaty role in Mixed Nuts than she was in yesterday’s film,…
SeaWorld defends itself in full page ad
It’s been almost a year since the feature documentary Blackfish premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, and months since it started showing to the general public in theaters and broadcast spots on CNN. Until now, aside from the clandestine “Dear Film Critic” letter SeaWorld sent out before the film opened, they haven’t said peep about the…
10 gifts for the Disney Parks-obsessed
There are certain Disney Parks items I always see average tourists wearing and toting alongside their fanny packs, Crocs and brightly colored shirts that say “JONES FAMILY REUINION 2013” in Disney font. Among these are Mickey Mouse baseball caps, traditional sets of Mickey ears and overpriced water bottles. They are usually accompanied by their owner…
YOUR DAILY WEEKLY READER: Uganda’s shame; New Mexico’s gain; Textgate blame; the sky is falling. CUT THE WORLD!
OH, SO THE KINDER, GENTLER UGANDAN GOVERNMENT – WITH THE HELP OF U.S. HATE GROUPS – HAS OFFICIALLY MADE HOMOSEXUALITY PUNISHABLE BY LIFE IMPRISONMENT, NOT DEATH. ALSO, NO MINISKIRTS! FUCK THE WORLD: “The private member’s bill originally proposed the death penalty for some offences, such as if a minor was involved or the perpetrator was…
YOUR DAILY WEEKLY READER: Grayson on austerity; Florida’s fountain of false youth; more democracy deletion; statewide DPR returns. LIVE FOREVER!
“DIE QUICKLY” TAKES ON A NEW MEANING WHEN MASHED UP WITH “AUSTERITY.” WE ARE BECOMING GREECE, SAYS CONGRESSMAN ALAN GRAYSON. I THOUGHT WE SAID IT COULDN’T HAPPEN HERE: “In America, we have a rich and powerful lobby that has the same prescription for every economic malady: austerity. Cut-cut-cut. Cut Social Security and Medicare. Cut teacher…
Christmas Craaaazy: Jingle All the Way – Brian Levant (1996)
It seems to be generally accepted that most Christmas films, Die Hard aside, are only ironically enjoyed. Most of that enjoyment comes from growing up with the limited selection of Christmas-themed movies. I grew up with the likes of Home Alone (the first and second) and A Muppet Christmas Carol, National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation, Scrooged, A Christmas…
YOUR DAILY WEEKLY READER: Obama’s Russian wink; Pussy control; Blackfish blunder; poked off the pier; Six Feet wonder. THE AFTERLIFE!
YAY FOR THE GAY! THIS IS ONE WAY TO SEND A POINTED MESSAGE TO RUSSIA IN ADVANCE OF THE OLYMPICS. SCORE, U.S.A.!: “What’s more, note that the U.S. Olympic delegation is traditionally led by someone from the White House – current or former president, vice president, or member of the First Family. For Sochi,…
Mimi’s Café re-establishes its Parisian roots
Vive la révolution! The former chain restaurant is reborn as French cuisine destination dining
Letters to the editor: SeaWorld fans speak out
SeaWorld fans say the marine park doesn’t deserve the flak it’s taking over ‘Blackfish’
New firetrucks for Orlando and expansion for JetBlue University
Billy Manes keeps tabs on the Orlando City Council so you don’t have to
Opening this week: ‘Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues’ and ‘Walking With Dinosaurs’
Movies opening in Orlando theaters this week
Xiu Xiu’s Nina Simone covers filed under deep novelty
Album review: Xiu Xiu’s ‘Nina’
This Little Underground: Music vs. SeaWorld, the Thermals
Our music columnist also covers a special Record Club meeting, Guardian Alien, Black Tide, Beach Day and Good Graeff
Slow Magic’s rapturous electronica basks in secrecy and nostalgia
Don’t ask; don’t tell
Free Will Astrology
ARIES (March 21-April 19) “Life is best organized as a series of daring ventures from a secure base,” wrote psychologist John Bowlby. Some of you enjoy the “daring venture” part of that formula, but neglect the “secure base” aspect. That’s why your daring ventures may on occasion go awry. If you are that type of…
‘American Hustle’ is a hot mess
Charismatic caper does it with style, not substance
Frugal, unplugged gifts for the theme-park fiend in your life
In these holy days of Advent leading up to Christmas, our thoughts naturally turn to that most sacred of subjects: presents! The post-Black Friday body count suggests that Xmas 2013 will be remembered as the season of Xbox One, PS4 and iPad Air, adding up to an expensively electrified Yuletide. But what if you’re trying…
This Christmas, give books
To your friends, your family or yourself
Patience makes perfect listening on Mutual Benefit’s new album
Album review: Mutual Benefit’s ‘Love’s Crushing Diamond’
Drinking, Nightlife and Parties
Where to drink and party in Orlando this week
Fresh & Onlys’ Tim Cohen’s side project, Magic Trick, pops
Album review: Magic Trick’s ‘River of Souls’
‘Blackfish’ gives SeaWorld a black eye
Nearly all of the acts scheduled for coming concert series have pulled out
Savage Love
I’m a 28-year-old woman in a relationship for 3.5 years with a wonderful man, also 28. I hit the jackpot: He is loving, sweet, kind, driven, active, handsome, generous, etc. We’re very committed to each other and planning our future together. We’ve lived together for 2.5 years. Life is so great! Enter the issue: We’ve…
‘Saving Mr. Banks’ is even better than the film that inspired it
Biopic brings the iconic Walt Disney back to life, even if only for a couple of hours
Rubio’s terrible week of rebranding
Flip-flopping senator takes a hard right turn to try to regain base
George Zimmerman’s new hobby: making bad art
We saw this on eBay yesterday, but did not believe it could possibly be real. But today, Mediaite and CNN are both saying that this piece of stock art with words Photoshopped on it is indeed a bad piece of artwork by George Zimmerman. As Mediaite points out, the piece is basically an image from…
YOUR DAILY WEEKLY READER: Budget movement; Nobody likes Radel; New Orleans’ AIDS cops; One Direction saves the world. THE FACTS OF LIFE!
YOU TAKE THE GOOD, YOU TAKE THE BAD? BUDGET DEAL READY TO MOVE THROUGH SENATE, THOUGH NOBODY’S TERRIBLY HAPPY ABOUT IT: “The budget plan would restore $63 billion to defense and domestic programs in fiscal 2014 and 2015 from the levels they would have received if automatic, across-the-board spending cuts were to…
On sale this week: Pat Benatar at Hard Rock Live!
On sale: Friday, Dec. 20 Pat Benatar with Neil Giraldo 7 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 23 Hard Rock Live 6050 Universal Blvd. 407-351-5483 hardrock.com $27.50-$55 Down the road: Powerkompany, Dec. 27 at Lil Indies The Hatebombs, Dec. 28 at Will’s Pub FYA Fest Featuring Blacklisted, Dec. 28 at Backbooth ZZ Top, Dec. 29…
