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1. Feature

   Best Movies of 2007

   What? No Simpsons? Add your favorite picks to our comments.

   By Scott Foundas, J. Hoberman, Nathan Lee, Jim Ridley, Ella Taylor and Robert Wilonsky

   Published: December 27, 2007

   1. There Will Be Blood: The Texas tea bubbles up from the ground like primordial blood at the beginning of Paul Thomas Anderson's turn-of-the-century oil-prospecting epic...

2. New Year's

   New Year's Eve Listings

   Whatcha doin’ the last night of 2007? We got yer countdown!

   By Jason Handelsman

   Published: December 27, 2007

   Wanna know what to do New Year's Eve? Read on. You'll find 170-plus possibilities. So drink hearty and party heartier. Click here to download a printable PDF of all our New...

3. Night&Day

   Face It, There’s No Better Option

   By BRETT GILLIN

   Published: December 27, 2007

   Finally! The Dolphins won their first game! Now that their pursuit of anti-perfection is over, it’s officially time for South Florida sports fans to get passionate about...

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   Just Look Up

   Come out to Bill Baggs for the Marswatch.

   By Greg Baker

   Published: December 27, 2007

   So you packed your lawn chairs, binoculars, bug repellant, picnic dinner, and companions into the jalopy and headed out to the beach or the Everglades, away from the ambient...

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   All You Need Is Sex Wax

   Explore the art of surfboards at Ron Jon.

   By EDDIE DEL CARMEN

   Published: December 27, 2007

   Surf’s up today, dude! Come see popular artist Sean Spoto work his magic at Ron Jon Surf Shop as part of the Lost in Florida tour. The event is proudly presented by Lost...

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   Be Here Now

   Bhagavan Das is back to rock The Standard.

   By Patrice Elizabeth Grell Yursik

   Published: December 27, 2007

   A year ago, nada yoga guru Bhagavan Das came to The Standard and sat with us for an unforgettable interview. He reminisced about his transformation from Mike Riggs, laid-back...

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   Sharp-Dressed Men

   The dudes of ZZ Top bring their beards to the Hard Rock.

   By Patrice Elizabeth Grell Yursik

   Published: December 27, 2007

   In 1984 the ad wizards at the Gillette razor company offered Billy Gibbons and Dusty Hill, lead vocalists of legendary blues rock band ZZ Top, $1 million each to shave off...

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   Buck in Time

   By Sam Eifling

   Published: December 27, 2007

   Imagine if this game were being played not in the first few days of 2008, but in the first few days of 1971. Your Miami Heat’s Dwyane Wade would be tucked away in an ovary...

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   We’re Number One!

   Keep believin’ at the Orange Bowl Fan Fest.

   By Patrice Elizabeth Grell Yursik

   Published: December 27, 2007

   We’re big believers in the adage “When life hands you lemons, make lemonade.” So who gives a crap if practically every sports team in Miami or Florida pissed...

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    Blood, Guts, and Live Instruments

    See Sweeney Todd before it hits the multiplex.

    By Dan Renzi

    Published: December 27, 2007

    Long before Johnny Depp and Tim Burton made the movie, Sweeney Todd was a tale of 19th-century British folklore: a bloodthirsty madman who goes on a murderous rampage, seeking...

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    Chill, Then Give to the Chimps

    By Raina McLeod

    Published: December 27, 2007

    While your liver braces itself for tomorrow’s drinking and carousing, how about you take it easy today and head to the Wallflower Gallery for the Art & Zen Fest? It costs...

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    A Monkee in a Bottle

    Apparently Aladdin is a “Daydream Believer.”

    By MARA LEVENTHAL

    Published: December 27, 2007

    Somebody call VH1. There must be a reality show concept in this: America’s beloved TV stars from the Sixties and Seventies are taking to the stage this holiday season in...

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    Mangolicious Miami Parade

    There’s nothing “inconvenient” about this year’s strut.

    By MARIA DE LOS ANGELES LEMUS

    Published: December 27, 2007

    New Orleans has Mardi Gras, and Rio has Carnaval, but who the heck else has the King Mango Strut? Coconut Grove has been doing Miami’s wackiest parade for 26 years. The...

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    Baby, It’s (Not That) Cold Outside

    By JEREMIAH SWANSON

    Published: December 27, 2007

    Dreaming of a white Christmas? Picturing yourself holding a cup of hot chocolate as snowflakes drift from the sky in a moment so magical you almost believe God is sprinkling...

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    Happy Kwanzaa!

    Time to light a new set of candles.

    By Raina McLeod

    Published: December 27, 2007

    Your virgin eyes were opened to a new frontier of diversity after you heard Michael Jackson and friends croon, “We are the world, we are the children.” And ever...

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    The Hot New Thing

    La B del M dominates the Gables nightlife landscape.

    By Patrice Elizabeth Grell Yursik

    Published: December 27, 2007

    Perhaps you’ve cruised down Coral Way and noticed the towering new night spot that stands so incongruously apart from the other buildings on the tree-lined street. How...

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    Everyone Loves a Parade

    The Junior Orange Bowl is takin’ it to the streets.

    By Patrice Elizabeth Grell Yursik

    Published: December 27, 2007

    The holidays are a great time for pomp and circumstance. We deck our halls with light displays, ginormous Christmas trees, and oversize inflatable figures, and just because...

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    Hey Diddle Diddle

    See a sexy, feisty new play at GableStage.

    By Carlos Suarez De Jesus

    Published: December 27, 2007

    “Be forewarned, there will be naked men!” director Joseph Adler cracks about the edgy production ringing in the new year at GableStage. Tonight at 8, the curtain...

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    Get Down on It

    By Raina McLeod

    Published: December 27, 2007

    You might think your CD collection is the best thing since string cheese, but after one Thursday night at Amendment XXI, you’ll be begging for a peek at DJ Andre...

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    Pop Comic

    Gary Owen crosses comedy’s color lines.

    By P.F. OWEN

    Published: December 27, 2007

    Actor/comedian Gary Owen is the only white comic to host BET’s Comicview, a fact that puzzles some people. “You’d be amazed at the questions I get,” he...