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DADE CITY, Fla. — Forty miles north of Tampa near a boulevard named in their honor, you can find the 150-acre working ranch that world-renowned country music duo the Bellamy Brothers call home. “It always stayed in the family, and it's been like a magnet through the years,” Howard...

Janet Jackson got her fill of Mexican food in South Florida.

Impressive video footage captured a dramatic waterspout that loomed over coastal waters in northwest Florida on Tuesday morning. Thunder and lightning storms briefly rocked the area and created an awe-inspiring sight that left spectators amazed. And a little scared. The stunning scene near the city of Destin was captured by...

Most of the time when Arizona and Florida are joined at the hip, it’s because someone in the media is making fun of the less than stellar activities of our sun-baked residents. Perhaps it is the combination of excessive heat or high humidity that makes decision-making flawed and flaky. Either way, it’s nice to be able to share some good news about how our two states work together.

ORLANDO, Fla. – Growing up in Ivory Coast, a country situated in West Africa, Joel De Souza was rooted in music at a young age. From the sounds of salsa music that often filled his home to the African melodies played at his father’s lounge, music was a big part of life.

The two-day event featured dozens of Latino celebrities supporting progressive, climate-minded candidates like Miami state Sen. Annette Taddeo. This past weekend proved fruitful for progressive, politically minded celebrities with an eye on the Sunshine State, as dozens of celebrated performers, journalists and activists with roots in Latin America united for the “¡Vamos Florida! Weekend of Action.”

Sometimes, caring for yourself means recognizing that there are others in the world who are also there to help you. That realization is the cornerstone of a Doodle created by Sophie Araque-Liu, a high school student from Florida. Google featured her art, titled Not Alone, as Tuesday's Doodle after she won the 2022 Doodle for Google competition, an annual contest open to school kids across the US. This year's theme was "I care for myself by..."

These 10 spots across the state of Florida are ideal for living out a Jimmy Buffett song. After all, it's always five o'clock somewhere.

Available now on VOD and Digital is a new docuseries from 1091 Pictures called The Skunk Ape Experiments. The new docuseries from cryptid crusader Stacy Brown, Jr. and executive producer James Brost asks: does something exist in the Florida swamps that even tabloids wouldn’t believe?. Synopsis:. Brown leads his...

Veteran comedian and entertainer Oliver Samuels will return to South Florida for the Labor Day weekend with his show Guilty with Explanation. It’s almost impossible to be Jamaican and not be touched by the humor or humility of Oliver Samuels. Most Jamaicans agree that the image of Oliver with ear muffs in his winter coat, no visa, and overloaded with extra pieces of luggage of “pudden”; is the funniest moment in the history of Jamaican motion picture.

This time on the Gulf Coast Life Book Club, we hear from Marcy Dermansky, the author of five novels. Her latest is Hurricane Girl. It opens with a young woman buying a beach house in North Carolina, only to see it swept away by a hurricane a week and a half later. Eventually Allison travels away from the hurricane, but into some other disasters. The book is fascinating, funny, horrifying, relatable and overall a very gripping read, especially during hurricane season here in Southwest Florida. I talked with the author, the terrific Marcy Dermansky about Hurricane Girl, and her writing in general.

PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. - If you watch one video today, make it this one. A TikTok video has gone viral of a paralyzed dog in Florida ‘teaching’ a baby how to crawl. Lori Dugas, of Port Charlotte, said she filmed the video on August 3. In the adorable video, baby Caleb can be seen observing the way Kahlua the dog moves, as the canine hops past him in what looks like an attempt to teach him. Caleb then starts moving with his leg tucked under his body.

Former Floridian Josh Smith has carved out his place in the guitar firmament through his high-powered, hybrid-picked, heavy-stringed mixture of blues bends and jazz sophistication. He was already playing professionally at age 13, touring the same circuit as contemporary prodigies Derek Trucks and Joe Bonamassa. By the end of the 2010s, Smith – just 35 – already had two decades of touring under his belt and four records under his own name.

A teenager's relationship with her mother became the inspiration behind an artwork that is now featured on Google.com and Chrome. Sophie Araque-Liu, 16, from Florida, was declared the winner of Doodle for Google 2022, an annual contest in which students from across the U.S. participate by sending their own Google Doodle renditions based on the given theme, according to HITC.

Here’s a crossover for fans of The Daily Show and RuPaul’s Drag Race. The Comedy Central series and the VH1 show, which was just renewed for season 15, are coming together to drag the Republican party over its recent comments on, well, drag. The Daily Show correspondent Dulcé Sloan and RuPaul star Kerri Colby, who appeared on season 14, are helping the likes of Florida governor Ron DeSantis, Kari Lake, who is running to become Arizona governor, and Michigan Republican Beau LaFave to find their inner drag queens. It comes after DeSantis filed a complaint against a Miami restaurant for letting children into...

Arts lovers from all walks of life volunteer to help steer Florida’s. Florida Grand Opera is pleased to announce its newly elected Board of Director officers and appointees for the 2022-23 season. The officers are:. Per-Olof Lööf. International businessperson Per-Olof Lööf continues in his second year as...

Charles Joseph Scarborough (born April 9, 1963) is a co-host of Morning Joe on MSNBC alongside his wife, Mika Brzezinski. He is also an attorney, political pundit, and former politician. On the same network, he formerly hosted Scarborough Country. Scarborough, a former Republican, represented Florida’s first congressional district in the...

The South Florida Cultural Consortium Fellowship Program offers the largest regional, government-sponsored artists’ grants in the United States, awarding $15,000 and $7,500 fellowships to resident visual and media artists from the counties of Monroe, Broward, Martin, Miami-Dade and Palm Beach. Since it was established in 1988, the Consortium has awarded close to $4 million in fellowships to over 300 artists. In addition to receiving the grant, the artists take part in an exhibition hosted and organized by a visual arts institution in one of the five counties.