Opera’s Second Act

Laura Horton’s grandmother always dreamed of becoming an opera singer.Today, Horton’s 10-year-old daughter, McCall, is living her great-grandmother’s deferred dream.“My grandmother was a professional singer and she wanted to be in the opera,” said Laura Horton, an attorney who lives with her family in Coral Gables. “Though she passed away this year, when I hear the opera,...

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Chris Colfer Glee Interview Land of Stories 2 Details

Earlier this year, I had the great pleasure of catching a screening of Struck By Lighting; the brave, funny, inspiring and touching film Chris Colfer wrote and starred in. Now, he's revisting the character of Carson Phillips in Struck By Lightning: The Carson Phillips Journal, a novel that serves as the perfection companion piece to the film.On the small screen, Colfer recently lost his perfect companion...

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Caviar-smuggling fugitive pleads guilty to $10M fish egg scheme

A crooked caviar importer got hooked this morning for a fishy scheme dating back more than two decades.Isidoro "Mario" Garbarino -- who spent 23 years on the run following his indictment -- pleaded guilty to smuggling more than $10 million worth of fancy fish eggs into the United States between 1984 and 1987.Garbarino, 69, agreed to serve up to four years...

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Miami-Dade pending home sales spiked in October

Despite a dearth of homes and condos on the market in Miami-Dade County, pending sales rose 67 percent in October with 4,172 residential properties going under contract compared with 2,488 a year earlier, according to the Miami Association of Realtors.The number of pending sales rose 18 percent in October from September.In a statement, Martha Pomares, chairman of the board...

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Dynamite at airport ‘joker’ remains in custody after court hearing

The Guatemalan man who told airport officials he had dynamite in his bag had his initial hearing in bond court Wednesday morning.Alejandro Hurtado, 63, is accused of joking that he had explosives in his bag when a TACA airline attendant routinely asked if he was carrying any explosive material. The state is asking for $146,000 as restitution for delays in Concourse J, the...

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Actors' Body Transformations For Roles

Jared Leto After a major weight gain in the 2007 film Chapter 27, Jared Leto slimmed down drastically in 2012 for his role as a transsexual named Rayon in Dallas Buyers Club, the same movie Matthew McConaughey dropped weight for. "I waxed my entire body, including my eyebrows. I've lost a lot of weight because I'm playing a young person with AIDS," he told ETonline...

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Baldwin's 'stalker' released from jail

Alec Baldwin's shapely accused stalker was sprung from jail just before lunch today after a Manhattan judge arraigned her on new misdemeanor criminal contempt charges.Genevieve Sabourin, an aspiring French-Canadian actress who insists she shared a night of passion last fall with the "30 Rock" star, is now on the hook for allegedly violating her original...

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Gift ideas for the techie on your list

The holidays are coming fast, and if you’re like me, you’ve probably gotten very little of your gift shopping done. Here are suggestions for a variety of gifts for the techie and the not-so-techie people on your list. Some of these items can be found in stores and some are only available online, but you should be able to order them in time for Christmas or Hanukkah. ...

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Miami police: crime down after year-long Operation Resilience

Violent criminals are not the only threat to neighborhoods, Miami police say. Prostitutes, drug users, and even motorists who disobey the rules of the road can jeopardize the safety of residents.That’s why Miami police cast a broad net with Operation Resilience, a citywide crackdown that launched in December 2011 and concluded in November with more than 1,000 arrests made...

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Jennifer Carpenter Dexter Interview Ex Girlfriends

I've been a fan of Jennifer Carpenter's ever since her mind-blowing and back-bending performance in 2005's The Exorcism of Emily Rose. And while she's never disappointed as Debra Morgan on Showtime's Dexter, the last nine weeks have seen the 32-year-old deliver her most profound, affecting and stunning work to date.VIDEO - Michael C. Hall's Un-Dexter RoleAlthough, Carpenter performance isn't the only...

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