Nikki Beach Gets “Juicy” During Annual 17 Hour Beach Party

One of the highlights of the Winter Music Conference held annually in Miami is Nikki Beach’s incredible Juicy Beach Party!

The seventeen hour marathon (Yes you read that right, 17 hours of Non-Stop Partying) sells out every year, and welcomes upwards of 7,000 reveling and scantily clad “Househeads.”  This years Extravaganza begins on Wednesday March 25^th at High Noon, and goes until 5:00 AM . . .the question is, can you?  Check it out here!  It’s insane!

No room can hold a bash of such epic proportions, so the party rocks the sand, shore and “Groove Temple” – Nikki Beach’s main building which is the epicenter of all things house in South Beach.  When your address is One Ocean Drive, there’s really not much more you can say except, “Game Over”.

For 2010 the Juicy Team has assembled a veritable pantheon of world-class turntable gods – probably their hottest line up ever in the five year history of the event.  Check this out (you better sit down girls – Weak Knees Warning!)  -Robbie Rivera, George Acosta, Stonebridge, Joachim Garraud, Antoine Clamaran, Funkagenda, Oscar G., Alex Gaudino, Wally Lopez, Thomas Gold, Bart B More, Arno Cost & Normal Doray, Riva Starr, Koen Groeneveld, Dero, Inpetto, Dave Spoon, Richard Vission, Scotty Boy, Willie Morales, Mixin’ Marc, Tony Azardon, Lizzie Curious, DMS12, Edgar V.

Advanced tickets are 45 bucks! No wonder it sells out every year!  It’ll cost you $30-$100 to get into any decent club just to see a single highline act!  Here you’re getting 17 hours of “A” listers from around the globe – a bargain if it were inside any four walls – but we’re talking Nikki Beach!  You’ll have to cross the planet, and summer in Ibiza to experience anything like this!  If you’ll be in Miami on the 25^th I recommend that you grab your advance tickets now.  If not . . .well why not?  Get your ass to Miami B*tch.

But if you can’t be there listen live to the 17-hour Juicy Beach Marathon Party, broadcast on Sirius XM Radio’s dance music channel, Area (Channel 38 on Sirius).  Btw –  if you haven’t heard, Robbie also hosts a weekly mix show on Area.  For more info check out his website here.

Rotten Tomato Winners Announced

Rotten Tomatoes Bestows Top Golden Tomato Awards to ‘Up’ and ‘The Hurt Locker’

Pixar Continues to Dominate the Golden Tomato Awards With More Wins than Any Other Studio

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 12 /PRNewswire/ — Rotten Tomatoes (www.rottentomatoes.com), the leading online aggregator of film reviews, today announced the 11th annual Golden Tomato Awards (http://www.rottentomatoes.com/guides/rtawards/), which pay tribute to the best and worst reviewed films of the past year.  Films are ranked according to their “Tomatometer” scores, which are based on the published opinions of more than 200 top film critics as aggregated by Rotten Tomatoes.

Pixar’s “Up” takes home the Golden Tomato Award for Best Reviewed Wide Release Film of the Year — the studio’s sixth Wide Release win. The action-packed war epic “The Hurt Locker” won the Award for Best Reviewed Limited Release Film of the Year.

The worst-reviewed film of 2009 and recipient of the Moldy Tomato Award is video game-adaptation “Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li.”

2009 Golden Tomato Award Winners

–  Wide Release: “Up” – 98% Tomatometer score

–  Limited Release: “The Hurt Locker” – 97% Tomatometer score

2009 Moldy Tomato Award Recipient

–  Worst Reviewed Film: “Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li” – 4%   Tomatometer score

2009 Category-Specific Golden Tomato Award Winners

–  Action / Adventure: “The Hurt Locker”

–  Animation: “Up”

–  Comedy: “In the Loop”

–  Documentary: “Anvil! The Story of Anvil”

–  Drama: “An Education”

–  Foreign: “Afghan Star” (Afghanistan)

–  Horror: “Drag Me to Hell”

–  Kids / Family: “Where the Wild Things Are”

–  Musical: “Crazy Heart”

–  Romance: “Adventureland”

–  Sci-Fi / Fantasy: “Star Trek”

–  Thriller: “State of Play”

–  Best Reviewed Australian Film: “Samson and Delilah”

–  Best Reviewed UK Film: “An Education”

–  Best User Reviewed Film: “Zombieland”

The Award Recipients Respond

“Thank you so much for honoring ‘The Hurt Locker’ with two Golden Tomato Awards. I’m grateful for your support of the film and am delighted that you have deemed it ‘fresh.’” – Kathryn Bigelow, director and producer, “The Hurt Locker”

“On behalf of the entire Pixar creative team, I wanted to thank both the fans and the critics community for honoring ‘Up’ with such an unprecedented honor.” – Pete Docter, writer and director, “Up”

“The cast, crew, and myself are honored to receive this award.” – Sam Raimi, writer and director, “Drag Me To Hell”

Golden Tomato Awards Fast Facts

–  Pixar continues to dominate as the most-honored studio:

–  Pixar has won Wide Release Film of the Year six times — more than

any other studio.

–  Pixar has earned the most Golden Tomato Awards (16 total)

–  “Up” marks the eighth time an animated movie has won Best Wide Release (“Wall-E,” “Ratatouille,” “Wallace & Gromit: the Curse of the Were Rabbit,” “The Incredibles,” “Finding Nemo,” “Chicken Run,” “Toy Story 2″)

–  “Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li” is the second movie based on a video game to take the Moldy “award”

–  By winning the SciFi category, “Star Trek” prevented “Harry Potter”

from becoming the most decorated franchise in Golden Tomato Awards history (tied with “Lord of the Rings” with three wins) in terms of category wins

–  Since 2001, the Golden Tomato Award winner of the Animated Category has won the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature six times

–  Since 2000, every Best Picture Oscar(TM) winner has appeared on the Golden Tomato Awards as either a winner or nominee

–  Since 2000, the Sci-Fi/Fantasy category has been largely dominated by franchises, with “Harry Potter,” “The Lord of the Rings,” “Hellboy,” “Star Trek” and “X-Men” movies accounting for all but one of the category’s awards (“Children of Men” won in 2006)

–  “The Hurt Locker’s” win in the Action/Adventure category stops a five year streak of major franchise action hero movies (“The Dark Knight,” “The Bourne Ultimatum,” “Casino Royale,” “Batman Begins,” “Spider-Man 2″)

–  “An Education’s” win as both Best Reviewed UK movie and Best Reviewed Drama marks the second time in three years that a UK category winner has also won another category (2008′s “Man on Wire” won both Best Reviewed UK film and Best Reviewed Limited Release)

Hot Women and House Music at Sea

Is the Miami Winter Music Conference too expensive in the current economy?  Well your friends at Coed Magazine are here to let you in on a little known, house music secret that’s been happening twice a year, for the last half a decade.  Compared to WMC it will get you some of the glam, most of the partying, and all of the excitement for less than 10% of the cost of a trip to WMC – It’s The Groove Cruise.

The house music party Cruise sets sail out of Miami in January and out of San Diego in September – sure, not the most desirable months in either local, but that’s probably how the promoters keep the cost down because for as little as $450 a person you get a major cruise line (this January it’s Norwegian Star of the Sea), all meals and snacks, and five major parties including two shore parties, and the sexy final night theme party – (This year’s theme is Naughty Nautical.  All you’re left to pay for on the ship is your alcohol. . .and your mistakes.

On Board you’ll experience Norwegian’s “Freestyle Cruising”.  Eat where, when and with whomever you want!  Eat at a different restaurant every night of your cruise (there are six specialty restaurants and dining rooms). You can even dress how you want. NCL claims that, “You’re free to do whatever.” – Yeah, OK we’ll see about that.

The Miami headliner this year is Mr. Satisfaction himself Benni Bennassi, but the cruise also features superstars Steve Smooth, Sydney Blu and Sirius radio’s own Cato K.  You could drop $300 in a few hours seeing stars like that at London’s Ministry of Sound, Mansion (Miami & NYC),Pacha or Nikki Beach.  So in terms of value for your party dollar the promoter – Travel Business Whet Travel – is onto something.

But you better move if you want to groove because the dates are approaching fast!!  Friday January 29^th – Monday February 1^st. 

Plus here’s an added bonus! To save $50 use the Promo Code: Voodoo Tiki.

Worried what the airfare will run you?  Here’s some examples of airfare from major U.S. cities into Miami or Fort Lauderdale (both airports offer easy access):

New York (JFK) to Miami  $237

Detroit to Miami $305

Chicago to Miami $288

Atlanta to Miami  $239

Boston to Miami $294

Detailed Itinerary

Friday, January 29 Miami

Leave from the Port of Miami at 4PM (Be on the boat no later than 2:30PM, As Early as 12:30)

Welcome Reception 6:30PM to 8PM

Dinner 8:30

Groove Cruise Party 11PM till…?  Groove Cruise DJ’s All Night

Saturday, January 30 Nassau Bahamas

9AM to 5PM GROOVE CRUISE BEACH/POOL PARTY!

5PM to 8PM POOL PARTY!

8:30PM Dinner

11PM Till…?  Night time POOL PARTY

Sunday, January 31 Great Stirrup Cay Private Paradise

9AM to 4PM BEACH PARTY

5PM to 8PM Pool Party!

8:30PM Dinner

10:30PM Till 3AM…EPIC Closing Theme Party: Naughty Nautical

Monday, February 1 Return to Miami

9AM…Schedule flights from Miami after 12 noon Fort Lauderdale after 12:30

Rest of Your Life

Question your Morals.

Movies This Week: December 25, 2009

This weeks pick at the movies – Sherlock Holmes.  No stranger to “Buddy Films”, 48 Hours, and Lethal Weapon Quadrilogy’s Joel Silver Executive Produces, and teams with “hot & cold” action director Guy Ritchie (Lock, Stock and 2 Smoking Barrels, and Snatch – Hot.  Revolver, and RocknRolla – not so much). The trailer looks great, and we’re so anxious to see Robert Downey back in the Iron Man armor that this might be just the flick to tide us over until February’s hugely anticipated Iron Man 2 release.  Jude Law co-stars as Watson.  Apparently, Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker were unavailable.

Watch the trailer for Sherlock Holmes here!

Also at the movies this week:

The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus, Heath Ledgers last film languished in uncertainty until stars Johnny Depp, Colin Farrell and Jude Law stepped in and the film was completed with all four actors sharing the Ledger role.  Reviews are mixed, but after Ledgers Performance in The Dark Knight, and the unusual breaking of the Ledger role between four actors, we have to admit a cat like curiosity that may find us searching out this still quite limited release.

Watch the trailer for Imaginarium here!

Alec Baldwin and Meryl Streep star in the romcom, It’s Complicated (see the trailer here), in which Streep, the Ex of ten years, winds up back in the sack with Baldwin Prime behind the back of Delicious Dish Lake Bell.  It’s certainly no Glen Glary, Glen Ross, and can’t possibly be anywhere near as funny as Pete Scwetty’s Christmas Balls, but if you’ve lost the coin flip with the lady, and you’re on your way to It’s Complicated, consider yourself to have gotten off easy, because she could have picked . . .

The Musical Nine from the Weinstein Company in which fictional director Guido Contini juggles relationships with his wife, his mistress and his muse.  Musical?  Sorry, but for me any musical without Greased Lightning and/or midgets is a night light.  Maybe if one of the numbers featured a Shaggy tune, but I assure you, no such luck.  My advice, Guido, tell her it wasn’t you.  And Weinsteins, more Quentin Tarantino and Kevin Smith.

Watch the trailer for Nine here!

Peter Jackson’s The Lovely Bones chronicles the disturbing afterlife of a child that’s been raped, murdered and is now stuck in a purgatory limbo of sorts as she watches her parents lives fall apart, a killer run free, and the world go on without her.  It’s very lighthearted and entertaining, Bring the kids!  We’ve got fun for the whole family.  (Note: to Peter Jackson, Monkeys, especially big ones, are a lot more fun than child rape and murder.  Not telling you what to do.  I respect your art, but hey think about it.  I could be wrong but maybe not.)

Watch the trailer for The Lovely Bones here!

Finally, and unmercifully, Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel screeches it’s way into theaters Wednesday December 23.  It’s no The Lovely Bones, but it does have talking Chipmunks and a “laughing all the way to the bank” Jason Lee in the star making role as Rodent Band manager Dave Seville, which was originally offered to John Travolta.  Do you know what a chipmunk calls a Quarter Pounder in Amsterdam?  A Royal With Cheese (but it sounds a lot squeakier and high pitched when they say it).

Watch the trailer for Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel here!

What’s Red or White and Fights Fat?

Wine!  And you should be drinking more of it says Dr. Richard Baxter, a top-rated, board-certified plastic surgeon, anti-aging expert and author of the award-winning new book Age Gets Better with Wine: New Science For a Healthier, Better & Longer Life.

Baxter shares the scientific reasons why moderate wine consumption should be an everyday ritual, “Compounds in red wine work at a cellular level to lessen the negative effects of high-fat meals, and help keep blood sugar levels in check. These are some of the reasons why wine drinkers are less likely to be overweight,” Baxter notes.

So listen to Dr Baxter and you’ll be skinny and drunk, both of which are good.

The studies on if tequila makes you rich and good looking, as well as the research on if pot gives you Harry Potters Magical Abilities are still in progress.  Keep your fingers crossed.

Dr Baxter’s book, “Age Gets Better with Wine: New Science for a Healthier, Better & Longer Life” is available at Amazon, Barnes & Noble and Borders.  His website is www.baxterplasticsurgery.com