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Shhhh ... 5 of Hollywood’s Secret Social Clubs
From the poker table to the hardwood to the far right wing, these Hollywood hangouts require a Hollywood pedigree
By Mikey Glazer March 28, 2010

Yeah, that's right -- Hollywood has secret clubs. And it ain't that new spot Drai’s at the W in Hollywood.

For these clubs, it's not enough to know someone to get in. First you have to know they exist.

From hoops to poker to right-wing politics, they’re secretive in nature and selective in membership. And in an appropriate twist, TV super-spy (Zach Levi) belongs to two of them.

TheWrap went sleuthing to bring you the full reveal of Hollywood's secret social scene.

Read the rest of the story at:
http://www.thewrap.com/article/shhhh-5-hollywood%E2%80%99s-secret-social-clubs-revealed-15742

See also: http://www.thewrap.com/ and
http://www.youtube.com/user/thewrapnews

Was planning on running a photo of me with the
Hollywood sign behind me, circa 2000, but
couldn't find it.

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Some Hollywood odds and ends from my other blog,
South Beach Hoosier
http://www.southbeachhoosier.blogspot.com/

Hoosiers in Hollywood are Making Their Mark!
But what they'd really like to do is "Direct..."

Hollywood Hoosiers -Bringing together Indiana University
alumni in the entertainment industry in LA and greater
SoCal for the benefit of a grateful media-consuming nation.
http://www.hollywoodhoosiers.com/

Michael Uslan's funny 2006 IU Bloomington Commencement Address

Michael Uslan, originator of the Batman films,
describes his long journey from Bloomington to Batman,
and it reads as funny now as it did the first time I read it.
Not unlike IU grad and media & technology genius Mark
Cuban, this is one very smart, funny and insightful guy
who "gets it."

See Cuban, Unembargoed from Indiana Alumni Magazine,
November/December 2004
http://www.alumni.indiana.edu/magazine/issues/200411/cuban.shtml

In an entertainment world that actually made sense, Uslan would already have an additional gig as the host of a popular and influential TV program dealing with the intersection of pop culture and media, and the tension between creatives and 'the suits,' but without NPR's usual pretensiousness or PBS' deadly earnest seriousness.

So, where is that program now, exactly, the one you'd expect to already find on Bravo if the Cable TV industry was really giving its viewers what they wanted?

Right now, all the good ideas for it are safe and sound in South Beach Hoosier's head!
http://www.indiana.edu/~ceremony/commencement/uslan_address.shtml

Indiana Hoosiers in the Film Industry, Past and Present

A good source for checking Hoosiers in the film industry
-No, not Cary Grant pretending to be Cole Porter in
1946's Night & Day- is this one from a website run by
former Ball State prof. and chair of the IPAHF board,
and author of Hoosiers in Hollywood (Indiana Historical Press,
2006, $60) David L. Smith.

It's currently accessible by subject headings of Actors, Actresses,
Musicians, Composers, Directors, Screenwriters, Novelists,
Made in Indiana, Oscar Winners, The Silent Era, and
Non-Native Hoosiers.
http://www.whenmoviesweremovies.com/hoosiersintro.html

The simple insightful wisdom of Hoosiers in film
"A man's life ain't worth a hill of beans except he lives up to his own conscience."
-Jess Birdwell (Gary Cooper), in Friendly Persuasion, 1956
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0049233/

When Your Blog Roll and Media List Has a Life of Its Own...

Because of some recurring problems I've been having

with Blogger.com the past week Hallandale Beach

Blog's Indispensible Blog Roll and Media List has,

of its own volition, decided to migrate towards the

middle of the front page from its side-pocket position.

Of hiding in plain sight, so to speak, perhaps to tempt

you to click some blog or website you've heard of

before but never seen for yourself, like the fabulous

WireImage.com, where I have both the main website,

http://www.wireimage.com/Default.aspx as well as a

webpage that directly connects you to all the

WireImage photos with a connection to Miami

and South Florida, usually but not always, at

-shocker!-South Beach.

http://www.wireimage.com/SearchResults.aspx?navtyp=SRH&sfld=C&logsrch=1&s=Miami

Then there's IU grad Mark Cuban's always

fascinating Blog Maverick site.

(I highly recommend his recent post,

FireTrucks, the Internet and Life and Death

http://blogmaverick.com/2009/04/18/firetrucks-the-internet-and-life-and-death/ )

The great photos and topics at David Patrick

Columbia's New York Social Diary never

fail to satisfy -especially his insanely great photos

of New York after a big snow storm!-

http://www.newyorksocialdiary.com/ and there's

always something worthwhile that strikes my

fancy and makes me think deeply at the blog

of defense and international

security author Thomas P.M. Barnett,

whom I first discovered years ago on C-SPAN,

and whose books are both prescient and amazing!

http://www.thomaspmbarnett.com/weblog/

And you really can't consider yourself

well-informed about what's going on in

South Florida if you haven't read Miam's

own Eye on Miami before you leave

the house in the morning,

as it justly earned its rep as the most

consistently prescient and spot-on

blog in all of South Florida, even when

you disagree with them about a particular

issue.

http://eyeonmiami.blogspot.com/

There's something for everyone.

I'm trying to fix that logistics problem

but it may take a few days to unscramble,

so the blog may appear a little more

unwieldy in the interim.

Until then, to better read my daily posts

more clearly and without any bleeding

from other fields and graphics,

I suggest clicking the category header

marked Blog Archive, the third text

field down from the top.

Sorry about the confusion!

-Dave

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HALLANDALE BEACH BLOG'S INDISPENSIBLE BLOG ROLL & MEDIA LIST

• Adam Smith of The St. Pete Times. Columns/articles by the presecient political editor/columnist with contacts everywhere!
• Aftonbladet -Homepage for Sweden's premier newspaper..
• American Chronicle.com -Independent and comprehensive and reliable source for breaking news, information analysis, and political commentary.
• American Journalism Review
• ArtsPark at Young Circle homepage
• Atlanta Journal-Constitution homepage
• Aventura 2005 Comprehensive Plan, Final Evaluation and Appraisal Report
• Aventura Master Plan -Adopted December 1998
• Aventura News from Topix.com -Updated 24/7
• Aventura news homepage on Miami Herald website
• Balance Sheet Online: A Hollywood (FL)-based public interest, community affairs website on south Broward County and environs, led by editor-in-charge Sara Case. My kind of forum: Identifies areas of concerns and proposes solutions, but takes no prisoners among elected officials or the chattering class!
• Baltimore Sun homepage
• BBC -Eurovision Song Contest 2009 homepage, full of news, photos and videos about the U.K.'s selection to Moscow in May.
• BBC -Five Live -The UK's home of live news and live sports.
• BBC -Magazine homepage
• BBC -The Daily Politics homepage and schedule
• BBC -United Kingdom Politics homepage
• BBC -Video Nation
• BBC -World Service -Listen to the BBC's International radio station, my lifeline when I was in Bloomington listening via shortwave.
• Big Hollywood -Andrew Breitbart's latest effort
• Big Ten Network -Homepage for my TV lifeline to the Midwest, which 18 months after their launch, the Miami Herald Sports Dept. STILL foolishly ignores, to the ridicule of those in the know.ir own embrrassment.
• Big Ten Network TV schedule
• Blog -(Un)Real Estate by James Thorner of the St. Petersburg Times
• Blog -26th Parallel "From South Florida, A Beacon of Freedom and Hope"
• Blog -According to DeGroot -Retired reporter John DeGroot opines from South Florida on subjects that amuse and frustrate the Sunshine State.
• Blog -Ace of Spades HQ
• Blog -Alternate Route -Observations on the American Automobile Industry; "Turn off the nav system, crumple up that MapQuest printout, and let's find out where the next random turn may take us!"
• Blog -BabaluBlog -Val Prieto's heart-felt and opinionated commentary on the current scene in South Florida's Cuban community -plus Cuban food recipes. It's the closest thing to an accurate barometer of "The Thinking Cuban's" p.o.v. you'll find in South Florida.
• Blog -Big Hollywood
• Blog -Blog by Bett -"Outrage and musings by Bett Willett" in Deerfield Beach
• Blog -Blogging Black Miami -"Created to keep Miami’s black community informed, entertained and most of all engaged in the happenings that affect their daily lives."
• Blog -BlogMaverick by Pittsburgh-born IU grad and Dallas Mavericks owner Marc Cuban. Mark always has something interesting and original to share on his blog that you won't find discussed elsewhere or as in depth . That's why he's Mark Cuban! He connects dots that others don't see.
• Blog -BlogNetNewsFlorida -Great directory of Florida-based blogs you may not already be familar with now.
• Blog -Boom or Bust Miami. "Looks at Miami’s ongoing urban transformation from all angles with multiple series aimed at tracking the latest development and real estate industry news and events."
• Blog -Briefing Room -The Blog of the Capitol Hill Newspaper "The Hill" connects you to everything worthwhile in the world of interesting political blogs, not just the Usual Suspects. ds polis o to everyone wjo
• Blog -Broward Law Blog - Criminal defense attorney Norm Kent opines "respectfully disseminating information and viewpoints within the professional Broward County legal community." Also has videos of some all-time great legal scenes from films.
• Blog -Broward Politics blog of The South Florida Sun-Sentinel
• Blog -Campaign Manager -Democrat-friendly blog in Clearwater covering "The World of Politics in Florida and Tampa Bay"
• Blog -Carey Codd's Blog -WFOR-TV's Broward reporter gives the low-down on what's going onT
• Blog -Central Florida Political Pulse -"Inside scoop about politics and our region, from the reporters and editors at Orlando Sentinel bureaus in Washington, Tallahassee and Central Florida" I REALLY do read this everyday.
• Blog -City of Aventura Blog -The 2007 brainchild of longtime Aventura resident Aaron Gurland who seeks to give the city with no downtown a virtual place to come together.
• Blog -City Room blog of the New York Times -Government & Politics, Crime & Public Safety, Transportation, Schools, Housing & Economy, People & Neighborhoods
• Blog -Coconut Grove Grapevine -Consistently does a great job of putting the screws to the powers-that-be who wish to screw-up one of the best parts of South Florida, using both a hammer and a sense of humor. Much imitated but never duplicated.
• Blog -Computer Conics -Cindy Cruciger's tart comments on what she observes in South Florida and the other points of the compass.
• Blog -Courtney Ortiz, a Hollywood (FL)-based children/family photographer offers up "My Wacky Interpretation of the World Around Me!"
• Blog -Crime Scene -Behind the police tape with Miami Herald crime reporters, who see THE worst mayhem South Florida has to offer! And then some!
• Blog -Critical Miami. No, not a description of all the anecdotes I told friends about the less positive aspects of living in South Florida while I was at IU, but rather "commentary about culture, politics, and hedonistic pursuits in our city, written by Alesh Houdek." Features amusing photos and really is a great example of what a South Florida blog can be.
• Blog -Deerfield Advocate -"Deerfield Beach's Fiercest Political Blog"
• Blog -DeerfieldBeachUSA. -Independent commentary by Jeffrey Sayles on the hijinks in North Broward, often the Ground Zero for ancient political grudges that never die, myriad ethical/city hall scandals and Broward's fight against over-development.
• Blog -Designing Public Consensus -EDAW Principal and VP Barbara Faga writes on public planning from the trenches of America's city halla and neighborhoods.
• Blog -Dick Blattner -The blog of the City of Hollywood (FL) Commissioner from District 4
• Blog -Directors Blog of the Congressional Budget Officeo
• Blog -Dirty Dining blog by Miami's Local10 reporter Jeff Weinsier and his team of Channel 10 cameramen. Very simple premise: they drop in on South Florida eateries that have been cited by health inspectors, and ask questions about how they came to run afoul of health laws, usually to great comic/moral effect.
• Blog -Enterprise Resilience Management Blog -Brainchild of technologist Stephen F. DeAngelis, "In this blog, I discuss issues in globalization and organizational change, and the challenges -- ranging from terrorist threats to natural disasters to compliance and performance demands -- that organizations have to meet. Our goal is to advance the public discussion about Enterprise Resilience Management and the new organizational environment." Bradd C. Hayes is editor.
• Blog -Eric Crawford of the Louisville Courier-Journal on college basketball in the Bluegrass State and everywhere else.
• Blog -Esmée Denters' blog about her exciting new life as a professional singing artist.
• Blog -EyeOnMiami -A blog "Dedicated to ethical government in Miami Dade, saving tax dollars and a healthy environment. The goal is to break the chokehold of developers and lobbyists."
• Blog -Florida Masochist -"COMMENTARY, SARCASM AND SNIDE REMARKS FROM A FLORIDA RESIDENT OF OVER THIRTY YEARS. BEING A GLUTTON FOR PUNISHMENT IS A REQUIREMENT FOR RESIDENCY HERE..."
• Blog -Florida Politics -"Since 2002, daily Florida political news and commentary"
• Blog -Florida Transit Options
• Blog -FLTV -South Florida TV blog and video page, covering the latest news about who's covering the news
• Blog -Freakonomics -"Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner, the authors of the best-selling book of the same name, cover the hidden side of everything."
• Blog -Glenn Thrush of Politico.com, "Breaking news and insights on power, politics and Congressional leadership."
• Blog -Greater Greater Washington -"The Washington, DC area is great. But it could be greater."
• Blog -HeraldWatch -Henry Gomez's blog that tries to put the Miami Herald under the microscope for their longstanding crimes of commission & omission. "Document any issues or controversies related to The Miami Herald, its policies, and its editorial decisions." Wait 'till they see what I know!
• Blog -Hold The Line -Forum for South Florida residents opposed to Miami-Dade County moving the Urban Development Boundary westward and the creation of more Urban Sprawl.
• Blog -Homestead Is Home -"This blog is sponsored by private individuals to provide a forum where the residents of Downtown, Keys Gate, Malibu Bay, Northwest, Oasis, Southwest, Venetia, Villages (VOH), Waterstone, and the Greater Homestead/Florida City area could share their thoughts on current issues relating to the community."
• Blog -InstaPundit -Written by U-T prof Glenn Reynolds in Knoxville, known far and wide for his prescient insight that the MSM reads and tries to assimilate as their own wisdom. Read it here unfiltered!
• Blog -Ipanemic.com -The life and times of a South Beach photographer named Scott.
• Blog -Jim DeFede: The Muck And The Mire -WFOR-TV's investigative reporter "shares random thoughts from an unusual mind!" born in Brooklyn and educated in Colorado.
• Blog -Josh Gerstein, formerly of the New York Sun, shares "Observations on law, politics and other subjects."
• Blog -Kaus Files by Mickey Kaus
• Blog -Li'l Pony -A South Florida perspective on public transportation by Marek Tomasz
• Blog -Lost Paradise Journal
• Blog -Mango & Lime -"Blog about food and eating in Miami" by Paula
• Blog -Marc Ambinder of The Atlantic -"Blogs about politics and Washington. He might also write the occasional post about aviation, national security, and cognitive neuroscience. Mostly politics, though."
• Blog -Marc Ambinder of The Atlantic Monthly
• Blog -March on Politics -William March of the Tampa Tribune
• Blog -Mayo On the Side -South Florida Sun-Sentinel columnist Michael Mayo
• Blog -McClatchy Watch -Chronicling the end of a media empire isn't for the faint of heart. Of interest because Knight-Ridder sold South Florida on the idea that they'd be good stewards of The Miami Herald after the sale. To the surprise of few, it hasn't quite worked out that way!
• Blog -Miami and Beyond -"Absurdist reduction of life into banality and cliche" by Alex, formerly of Stuck on the Palmetto.
• Blog -Miami Complaints
• Blog -Miami-Forum -Miami-based blog by someone who claims to be "A nobody trying to make a difference." But every blogger makes a difference, like the ripples of a wave
• Blog -MiamiVisionBlogarama! Interesting discussions on South Florida public policy -with attitude and facts!
• Blog -Michael Barone of U.S. News and World Report
• Blog -Milberg Musings -The thoughts and comments of veteran Miami and Channel 10 reporter Glenna Milberg
• Blog -MilitaryWatch -Baltimore Sun national security correspondent David Wood writes about military affairs.
• Blog -More Blog about Buildings and Food -"About food, culture, politics, music, art, technology, architecture, cycling, epistemology, and more, written by Alesh Houdek, who formerly blogged at Critical Miami."
• Blog -More Blog about Buildings and Food -"Written by Alesh Houdek, who formerly blogged at Critical Miami." He's been busy there while taking a break from Critical Miami.
• Blog -Mossblog -Walt Mossberg, technology columnist for The Wall Street Journal
• Blog -Naked Politics -The Miami Herald's Politics blog. "The raw truth about power and ambition in Florida."
• Blog -NewsDesigner.com -"A Weblog about Newspaper Design, Etc."
• Blog -Nick Robinson's Newslog -The BBC's political editor, informs, enlightens and amuses from his perch in the middle of everything that matters.
• Blog -Obalesque -"Monu-mental Attitude" from Miami
• Blog -Q: The Florida Politics Blog of The Palm Beach Post "dedicated to discussing the issues, players and inside scoop of Florida politics."
• Blog -Race for the U.S. Senate, Florida 2010 -By FAU pol. sci prof Martin J. Sweet
• Blog -RealClearPolitics
• Blog -Reflections of a Newsosaur -Alan Mutter in San Francisco knows of what he speaks -"Musings (and occasional urgent warnings) of a veteran media executive, who fears our news-gathering companies are stumbling to extinction."
• Blog -Review of Cuban-American Blogs -Manuel A.Tellechea blogs from Miami with the intent "To tell the unconventional truth, respecting no one who does not respect Cuba or the Cuban people's right to freedom." Finally, someone who actually dislikes the Herald's resident high-maintenance bore of a columnist, Ana Menéndez, more than me.
• Blog -Riptide 2.0 -The daily blog of The Miami NewTimes
• Blog -Roar from 34 -A Baltimore Orioles Blog; "A heaping dose of nostalgia, picked straight from Earl's tomato patch. Chill before serving."
• Blog -Sam's Hallandale Beachblog -Arkansas-born pastor Sammy Waller of the Flamingo Road Church tries to reach out to the South Florida community
• Blog -Sic Semper Tyrannis 2008 -World events thru the knowledgeable prism of Colonel W. Patrick Lang (Ret.)
• Blog -SmartCityMemphis -"We are often blind to our own environment because of our assumptions, framed by media, insular thinking and our own prejudices. Smart City Consulting's blog – named one of the most intriguing by Pew Partnership for Civic Change – hopes to show you how Memphis really is and could be through alternative questions, fresh approaches and new ideas. We hope to open your eyes, and our own, to a new way of seeing and thinking about Memphis."
• Blog -South Beach Condos Blog -Kevin Tomlinson opines from his well-designed, info-rich perch on the Miami Beach real estate scene. scene
• Blog -South Beach Hoosier -My other blog, where I ruminate on a multitude of national and international subjects, as well as the passing sports scene at Indiana University and the University of Miami, remembering the past and looking forward to the future
• Blog -South Florida Daily Blog - "A Daily Review and Discussion of South Florida Blogs." It was always puzzling to me why a blog with this idea wasn't already up and running in South Florida, but now Rick, formerly of Stuck on the Palmetto, has come to the rescue to be our collective eyes and ears. Thanks Rick!
• Blog -South Florida Fan -Sports analysis of the passing South Florida sports scene by the Brothers Sponge & Company.
• Blog -South Florida Lawyers
• Blog -Southern District of Florida Blog -"The Southern District of Florida blog is dedicated to providing news and notes regarding federal practice in the Southern District of Florida" by David Oscar Markus
• Blog -Southernxyl -Laura from Central Florida
• Blog -Spytalk -"Intelligence for Thinking People" blog from CQ.
• Blog -Sundries -"A sweatshop of moxie" since 2005. And you know how I love moxie!
• Blog -Taking Names -Scott Maxwell on Who's Who in Central Florida
• Blog -The Blogometer -"The Blogometer is a daily report from The Hotline taking the temperature of the political blogosphere. The Blogometer appears in The Hotline's subscription-only tip sheet and in this space every weekday at noon." Fantastic!!
• Blog -The Board -The blog of the NY Times Editorial Board
• Blog -The Business of Sports by Sarah Talalay of the South Florida Sun-Sentinel.
• Blog -The Buzz -St. Pete Times' excellent political blog covering Florida pols, policy makers & candidates and the media that covers them.
• Blog -The Daily Pulp -BrowardPalmBeach NewTimes columnist Bob Norman's blog on politics and culture in South Florida
• Blog -The Feed -St. Petersburg Times TV/media critic Eric Deggans comments on media and modern life, with great material you won't see in South Florida.
• Blog -The Has-Been: NOTES FROM THE POLITICAL SIDELINES by Bruce Reed, the incoming CEO of the DLC.
• Blog -The Juice -Excellent source for getting the lowdown on South Florida stories below the surface and/or that local media is ignoring, from the Broward Palm Beach New Times.
• Blog -The Lede -Notes on the News from the NY Times
• Blog -The Medium -Adventures in digital culture, a magazine blog (and column) by Virginia Heffernan of the NY Times.
• Blog -The Miami Mirror by David Arthur Walters
• Blog -The Opinionator -NY Times' "Guide to the wide world of newspaper, magazine and Web opinion."
• Blog -The Public Editor's Journal -Clark Hoyt NY Times ombudsman "responds to complaints and comments from the public and monitors the paper's journalistic practices.".blogs.nytimes.com/
• Blog -The Schmuck Stops Here -Peter Schmuck, veteran Baltimore Sun columnist opines from this perch on all things sporting in Charm City and Beyond.
• Blog -The Slant -Blog of the South Florida Sun-Sentinel's Editorial Board
• Blog -The South Beach Bum
• Blog -The Watcher -Chicago Tribune TV columnist Maureen Ryan. "All TV. All the time."
• Blog -Think Again -The NY Times blog of Prof. Stanely Fish of the U of C, and more recently, FIU. A real thinker, not one of the phony con men like most people in South Florida who are called 'thinkers.'
• Blog -Thomas P.M. Barnett is brilliant, insightful and usually right!
• Blog -Tim Smith's Fort Lauderdale
• Blog -Transit Miami -Insightful context for understanding why South Florida seems to keep trying to reinvent the wheel -and keeps failing miserably!-rather than learn from others. And they name NAMES!
• Blog -UF Gator Clause by Joseph Goodman of the Miami Herald
• Blog -Venture by St. Pete Times columnist Robert Trigaux.
• Blog -Wes Blackman's City of Lake Worth Blog
• Blog -White House Blog
• Blog -whyihatedc -Spot-on commentary from inside the Beltway.
• Blog -William World News -William F. Yurasko, Beltway media producer and blogger whose topics tend to be the "Washington Nationals, Penn State (esp. football), BeltwayLand, transportation, media, photos and more."
• Book TV Schedule -C-SPAN 2's "Book TV features 48 hours of nonfiction books from Saturday 8:00 AM to Monday 8:00 AM ET"
• Boston Globe homepage
• Broadcasting & Cable -Homepage
• Broward County Auditor -Reports archive
• Broward County Commission -Meeting Schedules/Commission Agendas
• Broward County Commission Webcasts
• Broward County News on Florida Sun-Sentinel's homepage
• Broward County news on Wikio.com -Captures newspaper articles and blog posts about Florida's second-largest county!
• Broward County official homepage
• Broward County Supervisor of Elections -Links to 2008 Campaign Treasurer's Reports for Candidates and Political Committees, and much more!
• Broward Palm Beach New Times -Broward County alternative to the local South Florida media orthodoxy, with strong focus on local politics and its un-ethical criminal class, always so intent on grabbing a buck or inserting a crony rather than delivering competent and transparent governance.
• Burn Notice -The website of the South Beach Hoosier and Hallandale Beach Blog favorite, with TV Series' Characters profiles, Sked, Videos & Photos on USA NETWORK. Fiona vs. Carla all summer!
• Capitol News Service -Covers Florida Govt. & Legislature News in Tallahassee.
• CBS4 Miami I-Team Homepage
• Change Hallandale -New fact-based website by Hallandale beach resident Michael Butler that goes directly after the longtime cronyism and incompetency at Hallandale Beach City Hall with cold hard facts, figures, graphs, charts and videos. See 'em for yourself and you'll see what's really going on!
• Chicago Tribune's Barack Obama homepage of stories and photos
• City of Hollywood (FL) homepage
• City of Hollywood (FL) homepage
• City of Hollywood, FL Events Calendar
• Columbia Journalism Review -Now updated daily and MUCH more topical! Plus, David Cay Johnston is doing great work there, asking questions nobody else wants to ask.king
• Common Sense Miami -"A campaign has been formed to pressure for greater fiscal responsibility by local government and to reallocate funding priorities based upon expanded forms of public information and civic engagement in the planning process. We represent diverse groups from the city of Miami and the County - including professionals, working folks and wealthy business owners and those from all major ethnic groups." Wish it had existed when I was too young to be at Tiger Bay.
• Condos of Hollywood Beach -Website for Hollywood condo owners who are "Committed to protecting and preserving" the unique nature of Hollywood Beach
• Congress For The New Urbanism, Florida Chapter -Homepage for the New Urbanism's efforts in the Sunshine State, featuring New Urbanist developments, trends and the personalities and ideas behind them.
• Congressional Budget Office homepage
• Congressional Record
• Construction Journal Magazine's Links to Info on South Florida Construction/Development Projects -Great source for finding info in one place that you may've missed elsewhere or forgot to look for..
• Coral Gables Citizens PAC
• CQ Politics -2008 Campaigns, News, Blogs, Race Ratings, CQ Election Map
• Daily Business Review -One of my most important daily "must-reads" that let me know who or what in South Florida is trying to pull the pull the wool over the taxpayers!
• Daily Intel -New York magazine's daily report on what will soon be on the minds of discerning media watchers everywhere.
• DailyCeleb.com
• DC Watch -"On-line magazine that covers local city politics and public affairs in Washington, D.C. In addition to articles and columns about political issues and politicians, DCWatch features resources for civic activists and background material on legislation and current events in the District of Columbia."
• Declarations: Peggy Noonan opinion columns from The Wall Street Journal
• Democratic Blue Dog Coalition -Homepage for the 49 moderate and conservative Democratic House members, representing the center of the House, appealing to the mainstream values of the American public and dedicated to a core set of beliefs that transcend partisan politics, including a deep commitment to the financial stability and national security of the United States.
• Devouring Culture Vulture -New York magazine's fantastic entertainment page that never disappoints!
• Diana's Calendar Updates -Diana Berry's list of events of interest to the progressive community of Miami, Florida.
• Downtown Hollywood CRA homepage
• Drudge Report -Matt Drudge, the man who single-handedly showed gumption while a rich, fat Beltway press corps largely fawned and snoozed their way thru the '90's, patting each other on the back. Re-empowered American curiosity and imagination and put the powerful -and their claques in the media- on notice! Still adapting to life in South Florida, having left the Left Coast behind!
• Editors Weblog is designed to facilitate the diffusion of information relevant to newspapers and their editors.
• EverydayShouldBeSaturday -College football website that features amusing and insightful, not to mention snarky, info about the players, coaches and issues around college football.on Saturday's Game
• Examiner.com -Miami
• FiveThirtyEight.com -"Electoral Projections Done Right" -Increasingly popular political website created by Nate Silver that uses polling methodology that "balance out the polls with comparative demographic data." In my opinion, it consistently shows more common sense than other polling sites.
• Florida Commission on Ethics
• Florida Division of Elections (FL Sec. of State)
• Florida Sunshine Review -Links to investigatory stories around the Sunshine State involving the usual assortment of smug, self-serving pols or govt. secrecy, and giving it the amount of sunshine and scrutiny it deserves.
• Florida Times-Union homepage
• Florida Trend magazine -"Issues, People & Ideas That Define Florida"
• Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport homepage
• Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport news at South Florida Sun-Sentinel
• Gawker -Manhattan Media News and Gossip
• Geography of a Recession -New York Times interactive map
• Global Post -International news for the savvy news junkie
• Gulfstream Park -Their official website reflecting the Magna corporate p.o.v.
• Hallandale Beach 2030 Transportation Master Plan
• Hallandale Beach and Hollywood news homepage at Miami Herald
• Hallandale Beach news at Topix.com -"Continually updated from thousands of sources on the web." One of my daily must-reads to check for HB stories flying under the radar.
• Hallandale Beach news homepage at South Florida Sun-Sentinel
• High Beam -Search results for "Hallandale." Good way to keep track of references to Hallandale Beach stories outside of South Florida media.
• Hollywood (FL) news at South Florida Sun-Sentinel
• Hollywood Beach CRA homepage
• Hollywood Beach Hawk -Civic affairs-oriented newsletter of the CHB, the Condos of Hollywood Beach.
• Hollywood CRA homepage
• Hollywood CRA homepage
• Hollywood Gazette -Free, Hollywood-specific "community newspaper with a circulation of 30,000 mailed directly to the homes of subscribers and dropped at over 200 key locations each month for over 7 years."
• Hollywood Lakes Section Civic Association homepage
• Hollywood news at Topix.com -Continually updated 24/7
• Hotline TV -Politics on Tv doesn't get any better than this -it's what all the cool (political) kids are watching!
• HurricaneSports.com -Athletic Dept. homepage of the U-M
• Ice Rocket -Great search engine for blogs! I often find locally-based items here that I can't find anywhere else.
• Indiana University Hoosiers Videos & Highlights from The Big Ten network
• Indianapolis Star homepage
• Inside Washington with Gordon Peterson
• IU Hoosiers -Athletic Dept. homepage of Indiana University
• Janine Turner -Official website of one of South Beach Hoosier's LONGTIME favorite actors, featuring "photographs, filmography, current projects and essays." As Satchel Paige once proclaimed, "It's not bragging if it's true." Well, Janine has the smarts, moxie, acting chops & good looks in the perfect combination. Now, she has the added benefit of having lived in Texas long enough that she can "talk the talk" and "walk the walk" in cowboy boots! Once I knew I'd start this blog, I always knew that I'd have to link to Janine's website. I'm so glad she added her class and personality to TV fave Friday Night Lights! Love her!
• Jonah Goldberg of the National Review Online
• Kaiser Daily Health Policy Report
• Larry J. Sabato's Crystal Ball '08 features analyses of presidential elections, Senate, House and gubernatorial races.
• Larry Lebowitz -Remains one of the few must-reads at The Miami Herald these days, he analyzes and points out the guilty parties who are forever frustrating solutions to South Floridia's redevelopment and traffic and commuting hell, Unfortunately, here it's mostly people drawing a govt. salary who are doing the most harm!
• Library of Congress homepage
• Louisville Courier-Journal homepage
• Mediabistro FishBowl DC -The Thinking Person's Media-centric Compass of the Nation's Capital.
• Metromix Los Angeles _Guide to Los Angeles Restaurants, Nightlife & Events. Compare and contrast with the photos: there vs. here
• Miami 21 -City of Miami Planning Dept.'s Plans for Future Greatness! I'm hopeful but realistic, and only wish they'd be more frequent in their news alerts so I'd have a better sense of where the process is from day-to-day.
• Miami Complaints -Homepage
• Miami Herald
• Miami Herald -Corrections -The ones they publicly acknowledge, as opposed to the many others they don't.
• Miami Ind. Media Center -Leftist agitprop, South Florida style!
• Miami Monthly Magazine -Wish this forum, the largest circulation of any magazine in Miami, roughly 51,000, had existed when I was growing-up in South Florida in the 1970's! I might've tried to get a job there during summers away from IU, Elena V. Carpenter is the proud publisher.
• Miami New Times -Miami alternative to the local South Florida media orthodoxy, with strong focus on local politics
• Miami River Commission -Homepage for the watchdog, advocate and clearinghouse for the Miami River, which runs 5.5 miles from Biscayne Bay through the heart of Miami.
• Miami Sun Post -Yet another newspaper which has sprung up while I was living in Washington, D.C. Has stressed fair-minded coverage of local news, politics and civic affairs, coupled with VERY sharp opinionated commentary and great photo spreads. Emphasis on Miami-Dade County, and Miami Beach in particular, but also covers Aventura, too. Covers the South Beach entertainment/nightclub scene -and its myriad problems- better than anyone else in South Florida.
• Miami Today News -Thanks to founder and editor Michael Lewis, a news source that always takes a serious look at the behind-the-scenes machinations among South Florida's power brokers, their lobbyists, attorneys, and cronies in govt. and their attempt to remain below the radar. Now clebrating 25 years of persistent common sense!
• Miami-Dade County -Comprehensive Development Master Plan (CDMP) -Adopted Components & Map
• Miami-Dade County Commission Webscasts
• Miami-Dade County Supervisor of Elections
• MiamiMemories.com -Don Boyd's one-man effort to record pre-1980's South Florida life in words and photos.
• Michael Mayo -Columnist of the South Florida Sun-Sentinel
• Mike Allen's POLITICO Playbook - Insightful campaign dispatches and analysis from the former Washington Post star political reporter now at POLITICO
• MKJarolmen -The website of the Hollywood (FL) based cartoonist, who opines here on what he sees going on in the City of Hollywood, esp. at City Hall, the CRAs and development issues.
• MOG -Music Sighpots on the Web's Lonely Road
• MySmartgov.org -The civic-minded group leading the fight against the layers of red tape produced by local govt. bureaucracy, "overseen by officials with little to do and little training to do it." They are working for "Common sense – and change – in Indiana" and the enactment of the ethical and common sense reforms called for in the Kernan-Shepard Commission. This is what's happening in Indiana, though Florida needs it just as much -IF NOT MORE!JUST AS MUCH!
• New York Observer
• New York Review of Books
• New York Times -Florida-based news articles, columns and archives in The New York Times. Fantastic way to keep up with what's what in the Sunshine State -especially those parts outside of South Florida- and see how they're presented thru the prism of "the Old Gray Lady." Plus, the archives are a godsend!
• NewsChannel 8 -Washington D.C.'s local news cable channel, While not perfect, is exactly what South Florida should've had about 20 years ago!
• Newser -"Read Less, Know More"
• Newsmap -"Newsmap is an application that visually reflects the constantly changing landscape of the Google News news aggregator. Newsmap's provides a tool to divide information into quickly recognizable bands which, when presented together, reveal underlying patterns in news reporting across cultures and within news segments in constant change around the globe."
• Newsmeat.com -"AMERICA'S MOST POPULAR CAMPAIGN DONOR SEARCH ENGINE"
• Next American City -Quarterly magazine about "making cities better thru socially and environmentally sustainable economic growth in America’s cities and examining how and why our built environment, economy, society and culture are changing."
• NiemanWatchdog.org -Journalism website from the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard University, which seeks to advance the role of the press in America the press as "a surrogate for the public, asking probing, penetrating questions at every level, from the town council to the state house to the White House, as well as in corporate and professional offices, in union halls, on university campuses and in religious organizations that seek to influence governmental actions."
• NoMarlinsBailout.com -"Love Baseball...Not Corporate Welfare"
• Ocean Drive magazine -"Captures glamour, fashion and the local social scene" with amazing photos. Yes, all true in the past, but it's now spreading itself a little thin and becoming a subject of mockery -NEVER a good sign!
• OpenCongress -A free, open-source, non-profit, and non-partisan web resource with a mission to make Congress more transparent and to encourage civic engagement.
• Orange Bowl Committee -Host of the FedEx Orange Bowl and the 2009 FedEx BCS National Championship.
• Orioles Hangout
• Orlando Sentinel homepage
• Paid Content- Chronicles the economic evolution of digital content that is shaping the future of the media, information and entertainment industries. "Our belief is that in the near future, all media will be digital media, and we are helping define sustainable business models and innovation within this sector."
• Palestra.net's Big Ten Video Channel
• Palm Beach Post homepage
• Plum TV Miami Beach
• Political Browser -Washington Post's daily (hourly) guide to what's hot and happening in American politics on the internet, blogs and video.
• Politicker.com -"The Politicker.com national site gives readers quick and easy access to original reporting on races for U.S. Senate, Governor, House and President from our staff of state and national political reporters."
• PolitickerNY -"Inside Politics for Political Insiders"
• Politics1.com -Online Guide to Florida Politics, run by Ron Gunzburger
• PolitiFact -"Joint project of the St. Petersburg Times and Congressional Quarterly to help you find the truth in the presidential campaign. Every day, reporters and researchers from the Times and CQ will analyze the candidates' speeches, TV ads and interviews and determine whether the claims are accurate."
• Pop Sugar -"Insanely addictive " entertainment and celeb news with a jaundiced and sarcastic p.o.v.
• Press Box -Baltimore area sports newspaper/website
• Pro Publica -Journalism in the Public Interest
• Public Transportation Advocacy Coalition, P-TAC, "A Grassroots Effort to Improve Mobility in Florida" founded by Tomas Boiton
• Putney Perspective -Transcripts of Michael Putney's Sunday morning TV program, This Week in South Florida, on WPLG, an oasis of public policy in the murky Miami swamp of bad ideas!
• Radio -South Florida Radio Pages -SoFla radio news & history by David H. Citron; Click link on main page for latest news
• Rasmussen Reports -Public opinion polling information
• Real Estate sales in Hallandale Beach -SouthFlorida.BlockShopper.com
• Real Estate sales in Hollywood -SouthFlorida.BlockShopper.com
• RealClearPolitics -Best of the Blogs
• RealClearPolitics -Homepage
• Roll Call -The Newspaper of Capitol Hill Since 1955.
• Romensko -James Romensko at Poynter Online provides "Your daily fix of media industry news, commentary, and memos."
• Rothenberg Political Report by Stuart Rothenberg -"Non-partisan newsletter covering U.S. House, Senate, and gubernatorial campaigns, Presidential politics, and political developments."
• Sayfie Review
• Schematic.com -Amazing website of the cross-disciplinary geniuses who turned me on to Silverlight during the Beijing Olympics for their client, NBC-TV
• Sen. Bill Nelson's official homepage
• Sen. Mel Martinez's official homepage
• Smaller Indiana -"Makes creative people and innovative ideas easier to find. This is the place for you to share your ideas and engage with Indiana's most creative and inspired souls...working together to build community,culture and commerce."
• Smart City Radio -"Weekly, hour-long public radio talk show that takes an in-depth look at urban life, the people, places, ideas and trends shaping cities. Host Carol Coletta talks with national and international public policy experts, elected officials, economists, business leaders, artists, developers, planners and others for a penetrating discussion of urban issues."
• South Beach Hoosier -My other blog, where I ruminate on a multitude of national and international subjects, as well as the passing sports scene at Indiana University and the University of Miami, remembering the past and looking forward to the future.
• South Florida Business Journal
• South Florida Regional Planning Council
• South Florida Sun-Sentinel homepage
• South Florida Times (weekly newspaper) homepage -"Elevating the Dialogue"
• SportsDesigner.com -Started by newspaper designer Rich Boudet in June of 2004, and now authored by Boudet of The Seattle Times and Josh Crutchmer of The Chicago Tribune.
• St. Petersburg Times -Homepage
• St. Petersburg Times -Their always excellent Politics page, directed by Political Editor Adam C. Smith.
• St. Petersburg Times excellent Multimedia Series
• Stimulus Watch -Projects in Fort Lauderdale, FL
• Stimulus Watch -Projects in Hallandale Beach, FL
• Stimulus Watch -Projects in Hollywood, FL
• Stimulus Watch -Projects in Miami, FL
• Sveriges Radio Engelska -Past 30 days of Swedish news programming from Radio Sweden International in English.
• Swedish news and culture from SVT
• Taegan Goddard's Political Wire
• Talk About Hallandale -On-line forum where Hallandale Beach residents can discuss HB's government, politics and public policy.
• Tallahassee Democrat homepage
• Tampa Tribune homepage
• Tequesta - "The scholarly journal of the Historical Association of Southern Florida, has been published annually since 1941. It contains articles about the history of South Florida, especially of the Miami area, the Florida Keys and the Everglades. Time periods for topics range from pre-Columbian history to the late twentieth century. While most articles are scholarly studies, many first-person accounts also appear in the journal." First started reading this as a kid at the beautiful downtown Dade County main library on Biscayne Blvd.
• The American Spectator -Founded in Bloomington, now edited in Arlington, VA near the Clarendon Metro station..
• The Atlantic magazine homepage -Consistently one of the best-written American magazines, one I started reading almost 25 years ago.
• The Brechner Center for Freedom of Information -Located at the University of Florida College of Journalism and Mass Communication, "answers queries about media law from journalists, attorneys, and other members of the public." They have great resources!
• The Broward Alliance -Leading Broward County in Building a Stronger and More Diverse Economy
• The Cook Report -"Charlie Cook's indispensable weekly column on national politics appearing in National Journal magazine."
• The Council for Excellence in Government
• The Fort Lauderdale Forum -Homepage for the civic group led by former Fort Lauderdale Mayor Rob Dressler.
• The Guardian -Homepage
• The Guardian -Video
• The Hill -The 2nd newspaper covering Capitol Hill and K Street
• The Hotline -From The National Journal -Simply put, the definitive guide to what's going on in American politics.
• The Hotline TV -Daily video webcast featuring coverage and lively debate from The Hotline's Editors, which is always informative and amusing.
• The Huffington Post -Link to references to Broward County
• The State of Sunshine -"An Irregular Review of Politics in the Sunshine State" since 2006
• The Telegraph -Homepage
• The Urbanite -Baltimore
• The Weekly Standard
• The White House
• The Wrap -Covering Hollywood and entertainment industry with an eye on what's happening, on and off-screen, and at the box office!
• THOMAS -Legislative information from the Library of Congress
• Thomas Boswell -The Washington Post national sportswriter
• TMZ.com -The pulse of Hollywood and the entertainment world -good & bad
• TV -Aaron Barnhart's KC Star columns
• TV -AreYouWatchingThis -Sports site that features valuable info on sports programming. Sort of a continuous sports version of The Weather Channel.
• TV -France 24 -French and international news in English LIVE from Paris, 24/7. Very addicting and gives you news and insight you simply won't find elsewhere. Jointly owned by TF1 and France Télévisions.
• TV Barn by Aaron Barnhart -The Kansas City Star's resident TV genius was my favorite TV critic in the country, even before he included a lenthy part of an essay I wrote in 2005 on Charlie Rose being M.I.A. on Hurricane Katrina at TV Barn
• TV Newser from mediabistro.com -"And now...the news about the news."
• U.S. Olympic Committee -Team USA News
• Washington City Paper -A.k.a. "WCP" as it was known when I was living in the D.C. area for 15 years
• Washington Post homepage
• Watch with Kristin -E!'s Kristin Dos Santos tells all about the world of TV and cracks a few jokes, too.
• WatchDogReport -Daniel A. Ricker covers the South Florida public policy events you don't have the time to go to! The report is an original work based on information gathered at public meetings, interviews and from documents in the public domain.
• WatchingSunrise -Website that follows the latest antics in Sunrise (FL), the only Broward County city that consistently challenges Hallandale Beach for the title of worst-run, most ethically-challenged city in South Florida.
• WireImage -The best way to keep up with celebs and over-the-top publicity events -photos!
• WireImage photos taken in the Miami area.