Entertainment

St. Pete’s music mogul

Good singers with stars in their eyes may not have to depend on the X-Factor or American Idol to make them famous. They may want to send their work to Bill Edwards, the St. Petersburg mortgage company mogul who also heads an entertainment company called Big 3.

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Wednesday Morning Reads: Herman Cain, foster kids and prison privatization

TALLAHASSEE — Good morning, buenos dias and bon jour. Welcome to today’s edition of the top five stories in government and politics that you should be reading this morning. * State government officials have decided not to inspect Legoland rides, the Orlando Sentinel reported. From Read More

Delray Beach changes name of signature event, again

The former Art and Jazz On The Avenue event, which changed name in July to Arts, Beats & Eats is yet again being renamed after officials with the Delray Beach Marketing Cooperative realized an event in Michigan had been using the same name for the past 14 years. On The Ave is the newest Read More

Drunken man tried to pull his tooth with pliers, cops say

Francisco Rojas’ wife told 911 dispatchers her 49-year-old husband was “drunk and in the garage trying to pull his tooth out with a pair of pliers,” reports Will Greenlee in his Off the Beat blog for TCPalm.com in Stuart. Nothing like liquid courage before attempting Read More

Nubag Makes Splash on Miami Radio Station

Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz It’s an average Friday,and the best sports & entertainment talk show in the nation, the Dan LeBatard Show with Stugotz, is chugging right along. A discussion about Stugotz’s dislike of the way Super Bowl Champion Aaron Rodgers is handling himself Read More

BayWalk closer to new owner

An executive with Big 3 Entertainment confirms the company is in a “due diligence phase” with plans to close on downtown St. Petersburg’s BayWalk before the end of the month.

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FloriDUH: K-8 school by day, adult club by night

School zone by day, party zone by night. The Balere Language Academy in Miami is an A-rated charter school, home to children in kindergarten through middle school, reports The Miami Herald. But at night the school was open for strictly adult entertainment. There were clues: Empty beer bottles, Read More

Wednesday morning reads: RPOF’s Bitner, septic tank re-do, and Floridians living in sin

TALLAHASSEE — Football (the live sort, not TiVO) is almost upon us. But until that glorious day, we must contain ourselves with the sport that is politics. Here are the top-five stories you should be reading this morning: *Conflicting reports this morning on whether Republican Party of Read More