News, gossip, tidbits and oddities we dug up from under Orlando’s couch cushions.
If you happen to see a ginormous yellow cyclops hovering overhead this weekend, don't panic: it's just the Despicablimp. To promote the June 22 release of Despicable Me 2, Universal Pictures is parading a 165-feet long, 55-feet high helium-filled Minion on a cross-country publicity tour. The blimp was sighted in the air over eastern...
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How many famous people or characters are there whose names were Friday?
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So, a bodyslam from across the ropes for our economy, then! We sent our intern Shelby England – ON HIS LAST DAY, SIGH – to cover Gov. Rick Scott’s appearance in at the Full Sail-adjacent new WWE violence complex, and this is what he brought back. You might know by now that Gov. Scott...
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According to UCF’s Knight News, LGBT activist, journalist and blogger John Becker filed a lawsuit against UCF seeking access to public records related to a study by researcher Mark Regenerus titled “New Family Structures.” The study, which was cited in oral arguments before the Supreme Court last month, concluded that “children appear most apt...
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The Enzian Theater could be seeking to almost triple its current size by adding two screens and two lobbies to its existing building, according to the City of Maitland and other sources with knowledge of the plans. The independent art cinema currently has just one screen, in addition to an outdoor bar and restaurant....
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While the Orlando Weekly staff was in a conference room waiting for Billy Manes segment on Michelangelo Signorile’s Sirius radio show the Gist, somebody checked Twitter. Someone posted that a bomb had gone off at the finish line of the Boston Marathon and people were injured. A Vine user named Doug caught this snippet...
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After being derided for decades as a middlebrow pastime for drunk dads, bowling is suddenly hot again, at least in Orlando's tourist corridor. Splitsville recently opened its lanes in Downtown Disney's defunct Virgin Megastore, and Universal is building a bowling facility into their new Cabana Bay Beach Resort. Add to that alley avalanche the...
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Facebook decided to take a page from MySpace’s book with their new feelings emoticons, but I think they could’ve used a touch more of the pizzazz that MySpace gets flamed for. Updating my feelings on MySpace was the first dang status update I can remember making, and I definitely was among the silly first...
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Win a pair of tickets to Islands of Adventures and Universal Studios, plus a parking pass, just by answering one question!
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Create your free online surveys with SurveyMonkey , the world’s leading questionnaire tool. For more on urban chicken keeping in Orlando, check out our 2010 story, “Clucking around.”
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Fringe Fest 2013 reviews Arts & Culture: Our top seven picks By Jessica Bryce Young 5/22/2013
Album Review: Daft Punk's 'Random Access Memories' Daft Punk ascends to new heights of what-the-fuck on arguably the year's most anticipated release. By M.T. Richards 5/22/2013
Food & Drink - Staff Picks BOO 2012: Best attention-grabber beverage Beet & green apple juice from Café 118 7/18/2012
Rusteak Restaurant & Wine Bar Food & Drink: Ocoee gastropub has a lot going for it By Faiyaz Kara 5/22/2013
The Survivors Project News: Excerpts from ebook that gives sexual-abuse survivors a chance to tell their stories 5/22/2013
Noodles and Rice Café Food & Drink: Noodles of every shape take center stage at this Mills 50 restaurant By Faiyaz Kara 5/15/2013