Archive For December, 2011
Yesterday, I told you about Bill Maher’s not nice and not funny tweet about Tim Tebow. Well, today, Tim can celebrate his latest title: Most Desirable Celebrity Neighbor for 2012. Zillow.com, a real estate marketing company that just so happens to have a category called “eye candy” on its blog, asked U.S. adults what celeb [...]
Dear magazine publishers and movie poster designers: You wouldn’t know it from looking at your magazine covers or movie posters, but there’s a beautiful young actress named Ashley Greene who also stars in the Twilight saga (see exhibits A-G below): Do you have something against Jacksonville since that’s where Greene was born? (Tim Tebow backlash perhaps?) Or [...]
I heard a rumor that Top Chef Just Desserts season one contestant Erika Davis has been working out of Potter’s House Soul Food Bistro until her new restaurant, Dupree’s Chocolate Bar, opens in Atlantic Beach next year. Not that I need a D-list celebrity stalker opportunity to get me go to Potter’s House (aka Home of [...]
Former Jacksonvillian actor Nick Shepherd has officially hit the big time by starring with Golden Globe winner Mickey Rourke (Shepherd is the one on the right in the blue shirt). I’d probably be a little more impressed if it weren’t a Snickers commercial … that only airs in Russia. Thanks to Eye Team member Moonpie for the [...]
If you follow The Specktator on Facebook (and really, why shouldn’t you?), you’ve heard the super exciting news that I FINALLY made it on to Tebowing.com (you’ll have to click the link to see me in all my glory). In addition to being idolized by literally tens of people for this accomplishment (not to brag, but the [...]
I’ve got bad news and good news about Jacksonville diners. The bad news: When Open Table asked local diners to name the Best Overall Restaurant in Jacksonville, they picked a chain. Granted, they picked Ruth’s Chris Steakhouse but still … a chain restaurant? … REALLY!?! The good news is some diners were smart enough to vote for Blue [...]
For the past couple of months, you’ve been hearing about the big make-over of the 5 Points Theatre, courtesy of the fine folks at Sun-Ray Cinema. Considering the last round of renovations which turned Club 5 into a “movie theater” with wedding reception hall carpeting and conference room chair seating, you probably weren’t expecting much. [...]
In an attempt to feed people’s insatiable appetite for celebrity gossip, The Specktator and my trusted panel of reporters, the Eye-Team, report sightings of local luminaries (aka J-listers) and “real” stars about town, in a segment we affectionately refer to as “Invasion of Privacy.” Last night, an observant, yet slightly intoxicated, Eye Team member spotted former City [...]