Iavarone's is a Tampa classic. Open since 1992, the Carrollwood restaurant is one of three locally owned by the Iavarone family (the other two are Carmine's in Ybor City and Malio's in downtown Tampa). ...more

November 21, 2007

Rock singers tackling prerock standards have become something of an epidemic in recent years. Leave it to a rapper to show them how it's done. ...more

November 9, 2007

THE BRUNETTES: STRUCTURE & COSMETICS (SUB POP) ** There's much to be said in favor of breezy pop music. For New Zealand duo The Brunettes, though, the breeze is everything. ...more

October 19, 2007

Joey Bishop, 89, the deadpan comedian who was ABC's answer to NBC's late-night talk show king Johnny Carson in the late 1960s and was the last surviving member of Frank Sinatra's Rat Pack, died Wednesday at his home in Newport Beach, Calif. ...more

October 19, 2007

Gennaro Castiglione didn't re-enter the restaurant business to become a star. He achieved star status a long time ago. ...more

October 15, 2007

Standing in a casino hotel room, a fallen football hero played out the final scene of a sting operation to seize prized possessions from his glory days. ...more

September 23, 2007

The Pelican Players Entertainers' Variety Show, held in August at the Golf Club at Cypress Creek, was a dinner theater in which even the entrees were stars. ...more

September 20, 2007