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Boca Raton’s wine, and all that jazz

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| Monday 31 August 2009 2:42 pm Print This Post

Boca Raton loves a good shindig, and the yearly Wine & All That Jazz is one of the finest in town.

The Chamber of Commerce put together the affair Saturday night at the Boca Raton Resort. Guests got to taste 100-plus wines (they serve just one mouthful at a time, but there are enough tables to keep the glass filled up) while being serenaded by local jazz bands.

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Channel 12 parent company to file for bankruptcy

Posted by Jose Lambiet | Boob Tube, Cash, Media |
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| Monday 31 August 2009 12:06 pm Print This Post

The parent company of WPEC-Channel 12 is expected to file for bankruptcy Tuesday, according to several newspaper reports.

Freedom Communications, the company started 70 years ago to air out Libertarian values, may file as early as Tuesday, the New York Times reports today.

wpecWhat does it mean for the likes of star anchors Liz Quirantes and Curt Fonger and John Matthews?

Not much, a station insider tells Page2Live.

“This station is one of their most valuable assets,” the source said. “Viewers won’t see a difference. We probably won’t go to a single anchor format or anything.”

In addition to the CBS affiliate, the company also owns 30 newspapers, including the large Orange County Register in California.

“We continue to work with our lenders on the capital structure of the company,” said company President Doreen Wade. “She wouldn’t comment further.”

WPEC took several economic measures this year, including layoffs in January, unpaid furloughs in March and the summer announcement that salaries would be cut by five percent.

Wild 95.5 jock’s stunt goes awry — again!

Pennington (Courtesy Wild 95.5)

Pennington (Courtesy Wild 95.5)

Wild 95.5’s morning jock Jason Pennington is on a mean streak.

For the second time in a month, a stunt backfired on the guy, this time literally.

Pennington was channeling his rapper alter ego, The Value Meal Killah, for a stage show Friday night at Palm Beach Garden’s Ouzo Blue when things went south.

He first fell flat on his back on the slick stage as he attempted a wrestling stunt. With his back locked into place, security guards carried him away — then dropped him on his back for a second time.

In pain but determined to finish the gig, Pennington then sat in a chair to show his fire-eating prowess. Not only did he burn himself, but the jolt of the pain caused him to fall from the chair, on his back.

“I’ve been laying down on my floor since then and I’m taking care of the burns,” Pennington said Saturday morning. “But the crowd seemed to get a kick out of it.”

Pennington toilet-papered WPB Mayor Lois Frankel’s house this month. Only, it wasn’t Frankel’s house, but her neighbor’s. He’s been part of the station’s morning crew, with Virginia Lang and Kevin Rolston, for five years.

St. Lucie bikini teacher Tiffany Shepherd: Porn’s my last hope!

Posted by Jose Lambiet | Breaking News, Cash, Hotties, Media, Scandals, Sex sells, crash |
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| Sunday 30 August 2009 9:53 am Print This Post

The saga of the Port St. Lucie High School biology teacher fired for moonlighting as a bikini-clad mate on a fishing charter has taken a sordid turn.

Tiffany Shepherd, 31, has set out to make money again by flaunting what God gave her.

This time, however, it’s not by serving stiff drinks to some amateur fisherman in her teeny number.

Shepherd’s a rising star in the porn industry. She plays either teacher types, or the wife-next-door.

“I’m not particularly proud of it. To be honest, I hate it,” Shepherd said. “I’m an educated woman, but I never thought it would come to this. No one gets brought up thinking they’ll be a floozy.”

The opening scene of a Leah Lust film (Courtesy pleasebangmywife.com)

The opening scene of a Leah Lust film (Courtesy pleasebangmywife.com)

Since her sacking made national news 15 months ago, Shepherd says she hasn’t been able to find a mainstream job.

Even at minimum wage.

Even after sending out 2,500 resumes, some as far as Idaho, some to prisons.

She’s lost custody of two of her three kids to her ex-husband. And she’s been evicted from two apartments.

Porn, she said, became her only avenue.

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Local swells fete new Barclays International boss

Posted by Jose Lambiet | Cribs, Island’s Finest, Photo Gallery |
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| Saturday 29 August 2009 4:13 pm Print This Post

Nightscape standout and charity organizer Leslie Holvey-Linder, a realtor by day, was feted by 100 of her closest friends Thursday at Bice restaurant in Palm Beach, after she was named managing partner of Barclays International Realty. With co-owner Shirley Wyner working on the company’s European clients, Holvey-Linder has been charged with re-focusing the firm on the Palm Beach market. Check out our gallery by Michele Sandberg.

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