Is Queen B 'bout to pop out another heir to the Throne?

UPDATE: E! is reporting that Beyonce is indeed knocked up! Bey and Jay's reps aren't saying, but it's looking more and more like there's another baby Carter on the way.

Can anybody confirm or deny -- definitively and with stern conviction -- whether or not Beyoncé Knowles and hubby-slash-rap music megastar mogul, Jay-Z, are having another kid?

Ever since B. told Oprah she was once more itchin' to procreate -- the couple welcomed their first child, Blue Ivy Carter, in 2012 -- the Internet has been monitoring her every last move in anticipation of the slightest sign that the pop R&B siren's eggs are, in fact, fertilized.

And now the content-starved masses may finally have the smoking gun that proves once and for all that Bey is with child.

Or do they?!

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Kristian Andrew

Mark your calendars, microbrew devotees. The Funky Buddha Brewery is officially opening its Oakland Park doors on Saturday, June 1. The best thing to happen to Florida's craft beer scene, the Funky Buddha is slated to have SoFla's largest capacity craft brewery, with the goal of ultimately housing over 30 handcrafted brews on tap.

Heralded Boca Raton brewpub head brewer and founder Ryan Sentz is upping the ante here with a full-scale production brewery and taproom based out of Oakland Park.

This is not only a huge deal for us beer lovers, but also for the city of Oakland Park itself. The 18,000-square foot Funky Buddha Brewery is set to be the anchor the city's new Culinary Arts District. Located on a stretch of Dixie Highway, between Oakland and Commercial Boulevard, the district will change the face of the city. With independent restaurants, a culinary school, European-style marketplace, a hydroponic farm with horticultural classes, it gives the city the cultural center it's been lacking.

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Sure Kim Kardashian is a first time mom with the spawn of Satan, um, Kanye. Sorry, brain fart. But you'd think she already knew, with Mason around and, you know, having 10,000 siblings, that there's no place like home for a newborn.

However, according to TMZ, KK is planning on bringing baybay Kimye (or, as we're banking on, North West) on tour with her man.

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- Ten Name Suggestions for Kim and Kanye's Superballin' Baby

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"Noise is everyday fucking life," or at least it is according to the notoriously loud Kenny Millions, of experimental noise duo Death Fuk. And while Broward County is surely brimming with the sounds of "everyday fucking life" as well as contributions from a diverse range of talented and homegrown musicians, the 954 lacks a pulse on the noise beat that heartily thrives in Miami. It fosters festivals like the International Noise Conference, held annually for the past decade, or weekly series, like Be Creative or Die, where life becomes one big experiment in sound and performance.

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Steve Martin is a multi-talented legend, in a way that shames even Justin Timberlake. The comic icon has proven himself as a king of the funnies and master of the banjo. His music prowess is so that when talking to friends about his performance at Kravis Center on May 24, the main question is "to be funny or to play music?" Followed of course by "How much are tickets?"

I've heard stories of the beloved Woody Allen coming to Kravis and breaking hearts by playing his much adored clarinet the entire show without even stopping to complain about something or tell a silly story. Lucky for Steve Martin fans (a.k.a. everyone), his performance will not fall into this lame-ass category.

The 67-year old first-time dad (believe it) will be accompanied by his band the Steep Canyon Rangers and Edie Brickell as they present a night of bluegrass music with a comedic twang. Before we dive into a banjo headbang, let's take a moment to look at the man himself. Here are our five best Steve Martin musical moments.

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Monica McGivern

Dress like this, please.

Most people don't know this about me, but I was in Rock of Ages.

Sure, it's possible that I am merely a speck in the sea of unpaid extras in the final scene of this movie. But I did my part to make this mediocre movie happen. And then I reviewed it for County Grind, examining the 'round town locations. You're welcome Rock of Ages.

But there are so many other Fort Lauderdale folk that appeared in the film, like for real, and next week, they're reuniting at Passion Nightclub. It's being called: "the event you have all been waiting for." And have you?

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- Photos: Rock of Ages Movie Release Party at Revolution Live, June 15
- Tom Cruise Bared Chest, Conjured Steve Perry for Rock of Ages Filming

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Attack! Attack! is playing Culture Room this week.

Driven Music Conference
Conference 9 a.m. Thursday, May 16, to Sunday, May 19, at Hyatt Regency Pier Sixty-Six, 2301 SE 17th St., Fort Lauderdale. Showcase 1 p.m. Friday, May 17, to Saturday, May 18, at Revolution Live, 100 SW Third Ave., Fort Lauderdale. Tickets cost $29. Call 954-449-1025, or visit drivenflorida.com.
Before South by Southwest became the entertainment industry's hottest convention, it was a quaint music conference attended by about 800 insiders its first year. Now, the annual Austin, Texas, showcase is the largest festival of its kind. Closer to home, however, the Driven Music Conference, which takes over the Hyatt Regency Pier Sixty-Six from Thursday through Sunday, continues its path to also becoming a major music-industry destination. "We're connecting the dots between younger emerging artists and top-level music-industry executives," Driven Entertainment Group CEO Dominick Centi told the Sun Sentinel. "This is an opportunity [emerging artists] might not otherwise have, to network and showcase their work."

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George Martinez

Ultra Music Festival is riding the untz train back into town! You can already hear the pounding of furry boots, feel the shake of bass in your chattering teeth. Sure, it's almost a year off, but the massive EDM bash already announced the time and date of their 2014 ticket sales.

The 16th annual fest will take place March 28 to 30, 2014 with about 300,000 crazed ravers PLURing hard as fudge at Bayfront Park in Miami. The acts have yet to be announced.

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- Full New Times Ultra Music Festival Coverage

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Howdy there, cowfolk! We, at County Grind love, country music, and Davie's finest, Cowboys, is bringing it hard over the next few weeks. With Jacob Jeffries Band performing, the chance to drink cheap beers with Jesus, and ladies dressed like sexy soldiers, this line-dancing hotspot is bumpin'. Hell, only thing missin' is Mr. Willie Nelson himself. Read on to see what's to do at Cowboys, as you polish your spurs.

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- Jacob Jeffries Band Will Rock You

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Pelvic Thrust's Spring Fling party

Pelvic Thrust is a group of eight Miami-based music lovers who will do just about anything for a good party. With their turntables and CDJs in tow, and some insane stamina to keep the fun going all night long, these guys have managed to bring their monthly party from a loft apartment on the edge of Miami's Design District to the apex of underground Miami electronic dance music, the Electric Pickle, with some cool pop-up spots in between.

Following a gritty "New York style" loft party at last month's Spring Fling event, Pelvic Thrust are collaborating with a couple of "generous friends" to throw an all-day pool party at what is being described as "a plush, mansion playground, with secret gardens and crystal pools in abundance," all in the heart of Weston. Sounds titillating!

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