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80° F, Partly Cloudy![People stream into Clearwater's revamped Coachman Park in June.](data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 562 316"/%3E "People stream into Clearwater's revamped Coachman Park in June.")
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tbt/7DXIPHW2AVGARF4266CUVXNAFY.jpg "Rick's on the River owner Ken Brackins shows a sign that deters customers from dining and dashing.")
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tbt/XV2XFP6YPBDL7LSTOMUXL6LDJY.JPG "Convicted drug smuggler Angelo Bedami, son of mobster and alleged Santo Trafficante hit man Joe Bedami Sr., shares stories at his Tampa home.")
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tbt/NMICOQLMW5HZVFS2I6MFMFQQ24.JPG "Tampa land use attorney Mark Bentley, holds an autographed 1963 portrait of the Beatles made by German photographer Astrid Kirchherr on Monday, April 4, 2022, at his law office with Johnson Pope Bokor Ruppel and Burns in Tampa. Bentley has turned a life-long love of The Beatles into a full-length documentary that fills in one of the last pieces of the iconic band’s history.")
:format(webP)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tbt/R74MGMTO3BAYTJWPLL7NXTNMYY.jpg "Sulphur Springs' Springs Theatre as it looked in 1943. The building is now being converted into a distillery and event space.")
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/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tbt/7VWOEY5FUZA27K7T6GGE2NPFGE.JPG "Tal Zentmeyer snaps a slate for a scene for the film \"Baked With a Kiss\" in Seminole in 2022.")
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tbt/NZVONM56GVB7RKUPO7LPX33KDM.jpg "This St. Petersburg mansion featured in the 1985 movie \"Cocoon\" is now for sale.")
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tbt/42FUWRM447JPNDDIV3H75BQF4A.jpg "Margot Robbie as Barbie in \"Barbie.\"")
:format(webP)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tbt/6BDPCFJ4BRE73NQVGX4HJCP37E.jpg "Dog trainer Cassie Kennedy, her dog Beck and actor Dean Cain on the set of 'R.A.D.A.R.: Adventures of the Bionic Dog' that was shot in Dunedin.")
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tbt/TZEK7EWUA5EQNEESUNSRDGQHWQ.jpg "Zachary Levi arrives at the world premiere of \"Shazam! Fury of the Gods\" in March in Los Angeles. Levi will star in the movie about a real-life Gulf of Mexico rescue.")
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tbt/QCIIWW3I7NGLXJBFAOUVSQB7UM.jpg "An animated scene from the documentary “Dear Ike: Lost Letters to a Teen Idol,” produced by Andy Steinlen.")
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tbt/GRSDB7WCHBDSJFM3YLE4C4VPWE.jpg "A still from \"MerPeople,\" Netflix's four-part documentary series that revolves around mermaid culture. The series includes mermaids from Tampa Bay's own Weeki Wachee Springs State Park.")
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tbt/NWJEYPFBSRC3LNVXFGKUTDLXGU.JPG "Annette Kowalski and \"The Joy of Painting\" host Bob Ross met in Clearwater and agreed to become business partners over dinner at a Waffle House.")
:format(webP)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tbt/C2MIJHWZRVDABFC4PQAVPELXRU.JPG "Paula Gutierrez smiles holding the MAC-11 handgun that was later used to kil Tampa Police Officer Lois Marrero in 2001.")
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tbt/HNURIBSRBRG45ASI7EAOXZAAIY.jpg "Rhys Lynn, the first assistant camera operator, and Virginia Bryant, the unit production manager, are pictured on the set of \"Valentine's Town,\" which filmed in Dunedin in April.")
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tbt/CJGFDJ4IOVDP7LJ42DN34DEOS4.jpg "John Bell, president and CEO of the Tampa Theatre in Tampa, gives a tour. An upcoming three-year, $21 million renovation will preserve the historic look while ushering in a new era, adding a second screen and a third-floor event space.")
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tbt/VMDBFONVQKSWUHXZSNAB3KI47U.jpg "The scene outside Paramount Studios on Melrose Avenue after the Writer's Guild of America brought members out with picket signs in front of studios across Los Angeles")
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tbt/3ULZS7X27BHQBINUZFBEIB5Q54.jpg "Michael Alfieri, left, and Mario Garcia on the set of \"The Throwback,\" which was filmed in Tampa Bay. Alfieri produced and Garcia wrote and directed the movie.")
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tbt/J2VXWUWSPNDJJQZERTLYPHM3NU.jpg "Joseph Moore looks out of a window at his home in Jacksonville on Dec. 7, 2021. Moore worked for nearly 10 years as an undercover informant for the FBI, infiltrating the Ku Klux Klan in Florida, foiling at least two murder plots, according to investigators, and investigating ties between law enforcement and the white supremacist organization. \"From where I sat, with the intelligence laid out, I can tell you that none of these agencies have any control over any of it. It is more prevalent and consequential than any of them are willing to admit.\"")
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tbt/QFAV7XZS6NCT5HPUKB3LZFUHTU.jpg "People stream into Clearwater's revamped Coachman Park in June.")
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tbt/NGPJRWB3SFBXVP2XA3Q2QR66LU.jpg "In honor of the \"Barbie\" movie, meet Tampa Bay Barbie.")
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tbt/FD5K7LDRWTMUGIAS5L5MUNXA4M.jpg "rosecutors in New Mexico plan to drop an involuntary manslaughter charge against Alec Baldwin in the fatal 2021 shooting of a cinematographer on the set of the Western film “Rust,” Baldwin’s attorneys said Thursday.")