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Kourtney and Khloe may want to put a rush on their filming because from what we hear, it's a done deal. Despite protests from some locals, South Beach rolled out the Ed Hardy carpet and Jersey Shore jumped on it like, well, a reality star in an awards show gifting suite. Prep for Goons Over Miami the second Real World Miami MTV hit is said to start in two weeks, to be followed by the arrival of the cast. Though we're not 100 % sure on where the merry gang of guidos will be residing, depending on who you ask, it's either too close or not close enough. As for the welcome party, you can be sure it's not at Mynt. And as for the Kardashians, well Kim may have a bit of a beef with J-Woww, but one thing the two camps do have in common is their joint effort (along with a few other s*hitshows) in turning Miami into the country's official reality show landfill. Whatever the case, you can practically hear the fists pumping–some, up in the air in a joyful display of delight and others into various walls around the city. Get ready, Miami. And don't say you weren't warned.
They're baaaaack. Seen being famous for doing nothing filming the new season of their E! "reality" show, Kourtney & Khloe Take Miami, Kourtney and Khloe Kardashian, having dinner at DeVito South Beach Friday night. We didn't realize they were back so soon and merely laughed when one of our sources told us they could swear they saw "those Kardashian Muppets" in Dash, the sisters' money laudering shell of an operation version of a lemonade stand Washington Avenue clothing store which never seems to have a soul in it until the camera crews arrive. Anyway, welcome back girls and enjoy the attention while it lasts because it's only a matter of time before Dash becomes a blip on the Jersey Shore South Beach radar.
As painful as this may be, we think it pretty much confirms our worst nightmares and will probably create a few new ones as well. Our inside source tells us we'll know for sure by the end of today. But don't hold your breath. As we type, Mynt is ordering Fort Knox-caliber locks for its doors, while some other South Beach establishments begin vacuuming its red carpets. Brace yourselves.
Someone was either really desperate for a story Saturday night at the gala hosted by Roy and Lea Black or stranger things have happened as reports swirl that former Miami DJ Tracy Young and Real Housewives of Atlanta's Elaine Lancaster Doppelganger Kim Zolciak are an item. As in dating. The openly gay Young became friends with Zolciak on Twitter where the two made plans for Young to remix Zolciak's, uh, song "Tardy for the Party." As for the party at the Fontainebleau Saturday, Young was spinning and Zolciak was one of the so-called celebrity guests. Until now, the only rumors swirling around the alleged Atlanta housewife's love life involved a married man named Big Poppa. We contacted Young for comment, but we don't blame her if she just ignores the question. In the meantime, we did speak with a credible source who tells us that when Young was in town for the Super Bowl, Zolciak flew in from Atlanta and stayed with her. "Yes, they are suppsedly sleeping together, but everyone knows that Kim is just using Tracy for many things–among them, remixing that horrible song into something tolerable. Kim is a classic, 'What can you for me?', 'What can I get out of you?' kind of girl. The kind of blond bimbo that gives all other self respecting blond bimbos a bad name."
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Seen here at the launch of Lamborghini Energy Drink at Club 50 at The Viceroy: Vince "ShamWow" Shlomi, no stranger to our city and its industrious women. He behaved last night, but we wonder if he heard us and decided to start making the wearable Sham-Woww as inspired by Jersey Shore's J-Woww as seen here on his lady friends, sporting the more, uh, business-like pieces of the collection? "It's like a chamois, a towel, a sponge, evening wear!"
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The Hangover's hilarious Zach Galifianakis had dinner at Michael's Genuine Food & Drink with a group of six last night. Apparently it wasn't his first time, having been in a few days earlier, dining at the bar with his assistant. Galifianakis, who will host SNL on March 6, wasn't just lingering from the Super Bowl, either. He's in town working pre-production of The Hangover 2 for the next four to six weeks. Bradley Cooper swoon alert:production starts in October. At last, an actual comedy being filmed down here as opposed to the comedies of errors to which we've grown so accustomed.
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Some doormen at The Florida Room last Saturday were singing a familiar tune to The Who's Roger Daltrey as he attempted to get into the slam placked club to check out a live set by Snoop Dogg. Says our source, "Daltrey was turned away at the door because it was too crowded." We believe that. Had it been the night after The Who's not so well received half time show, we may have thought it was something more personal.
Tanning salons, laundromats, Wet Willies and Mango's shouldn't get too excited over the rumors that Jersey Shore's second season on South Beach is a done deal—yet. Despite reported rumors that a house near Lincoln Road is being renovated for the inexplicably popular MTV reality smash, we can 100 % squash that one and tell you that said house is being all pimped out possibly for a home and design show instead. That said, we do know locations are being scouted close to or on Ocean Drive for Jersey's most controversial gang since The Sopranos. In fact, some of the show's scouts were seen sniffing around The Clevelander recently. As much as some tourism officials may not want to admit it, Ocean Drive screams Jersey Shore. A better location may not exist for them down here, really. Think The Birdcage meets Saturday Night Fever with a bit of Night at the Roxbury thrown in and, if they continue to fry their faces in the tanning beds, Scarface, too. Says our uber inside source, the chances of the show being filmed here are "Looking solid, but not one hundred percent."
And based on the amount of fist pumping going on at STK Miami last night when Shore-mates The Situation and Pauly D. showed up, we have a feeling South Beach, despite some protests like those made by Mynt owner Romain Zago, who refused to allow Shore scouts to film inside his club, will embrace them with open fists. According to our sources, The Sitch and Pauly "snapped pictures with every female that approached them." And, scarily, there were a lot. While Pauly stuck with water, The Sitch guzzled Grey Goose and Red Bull. The duo was overheard yapping about how much fun they had in Florida, and "how beautiful the tan ladies are." What, you expected Kafka?
In other news, although its inaugural season was not even one percent watchable, Miami Social, we hear, is not entirely dead in our waters, but if Bravo were to ever consider breathing life back into that mess, it will be with a completely new cast. Also rumored: more Hogans in Miami and, of course, Kardashians, because Miami without them is like Miami without sand and palm trees. Stay tuned for more developments as we get them.
Thanks to our pals at Hollywoodlife.com, we did not have to personally endure the absurdity that was Snooki's Super Bowl party last night at Finnegan's River in downtown Miami. And though the game, according to our colleague Glenn Garvin, had the biggest audience in TV history, it seems that Snooki may have experienced the biggest audience in her 21-year history. According to Hollywood Life, after watching his girlfriend be mobbed by men, boyfriend Emilio Massella fought with Snooks and then started to cry. "She got up on stage and did her thing, and Emilio was still being a tool, so she told him that he either had to chill out or leave," a source told HL. "And that's when he started to cry. He was blubbering, 'I don't want to fight!'" Either did Snooki when she got punched in the face, so they have that in common at least.