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Look, guys,it's 300 degrees out and no sweat rings!
Seen last night all cool, calm and collected: Bradley Cooper, star of The A-Team movie, in town guest hosting WWE's Monday Night Raw live on the USA Network with co-stars Quinton "Rampage" Jackson and Sharlto Copley. No word on whether Cooper came with girlfriend Renee Zellweger, though some reports say the couple are either about to split or have already done so. Cooper may be back in October when The Hangover II possibly starts filming in Miami, a story we broke back in April, and one which director Todd Phillips has not denied.
Despite the 350 arrests– mostly on misdemeanor drug charges, the most arresting site on South Beach during Urban Beach Weekend, at least for Halle Berry, was the site of this Speedo-sporting fan, who approached the actress as she was sunbathing with two guy friends over the weekend. The newly single Berry, according to our sources, seemed to be vacationing in Miami without her two-year-old daughter and with guys who'd be more interested in her with fabulous turquoise bikini on than off, if you know what we mean. Good times.
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After a scandalous separation sparked by all sorts of cheating allegations, Latin Grammy-Award winning singer Luis Fonsi and his estranged wife, actress Adamari Lopez had an awkward encounter earlier this week at Mercadito in Midtown, where the two were both spotted celebrating a mutual friend's birthday. According to our source, the whole thing was civil, but the two in the same room only brought up inevitable, uncomfortable comparisons to Sandra Bullock and Jesse James. Says our source "They did exchange some words as you normally would in a group of people, but the group was kind of in and out of the restaurant and Luis didn't exactly sit for a long period of time." Ah, the antsy awkwardness of it all. Apparently Lopez, in remission from breast cancer, was living in Mexico
while she was filming a soap opera and Fonsi was living here in Miami where he may have strayed from the marriage. Says an insider "No one ever expected him to be unfaithful since he’s always been known
to adore her."
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Besides a few staged fights on Ocean Drive here and there and some gratuitous bikini shots on the beach, the cast of the Jersey Shore had a pretty uneventful, ordinary stay on South Beach. Like they usually do with tourists, locals ignored them just like the A-list clubs did. We now fondly bid the cast of Jersey Shore adieu and wish them well in their endeavors in the place they belong. Apparently the cast has officially moved out of the Metropole South Beach and are staying at the Catalina for their last night of feigned South Beach debauchery. Snooki and co. spent Wednesday afternoon striking poses for MTV at the Catalina's rooftop pool, where The Situation, who never did pop up after hours at Twist as some expected, was, according to our source, "using an exercise band in between takes to pump up his muscles." Many of you asked us to wake you when it was all over, but for some reason, all we can do right now is just yawn and go back to sleep. Zzzzzzz.
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In some twisted attempt to prove that Miami isn't the Paris Hilton of American cities, overexposed to the point of exhaustion and, eventually, obsoleteness, Tru TV, whose tag line is truly "Actuality. Not Reality," is filming a new series in Miami starting on Sunday and based on their hit (?) show Rehab:Party at the Hard Rock Hotel–you know, the splashy show that almost gives you STDs just by watching? Didn't think so. But anyway, joining Tru TV in their efforts behind the scenes are none other than veteran Miami promoters Tommy Pooch and Alan Roth, whose TAI Entertainment will fuel the fires for what they hope will be good, down 'n' dirty reality television. According to Roth, who says he and Pooch will remain off camera as producers, filming will begin Sunday at a new pool party at Finnegan's River, a party that will continue every Sunday for 11 weeks, or until Tru TV has enough ammunition for six episodes. No name yet. Also involved in the show somehow: the promoters at Vitamin C. We asked the somewhat rhetorical question of why Finnegan's as opposed to the already-existant Sunday parties at Shore Club, to which Roth said, "They want to focus on boat culture." Right. And Jersey Shore is a travel show.
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There may be few things worse than being left at the altar–just ask Kiefer Sutherland or the former fiance of the so-called Runaway Bride who staged her kidnapping just to avoid taking that big, scary matrimonial march. But we may have found something that could be worse: a reality show about it all. Yep, Beach Pictures and Pink Sneakers Productions (responsible for such TV gems as Hogan Knows Best, Brooke Knows Best and, best of all in the worst possible way, Miami Social) are casting for their newest reality masterpiece, Left At the Altar, and are on the hunt for brides and grooms who set the big date but chickened out at least a month before the wedding. From losing your bride to losing your pride, it could be considered cathartic for the jilted and the scorned to tell their stories on national TV. Or not. Those who dare to find out are asked to send a picture and their story to info@beachpictures.tv. One word of advice: make sure you sign a pre-nup.
It feels like decades ago when we outed Miami Heat's golden child Dwyane Wade and Gabrielle Union after a little rendez vous at the Ritz Carlton Key Biscayne. Since then, Wade and Union have never officially admitted they were an item, but actions spoke louder than words. Proving that point is Wade's ex wife Siohvaughn Wade, who has just filed a lawsuit against Union for inappropriate conduct around the estranged couple's young children. According to the Chicago Sun Times, the ex Mrs. Wade "claims Gabrielle Union 'engaged in sexual foreplay with Dwyane Wade' in front of Wade's 8-year-old and 2-year-old sons while on an unsupervised visitation to the basketball star's Miami home." The lawsuit, which was filed Tuesday in Cook County Circuit Court, also claims that Wade's oldest son was "allowed to play unsupervised in or around the Miami home's pool at night. Wade and Union ignored the boy, whose 'screams and cries' eventually got the attention of Wade's mother, Jolinda Wade, who took the boy inside." The lawsuit goes into other claims, all involving the safety or lack thereof of their children. Ex Mrs. Wade is seeking more than $50,000 from Union, but we have a feeling it has nothing whatsoever to do with the money.
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Jared Leto and his brother Shannon were in Miami last night for a Fillmore gig with their band 30 Seconds to Mars. Unfortunately it took less than 30 seconds before brother Shannon's bike was stolen from somewhere outside the venue. Jared Tweeted, [sic] "I HOPE WHOEVER STOLE SHANNONS BIKE LAST NIGHT IN MIAMI ROTS IN F**KING HELL. XO. P.S. IF YOU FIND THE BASTARD YOU KNOW WHAT TO DO." Yikes and, uh, welcome to Miami. Pictured above, no, not the newest additions to the Jersey Shore cast, but none other than Shannon and Jared tooling around on their bikes backstage at the Fillmore prior to their show before the big bike heist. It's bad enough that the Fillmore may be on the chopping block and that it's one of the few venues in Miami to which legit bands actually travel for gigs and now this? At least the thief didn't take Jared's hat and scarf, because lord knows he needed them to weather last night's frosty temps.
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Bill Clinton didn't party like it was 1998 last night at the Haiti fundraiser at LIV and it wasn't because he necessarily didn't want to. Apparently Clinton's staffers instructed the club to cover up its cocktail waitresses with special Snuggies emblazoned with the presidential seal and pix of Hillary Clinton on them. No cleavage, no nip slips, nothing remotely, uh, titillating. This, despite the fact that all LIV's lovely working ladies were forbidden from serving the former president anyway. Only Clinton's male staffers were allowed to bring him anything–specifically water and Diet Coke. No booze. Makes sense, of course. Meanwhile outside the club and later at Scarpetta where he hosted a private dinner for 50 including, of all people, actress Heather Graham, "the cougars were going wild, trying to get a glimpse of Clinton," says a member of our own secret service."Some were even brazen enough to try to crash the party." None succeeded in pulling a Salahi as far as we know. If they did, we're sure they had to sign a non disclosure agreeement from Bravo. The one personal wish of Clinton's that was fulfilled? Scarpetta's famous spaghetti. Perfectly al dente and scandal free.
It's been pretty quiet since Josh Woodward was arrested for allegedly, "intentionally" giving his LA girlfriend a drug that caused the death of an unborn fetus back in October of 2009. After Woodward was released on $2 million bail, the investigation continued and so did rumors that the former Miami restaurateur was in Miami and St. Barth—with Suzy Buckley, the Miami girlfriend who allegedly dumped him after finding out she was duped. An article in the LA Times today says that lab tests prove that Woodward was indeed in possession of misoprostol, a substance used to induce labor and early term abortions. According to LAPD captain Fabian E. Lizarraga,they are still conducting an active investigation and are almost ready to present their evidence to the LA DA. Of course Team Woodward, lawyers Mark Werksman and Mitchell Edgars, don't think the cops have a case. Still a mystery is the name of Woodward's formerly pregnant girlfriend who, according to the LA Times, "told detectives she was suspicious at 'how and what had happened.'" So is everyone else, it seems.
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