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And then head over to the opening of Danny DeVito’s new restaurant DeVito South Beach. More here and here. Ok, enough about Danny DeVito’s new restaurant. Geez, I have almost turned this blog into a Danny DeVito website. No more posts on this place. Well, none until I am personally invited to dine there. Anyone connected to the place, and wants a shameless write-up, drop me a comment.

Here’s a clip from the classic movie…

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It’s been several days since Paris made the news and I thought it would be nice to take a look back at a time when life was so much "simpler" for the heiress. Below was captured last year while the "film" star was promoting that album you all went out and purchased. Enjoy.

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Just thinking about Pete Wentz DJ in’ at Cameo. The teen heartthrob was in town Saturday with his lip-syncing girlfriend, Ashlee Simpson. Enjoy.

For those of you who haven’t seen the self pics of Pete playin’ around with his cell phone camera, here you go.

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Mika performs tonight at Studio A at 8:00. More here.

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Well, hopefully not if you are attending the charity event, Miami Celebrity Domino Night ’07 at the Miami Beach Convention Center tonight to benefit Amigos for Kids. The fun begins at 8:00 p.m. Tickets are $150 and include an open bar, live music and of course, dominos.

Slap ’em down.

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To perform at Studio A tomorrow night promoting his album Life in Cartoon Motion. Sadly, no big scoop regarding the budding pop star as he refuses to remain anything but ambiguous regarding his seemingly apparent sexuality.

The Herald recently caught up with Mika and learned that the last time he was in town to perform:

His meager crowd encompassed a handful of publishing people, some musicians, and my grandmother and my great aunt and my Lebanese relatives, my Miami hipster friends, a tiny selection of people from every scene in Miami.’

I have no doubt that tomorrow’s show will be a gay ’ol time.

Here’s the singer’s video for Grace Kelly to tide you over until he performs it live.

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Well, Mansion actually. Here’s a quick pic of Snoop Dog partying with former Ft. Lauderdale resident, Scott Storch at International Wednesday. Fo’ shizzle.

Here’s some Snoop doing what he does best.

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As I told you earlier, Danny DeVito had an exclusive grand opening of his new restaurant this week in South Beach for VIP invites only. Here are some pics from the event.

DeVitos in South Beach

DeVito Arrives on the Scene

Brooke Hogan on the Red Carpet

Pat Riley Shows his support

Danny and Lucy DeVito

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That is the only explanation for why the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) National Hurricane Center (NHC) would not be replacing a hurricane tracking satellite that an internal memo reveals could fail at any moment. AHN has more:

The replacement for the QuikScat satellite will be launched in 2016, yet experts say if the current satellite fails, experts would be left without the tools they need to predict and track hurricanes.

While other tools do exist, Bill Proenza, director of the NHC in Miami, Florida says that without the accuracy afforded to meteorologists by the QuikScat, they “may have to err on the side of caution” in future forecasts, meaning “more people disrupted, and more impact on the economy.”

Proenza explains, “We have to err on the side of the protection of life. And that’s how we would handle it.”

According to the letter, obtained by the Associated Press, a failure of the QuikScat satellite would hurt the accuracy of two-day forecasts by 10 percent and three-day forecasts by 16 percent.

After the 2004 and 2005 storms, shouldn’t someone have already been prepping the launch of a new satellite? Geez.

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WTF. Since when does opening a restaurant in this town earn you a key to the city? Apparently, if you are Danny DeVito, this is good enough. DeVito was given his key before the opening of his new restaurant, DeVitos, Wednesday. Enjoy some pics.

DeVito with his key.

Yeah, we’re wondering the same thing.

I guess this appearance on "The View" is worth a key to any city. Enjoy.

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As cheesy as it is, Will Smith’s rap-lite song about Miami is catchy, fun. As we kick off the summer season, let’s celebrate to song. Take it away, Will.

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Danny DeVito is in town celebrating the opening of his restaurant, DeVito South Beach. An invite only grand opening takes place tonight and doors open for the rest of us June 18th. Located at 150 Ocean Drive, the renovation of the former Joia cost more than $6 million dollars.

I wonder if DeVito will be serving Lemoncellos?

Tonight’s VIP list is supposed to include Kim Basinger, Kelsey Grammer, Forest Whitaker, Ray Liotta, Tim Roth and Billy Crystal along with Miami’s notables.

Funny, I wasn’t invited.

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Time for another edition of Miami on TV.

Tonight is the premier of the Bravo network’s reality show,Top Chef which takes place this season on Lincoln Road.
According to Bravo Top Chef 3 Miami

offers a fascinating window into the competitive, pressure-filled environment of world-class cookery and the restaurant business at the highest level. The heat is on in Miami as the competing chefs live and breathe the high-pressure lifestyle that comes with being a master chef, and each week someone is asked to “pack up their knives” and go home.

The show kicked off the premier week Sunday on Lincoln Road with free food from some notable restaurants lining the strip.

While its debatable TV needs another reality program, this one is among the best and SoBe is always a great backdrop for shows filled with drama. Head here to keep track of this show episode by episode.

Check out a preview here.

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Russell Simmons was in town Saturday promoting his new book, Do You! Russell Simmons is known as “The CEO of Hip Hop.” He helped create such ground breaking ventures as Def Jam Records, Phat Farm and Def Comedy
Jam.

Simmons says being richer than rich still doesn’t make you happy.

“If I know 15 billionaires, then I know 13 unhappy people. These people’s lives might be
filled with mansions and yachts and private jets, but their medicine
cabinets are also filled with antidepressants.”

Yes, being fabulously rich and successful is so depressing.

Anyway, here are some exclusive pics of the book signing at The Forge.

Miami, Russell Simmons, Steve Rifkind, Gabrelle Union, Kendrick Meek, Tomi Rose, Do You!, Def Jam Records, Phat Farm and Def Comedy Jam

Quick reminder, Loraine Bracco is in town promoting her vino, aptly named, Bracco Wine. You may find her tonight at The Las Olas River House from 6-9 PM. More here.