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Timberlake chows down at Epicure

Justin Timberlake walks around the Epicure Market in Miami Beach on Tuesday.
MADELEINE MARR/FOR THE MIAMI HERALD
Justin Timberlake walks around the Epicure Market in Miami Beach on Tuesday.

Justin Timberlake was spied at Epicure on Alton Road in Miami Beach on Tuesday afternoon with three regular guys (as in, no one appeared to be the pop star's bodyguard). They were sitting at a table near the back, eating lunch.

Timberlake didn't look like he'd taken in any SoFla sun yet -- his eyes were red and his skin pale as a newborn's. Word is he's staying at the Flamingo South Beach and was here to attend the Kanye West/ Rihanna concert at AmericanAirlines Arena later in the evening.

Gloria Shores, who works at Epicure's deli, told us the former boy bander ordered healthy: stuffed pepper with chicken and a side of rice and cucumber salad. His buddies had tuna sandwiches.

The former 'N Sync-er was generous, giving her $2. ''Usually [stars] like Pharrell [ Williams] and Fat Joe come in and never tip,'' Shores said.

Maybe because she acted as if he were just a regular customer. ``People were looking at him, but I didn't talk to him. I wanted him to feel comfortable.''

A female fan approached the singer as he was leaving and asked him for a photo. He said, somewhat good naturedly, ``I feel ridiculous by myself; be in the picture with me.''

The fan happily obliged.

GLITZY GALA

Hours after confirming her engagement to Ryan Reynolds, Scarlett Johansson flashed a diamond ring at the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute Gala.

The 23-year-old actress unveiled the sparkler while walking the red carpet at Monday night's celeb-studded event, which drew the likes of the two lovely Evas -- Longoria and Mendes, Julia Roberts and George Clooney.

But Reynolds was nowhere in sight. Also solo was John Mayer, who was seen dining with Jennifer Aniston at Casa Tua and Michael's Genuine Food & Drink last month. He also sent flowers to the Marley & Me star's room at the Mandarin Oriental Miami, US Weekly reports.

But the sexy singer, 30, has been spotted with other women since at New York clubs.

Jen really knows how to pick 'em.

''Listen, this is not a scandal, this is not an issue, this is not a problem, this needs no spin control,'' Mayer told Entertainment Tonight at the gala. ``This is me living my life.''

Aniston has been mum on her love life since splitting from Brad Pitt in 2005.

JUSTICE FILES

What went down in the courts Tuesday:

• Jack Jordan, a University of Chicago graduate turned drifter, was found guilty of stalking Uma Thurman in New York.

• Britney Spears will have expanded visits with her two sons following a child-custody hearing in L.A.

• Rocker Pete Doherty was released from a London jail after serving part of a sentence for breaking his probation.

 

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