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A fiesta with sabor Latino
Posted on Sat, May. 10, 2008
Ocean Drive en Español magazine celebrated Seven Years of Wow on Thursday night. Wow is right.
The glittery event -- held poolside at the Four Seasons Hotel Miami on Brickell -- featured green-carpet appearances by Emilio Estefan, Telemundo personalities Mónica Noguera and Candela Ferro, with her boyfriend, sexy telenovela actor Khotan Fernandez.
Posters of past covers of celebs like Ricky Martin, Jennifer Lopez and Carmen Electra were set up in the lush garden entrance.
Bikini-clad models splashed around in the shallow end, while guests nibbled on empanadas, spring rolls and Key lime and rum tartlets.
Ferro, host of Al Rojo Vivo: Fin de Semana, stopped to chat.
Why do you like Miami?
''It's very comfortable to live by the sea, in the warmth,'' said the Argentine hottie, who lives in Sunny Isles Beach. ``I also travel a lot so it's a great jumping-off point.''
Biggest vice? ``I love shopping! Too often you'll see me at Bal Harbour Shops, spending at Neiman Marcus and Saks and eating at La Goulue.''
Overheard: Estefan discussing his and Gloria's new venture: luxury hotel Costa d'Este, opening soon in Vero Beach.
-- MADELEINE MARR
ALL IN THE FAMILYAt SET on Lincoln Road Thursday were two stars from The Sopranos showing their support for Unmade Man, an upcoming mob film based on the book Mob over Miami that is set to shoot in Miami later this year.
Robert Iler, who played A.J. Soprano, the son of mobster Tony, and Matt Servitto, who played FBI agent Dwight Harris and became an ally of Tony's in the final season, enjoyed free Level vodka cocktails and hung out in the VIP area of SET, chatting with party-goers. (Maybe they'll be in the movie, but a cast list has yet to be announced.)
We asked Iler, dressed in a T-shirt and jeans and sporting a very short haircut, if he was up to any new projects, and he said he wasn't, just in town to enjoy some relaxation and vacation. Bada-bing!
MARLEY & US
Traffic was halted on Bayshore Drive across from the Miami Science Museum for a few minutes Friday morning to allow for some last-minute shooting of Marley & Me (the private wrap party was scheduled for Friday night at Nikki Coconut Grove).
Four cars drove south on Bayshore, with Owen Wilson driving a blue Honda Civic, circa 1984, and then pulled into the overflow parking lot, with a Miami police car right behind him. The cameras were set up on the lawn outside the museum entrance.
-- FRED GONZALEZ
CRAZY LIKE A...
Rapper Foxy Brown has pleaded guilty to menacing a neighbor with her cellphone last year. But she skated by without jail based on time already served.
Brown and neighbor Arlene Raymond got into a fight last July over Brown blasting her car stereo outside their Brooklyn apartment building. As part of the plea deal, the hotheaded 28-year-old wrote a letter apologizing to Raymond.
In April, Brown (born Inga Marchand) accepted a plea deal that let her to avoid jail time for her role in a fight at Queen Beauty Supply in Pembroke Pines last year.
A reality show is in the works (seriously).
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