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Anna Kournikova loves Big Pink slices.
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Steve Aoki,
a.k.a. Kid Millionaire, should take some of his daddy’s millions
and spend it on something useful, like lessons over at Scratch
DJ Academy on South Beach. At least there, he would learn terms
like train-wrecking, track selection and, well, I’m not sure if
they can actually teach good taste in music, but if so, Aoki
could definitely afford to buy some.
Granted, it would be a job
of monstrous proportions if Friday night’s performance was any
indicator of just how much money and practice he would need. He
might have to borrow some cash from his sister Devon Aoki,
the model/actress who drove the pink car in the movie Fast
and the Furious II. If that failed, he could always
go back to his daddy — Rocky Aoki, the owner and founder
of the Benihana restaurants. After a disastrous set on Friday
night at the Pawn Shop Lounge, I don’t think even a rehabbed
Lindsay Lohan would want to be friends with Steve.
Wait; check that, now that I think about it, the only area in
the club that had any people around was the Optimus-Prime-looking
DJ booth, where pseudo-celebrity Aoki was stationed all night
seemingly unaware of just how much one DJ actually could suck.
Pout! Pout! Pout! Crappola, people, ’nuff said.
Putting the
Rumors to B.E.D. … Again
I’m usually the first to admit when I’m wrong, but I’m also the
first to
shout it out loud when I am absolutely, positively correct. So,
uh, SHOUTING OUT LOUD, BITCHES! A couple of issues ago, I
printed a rumor from an alleged silver-tongued promoter who had
informed me that the Opium Group had bought out B.E.D. The Opium
Group had no comment for me at the time, but a few days later,
Vanessa Menkes, vice president of communications for the Group,
told my distinguished contemporary, the sexy
Lesley Abravanel
over at the Herald, that the first she heard about it was
when I called. Well, she’s either out of the loop or a
bold-faced mentirosa. See, I had a little sit-down with
one of the new owners of B.E.D. He let it slip that the previous
owners had worked out a deal, at least in principle, if not on
paper, with the Group. Then
Lee Lyon
and
Lance Tinkler,
24 and 25 respectively, swooped in at the very last minute and
successfully outbid the Group for the space that had its grand
reopening on Saturday. Ahhhh, but that’s not where the story
ends, people. Now this information operator has the obligation
to inform you that our illegal wiretaps are buzzing with chatter
of an impending Mansion Monopoly coming our way. It’s on the
near horizon, but I’m not sure if I should say what it is. See,
I have a new Monday deadline that really sucks and, as such, it
would be blatantly irresponsible of me to print unsubstantiated
rumors, right? Besides, I hear keeping people in suspense can be
a powerful tool. Hmmm. Maybe I will just wait till next week to
tell you the big news. Yep, I think I like keeping you guessing.
Wow, what a bastard, huh?
All Hollows Eve
Halloween comes well after press time so thank God for
Peter Loftin,
whose Halloween party was last Friday at the Casa Casuarina (or
the Versace mansion, as the bridge-jumpers are so fond of
calling it). It gave me a chance to check out some costumes.
Yes, there was a dude dressed in a Hooters girl’s uniform and
no, I was not the guy dressed as a marijuana leaf with a joint
for a nose. The party was kickin’ as one of
Kat Von D’s
tattoo canvas/clients,
Eve
(who definitely has what I need, by the way), checked into the
posh digs. On Monday morning
Ciara
also checked in. At press time, she was scheduled to celebrate
her birthday at Cameo on Monday night. Eve,
along with Scott
Storch, also made an appearance at Mansion,
where DJ and Hep[atitis] Cat
Tommy Lee,
DJ-ed Michael Capponi's Saturday bash. Lee had his shirt
off by 2 a.m. and he spun till about 3:30.
Spotted:
Lance Bass
was getting N’Sync with his boy toy
Narcisso
Rodriguez
when the couple paid a visit to Halo, the newish gay bar on
Lincoln Road. The couple was in around 1 p.m. on Friday, no
doubt looking for their very own Master Chief to play with.
No gastric
bypass for Mr. Star
Jones. Al
Reynolds
was seen
working out at Equinox gym on Saturday.
Anna Kournikova
and Enrique Iglesias have become regulars at Big Pink. We
know because we ordered a pizza and it took an hour and a half,
and The 411 is only two blocks away! The driver said the
restaurant has been backed up ever since word got out the
celebrity duo has made it their favorite place to lunch. We’re
sure Matt Damon, who also has been spotted there, isn’t
helping our cause much either. New rule! Thirty minutes or a
celebrity pays for it!
Kournikova
is scheduled to attend a Thursday cocktail party at Cartier in
Bal Harbour Shops. It’s a pre-Art Basel thing for the Museum of
Contemporary Art and Cartier, which will have a pavilion at the
botanical gardens on Miami Beach.
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