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Alex Rodriguez sells Miami Beach manse to a mystery Palm Beach celeb for $30M

TMZ reports that ARod has left the building--that is, his 9 bedroom, 11 bathroom Miami Beach manse, which he just sold for $30 million. Though the Yankee slugger took an $8 million pay cut in the price of the home, originally listed at $38 mil, he bought it in 2010 for $7.4 million, raking in a pretty impressive profit nonetheless. The buyer, TMZ says, is a Palm Beach celeb. Rush Limbaugh? Rod Stewart? G-d forbid Donald Trump?  No one knows--yet. Says our real estate mole, "It's a couple from Palm Beach." The home is not so far from Matt Damon's, which is currently on the market for the bargain basement price of $20 million. True high rollers, however, may want to consider the Versace mansion, which just dropped its asking price today from $100 million to $75 million.

Tommy Lee SET to Spin Saturday

Wait a minute. Doesn't Tommy Lee own Rok Bar? Or something like that? Anyway, Lee is slated to DJ on Saturday night at Set. We hope Lee's spinning, however, won't be anything like co-Crue man Vince Neil's, who was reportedly soused bigtime on his own Tres Rios tequila at Ink last weekend and could barely keep his head up despite the plethora of busty women who were offering their chests to him as pillows.

Goobers Can Get Into Cameo, Too

As long as they're reality stars, that is. And this Friday, Cecille Gahr of CW's "Beauty and the Geek"- will host Cameo Nightclub. But geeks beware. Although you have a chance with Gahr, we're told the Cameo door man won't let you get 5 feet past the front door.

A Little Bit Country at Nikki

Kenny Chesney was spotted Sunday afternoon having brunch at Nikki Beach Club. According to sources, Chesney was there with a friends--one male and one female.  Afterwards the trio relaxed on the lounge beds while taking in the Florida sun. Nikki's manager offered Chesney a VIP Black Card, good for use in Nikki Beach properties around the world.  When asked if he wanted to move to VIP Pearl Restaurant & Champagne Lounge, the group kindly declined by saying "no, we're fine right here."

Timberlake In Sync At Prive

Justin Timberlake hit up local buddy, Justin Levine's Empire Events party at Prive Saturday after his show at the AAA. Arriving around 1:30a m, JT held court in the VIP section next to the DJ booth with 6 male buddies - most notably long time best friend Trace Ayala, and sipped Tommy Bahama Rum & cokes. According to spies, they were so mobbed by girls trying to get Timberlake's attention that security had to rope off the area so he wouldn't be inundated by the attention. "They didn't let one female into his area," says our tattle. "Justin seemed totally uninterested in the female attention, and bopped his head to his own "What Goes Around ..." among other songs." The boys stayed well into the night chatting, drinking and appeared to be enjoying the downtime despite crushing the dreams of many an eager and willing woman or ten.

Shock Jock Skedaddles from The Setai

We hear that Howard Stern, shock jock, not the schlock jock involved in the Anna Nicole Smith debacle, was so displeased with his stay at The Setai that he checked out and moved over to the Mandarin Oriental.

Zeta Jones A No Show

So Catherine Zeta Jones was a no-show at the exclusive premiere of her new flick No Reservations at the Regal Cinema on Lincoln Road last night. The movie, which doesn't come out until July, screened as part of the SoBe Wine and Food festivities. We found out at the Rachael Ray Amstel Light Burger Bash that Zeta Jones wasn't making the movie and would be flying in tonight for the Food Network Awards at the Jackie Gleason Theatre, where she and co-star Aaron Eckhart will present an award. It didn't really matter that she wasn't there, though. The movie was a cute chick flick. The Burger Bash was an orgy of cholesterol and calories. Rachael Ray was mobbed by fans, making an almost Madonna-like entrance, surrounded by handlers and protectors, and even kept some local celebrities from grabbing a cupcake or two. Some of us, however, were too busy marveling over NYC's City Hall's ingenious knish burger to notice. NYC's Shake Shack burger wasn't too shabby, either. In fact, it won the prize for best burger.

John Cusimano and Rachael Ray taste burgers at Burger Bash.

Photo: Wire Image

Starry Night

After a brief respite from the flashbulbs, Miami's back in the celeb limelight tonight, with Catherine Zeta Jones and Aaron Eckhart in town for the premiere of their new flick No Reservations and the South Beach Wine and Food Fest, a newly preggo Naomi Watts at Bal Harbour Shops with David Yurman, and, quite possibly, Mr. and Miss Congeniality themselves, Justin Timberlake and Scarlett Johansson, who were seen together on Timberlake's St. Pete tour stop.

Food Fight?

Not everyone loves Rachael Ray. Just ask Martha Stewart, whose show airs the same time at Ray's.  Lee Schrager, South Beach Wine and Food fest organizer, told the Herald, "The rumor is that Martha doesn't want to be in the same room as Rachael." The cat figt started over, of all people, Barry Manilow! Apparently Stewart thought it weird that Ray aired the crooner's segment on the same day he was appearing live on Stewart's show. On that show, the domestic diva announced "We have Barry Manilow live this morning, and he taped an epi ode of the Rachael Ray show that was supposed to air tomorrow. But for some reason, they pushed the show up to today, and now Barry is on two shows at once. He's live with us, but it's really not fair to the artist because these performers deserve to reach as big of an audience as possible. But anyway, we have him here. Live." But, still. South Beach is a small town. They may find themselves on the same couch at, say, Cameo. Doubtful, but you never know. Can we expect a reconciliation? ''Would I like to get the credit for getting those two to kiss and make up?" says Schrager. "Yes. Do I think it's going to happen? No."

Scar Jo Donates Free Flamingo Condo to Miami Children's Hospital

Actress Scarlett Johansson, who recently won the Super Bowl promotion, “Find Your Fortune at Flamingo,” co-sponsored by Flamingo South Beach condominiums and Fortune International, announced today that she will donate the one-year lease on the three-bedroom condominium to Miami Children’s Hospital. The donated unit will be used by the hospital for families of out-of-town patients as a peaceful respite during their child’s treatments. Frankly, we think it's Johansson's best work to date.

Screw Rehab, I'm Goin' to Bebe, Y'all

So we think Britney dissed her Antigua rehab in favor of Bebe in Aventura Mall on Wednesday. As we reported in earlier blogs on Thursday, Brit was spotted shopping after hours at Bebe in Aventura on Wednesday night (yes, Valentine's Day), and checked out really fast from the Four Seasons on Brickell Thursday morning. According to our spies, Brit's stay at the Four Seasons was very last minute. So we're thinking the pop tart flew in from her non-stint at rehab and decided to buy herself a nice outfit at Bebe instead. Rehab, screw that. Brit's all about the retail therapy.