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Hipsters Don't Lie

Any minute now the mayor will be giving hip shaking Shakira the key to the city and declaring this Shakira Week in Miami. The Columbian pop star is in town for some shows at the American Airlines Arena, where she will surely demonstrate that humping walls is, in fact, an art. Shakira will be at Bongo's Cuban Cafe Friday night after her show for an Ocean Drive en Espanol party and then her concert cohort Wyclef Jean will perform at his own official afterparty at Tommy Pooch and Alan Roth's Saturday night Suite soiree, where you can expect a certain special guest to allegedly appear and possibly hump the walls.

Ice Hot?

So Vanilla Ice is doing Pawn Shop for New Year's Eve. But who knew that Ice, aka Robbie Van Winkle, had some friends in very high rise places? It seems that when development company The Related Group rented out the Pawn Shop for their holiday party the other night, Related's version of Trump, Jorge Perez, saw a poster saying Ice was performing live on New Year's. Word got back to Ice because he's apparently friends with Perez, who faxed him the poster, and Pawn Shop got a call from Ice's manager--yes, he has one in Plano, Texas, who said to take the posters down because while Ice is going to hit the DJ booth to rock out to his one hit Ice, Ice, Baby, he will not at all be singing. And that would be fraudulent. Kind of like his career, huh?

Celebs are rich because they get free stuff

Destiny's Child chick Kelly Rowland was spotted at Ocean Drive's Fall Fashion Week with designer Giuseppe Zanotti at Bal Harbour. Zanotti himself was fitting her for her complimentary pair of jeweled designer shoes. The rest of us, on the other hand, have to hock our next month's rent for those puppies. Sigh.

Big-ish News

The secret's out. The big party at the Versace Mansion Casa Casaurina on Saturday night is featuring a not so surprise performance by British barefoot soul singer and Gap hawker, Joss Stone. This is, of course, invitation only, and even if you have an invite, the owner of the Casa, Peter Loftin, must approve you first! Good luck. You can always stand outside and listen.

We Heart Hilary, Too!

Although she doesn't love us as much as she does Perez Hilton, we met The Duffster at the Stuff Magazine party last year during the VMAs.

We're sending Hil this framed pic of a sweaty yours truly (on the hunt for the miniscule Olsen Twins last year, hence the perspiration) and her greatness so she'll remember who to watch out--er, look for this year.

Perez Hilton

We hear of a burgeoning friendship between uber blogger Perez Hilton and Hillary The Duffster Duff. Anyone who has further information on that should send in all information, asap.

Duff Enough?

Hilary Duff is oh so wholesome, isn't she? We can't wait for her to bust loose during the VMAs, proving that no pop tart is able to remain demure and innocent for very long (reference: Charlotte Church, the voice of an angel who took a wrong turn somewhere in Hades). The Good Charlotte groupie was spotted hanging her flat ironed head at the Park Central Hotel on Ocean Drive after a grueling concert at the AAA. That's triple A, not AA. Yet.