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The place to be in the universe around 10:15 Friday night: The Fontainebleau Miami Beach. Star watchers got whiplash at the first of two fabulous parties celebrating the seaside icon’s $1 billion rebirth.

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Mauro Mozzani, the Italian starring as a possibly dead clown in Corteo, the Cirque du Soleil production opening Thursday at Bayfront Park, finished rehearsal one recent morning and retired to the dressing room he shares with Russian acrobats and at least one seven-foot clown colleague.

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Their wearers are merely swept along. Saturday marks the beginning of the 68th season of the Florida Grand Opera.

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Book lovers will take to the streets Friday with the opening of the street fair of the 25th annual Miami Book Fair International. And if you’re an experienced fairgoer, you’re not worried. You know the drill.

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For celeb watchers, a recession can put a crimp in the plans. Nobody’s got a half a grand to blow at the Ritz to maybe get a glimpse of a bikini-clad someone-or-other by the pool.

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Celebrity race car driver Helio Castroneves faces tax evasion charges for failing to pay taxes on more than $5 million.

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When trendy nightclub Karu & Y planned its relaunch party they didn’t just ask any girl to host this event. They invited everyone’s favorite Girl Next DoorKendra Wilkinson to take a break from the Playboy Mansion and spend some time partying it up.

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Movie studios are releasing their films on the IMAX format in increasing numbers, so it stands to reason that more IMAX theaters are sprouting up. Beginning Sept. 26, the AMC Aventura 24 in North Miami will join the IMAX family, with a giant-screen auditorium equipped with a digital projection system that will allow them to screen films in 2D and 3D formats.

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www.miamiherald.com /  Wed, Sep. 24, 2008

Marcial Rodríguez was 15 when his parents made a fateful decision.

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Enrique Iglesias turned a sold-out AmericanAirlines Arena into his living room on Saturday night. All it took was some couches onstage, four beyond-hysterical fans invited up to sit and Iglesias’ gift for uniting pop heroics with boy-next-door charm. ”C’mon, you’re in my house,” Iglesias kept saying. He even brought them drinks before launching into his early hit Experiencia Religiosa, sending the most rabid onstage guest, a man named Roberto, into the kind of rapture that only happens when you’ve been suddenly transported inside your favorite star’s music video.

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