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Posted on Tuesday, 03.17.09
SCENE IN THE TROPICS
Demi Moore directs daughter

Ashton Kutcher and Demi Moore attend the Berlinale in Berlin last month.
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Debuting her 16-minute short Streak at Regal South Beach on Friday during the Miami International Film Festival: Demi Moore, who went behind the camera to direct her 20-year-old daughter Rumer Willis.
Said Moore of directing her often tabloid-trashed daughter, ``The great thing is I'm seeing her mature and operate as a complete professional. And it's giving us another opportunity to connect in a totally different way.''
On Friday, the South Beach sushi restaurant dubiously titled Hot Tuna will be rolling out both sushi and a red carpet for Sopranos star Vincent Pastore, who will host a poker tourney there to benefit the Mercy House. Seats can be purchased for $100. Chips will begin to fall at 11 p.m. sharp and the prize for taking down Pastore? A chance to gloat the following night at dinner with the actor himself.
If this is the worst of Britney Spears' crimes, so be it. We hear the pop tart and eight friends and lackeys were turned away from the swanky Azul restaurant at the Mandarin Oriental because they walked in wearing short shorts and bikini tops. The polite staff told Brit & co. they were welcome to eat at Cafe Sambal, the hotel's more casual spot.
Spotted casing Collins Avenue on Saturday night with family in tow: high-profile attorney/Harvard Law professor Alan Dershowitz.
Seen partying at Cameo's Flash Fridays party: singer Sean Kingston.
Le Coterie revealed its April issue at a party held at a private home in Davie on Saturday night hosted by CSI Miami's Eva La Rue, who will grace the cover of the new South Florida lifestyle and entertainment magazine.
Seen leaving the Hyatt Regency in downtown Miami Friday afternoon, Derek Jeter, in town for the 2009 World Baseball Classic, accompanied by, according to our spy, ''a beautiful woman and another gentleman.'' The group then proceeded to Prime Blue Grille for a power lunch. That beautiful woman turned out to be Jeter's gal du jour, Friday Night Lights actress Minka Kelly, who also accompanied Jeter on Thursday night to dinner at Morton's The Steakhouse. According to a snitch, Jeter left a generous 50 percent tip. On Saturday afternoon, Jeter and Kelly lunched at a corner table at Perricone's Marketplace & Cafe.
In other couples news: Making their debut at Headliner Thursdays at Bongos Cuban Cafe, Kansas City Chiefs player Larry Johnson and new galpal Chilli (real name: Rozonda Thomas )of TLC fame. The duo arrived holding hands, but Chili refused photos. Johnson was busy popping $400 bottles of Ace of Spades champagne while Chili remained firmly planted on his lap.