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Will Smith arrives at Miami Science Museum for After Earth party.

Will Smith and his 14-year-old son, Jaden, were in Miami to promote their new film, After Earth, a summer blockbuster set for a May 31 release.

The dynamic duo hosted an After Earth party at the Miami Science Museum for nearly 1,000 friends and fans, who schmoozed with the celebrity family and chowed down on food provided by some of Miami's most beloved food trucks.

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Martha Stewart is on Match.com

Martha Stewart has joined Match.com. The 71-year-old domestic diva is looking for love on the Internet dating site. While it's great to think that Martha is actually looking for love, one has to wonder just how sincere the whole process is.

While there really is a profile on Match.com (and Martha herself has written a blog about posting a profile with the help of a few dating gurus -- including Match's CEO Sam Yagan), Stewart has tied the profile in with the release of her new book, Living the Good Long Life.

Read also:
- Martha Stewart Talks SoBeWFF, Love of Florida, and Vegetarian Meals

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Travel Channel's George Motz eats a Latin Macho.

When burger aficionado George Motz ate at Miami's Latin Burger and Taco about three years ago, the owner of the popular pink-and-black food truck, Jim Heins immediately recognized him.

Motz, after all, is the man behind the documentary film Hamburger America and author of a book and blog of the same name. "Having George Motz try one of my burgers was an honor," Heins told Short Order, adding that after Motz finished chowing down on the truck's signature Latin Macho burger, made with caramelized onions and Oaxaca cheese, he asked if that burger was a "special," made to impress him. Heins recalls replying, "Nope. That's just what we make every day."

Motz must have really loved that sandwich because a few years later, Heins was asked to appear on the burger impresario's new Travel Channel show, Burger Land.

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Anthony Bourdain's Parts Unknown premieres April 14.

Anthony Bourdain's CNN show, Parts Unknown, premieres this Sunday, April 14, at 9 p.m., and the cable network is all behind him.

Recently, the network placed a full-page ad in the New York Times "reintroducing" itself and featuring many of its headliners -- including Bourdain.

Bourdain has also been on many CNN shows in a cross-promotion campaign blitz. Most recently, he met with Wolf Blitzer to talk about Parts Unknown.

Bourdain said he would still "travel the world on my stomach," noting that food was usually his first introduction to a place.

But the chef/writer said that CNN is allowing him to travel to exotic locales such as Myanmar, Congo, Libya, and Grenada, Spain ("I'm not getting combat pay for that one," Bourdain quipped).

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Melissa McCarthy and pig.

Melissa McCarthy's second time hosting Saturday Night Live proved what we always knew: She is one extremely talented and fearless comedian.

McCarthy is never better than when she goes for broke. And she did on SNL this past weekend, dancing to Salt-N-Pepa's "Push It" for a ham bake-off, eating day-old pizza, and throwing toasters. Because most of her skits revolved around food, we decided to take a trip through the celebrity SNL vault and run down the food-related skits that have made us snort. Here are our favorites:

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Kim Kardashian pops up with Kravings.

Kim Kardashian has been getting more than her fair share of press this week -- not all of it as glowing as the mother-to-be's complexion.

First, Kim tweeted an acupuncture session; then she was trounced by critics for her supporting role in Tyler Perry's new movie, Temptation. To make matters worse, this week's National Enquirer cover story is "Fat Kim's Fake Pregnancy." Ouch!

But the mistress of media has found a way to turn her pregnancy and related weight gain into a business endeavor with the launch of Kravings, a pop-up restaurant in the Design District (4001 NE Second Ave.) that serves only food that she's "kraving" during her time incubating baby Kimye.

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DJ/Producer Dubfire (far right) offered up beats with a view.

Most Winter Music Conference parties revolve around barely clad revelers hopped on stimulants dancing for hours next to a petri dish of a hotel pool.

So when Ali Shirazini, the DJ better known as Dubfire, who was once half of the iconic EDM duo Deep Dish, announced a invite-only party at Juvia on Wednesday evening atop the 1111 Lincoln Road parking garage we wanted to see what foodie-producer had up his sleeve.

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Geoffrey Zakarian and Anne Burrell pose after a live taping of Food Talk.

The tents have been taken down for another year and the 2013 edition of the South Beach Wine and Food Festival is but a memory. There is, however, one way to relive the magic made when you get some of the world's funniest and most talented chefs together in one city and add some alcohol.

During the festival, dapper celebrity chef Geoffrey Zakarian hosted a one hour long live taping of Food Talk for SiriusXM satellite radio at the James Royal Palm's pool deck.

During that one hour, Zakarian managed to chat with Andrew Zimmern, Anne Burrell, Guy Fieri, Al Roker, Lee Schrager, Curtis Stone, Marc Murphy, Mark Summers, Sunny Anderson and Scott Conant.

Though you can't see some of the crazy moments we did when we watched live -- like when Fieri and Zakarian smoked us out with cigars and downed copious amounts of tequila -- the show, which airs tonight, March 15, on SiriusXM's Stars (channel 107) at 8 p.m. will still be packed with some great stories (did you know, by the way, that Guy Fieri started out by selling pretzels as a kid?)

We spoke with Zakarian about the show, his very apparent love for Miami, and what his plans for the future are. Read on now and tune in later:

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With all the SoBeWFF hype and buzz, we've overlooked the fact that this Sunday night at 7 p.m. is one of the most important celebration ceremonies in Hollywood. We're talking about Oscar.

With so many gorgeous celebs under one roof and Seth MacFarlane hosting the show, its bound to be an interesting night. It's no wonder that Vodka powerhouse Grey Groose sponsors a number of after-parties that follow the award show. Which is why Grey Goose has created a special cocktail for said events. Sucks we don't live in Los Angeles. But luckily enough, the W South Beach is giving visitors and hotel guests a taste of the Oscars by offering up the same Grey Goose cocktail and its recipe.

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- James Beard Announces 2013 Semifinalists: Miami Gets Several Nods

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2012 Fun and Fit as a Family

What makes a successful culinary scene? Demand for innovation, quality and a steady pipeline of talent. Working to instill that passion in the next generation of foodies is Florida Blue who will present Fun and Fit as a Family February 23 and 24, sponsored by Carnival featuring Kellogg's Kidz Kitchen. Hosted as part of the 12th annual Food Network South Beach Wine & Food Festival, the event will bring together celebrity chefs, culinary personalities and health professionals for a weekend of interactive learning surrounded by Jungle Island's sustainable natural environment.

Culinary demonstrations on healthy cooking in the Kellogg's Kidz Kitchen sets chefs up to be kids' celeb icons-- a refreshing change of pace from the Miley's of the world. The 2013 roster includes demonstrations from Giada De Laurentiis, Rocco DiSpirito, Robert Irvine, Aarón Sánchez, Andrew Zimmern, and Reed Alexander & Lorena Garcia.

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