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At home with Wellington polo star Nacho Figueras

Can’t turn on a talk show these days, or open a magazine, without seeing Wellington polo star Nacho Figueras staring right back at you.

And now you can even see where the pretty face of Ralph Lauren lives when he’s not riding at International Polo Club Palm Beach.

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With Figueras: wife Delfina Blaquier and kids Hilario, Aurora and Artemio (Courtesy Elle Decor/Click on the photo for more)

Figueras’ modern crib near Buenos Aires, Argentina, is featured in the April issue of Elle Decor. The spread opens with this picture of a picture-perfect family, and continues with Figueras’ paintings on the walls and the furniture that wife Delfina Blaquier designed.

Yep. She’s hot and she designs her own furniture!

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(Courtesy Elle Decor/Click on the photo for more)

(Courtesy Elle Decor/Click on the photo for more)

Pats coach Bill Belichick in drama over keys

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| Monday 15 March 2010 3:18 pm Print This Post
Belichick with galpal Linda Holliday (Courtesy ballhype.com)

Belichick with galpal Linda Holliday (Courtesy ballhype.com)

Three squad cars — count’em, three — converged on a restaurant parking lot in Jupiter late Sunday: New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick raised the alarm when the keys of his home-away-from-home disappeared!

It all started after the NFL’s star field general, 57, had a quiet dinner with galpal Linda Holliday, her daughter and a friend at Guanabanas on A1A.

Then, as they headed back to her Tequesta home in his brand spanking new Volvo, Belichick noticed their house keys had disappeared from the center console!

So Belichick hightailed it back to Guanabanas.

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On horseback, Kourtney and Khloe Kardashian are the toast of Wellington

Reality TV stars Kourtney and  Khloe Kardashian took in the sights and sounds of polo Sunday afternoon in Wellington, and Page2Live’s got the exclusive pictures! The sisters, with Kourtney’s baby daddy Scott Disick and their spawn in tow, materialized at International Polo Club Palm Beach to watch the sports of kings, but also to film an episode of the season 2 of their show, E!’s Kourtney and Khloe Take Miami. Sipping champagne and riding with hunky Wellington polo star Nic Roldan, the sisters seemed to enjoy their afternoon. The TV show’s new season kicks off in June. Click here, or on the photo, for more on the Kardashians’ afternoon.

Polo star Nick Roldan gives an obviously uncomfortable Kourtney Kardashian a ride on his pony (Click on the photo for more)

Polo star Nick Roldan gives an obviously uncomfortable Kourtney Kardashian a ride on his pony (Click on the photo for more)

New papers: Tiger Woods had pain pills before Thanksgiving crash; Domestic violence cited

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Woods (Click on the photo for more)

According to new documents released in the Thanksgiving car crash that eventually brought golf prodigy Tiger Woods back down to earth, Woods’ wife handed ambulance personnel two bottles of pain medicine which she told them Woods took earlier in the day.

The paperwork, released by the Florida Highway Patrol to the Orlando Sentinel today, also shows that Woods’ wife, Elin Nordegren, tried to ride to the hospital in the ambulance with Woods.

The paramedics, however, barred her from entering, saying that the case was domestic violence-related.

The state troopers’ notes also intimates that the hospital where Woods was taken after he hit two curbs then a tree while pulling out of his driveway in Windermere, went all out to protect Woods’ reputation.

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Soccer superstar David Beckham disses Palm Beach’s Malcolm Glazer

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Beckham, last night in Manchester (Reuters)

To the rest of the world, L.A. Galaxy superstar David Beckham’s gesture Wednesday night didn’t mean much.

But in England, it was the equivalent of Becks flipping the bird at Palm Beacher Malcolm Glazer!

Heartthrob Beckham, who’s with AC Milan in Europe when U.S. soccer is off in winter, was lingering on the pitch after playing against his old Manchester United squad when a fan handed him a green-and-gold scarf.

Beckham put it around his neck.

And the Brit media went nuts.

Yep. Just of a scarf.

What’s the big deal?

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John Goodman crash victim’s family “pleased” with probe, but Goodman was “reckless”

John Goodman, at a polo function with actress Hillary Duff (Click on the photo for more)

John Goodman, at a polo function with actress Hillary Duff (Click on the photo for more)

The family of fresh college graduate Scott Wilson, who was killed Feb. 12 when his car was broadsided in rural Wellington by International Polo Club Palm Beach boss John Goodman, is “very pleased” with the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office’s investigation into the accident.

This, despite the facts that no finding has been released a month after the incident, or that Goodman hasn’t been charged, according to one of the Wilsons’ attorneys.

Goodman survived with minor injuries, and authorities are considering criminal charges. Goodman, 46, was at two parties before the accident, and was accused by his ex-wife last year of being a cocaine abuser.

“Scott’s parents understand that this is a high-profile situation and that everyone involved is trying to dot the ‘i’s and cross the ‘t’s,” said West Palm Beach attorney Scott Smith, who represents Wilson’s dad, William. “The family doesn’t want anyone to make a mistake on this.”

When asked about a recent Page2Live scoop about the fact that Palm Beach County Fire Rescue firefighters and paramedics failed to find Wilson, who drowned strapped in his seat in the upside down car submerged in a canal, Smith said the family wants to allow the agency to investigate its response to the crash.

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Mother of victim in polo boss John Goodman’s crash lawyers up

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Attorneys representing the mother of a recent college graduate who died after his car was struck by Wellington polo mogul John Goodman’s Bentley are launching their own investigation into the crash that killed her son.

Jack Scarola, a partner at the high-profile West Palm Beach law firm Searcy, Denney, Scarola, Barnhart and Shipley, said the firm is starting from scratch its own probe into the death of Scott Wilson, 23.

International Polo Club Palm Beach founder Goodman suffered minor injuries in the Feb. 12 accident. The Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office and State Attorney are conducting a criminal investigation. They’re not expected to decide before May whether charges will be filed against Goodman.

Said Scarola: “We will independently and thoroughly investigate. It’s highly unlikely that there’ll be a single lead that we won’t follow.”

Scarola said the firm has been representing Wilson’ mom Lili in other matters. He said the firm’s involvement “could include civil action arising from the death.”

Goodman visited two parties before the crash, and authorities seized credit card receipts showing Goodman paid for 18 shots of booze less than an hour before he allegedly blew through a stop sign and struck Wilson. And Page2Live revealed Monday that fire rescue workers failed to find Wilson’s body in his car, which was partly submerged in a canal after the Bentley hit it.

Tiger Woods mistress Rachel Uchitel goes bye-bye

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| Wednesday 10 March 2010 12:17 pm Print This Post

Rachel Uchitel, a.k.a. golfer Tiger Woods‘ No. 1 mistress, must have really liked Palm Beach.

Uchitel, the first woman outed in the scandal of Woods’ busy busy extra-marital sex life shortly after Thanksgiving, finally packed her bags and left town after three months of sucking in The Island’s calm lifestyle.

“We had her going away party on Saturday and she’s gone,” said one of her good friends here, club owner Gus Renny. “She’s headed for Las Vegas. She said she landed a great job as correspondent on (tabloid tv’s) Extra.”

Uchitel, in January in Palm Beach (Click on the photo for more)

Uchitel, in January in Palm Beach (Click on the photo for more)

In her time among us, the former club hostess who allegedly was flown by Woods’ corporation to Australia to be with him: stopped traffic outside Publix; was photographed in a skimpy bikini on the beach (above) ; chain-smoked while chatting up the boys at 251 PB Lounge; allegedly dated Hooters heir Chris Harding; celebrated her 35th birthday, and refused to go on satellite radio king Howard Stern’s pageant of Woods girlfriends.

“She really liked it here,” Renny said. “But I don’t think she’ll be coming back for a long time.”

EXCLUSIVE:Rescuers in polo boss John Goodman crash investigated for missing dying man

Wilson's car, shortly after it was pulled out of a canal Feb. 12 (Click on the photo for more about the accident)

Wilson's car, shortly after it was pulled out of a canal Feb. 12 (Click on the photo for more about the accident)

Shocking development in the aftermath of the car crash that killed 23-year-old Scott Wilson and injured International Polo Club Palm Beach founder John Goodman: As many as 10 Palm Beach County Fire Rescue responders have been notified that they are under internal investigation.

Their superiors want to know whether the crew from Wellington’s Station 27 followed procedures because Wilson’s body was not found until an hour after the Feb. 12 crash.

Page2Live has been told exclusively that two firefighters searched Wilson’s submerged car, which was upside down in a canal. But the rescuer could not find Wilson in the early morning darkness and gave up the search.In time, fire rescue left the scene when they thought their work was done.

But the jaws of sheriff’s deputies left behind dropped when Wilson’s Hyundai Sonata was hoisted back on the road, revealing his body on the seat.

Said a fire rescue source: “Our guys obviously didn’t look for a body hard enough.”

Fire Rescue spokesman Capt. Don Delucia confirmed that existence of the investigation but declined comment. When asked about emergency procedures for cars in canals, Delucia said: “There are masks and snorkels on the emergency vehicles but the conditions in our canals are bad. It’s so opaque you can’t see your hand in front of you even in broad daylight. Diving on a vehicle is extremely dangerous and difficult.”

Delucia said responders also have the option to call in professional divers, but that wasn’t done, according to my source.

An autopsy showed that Wilson drowned after Goodman’s Bentley went through a stop sign and hit his car, sending it into the water off Lake Worth Road in Wellington’s horse country. Goodman left the scene and walked to a nearby home to call 911. Authorities are still trying to figure out whether alcohol or drugs were involved. Goodman suffered a broken wrist, hired star attorney Roy Black and has been hiding in Miami Beach hotels since the crash. Goodman, 46, has not been charged with a crime.

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Grey’s Anatomy star McDreamy dreaming of Grand Prix of Miami victory

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| Saturday 6 March 2010 1:18 pm Print This Post

Grey's Anatomy star Patrick Dempsey gets ready for today's Grand Prix of Miami (click on the photo for more)

Grey's Anatomy star Patrick Dempsey gets ready for today's Grand Prix of Miami (click on the photo for more)

Patrick Dempsey, aka McDreamy on the ABC drama Grey’s Anatomy, will be the star of today’s Grand Prix of Miami at the Homestead-Miami Speedway. In his yellow Mazda RX-8, the 44-year-old actor is one of the Grand-Am Road Racing’s rising powerhouses. “People know me more from the show than the racing,” Dempsey told the Miami Herald. “But now they know me from the racing as well. I think there are really a lot of wonderful drivers each year, and if I can lend my visibility to help support them and build up this series, I’m more than happy to do that.” Click on the photos, or here, for the gallery of Friday’s practice runs.

McDreamy slips on his protecting gear for a Grand Prix of Miami practice (Click on the photo for more)

McDreamy slips on his gear for a Grand Prix of Miami practice Friday (Click on the photo for more)

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