Even with a brand-new business administration degree from the University of Miami, Robert Riva hasn’t really been in high demand on the job market.

So he did the next best thing to getting a job: He used his boyish good looks, soulful eyes and fancy Palm Beach breeding and set out to be a reality TV star!

Riva, 22, is expected to become one of the main staples on a trashy-but-popular reality fare, Love Games. How trashy? Well, the house where the action takes place boasts a “boom-boom room.” Season 2, taped in the winter, premieres on the women’s cable network Oxygen on April 18.

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The program’s premise: Natalie Nunn, Lea Beaulieu and Amber Buhl, stars from Oxygen’s scandalous The Bad Girls Club, are vying for the affection of 15 boys. By the eighth and final episode, only one of the girls and a boy are left and viewers try to figure out if the relationship will last.

As Riva puts it: “It’s the poor man’s (The) Bachelor.”

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Riva, a graduate of Palm Beach Day School and Benjamin School, is the son of well-known marketing exec Maribel Alvarez. He knows instinctively the kind of exposure he could receive from the average million-plus of viewers per episode, especially when involved in on-air challenges that include doing jumping jacks in his Speedos.

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Mandich, 5 years ago (Miami Herald)

Miami Dolphins radio commentator Jim Mandich (above left with Miami Heat coach Erik Spoelstra and Heat President Pat Riley) was well enough as he battles cancer of the bile duct to make a rare appearance at a Miami charity dinner the other night.  Mandich, 62, who was known as Mad Dog when he played tight end for the Dolphins, was awarded an Excellence in Sports Broadcasting award in an emotional ceremony bef0re dozens of local sports icons at the charity gala thrown by Miami Heat broadcasters Eric Reid and Tony Fiorentino at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino. Among those who played in the March 12 charity golf tournament and showed up for the gala: Former Heat standout Alonzo Mourning (below), U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman-Schultz, and former Dolphins Jim Kiick, Bob Kuechenberg, Larry Little and A.J. Duhe. (Click here for more)

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The Tonight Show’s Jay Leno (above) had ‘em in stitches and rookie U.S. Rep. Allen West, the Conservative Republicans’ new golden child (above), got plenty attention while making face time with rich donors at what could end up being the social season’s biggest fund-raising gala, Saturday night at the Boca Raton Resort.

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Nearly 1,100 supporters of the Boys & Girls Club of Broward County packed the main ballroom for the Concours D’Elegance’s black-tie, which celebrated the 100th anniversary of the Indianapolis 500. And former Miami Dolphins majority owner H. Wayne Huizenga (below, with Jay), the founder of the AutoNation super dealerships, was honored for his contribution to the car biz.

Among the guests: Three-time Indy winner and former Dancing With The Stars champ Helio Castroneves; two-time Indy winner Al Unser Jr.; Latin crooner Jon Secada; and car dealer Rick Case. (Click for Mike Jachles’ 50-photo event gallery)

The gala was part of the weekend-long Concours, which also included Sunday’s collector car show judged by Leno. Leno himself is a well-known collector whose garage is stuffed with more than 100 classic cars, even if he told Page2Live last week that he was through buying — for a while!

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– Howie Mandel’s no car buff, but he can’t wait for Concours D’Elegance gig

– Jay Leno to highlight the Boca Raton Concours D’Elegance

Lopez and Anthony, March 7 at the Oscars (AP Photo)

Jenny from Vero may not be as catchy as Jenny from the Block, but the Vero part could come true.

Bootyful Latin diva Jennifer Lopez and her salsero hubby, Marc Anthony, share time between Los Angeles, New York and Miami. But now they’re looking for a beachfront weekend home on the Treasure Coast.

La Lopez and her little guy are particularly interested in the north side of Orchid Island, a barrier island near Vero Beach. She has concentrated her search in the area where Miami sound moguls Gloria and Emilio Estefan’s $1.5 million crib in the dunes.

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Palm Beacher Jimmy Buffett suddenly bleeds New Orleans Saints black and gold. Buffett, who made a commercial deal with the Miami Dolphins last year when the stadium was renamed yet again after his Land Shark beer, just posted this picture on his Facebook site. That’s Jimmy with daughter Savannah and the Saints’ Lombardi Trophy. Buffett, by the way, is the guy the Dolphins trusted to rewrite the team’s fight song. So, what gives?

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