Posted on Tue, Jun. 20, 2006

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SCENE IN THE TROPICS

Bowling alley thanks its lucky stars

By LESLEY ABRAVANEL

lank@aol.com

Dwyane Wade and his friends were bowled over at Lucky Strike on Friday night. According to a witness, the Heat dynamo stayed ''longer than he was supposed to'' while Anna Kournikova and Enrique Iglesias waited patiently for their lanes to celebrate Kournikova's party with about 20 friends. Lucky Strike co-owner Brian Elias, a friend of Wade's, gently re-organized the lanes so that Iglesias and Kournikova could get their party started. Among their antics: a cake fight, with ''cake everywhere,'' says the witness.

Meanwhile, a Britney-less Kevin Federline was at Mansion on Friday night, hovering in a corner surrounded by bodyguards drinking Jack and Coke. K-Fed brought out a birthday cake with a sparkler to celebrate his friend Scooter's birthday after midnight. Later in the evening, he hopped up onstage with DJ Irie and took a spin on the turntables, drinking a bottle of Cristal and rapping along with the music (songs by Snoop Dogg, Jay-Z and Biggie). Taye Diggs also hopped up onstage with Federline and posed for pictures, while Fat Joe and Mark Cuban were spotted in the crowd. Federline left at 3:30 to join wifey back at their swank pad at Aqua on Allison Island. Earlier that day, Federline and Spears were spotted romping on the beach. On Saturday, they went out on a boat and stayed in at night; Sunday they represented the A-listers at the Heat game. While Spears left after the second quarter -- ''she seemed tired or just queasy from being pregnant,'' says an insider -- ''K-Fed was outside chain-smoking the entire time after she left, moving down from a suite to seats three or four rows up from the floor.'' Also there: bigtime fans Jimmy Buffett and Gloria Estefan, Mya, Dan Marino and Jerry Bruckheimer.

Women were swooning over Taye Diggs at Privé on Saturday night. Diggs was wearing a white fedora tipped on the side of his head and sharing bottles of Imperia with his buddies. At one point, he and a friend broke out in what seemed like a choreographed side-by-side dance routine, which got even more attention from the ladies. Diggs was good, though. He had to be. Wife is Broadway star Idina Menzel.

Shaquille O'Neal was seen outside Skybar on Friday night, sporting a Superman T-shirt and relaxing with friends and family, signing autographs and posing for pictures with fans, while Dallas Mavs owner Mark Cuban was close by, sitting inside the Redroom surrounded by friends and family downing Kamikaze shots.

Word has it that Ashton Kutcher and his That '70s Show pal Wilmer Valderrama are scouting South Beach locations to open the third branch of their Italian restaurant, Dolce. The original one's in Hollywood, natch. The second one is opening in Reno, Nev., and the third may open right here at The Angler's Hotel on Washington Avenue. An insider source says, ``They're definitely eyeing Angler's as an option, especially since it's a super-hot project that will definitely have a huge buzz.''

Seen having dinner at Ingrid Casares' celebrity table at Social Miami on Friday night: sportscaster Ahmad Rashad and comedian Chris Tucker.