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Gloria Estefan performed a benefit concert at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino. Matt Damon attended and spoke at the VoteFest 2008 in Miami Beach. Alicia Silverstone also made an appearance at VoteFest 2008. when the couple separated last fall. In the days that followed the announcement, the baseball player hit Set and stopped by Philippe at the Gansevoort South for dinner. Anna Kournikova reportedly was overheard complaining about her relationship with Enrique Iglesias over lunch with some girlfriends at Big Pink, and Tara Reid sunned herself at The Setai. Bruce Vilanch helped the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force raise more than $250,000 when he hosted the 12 th Annual Miami Recognition Dinner held at the InterContinental Miami. Honored at the dinner in 2008 were Ilene Chaiken, the creator and producer of Showtime's The L Word, out journalist and former President Bill Clinton advisor Keith Boykin, and local activist and fundraiser Joan Schaeffer. Barack Obama reached out to South Florida voters looking to Barack the Vote when he wrapped up a two-day trek across Florida with a packed rally at Bicentennial Park in Downtown Miami. His wife, Michelle, joined him on stage. Miami's own Gloria Estefan performed her first concert in four years to benefit education groups from Miami-Dade to Indian River counties at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino. Nick Cannon arrived in town for a gig DJing at a BlackBerry party at Privé. While he worked, his wife, one Mariah Carey— ever heard of her?—cooled her heels with some friends at The Florida Room at the Delano Hotel. MTV's Tila Tequila celebrated her birthday with a party at Karu&Y. Chef Nathan Lyon (Discovery Health's A Lyon in the Kitchen) conducted culinary demonstrations during the 7 th Annual Miami International Wine Fair at the Miami Beach Convention Center. Magic City residents Matt Damon, Alicia Silverstone, and Kerry Washington attended and spoke at VoteFest 2008, held nine days before Election Day at North Shore Bandshell in Miami Beach, to encourage early voting. Damon continued stomping on behalf of the election the next day, first hitting Collins Park and then the University of Miami campus in Coral Gables, along with his wife Luciana and their baby girl, Gia, as well as Barack Obama's Hollywood campaign headquarters. Meanwhile, Pharrell got out the vote with a performance at Cameo, while Katrina Campins, The Forge's Shareef Malnik, and Alonzo Mourning attended the opening of mySpa at the InterContinental Miami. On Halloween, Lady Gaga did her thing at Set, while Ludacris scared 'em up at Mansion. A couple of days before Election Day, Jay- Z, Mary J. Blige, Russell Simmons, and Diddy attended a Last Chance for Change rally on behalf of Barack Obama at Florida Memorial University in Miami Gardens. Sex and the City's Cynthia Nixon and Marisa Tomei made appearances at Obama's campaign headquarters, while MIAMI LIVING 169 SCOOP