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'The House Bunny,' 'Death Race,' 'The Rocker' and 'The Longshots' compete for your money
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Discover the wonderland of Mediterranean-fusion served at Cafe Ponte
American Idols: where are they now?
Admit it...you've missed them
By Tamara Palmer, Special to Metromix
As the “American Idols Live!” tour prepares to roll into town, we can’t help noticing that for some of the show’s finalists—and even some of its winners—the post-“Idol” wave of adulation recedes pretty quickly. Whatever happened to those quirky “Idol” personalities now, after the tour has faded and obscurity beckons? We left no stone unturned in our quest to answer the age-old question: where are they now?
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Carl Rimi
Side Splitters Comedy Club - 12938 N. Dale Mabry Highway - Lake Magdalene
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Mamma Mia!
Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center - 1010 North W.C. MacInness Place - Tampa
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Get grub and give back
Bennigan's Channelside - 615 Channelside Drive #205 - Channelside District
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Dinner and a movie
Bennigan's Channelside - 615 Channelside Drive #205 - Channelside District
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