{"id":2403948,"date":"2026-05-06T00:07:03","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T00:07:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2403948"},"modified":"2026-05-06T00:07:03","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T00:07:03","slug":"willy-chirino-cuba-gooding-jr-kai-trump-appear-in-top-miami-celebrity-stories","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/willy-chirino-cuba-gooding-jr-kai-trump-appear-in-top-miami-celebrity-stories\/","title":{"rendered":"Willy Chirino, Cuba Gooding Jr., Kai Trump appear in top Miami celebrity stories"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Miami\u2019s entertainment and lifestyle scene served up a flurry of headlines this week, from honors and tributes to celebrity sightings and luxury real estate deals.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s a roundup of who\u2019s making news across the 305:<\/p>\n<p><b>Salsa legend honored:<\/b> <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.miamiherald.com\/miami-com\/miami-com-news\/article315558900.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Willy Chirino;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">Willy Chirino<\/a>, 79, received an honorary doctorate in music from Florida International University at commencement, where he told graduates to \u201cdream as big as you possibly can,\u201d marking 50 years in music since arriving in Miami at 14 through Operation Pedro Pan.<\/p>\n<p><b>South Beach nightlife icon dies:<\/b> <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.miamiherald.com\/news\/local\/obituaries\/article315573282.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Gerry Kelly;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">Gerry Kelly<\/a>, the Irish-born impresario credited with transforming Miami Beach into a world-class party destination, has died at 63 after creating venues including Bash, Shadow Lounge, Liquid and Level.<\/p>\n<p><b>Charlamagne tha God talks shop in Miami Beach:<\/b> The \u201cBreakfast Club\u201d host appeared at The Possible conference at the Fontainebleau, where <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.miamiherald.com\/entertainment\/article315552148.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Charlamagne tha God;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">Charlamagne tha God<\/a> named Queen Latifah and business partner Shakim Compere as dream interview guests, and revealed he just signed a five-year extension with iHeartMedia.<\/p>\n<p><b>Coral Gables mansion flip:<\/b> \u201cReal Housewives of Miami\u201d alum Dr. Nicole Martin and fianc\u00e9 Anthony Lopez sold their Gables Estates property for $55 million, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.miamiherald.com\/news\/business\/real-estate-news\/article315521968.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:a $21 million jump from the $34 million they paid in August for the 12,543-square-foot estate.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\"><u>a $21 million jump from the $34 million they paid in August for the 12,543-square-foot estate<\/u>.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Cuba Gooding Jr. dines in Brickell:<\/b> The Oscar winner<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.miamiherald.com\/miami-com\/miami-com-news\/article315524503.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Cuba Gooding Jr.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\"> Cuba Gooding Jr.<\/a> visited Hutong after the Miami Corporate Run with girlfriend Claudine De Niro, ordering dim sum and the restaurant\u2019s $168 signature whole flaming duck.<\/p>\n<p><b>Kai Trump\u2019s medical emergency:<\/b> <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.miamiherald.com\/miami-com\/miami-com-news\/article315548702.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Kai Trump;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">Kai Trump<\/a>, President Donald Trump\u2019s granddaughter, used hand soap from Sephora on her face to remove makeup while traveling, and bumps began forming on her neck. She sought medical attention and received a steroid shot for the allergic reaction. \u201cI have very sensitive skin. It was like so, so scary,\u201d she said, describing a large needle.<\/p>\n<p><i>This report was produced with the assistance of a proprietary tool powered by artificial intelligence and using our own originally reported, written and published content. It was reviewed and edited by our journalists.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.aol.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Miami\u2019s entertainment and lifestyle scene served up a flurry of headlines this week, from honors and tributes to celebrity sightings and luxury real estate deals. Here\u2019s a roundup of who\u2019s making news across the 305: Salsa legend honored: Willy Chirino, 79, received an honorary doctorate in music from Florida International University at commencement, where he [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2403949,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25177],"tags":[83647,356214,395472,469698,397234,387524,344786,370455,345936,469697],"class_list":["post-2403948","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrities","tag-celebrity-sightings","tag-charlamagne-tha-god","tag-florida-international-university","tag-gerry-kelly","tag-honorary-doctorate","tag-kai-trump","tag-miami","tag-miami-beach","tag-real-housewives-of-miami","tag-willy-chirino"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Willy-Chirino-Cuba-Gooding-Jr-Kai-Trump-appear-in-top.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2403948","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2403948"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2403948\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2403950,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2403948\/revisions\/2403950"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2403949"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2403948"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2403948"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2403948"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}