Miami, August 26-27 – As soon as hurricane Katrina cleared out of Miami, MTV resumed its domination of the city with its Video Music Awards. Better late than never, storm-delayed celebs rolled into town and got the parties started, literally. Pamela Anderson overcame commercial airline skittishness, arriving in Miami via private jet at 11:30 on Friday night, and heading straight to the Star Struck party at the Sagamore Hotel, where she was quite friendly with her unidentified date. Very friendly. We hear he’s a photographer. Anyone know him? E-mail us with dish, por favor! In case you were wondering, Pam's top in the photo at left is see-through.

Everyone stopped wondering who Pam’s guy was when Jessica Simpson arrived. No, Jess didn’t bring a mystery date.. That loud buzzing was the crowd wondering why Jessica didn’t have on a stitch of makeup, other than clear lip gloss. Inferiority complexes sprung up instantly – Jessica still looked amazing, even unadorned. No one at the party seemed surprised that Quincy Jones, Nelly and Eddie Murphy also weren’t wearing makeup.

Earlier Friday evening we stopped at the legendary Fontainebleau hotel for the 53rd annual BMI Urban Music Awards, where Lil’ Jon, Fat Joe, Christina Milian and many more held court. Rapper The Game, who had to drive down from Orlando thanks to the hurricane, sported a grapefruit-sized medallion bearing the name of his organization, “The Black Wall Street”, and the motto, “Live for Everything, Die for Nothing”.

Among the too-many parties on Saturday night, we hit Ocean Drive’s Music ‘05 bash at the Loews Miami Beach, where, incredibly, pretty young women flocked around a cigar-chomping O.J. Simpson. More eligible bachelors at the party included Eddie Murphy, Jamie Foxx and his Miami Vice costar Colin Farrell. Nick Lachey had arrived in Miami by Saturday, and joined wife Jessica Simpson at the party.

Things turned ugly Saturday night – Sunday morning, actually – at Kanye West’s party at the Shore Club, when rap mogul Suge Knight was shot in the leg. Knight is in stable condition, and police officers had no suspect at the time. Our source at the party said the shots were loud enough to be heard over the music, and chaos broke out with attendees running around. Wild rumors immediately began flying around the club; some claimed that Snoop Dogg had been the one shot and others speculated that The Game had done the shooting.