Nelly got Cedric to wear something other than a fedora? The Entertainer must love “E.I.” (Photo by Erik Kabik | Retna)

After Ante Up for Africa, Lavo at Palazzo drew in a few of the celebs for dinner, including Cedric the Entertainer, Kenny Smith, Montel Williams and Dean Cain. That’s two strikes Dean Cain has against him: He’s still living under the threat of the Superman curse, and now he’s rubbing elbows with Cedric, who didn’t do Bernie Mac any favors in the long-life department.

Meanwhile over at Tao, LeBron James had dinner with a crew of 15. James is hosting at Tao Beach today and Lavo tonight, where he’ll probably be giddy all day long from the thought of having Shaq as a teammate. Not that having an aging Shaq on the floor is spectacular or anything, but we’d be completely psyched to hang out with him after the game so you could listen to him drop stuff like “yo mom so fat she stopped at the curb and her belly jay-walked.” Seriously, it would never, ever get old. We’d be calling Shaq up at 4 a.m. just to see what he had to say.

Also at Tao were Matt Dillon at the owner’s table and Laker Trevor Ariza up at a cabana in Tao Beach. Did Trevor Ariza ever call out Lance Armstrong on a time trial, though? No. No he did not.

By Jason Scavone

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