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Updated: August 4, 2011 4:20PM

STELLA’S SPOTLIGHT

AVALENTINE GIFT: Local dentist Dr. Rocio Martinez is offering free emergency dental treatments Feb. 14 at her Centro Dental Familiar center, 3110 S. Millard from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. This is her valentine offering to people out of work because of the economy . . . and their teeth hurt! “We will be conducting free emergency dental treatment days periodically throughout the year to help the less fortunate in our community,” Martinez says. Also, February is Dental Health Month. Hey, thanks for caring . . . and sharing!

COOL NEWS: Oscar winner Forest Whitaker, Mike Kelly and Matt Ryan are starring in the new CBS “Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior,” crime drama series debuting Feb. 16. This is a spinoff from the hit show “Criminal Minds.” . . . Actress Angela Bassett and Academy Award-winner Reese Witherspoon have signed on to star in the new movie “This Means War, “ with actor Will Smith producing. . . . The lovely Bria Murphy, the 20-year-old daughter of comic/actor Eddie Murphy and ex-wife Nicole, is the new face for the SoftSheen-Carson “Dark and Lovely” hair products national campaign.

TROUBLE ALREADY?: It looks like handsome TV “Bachelor” star Brad Womack, who hails from Texas, and lovely Washington state contestant Chantal O’Brien, whom he reportedly will pick during the finale on ABC March 14, already are at odds over where they will live. I say don’t worry about it . . . they most likely won’t last long enough for it to be a real problem.

CHI-TOWN EVENTS: The River North Dance Chicago presents “A Night at the Milonga” this evening at Rumba Supper club. . . . Actress/playwright Regina (“The Negotiator”) Taylor, whose “The Trinity River Plays” recently opened at the Goodman Theatre, will be the special guest at the National Association of Black Journalists’ meet and greet/Q&A reception Monday at the theater. By the way, congrats to the AARP organization’s state prez Merri Dee on being inducted into the NABJ Hall of Fame in Washington, D.C. , last week. . . . Wild cajun music makers Steve Riley & The Mamou Playboys at the Old Town School of Folk Music Feb. 12. . . . Highly respected and controversial Harvard professor/author Henry Louis Gates Jr. speaking at Northwestern University Evanston campus Feb. 17 as part of Black History Month.

JUST CHILLIN’: Actress Amy (“Varsity Blues”) Smart dined at LuxBar, and on a separate night, the Bulls’ Joakim Noah....The actress Bo Derek ate at Gibsons on Rush and at another table, the Rev. Jesse Jackson . . . Actress Miranda (“Despicable Me”) Cosgrove relaxing at Gibsons in Rosemont. . . . Baseball legend Ernie Banks, who celebrated his 80th birthday with a big blowout at Harry Caray’s Saturday, dropped by his personal barber on Walton Street, Mr. Barber, to wish him a happy birthday as well. . . . Gov. Quinn helped pal Sergio Figueroa celebrate his birthday at Tuscany on Taylor Street. Sergio’s daughter, Vanessa Figueroa, a Nielsen Co. exec, joined them. . . . Former White Sox player Sandy Alomar works out at Jabb.

IS ANOTHER SEX tape about to go public featuring Kendra Wilkinson, the NFL’s Hank Baskett’s wife, showing all her goodies again? There is a tape of the hoochie Kendra, star of her own “E” reality show and ex-girlfriend of super stud Hugh Hefner, doing the do with a friend, Taryn Ryan, and the Vivid porn industry folks are planning to release it. Kendra was on the December cover of Playboy mag. Hank obviously is one understanding man who doesn’t mind other men looking at the mother of his child, Hank IV, doing the nasty rumba. I bet that poor baby will be a laughingstock in kindergarten.

CONGRATS to real estate lawyer John W. Daniels Jr., chairman of Quarles & Brady LLP, on being named a super lawyer in the recent issue of Super Lawyers mag. His firm recently opened an office in Shanghai.

NEW Biz: Longtime restaurateur Mel Markon is back in business with his new Bia for Mia restaurant, 1147 W. Grand, opening Tuesday for dinner starting at 5 p.m. He hopes to have lunch available as well later in the month.

THE BIRTHDAY BEAT: WGN-Channel 9’s Steve Sanders, Dan Roan, WGN radio’s Steve Bertrand, Black Hair Sophisticates’ Bonnie Krueger-Spurlock and state Supreme Court Justice Anne Burke. On Friday: WBBM-Channel 2’s Jim Williams, Alice Cooper, Merritt Kotin and law student Tiffany Shepard. On Monday: Garth Brooks, Chris Rock and Michael “The Fly” Garcia.

Well, that’s Stella in the City!