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Luxe Life Blog • Archive for January 2010
Live Blog: And the new 2010 Miss America is …
Miss Virginia Caressa Cameron has won the 2010 Miss America Pageant in Planet Hollywood. She won after wearing a yellow gown for Evening Wear, singing Beyonce’s “Listen” from “Dreamgirls” in the Talent competition and advising kids that they should do more outdoor activities to combat obesity. Cameron, 22, who wins a $50,000 scholarship, is a broadcast journalism student at Virginia Commonwealth University and hopes to become an anchor. The first runner-up was Miss California Kristy Cavinder. Mr. Vegas DeLuxe Robin ... Read more...
Evening of Dreams unforgettable with proposal and military reunion
The 2010 Miss America Pageant’s Evening of Dreams gala was an emotionally charged night like non other, and it was capped off with a storybook ending for a pageant princess at Planet Hollywood. On the final evening of her reign, 2009 Miss America Katie Stam’s boyfriend Brian Irk went down on bended knee, produced a stunning square diamond ring and proposed to Katie! Katie said after the proposal: “I’m shaking! I can’t tell if it’s as much as it was ... Read more...
Photo Galleries: Mayor, pageant, glitterati christen PH Towers Westgate
By Don Chareunsy, Vegas DeLuxe editor The guest list for yesterday’s open house grand opening of Planet Hollywood’s PH Towers Westgate included Mayor Oscar Goodman and his colorful showgirls; Westgate Resorts President and CEO David Siegel, who flew into town from Florida; Planet Hollywood Worldwide Resorts President Bill Feather; 2009 Miss America Katie Stam; the 2010 Miss America Pageant contestants, including our 2010 Miss Nevada Christina Keegan; and Holly Madison, the star of Planet Hollywood’s Peepshow. Goodman presented Siegel with ... Read more...
Photo Galleries: Mario Lopez reveals his one fear as pageant host
Handsome 2010 Miss America Pageant host Mario Lopez admits that he has only one fear going into tonight’s live TLC telecast from Planet Hollywood’s Theater for the Performing Arts. “I’m terrified that I’d announce the wrong name of the winner,” he revealed. “It’s such an emotional high for everybody at that moment. Even I get swept up in it. It’s like the final minutes of a major sporting event being combined with the last segment of a reality show series. ... Read more...
Engaged! 2009 Miss America Katie Stam’s boyfriend proposes
Tonight’s Evening of Dreams gala of the 2010 Miss America Pageant at Planet Hollywood became the Evening of Engagement for 2009 Miss America Katie Stam: Brian Irk, her boyfriend of four years, proposed to her at the end of the event! Originally, Katie was to sing the Nat King Cole and Natalie Cole hit “Unforgettable,” but as was the case a year ago, she is suffering from laryngitis. Instead, I asked her to speak her two favorite lines from the ... Read more...
Photo Gallery: Partying with Jamie Kennedy, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Nick Carter
Backstreet Boys singer Nick Carter celebrated his 30th birthday last night and showered the nightclub crowd by “making it rain.” First, it was dinner at Lavo in the Palazzo with girlfriend Lauren Kitt and friends. The Backstreet Boy drank Belvedere Bloody Marys and dined on calamari, tuna tartare and chicken parmigiano. Also spotted dining at Lavo was rapper Lil Jon, who enjoyed the popular Kobe meatball and chicken Marsala. Nick and Lil Jon both headed upstairs to the boutique nightclub ... Read more...
Strip Scribbles: Michael Boychuck named Las Vegas Colorist of the Decade
Colorist to the stars Michael Boychuck has been named Las Vegas Colorist of the Decade by leading hair care company Schwarzkopf. The Las Vegas salon owner moved here 10 years ago and is nationally recognized for his work with Paris Hilton, his client for 15 years. Michael first ran Prive at the Bellagio and then Canyon Ranch Salon in The Venetian. He opened Amp with George Maloof at the Palms in 2001. His Color salon at Caesars Palace opened last ... Read more...
Miss Nevada discusses the sexual assault that has shaped her future
It’s an evil, ugly crime against women — and after a sexual violent attack, they tend to live in silence with the shame and stigma for the rest of their lives. Its victims certainly never forget rape. But 24-year-old Miss Nevada Christina Keegan aims to change that in speaking out for the Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network. Its her platform, “Strength Over Silence: Rape Education & Recovery,” at tomorrow night’s 2010 Miss America Pageant at the Theater for Performing ... Read more...
Bette Midler’s 180-show run at The Colosseum in the final stretch
After 180 shows and audiences totaling more than 750,000, The Divine Miss M says farewell on Sunday night at The Colosseum in Caesars Palace as her two-year run comes to a successful end. Bette Midler strode onto the stage back on Feb. 20, 2008, to huge applause from a VIP audience that included Siegfried & Roy, Meatloaf, Angela Bassett, Joey Fatone, Lance Bass, Alan Thicke, Ricki Lake, Taye Diggs and our Strip headliner Nathan Burton. Since then, celebrities including Tony ... Read more...
Photo Gallery: Miss Oregon, Miss Michigan win third rounds
Miss Michigan Nicole Blaszczyk was named last night’s preliminary Talent winner for her lyrical dance performance to “Lifetime” during the third and concluding preliminary night of competition of the 2010 Miss America Pageant at Planet Hollywood. Nicole receives a $2,000 scholarship. Also in the spotlight was Miss Oregon C.C. Barber, who was the preliminary Lifestyle & Fitness winner in a black Winnwear swimsuit. C.C. will receive a $1,000 scholarship. Last night’s host was Dena Blizzard, a former Miss New Jersey ... Read more...
Photo Gallery: What Not to Wear and Miss America’s Clinton Kelly
When TV host Clinton Kelly signed on for the TLC series What Not to Wear, he thought it would be over in 10 weeks. “I never dreamed, and I still can’t believe it, that we reach the staggering 250th show tomorrow night,” Clinton told me in an exclusive interview. “I thought I’d go crawling back to my old boss to ask for my old job back. “It never happened, and here we are still growing and getting better. It’s really ... Read more...
Strip Scribbles: Andrew Dice Clay signs deal with L.V. Hilton
Comedian Andrew Dice Clay has signed a long-term contract with the Las Vegas Hilton. The Dice Man will perform a minimum of 28 weeks beginning Feb. 4 in the Shimmer Showroom, and tickets go on sale Saturday for the 11 p.m. performances. Dice has recently performed in Las Vegas at Sushi Samba’s lounge in the Palazzo and at the Riviera and was one of the contestants on Donald Trump’s Celebrity Apprentice won by Joan Rivers. *It’s the biggest night of ... Read more...
Photo Gallery & Videos: How the judges score Miss America
Fans of the annual Miss America Pageant have asked how the judges score each contestant. First, there’s the one-on-one, 10-minute interview session for each of the 53 contestants with each of the six judges. Then there’s the three nights of preliminary competition judging and then the finals night scoring. Our contributing photographers Tom Donoghue and Scott Harrison and our videographer Trent Ogle were on hand for yesterday’s official celebrity judges press conference at Planet Hollywood, where judge and radio talk ... Read more...
Miss America Pageant announces 2010 Quality of Life Award winners
Three 2010 Miss America Pageant contestants shared $12,000 in scholarships when they were announced as winners in the annual pageant’s Quality of Life Awards for their charity and public service platforms. The winners were announced at a ceremony this morning at Planet Hollywood. Miss Oklahoma Taylor Treat won first place and $6,000 for her platform “Engaging Students Through Service Learning.” Miss New Hampshire Lindsey Graham was first runner-up and the winner of $4,000 for “Speaking Out for Mental Illness,” and ... Read more...
Photo Gallery: Singer-songwriter Wynter Gordon performs at LAX
Singer and songwriter Wynter Gordon, dressed from head to toe in glittery, skin-tight black, performed last night at LAX in the Luxor. Wynter has penned songs for some of the music industry’s hottest artists, including Jennifer Lopez, Rihanna and Mary J. Blige. Our contributing photographer Scott Harrison was at the Strip appearance for our first non-2010 Miss America Pageant photo gallery of the day! Robin Leach has been a journalist for more than 50 years and has spent the past ... Read more...
From Cambodia’s Killing Fields to $125,00 win in Las Vegas
It was a long and difficult journey from “The Killing Fields” of Cambodia for refugee Kimbo Ung, who has now settled in Las Vegas and become a full-time poker player. Kimbo recently defeated World Series of Poker bracelet winners and a Hollywood actor in the Heartland Poker Tour at Red Rock Casino to win the $125,000 pot. Antonio “The Magician” Esfandiari was there. Layne Flack was there. Lou Diamond Phillips and yours truly were there when 300 players from the ... Read more...
Photo Gallery: Miss California, Miss New York win 2nd preliminary rounds
Miss California Kristy Cavinder was named last night’s preliminary Talent winner for her Ballet en Pointe performance to the Slave Maiden Variation from Le Corsaire during the second night of competition of the 2010 Miss America Pageant at Planet Hollywood. Kristy will receive a $2,000 scholarship. Also in the spotlight was Miss New York Alyse Zwick, who was the preliminary Lifestyle & Fitness winner in a black Winnwear swimsuit. Alyse will receive a $1,000 scholarship. The one-hour special Miss America: ... Read more...
Matt Goss moves from the Palms to Caesars Palace
From my Twitter account: I got scooped by sitting on a story to keep a promise! I’ve known for a week that singer and songwriter Matt Goss was jumping from the Palms to Caesars Palace. Matt opens March 12 in a reconfigured Cleopatra’s Barge lounge and theater. He will be a weekly headliner — every Friday and Saturday. The official announcement will be made at 11 a.m. tomorrow by Caesars Palace President Gary Selesner with Matt and his producer Robin ... Read more...
Photo Gallery: Rush Limbaugh talks about ‘the big one’
Controversial radio host Rush Limbaugh admitted this afternoon in Las Vegas that when he was hospitalized during Christmas in Honolulu, he thought he was buying “the big one.” Rush was speaking as one of the celebrity judges at the 2010 Miss America Pageant press conference in Planet Hollywood. I had asked him a question about the incident, and he talked about it for the first time, telling us: “The doctors said there was no disease, there was no blockage. There ... Read more...
Strip Scribbles: Blue Man Group appears on Wheel of Fortune
Another weeklong series of Wheel of Fortune shows taped in Las Vegas are set to air on Feb. 8 on more than 200 TV stations coast to coast. Longtime hosts Pat Sajak and Vanna White taped the Las Vegas-themed episodes here last July. Members of the zany, unpredictable Blue Man Group, who star nightly in their own custom-built theater in The Venetian and are celebrating their 10th anniversary on the Strip, joined the hosts for the shows — and to ... Read more...
Surprises and changes in store for Miss America TV programs
Tomorrow night, the 53 Miss America Pageant contestants face a difficult decision of voting for who they believe should be in the Top 12 — and they can’t choose themselves! Their selections also will remain secret. Those 12 winning names will be tabulated by TLC producers and will be part of “America’s Choice” for viewer voting on the first TV special airing Friday night. Those votes will then be figured in with the judges’ selections, and the 15 semifinalists will ... Read more...
Photo Gallery: Contestants join stars to help our military heroes
It was time for the 53 Miss America Pageant contestants to kick off their fashionista high heels and instead don Rocky combat boots to support the national awareness campaign When They Come Back, We Give Back. It’s a call to action for all Americans to support our military heroes who have faced the harsh realities of combat and then return home with a new set of challenges, including post-traumatic stress and physical injuries. Our contributing photographer Scott Harrison was on ... Read more...
Jake Steinfeld ponders next move after successful MGM solo debut
It wasn’t advertised. It wasn’t publicized. “Don’t Quit” fitness guru Jake Steinfeld wouldn’t even do any radio, TV or print interviews for the show he debuted at MGM Grand’s Hollywood Theater — yet the place was filled and standing room only. Admittedly, the tickets were free because Showtime filmed the 85-minute stand-up storytelling. But other than a long conversation with me that we posted on Vegas DeLuxe, there was no advance publicity. The show was titled No Expectations because Jake ... Read more...
Photo Galleries: Miss Puerto Rico, Miss Virginia win preliminary rounds
Gorgeous Miss Puerto Rico, representing the island commonwealth for the first time in more than 50 years at the 2010 Miss America Pageant, won a $1,000 scholarship on the first evening of the 2010 preliminary competition last night. Mimi Pabon, who strutted the stage in a black Winnwear bikini, was named the winner of the first Lifestyle & Fitness category at the Theater for the Performing Arts in Planet Hollywood. Miss Virginia Caressa Cameron was named preliminary Talent winner for ... Read more...
New show at The M Resort is hot, tempting and sizzling
The newest live show in Las Vegas opens today, and, as to be expected, it’s hot, sizzling, tempting and tasty. However, it has nothing to do with topless dancers or burlesque acrobatics. This is all about cooking up a storm in the kitchen mixed with nutrition, fitness and wellness. It’s an entertaining experience none the same, and it has a pinch of education, too. Just like other shows on the Strip, there’s a star and a demanding schedule of three ... Read more...
Strip Scribbles: China peace telecast is brainchild of Las Vegas producers
Las Vegas producers Rick Garson and Ed Winfield are the brains behind the mega-star concert Show of Peace to be broadcast live worldwide from the Beijing Olympics Stadium in China on April 17. The global peace concert honors the 40th anniversary of Earth Day and simultaneously advocates world peace and harmony with the slogan “Drop Rhymes, Not Bombs.” Legendary Led Zeppelin guitarist and Rock ’n’ Roll Hall of Famer Jimmy Page and Aerosmith co-founder and lead guitarist Joe Perry are ... Read more...
Photo Gallery: Colts, Saints rivalry heats up at Miss America Pageant
It will be Peyton Manning and his Indianapolis Colts vs. Drew Brees and the New Orleans Saints in Super Bowl XLIV on Feb. 7, and one of the 53 contestants will be at The Big Game in Florida as the 2010 Miss America fulfilling her first official duties for the new reigning year. After rehearsals yesterday for this Saturday’s Miss America Pageant at Planet Hollywood hosted by Mario Lopez, Miss Indiana Nicole Pollard and Miss Louisiana Katherine Putnam posed with ... Read more...
Photo Galleries: It’s birthday week for 7 pageant contestants
No less than seven of the 53 Miss America Pageant contestants in Las Vegas right now for Saturday’s coronation and telecast are celebrating birthdays while in town. Congratulations to Miss Delaware Heather Lehman on her 21st birthday and Miss Pennsylvania Shannon Doyle on her 25th. The ladies were presented a birthday cake when they dined at Buca di Beppo for a celebration dinner over the weekend, and Paisano partner and General Manager Ryan Smith made the presentation. Two of the ... Read more...
Photo Gallery: Palazzo and The Venetian celebrate Chinese New Year
Chinese New Year, which is Feb. 14, and the Year of the Tiger will be celebrated at The Venetian and Palazzo with a dragon and lion dance with firecrackers and festive decorations, including a 16 1/2-foot-long tiger and a Chinese bridge in the atrium gardens with citrus trees representing good luck and fortune. The dragon and lion dance symbolizes good luck and prosperity for the year to come and is an important ritual of Chinese culture. The Chinese consider dragons ... Read more...
Photo Gallery: Miss America Pageant contestants meet The Phantom
Anthony Crivello (The Phantom of the Opera), Kristi Holden (Christine Daae) and Andrew Ragone (Raoul) joined the 2010 Miss America Pageant contestants for a group photo after last night’s performance at The Venetian. The popular Strip musical’s stars also posed for our contributing photographer Tom Donoghue with their home state princesses. Anthony was joined by Miss Illinois Erin O’Connor and Miss Wisconsin Kristina Smaby, Kristi with Miss Colorado Katie Lucille Layman and Miss Maryland Brooke Poklemba and Andrew with Miss ... Read more...
Photo Galleries: Jersey Shore, Lauren Conrad, LL Cool J and Ted Nugent
By Don Chareunsy, Vegas DeLuxe editor As the end of the first month of the New Year nears, Las Vegas continues to be the Entertainment Capital of the World, and this past weekend was no different. Perhaps Las Vegas’ New Year nickname should be Party Capital of the World. Jersey Shore at Jet Paul “DJ Pauly D” Del Vecchio and Mike “The Situation” Sorrentino of MTV’s Jersey Shore took a break from the gym and tanning salon to host and ... Read more...
Strip Scribbles: NATPE kicks off its 47th annual convention
It began last night with a party that star chef Susan Feniger hosted at her Border Grill in Mandalay Bay and will continue through Thursday. Executives have descended on Las Vegas for their 47th Annual National Association of Television Program Executives convention where they pour over new and syndicated programs. The pilots and presentation reels they see might wind up on air in September. England’s BBC Worldwide and Australia’s Fremantle Corp. are big exhibitors alongside 20th Century Fox. Much of ... Read more...
Photo Gallery: A birthday party w/Meg Ryan, Helen Hunt and Adam Carolla
Actress Kathy Najimy surprised her husband Dan Finnerty of The Dan Band with an exciting weekend trip — that included Meg Ryan and Ricki Lake — to Las Vegas for his 40th birthday. The couple flew in on a private jet and checked into the Siena Suite at the Palazzo with its incredible views of the Strip. Kathy and Dan headed down to Lagasse’s Stadium, where they kicked off the evening with a cocktail party with family and friends. Guests ... Read more...
Miss America Photo Gallery: Voting, magic, Pole Position Raceway
It was the final evening of relaxation for 46 of the 2010 Miss America Pageant contestants last night, and Monte Carlo resident headliner Lance Burton joined them for some added magic. The remaining seven beauties were tapped for tapings for Friday night’s one-hour TLC special that sets the public voting in play for Saturday’s coronation of this year’s Miss America. Public and judges’ votes I’ve exclusively learned that a major change is in place for this year’s pageant: All 53 ... Read more...
Photo Gallery: Miss America contestants dine at Buca di Beppo
After a long day of rehearsals and a runway walk at Fashion Show, the 53 Miss America Pageant contestants were welcomed by General Manager Ryan Smith for dinner and dessert at Buca di Beppo last night, and our contributing photographer Tom Donoghue was at the Italian restaurant on Flamingo to photograph dinnertime. The 2010 pageant contestants, along with Miss America Organization Chairman Sam Haskell III and President and CEO Art McMaster, dug into Buca di Beppo’s larger-than-life Brownie Sundae, a ... Read more...
Photo Gallery: Miss America contestants hit the catwalk
For the fifth consecutive year, the Miss America Pageant contestants yesterday walked the runway at Fashion Show on the Strip. Lynn Hackerman Weidner, 1971 Miss New Jersey and a member of the Miss America Organization board of directors, served as the mistress of ceremonies for the event. After the contestants walked the clear, 80-foot-long retractable runway with multimedia screens playing, there was a meet-and-greet where they signed autographs and photographs for the public. Our contributing photographer Tom Donoghue was at ... Read more...
Photo Gallery: Marie Osmond is NBT’s Woman of the Year
Flamingo headliner Marie Osmond received the Woman of the Year Award from Nevada Ballet Theater during its annual Black & White Gala in the Champagne Ballroom of the Paris last night, and I tweeted from the festive celebration. Here are some highlights: Lon Bronson’s band rocking the Champagne Ballroom at the Paris for Nevada Ballet Theater Black & White Gala. Tony Delgado’s ballroom dancers danced us all in for dinner. Now the NBT ballerinas start the gala. Marie Osmond is ... Read more...
Photo Gallery: Newly engaged Katy Perry performs at Haze
This past week, pop princess Katy Perry, who grew up in Las Vegas, became officially engaged to rowdy British comedian Russell Brand, and they are tipped to tie the knot in November. But early this morning, it was rocker Gabe Saporta from Cobra Starship who was watching out for her at Haze in Aria at MGM’s CityCenter, where she hosted her Waking Up in Vegas party. Photographer Denise Truscello, who captured these great photos, told me this morning: “Katy put ... Read more...
Photo Gallery: Reach for Me red carpet at Las Vegas Hilton
Giordano World Entertainment premiered the film Reach for Me yesterday at the Las Vegas Hilton, and the red carpet featured the film’s stars, including Adrienne Barbeau, Charlene Blaine, Academy Award nominee Seymour Cassel, Lacey Chabert, Larry Hankin and Emmy Award winner Alfre Woodard. Other personalities on the red carpet included Corey Haim, Lani Misalucha and the cast of Voices, Estella Warren, Rhett Giles, Steve Rossi, Angelo and Christine Giordano, Susan Rodgers and Tracy Nova. Our contributing photographer Erik Kabik was ... Read more...
Photo Gallery: Contestants enjoy gondola rides at The Venetian
With the 2010 Miss America title and crown up for grabs, the 53 contestants in next weekend’s Miss America Pageant at the Theater for the Performing Arts in Planet Hollywood took time out of their jam-packed schedules to take a gondola ride in the Grand Canal at The Venetian yesterday. The contestants floated through The Grand Canal Shoppes in gondolas as gondoliers serenaded them. After the ride, the ladies enjoyed a dessert reception on the bridge in St. Mark’s Square. ... Read more...
Counter Intelligence: An inspirational moment at Hussong’s Cantina
Hot off the grill! The opening last night of Hussong’s Cantina in Mandalay Place also marked an inspirational milestone. I joined a packed crowd to watch co-owner Scott Frost stand from his wheelchair and walk his first-ever 18 steps to the first bar seat in his new restaurant with fiancee Megan Powell at his side. Scott was seriously injured last May in an off-road motorcycle accident that paralyzed him from the neck down. Determined to not let this become a ... Read more...
Strip Scribbles: Showtime cameras are ready for Jake Steinfeld’s show
It’s still a mystery as to what No Expectations is all about, but Showtime cameras will be rolling tomorrow night at MGM’s Hollywood Theater for Jake Steinfeld’s Las Vegas premiere of his one-man show. Superstar singer Tom Jones will wind up his performance there and turn the stage over to Jake for the late-night entertainment that we reported exclusively earlier this month. Jake isn’t doing any publicity for the show so that it all remains a surprise. He would only ... Read more...
Photo Galleries: Miss America contestants flip pancakes for benefit
It was as if the Miss America Organization had adopted the ancient slogan “Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these courageous couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds.” Originally written in 500 B.C. by Herodotus, it was adopted by the U.S. Postal Service and inscribed around the main New York City Post Office building, now a historic landmark, in 1896. Truer words were never spoken about yesterday’s ugly travel for the 53 Miss ... Read more...
Marie Osmond to be honored as Woman of the Year at NBT gala
When Marie Osmond signed on with brother Donny to become resident headliners at the Flamingo in Las Vegas, she really took it to heart and moved here to set up her permanent home. Her involvement in the community and her continuing charitable work have made an incredible mark here. Now Nevada Ballet Theater will honor her tomorrow as its Woman of the Year at the annual Black & White Gala in the Champagne Ballroom of the Paris. The ballet’s company ... Read more...
Tryst celebrates fourth anniversary with red carpet and party
Like a fine wine, one of the world’s best nightclubs has only gotten better with age. Last night, Tryst in the Wynn celebrated another year of greatness when it hosted its fourth anniversary party on another fully sold-out night that was still rocking early today at 4 a.m. Horrendous winter weather didn’t deter partygoers from joining the celebration. The club was ranked No. 2 in Nightclub & Bar’s Top 100 last year and is again a finalist for Nightclub of ... Read more...
Photo Gallery: Styx rocks stage in private concert at The Joint
It’s been nearly 40 years since Styx formed, but the band keeps on sailing and proves that its music is forever. Tommy Shaw, James Young, Chuck Panozzo, Todd Sucherman, Lawrence Gowan and Ricky Phillips had a full house at The Joint in the Hard Rock Hotel for a private concert on Wednesday night. Our contributing photographer Tom Donoghue was invited to shoot the show up close and front and center, and he captured some incredible shots for this morning’s Vegas ... Read more...
2010 Miss America Pageant contestants arrive on the Strip
The 53 contestants in the 2010 Miss America Pageant were welcomed to Planet Hollywood this afternoon for a week of activities and preliminary competitions before the live pageant hosted by Mario Lopez in the Theater for the Performing Arts on Jan. 30. Check back to Vegas DeLuxe tomorrow morning for a report and a photo gallery from our contributing photographers of the arrival ceremony with roses. Here’s a first photo from Glenn Pinkerton of the Las Vegas News Bureau, and ... Read more...
Part 2: Miss America Katie Stam aims to become broadcaster and author
It’s been a whirlwind 12 months for Indiana’s Katie Stam since she was crowned the 2009 Miss America at Planet Hollywood last January. Katie arrives in Las Vegas today along with 53 hopefuls for the 2010 Miss America Pageant to be broadcast live from the Theater for the Performing Arts on Jan. 30. Before she packed her bags for the last time as Miss America, Katie talked with me about her future plans. Part 1 of my exclusive interview was ... Read more...
2010 Vegas Uncork’d: 50 celebrated chefs and 30-plus events
The culinary arts festival Vegas Uncork’d has become one of the fastest-growing epicurean events in America, and from May 6-9, the 30-plus events will be headlined by 50 celebrated chefs led by Paul Bartolotta, Alain Ducasse, Bobby Flay, Michael Mina, Wolfgang Puck and Joel Robuchon. This year’s four-day fete coincides with Mother’s Day weekend and will feature new events, chefs and a diverse, richly enhanced program with the ultimate who’s who in the food world. It all celebrates the status ... Read more...
Contestants arrive today for the 2010 Miss America Pageant
For the fifth consecutive year, the Miss America Pageant is headquartered in Las Vegas, and today, 53 of the nation’s most talented, intelligent and beautiful young women arrive at Planet Hollywood for this year’s competition. For the first time in nearly 50 years, Miss Puerto Rico is returning to the pageant. This afternoon, Planet Hollywood’s new President Marilyn Winn and Planet Hollywood Worldwide Resorts President Bill Feather will officially welcome the contestants and present a rose to each of them. ... Read more...
Strip Scribbles: Is X Burlesque expanding to Atlantic City?
The Xotic and Xciting X Burlesque Girls are rumored to be spreading their scantily clad wings as they fly off to Atlantic City to perform for a Valentine’s Day Heart Gala at The Foundation Room of the Showboat there on the Boardwalk. But I’m hearing that there’s bigger news afoot — and it’s likely it will be announced while the curvy creatures are on the East Coast. Put your money on the line and hit the jackpot with a bet ... Read more...
Photo Gallery: Disney on Ice skates into Thomas & Mack
Disney on Ice, Walt Disney’s annual extravaganza with a cast of characters led by Mickey and Minnie Mouse, skated into Las Vegas last night for its premiere at the Thomas & Mack Center. There will be eight performances through Sunday night. Despite horrendous weather with gusty cold winds and torrential downpours, there was an enthusiastic audience of parents and kids on hand for the Disney on Ice magic. It’s very rare that Disney executives give “free reign and runabout, all-access ... Read more...
Joel Madden raises funds for Haitian earthquake relief, UNICEF
Rocker Joel Madden of Good Charlotte flew to Las Vegas to host a special fundraising night at Moon in the Palms in support of the earthquake relief efforts in Haiti. A portion of the night’s proceeds also benefited the UNICEF Tap Project. Endorsed by Joel and his baby mama Nicole Richie, the UNICEF Tap Project works to reduce the number of people without access to safe water and basic sanitation. “All the money that Moon nightclub is going to donate ... Read more...
One year later, psychic comic Kevin Burke is still juggling two jobs
Actor Kevin Burke becomes psychic comic Kevin Burke every night by juggling two shows at two Las Vegas showrooms 13 minutes apart — and, so far, no mistakes! Not only that, but he’s just celebrated the first anniversary of his own comedy magic. I chatted with Kevin after a recent performance to try and understand the rigors of two different shows each night, one on the Strip and the second 13 minutes later downtown. He is the one-man star of ... Read more...
Part 1: Miss America Katie Stam looks back at her year with the crown
Twelve months ago, Indiana’s Katie Stam was just a hopeful with 50 other lovely ladies in the quest for the Miss America crown and title. In split seconds, her life was turned upside down when host Mario Lopez called her name as the 2009 winner onstage at Planet Hollywood. Today, 53 hopefuls begin the same journey as they pack their bags and head to Las Vegas. Tomorrow — soon after arriving— they will be presented to the world as Las ... Read more...
For T.I. spa’s namesake, it’s all about treatments, massages and products
When guests relax at the new Oleksandra Spa in Treasure Island, they can thank the hotel owner’s glamorous wife for her treks around the world to find the unique health benefits and invigorating therapeutic services she’s brought to Las Vegas. For Oleksandra Ruffin, it’s all about treatments, massages and products that have proven abilities to help the mind, body and spirit. It’s far more than a just world-class facility for relaxation and pampering. The spa, named after and designed by ... Read more...
Strip Scribbles: Telethon Hope for Haiti Now is a global event
The worldwide telethon Hope for Haiti Now: A Global Benefit for Earthquake Relief this Friday will feature performances by Wyclef Jean, Bruce Springsteen, Jennifer Hudson, Mary J. Blige, Shakira and Sting in New York City; Alicia Keys, Christina Aguilera, Dave Matthews, John Legend, Justin Timberlake, Stevie Wonder, Taylor Swift and a group performance by Keith Urban, Kid Rock and Sheryl Crow in Los Angeles; and Coldplay and a group performance by Bono, The Edge, Jay-Z and Rihanna in a newly ... Read more...
Celine Dion to sing with Smokey Robinson at the Grammy Awards
For the first time in many months while she has been attempting to conceive a child through in-vitro fertilization, Canadian super-songbird Celine Dion is about to sing again! Our past and future Caesars Palace headliner is set to team with another Las Vegas star singer, Smokey Robinson, at the Grammy Awards on Jan. 31 on CBS. Celine and Smokey will join Usher, Carrie Underwood and Jennifer Hudson in an extraordinary TV first when they pay an unprecedented five-minute tribute to ... Read more...
Where in the world is Tiger Woods? Third month begins out of spotlight
It’s now two months and counting since golf superstar Tiger Woods has been seen. In fact, it’s 62 days to be exact that he’s gone missing since he ran barefoot to his SUV in the middle of the early morning hours of Nov. 27 from his Orlando, Fla., home, hit a fire hydrant and smashed into a tree on a neighbor’s lawn. Police said his wife, Elin Nordegren, was standing over him after she’d pulled him from the vehicle after ... Read more...
Hard Rock Hotel’s Provocateur Suite is sexy and sizzling
There is no advance warning. You open the door to the suite, and right there in the entry hall, three totally nude beauties are showering in front of you. You look into the master bedroom and find three large connected beds to hold six people or more comfortably and discover a video wall plays behind the headboard with a squad of sensuous strippers in different erotic wardrobes. That definitely spikes the senses and sends you reeling. The video vixens also ... Read more...
Strip Scribbles: Hypnotist cheats death with Catherine Hickland’s text
Hypnotist Marc Savard is regarded as the best in the world, and because he teaches only once a year, students travel from all over to his seminars here. Among this year’s class at V Theater in Planet Hollywood’s Miracle Mile were students from Russia, Sweden and England — and former Baywatch actress beauty Catherine Hickland, who recently moved here. She sat enthralled in the first eight-hour class but the next morning fell ill and missed day two. Catherine told Vegas ... Read more...
Previews resume for Cirque du Soleil’s Viva Elvis at Aria
After two weeks of fixation and the addition of choreography, the cast of the $100 million Cirque du Soleil spectacular Viva Elvis resumed previews over the weekend. It gave me the opportunity to acquire a ton more fun facts about the show’s stunning statistics. There are 28 acrobats in the production who hail from eight countries and include gymnasts, circus performers and street entertainers. Musical director and arranger Erich van Tourneau extracted more than 17,765 examples of Elvis Presley’s singing ... Read more...
Adventurer enters glass cage to spend 10 days with 100 snakes
Right on schedule and exactly as planned, animal adventurer Donald Schultz stepped into a glass cage with 50 deadly snakes late Sunday, and he’s still alive to talk about it this morning. Venom in Vegas one of the most terrifying ordeals ever undertaken by anybody on the Strip. TV cameras from Animal Planet are filming Don 24/7 as he lives inside the clear glass box in full view of the Strip’s other animals. Only a joke, folks! The stunt is ... Read more...
Barry Manilow’s live QVC telecast from the Paris heralds new album
Superstar entertainer Barry Manilow hopes to break his own staggering record when he broadcasts live tonight from his new home at the Paris Las Vegas, and hundreds of thousands of viewers are expected to tune in to the event. At 6 p.m. our time in the Champagne Ballroom of the Strip casino hotel, TV cameras from QVC will satellite Barry for 9 p.m. primetime on the East Coast as he debuts his album The Greatest Love Songs of All Time. ... Read more...
Photo Gallery: A tour of Carroll Shelby’s temple of speed in Las Vegas
It’s less than six weeks until the Shelby American NASCAR Spring Cup Race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, and this year’s Feb. 28 event reverts to the traditional 400-mile distance. A year ago, to honor the Shelby 427 lines of Cobras and Mustangs, the race was extended 27 miles. Ford Motor Co. executives invited members of the media to Las Vegas for a rare glimpse of Carroll Shelby’s temple of speed. Our contributing photographer Tom Donoghue was invited to capture ... Read more...
Strip Scribbles: Donny Osmond’s radio show premieres today
Congratulations to Donny Osmond on today’s start of his radio show. The Flamingo headliner records the show either backstage in his dressing room on the Strip or at his Utah home, where he has a full recording facility. You can get the entire list of radio stations from as far east as Boston to as far west as Anchorage on Donny’s Web site Donny.com. Surprisingly, it’s not playing on a Las Vegas radio station yet, but that oversight should change ... Read more...
Bette Midler donates to Haitian relief with Colosseum show
Good deeds deserve great praise! Bette Midler really proved she is the Divine Miss M over the weekend when she began collecting donations from her Caesars Palace audience at The Colosseum and promised to match it 100 percent. The Saturday night gifts from her fans totaled more than $19,000. Bette kept her word, and $38,742 with her match was earmarked for Doctors Without Borders for Haiti’s earthquake victims. Bette encouraged the audience to keep the devastated people of the Caribbean ... Read more...
Photo Gallery: White House ‘gatecrashers’ party at Pure
They’re one of the unlikeliest couples to ever host a Las Vegas nightclub soiree, but when you’ve been to The White House and expect to star on The Real Housewives of D.C., it continues their 15 minutes of fame. Tareq and Michaele Salahi made worldwide headlines as the “most unexpected visitors” when they turned up at an official state dinner at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. Photos of them up close with President Obama and Vice President Joe Biden were published across ... Read more...
Paris Hilton: Las Vegas is ‘too much fun to go home’
A warm welcome to Paris Hilton, who became our 4,550th follower on Twitter last night while she stayed in Las Vegas for a third day in her penthouse suite in the new Paradise Tower at the Hard Rock Hotel. Paris said via Twitter that she was simply having “too much fun to go home” from her Las Vegas weekend. We posted yesterday a wrap-up and a photo gallery of the two-day launch of her interactive social networking Web site ParisHilton.com, ... Read more...
Photo Gallery: Kid Rock celebrates his birthday with rock ’n’ roll party
Bob Ritchie is not like the perceived image of a rock ’n’ roll star: *Instead of trashing a room, he simply asked for In ’n’ Out burgers to be delivered to his suite. *Instead of stiffing the men’s room attendant, he tipped him with a crisp, new $100 bill. *Instead of surrounding himself with mini-skirted, high-heeled groupies, he spent 20 minutes quietly talking with a paralyzed Iraq war soldier — and even offered to help him and exchanged email addresses. ... Read more...
Photo Gallery: Working, shopping, dining and clubbing w/Paris Hilton
It was a whirlwind weekend of dinners, shopping and parties for Paris Hilton’s launch here of her interactive, social networking Web site ParisHilton.com — and her romance with boyfriend Doug Reinhardt was hotter than ever! Paris even confirmed that wedding bells might well ring this year for the two of them. The world-famous beauty kicked off her Las Vegas visit arriving Friday night at the Hard Rock Hotel, where she checked into the Paradise Tower Penthouse. The first order of ... Read more...
Photo Gallery: Vampire Diaries star turns 21; Studio 54 turns 12
It was a double celebration last night, as Nina Dobrev, star of The CW’s freshmen hit The Vampire Diaries, turned The Big 2-1 at Studio 54 in MGM Grand, while the hotspot itself marked 12 years on the Strip. Nina was joined by her cast mates Zach Roerig, Katerina Graham, Kayla Ewell, Candice Accola, Sara Canning and Steven McQueen to mark the milestone. The CW’s now-canceled The Beautiful Life stars Sara Paxton, Benjamin Hollingsworth and Nico Tortorella also took part ... Read more...
Photo Gallery: Joe Frazier is still smokin’ on his 66th birthday
Former heavyweight boxing champion “Smokin’ ” Joe Frazier hosted the first Legend of the Sport series at Lagasse’s Stadium in the Palazzo on Friday. Fans crowded into the ultimate sports venue to watch the Thrilla in Manila as Joe recounted his glory days. After a Q&A session, Joe was presented with a Legend of the Sport trophy thanking him for his contribution to boxing and being part of the new Palazzo series. The crowd then stood and sang “Happy Birthday” ... Read more...
Strip Scribbles: Guy Fieri to host NBC primetime game show
UNLV graduate, chef and TV personality Guy Fieri of The Food Network’s Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives has landed host duties on a new NBC primetime game show. Titled Minute to Win It, the program will debut on March 14. Guy will serve as master of ceremonies to lead competitors through a series of simple yet nerve-wracking games that has a payday of $1 million. During the course of the eight one-hour episodes, competitors face 10 challenges that escalate in level ... Read more...
Happy 20th birthday to The Rio; celebration begins today
Happy 20th birthday to The Rio just steps off the Strip, and the party starts today through Feb. 4. The all-suites resort and its staff are celebrating their 20 years over the next 20 days, and everything is either priced at $20 or less, or a 20 percent discount is applied. Room rates are slashed to just $20 per person per night! It was back in 1990 that The Rio opened with 430 suites, but in 1993, the 20-story expansion ... Read more...
Front-row seats and meet-and-greet at Miss America Pageant
For only the second time in the Miss America Pageant’s rich history, the organization is offering two exclusive auction packages that get you up close to the contestants and an opportunity moments after the crowning to meet the new winner. You have until next Tuesday to join in the auction frenzy. It’s also for a good cause, with the proceeds going to benefit the Miss America Scholarship Fund. Go to Ticketmaster and type in the keywords Miss America Auction. The ... Read more...
Jubilee! celebrates 17,000 shows in historic Bally’s run
In this day and age, it’s difficult to believe that an entertainment extravaganza can run for 25 years and still be as cutting edge as the day it debuted. But that’s the amazing truth of Jubilee!, with its 85-high kicking performers and nightly sinking of the Titanic onstage. Incredibly, it’s an 86-year-old French theatrical legend who still calls the shots at Jubilee!, which tomorrow will celebrate its 17,000th performance at center Strip onstage in Bally’s. You know me and my ... Read more...
Jamie Foxx and Eminem’s Grammy nods a tip of the hat to the Palms
Two albums recorded at George Maloof’s music studio in the Palms have received Grammy Award nominations in three categories for music superstars Jamie Foxx and Eminem. Their nominations included Best Contemporary R&B album for Intuition by Jamie, and Eminem’s Beautiful was hailed for Best Rap Solo Performance, while Relapse is up for Best Rap Album. Both artists worked on the sessions at the recording studio, which already has past Grammy wins with Maroon 5, Tony Bennett and Mary J. Blige. ... Read more...
Hermes’ flagship store opens in Crystals at CityCenter tomorrow
For two centuries, the name Hermes has stood for the world’s finest leather goods. In fact, the French company started out making leather saddles, whips and harnesses. Today, it’s a giant retail operation — and a family business in its sixth generation — across the world with 28 stores in America and 200 overseas outlets. It’s a big brand name that has counted Ingrid Bergman, Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, Marlene Dietrich, the Duke and Duchess of Windsor, Monaco Princess Grace ... Read more...
Strip Scribbles: Holly and Benji end dates; did Kelly wed after all?
It’s difficult to keep track of the ups and downs of love and romance with those Peepshow stars! It’s still not clear whether General Hospital actress Kelly Monaco, who premiered Peepshow at Planet Hollywood, wed after all in Las Vegas this week. Remember I told you that I had Sunday brunch at Simon in Palms Place with her and her longtime boyfriend. Kelly told me that they’d flown in on a whim, and although they’d talked about getting married as ... Read more...
Counter Intelligence: NATPE to feature Las Vegas celebrity chefs
Hot off the grill! A celebrity chef kitchen is being set up for the first time at the annual National Association of Television Program Executives convention when it arrives at Mandalay Bay on Jan. 25. Among our Las Vegas-based kitchen kings participating will be Paul Bartolotta and Carlos Guia from the Wynn, Charlie Palmer and Sean DiCicco from Mandalay Bay, Kerry Simon from Palms Place and Jet Tila from Encore, who is considering trying to beat his own Guinness World ... Read more...
Photo Galleries: 2010 AVN AEE and our own adult videos (on YouTube)
You know you’re at the annual AVN Awards and Adult Entertainment Expo in Las Vegas when the red carpet celebrities include Sasha Grey, Sunny Lane, Tori Black, Bree Olson, Shauna Sand, Ashlynn Brooke, Evan Stone, Evan Seinfeld, Steven Hirsch, Ron Jeremy and Flavor Flav. The AVN Awards and its 120 categories were held this past weekend at The Pearl in the Palms for the first time, and the expo, which attracted some 30,000 conventioneers concurrently with the 120,000 in town ... Read more...
45th Annual ACM Awards to include farewell by Brooks & Dunn
It will probably be the last time in Las Vegas that we get to see country music superstars Brooks & Dunn live and on TV simultaneously as they “break up to go their separate ways.” The Last Rodeo will be taped on April 19 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena for broadcast later this year when the duo sets off this summer on their final tour together. The TV special with superstars Kenny Chesney, Keith Urban, Rascal Flatts, Reba McEntire ... Read more...
‘Medical mecca’ endorsed by Top 30 Las Vegas movers and shakers
It may well have been one of the most important and defining moments in the history of Las Vegas. The “secret summit” that I revealed exclusively yesterday here at Vegas DeLuxe was a major success, and Mayor Oscar Goodman, rival hotel chiefs and Cleveland Clinic doctors agreed that ambitious plans for a “medical mecca” will move forward on a specific timetable. Oscar said that Las Vegas is prepared to donate two more sites at Symphony Park for the expansion. Casino ... Read more...
Barry Manilow to preview new Paris show at Keep Memory Alive gala
Six days before Barry Manilow launches his new two-year contract on the Strip, the superstar entertainer will give a sneak preview of the songs and music at the annual Keep Memory Alive gala. The celebrated music legend will perform for the Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health fundraiser at the Bellagio on Feb. 27. The first of his annual 78 performances at the Paris begins on March 5. Barry follows last year’s one-night-only reunion of Siegfried & Roy ... Read more...
Photo Gallery: John Walsh vows to continue war on crime
Celebrities turned out in support of America’s Most Wanted host John Walsh at a Bellagio dinner and golf tournament to benefit the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. Canon USA sponsors the annual celebrity event here in Las Vegas. Among those turning up for the 11th annual gala dinner that preceded the TPC Golf Tournament were Alice Cooper, Davy Jones of The Monkees, Domenick Allen of Foreigner, Cheech Marin, Rudy Gatlin of The Gatlin Brothers, Kevin Sorbo, Bryan Cranston, ... Read more...
Strip Scribbles: Are The Killers and Tom Jones teaming up here?
This is really unusual! It’s set to be one of the most unique pairings in recording history. Veteran singer Tom Jones is set to record with Las Vegas hometown heroes The Killers on his next Las Vegas trip. Solid rumors reaching me indicate that Tom will record with The Killers at the Palms during his next series of shows at MGM’s Hollywood Theater from Jan. 21-27. Incidentally, Tom recorded “It’s Not Unusual” as his debut back in 1965, two years ... Read more...
Counter Intelligence: CUT, Daniel Boulud Brasserie win top awards
Hot off the grill! Two of our new restaurants have surfaced on the highly coveted AAA Four Diamond list. The additions give Nevada 31 AAA Four Diamond Award winners, ranking The Silver State sixth in North America among states and provinces with the most AAA Four Diamond-rated restaurants. The new restaurant winners are CUT by Wolfgang Puck in the Palazzo and Daniel Boulud Brasserie in the Wynn (although there are reports that Daniel is moving out). All of the hotel ... Read more...
Tangled mess involves Cher, Kenyan orphanage founders and agents
Superstar Strip headliner Cher is caught in a messy tangle over her extraordinary generosity quietly funding 360 young children at an African orphanage. Vegas DeLuxe previously reported her involvement and monthly donations for food, clothing and education. The grand opening of the Togetherness School in Ukanda, Kenya, was held on Monday, but the founders, Robert and Eleanor Wood, who motivated Cher and Clint Eastwood’s financial help, didn’t attend. Now the Scottish couple is saying they were snubbed even though they ... Read more...
Exclusive: ‘Secret summit’ launches world-class medical center plans
A two-hour “secret summit” is set to take place this afternoon joining together competing hotel chiefs with civic heads to cooperate in bringing a super-executive medical center to Las Vegas. Mayor Oscar Goodman hinted about the “Medical Mecca” in yesterday’s State of the City address. Oscar said it would be the continuing building blocks of making our city similar to great medical centers in Houston that made headlines two decades ago. Las Vegas already has the best hotel suites, security, ... Read more...
Exclusive: Jake Steinfeld to star in unique, one-man Strip show
There will be no advertising, there will be no advance publicity, and you probably won’t even find it listed in any entertainment guide, except for the ROYAL ROBIN RUNDOWN in Vegas DeLuxe! Even stranger is that the tickets will be free and that the beer is comped courtesy of the show. It’s the most “under the covers” show ever to come to the Strip. In fact, as its star admits, he’s even calling it No Expectations. Thanks are due in ... Read more...
Las Vegas dining and nightlife sizzles with the stars
Hollywood stars from every facet of showbiz have spent the past few days enjoying and partying at our Las Vegas restaurants and nightclubs. So many, in fact, that it’s easier to run it down for you broken down into a list of who went where. Lavo in the Palazzo It was a Dancing With the Stars reunion for Gilles Marini, his pro partner Cheryl Burke and Sabrina Bryan. They arrived at Lavo after midnight for Stoli cocktails, took photos with ... Read more...
Strip Scribbles: Bobby, Mario and Emeril on Iron Chef America
Three Las Vegas celebrity chefs were chosen for the ultimate Food Network Iron Chef America showdown at The White House, and even first lady Michelle Obama took part by switching the secret ingredient to challenge the chefs to use the 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. garden produce to create the meal. Michelle told The Venetian star chefs Mario Batali and Emeril Lagasse and Caesars Palace chef Bobby Flay to create a meal to inspire America. White House executive chef Cristata Comerford also ... Read more...
Simon Cowell’s post-American Idol job is L.V.-based X Factor
When American Idol begins its ninth season tonight, it will be the last for cranky jurist Simon Cowell. Simon confirmed our earlier reports that he’s quitting the hit Fox juggernaut to launch his own talent TV series from right here in Las Vegas. And added word this morning is that he’ll hire his always-at-loggerheads A.I. friend and judge Paula Abdul for The X Factor. However, Fox doesn’t lose Simon entirely because The X Factor will air on Rupert Murdoch’s network. ... Read more...
Vince Neil inaugurates charter jet service with trip to Caribbean
Motley Crue singer Vince Neil flies out from his Las Vegas hometown today on the inaugural flight of his new charter jet service he will headquarter here. Vince and wife Lia, who celebrated their fifth anniversary over the weekend in the Palms, travel to the Cayman Islands in the Caribbean. However, it’s not a vacation for Vince. Even though the sunny beaches beckon, it will be around-the-clock work for the frontman. First up tomorrow, he will launch his Tres Rios ... Read more...
Las Vegas names on short list for new Season 10 of DWTS
Although there has been no definite and official word on a new Season 10 of ABC’s Dancing With the Stars, the top-rated hit competition is expected to resume with a March 22 premiere. There’s also been a veil of secrecy draped around the possible celebrity competitors for Season 10. The only Las Vegas names I’ve heard tossed about to date are Luxor headliner comedian Carrot Top and rapper and music mogul Jermaine Dupri, Janet Jackson’s ex-boyfriend who has become a ... Read more...
Photo Galleries: AVN stars tempt, titillate with four days of nonstop fun
By day, the AVN Adult Entertainment Expo had the same schedule of every other convention in town. By night, though, its exhibitors and delegates rocked like no other meeting group anywhere on Earth! For four days, it was a nonstop party of porn, and the nighttime revelry in this festival of flesh goes into the record books for sexiness, stamina and sass. The annual adult industry convention just wrapped its four days of unveiling new products, showcasing new videos and ... Read more...
Strip Scribbles Photo Gallery: Maksim Chmerkovskiy celebrates The Big 3-0
Season 7 Dancing With the Stars winner and Las Vegas Academy graduate Derek Hough made his Broadway debut over the weekend in Burn the Floor, replacing another DWTS pro, Maksim Chmerkovskiy, and joining co-star Kym Johnson, who won this season as Donny Osmond’s partner. Maksim has a choreography credit for Le Reve at the Wynn. Derek and Kym remain with the Broadway production through February, when a tour gets underway with 30 U.S. cities including Las Vegas. Although a Broadway ... Read more...
Photo Gallery: Holly Madison unveils her new blackjack felts
Former Playboy beauty and The Girls Next Door reality TV headliner Holly Madison unveiled her new blackjack felts today at Planet Hollywood, where she stars in Peepshow. Currently on hiatus for two months, Holly is using the break before rehearsals begin again — in mid-February for a new-look Peepshow to be unveiled March 1 — by writing a book about Las Vegas. Holly spent part of her weekend doing research at The Liberace Museum. Our contributing photographer Erik Kabik hit ... Read more...
CES 2010 attracts over 120,000 attendees, unveils 20,000 products
As the last of the weary Consumer Electronics Show 2010 convention delegates heads home today and the work crews dismantle and pack up the exhibits, the statistics coming to light from the past four days are mind-blowing. Here’s the official CES report from Consumer Electronics President Gary Shapiro: More than 2,500 technology companies introduced more than 20,000 products at the 2010 International kicking off the next decade of technology innovation. With a record 330 new exhibitors, major technology trends unveiled ... Read more...
Photo Gallery: Bellagio Conservatory celebrates Chinese Year of the Tiger
An early Happy New Year to all of our Chinese friends! Starting yesterday, the Bellagio Conservatory & Botanical Gardens began its celebration of the 2010 Chinese New Year with a display rich in history and meaning. Chinese New Year falls on Feb. 14 this year, so it’s a double celebration! Our contributing photographer Tom Donoghue received an advance photo shoot on Saturday. 2010 is the Year of the Tiger, and the conservatory’s design is guided by the ancient practice of ... Read more...
Photo Gallery: L.V. garners multiple Nightclub & Bar Awards nods
No less than 11 Las Vegas nightlife stars have wound up as finalists in the 2010 Nightclub & Bar Awards. The winners will be announced next month and will be honored during the Nightclub & Bar Convention and Trade Show at Lavo in the Palazzo on March 10. The finalists are being announced this morning and include Rain in the Palms and XS in Steve Wynn’s Encore in the Megaclub of the Year category. They compete against Stingaree in San ... Read more...
Photo Gallery: Kristin Cavallari’s 23rd birthday at Eve in Crystals
Reality TV star Kristin Cavallari of The Hills and Laguna Beach celebrated her 23rd birthday with her girlfriends at Eva Longoria Parker’s new nightclub Eve in Crystals at CityCenter last night. Kristin began the night at Beso, Eva’s restaurant beneath Eve that is part of the sprawling CityCenter, and then walked the red carpet outside Eve. Kristin arrived at Eve about 11 p.m. and was presented with a birthday cake led by a parade of sparklers just after midnight. Wearing ... Read more...
Photo Galleries: Soleil Moon Frye, Illeana Douglas, Tommy Lee @CES
Today is the fourth and final day of the giant Consumer Electronics Show, and everybody agrees that it’s been bigger, better and busier than last year. In fact, it proved the economy has begun to turn, and “there’s a lot of optimism in the electronics, digital and content businesses for the future,” one high-level AOL executive told me. “You should start to see the upward trend in the charts and statistics come April.” More than 110,000 convention delegates, including VIP ... Read more...
Photo Gallery: Monster brings together John Legend, Stevie Wonder
When Monster hosts its annual Retailer Awards, this year at the Paris, during CES, it features legends in the music industry. Last year, it was Diana Ross, and this year, it was a modern legend — John Legend. Our contributing photographer Erik Kabik not only shot Friday night’s recipients, but he also provided a full report. Monster CEO Noel Lee presented top retailers with awards for their achievements during what everyone agreed was a difficult year. Noel brought onto the ... Read more...
Photo Gallery: Kris Allen returns to B.B. King’s Blues Club
American Idol’s most recent winner, Season 8’s Kris Allen, performed a nine-song acoustic set at B.B. King’s Blues Club in The Mirage last night, and our contributing photographer Scott Harrison was front and center for this souvenir set of photos. It was the second visit for Kris to B.B. King’s Blues Club and Las Vegas in as many weeks. Last week was the 24-year-old’s first visit to Las Vegas! Our esteemed Editor Don Chareunsy chatted with the rising young star ... Read more...
Photo Gallery: Tera Patrick signs Sinner Takes All at Borders
Former porn princess Tera Patrick, who once reigned as the top female star of the adult film industry, has written her biography Sinner Takes All, and it made its debut this week in tandem with the annual AVN Adult Entertainment Expo and AVN Awards. Now living in Las Vegas, Tera has unveiled the book at a number of nightclub events in the past 48 hours, but this was her first bookstore signing, and our contributing photographer Scott Harrison was first ... Read more...
Photo Gallery: Viva Elvis commemorates Elvis’ 75th birthday
The original plan was for Cirque du Soleil to open its seventh and newest Strip production last night, with the premiere of its $100 million spectacular Viva Elvis to coincide with the anniversary of what would have been Elvis Presley’s 75th birthday. Construction delays and other staging headaches delayed the move and onstage rehearsals, pushing the premiere back to Feb. 19. Instead, the cast is amid three weeks of rehearsals and fixation before resuming preview performances. Executives at Cirque’s Montreal ... Read more...
Photo Gallery: Usher at Haze’s Industry Night grand opening
By Don Chareunsy, Vegas DeLuxe editor The experienced clubgoer in Las Vegas knows this one simple rule when a celebrity is hosting at a nightclub: Stars are never on time. The doors might open at 10:30 or 11 p.m., but, in most instances, the star attraction won’t make an appearance until at least midnight. Last Saturday at Haze in Aria, DJ David Guetta didn’t hit the DJ booth until nearly 1:30 a.m., but he was worth the wait. Singer Usher ... Read more...
Sin City lives up to its name with AVN/AEE porn princesses, studs
The festival of flesh 27th Annual AVN Awards is the main event of the four-day AVN Adult Entertainment Expo this weekend. The porn world’s answer to the Oscars is set for its first-time visit to The Pearl Concert Theater in the Palms tomorrow night. Adult superstars Kirsten Price and Kayden Kross team with comedian Dave Attell to host the show, with entertainment from hip-hop talent Baby Bash and comedienne Margaret Cho, who also will be a presenter. Kirsten, 27, has ... Read more...
Strip Scribbles: Pure hosts finals of Penthouse pageant
It’s appropriate that the finals of the Penthouse magazine contest at Pure in Caesars Palace culminate this weekend of the sex-filled Las Vegas nightlife scene. Taya Parker, 2009 Penthouse Pet of the Year, selected the finalists in the November and December preliminary rounds. Tonight, it all comes down to one winner who is prepared to bare everything to win a prized Penthouse shoot with a guarantee that no less than one of those images will wind up in the pages ... Read more...
Photo Gallery: Star-studded SWAGG VIP Kid Rock concert @The Joint
Sexy actress Carmen Electra, sizzling in Jill Stuart, was the surprise guest among a celebrity-studded guest list at last night’s SWAGG VIP Kid Rock concert at The Joint in the Hard Rock Hotel. The concert was an invite-only event for CES 2010. Celebrities on hand with Carmen to rock with Kid Rock included Khloe Kardashian, Kara DioGuardi, Mario Lopez, David Spade, Cheryl Burke, Gilles Marini, Joe Francis, singer Jessica Tonder and actor Kevin Farley. Our fabulous photographers Denise Truscello, Erik ... Read more...
Carey Hart and Pink celebrate wedding anniversary at Love
Husband and wife motocross star Carey Hart and singer Pink celebrated their fourth wedding anniversary at The Beatles Love by Cirque du Soleil at The Mirage last night. Carey and Pink arrived through the back of the Love Theater in a black Cadillac CTS with tinted windows after enjoying a lavish Italian dinner at celebrity chef Steve Martorano’s Cafe Martorano in The Rio. My spywitness reported: “They playfully joked with each other about the movie I Love You Man before ... Read more...
Steve and Elaine Wynn make $1 million donation to Three Square
On the heels of their $741 million divorce this week, hotel moguls Steve and Elaine Wynn have joined forces again for a $1 million donation to food bank Three Square. Their large donation is made through Elaine’s charity Communities in Schools of Nevada, the state’s leading private organization dedicated to empowering students to stay in school and achieve in life. Three Square is Southern Nevada’s leader in the fight against hunger. The donation ensures the sustainability of the Backpack for ... Read more...
Today marks what would have been Elvis’ 75th birthday
It’s the all shook up weekend, when we remember the King of Rock and Roll’s birthday. Elvis Aaron Presley would have been 75 today. He’s still remembered worldwide for his incredible influence on the music industry, and never more so in this city that became his second home. Elvis died on Aug. 16, 1977, and he will never be forgotten. Now that Cirque du Soleil producers are about to premiere their Viva Elvis at CityCenter, Elvis’ legacy will not only ... Read more...
Three nights of AVN AEE’s sexy adult parties in Las Vegas
Here’s the ROYAL ROBIN RUNDOWN of the XXX party action for the three nights of the AVN Adult Entertainment Expo: Thursday, Jan. 7 *The official Playboy Radio AVN party will feature Christy Canyon, Nicky Hunter, Taylor Wayne, Ann Marie Rios and Kylie Ireland at The Playboy Club in the host Palms hotel casino. *AVN Awards co-host Kirsten Price leads her posse of Wicked contract stars Elektra Blue, Jessie Drake, Mikayla Mendez and Kaylani Lei for the official Wicked Pictures party ... Read more...
AVN Awards host Kirsten Price reveals a few behind-the-scenes secrets
Two of the biggest names in the world of erotica will be hosting the annual AVN Awards at The Pearl in the Palms on Saturday: Kirsten Price and Kayden Kross. It’s the 27th annual ceremony, aka the Oscars of the Adult World, and after years at The Venetian and Mandalay Bay, it moves to the Palms for the first time. Among the celebrities attending will be rocker Dave Navarro, hip-hop star Baby Bash and comedians Margaret Cho and Dave Attell, ... Read more...
Photo Galleries: Lady Gaga faces another Monster at CES booth
Pop singer Lady Gaga has discussed conquering her fear of Fame Monster, as well as Sex Monster. Today at the Consumer Electronics Show, it was the Monster booth, and our contributing photographer Erik Kabik was there to capture Lady Gaga and what has to be one of the more interesting hairstyles of the New Year. Lady Gaga introduced her new signature in-earphone Heartbeats at the Monster booth at CES 2010 at the Las Vegas Convention Center/Las Vegas Hilton and The ... Read more...
Strip Scribbles: Are Paris Hilton and Doug Reinhardt headed to the altar?
An engagement ring and wedding announcement might be getting closer and closer for Paris Hilton. Watch for a possible revelation come Feb. 14. Paris and boyfriend Doug Reinhardt have been a romantic duo for a year now and visited Las Vegas regularly the past 12 months. They have just wrapped a New Year’s honeymoon-styled vacation in Aspen. This week, the couple had dinner at home with Doug’s family as rumors started to escalate that we may well have a 2010 ... Read more...
Counter Intelligence: Ferraro’s Italian opens near the Hard Rock Hotel
Hot off the grill! After 25 years off Strip on the west side, restaurateur Gino Ferraro has opened Ferraro’s Italian Restaurant & Wine Bar with an expanded menu, wine cellar and 80 employees at a new space opposite the Hard Rock Hotel. In the just-opened restaurant, Gino has two chef’s dining tables, a 36-foot-long wine cellar of 10,000 Italian and California wines and a double-sided wine bar open to the indoor bar area and outdoor patio. The main dining area ... Read more...
2010 Miss America Pageant begins at Planet Hollywood in two weeks
It’s now definite that the 53 women who will compete for the 2010 Miss America Pageant title will arrive at Planet Hollywood exactly two weeks from today. Once they’ve checked in at the casino resort, they will gather on the hotel’s Strip front forecourt for the red rose welcome ceremony and pose for the first group photographs. The first event for the contestants — now including Miss Puerto Rico for the first time — will be the next morning at ... Read more...
Photo Gallery: The Divine Miss M’s book signing at The Colosseum
Enthusiastic fans and show-goers turned up in full force last night for Bette Midler’s book signing after her performance of The Showgirl Must Go On in The Colosseum at Caesars Palace. The Divine Miss M and self-described People’s Diva hosted a public meet-and-greet to autograph copies of her bestselling children’s book The Saga of Baby Divine, and our contributing photographer Scott Harrison was on hand at The Colosseum entrance after The Showgirl Must Go On for our first and fast ... Read more...
CES 2010 Las Vegas: Lady Gaga, Boxee, netbooks, Tommy Lee and live TV
It’s the globe’s greatest gathering of gee-whiz gadgets and gizmo groupies, and the crush in Las Vegas for the next four days will be wall-to-wall as we step into the future. Some 110,000-plus visitors — 25,000 of them from 50 countries — are expected for the giant 2010 Consumer Electronics Show. Another 30,000 fans of XXX entertainment and adult videos, including the porn princesses who star in them, will be here at the same time for the Adult Entertainment Expo ... Read more...
Zine Noodles Dim Sum named one of Top 10 Chinese restaurants in U.S.
By Don Chareunsy, Vegas DeLuxe editor Chef Simon To and his Zine Noodles Dim Sum in the Palazzo were awarded as one of the Top 10 Chinese restaurants in the U.S. during the 6th Annual Top 100 Chinese Restaurants Awards at the Palazzo last night. Chef To also prepared and oversaw the evening’s eight-course Chinese banquet, which included dried scallops in jade squash, twice-boiled ginseng and quail soup, pigeon and abalone. The Top 10 restaurants, with three in California and ... Read more...
Strip Scribbles: Carey Hart to race at PPR in Summerlin tonight
Hometown hero and freestyle motocross champion Carey Hart will challenge fans to race him at the new Pole Position Raceway in Summerlin tonight. Carey, who owns Wasted Space and Huntington & Hart Tattoo in the Hard Rock Hotel and was the first rider to perform a motorcycle backflip at the Gravity Games, will sign autographs for fans. The event will be broadcast live on X107.5 FM. The 60,000-square-foot raceway is the second indoor speedway the company has opened in the ... Read more...
Media turn their focus to VIP party girls in Tiger Woods coverage
Where in the world is Tiger Woods? It’s been 40-plus days since the golf superstar disappeared. We know for certain that he’s not in Las Vegas! However, our town has become a fertile hunting ground for investigative TV reporters, their cameras and national magazine writers and news gatherers with big checkbooks trying to pry secrets out of the Las Vegas VIP party girls linked to the story. TV cameras, field producers and reporters are crawling all over town building sensational ... Read more...
Strip Scribbles: Nicolas Cage’s Las Vegas home on market for $5 million
A 14,300-square-foot mansion in Spanish Hills here, which is the former home of actor Nicolas Cage, is on the market for $4.95 million. The estate was purchased for investment and resale purposes by the screen star who had invested in many real estate properties in the Southwest over the years and was listed for sale in August 2008 at an asking price of $9.95 million. Last year, Nicolas became the target of an IRS investigation over taxes, which led to ... Read more...
Photo Gallery: Darling Stilettos on the road to residency
One moment, the Las Vegas Hilton showroom was saying a fond farewell to the smooth pop sounds of Barry Manilow, and the next, it was welcoming the rock- and sex-fueled manic music of drummer Matt Sorum’s Darling Stilettos. (Now that his five-year Hilton contract has expired, Barry is moving to the Strip and starts a new headline residency run at the Paris in early March.) It was the second Las Vegas concert in 10 days for the legendary member of ... Read more...
Photo Gallery: N.Y. team repeats as World Series of Beer Pong champions
For the second consecutive year, a Long Island, New York, team has won the World Series of Beer Pong here at the Flamingo. Ron Hamilton and Michael “Pop” Popielarski beat some 500-plus two-person teams. We can only assume that they are now partying this morning with the $50,000 cash prize. Ron and Pop are the only two-time winners of the top title in the tournament’s short five-year run. It was the duo’s fourth year of competing, and their win capped ... Read more...
Photo Galleries: Partying w/Leighton, David Guetta, Karina and others
Gossip Girl star Leighton Meester showed fans a new side Saturday night, as the actress and singer-songwriter took the stage at Tao in The Venetian and wowed the crowd with four songs. The evil Blair Waldorf arrived on the red carpet in a Nina Ricci dress and Derek Lam shoes, but later in the night was clad in all black as she crawled across the stage to start the show. Leighton began her electro-pop set with the Cobra Starship hit ... Read more...
Strip Scribbles: Top 500 World Hotels list includes five in Las Vegas
The world’s top-rated travel magazine Travel & Leisure has chosen five of our Strip luxury casino resorts in its just-published ranking of the Top 500 World Hotels. The list is based on the magazine’s reader survey results for rooms, facilities, location, service, dining and value. In order of ranking from the highest, the five Las Vegas properties are Four Seasons Las Vegas, Wynn Las Vegas, Palazzo, Bellagio and The Venetian. I am presuming that Steve Wynn’s other Las Vegas property ... Read more...
Cirque du Soleil executives respond to Viva Elvis rumors
An on-and-off schedule of preview performances of Cirque du Soleil’s new spectacular Viva Elvis at the new Aria in MGM’s CityCenter has set rumors in motion that the show is undergoing major changes. Last night was the end of a run of previews. There are no previews tonight, tomorrow, Wednesday or Thursday. There’s one preview set for Friday, and then no previews next week. No preview shows are scheduled for Jan. 31 through Feb. 4 or Feb. 7 and 8. ... Read more...
Holly Madison has a busy two-month break from Peepshow
It’s going to be a busy 60 days for Peepshow star Holly Madison, even though the blonde beauty has a two-month break as the show goes dark for its vacation. One friend who attended the final show last night told me: “The cast didn’t make any mention that it was the last show before a two-month break, but you could still tell it was an emotional ending, with everybody hugging onstage for the audience at the end of the show. ... Read more...
Photo Gallery: All-star turnout for Vanity grand opening with P. Diddy
Music mogul and trendsetting designer P. Diddy sure knew how to celebrate the official opening of the nightclub Vanity at the Hard Rock Hotel. Not only did he bring Nelly, Jadakiss, Rick Ross, Chester French and singer-model Cassie along for the party, but he also got them to all join together with him for a welcome sing-along! Diddy was so happy with the festivities that he even had his “Ciroc Star” video cameras record the astonishing lineup of recording royals. ... Read more...
Photo Gallery: Ne-Yo comes home for NYE party and Palms concert
Hometown hero and superstar singer Ne-Yo heads out from a busy, nonstop and successful Las Vegas holiday weekend back to the Far East for two new mammoth concert dates on Thursday and Saturday. The one-time Las Vegas Academy music student who grew up in Las Vegas kicked off the year with a slick, sexy and cool concert at The Pearl in the Palms on New Year’s Day. His lead dancer Lisa Rosenthal literally stopped the show! Ne-Yo opened his show ... Read more...
Photo Gallery: NYE w/Carmen Electra, Sean Kingston, Kris Allen
By Don Chareunsy, Vegas DeLuxe editor Actress Carmen Electra hosted the hottest Strip pool party on New Year’s Eve at Mandalay Bay Beach, where casino resort executives approved warming up the pool to a nice 90 degrees, while the temperature outside the pool dipped into the 30s. Who knows if our contributing photographer Tom Donoghue took a dip in the pool, but he was certainly focused enough to provide this photo gallery as the clocked ticked toward 2010. Carmen hosted ... Read more...
Photo Gallery: NYE w/John Mayer and at Vanity and Body English @HRH
By Don Chareunsy, Vegas DeLuxe editor The Hard Rock Hotel was one rockin’ place on New Year’s Eve, with John Mayer Trio at The Joint, the end of the road for Body English and the birth of Vanity in the new HRH Tower. John Mayer arrived at the Hard Rock on Tuesday and spent time on the casino floor joking around with staff and guests. On NYE, he dined with friends at Nobu before his concert with his blues band ... Read more...
Photo Gallery: Robin Thicke @Bank, DJ Tiesto @Haze, Pete Wentz @Jet
Las Vegas is not only the Entertainment Capital of the World, but over this New Year’s holiday weekend, it also is the New Year’s Eve Capital of the World. To prove it, we still have stories and photos of the NYE celebrations with DJ Tiesto, Robin Thicke, Pete Wentz, John Mayer at The Joint in the Hard Rock Hotel and Carmen Electra’s Mandalay Bay Beach party complete with a heated pool and performances by Kris Allen, Allison Iraheta and Sean ... Read more...
Photo Gallery: It’s a midnight kiss for Tony and Eva Longoria Parker @Eve
They hugged, kissed and smooched some more like newlyweds to welcome the new decade. Desperate Housewives star Eva Longoria Parker and her San Antonio Spurs star husband Tony Parker are head over heels in love and didn’t leave each other’s arms for a split second as 2009 ended and 2010 began. Eva played hostess for the official grand opening gala night of her Eve nightclub that sits atop her just-opened restaurant Beso in the shopping palace Crystals at MGM’s CityCenter. ... Read more...
Photo Gallery: Christina Aguilera @Tao and Nicole Richie @Lavo
It was a case of 1-2 star power for the sister nightspots Tao in The Venetian and Lavo in the adjoining Palazzo, as singer Christina Aguilera and reality TV star Nicole Richie ushered in 2010 and a brand new decade. Christina took a break from filming her movie Burlesque in Hollywood for her brief Las Vegas visit with husband Jordan Bratman and got in the festive spirit with a party hat to pose for leading lens lady Denise Truscello. Nicole ... Read more...
Photo Gallery: BEP, 50 Cent party with Prince, Floyd Mayweather Jr.
Music superstar Prince and boxing champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. were just two of the surprise New Year’s Eve party guests for the incredible Black Eyed Peas and 50 Cent parties at LAX in the Luxor and Pure in Caesars Palace, respectively. “Now that’s a real starry way to start a new decade. It doesn’t get much better than that when Prince makes one of his very rare appearances in Las Vegas,” one of my spies there told me early this ... Read more...
Photo Gallery: Holly Madison rings in the New Year @Prive
Platinum blonde Peepshow princess Holly Madison was a vision in red as she counted down the final seconds of 2009 and welcomed an entire new decade. Among those joining the Peepshow cast and her friends at the Prive festivities in Planet Hollywood were singer Lance Bass, rapper Nelly and rap music mogul and producer Jermaine Dupri, who played guest DJ on the special night. Also there was our contributing photographer Scott Harrison, who shot this close-up gallery of Holly’s fun ... Read more...
Photo Gallery: Maroon 5, Kris Allen, balloons on NYE @Palms
Maroon 5 welcomed the New Year with thousands of their closest friends at The Pearl Concert Theater in the Palms. Guests including Kirsten Dunst, Jason Segel, American Idol Season 8 winner Kris Allen and his wife Katy counted down as hundreds of balloons fell at midnight. After the countdown, frontman Adam Levine and his band continued their set, which included many of their hit singles. Before the concert, Kris and Katy had New Year’s Eve dinner at Simon in Palms ... Read more...
Photo Gallery: Flawless fireworks show ushers in New Year and decade
Tens of thousands of revelers jammed the Strip and other prime viewing areas for the midnight pyrotechnics that welcomed in 2010. The 7-minute, 11-second spectacular was fired from seven hotel rooftops, and our contributing photographer Tom Donoghue captured all the colorful action as the starbursts exploded over Planet Hollywood. Casinos even emptied out, although in fairness, many gamblers ignored it all and kept praying for an ace and a king as crowds watched mesmerized. I watched from the top of ... Read more...
Louie Anderson makes waves at Plaza; 'The Showbiz Roast' to revisit skewering
Headliner comedian Louie Anderson took the high road, and high dive, on the ABC show "Splash." Now he's returning to Las Vegas, moving to the Plaza ...
Strip Scribbles: Coco Austin shoots film, watches ‘Peepshow’ proposal
It was the first time a “Peepshow” at Planet Hollywood audience had witnessed an onstage marriage proposal, and it also surprised stars Coco Austin, ...
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