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Star Surveillance: J.Lo, Sandra Bullock wax figure, Vanilla Ice, Sundance

Posted January 24, 2013 • 11:58 p.m.

Sandra Bullock's wax figure is unveiled at Madame Tussauds Las Vegas in The Venetian on Thursday, Jan. 24, 2013.

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Actress and singer Jennifer Lopez and boyfriend Casper Smart had lunch at Social House in Crystals at CityCenter today. J.Lo is in town to attend the red-carpet premiere of her new film “Parker” starring Jason Statham at Planet Hollywood.

The first wax figure of Academy Award-winning actress Sandra Bullock was unveiled at Madame Tussauds Las Vegas in The Venetian today by Adrianna Costa of “Extra.” Sandra is in a red dress and black pumps and carrying a gold clutch.

Sandra Bullock in Wax at Madame Tussauds

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Rapper and TV star Rob Van Winkle, better known as Vanilla Ice, was a guest of Lumber Liquidators President Robert Lynch at the National Home Builders Show on Wednesday at the Las Vegas Convention Center. While in town, Ice watched Cirque du Soleil’s “Zarkana” at Aria.

Vanilla Ice at 2013 National Home Builders Show

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Vanilla Ice at Cirque du Soleil's "Zarkana" in Aria on Monday, Jan. 21, 2013.

Also at “Zarkana”: “Dirty Jobs” host Mike Rowe with the engineers from Caterpillar. Mike led them on a backstage tour to learn about the show’s incredible technology.

Missing Persons and Frank Zappa drummer Terry Bozzio, in town to perform as Uberschall at Cabaret Jazz in The Smith Center for Performing Arts, watched Blue Man Group in the Monte Carlo.

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Terry Bozio at Blue Man Group in the Monte Carlo on Saturday, Jan. 19, 2013.

MLB legend Cal Ripken Jr. dined with a group of friends at Joe’s Stone Crab in The Forum Shops of Caesars Palace on Tuesday and enjoyed stone crab and king crab legs.

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The EC Twins flank Karina Smirnoff at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah.

And Tao’s four-day pop-up nightclub at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, wrapped with DJ Samantha Ronson, Karina Smirnoff, The EC Twins, DJ Cedric Gervais, Danny Masterson (who was there all four days), Omarion, Lloyd and original Lavo chef Ludo Lefebvre, now starring on ABC’s “The Taste.”

Robin Leach has been a journalist for more than 50 years and has spent the past decade giving readers the inside scoop on Las Vegas, the world’s premier platinum playground.

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