Limo? Check.
Corsage? Check.
Condoms? Check.
Patron? Grey Goose? Check and check.
Sounds like an average prom checklist for prom night, but these aren't teenagers celebrating the end of a high school career. These are pro (and some semi-pro) partiers and this is Vegas Prom -- one of the year's hottest, sexiest parties.
Dubbed as the "Senior Year," the 4th Annual Vegas Prom throws down on Sept. 29 under the stars, seaside at Bare Pool Lounge with the official after-party at Jet.
Complete with a Queen and King, the Vegas Prom brings back the schmaltz of a classic prom, but as the organizers Kalika Moquin and Bo Karlen describe it, "This time there is no curfew and you're (hopefully) not a virgin! (It's) prom with money where the punch already comes spiked."
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City's Best Vegas Winners
The neo-classic and over-used phrase "America voted" applies as Las Vegas City's Best winners have been announced. Voters voted for the votably best restaurants, bars and clubs and Vegas categories like City's Best Casinos, City's Best Buffets and City's Best Adult Attractions.
The Palms took over the top spot in the City's Best Casinos category from perennial favorite, Bellagio. However, the Buffet at the Bellagio retained the top spot as the City's Best Buffet.
West Coast meat purveyors, In-N-Out Burger took home the beef as the City's Best Burger.
Click here for the full list of results.
Vegas Pool Season '08: Oh Yeah, You Can Swim, Too
Over the last couple of seasons, the buzz was about nightclub groups managing pools (Pure-Venus, TAO-TAO Beach, Light-Bare) and "European style sunbathing" (READ: topless). I guess the Euro to dollar exchange rate finally took it's toll and people are now either saying the word "topless" or "luxurious" instead of the syllable-laden "European style sunbathing."This year the buzz is all about bigger is better. The parties are bigger and even the first 'ultra pool" has been dug.
Here is the annual preview of this season's hottest, chlorinated spots in Vegas:
Bare (Video Preview) at the Mirage went from soft launch to grand opening with a party that included a set from DJ Donald Glaude. "Lose the Tan Lines" is the message from Light Group, the nightlife empire who is responsible for all this topless-turvy. While ladies in other cities have to go bake under the lamps for an April glow, Vegas ladies can go au naturelle when soaking in the au naturelle rays of the sun.Another nightlife empire, Pure Management Group, brings you another "luxurious" season of Venus Pool Club (Video Preview) at Caesars. I don't know if it's the whole Roman, opulence theme at the resort, but Venus has always felt a little more refined. It has the same elements -- DJ, pampering, poolside cocktails -- as other parties, but it's not so "party 'til you puke' here. It's worth noting that hotel guests get in free, except Saturdays.
The world-famous Rehab (Video Preview) party at the Hard Rock is also on Sundays. It's very much a "gone wild" atmosphere and that's why I and everyone (except maybe N.O.W., A.A. and Greenpeace) loves it.
Since most thongs don't have calculator holsters, it's worth noting the pricing scheme can be confusing and it looks like that's back. There are different prices for gender and geography, but a certain number of hotel guests can get in free.
It's also worth noting, camera crews will be roaming the silicone sand this year filming for "Rehab: The Movie" so make sure you don't pick your nose, butt or do anything else you don't want showing up before god and creation.
If you can't afford your boss, spouse, mother, deity, etc. to see you on late-night reality TV, then TAO Beach (Video Preview) may be a Sunday option for you. It's a pretty place for pretty people and you can experience all of the aesthetics at their Sunday's Sunset Sessions.
The Sunset Session always confused me because they run from 10AM to 5PM -- after sunrise and before sunset. But by the time I get there and start cocktailing, my apprehensions about the correct position of the sun in the day sky disappears like the olive in my very dirty martini.
Mandalay Bay has always, in my mind, been really good at this whole summer fun thing. They were topless before topless was cool with Moorea. Now it's all known as Mandalay Beach (Video Preview) and while most other casinos have poolside and swim-up gambling, Mandalay Bay built an entire three-story beach casino.
This year could go down as the year of the "ultra pool." Wet Republic at MGM Grand is the first Vegas pool labeled as such. Whether it's a marketing tag or the standard for all future ultra pools (like Tabu was for ultra lounges) remains to be seen.What we do know is that it's over 50,000 square feet of "daylife" -- like nightlife but during the day. There are eight pools, six V.I.P. bungalows, a lot of space for concerts and even a 2,500 square feet open-air ultra lounge.
Other Pool Parties to Check Out
- Ditch Fridays (pictured) at Palms is always solid- The kickoff at Red Rock this year features Kanye West
- Go Pool at the Flamingo
- The Tank at the Golden Nugget
One Night in Vegas Makes a Hard Man Humble
For those folks that don't even have three days, I recommend the one-day Vegas Super-Massive Party plan. It's grueling, but for the attention deficit crowd, it's a great way to experience the best of Vegas in less than 24 hours.
Vegas Super-Massive Party PlanFirst of all, I'm not a licensed medical professional, but you'll want to get plenty of rest the night before and hydrate the whole way through. The plan has ample time for relaxation, but remember, moderation is your friend.
You'll want to start with a midday flight to Vegas arriving around noon and a return flight leaving around 7-8AM so you can arrive at the airport around 6AM. Pack light if even at all and grab toiletries as needed.
And as a savings benefit, if you don't need a hotel room, you don't have to get one. The plan calls for a place to shower, but if you think you need a disco nap, a place to call home or your plans derail, you should get a room.
Before you leave your house, arrange for a car service to pick you up at the airport or you could spend a precious hour, literally, at the cab stand and time is of the essence.
Noon -2PM
Mandalay Bay
If you didn't fill up on airline nuts and complimentary beverages, you're going to want to eat. Mandalay Bay is the closest, biggest resort to the airport so start there for lunch and work your way up The Strip.
Grab lunch at the Burger Bar for a nice slab of beef. You can try the $75 burger, but one of the $15 burgers will do just fine. When you're done eating, contemplate the meaning of life at the tranquil environs of the Shark Reef. Practice positive reinforcement and picture yourself as the shark, gliding through the day ahead.
2-4PM
Bellagio Poker Room
Now that you're fed, head over to the Bellagio and grab a chair for a couple of hours at one of Vegas' best poker rooms. They have poker action for almost every budget and it's a pretty mellow way to spend a couple of hours. If your bankroll is big enough, head to Bellagio's high-roller salon, Club Prive (pictured) and enjoy some responsible gaming and pampering with the elite crowd.
4-7PMish
Caesars Palace
Crossing Flamingo , head to Caesars Palace. You'll want to hit the Forum Shops and grab some fancy duds for going out later. While there, stop by Casa Fuente for a cigar break and a mojito. Follow that up with a massage and shower (very important) at Qua spa. You're now relaxed, clean dressed and ready for the night.
7:30-9PM
Mirage
Head a little north of The Strip and catch 'The Beatles Love' by Cirque du Soleil. Maybe you've just watched 'Across the Universe' in theaters or maybe you're just a Beatles or Cirque du Soleil fan. Whatever the case, it's a must-not-miss show whether you are spending one night or one week in Vegas.As a post-show option, stop by and check out the tech-heavy psychdelic-inspired The Beatles Revolution Ultra Lounge on your way out. The '60s meet the future with fancy lights and interactive, customer-created art being projected onto the walls.
9:30-11PM
Wynn
Time to eat again and luckily Vegas has plenty of options. Heading a little further up The Strip, stop at The Wynn for a fancy dinner at Alex. On the walk over, from The Mirage, be sure to catch the sexy 'Sirens of TI' free show in front of Treasure Island.
11PM-1AM
Downtown Vegas
Take a cab for a detour off The Strip to Downtown and the newly christened Fremont East Entertainment District. Downtown nightlife is booming and you can initiate your own hipster pub crawl by stopping at the Downtown Cocktail Room, Beauty Bar and The Griffin. Warning, these are not big dance clubs, but don't worry, one is up next on the itinerary.
1AM-3AM
The Venetian
Time to start heading back toward the airport and the first stop is a nightcap at TAO Las Vegas. You'll want to try and skip the line at all costs since time is precious, but once inside, you can rub elbows with celebrities and get an aerobic dance workout to get your second wind.
3AM
Vince Neil Ink Tattoo Parlour
Continuing the trek toward the airport, go to O'Shea's and permanently mark the occasion with a tattoo at Vince Neil Ink. As the front man for Motley Crue, he knows a little something about tattoos. If you have been drinking a lot, you'll want to skip the step and hit the slot machines or visit the Peppermill Fireside Lounge. Tattoos and drinking, contrary to movies and television, don't mix.
4AM
Hard Rock Hotel
It's almost time for breakfast and the Hard Rock usually has an attractive crowd, even this early in the morning (or late at night as the case may be). Mr. Lucky's 24/7 is a 24-hour cafe where you can grab something to eat and much-needed coffee before heading to the airport.
6AM
McCarran International Airport
If any of the souvenir shops are open that early, you might want to buy a T-shirt so you have something fresh to wear for the plane ride home. The slots are up and running so if your flight is delayed, you'll have something to occupy your time before you get on the plane and sleep.
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Your Nightlife Is in for Some Serious Changes by Jack Colton
I'll go ahead and state a blatantly obvious fact of life: the multi-million dollar Las Vegas nightlife industry is absolutely booming right now, and is in the middle of another major growth spurt with as many as 16 new nightclubs and lounges opening their ropes within the next year. You heard right, 16.
Between the complete annihilation of all things Egyptian at the Luxor (soon to be "The Pyramid"); the Luxor ambitiously opening up at least five additional venues within the next year; the $780,000,000 expansion of the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino; Miami's Opium Group (of Mansion, Prive, Opium in Miami) taking over all things nightlife at Planet Hollywood; the new Palazzo tower at the Venetian (with Jay Z's 40/40 and a probable Tao expansion); the new Encore tower at Wynn Las Vegas (look for another venture between Victor Drai and Wynn), and the timely renovation of both Tangerine and Light (aka: The Bank as of December) – the battle has begun!
LAX NIGHTCLUB - OPENING NIGHT. Courtesy of SpyOnVegas.com
Most would agree that the current amount of Las Vegas nightclubs is fairly in line with the amount of Las Vegas club patrons. It works out nicely. But what happens a year from now when a slew of new high-budget venues hit the Strip? I'm going to go out on a limb and predict one of three scenarios (or more likely a combination of all three):
Scenario 1: The additional national exposure (celebrity coverage, press, etc), and creative marketing provided by the influx of new clubs will help the overall Las Vegas nightlife industry grow to the point where the market can easily support itself.
Scenario 2: The added competition will affect the basic principle of "supply and demand," inevitably making the events that clubs throw even more spectacular, causing the prices of bottle service to fluctuate favorably toward the consumer, and making two out of every three advertisements for Las Vegas tie into nightlife somehow.
Scenario 3: Only the venues with the strongest teams, the best overall entertainment products, and the most loyal customer support will survive.
What will ultimately happen venue-by-venue is truly anyone's guess, but the fact that nightlife is widely considered to be one of the biggest driving forces behind all that is the new Las Vegas is very exciting to say the least.
Turn Out the Lights, the Party Is (Temporarily) Over
After four years of making headlines, building careers, and pushing Las Vegas nightlife to soaring new heights, Bellagio's Light Nightclub has officially closed its doors for good. Work will begin immediately on transforming the space into Light Group's newest venue, The Bank, which has an anticipated opening of Jan. 1, 2008. Look for soft-opening invites to start coming in around Dec. 15, and plan on walking into a much bigger space. This portion of the Bellagio was originally remodeled as an elevated tram stop for service between the hotel and Fashion Show Mall, but the plan was scrapped and they ultimately built a nightclub instead (hence the escalator entrance that Light had). Word on the street is the space below the club will be incorporated into Bank. The real question is: how many tourists are going to walk up to the doorman and try to cash in their chips thinking it's a cashier? Ha!
Fresh-Squeezed Clubbing
Tangerine was scheduled to shut down for complete renovation following Labor Day weekend, but it has since then been decided to keep the venue open at least until New Year's on a Thursday through Sunday basis. Their Wednesday night crowd will be ushered toward Tangerine's new big sister LAX, and the venue will eventually resume its original fate sometime in 2008.
Fever Out of Favor
After being open a ridiculously short two months (well, slightly less, but I'll give them a courtesy curve), South Point's Fever Nightclub closed on Sept. 1 without a tremendous amount of shock from anyone who knew better. The entertainment department of South Point apparently realized, after the expensive fact, that this space will only be profitable if they operate it as a showroom with weekly special events. As if this same lesson wasn't learned at Santa Fe Station, Sunset Station, Red Rock, Boulder Station, and at virtually every other traditionally local's casino that has tried to open a nightclub with a huge marketing budget, bottle service, and generally mainstream music. With that said, I whole-heartedly feel like hiking to the top of tallest mountain surrounding the Las Vegas valley and screaming at the top of my lungs "kindly STOP attempting to open nightclubs away from the main strip area with the same business model as those on the strip area! You can't compete! The overall market that keeps Tao, Body English, Pure, and the others open won't be coming down your way!"
Between a Hard Rock and a Good Place
After recently being acquired by the Morgan Group, the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino has already broken ground on what will ultimately be a staggering $780,000,000 expansion of the property. A source within the hotel tells me that this development will include two new towers, one major nightclub that opens up to the hotel pool similar to how Tryst opens up to it's iconic lake, a lounge partially owned by Carey Hart called Wasted Space, an expanded hotel pool for the wildly popular Rehab pool party, and a snazzy rock lounge that will adjoin the concert venue The Joint. The best part about it is that, contrary to the many rumors floating around last year when the Morgan Group acquired the property, Body English is completely safe from closing down.
Pyramid Power
As most people know by now, the Egyptian theme is currently being relentlessly gutted from every aspect of the Luxor and they are working hard to transform the hotel into MGM Mirage's biggest party spot with as many as five new nightlife venues on the drawing board in addition to the recently opened LAX, Noir, and Aurora. It's estimated that next such venue will be the sexy new hybrid restaurant / nightclub Cathouse which will open in late November. The venue features a 5,000 sq ft lounge, and additionally a 5,000-square-foot restaurant that will dually serve as an extension of the nightlife portion of Cathouse after 11:30PM each night.
Nightlife Planet
I'll go ahead and preface this one by saying that I don't have a ton of hard facts about what's going on at Planet Hollywood nightlife wise, but I do know that Miami nightlife management company Opium Group (Mansion, Prive, Opium Garden) is rumored to be heavily involved in the alleged opening of as many as four new nightlife venues within the property. Also rumored, as reported by TheVegasEye.com, is that the very talented former Pure Management Director of Operations Greg Jarmolowich will be spearheading the operations. Greg hasn't made any effort to deny these rumors, but if anyone is suited to take on the challenge of opening venues within a resort that most locals will proudly declare "nothing will ever work there," it's him.
First-Class Opening
I've got a pretty strict rule against going to any nightclub on a holiday weekend (especially a grand opening), so I have not yet seen Pure Management's newest mega-club LAX for myself. But from the very moment that people started lining up to get in for the grand opening, my phone was literally lit up with text messages giving me a play-by-play account of all the action. I had press, guests from out of town, industry locals, and even several people who were sitting on stage mere feet away from the grand opening celebrity host Britney Spears texting me telling me all about it (note to self, avoid sitting next to Britney Spears as you'll be blinded by camera flashes).
The overall feedback was pretty positive, and I'll go ahead and say that any negatives could be directly attributed to the nasty combination of huge holiday weekend crowds and the fact that LAX wasn't able to have the usual amount of soft openings (to clear up any kinks) because of construction delays. I checked out the club on Wednesday, and have a full review up next week.
Blush Hour
The highly-anticipated Blush Boutique Nightclub, a partnership of Sean Christie and Steve Wynn, also had their official Grand Opening on Aug. 31 to great success. The 5,500-square-foot venue occupies the former space of Lure Ultra Lounge, and aims to provide a nightlife option that can easily transform from an elegant lounge to a high-energy nightclub at the flip of the switch. True to my anti-holiday weekend rule, I wasn't in attendance at their official Grand Opening, butI was there on Tuesday, Sept. 4 for the Grand Opening of their Tuesday night party.
About Jack Colton
Jack Colton is the Vegas nightlife empresario responsible for the 'character-based' JackColton.com -- one of the best sites to learn and master Vegas nightlife secrets like how not to wait in line at busy clubs, who to contact for table reservations, and why wearing sunglasses at night makes you look like a jackass. Helpful stuff.
'Grey's Anatomy' Star Kate Walsh Vegas Bachelorette Party at TAO
Former 'Grey's Anatomy' star and future 'Private Practice' star Kate Walsh wasn't so private at her recent bachelorette party at TAO, celeb party central in Vegas. Kate and her pretty posse that included Sara Ramirez, also from 'Grey's Anatomy,' had a wild time dancing on the tables and catwalk (below) at The Venetian hotspot.Given the fact that the 39-year-old has only been engaged to movie exec Alex Young for three months and a date for the nuptials has not been set, could a quickie Vegas wedding be around the corner?
Well we'll have to wait and see. According to Clark County records, the last Vegas bride named Kate Walsh got hitched in 2006. Just in case things got way out of control, I even checked Vegas marriages for her 'Grey's' character name, Dr. Addison Forbes Montgomery and for Nicki Fifer, her character from 'The Drew Carey Show' -- no such luck. But you never know. Scary Spice got married last month in Vegas before publicly punking Eddie Murphy for the lack of child support.
Browsing the photos from TAO, I've seen that look in people before in Vegas.
Everything starts out fun and routine with sparklers and a couple of cocktails and then people dance on tables and then they end up 'Rossed and Racheled' with marks on their faces and a very real marriage certificate. Unfortunately for those folks, when it comes to the "What Happens in Vegas ..." slogan, holy matrimony (heck, even unholy matrimony) isn't one of those things that stays in Vegas. You take the legally binding agreement home with you.Wedding-related activities Kate did indulge aside from the wild partying at TAO's nightclub until 1:30AM included typical bachelorette events like relaxing by the pool in a private cabana at TAO Beach with friends, having a workout and then obligatory clothing-challenged "adult entertainers" performing dancing duties in her hotel room. Later on, they had a dinner a TAO's restaurant, downstairs from the nightclub.
Until they set a date or you hear something about an L.A. wedding on TMZ, stay tuned here for any Vegas-related activity in this continuing news event.
Need More Sin City Kate? Watch this video from 'extra:'
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Calling the Shots: Bartender Contests Heat Up in Vegas
This weekend starting on Sunday, 42 Below Vodka is hosting a competition at the Hard Rock where bartenders are invited to mix their best and brightest cocktails using 42 Below Vodka. There will be three winners from Vegas and three from Miami that will win a slot on TEAM USA and an all expenses-paid trip to New Zealand to compete in the Cocktail World Cup and appear in a reality show.
Chances are you are a Vegas (or Nevada) bartender or know one so pass it forward. You need to register at 310-806-4547. For more details check out the graphic below or click here for the media alert.
Paid to Party: Celebrity Birthdays Are Celebrity Paydays And Did PURE Pay $1 Million for Lindsay's 21st
They say fame has a price and while that observation is usually intended to reflect the personal sacrifices a celebrity makes to be famous, it takes on a different meaning when it comes to celebrity birthday parties.
Let's say you wanted to throw Lindsay Lohan a birthday party, the price of fame is a cool $1 million. That's the price tag for Vegas nightclubs interested in hosting her next birthday party. To be fair, it is her 21st birthday so she can legally drink and given her off-screen , out-of-studio mishaps, there is a direct correlation between the public's fascination with her alcohol intake and the seven-figure asking price. I assume, unlike Paris Hilton who loves to sing in public, the $1 million doesn't include any songs off of her albums.
Did PURE win the LiLo birthday sweepstakes? Seen here with Cindy Crawford last week at AURA, PURE's sister new luxury club in the Bahamas, Lindsay was shopping her party around as far back as December with a starting bid of $250,000. Even though Lindsay told Ellen that she was going to milk this party for all it's worth because it's a milestone, club execs have gone on record saying they wouldn't pay $1-million, but I've spotted PURE ad banners (see extract below) popping up around Vegas sites proclaiming "the biggest birthday bash of the decade." The party will certainly attract media crews from all over the world and kick off 4th of July festivities here in Vegas and bring an endless supply of publicity for PURE. So wharver the cost, it is money well spent.
STARS GET PAID TO PLAY?
"Wait a second," you may interrupt. "Stars get paid to celebrate their birthday on top of regular presents?" The answer is yes and in Vegas, it's a significant amount of cash. Just as stars walk out of awards shows and galas with hefty goodie bags that hold enough loot to finance a professionally made YouTube video, so to do they get paid to attend their own birthday party. And the benefits package usually includes a private jet, a limo with free suites, food and drink.
Where for your birthday you or your friends might pay for your trip to Vegas, a limo, cover at a nightclub and drop $2000 on bottle service, a celebrity will get it all for free in most cases and even take home a paycheck. Of course the right celeb's name on a marquee will bring in hundreds, if not thousands of people wanting to party with the star so the investment is worth it. I suspect, your name on the marquee, will not have the same effect on the club's bottom line which is why the star gets paid to play and you do not.
SHE'S IN PARTIES
A popular celebrity birthday girl in Vegas is Paris Hilton. She reportedly earned a six-figure salary to celebrate her 25th birthday at PURE last year and just before her birthday party this year at Body English inside the Hard Rock, she got a cool $1 million to attend a party in Austria. Her party at Body English (sexy flyer and cake below) was smack dab in the middle of NBA All-Star Weekend and to fans that braved the crowds and traffic jams, they were treated to an impromptu performance from Ludacris while Paris danced jumped on stage.
Stars don't have to celebrate a birthday to get paid for showing up at a party. The figure for Britney Spears' now-classic fainting performance at PURE on New Year's Eve was $240,000. To count down from 10 to one and wish the crowd a Happy New Year, she was paid $16,000 a syllable. Of course that was the beginning of the downward spiral that left her wigged out and eventually in wigs. But, spending the first few seconds of 2007 in the same room as Brit was a treat for fans.
IT'S ALL RELATIVE
Star parties have become such the norm here that B-Listers (and in a one or two cases, no listers) are walking their own red carpets to the bank. The paydays may be considerably lower than one of the "big three" (LiLo, Brit or Paris), but the perks and party favors are the same from the fancy cakes by Jean-Philippe to the big, glossy ads in Las Vegas Weekly. And that's one of the great equalizing qualities of Vegas.
Even Kevin Federline, who, barring a sex tape or taking over for Rosie on 'The View,' is on the waning end of his 15 minutes, gets the package. The actual paycheck for his PURE party was rumored to be in the lowest five-digit range, but the perks could easily double the compensation. He unfortunately celebrated his birthday the same night as Hugh Hefner at the Playboy Club so it was hard to play 'Spot-the-Celebrity' as most of the stars were at Hef's. He had planned a second party in Los Angeles, but canceled it after the major magazines balked at the $25,000 price for exclusive media rights.
Regardless of the price of the party, the best thing about these celebrity birthday soirees is that they allow the fans to get into cell phone camera range of their favorite celebrities which is a unique proposition for most of America where a birthday perk is a free meal at a diner and maybe a discounted beer at the local pub.
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Hotter Than Hot: Vegas Pool Guide 2007
Ah, the smell of chlorine, cocoa butter, peroxide and margarita in the air can only mean one thing: It's pool season in Vegas. Now that Rehab (above), one of the biggest pool parties in the country, is open for another season at the Hard Rock , Sin City officially becomes Skin City. It's the time of the year when the days in Vegas start to get as hot (literally and figuratively) as the nights.
This year, the Vegas ''watering hole'' trends pick up where last season ended and it's clear that pools aren't just for swimming anymore. When you're here this summer, keep an eye out as the topless trend goes wild, nightclubs expand their brands and stuff so much entertainment poolside, it's like Ron Jeremy trying to fit into a Speedo.
Metal Skool to Return to Vegas
Straight from the Sunset Strip in the City of Angels, heavy metal comedy tribute band Metal Skool will once again return to Vegas to rock the Rock in the City of Sin. The Hard Rock Hotel & Casino that is. Starting Thursday, April 26, and running through the first week of July, the fabulously tressed and oh-so-horrifically dressed foursome will throw down all your favorites from Warrant and Bon Jovi to Guns N' Roses and Poison inside Body English every Thursday. They'll also throw in some good banter and audience interaction. Plus no two shows are every entirely alike. Doors open at 9PM, the show starts at 10, and cover is $15 per person at the door.
To get an even better preview of whats in store, visit the Las Vegas Weekly for a write up on the guys when they played to audiences at Empire Ballroom.
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Xania spends her nights on the town and her days writing about those nights. Find more Xania on The Circuit and Xania's Hot Spots at Las Vegas Weekly.
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Q&A With the Queen of Burlesque Dita Von Teese
Vegas nightlife queen Xania Woodman caught up with burlesque queen Dita Von Teese who is currently guest starring at the Crazy Horse Paris at MGM Grand.
How many times have you visited Vegas?
I couldn't possibly guess! I suppose the first time was with my family when we were driving across the country, making the move from Michigan to California when I was 12. I suppose back then, Vegas was more 'adult' oriented, so I don't remember thinking much of it until I went with a bunch of friends when I was 18 and had the time of my life! Now I usually come to perform, I've always been more interested in the shows and the nightlife than gambling.
What's the most trouble you've caused in Vegas? Any crazy happenings? What was your wildest night?
Oh boy, I knew this was coming. I would have to admit that I had a little Hunter S. Thompson style 'Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas' weekend once in the early 90's, if you know what I mean! But I'm generally a pretty decent and good girl. I save my naughtiness for the stage!
How does your show contribute to the entertainment scene in Vegas?
I think that with all the modernized burlesque, my act brings the historic and risque part of what burlesque was really about. Sadly, one thing lost in the modern burlesque scene is the lack of stars. In burlesque's heyday, the stars created their own acts, and that part of being unique that actually made a dancer memorable is gone when someone creates a revue based on their vision alone.
How I Met Your Vegas Weekend Party People
WEEKEND PARTY CREW
Blogger Perez Hilton (pictured) proudly displays Playboy Club key during his Vegas birthday celebration at the Palms. ... Leonardo DiCaprio looking bubbly and violating dress codes at JET. ... Congratulations to Jack Colton celebrating first anniversary of his eponymous Website at Body English. ... DJ AM and Travis Barker celebrating AM's birthday with pre-dinner cocktails at Lucky Strike, dinner at Social House and post-dinner partying at PURE, showing up around midnight with Mickey Avalon and Simon Rex. ... 'How I Met Your Mother's' Neil Patrick Harris, M.D. dining with fam and pals at Social House before reserving table 49 on PURE's patio. ... The incomparable Elaine Wynn at Lucky Strike for a birthday celebration that involved cotton candy martinis and chocolate cake. ... Lorraine Bracco at Venus Pool Club lunching with Caesars Palace president Gary Selesner and Flamingo president Don Marandino.
ROCK 'N' ROLL CHEF
Lorraine also spotted at the official official Grand Opening of Cafe Martorano. There's been so many star-spottings at Steve Martorano's new Rio hotspot since the NBA All-Star Game, we didn't realize that he hadn't thrown a proper opening party. Boxer Vinny Pazienza also took in the sights, bites and sounds of Chef Martorano's party cafe where he spins the pasta and the records.
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A Week in the (Night) Life of TAO by Mike Snedegar
Working at TAO Las Vegas can be very surreal at times. In this beautiful building, some of the biggest names in the world pass through its doors each week. To give you a glimpse of a week in the life of TAO, I chose one of the most exciting and celeb filled weeks the club has seen yet, the week of the MAGIC/PROJECT fashion conventions and NBA All-Star Weekend. This was a week filled with big events and jam packed VIP sections filled with A-List stars ready to get their party on.
Paris Hilton Celebrates Multiple Birthdays in Vegas
Even though it was only in mid February during her own birthday celebration, it seems like it has been forever since the last time LUXE LIFE had this many Paris Hilton Vegas sightings in one night.
Paris was in Vegas with her rumored flame, Josh Henderson from 'Desperate Housewives,' and sister Nicky Hilton to celebrate several birthday parties, including that of Nicky's beaufriend, David Katzenberg. The group took in the World Extreme Cagefighting championship at The Joint at the Hard Rock where they ran into Vegas power couple UFC fighter Tito Ortiz and Jenna Jameson, who has been fighting her own battle against critics lately about her divorce-related weight loss.
Vegas Heat Index: Five Hottest Things in Vegas Right Now
Spring has sprung and as the temperatures rise here in the desert, everything just gets hotter, literally and figuratively. Whether you're coming in for the Final Four or just want to see what's happening in 'America's Adult Playground,' you should try one of the hottest things happening in Vegas right now:
CELEBRITY BIRTHDAYS: H-Hef vs. K-Fed?
Vegas Heat Index: 119
Celebrity birthday parties in Vegas are common. The drill is pretty standard now: celebs land huge fees to host their party at a Vegas nightclub which, by the way, is the very definition of having your birthday cake and eating it to. The clubs recoup the large fee with the additional audience the celebrity host should attract and of course the incremental and pricey cocktails and bottle service that the additional crowd drinks on their way to euphoria.
It gets interesting when two celebs plan bashes on the same night. If one paid attention to such things, the final attendance tallies should be able to tell you which celebrity is more popular.
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