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Debriefing

The Weekly continues its quest to eradicate ignorance, one blog entry at a time.

04.29.09 · 12:57 PM

Another loss in the nightlife community: Steve Baach

In the past few weeks, tragedy struck twice in the Las Vegas nightlife industry. Adam Stokes, piercing specialist and former Icehouse Lounge 443 Friday event co-promoter passed away on April 20. A few days earlier, Steven Baach died in a car accident on April 17. Baach was a representative for Lotus Vodka and prior to that, he worked for P.I.N.K. vodka. His friend Michael Rado, who grew up with him in the suburbs of Cleveland and now lives in Vegas, ... Read more...

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04.29.09 · 12:49 PM

MGM Mirage halts stock trading

MGM Mirage halted trading on its stock at 12:11 p.m. due to a pending news announcement. Shares closed at $6.18, up 6.55 percent, when the company stopped trading. Recent speculation has circled around the possible sale of certain casinos to finance the completion of CityCenter. Read more...

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04.25.09 · 11:34 AM

Break-in at Kelly Monaco’s Vegas Penthouse

According to a report filed Saturday morning at 4 a.m. on TMZ.com, Peepshow star Kelly Monaco started her Thursday with a run-in with a burglar who broke into her penthouse at Planet Hollywood. The 32-year-old actress and new addition to the Las Vegas Strip, woke to hear someone in the living room and took cover behind her bed until the intruder had finished trashing the living room and left. The robber did not attempt to enter her bedroom. TMZ also ... Read more...

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04.20.09 · 5:10 PM

Pulitzer Prize goes to Las Vegas Sun

The sound of applause went up along with small glasses of Champagne in the Las Vegas Sun newsroom this afternoon as reporters, editors and staff toasted the paper’s first Pulitzer Prize, awarded for public service for revealing “the high death rate among construction workers on the Las Vegas Strip.” Only the second Nevada newspaper to win the prestigious journalism award, the Sun’s Alexandra Berzon was noted on the Pulitzer Web site for her “courageous reporting,” which led to “changes in ... Read more...

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04.18.09 · 11:49 AM

From the boardroom to the bedroom, local businesswoman poses for Playboy

Las Vegas finance executive Alicia Taylor recently dropped what she was doing – and her clothes – to pose for Playboy. The 37-year-old will appear in the magazine’s “Women of Wall Street” pictorial next month. Taylor called the experience “liberating and empowering.” The mortgage specialist will appear in the magazine wearing little more than purple stiletto heels, a diamond tennis bracelet and a smile. The photo depicts Taylor lying in bed with a newspaper and a mug of coffee. Her ... Read more...

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04.16.09 · 4:24 PM

VIP treatment for locals with new casino deals

The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority has partnered with the Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce to sweeten the pot for locals during tough economic times. The two organizations today announced their “Stay and Play Here” campaign to target locals with deals. The campaign’s Web site features special offers for locals in Las Vegas, as well as Mesquite, Laughlin, Boulder City and Primm. Organizers said using a Nevada driver’s license as a “VIP card,” locals will have access to deals ... Read more...

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04.14.09 · 10:42 AM

Twitter helps fans stayed tuned to Dave Navarro and other celebs

A glimpse of a rock star’s hotel suite used to require posing as a maid, sneaking into the room while the real maid was fluffing the pillows, or seducing said rock star from the front row. Ah, the good old days. Alas, those days are long gone, thanks to Twitter, aka “the best thing since Facebook.” While Twitter is great for the rest of us to keep abreast of friends and family members, it’s also a fantastic tool to semi-cyberstalk ... Read more...

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04.13.09 · 6:25 PM

Girls Gone Wild shares an audience with … the pope?

Prayers, priests, crucifixes, Communion and … tits? The devoted saw a holy vision (or unholy, depending on your viewpoint) when a Girls Gone Wild ad interrupted a live broadcast of Good Friday Mass at the Vatican late on Friday night. No, it wasn’t a conniving guerrilla-marketing tactic courtesy of the notorious, oft-prosecuted Girls Gone Wild CEO Joe Francis. It was an innocent mistake due to an Emergency Alert System test, which can cause scheduled programming to be replaced with emergency ... Read more...

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04.8.09 · 5:07 PM

What Las Vegas needs is a pillow fight

Las Vegas, city of a thousand parties, overblown holiday headquarters, has officially missed the day we needed most: World Pillow Fight Day. On April 4, cities all over the world celebrated the little-known holiday by wailing on total strangers with feather-stuffed weapons of mass diversion. From Budapest to Cape Town to Sao Paulo, folks gathered to vent their frustrations and let feathers fly. New York City’s fight brought an estimated 1,000 plus people to the financial district where Wall Street ... Read more...

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Cocktail of the Week May 15, 2013
by Sabrina Chapman

The Golden Pillar: An architectural cocktail built for XS

This Sunday, XS nightclub celebrates the grand reopening of its after-dark pool party, Night Swim. Along with the bash comes a new offering of signature cocktails served by the pitcher, ...
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