Las Vegas Weekly

07.4.09 · 7:30 AM

Photo Gallery: Stars turn out for Jay-Z and Ciara concert at The Pearl

Hip-hop mogul Jay-Z had a star-studded turnout for his concert with Ciara last night at The Pearl Concert Theater in the Palms, and he took the opportunity to pay tribute from the stage to the late King of Pop Michael Jackson.

Gorgeous R&B singer Rihanna, traveling with friends and no romantic match, attended and danced happily and enthusiastically through nearly the entire concert.

Cleveland Cavaliers star LeBron James, who hosts Fourth of July celebrations today at TAO Beach during the day and Lavo tonight, wound up onstage with Jay-Z for an unexpected closing duet!

Palms resident DJ AM sat in on the show before taking the wheels of steel at Rain after the concert.

Jay-Z, who will perform a second concert there tonight, also paid tribute to Michael by showing the music video for Jackson 5’s “I Want You Back.”

Check back later for additional photos of Jay-Z and Ciara.

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07.3.09 · 10:06 AM

Fourth of July boasts big all-star entertainment lineup

An explosion of mega-talent will match the flare of the fireworks celebrations across the Las Vegas Valley for the Fourth of July holiday weekend. Jay-Z and Jamie Foxx go head-to-head for two consecutive nights, and basketball baron LeBron James of the Cleveland Cavaliers hosts a 12-hour-plus party to claim the title of Best Nightclub Champion. Even Holly Madison, the new showgirl next door, is on the fiery fireworks and party patrol!

It might just well be the biggest all-star, sparkling lineup of the year, except for what might lie ahead on New Year’s Eve. Las Vegas has pulled out all the bottle-rocket stops to fire up the red, white and blue holiday with song, dance and comedy, and there’s not another city in America with this VIP extravaganza. You’ll be able to watch the fireworks from several vantage spots at the open-air restaurant terraces along the Strip, but the real explosion is in the Roman candle stars of entertainment that we’ve set spinning. So let’s push the plunger on the pyrotechnics with what we affectionately call around here the ultimate TNT edition of the ROYAL ROBIN RUNDOWN:

Friday, July 3

*Hip-hop music and fashion mogul Jay-Z stars at The Pearl in the Palms with the beautiful and talented Ciara in two nights of shows. Following the concert, Ciara will host her official after-party at Jet in The Mirage.

*Direct from hosting the BET Awards, singer, actor and comedian Jamie Foxx brings his Intuition Tour to The Rogue Joint at the Hard Rock Hotel for two nights, and who knows which guest stars from his album might drop by for duets.

*One of the funniest comedians on the circuit today with his unique brand of hysterical humor is Jeff Dunham, and he’ll have your neck red from the wild humor for two nights at The Colosseum in Caesars Palace.

*Andrew Dice Clay is another comedy king firing on all cylinders, and I caught his act last week at the Steve Wyrick Theater in Planet Hollywood and urge you to let loose and marvel at his freewheeling, foul-mouthed filthy rants -- and of course the naughty nursery rhymes.

*The laughter continues after her Madame Tussauds wax figure unveiling when Kathy Griffin takes on the D-List at Mandalay Bay.

Party patrol

NBA superstar LeBron James is on all-day party hosting duty at Tao Beach in The Venetian and then Lavo in the adjoining Palazzo by night, while MTV reality star Audrina Patridge only has the night shift at the Bank in the Bellagio.

*It’s a blast from the past and back to my music days in New York during the 1960s when Jay and the Americans come a little bit closer at the Cannery. I knew them when they landed the first Beatles U.S. tour as the opening act!

*Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis Jr., former lead vocalists of The 5th Dimension, go up, up and away to the Suncoast for three nights. They’ll let the sunshine in as they perform hits from their 15 gold and three platinum records, and they are truly one of the nicest couples in showbiz.

*Comedy king Bill Maher brings his political commentary and acidic humor to The Orleans for three nights.

*The All-American Rejects will give you hell at Mandalay Bay Beach. … Credence Clearwater Revisited brings back some of the yesteryear hits at the now-40-year-old Las Vegas Hilton. … Hip-hop legend Warren G joins forces with DJ Reflex for a midnight performance at Pure in Caesars Palace. … Idolized has a three-night run at the South Point. … Downtown at Fremont Street Experience, Janis Joplin’s Original Band Big Brother and the Holding Company kick off the free concert weekend. Each night, there will be the Viva Vision Virtual Fireworks show on the big screen, plus the Don McLean American Pie and tribute to Queen between acts.

Saturday, July 4

*It’s an incredibly busy day for Linkin Park frontman Chester Bennington. He’ll host an autograph signing at his Club Tattoo grand opening in Planet Hollywood from 2 to 4 p.m. At 8:30 p.m., Chester will lock and shackle daredevil magician Steve Wyrick into one of Chester’s side project Dead by Sunrise’s equipment boxes for a death-defying stunt (see the story posted earlier this morning). To celebrate Steve’s success -- we hope -- and the Club Tattoo opening, Chester will then present a free acoustic performance from Dead by Sunrise in the Steve Wyrick Theater. Finally -- and phew! -- everyone heads to Prive in Planet Hollywood, where Chester will host the rest of the midnight hours!

*Happy romantic duo Karina Smirnoff and Maksim Chmerkovskiy of Dancing With the Stars will celebrate Independence Day with an Azure Pool Party in the Palazzo. Expect them to cut a couple of quickstep moves on the red carpet, and then I’ll try to pin them down on the date of their Las Vegas wedding this year!

*The Uncle Sam Comedy Jam at The Orleans Arena stars Mike Epps, Earthquake, Leslie Jones and Arnez J.

*Two headline names from the music industry not only host the Independence Day Barbecue, but it’s Hammer time and ice, ice, baby, when MC Hammer and Vanilla Ice perform their hits at Wet Republic in MGM Grand.

*Grammy Award-winning singer and songwriter The Dream appears with fiance Christina Milian for a three-song performance at Jet.

*The porn princesses from Vivid add their own fireworks to Studio 54’s party at MGM Grand. Heating up the nightlife in their next-to-nothing, dangerously low-cut tops and micro mini skirts will be former Penthouse Pet Sunny Leone, Monique Alexander, Meggan Malone and the 2009 AVN Best New Starlet Nikki Jayne.

*Hoobastank will rock the block downtown on Fremont Street. … Cool down in the waters of Mandalay Bay Beach while listening to Mystic Roots onstage under the stars. … HardNox will make fireworks of their own when the duo performs at Pure. … Blonde bombshell and E! News correspondent Ashlan Gorse hosts a sexy red, white and blue Fourth of July party at Cathouse in the Luxor. … Fremont Street Experience’s free Fourth of July American Pie party continues with The Grass Roots.

*For fireworks, check out the Freedom Extravaganza at The M Resort. The hotel also is creating an old-fashioned food fair for the day, and Nitro, with sexy singer Gabriella Versace (Lance Burton’s longtime girlfriend), will perform.

Sunday, July 5

*Peepshow topless beauty Holly Madison will be bikini-bound when she hosts the all-day Tao Beach party, and I’m told that some of her topless dance cast from the Planet Hollywood burlesque cabaret will join her for the fun.

*Daredevil Carey Hart presents a rock wrap-up to the holiday weekend in his Wasted Space at the Hard Rock Hotel with Magna-Fi and special guests Underground Rebels and John Zito’s Electric Church.

*There’s a triple lineup of comics as Shayma Tash hosts at the Harmon Theater next to Planet Hollywood. K.T. Tatara, Sandra Valls and Shawn Pelofsky unleash their comedy at the Tickled Pink show and promise to offend everyone equally.

*The holiday weekend wraps at Fremont Street experience with the Class of ’69 onstage and a hippie-bus street party and psychedelic ride.

Monday’s teases

We’ll have spywitnesses and photographers up and down the Strip all weekend long to bring you the full Fourth of July wrap-up. … Sexy Carmen Electra arrives to make her starring striptease debut in Crazy Horse Paris at MGM Grand, plus a night with Nelly at Jet and later in the week Andre Agassi’s return to tennis!

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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07.3.09 · 10:41 AM

Photo Gallery (70 photos!): Stars shine at The Rio for Ante Up for Africa

Actor Don Cheadle, who stars in the upcoming Iron Man sequel, and poker pro and Celebrity Apprentice finalist Annie Duke co-hosted the third annual Ante Up for Africa charity poker tournament yesterday on the eve of the World Series of Poker Main Event that kicks off today.

Before yesterday’s play, the annual fundraiser at The Rio had raised more than $2.1 million since launching in September 2006 to build awareness for the continuing humanitarian crisis in Darfur, Sudan, and to assist those who are victimized by it. Everyone who participated in Ante Up for Africa paid a $5,000 entry fee and was encouraged to donate a portion of winnings to the organization.

In addition to Don and Annie, participants included celebrities and athletes Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, Charles Barkley, Jason Alexander, Hershel Walker, Brad Garrett, Cedric the Entertainer, Jennifer Tilly, Sarah Silverman and Montel Williams, poker greats Chris Ferguson, Phil Hellmuth, Joe Hachem, Jennifer Harman and Phil Gordon, and Celine Dion’s husband and manager Rene Angelil.

Final figures from yesterday’s tournament will be announced later today, and we’ll post that on Twitter.

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07.3.09 · 8:33 AM

Counter Intelligence Exclusive: Restaurant and club closings and openings

Social House inside Treasure Island.

Photo: Courtesy of Treasure Island

It’s a hot-off-the-grill exclusive! Vegas DeLuxe has learned that new Treasure Island owner Phil Ruffin drops the boom on Social House there come Monday morning, according to wicked whispers and racy rumors last night. The Asian-themed celebrity hotspot is, as we reported weeks ago, being booted, and Christian Audigier the Nightclub, also managed by Pure Management Group for the French fashion designer, follows within a week.

Phil is reportedly planning to build a Gilley’s country western-themed bar, grill and dance hall in the two-floor space. Construction and a facelift will begin immediately during the summer tourist season so he can reopen for the Labor Day holiday weekend in September.

From Trader Vic’s to Cabo Wabo

Informed sources also say that Trader Vic’s at Planet Hollywood will shut in the next few days when management reveals that it will be changed over to rocker Sammy Hagar’s Cabo Wabo restaurant and funhouse. I’m reliably told that former Pure partner Steve Davidovich will be involved with the new concept. Sammy’s south of the border playpen is a monstrous hit in Lake Tahoe, and Harrah’s execs had been apparently trying for more than two years to bring it to the Strip.

From Forty Deuce to The Rose

Finally, Hollywood entrepreneur Ivan Kane has shut his plush Forty Deuce burlesque bar at Mandalay Bay. Inside word is that it will reopen for Labor Day weekend as The Rose, an edgy, risque, pushing-the-envelope striptease lounge. There will be five dancers involved with an Eyes Wide Shut motif from the erotic Stanley Kubrick film starring then-husband-and-wife Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman. “This will not be even close to your mother’s burlesque show,” I was reliably and teasingly told. “It will be the wildest show of its type ever created for Vegas and exactly the fantasy of what everybody thinks happens here anyway.”

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07.3.09 · 6 AM

Happy Fourth of July weekend from VDLX and Miss America

Who better than Miss America 2009 to join with Vegas DeLuxe to wish all of you a wonderful and safe Fourth of July holiday weekend?

Our good friend the adorable Katie Stam of Seymour, Ind., began her reign in January, and she’ll be back again at Planet Hollywood next January for the 2010 pageant, which will for the first time in decades feature a Miss Puerto Rico contestant.

As the nation celebrates its 233rd birthday, Katie will serve as grand marshal at two Southern California parades. Two weeks ago, she was here in Las Vegas as she reached the halfway mark of her yearlong reign. Click HERE for that interview.

Katie said: “All of us at the Miss America Organization extend our best wishes for the Fourth. Our sincere thanks and appreciation also go to our armed forces who continue to stand by America's side and for all those abroad who continue to fight for our freedom -- we salute you!”

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07.3.09 · 7:01 AM

CNN and AEG confirm our Michael Jackson video rehearsal story

Michael Jackson shoots rehearsals of his London show under the eye of High School Musical director and choreographer Kenny Ortega.

Photo: Courtesy

Here’s the first video footage of Michael Jackson courtesy of YouTube rehearsing his This Is It song-and-dance segments filmed just two days before his death:

CNN anchor Anderson Cooper obtained the video from concert promoters AEG, who were producing Michael’s shows. The video confirms our Vegas DeLuxe story that AEG taped the last dress rehearsal at Staples Center in Los Angeles before the move to London. Click HERE for that story.

Michael was set to kick off the 50-concert run at the 02 Arena in London on July 13. Instead, this Tuesday a memorial service for tens of thousands of fans will be held at Staples Center where this footage was shot. Click HERE for our story with the photos that WireImage founder Kevin Mazur shot of the same rehearsal.

AEG released the video last night to show fans that Michael was in good shape and enthusiastically performing. High-definition cameras and a multi-track system recorded the excerpt of Michael singing “They Don’t Care About Us” from his album HIStory .

There has been no official confirmation that eventually the video and recording will be released as a DVD and a CD or that the sound and images of Michael could be used for a repackaged This Is It show with either members of the Jackson family or pop stars hosting the tribute and even singing along with the late King of Pop.

Until last night, it was “no comment” from AEG head honcho Randy Phillips that video of the dress rehearsal existed, as Vegas DeLuxe reported. Yesterday, Randy delivered the clip to CNN to refute allegations that Michael was not able to perform.

Now it’s expected that the video also will be used as evidence that massive insurance claims resulting from his death should be paid, as it shows Michael was all set to go with This Is It.

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07.3.09 · 6:36 AM

Steve Wyrick to attempt death-defying stunt 80 feet above Strip tomorrow

No magician has ever attempted the death-defying stunt that Steve Wyrick will face tomorrow night. He’ll perform it live right on the Strip outside the Miracle Mile Shops at Planet Hollywood.

Linkin Park frontman Chester Bennington will select one of his new band’s equipment cases for the frightening exploit (his side project group is appropriately called Dead by Sunrise!). Steve, who appears nightly in his own theater at Miracle Mile, will be handcuffed and shackled inside the box, which will then be hoisted on a crane 80 feet above the Strip. Ropes that wrap around the box and dangle to the ground will then be set on fire.

As the ropes reach the last part of burning, the box will tumble free! Steve will then have just 20 feet remaining in the 10-second fall when he clambers out, grabs a rappelling rope and avoids falling on top of 500 blazing spikes set out on the sidewalk below.

“It’s an incredible piece of insanity,” one of Steve’s crew told me. “It’s never been attempted before. Nobody ever dared. Steve has to do this live in front of a jam-packed Strip. He has nowhere to hide. He has less than 10 seconds to leap to safety in the last 20 feet of the fall before the box crashes on top of the burning spikes. It will be a miracle if he pulls this off because this is not magic. This is real-life action.”

Be forewarned that because of the dangers associated with this stunt, our heroic Police Department has ordered a section of the Strip on Las Vegas Boulevard closed down during the terrifying escape.

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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07.2.09 · 11:17 AM

Stars go all-in for annual Ante Up for Africa to kick off WSOP Main Event

Annie Duke and Don Cheadle.

Photo: World Series of Poker

A stunning all-star celebrity turnout is set for today’s 2 p.m. red carpet start for actor Don Cheadle and poker princess Annie Duke’s 3rd Annual Ante Up for Africa tournament at The Rio.

Screen hunks Ben Affleck and Matt Damon will join an ever-growing list of VIPs and card kings that includes celebrities Brad Garrett, Mekhi Phifer, Cedric the Entertainer, Jason Alexander, Montel Williams, Sarah Silverman, Rob Schneider and Tia Carrere, athletes Charles Barkley, Herschel Walker, Kenny Smith and Shawn Marion and poker pros Phil Hellmuth, Howard Lederer, Andy Bloch, Tiffany Michelle and Erik Seidel.

The Ante Up for Africa charity is a significant part of the 40th Annual World Series of Poker and the lead-in to the most prestigious Main Event, which gets underway tomorrow, also at The Rio. The field of 6,000-plus players for the Main Event will need four starting days to accommodate the large number. The world’s richest sporting event attracted players from a record number 124 countries last year and awarded more than $180 million in prizes.

The WSOP began back in 1970 when downtown gambling king Benny Binion started a challenge between the seven top players of the day. The game lasted five months, and there wasn’t even a cash prize, just the title of world champion! The next year, Benny chipped in a $30,000 prize, and the rest as they say is history. Last year’s winner, Peter Eastgate of Denmark, earned nearly $10 million with the title!

Don is an accomplished poker player in his own right, and Annie, who has more than $4 million in tournament winnings, won a 2004 WSOP bracelet. They are committed to raising public awareness about the continuing tragedy and humanitarian crisis in Darfur, Sudan, and funds for its victims. They expect their tournament to run about five hours today and add significant funding to the $2 million they have raised in the poker games to date. Nevada gaming laws don’t permit cash prizes to be given directly to charities, so players contribute their winnings.

Annie, who was runner-up on Donald Trump’s Celebrity Apprentice, celebrated with a Summer of Poker kickoff at Lavo in the Palazzo. Her boyfriend movie producer Joe Reitman joined her for dinner there and then upstairs in the nightclub, and poker pals Joe Sebok, Brian Devonshire, Mike Sowers, Tiffany Michelle and Dave Stann joined the dance floor tables.

Annie explained her commitment to the charity she formed with Don in September 2006: “I’m passionate about the refugee situation in the Sudan. I don’t think we can really fathom what it’s like to have no voice, be completely disenfranchised, not even have a government that can help in any way. In our first year, we raised $700,000 and all told $2.1 million so far. We have high hopes that this will be our biggest and best to date. ESPN will film it for later broadcast, and that will certainly get the message of the charity out there.

“Poker players do so much for various charities. Everything that’s happened to me has been because of poker. I was raised that when you have a life like I do, it’s your obligation to give back and do whatever you can for people who aren’t so fortunate.”

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07.2.09 · 10:46 AM

Strip Scribbles: A sneak peek at the new What Happens in Vegas ad

The Strip.

Photo: Tom Donoghue/www.donoghuephotography.com

For a sneak peek of the hilarious new What Happens in Vegas television commercial debuting next week, click on the preview below courtesy of YouTube:

Now I know why all those out-of-towners keep coming to Las Vegas for all the excitement the likes of which they’d never even dream of back home!

*“Misfit of Magic” magician Ed Alonzo, who created illusions and special stage effects for Michael Jackson’s This Is It concert run, tells me he is rejoining the Britney Spears Circus Tour in Paris tomorrow for the European stretch and then 22 U.S. cities this fall, including two nights here in Las Vegas in September. Rumors grow that This Is It will be restructured and restaged this year. Click HERE for our story posted Tuesday.

*Actress Marlee Matlin signed copies of her book I’ll Scream Later at the Borders in Town Square, and fellow Dancing With the Stars alumnus actress Shannon Elizabeth dropped by for a reunion and to surprise fans.

*The Venetian and Palazzo executives are getting ready to fly to Singapore for next Wednesday’s formal ceremony for their new Marina Bay Sands Hotel Tower in Singapore. The three towers will include more than 2,500 rooms and suites, but Chairman and CEO Sheldon Adelson is most excited about the large Sky Park at the top. It will feature three swimming pools, landscaped gardens and restaurants and bars. There’s also an Arts and Exhibition museum and 1.25 million square feet of convention space on the property.

*Seven men singing in their birthday suits? Yep, they go stark naked in the hilarious Naked Boys Singing at the Onyx Theater. Only the piano player is clothed! A fourth weekly show has been added because of the standing-room-only crowds. Audiences come from every walk of life, but it’s a particular favorite for girls’ nights out and bachelorette parties.

Star surveillance

MMA fighter Quinton “Rampage” Jackson was at Ghostbar in the Palms with three friends enjoying the scene at a VIP table with mixed drinks. … If you were up bright and early this morning, you could have watched Holly Madison play weather girl on our local NBC station. Yes, it was a 6 a.m. call for the Peepshow star. Was KVBC entertainment reporter Alicia Jacobs there to welcome her?! … Vanilla Ice performed his chart-topping hits including “Ice Ice Baby” to fans at Rok Vegas in New York-New York. Ice proved his party boy image by spraying the crowd with water and running through the dance floor to mingle. He’ll be back this holiday weekend with MC Hammer for a show at Wet Republic in MGM on Saturday for the Fourth of July BBQ!

Reporter’s notebook

I told you some 10 days ago about the new entertainment complex Playground that includes a restaurant, a concert venue, a nightclub and a topless adult cabaret all under one roof. Here are first-look photos inside the palace of pleasure. … My pal Nico Santucci has opened the second of his Capo’s speakeasy restaurants here. This one is Capo’s Italian Steakhouse on Sahara and comes complete with a hidden entrance with a buzzer for the manager to slide open a tiny panel to check you out before entering. Look behind that large painting of Al Capone to see if you can get the private 10-seat roulette room to open up! Business at the mob-themed restaurant is already going … great guns! OK, now you can groan! … To celebrate today’s opening of my pal Gerry Shlesinger’s new Ciao Ciao Apizza Angelato, an “old school New York pizza joint,” he’s giving away free gelato servings through midnight Saturday. Gerry, who owns Della Spiga at the Forum Shops in Caesars Palace, spent months in Italy, Chicago, New York and New Haven, Conn., (that’s where Julia Roberts filmed Mystic Pizza back in 1988, and the city has been a hotbed of pizza ever since) researching gelato and the flame-fired, thin-crust, aged-dough Neapolitan-style pizza cooked at 850 degrees. Said Gerry: “Pizza is the No. 1 food in America, and we’ve turned this into a fun dining experience complete with 22 HD TV screens and memorabilia and celebrity photos of VIPizza enthusiasts Frank Sinatra, Elvis Presley, Marlon Brando, Jackie Gleason, Lucille Ball and the Sopranos characters on the walls.”

*Two big events on the calendar today worthy of special note that start the Fourth of July holiday weekend early with a bang! Stone Temple Pilots are out on their first national tour in eight years, and their exhilarating live show is at The Rogue Joint in the Hard Rock Hotel. … And comedienne and My Life on the D-List star Kathy Griffin receives her very own wax figure at Madame Tussauds in The Venetian. Kathy will be immortalized alongside Madonna, Britney Spears, Frank Sinatra and Elvis Presley. The unveiling is at 7 p.m., and Kathy will stick around for a reception and fan photos with the two of them.

Tonight’s tips

To celebrate the 40 years that legendary card king Doyle Brunson has played in the World Series of Poker, he’ll host a party at Blush in the Wynn, with Nicky Hilton, Annie Duke, Mickey Rourke, Jack Binion, Phil Ivey, Phil Hellmuth and Kevin Connolly, among others, going all-in for him. … It’s the official opening of the new Bambu Bar at Mandalay Bay’s beach walk. The signature drink will be the Build Your Own Bloody Mary with a choice of 40 ingredients. … CineVegas’ From the Vault screenings continue at Clark County Library with Happy Birthday, Harris Malden, which premiered at the 2008 festival.

Tomorrow’s teases

It’s the ultimate invasion of megastars for the biggest entertainment lineup of the year! Jay-Z goes head-to-head with Jamie Foxx, and LeBron James arrives to host a day-and-night party, plus Linkin Park frontman Chester Bennington takes part in a dice-with-death magic stunt on the Strip with magician Steve Wyrick.

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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07.2.09 · 9:26 AM

Hilary Duff pops the cork on honeymoon-styled Las Vegas vacation

For at least two days now, lovebirds Hilary Duff and her hockey player boyfriend Mike Comrie have been inseparable on a Las Vegas vacation. The actress-singer and the Ottawa Senators star were in Sin City with a group of 30 celebrating a friend’s birthday. But the couple was closerthanthis at Lavo in the Palazzo.

The twosome started with a dinner feast that included the signature giant Kobe meatball and chicken parmigiano. After dinner, the couple led the group to a dance floor table upstairs in the boutique nightclub where they danced to the sounds of DJ Five. A team of gorgeous Lavo cocktail waitresses brought over eight bottles of Cristal for the celebration.

Despite the party going well into the pre-dawn hours, Hilary and Mike turned up the next day for lunch and drinks in a private cabana at Tao Beach in The Venetian.

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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