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07.31.08 · 6:26 PM

Strip Scribbles: Mystere’s mystery guest: Michael Jackson

* Pop-prince Michael Jackson took his three children and four other guests to a performance of Mystere by Cirque du Soleil at Treasure Island. He slid in seconds after the show began in the dark to remain unrecognized and took their seats just a few rows from the stage. * Congratulations to Venetian-Palazzo chief Sheldon Adelson, who will celebrate his birthday this weekend as only a billionaire can and should. He’s taking his three 747 aircrafts from Boston, New York ... Read more...

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07.31.08 · 6:01 PM

Tonight’s tip: Ataris-Carolina Liar – for free!

It’s a night where rock reigns supreme: There’s a special concert on the VooDoo Beach at the Rio, with Ataris and Carolina Liar — and its free, and that’s the truth! … The Strange Noize Tour blows very loud with hardcore hip-hop from the Kottonmouth Kings, Tech 9, Hed PE, XClan, Prozak and Dirtball at the House of Blues in Mandalay Bay and it runs from 7 p.m. to midnight to accommodate everybody. TOMORROW’S TEASE: Our hometown rock hero, Vince ... Read more...

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07.31.08 · 5:38 PM

Birthday boy Piven not withdrawn at Bank

HBO Entourage star Jeremy Piven decided Vegas was the perfect city to celebrate his birthday — and joined with his own entourage of friends he took over the VIP section at the Bank nightclub in the Bellagio. Actors Amy Smart and Elden Henson — best known for his role as Fulton Reed in the Mighty Duckstrilogy, co-starring Emilio Estevez — were alongside Richard Brenner, CEO of Newline Cinemas, in the VIP section. Their birthday group was celebrating publicist Kate Fenney’s ... Read more...

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07.31.08 · 4:48 PM

New V Theater magician is no illusion

Although she’s still an unknown name her rise to fame has been remarkable- in less than two years she’s gone from trainee to Strip headliner. Now starting tomorrow (Friday) for an initial six-month run and a further six-month option, Vegas has a new magician- and she’s a princess. Scarlett, Princess of Magic will star at the V Theater in Planet Hollywood’s Miracle Mile with unique illusions within a family entertainment experience. Scarlett is all set to dazzle with her skills, ... Read more...

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07.31.08 · 11 AM

Palms prepped for over-the-top Midsummer Night’s Dream

Hotel tycoon George Maloof is betting $300,000 that his upcoming Midsummer Night’s Dream party at Playboy Club will be the “biggest and best” Vegas has ever seen. A six-week construction project is underway, and Hollywood set designers are on hand to completely transform the Palms’ main pool and VIP bungalow-area into a medieval enchanted forest. It will take three full days after everything is trucked in from California just to set up. The most highly anticipated event of the year ... Read more...

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07.31.08 · 8 AM

Paris continues her fancy footwork

We reported yesterday how Paris came to town and conquered the fall footwear fashions when she launched her new line of shoes at Macy’s in Fashion Show Mall. After that hullabaloo, it was time to party, Paris-style! She looked stunning in a sparkling, baby pink, near floor-length gown and started her night at the Asian-themed Social House restaurant at TI. Paris ordered up fresh sashimi and shots of chilled Grey Goose for the large party in her entourage. She made ... Read more...

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07.31.08 · 7:20 AM

Exclusive interview with Criss Angel moments after miracle escape

Minutes after his amazing unorthodox escape fraught with unexpected dangers and difficulties, Mindfreak magician Criss Angel told me: “I had no desire to die. I will never forget the worst moment of this escape — and it’s something I will never want to discuss — but for the first time fear took over the adrenaline. I had trained so hard for this demonstration. I was physically, mentally and spiritually ready, but also knew anything could go wrong. We were live ... Read more...

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07.30.08 · 12:45 PM

90210 star among celebs taking celebrations to the Strip

It was a double celebration for Hollywood newcomer AnnaLynne McCord on her visit to Vegas. She celebrated her 21st birthday at the hot nightclub Pure in Caesars Palace — and also the great news that she’s joining the cast of the new Beverly Hills, 90210 series. The young actress, who is recognized from last season’s Nip/Tuck plastic surgery drama series, arrived shortly after midnight, looking stunning in a bright blue dress. She enjoyed a fabulous “family and friends” yellowtail jalapeño ... Read more...

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07.30.08 · 12:30 PM

Paris Hilton sets off shoe frenzy

Just as Luxe Life predicted yesterday, fans by the hundreds showed up for Paris Hilton’s appearance at the Fashion Show Mall for the launch of her new line of fall footwear. Photographer Erik Kabik was there for these candid close-ups. Last night, Paris celebrated with a party at the Pure nightclub and Luxe Life will feature those photos shortly. Read more...

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07.30.08 · 11:28 AM

Strip Scribbles: TMZ posts footage of Brit, Maloof on horseback in Cabo

* More photos of the Britney Spears vacation with George Maloof in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico are surfacing. Now the TMZ celebrity gossip Web site has video footage of Britney and George on a horseback ride along the sandy beaches there. There are two sets of video footage — one from the dunes and another from a helicopter that tried to swoop in on the horseback riders. Her girlfriend and Mexican horsemen accompanied Britney with George following slightly behind. Click ... Read more...

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07.30.08 · 9:56 AM

Tonight’s tip: Post-Angel, hit Sunset Tan bikini show at CatHouse, or House of Om at Body English

Don’t forget to watch the Criss Angel escape 7 p.m. our time live on A&E. It will be over by 8 p.m., so plenty of time afterwards to go watch the Sunset Tan bikini fashion show at CatHouse in the Luxor or party with the four DJs who make up House of Om at the Hard Rock Hotel’s Body English nightclub. TOMORROW’S TEASE: Playboy king Hugh Hefner is about to be upstaged. When George Maloof throws his upcoming ‘ Midsummer’s ... Read more...

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07.30.08 · 8:56 AM

No Idaho resort for Graff-Agassi; banks run “late” with City Center funding

The troubled near-recession economy is shaking up business dealings almost everywhere you turn. Latest financial flounderings even affect a hotel resort project that Andre Agassi and Steffi Graff planned in Idaho — and final funding for the ambitious City Center project that MGM Mirage and Dubai World is constructing right at the heart of the Strip is now “running late.” Luxe Life broke the news many months ago that Andre and Steffi were investors in a planned lakefront resort In ... Read more...

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07.30.08 · 6:30 AM

Criss Angel has 210 seconds to escape before dynamite explosion

Updated at 11:11 a.m. A major storm is apparently moving into the Clearwater, Fla., area this afternoon. Police have notified  members of the media that they will be moved from a 300-feet safety zone back another 200 feet as an additional precaution from falling debris. The explosion will go ahead as planned despite expected heavy downpours, thunder and lightening — even though it may cause additional problems for the stunt helicopter pilot waiting above the rooftop for the illusionist. Meantime ... Read more...

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07.29.08 · 2:44 PM

Strip scribbles: Longoria-Parker looking to branch out in Vegas

“Desperate Housewife” Eva Longoria- Parker wants to open a branch of her successful Hollywood restaurant here in Vegas. While husband, San Antonio Spurs star Tony Parker, played poker at a private table in the Strip’s largest poker room she went exploring — possibly to find a location for her eatery! She went window-shopping throughout the Forum Shops at Caesars and twice dined at Wolfgang Puck’s Spago. She confided her dream of a Vegas restaurant to friends who insisted Luxe Life ... Read more...

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07.29.08 · 1:59 PM

Moonen’s new cookbook sizzling in culinary world

Fellow chefs and food critics are all unanimous in their praise for celebrated Mandalay Bay chef Rick Moonen’s new Fish Without a Doubt cookbook. Even talk-show queen Oprah Winfrey picked it to premiere her new Cookbook of the Month club. Rick runs his RM seafood restaurant and today he’s got a double-header celebration there with a cooking demonstration and a book-signing with his co-author, Roy Finamore. “It’s a great fish book,” said star chef Daniel Boulud, who has restaurants in ... Read more...

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07.29.08 · 1:30 PM

The very best of hip-hop bound into Vegas

An amazing cast of 1,500 dancers from more than 30 countries around the world start today’s (Tuesday) 7th annual USA and World Hip Hop Dance Championships — the first time they has been held here in Vegas! American Idol judge Randy Jackson will present the awards at the end of the elimination and voting process at the Loews Lake Vegas Resort, with the final showdown on Sunday at the Planet Hollywood Theatre for the Performing Arts along with the Living ... Read more...

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07.29.08 · 10:51 AM

Tonight’s tip on the Strip

Dripping in bling, rapper Doug E. Fresh will star and sing at VH1 hip-hop honoree Mr. Freeze’s “influence” party at Studio 54 in MGM Grand … We are the Arsenal and So Long Davey! perform at Revolution in the Mirage … Black Violin will show classical instruments can be hip-hop, too, at Blush boutique nightclub in the Wynn … I’m betting that Palms hotel tycoon George Maloof won’t call it quits with the Duck Finale party at his new Palms ... Read more...

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07.29.08 · 10:22 AM

The 48-hour, non-stop Slash birthday bash

It all ran a little more than 48 hours — yet guitar genius Slash was still roaring for more as his 43rd birthday celebration wound down! It was the birthday blast to beat all others as fellow music stars, including Fergie and will.i.am from the Black Eyed Peas, turned out to help him with the fun festivities. Last week, Luxe Life brought you the immediate overnight reports of the back-to-back parties all over the Mirage resort that rolled on at ... Read more...

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07.29.08 · 6:30 AM

Paris sheds reality TV image to become fashion entrepreneur

Paris Hilton normally makes headlines for her television and nightclub appearances — but everybody seems to forget the blond-haired beautiful socialite is a corporate chieftain in charge of her own burgeoning business empire. The singer-actress has her hands in everything from fashions to fragrances — and her busy schedule in Vegas today proves the point. She calls our playground her second home and is going to let style-hungry insiders get a sneak peek at some of the hottest trends in ... Read more...

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07.28.08 · 5:46 PM

Champagne swishes: Team USA parties at Tryst

As if the courtside kings of commerce weren’t sufficient for the Vegas weekend over at Wynn and its exclusive Tryst nightclub well-heeled members of both the Walgreen’s and Cuervo families showed up to welcome the victorious Team USA celebration. NBA star and USA Basketball veteran Jason Kidd hosted the festivities at the Flex-Power sports cream party at Tryst. Kidd spent the night celebrating the Americans’ victory against Canada with former United States soccer star Claudio Reyna at one the dance-floor ... Read more...

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07.28.08 · 4:24 PM

Team USA gets boost from billionaires

In the pop-music world of entertainment, Ludacris is thought of as a very wealthy multimillionaire — but even he joked while sitting alongside billionaires Bill Gates and Warren Buffet that he was in “the poor house” by comparison. As if America’s two richest men in the front row of the Team USA basketball pre-Olympics obliteration of Team Canada at our Thomas & Mack Center over the weekend wasn’t enough, there were even more Mr. Moneybags on hand. First, our very ... Read more...

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07.28.08 · 3:32 PM

Tonight’s tip on the Strip

There’s a unique charity concert teaming the Doobie Brothers and Three Dog Night in a yesteryear flashback to raise funds for Soles4Souls at the Orleans Arena … Coolio is expected to “make it rain” with Benjamins and other bills at the Money for Monday party in Prive at Planet Hollywood when he hosts. Tomorrow’s tease Paris Hilton comes to town to chalk up one more success in her growing business empire, and Luxe Life has the souvenir photo album of ... Read more...

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07.28.08 · 3:25 PM

Strip Scribbles: Bill Gates among celebs enjoying nightlife

*Billionaire Microsoft founder Bill Gates got to visit the Cirque du Soleil’s Beatles show, LOVE, for the first time — and found himself near gorgeous actress Ali McGraw, who reunited with her former husband, Love Story producer Robert Evans, when they took their actor son, Josh Evans, to the show for their special occasion. *Star Surveillance: For two consecutive days, Desperate Housewives actress Eva Longoria lunched with San Antonio Spurs husband Tony Parker at celebrity chef Wolfgang Puck’s Spago at ... Read more...

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07.28.08 · 2:45 PM

Boxing battle fuels feud between rival nations

He entered the ring as the betting favorite and, with his unblemished record of 32-0, all his countrymen bet he’d wind up the winner yet again. But in the end, during the waning 55 seconds of the 11th round, Puerto Rican star Miguel Cotto suffered his first-ever professional defeat and lost his World Boxing Association welterweight title to Tijuana’s Antonio Margarito. Among the celebrities ringside at the MGM Grand boxing event were Mike Tyson, Zab Judah, Winky Wright, Boston Celtics ... Read more...

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07.28.08 · 2:37 PM

Denzel Washington tries to keep his trip a ‘secret’

It’s been a real family affair for screen superstar Denzel Washington while he’s been in Vegas watching one of his sons play point guard in the Adidas Super 64 Double Pump Elite basketball tournament. Malcolm Washington is a high school senior and has enough passion for b-ball to try and make it a career after college. The teams have been playing out at Desert Pines High School and devoted, dedicated Denzel was there every game his son played in — ... Read more...

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07.28.08 · 12:20 PM

Maloof reportedly part of Spears’ vacation party

The British tabloids have screaming headlines this morning that rehabbed pop singer Britney Spears is enjoying a beach-front vacation in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico with a group of friends that includes Palms hotel tycoon George Maloof! Click here for the full photo coverage of Britney’s white bikini-clad sandy dance on the ocean front. Paparazzi for England’s Daily Mail newspaper shot Britney, happy and smiling, dancing with a “mystery man” at the jet-set millionaire’s playground. She was traveling with friends that ... Read more...

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07.28.08 · 10:27 AM

Sarah Larson in Vegas: “Single and Available”

She arrived — then conquered and when all is said and done, Sarah Larson has become Vegas’ newest princess! The former cocktail waitress enjoyed a real-life Cinderella tale, and over the weekend when she hosted her very own night at Tao in the Venetian, you knew she was the new “IT” girl. Sarah was just named as one of the 100 most beautiful women in America. It’s been a whirlwind year for the statuesque beauty. Just 12 months ago she ... Read more...

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07.25.08 · 12:15 PM

Stars roll in for new sushi sensation

It’s called Kagami-Baraki, and it’s not Obama’s new Japanese nickname! It’s the traditional Japanese Sake Barrel ceremony where the wooden lid is broken open by a wooden mallet and the sake is served to everyone in attendance. The “good-luck” blessing was performed as the Light Group’s newest venture, Yellowtail Sushi Restaurant & Bar, opened its doors at the Bellagio. Company CEO Andy Masi, Bellagio President Randy Morton and Yellowtail Sushi Restaurant & Bar executive chef Akira Back, along with restaurant ... Read more...

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07.25.08 · 11 AM

New Vegas-based World Xtreme Boxing tourney planned

Every month around the country — and maybe internationally — the new Vegas-based World Xtreme Boxing Challenge (WXBC) will stage tournaments for a unique charitable cause, Fighting for a Better World. It will donate funds during each WXBC event to a spotlighted charity or cause. On Friday, tournament organizer and Vegas resident Don House will introduce the sport to the world, national and local media folks gathered at our Westin Casuarina hotel, along with the eight global boxers on the ... Read more...

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07.25.08 · 9:43 AM

Slash hits Jet as birthday party rolls on

Guitar great Slash continued his 43rd birthday celebration into a 2nd night of celebrating- and early this morning (Friday) he still showed no signs of slowing down. First, he took 60 friends to see the Cirque du Soleil-Beatles show Love at The Mirage and that was followed by dinner at the Stack restaurant and bar also in the Mirage. He ordered Yellowtail Sashimi, Surf & Turf and Sea Bass for his party group. Then at the midnight hour, the rock ... Read more...

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07.25.08 · 8:30 AM

Team USA plays its only game before going for the gold

The one and only opportunity for American basketball fans to see our U.S. Olympics team in action is today, right here in a matchup against Team Canada at our Thomas & Mack Center. Veteran Jason Kidd of the Dallas Mavericks is joined by legends Kobe Bryant of the L.A. Lakers and LeBron James of the Cleveland Cavaliers, along with Carmelo Anthony of the Denver Nuggets, Carlos Boozer, Utah Jazz; Chris Bosh, Toronto Raptors; Dwight Howard, Orlando Magic; Chris Paul, New ... Read more...

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07.25.08 · 8:26 AM

Strip Scribbles: Chairman’s Suite at Palazzo makes Elite list

* Elite Traveler magazine has released its ranking of the worlds top 101 resort suites, and Vegas has just one in the top 10 most expensive suites in America. The world’s most expensive suite is a $52,000 a night royal penthouse in Geneva and America’s priciest is the $30,000 a night Ty Warner penthouse at the Four Seasons in Manhattan. Our contribution to the prestigious listing is the Chairman’s Suite at the new Palazzo alongside the Venetian, which is a ... Read more...

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07.25.08 · 6 AM

Mystery surrounds Celine’s new touring co-star

Canadian hit-song queen Celine Dion has just been awarded the highest honor by the government of France. Premiere Nicholas Sarkozy presented our Caesars Palace headliner with the Medal of Honor at his Elysee Palace in Paris, but that’s not the only reason she’s making headlines. Celine, who has indicated a return to the stage at Caesars after a year’s break following her current world tour, has just wrapped up the Asian and European segments of her tour — and now ... Read more...

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07.24.08 · 2:39 PM

Tonight’s Tip: Ferguson at MGM Hollywood Theatre

Late Late Show host Craig Ferguson starts a six-day run at MGM’s Hollywood Theatre -– and I promise you’ll warm to his Scottish humor and accent even though you will never like haggis. He once lost out as James Bond, but did wind up as Drew Carey’s butler-sounding boss on The Drew Carey Show … The second night of Slash’s birthday celebration continues with his acoustic performance at Jet nightclub in The Mirage and Will.i.am of the Black Eyed Peas ... Read more...

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07.24.08 · 2:38 PM

New awards, new menus, new cookbooks

* Star chef Charlie Trotter and his team at the Palazzo restaurant Charlie welcomed chefs Dominique and Cindy Duby to celebrate their newest cookbook, Wild Sweets, Chocolate. More than 120 guests showed as the internationally famous chocolate couple proved their culinary artistry and passion. The chefs presented 25 of their exquisite recipes for specialty chocolates and savory-sweet desserts, such as cherry, ancho truffle, balsamic vinaigrette and crispy bacon, encapsulated in chocolate. Charlie’s pastry chef, Aaron Lindgren, also prepared a sampling ... Read more...

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07.24.08 · 2:07 PM

Strip Scribbles: Love for Gibson; Chief Larry Johnson moves the chains on the Vegas club scene

* To celebrate his son’s 21st birthday, movie superstar Mel Gibson took his wife and seven children including the birthday boy, Louis to the late performance of the Beatles Cirque du Soleil show Love at The Mirage. For the entire run of the show, Mel held his young grandson in his arms -– who made nary a sound. Maybe a gurgle of appreciation? * Kansas City Chiefs star Larry Johnson appears to have taken up residence in Sin City. Every ... Read more...

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07.24.08 · 2 PM

Stars continue to party hearty all around the Strip

* THE TALENT AT TAO: Actress Kate Bosworth partied it up with six friends at a VIP table in the moat area of the nightclub after dinner at Tao Asian Bistro. Also at Tao for both dining and dancing was actress and former model Angie Everhart; at an adjoining table was actress Kristen Cavallari with four friends drinking Grey Goose cocktails. Oscar-winning actor Jamie Foxx made a 2:30 a.m. appearance at the nightclub with eight friends, partying until the pre-dawn ... Read more...

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07.24.08 · 9:07 AM

Fergie-Slash and birthday cake photos from Slash party at Bare

Former lead guitarist of Guns ‘N Roses celebrated his 43rd birthday last night with an all-star lineup of rockers led by the reigning Duchess, Fergie! The unforgettable night featured a 90-minute concert with Slash himself joined by Fergie, her Black Eyed Peas partner Will.i.am Perry Farrell of Jane’s Addiction, ZZ Top legend Billy Gibbons, Spacehog’s Royston Langdon, Jerry Cantrell from Alice in Chains, and even singing ventriloquist Terry Fator! The once-in-a-lifetime show at the Bare adult-alternative pool at The Mirage ... Read more...

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07.24.08 · 8 AM

Barrett-Jackson classic car auction to be a real gas

It’s now definite that collector-car aficionados from around the world will descend on Vegas for Barrett-Jackson’s first-ever auction here on Oct.15-Oct. 18 at Mandalay Bay- - as was first revealed in Luxe Life. At two earlier events this year, in Scottsdale, Ariz., and West Palm Beach, Fla., Barrett-Jackson wooed more than 340,000 fans who shelled out more than $110-million to buy the 1,672 beauties –- and they’re expecting it to be a bigger and better bonanza here in Sin City! ... Read more...

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07.24.08 · 6 AM

S&R get a little help from their friends in naming of cubs

Incredible illusionists Siegfried & Roy welcomed their beautiful new baby white-striped tiger cubs just a few weeks ago – click here for Luxe Life’s previous incredible close-up coverage from June 17. At the time they promised our Clark County School District students the unique opportunity to name some of them. Our Luxe Life ace photographer Scott Doctor was at The Mirage on Wednesday when they held the naming ceremony. See his gallery of photos here. Students from more than 60 ... Read more...

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07.23.08 · 6:15 PM

Strip Scribbles: 80s night with Biz Markie

*Blond bombshell Yvonne Strahovsky, who plays top CIA agent Sarah Walker on NBC’s hit show Chuck dined at the Light Group’s newest meat-lover’s paradise, Brand Steakhouse, in the Monte Carlo. The Polish beauty, by way of Australia, enjoyed the specialty cocktails, including the “impeared,” somehow miraculously maintaining her girlish figure nibbling on the restaurant’s signature appetizers, including the “mini” Maine lobster rolls, Kobe beef meatball pizza and the tuna tartare. Yvonne and her mom spent about two hours drinking, eating ... Read more...

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07.23.08 · 1:43 PM

Tonight’s Tip: Slash burns at Bare pool lounge at The Mirage

Former Guns N’ Roses lead guitarist Slash celebrates his 43rd birthday with two nights of celebrations, starting at the Bare pool lounge at The Mirage, with Perry Farrell from Jane’s Addiction as guest DJ and Slash with surprise guests, and following that set with his own Velvet Revolver concert. The Rhapsody music service has hired Vegas HD to shoot the show for worldwide DVD release … Criss Angel hosts the fourth-season premiere screening of his A&E series Mindfreak at the ... Read more...

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07.23.08 · 12:30 PM

Struggling economy fans fall-out fears for rock tours

The faltering economy nationwide that’s affected Vegas with lower tourist and reservation numbers as well as discounted rooms is playing havoc with the pop music concert tours, too. Down here in San Diego, AEG Live vice president John Wojas says it’s the biggest impact he’s seen in 17 years. “We’re seeing lower attendance at every show across the board from adult contemporary to alternative rock.” So much so that he doesn’t see it getting better until next spring or summer. ... Read more...

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07.23.08 · 11:17 AM

Peel off the lingerie to find the hottest new nightclub

The owners of L.A.’s hottest and newest nightclub, Kress, may have their sights set on the Strip — and that’s even before its official gala opening. The former Frederick’s of Hollywood landmark building on Hollywood Boulevard was acquired by San Diego club operators — the On Broadway entertainment conglomerate. He ordered the rundown building scrubbed clean and, lo and behold, as the grime peeled off, discovered there was a gorgeous art deco, historic Kress chain-store building. It was too good ... Read more...

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07.23.08 · 8 AM

Storied Del Mar a stable for Vegas VIPs

It has become a summer “rich and famous” tradition for numerous Vegas VIPs and hotel honchos! For the 69th consecutive year the beautiful Del Mar Thoroughbred Club — just 363 miles south of the Strip and 20 miles north of San Diego -– plays host to casino high-rollers and executives, Vegas horse owners and equestrian enthusiasts, including yours truly! Spotted in the perfect weather and sensational scenery MGM Mirage Chairman Terry Lanni who, as a director of the track’s Board ... Read more...

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07.23.08 · 12:08 AM

Criss Angel, Part II: A 15-year dream fulfilled with haunting Believe

“Believe will be unlike any show the world has ever seen,” said Mindfreak magician Criss Angel from backstage at the Luxor theater. “It is beyond even my wildest dreams — absolutely incredible,” as he took a break from rehearsals for his new $100 million Cirque du Soleil spectacular that will open this September. (Part 2 of our exclusive interview with the impossibly inexplicable illusionist continues — click here for yesterday’s session with Criss talking about tonight’s premiere of his A&E ... Read more...

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07.22.08 · 4:42 PM

Nicholas Cage wants $1.5 million profit on house re-sale

National Treasure movie star Nicholas Cage loves Vegas real estate for investment purposes. He has hung a near $10 million price tag on his 14,000-square-foot investment home with views of the Strip. It has garage parking for 16 cars, real estate records and listing information show. The seven-bedroom house was built in 2003 and has a pool, a movie theater and an elevator. The action-adventure star bought the property in 2006 for $8.5 million, records show, and now he wants ... Read more...

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07.22.08 · 4:31 PM

Stars are shining all over the Strip

Our top two Strip nightclub venues, Pure at Caesars Palace and LAX at the Luxor, have been packed with celebrities — and it seems to be a growing trend during these hot summer months. Everybody’s come here to cool off — and yet heat up the night! Here’s the celebrity rundown our spywitnesses reported from LAX: Entertainer Jamie Foxx settled into a swanky, red-leather booth on the club’s VIP stage, where he drank Veuve Clicquot just steps away from actor ... Read more...

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07.22.08 · 4:27 PM

Save 50 percent or more on expensive restaurant wine

For some of the best wines in the city — at the best prices — the hidden gem for those in the know is the Marche Bacchus French Bistro, located just 10 miles from the Strip in the Desert Shores community of Summerlin. I can spend up to $75 for my favorite — Cloudy Bay Sauvignon Blanc — on the Strip, but at Marche Bacchus its just $38.99. My Veuve Clicquot champagne might set me back $110 on the Strip ... Read more...

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07.22.08 · 3:08 PM

Tonight’s Tip: Duck! It’s Jamie Foxx at Palms Place

I have a sneaky quacky feeling that Jamie Foxx will stick around town long enough to host the Swim with the Ducks party at the Palms Place pool where he was just the guest last week … Accordion-playing ordained minister comedienne Judy Tenuta starts a week’s run at the Improv at Harrah’s, with Jeff Carpi and Adam Richmond opening for her. You can expect some of her audience to let her marry her as part of her wacky comedy stint ... Read more...

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07.22.08 · 8 AM

Mariah won’t carry a Vegas residency — yet

The music world went into Mariah Carey overdrive buzz at the end of last week and over the weekend. Internet websites were awash around the globe repeating and repeating the outrageous story that the pop-diva had accepted an offer to appear as a resident headliner at the Planet Hollywood casino resort. It would have meant she was joining the likes of Cher, Bette Midler and Elton John - and accordingly would have been the youngest singer with a new permanent ... Read more...

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07.22.08 · 6 AM

Angel ready to make waves at Lake Mead

Mindfreak magician Criss Angel doesn’t want to even think of how much extra insurance his Cirque du Soleil partners have just taken out on him. “That’s more frightening than death,” he told me. “ I’m not in fear of death, but I know they’ve bought a lot of extra insurance. I’ve no idea how much, and quite frankly I don’t want to know.” He’s about to take a whirlwind round-trip flight to Florida to scope out the Clearwater location of ... Read more...

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07.21.08 · 8 PM

Strip Scribbles: SushiSamba and Strip sightings

* The first celebrities to try the new SushiSamba Asian-Latin American dining palace in the Palazzo were John O’Hurley and his wife, relaxing after the closing of Spamalot, and Rick Faugno, who plays Frankie Valli in Jersey Boys at the Palazzo, with his actress wife, Joyce Chittick. In the first four days of opening, owner Matt Johnson reports they are up to 500 dinners nightly — proving the long-awaited and much-anticipated unique, fun cuisine. * Basketball stars are everywhere you ... Read more...

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07.21.08 · 7:41 PM

Jamie Foxx and Brody Jenner play the Palms’ party pleasure game

None other than Oscar-winning actor, singer and comedy star Jamie Foxx was first in line — with friends — for the first midnight showing of the new Dark Night Batman movie at the Brenden Theatre at the Palms! Jamie took over a VIP cabana at the Palms pool for his seven friends and ordered up chicken quesadillas, chicken salad, pina coladas and Fiji water. His friends danced and partied in the sun, but Jamie, wearing camouflage shorts and a polo ... Read more...

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07.21.08 · 7:26 PM

Exclusive: Tao sets opening date for LAVO club in the Palazzo

The talented team behind the extraordinary success of Tao at the Venetian has now created a new restaurant and nightclub concept, and Luxe Life can exclusively reveal they’ve decided to open the unique LAVO at the adjoining Palazzo on Aug. 23. Expect official confirmation of this within the next 24 hours but, as always, Luxe Life is first with the news! The exciting nightlife addition comes from the thoughts behind the word “LAVO.” Latin for “to bathe or cleanse,” LAVO ... Read more...

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07.21.08 · 7:07 PM

Corey Feldman and Playboy wife party it up

Eighties icon Corey Feldman began his birthday blast celebrating the success of his top-rated A&E cable TV series The Two Coreys while his wife showed off her new naughty-but-nice, provocative, peek-a-book pictorial in the new Playboy magazine!!! First, they and friends enjoyed a feast at FIX steakhouse at the Bellagio, ordering up tomato and fig pizzas, spicy tuna, drunken lobster and ribeye steaks. Then they really started to live it up in high style at neighboring nightclub, The Bank. Corey ... Read more...

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07.21.08 · 12 PM

Sash advance: Miss America Organization officials confirm Luxe Life scoop

Just hours after Luxe Life broke the exclusive news that both the Miss America and the Miss USA beauty pageants were returning to Vegas both Planet Hollywood casino resort executives and parade officials confirmed our scoop! Miss America officials confirmed the 52 scholarship contestants will arrive on the Strip mid-January for a week of preliminary competitions. It will all culminate in a totally new live telecast on The Learning Channel on Saturday, Jan. 24, live from Vegas at 5p.m. for ... Read more...

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07.21.08 · 10:14 AM

Tonight’s tip: Prive hosts “Money for Nothing”; Puck drops at Jet

It is “Money for Nothing” Monday at Prive, with rap ballers Tony Yao and Ace Hood … Real World San Francisco alumni Puck “steps into the 90s” with DJ Flip at the Jet nightclub party in The Mirage … It’s a daylong birthday celebration for Randy Davilia at MGM’s Wet Republic pools and continues on late-night at the Rock Lounge in Tabu ,,, Vintage clothing from the Annie Creamcheese boutique is on parade as the models strut their stuff on ... Read more...

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07.21.08 · 9:40 AM

Hilton-Madden lead celeb parade at Wasted Space

It took two parties and a birthday bash for tattooed motocross champ Carey Hart to open his new Wasted Space rock lounge at the Hard Rock Hotel. Rock stars and Hollywood’s socialites and singers mingled together to pronounce it “one incredible winner.” Our double opening-night souvenir photo album shows a better story than any words we can conjure up! First, to celebrate the new locals industry night and his birthday, action sports superstar and co-owner Carey was joined by N.Y. ... Read more...

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07.18.08 · 2:30 PM

Strip Scribbles: Vegas Palace coming our way

*Celebrity chef Bobby Flay is firing up his grill with a $5-million cash infusion from General Electric’s financial arm, GE Capital Solutions, to launch a chain of Bobby’s Burger Palace. Bobby, who runs Mesa Grill at Caesars Palace, opened the first one yesterday in Long Island, N.Y., but says one will definitely be targeted for Vegas as soon as is possible. Bobby’s Burger Palace is “convenient casual” and features gourmet burgers, emphasizing influences from different regions of the United States ... Read more...

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07.18.08 · 2 PM

Iron Chef challenger opens Bellagio’s new sushi restaurant

Iron Chef contender Akira Back opens the Light Group’s new Yellowtail Sushi restaurant tonight – and it’s just steps from owner Andrew Sasson’s other nightlife destinations at the Bellagio. The opening of Yellowtail comes just one month after the multimillionaire mogul opened his new Brand Steakhouse at the Luxor. This is his first Japanese restaurant venture and it’s located directly opposite his mega successful Fix restaurant and bar, near the new Bank nightclub and his Caramel bar and lounge. Yellowtail ... Read more...

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07.18.08 · 1:34 PM

Brody Jenner’s escalating party hi-jinx cause concerns

The Hills heartthrob hunk Brody Jenner heads to Vegas today for yet another round of partying, and his recent drinking sprees at nightclubs from coast to coast have both friends and family “seriously worried.” I was told they are really concerned about his nonstop, merry-go-round behavior of drinking and may well “intervene with a rehab rescue.” Brody’s family is made up of Olympic champion Bruce Jenner, his wife, the former Beverly Sassoon, stepdad record producer David Foster and all three ... Read more...

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07.18.08 · 1:30 PM

Team USA returns for final pre-Olympic workouts

Just as 10 days of NBA Summer League with 21 teams ends this weekend, in comes Team USA in its final preparations and workouts before heading off to Beijing for the 2008 Olympics. The athletes arrive here Sunday and will be training at Valley High School through Thursday. Then on Friday, July 25, at Thomas & Mack, the team faces Canada in an exhibition game that is the only matchup where fans will be able to see them on a ... Read more...

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07.18.08 · 8 AM

Weekend tease: A veritable fast break awaits Vegas visitors

Now its time for us to tip-off the weekend highlights, shoot straight, avoid a penalty and grab a 3-poiner with a bonus we lovingly referee around here as the ROYAL ROBIN RUNDOWN: Friday July 18: * It’s opening day of Mamma Mia! the movie with Meryl Streep, Pierce Brosnan, Colin Firth, Julie Waters and Christine Baranski — and if you love it and haven’t seen the musical, then call the Mandalay Bay box office immediately. * Three huge classic rock ... Read more...

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07.18.08 · 8 AM

Opening of Hart’s Wasted Space to be an all-star gala

For the second time in as many weeks, reconciled reality-show co-stars Paris Hilton and Nicole Richie return to Vegas with their beaus, twin-brother rockers Benji and Joel Madden. They are just four members of the all-star Hollywood invasion set to attend Saturday night’s official rock ‘n’ roll decadence opening of Carey Hart’s new Wasted Space rock lounge at the Hard Rock Hotel. Click here for the Luxe Life posting on Monday for our exclusive tour of the hip nightspot. Benji ... Read more...

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07.18.08 · 6 AM

Caesars Palace gets the jump on New Year’s Eve spectacle

For some unknown reason, the fountains at Caesars Palace have held a mystical and myth-making fascination for daredevils, stunt guys and motorcycle mavericks. Maybe it’s the spectacular setting at center Strip? Maybe because the legend has played out with Caesars and Cleopatra and the 200,000 spectators who pass by each day? Maybe it’s because Caesars has always prided itself as the Vegas home of unique and unusual sporting events? Luxe Life has learned that the Fox TV network has been ... Read more...

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07.17.08 · 1 PM

Tonight’s tip: Donny & Marie or heavy metal rock?

* Brother-sister singing duo Donny & Marie Osmond begin a seven-night run at MGM Grand’s Hollywood theater as part of their world tour, which wraps in time for them to start a regular headliner engagement at the rival Flamingo in September. * There’s a heavy metal rock triple header at the House of Blues with an early 6 p.m. start to get Mastodon, Machine Head and Black Tide all on and off stage for each others’ performances! * There are ... Read more...

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07.17.08 · 12:30 PM

Mamma Mia! musical stars welcome Mamma Mia! Movie

If the stars of our Mamma Mia! musical at Mandalay Bay were movie critics like Ebert & Roeper, they’d give the new Mamma Mia! movie “two thumbs up.” Our local cast and crew got a sneak preview of the Meryl Streep-Pierce Brosnan-Christine Baranski-Colin Firth movie, which opens across the country tomorrow. At the special preview in the Town Square movie complex, current and former cast members of the Mandalay show were joined by Jersey Boys and Phantom of the Opera ... Read more...

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07.17.08 · 12:20 PM

Strip Scribbles: Sightings, magic’s black eye

* Comedy star Jamie Foxx treated his sister and some friends to dinner at Iron Chef Kerry Simon’s restaurant in George Maloof’s Palms Place condotel. He then went out onto the pool deck to join the fun of the weekly “duck-hunting” party — but he didn’t go wading in the water like some of the other enthusiastic revelers. However, Jamie did entertain the crowd with two unexpected songs, including his hit he recorded with rapper Kanye West, “Gold Digger.” * ... Read more...

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07.17.08 · 8 AM

Great theater for Donny & Marie at MGM Grand

Everybody should know by now that brother and sister singing duo Donny and Marie Osmond are returning to the Strip as resident headliners starting in September at the Flamingo! So what are they doing opening tonight for seven days with eight shows at the rival MGM Grand Hollywood Theater? Hard to believe that its their first time together back here on the Strip since 1979! That’s just about 30-years ago — wow time flies! Don’t fret, my pet! The Flamingo ... Read more...

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07.17.08 · 6 AM

Vegas stars of all ilk team for recovery effort

Top stars, beloved VIP chefs and even our beauty-salon kings from the best Vegas Strip venues are joining forces to help fight the current economic recession and mortgage crisis. They have all become part of a special promotion specifically designed to boost tourism to Sin City from across America and Canada. Everybody from Cirque du Soleil and illusionist Criss Angel from their joint new Believe show at the Luxor to Wayne Brady and the Blue Man Group at The Venetian ... Read more...

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07.17.08 · 6 AM

Life’s rich pageants: Miss America, Miss USA commit to Vegas

The official announcements are days away but Luxe Life can go “on the record” with the news that both the Miss America and the Miss USA beauty pageants are heading back to Vegas -– and this time around they might be here to stay! Planet Hollywood chieftain Robert Earl appears to have cornered the beauty pageant business as he’s successfully landed both prestigious events –- and a third may even be in the works too! Here they come Miss America ... Read more...

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07.16.08 · 4:25 PM

Sunday Times readers heap praise on Vegas resort

Readers of the prestigious London Sunday Times have decided a Vegas resort-casino is the best hotel in the world. It beat out properties from as far afield as Dubai, Singapore, the Maldives in the Indian Ocean and Antigua in the Caribbean, which ranked in the Top 5. The readers represented in the voting had visited 108 countries, flown on 46 airlines and stayed in 1,772 hotels. So high praise indeed and many congratulations to MGM’s Bellagio for winning the ultimate ... Read more...

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07.16.08 · 4:02 PM

Unexpected Jane’s Addiction reunion at Red Rock Resort

Three thousand fans turned up for the short Bottle Rock It concert by Jane’s Addiction star Perry Farrell at Red Rock Resort near Red Rock Canyon in suburban Summerlin. They may have grumbled about the length of the show, which ran a little over half-an-hour, but they got the surprise of their lives with the unexpected reunion of Farrell and fellow Jane’s Addictions star, super guitarist Dave Navarro! The twosome had feuded bitterly in recent years, but patched up their ... Read more...

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07.16.08 · 3:26 PM

Two new restaurant openings and a hit moves westward

Star Chef Alessandro Stratta who already runs the top-ranked, 5-star fine-dining Alex at Wynn Las Vegas, has now opened a sleek casual Italian trattoria there. Corsa Cucina has been transformed into the new Stratta, serving the best of regional Italian cooking, and opens its doors this week. Said the celebrated chef: “Alex is uptown and Stratta is downtown — a bustling restaurant with a totally different vibe of fun and good food. Its very soulful and very representative of what ... Read more...

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07.16.08 · 2:47 PM

Late-night Strip revelry for rockers and sports stars at LAX

It was easy to tell the star attractions apart at the LAX nightclub at the Luxor: Half of them all looked exactly the way rockers should and the other half all looked the way sports star should! The heavy-metal contingent was represented by Godsmack lead vocalist Sully Erna, and the trim athletes were represented by NBA star forward Jermaine O’Neal of the Toronto Raptors. Other leather-lovers included Dave Navarro and Perry Ferrell from Jane’s Addiction, after their Red Rock Resort ... Read more...

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07.16.08 · 2:22 PM

Tonight’s tip: Take Hart in new rock lounge at Hard Rock Hotel

Don’t forget the “locals opening” of Carey Hart’s Wasted Space rock lounge at the Hard Rock Hotel, complete with the inaugural industry night to be ghoulishly known as “Mommy’s Little Monster Party” … Howard Jones is at one with the electronics poolside at the South Point, while DJ Girl 6 twists those wheels of steel … And the NBA Summer League continues at Thomas & Mack; later games are the Kings vs. Mavericks at 3 p.m., 76ers vs. Wizards at ... Read more...

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07.16.08 · 1:53 PM

Upon closing, Spamalot looks on the bright side

After 18 months of double- and triple-curtain calls and standing ovations from enthusiastic fans, the wacky Spamalot musical ended its run at the Wynn Las Vegas. Its star, John O’Hurley, led the cast in a sing-along of its hit song “Always Look on the Bright Side” of Life” as the curtain came down for the final time. The award-winning show had opened in March 2007 and a sold-out audience was on hand for the finale as John, in the role ... Read more...

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07.16.08 · 1:15 PM

Strip Scribbles: NBA athletes spotted along Strip

* We’re about a month away from the debut of the new Raw Talent Live show opening at the Sahara. Today, Siegfried & Roy’s producer friend, Nicole Durr, wraps up the casting at the New World School of Arts in Miami — and also is donating $10,000 from her philanthropic foundation, Angel’s Warriors. Nicole will pick her final singers, dancers and performers for the 75-minute production, which fuses dance with live original music and high-tech video illusions and 700 extravagant ... Read more...

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07.16.08 · 10:11 AM

Pamela’s ‘down under’ trip grabs ratings but doesn’t save show

One always has to follow-up on delicious ironies. Luxe Life reported all last week on Vegas showgirl Pamela Anderson’s trip down under to Australia. She flew 16 hours to go into the Big Brother house on Network 10. It was the producer’s last-ditch gamble to save the show from cancellation. The ratings were gigantic. In fact, more than 1 million viewers — the most ever — tuned in. But after seven years, the network chiefs decided to kill it off. ... Read more...

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07.16.08 · 7 AM

The star merry-go-round of romance, marriage, divorce, possible reunion

One of the toughest fighters inside the octagon may have fallen hard! UFC superstar Chuck Liddell is said to have fallen “head over heels” for blond beauty Erin Wilson, who delivered the knockout punch! Now, inside word has it they have become engaged to be married later this year. The 28-year-old champion and former Boy Scout has two young daughters from a previous relationship: Cade and Trista. Chuck and Erin have been spotted all over Vegas in recent months, and ... Read more...

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07.15.08 · 2:24 PM

Web site displays Strip’s winning, losing condo projects

One of the most comprehensive and up-to-date Web sites dealing with construction news, architectural renderings, and site maps along the Strip and downtown can be found at VegasTodayAndTomorrow.com. The report says we’re in the largest building boom that Vegas has ever seen but we’re bloated with new projects. Apparently, more than 110 high-rise condo, hotel, mixed-use and other major projects are in various stages of planning, development and construction with “green” buildings making an entrance and many world-famous “starchitects” stepping ... Read more...

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07.15.08 · 2:21 PM

Images of 60s British music invasion on display

Ever wonder just what Mick Jagger looked like 50 years ago when he was a teenager breaking into rock? Or how The Beatles, The Kinks, Jimi Hendrix and Ike and Tina Turner looked a half-century ago. They are all remarkably captured in a candid series of author-photographer Ian Wright’s new exhibit, Pop: Images of the British Invasion, which is on display at the Symbolic Gallery behind the Strip through the end of this month. Rocker Spencer Davis of his own-named ... Read more...

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07.15.08 · 2:02 PM

Stars dunk with the ducks at Palms Place

Hotel tycoon George Maloof has created the wildest, wackiest “hot summer nights” parties — and it simply involves bathtub rubber duckies! Actually, there are more than 25,000 of them, filling the sixth-floor pool of his new Palms Place condotel every Tuesday. Tonight will be no different. The stars are turning out in droves for the six hours of festivities that begin at Iron Chef Kerry Simon’s restaurant with happy hour at 6 p.m., then the pool is open from 8 ... Read more...

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07.15.08 · 1:20 PM

Tonight’s tip: Hit Studio 54 (with leg-warmers) and hang with Mr. Freeze

* Hardly the time of year, but ladies if you want to wear leg-warmers you will drink free till midnight at Studio 54 at the MGM Grand because VH1 honoree “Mr. Freeze” is hosting the Influence 2080’s party with a live performance by hip-hop star Biz Markie. * Comedy is king as disc and movie performer Aries Spears headlines at the Improv at Harrah’s, with Joel Lindley and Howard Allen as his opening acts. You can guarantee that Chicago-born Aries ... Read more...

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07.15.08 · 12:54 PM

Sushi Samba, Sugarcane lounge set to open at Palazzo

For weeks, the owners of the new extraordinary Sushi Samba restaurant at the Palazzo have been waiting for their inspections from every county department imaginable. Now, with their myriad of certificates and licenses, the eclectic jewel featuring a mix of Asian, Brazilian and Peruvian treats opens tonight for dinner. Next Tuesday, the restaurant will start its lunchtime service, staying open daily from 11 a.m. to midnight. Sushi Samba restaurants in New York, Miami, Dallas and Chicago are monster hits — ... Read more...

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07.15.08 · 12:28 PM

Human Cannonball beats death-defying stunt

World-traveled, world famous and Guinness World Records holder David “The Bullet” Smith paid his first visit to the Vegas Valley. David Smith holds the Guinness title from 1996 for soaring 181 feet through the air as a human cannonball. David and his family travel the world — including the United States, Canada, Australia, England, the Middle East, Holland and most recently South Africa — delighting audiences with the amazing daredevil human cannonball stunts. He has worked professionally as a human ... Read more...

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07.15.08 · 11:52 AM

Strip Scribbles: Robin S. shows the love; Beauty and Beats at Jet

* You would never know that we’re officially in a recession based on the amount of wild free-spending partying that continues onward in our Vegas nightclubs. At Bank in the Bellagio, dance-queen diva Robin S. had the revelers going wild when she performed her smash single “Show Me Love”. Watching the show in a separate VIP group was former Pittsburgh Steelers multipurpose star Kordell “Slash” Stewart. * Over at Jet at The Mirage, Playboy Playmate Janine Habeck and DJ Cobra ... Read more...

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07.15.08 · 10 AM

Torrid Tera’s club calls keeps ‘em guessing

Nightclub rivalry of another kind involves the world’s No. 1 porn-star princess. Torrid Tera Patrick made headlines with a unique deal at the Hard Rock Hotel, but it has since clouded over with casino executives saying there was no plan to have her dance with the Helles Belles in the gaming pit there. Instead, they said she would present her shows with a series of dates in the hotel’s Body English nightclub. However, she turned up at the rival Prive ... Read more...

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07.15.08 · 8:37 AM

Final nine at WSOP set

It was past 3 o’clock this morning –- and the clock ticking toward 4 a.m. -– before the final nine poker players were decided for November’s ultimate World Series of Poker showdown. Two Canadians, one Russian and one Dane will compete against five Americans for the $9.2-million grand prize back here in Vegas just before Thanksgiving –- and not one star-name poker prince or local hometown champion remains in the war! Two California players, Kelly Kim of Whittier and David ... Read more...

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07.15.08 · 6 AM

Buff call: Will Sarah Larson take a half-mil to pose nude?

Sexy Sarah Larson has really hit the big-time with a rumored whopping $500,000 offer to pose for Playboy according to inside-word that’s reached us at Luxe Life. The former N9NE Group cocktail server at Moon and the Playboy Club had her life changed early last summer. Bachelor movie heart-throb George Clooney spied her while attending the CineVegas premiere of the casino heist movie Oceans 13 and the twosome turned up vacationing in Europe and together at film festivals and on ... Read more...

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07.14.08 · 6:01 PM

Strip Scribbles: Diaz & Co. find themselves in quite a Fix

* Blonde beauty and Hollywood’s favorite “it” girl, Cameron Diaz, turned up unexpectedly with two other galpals at midnight craving supper at Fix at the Bellagio. They enjoyed an array of mixed vegetables, including a baby lettuce salad, grilled asparagus, mini potatoes and roasted mushrooms. The trio dined quickly and left after 45 minutes to hit the gaming tables at the Bellagio. No word yet as to why she was here on a surprise visit or whether she won or ... Read more...

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07.14.08 · 5:36 PM

Tomorrow’s tease: Clooney’s ex asked to shed

Will she or won’t she? Playboy allegedly wants George Clooney’s former galpal and Vegas cocktail server-turned-model to bare all for a pictorial and sizzling Tera Patrick photos prove why she’s the adult film world’s No. 1 porn princess … Human cannonball Dave Smith, known as “The Bullet Man” is one amazing daredevil and LuxeLife should have the amazing photos of his flight across Findlay Toyota’s new 145,000-square-foot auto dealership … We also have advance coverage on the opening tomorrow of ... Read more...

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07.14.08 · 5:05 PM

Angel’s former galpal running like a Giselle

Sexy Giselle Diaz is making more headlines now she’s split from Mindfreak magician Criss Angel than she did when they were together oh-so-briefly! No sooner had they first met there was talk from inside their camp they were rushing into a quickie marriage and honeymooning in Mexico. Fortunately, cooler heads prevailed and the romance fell apart faster than it began. Newly single Giselle struck out on the party scene and was caught contentedly kissing various girls at nightclubs around town. ... Read more...

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07.14.08 · 4:47 PM

Silent treatment noted at Electra’s Disaster party

It might have been just a two-hour visit that began after midnight but Sunday morning, pre-dawn, petite Carmen Electra packed a powerful punch as she hosted a party at the Prive hotspot inside Planet Hollywood. Even though they weren’t really talking to each other she and her fiancée, rocker Rob Patters, celebrated her new Disaster Movie with the nightclub revelers. After dinner in the resort’s sushi and sashimi Asian-themed Koi restaurant, Carmen, wearing a pink-and-white sequined dress with sexy purple ... Read more...

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07.14.08 · 2 PM

Missy Elliott Celebrates Birthday No. 37 at Tao

Grammy award-winning hip-hop queen Missy Elliott celebrated her 37th birthday at the Tao nightclub in The Venetian. Wearing a stylish black and gold tracksuit from her Adidas Respect M.E. Originals collection and a chunky gold necklace to match, her birthday entourage included 25 of her closest friends, including her choreographer and dancers. First, they dined inside Tao’s Asian Bistro feasting on Chilean sea bass satay, Pad Thai noodles and lobster wontons. Missy was surprised when the attractive Tao servers presented ... Read more...

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07.14.08 · 1:30 PM

Jacko’ seen in wheelchair wearing pajamas, surgical mask, wig

What is going on with the one-time King of Pop? For the second time in as many weeks, a surgical-masked Michael Jackson has been photographed in a wheelchair. But this time he was even wearing pajamas and slippers, and hoping a rasta wig, black scarf and large sunglasses would keep him disguised. Now, everybody is asking if his failing health is cause for fear or is it just another diversionary publicity stunt. “Wacko on Wheels” screamed the London tabloid headlines ... Read more...

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07.14.08 · 12:16 PM

Sneak preview of new Hard Rock lounge grabs the governor

With Nevada’s fiscal picture in freefall and looking darker by the moment, our divorce-fraught Gov. Jim Gibbons has been burning the midnight oil, including at nightclubs here on the Strip! First, he was up-close to the octagon when he hit the $800-a-ticket celebrity zone of the UFC fight at Mandalay Bay and then turned up at Tao nightclub’s dance floor in the Venetian. However, his latest Vegas foray that’s really raising eyebrows was a sneak preview that tattooed motocross champ ... Read more...

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07.12.08 · 2:47 PM

Script Scribbles: Little Anthony and big celeb chefs hit town

Saturday, July 12: *One of the biggest soul groups of all times, Little Anthony & The Imperials, reprise their hunk of hits from the ’50s and ’60’s in a special concert at The Club in the Cannery, which has carved itself a wonderful niche with the “goldie-oldies.” *Even if gas goes to $7 a gallon, think of it as a bargain today for the quick 25-minute pedal-to-the-metal drive south on the I-15 for guitarist Boz Scaggs in concert at the ... Read more...

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07.11.08 · 2:47 PM

Strip Scribbles: Celebs’ late nights, Friday night rundown

*It was a very late night — in fact, 2 a.m. — for both Bette Midler and her fans. The superstar decided to hold a surprise “meet and greet” with her audience after a The Showgirl Must Go On spectacular at the The Colosseum at Caesars Palace. During the performance she told the audience she would meet any of them who bought her book, “The Adventures of Baby Divine,” or her new greatest hits CD, Jackpot. At 10 p.m., some ... Read more...

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07.11.08 · 2 PM

WSOP the biggest in 39-year history

With a record 58,720 players from 118 different countries around the world the World Series of Poker at the Rio has officially gone into the record books. After 39 years it’s the richest and largest, according to WSOP Commissioner Jeffrey Pollack. He’s also betting that next year it will even be bigger! He believes the 8-percent “ buy-ins’ increase over last year’s tournament added a $20-million bonanza bonus to the prize pool of $180-million. The 55 events run over 47 ... Read more...

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07.11.08 · 12 PM

Behind-the-scenes secrets as Spamalot draws to a close

And now for something completely different! But unfortunately probably the last time on the Strip! On Sunday evening the curtain comes down on Monty Python’s Spamalot at Wynn Las Vegas, and star John O’Hurley gets ready to take his King Arthur role on the road with tour of major West Coast cities. It doesn’t look as if he will be singing, “Look on the Bright Side” anytime soon on the Strip. Sunday’s finale won’t be very much different than the ... Read more...

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07.11.08 · 8:55 AM

What’s that in the air? It’s love! And marriage!

There are two affairs of the heart this weekend that I’d like you to pay special attention to- not because I’m a romantic but both could change your life at first sight and involve some very special lovely lady-friends of mine! First up is tonight’s Adam & Eve Charity Love Fling -– a bachelor and bachelorette auction to benefit the New Vista Community organization, which provides equal opportunities and support to intellectually challenged folks of all ages. The event takes ... Read more...

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07.11.08 · 8 AM

Cher’s mystery suitor is named

The buzz on Cher’s alleged upcoming Vegas marriage grows positively stranger by the moment. Now, the National Enquirer has named 38-year-old former Hells Angel biker Tim Medvetz as her apparent beau. Once mistaken for one of her bodyguards, the 6-foot-5 adventurer is said to be a mountain climber who was seen climbing Mount Everest in the Discovery Channel series Everest: Beyond the Limit. Cher’s press representative still continues to deny any upcoming Vegas wedding and no license has been issued ... Read more...

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07.11.08 · 6 AM

Pam Anderson just says ‘no’ to Criss Angel, Tommy Lee rumors

While on Australian television’s controversial Big Brother series, guest star Pamela Anderson issued a string of denials about her love life. She denied she’s in a romance with Vegas-based Mindfreak magician Criss Angel after they were photographed “making out” at her LAX nightclub birthday party here. She denied she’s reunited with her former husband, Motley Crue drummer Tommy Lee, and that they are getting remarried. She also denied that her bountiful bust-line has been surgically reduced or that it’s in ... Read more...

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07.10.08 · 5:20 PM

Barkley makes million-dollar marriage proposal as celebs cause Palms gridlock

It didn’t matter if you were simply playing slots in the casino or lounging by one of the many pools of hotel tycoon George Maloof’s Palms resort the past few days. You were certain to run into sports and movie stars because they were there in an all-out VIP invasion, and every restaurant and nightclub on the property claimed its fare share! This was Star Surveillance at its finest — and it wasn’t even an opening party! NBA star Charles ... Read more...

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07.10.08 · 4 PM

To Jet set, Shannon is Vegas’ hottest

Stunning hometown model Shannon Kelly drove away the winner at Jet nightclub’s Vegas Blondeshell Awards finale. Crowned “The hottest girl in Vegas,” Shannon won a customized pink Corvette. For the past three weeks, 30 Vegas vixens vied for the top prize in weekly contests at the Mirage nightspot by mingling with and impressing club-goers. Patrons then voted American Idol style by texting the number of their favorite entrant. In the final round, Shannon wound up in the winner’s seat of ... Read more...

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07.10.08 · 3:17 PM

Top celebs turn out to trumpet tantalizing tower

It was a patriotic and star-studded ceremony at Planet Hollywood to celebrate the topping off of the new PH Towers by Westgate. Country-western singer and songwriter Lee Greenwood sang his hit “God Bless the USA” as a 50-foot American flag rose and unfurled at the top of the 52-story building. Rambo superstar Sylvester Stallone joined Nevada Gov. Jim Gibbons, Planet Hollywood Chairman Robert Earl and president Mike Mecca for the event. Construction had begun in January 2006. “It is the ... Read more...

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07.10.08 · 2 PM

Strip Scribbles: Club dust-up, sightings

*Now what was that dust-up all about? Janet Jackson’s lovemate, Jermaine Dupri, returned to the Prive nightclub’s Money For Nothing party to DJ a 90-minute set, but banned female rapper Khia, singer of “My Neck, My Back,” from getting up on his booth to sing her song. “Not while I’m in the house,” Dupri apparently said. There was an even bigger commotion when reality star Brody Jenner waltzed in with a gaggle of young beauties in tow. Champagne, he decreed ... Read more...

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07.10.08 · 12:03 PM

Cher’s Vegas runaway marriage report denied

Tabloid and Internet gossip reports worldwide are ablaze today that 62-year-old singing star Cher has married a 36-year-old former Hells Angel biker! The buzz broke in advance of Friday’s National Enquirer story that Cher, who headlines at The Colosseum it Caesars Palace, had “eloped” — and married in a surprise and secret Vegas ceremony. I can confirm that not one of my celebrity wedding sources in Vegas has any knowledge whatsoever of the supposed runaway exchange of vows — nor ... Read more...

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07.10.08 · 11:45 AM

Pam-demonium Down Under update: Chaos as sex symbol starts animal rights protest

Bolstered by massive TV ratings, sex symbol pinup Pamela Anderson carried through with her threat to protest the KFC restaurant chain, despite being paid a reported $500,000 for her three-day stint in the Big Brother House TV show sponsored by the fast-food empire! The former Baywatch busty blonde bombshell delivered a letter of complaint and videotape documenting alleged abuses to a KFC outlet in the Southport area of Brisbane on Australia’s Gold Coast tourist strip. She was mobbed by hundreds ... Read more...

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07.10.08 · 8 AM

Abba members reunite to welcome Mamma Mia! movie stars

Just days before the Vegas cast of Mamma Mia! at Mandalay Bay gets to see an advance sneak-preview screening of the new movie version of their musical, members of the ABBA supergroup reunited publicly for the first time in about 22 years. (It was back in 1986 when they last performed together in public, although there are rumors they played together at a friend’s birthday party in 1999.) Our local actors, singers and dancers will host the special viewing of ... Read more...

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07.10.08 · 6 AM

Pamela leaves Vegas, goes “down under” for Big Brother

The Australian “tough as Crocodile Dundee” gossip press criticized blond bombshell Pamela Anderson from the moment she landed “down under” direct from her birthday celebration in Vegas: *They lambasted her for her antics in the LAX nightclub at the Luxor with a sexually suggestive birthday cake and for finger-feeding it to Mindfreak magician Criss Angel. *They bashed her for arriving with an apparent smaller bust-line than what she had in her naked Playboy layouts. *They raked her over the coals ... Read more...

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07.9.08 · 3:54 PM

Strip Scribbles: Idol’s white visits dolphins, Perez Hilton hits Prive

— American Idol finalist Brooke White had missed out on a prior trip to the Dolphin Habitat at The Mirage –- so she was determined when the 2008 AI tour came through Vegas it wasn’t going to happen again. Sure enough it happened and she got to spend some quality time with the dolphins at the Habitat. — Love the line magician Lance Burton used on The View co-host Barbara Walters after he’d sawn her in half to wrap the ... Read more...

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07.9.08 · 2:40 PM

Tomorrow’s tease: Lingerie loungerie

* Every Wednesday just after midnight, the sexy Cathouse lingerie loungerie at the Luxor throws its Vanity after-hours party that sometimes can run until dawn — and you might even find the gorgeous girls from the topless adult cabaret Fantasy next door in for a late cocktail. If you miss the delicious dolls at Cathouse, catch them every Tuesday night for a pre-show at the nearby Flirt bar! * In advance of next week’s American premiere for the movie version ... Read more...

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07.9.08 · 1:35 PM

The governor’s nightclub dinner with the stars

In the midst of a divorce scandal, it’s obvious that headline is meant to titillate — I have no shame! But it’ll make you read on as Luxe Life notes all the stars that surrounded Nevada Gov. Jim Gibbons when he made a surprise late-night dinner visit to the Tao Asian bistro in the Venetian! Also there — just tables away — by total coincidence was former Nevada attorney general George Chanos with actor Billy Zane, and nearby, comedy actor ... Read more...

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07.9.08 · 12 PM

Star-studded turnout for UFC 86 as “Rampage” Jackson falls to Forest Griffin

It was an all-star ringside gathering at the octagon as the Ultimate Fighter reality show became real life at UFC 86 at the Mandalay Bay Events Center. On hand to watch the carnage as Quinton “Rampage” Jackson fell by unanimous decision to Forest Griffin were everybody from actress Jamie Pressly to Mr. Olympia, Jay Cutler! The celebrity guests included Mindfreak magician Criss Angel, Red Hot Chili Pepper Anthony Kiedis, lovely Mandy Moore, Laura Prepon, Rebecca Field, comedians David Spade and ... Read more...

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07.9.08 · 12 PM

Romance updates: Life after George Clooney and Pink

Former Moon nightclub and Playboy Club cocktail server Sarah Larson is giving former flame George Clooney credit for her new modeling career. In a new interview with Britain’s Hello magazine, the 29-year-old former N9NE Group employee says her year-long fling with the movie superstar has ended without any bitterness. “Doors have opened and I have a lot of great opportunities and no complaints,” she said, adding, “I make good money. I have all the things I’ve always wanted. I’m in ... Read more...

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07.9.08 · 9:30 AM

Boxing Match Draws Stars for 61-second KO

It took Kendall Holt just 61 seconds in the first round to KO challenger Ricardo Torres when Planet Hollywood presented Top Rank boxing. Casino chieftain Robert Earl and Top Rank head honcho Bob Arum welcomed Paris Hilton and beau-friend Benji Madden, along with former champ Mike Tyson, singers Steve Lawrence and Clint Holmes, New York Giants star running back Brandon Jacobs, ‘N Sync manager Johnny Wright and showman Jeff Beacher ringside. Our Luxe Life photographer, Tom Donoghue, captured an incredible ... Read more...

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07.9.08 · 6 AM

Poker-playing stars raise thou$and$ for Cheadle charity

Win or lose, the Hollywood celebrity contingent didn’t care because they were having fun and raising almost $1 million for fellow actor Don Cheadle’s second “Ante Up for Africa” poker tournament. Last year Don and poker princess Annie Duke teamed for the inaugural challenge as part of the World Series of Poker at the Rio -– and raised $700,000 in their campaign to bring awareness to the suffering of refugees in the horrid ethnic-cleansing warfare in Darfur. It was a ... Read more...

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07.8.08 · 2 PM

Strip Scribbles: Engagement on, Strip sightings

* It certainly didn’t look as if “the engagement is off” for Brian Austin Green and fiancee Megan Fox when they cuddled up and kissed during their visit to Cirque du Soleil’s O show at the Bellagio. Gossips have been breathless with their breakup reports — but once again proven wrong! * Bette the baker? Caesars Palace headline showgirl Bette Midler was so impressed by the unique and unusual breads wheeled around during dinner at Guy Savoy’s three-star Michelin restaurant ... Read more...

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07.8.08 · 12 PM

Tomorrow’s tease: Action in the octagon

Luxe Life is up-close and personal with the fight-fan celebrities at both the UFC Octagon rumble and the Planet Hollywood boxing plus tableside with everybody from Matt Damon and Ben Affleck at the World Series of Poker showdown. Photos and interviews galore for a star-studded edition of Luxe Life. Read Luxe Life every day — both at this Web site and here. Our weekly Luxe Life wrap-up is heard on the ABC radio network to 300 stations around the world. ... Read more...

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07.8.08 · 8 AM

Pamela Anderson makes magic with Criss Angel at birthday bash

The birthday girl wore pink. The cake, shaped suspiciously similar to a female body part, was pink — and buxom blond bombshell Pamela Anderson let just enough of her pink pulchritude show to cool the censors as the satin gown slipped off her shoulders and dutifully fell open as, giggling and squealing, she fed her friends finger-sized helpings from the precious pastry! But it was the “makeout” maneuvers with Mindfreak magician Criss Angel that raised even more eyebrows than her ... Read more...

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07.8.08 · 7 AM

Marriage to Mariah is fine, Cannon says at Audigier opening

If fans were expecting superstar singer Mariah Carey to be on the arm of her new husband, TV comedy host Nick Cannon at the opening of the new Club Audigier they were disappointed. She wasn’t anywhere to be seen. If fans were expecting the King of Pop, Michael Jackson, to be in fashion designer’s Christian Audigier’s VIP section at his new nightclub at Treasure Island they were disappointed. He wasn’t anywhere to be seen. If fans were expecting George Clooney’s ... Read more...

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07.8.08 · 6 AM

Paris parties as marriage and baby rumors surface

If, once upon a time, there was feuding and fighting between Simple Life reality TV co-stars Paris Hilton and Nicole Richie, today they are the best of friends — and all thanks to love being “all in the family.” Nicole and Good Charlotte’s Joel Madden have a baby, Harlow — and Paris, who is now dating his twin brother, Benji Madden, has begun talking about marriage and having a baby with him. The girls were doing the love, romance, marriage ... Read more...

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07.4.08 · 12:22 PM

More Scribbles: Luxe Life runs down the rest of the weekend

Robin’s Royal Rundown for the remainder of the weekend in Las Vegas: Saturday — Paris Hilton will be front-row center -– or in the wings — for boyfriend Benji Madden’s Good Charlotte rock concert poolside at the Hard Rock Hotel. He’ll play guitar and share vocals with brother Joel, and they’ll feature tracks from their newest hit album Good Morning Revival including “Misery” and “March On.” — Rival blond-haired bombshell Pamela Anderson will celebrate her birthday at the LAX nightclub ... Read more...

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07.3.08 · 8:55 PM

Strip Scribbles: A packed holiday weekend in Vegas

— George Clooney and former Palms cocktail server Sarah Larson were a hot two-some for almost 12 months — and some fans were disappointed when he pulled his routine of “ending the relationship.” Most felt sorry for the gorgeous girl who had worked for the N9NE Group restaurants and clubs at George Maloof’s casino-resort. Now she has bounced back on a dinner date with British actor Jason Statham of “The Bank Job” fame. No word on if there will be ... Read more...

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07.3.08 · 6 PM

Sports stars and celebs party hearty at Tryst

It may just have been the most dazzling week of sports stars and celebrities at Victor Drai’s Tryst nightclub in the Wynn since its glittering gala opening more than two years ago. Luxe Life has the inside-club photos of all the VIPs. Los Angeles Lakers hero Luke Walton was there the same night as Baltimore Ravens star Terrell Suggs and Milwaukee Bucks player Richard Jefferson. They were wide-eyed as former world boxing champ and our hometown wonderman Floyd Mayweather Jr. ... Read more...

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07.3.08 · 4 PM

WSOP stars cut loose in Vegas

At first count well over $500,000 was raised for Don Cheadle’s “Ante Up for Africa” celebrity poker tournament to aid the refugees of the Darfur region of the Sudan. Later today we’ll know the final exact amount. Meantime, enjoy the photos of all the celebrities at play. The morning started off calm enough with Australia’s cricket superstar Shane Warne and boxing legend Jeff Fenech posing for me in front of the infamous Las Vegas Sign. Then the day got sizzling ... Read more...

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07.3.08 · 1:44 PM

Sly Stallone celebrates at Planet Hollywood ceremony

Movie superstar Sylvester Stallone helped celebrate last night’s ceremony for the “topping off” of the new Planet Hollywood Towers by Westgate timeshare vacation resort. He’s seen in our Luxe Life photo, fists proudly held high with owner David Siegel and Planet Hollywood chairman Robert Earl in the background. Country singer Lee Greenwood sang “God Bless America” as a giant 50-square-feet American flag was hoisted to the top of the building. Planet Hollywood Towers is the largest shared vacation ownership resort ... Read more...

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07.3.08 · 12 PM

This news is new — unless you’ve been reading Luxe Life

There’s been an amazing flurry of headlines this week both locally and nationally about Vegas news stories that all appeared weeks and months ago in Luxe Life. We rarely pat ourselves on the back but we’ll take credit for the story of Bette Midler finally obtaining her wedding photos after 23 years following her marriage here in 1984 at the Starlight Chapel to husband Martin Von Hasselberg. The photos came to light back in February when the owners closed down ... Read more...

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07.3.08 · 9 AM

The 4th is boom time in Vegas

Our Strip skyline will be lit up in red, white and blue tomorrow –- and one fireworks display by the renowned Grucci New York family is being billed as the biggest show west of the Mississippi. Lights over Vegas will be a 9-minute long celebrating America’s 232nd birthday and will be coordinated from six Station Casino properties: Red Rock, Green Valley, Texas Station, Fiesta Ranch, Sunset Station and Santa Fe Station. It’s taken Grucci 60 hours to choreograph the dazzling ... Read more...

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07.3.08 · 8 AM

An advance look: The new $40 million Christian Audigier nightclub

It’s being called the most fashionable nightlife venue ever to style Las Vegas — and tonight, famed fashion designer Christian Audigier holds the “soft” opening of his new club. Talk about the ultimate in luxurious opulence and decadence! On Friday, actor-comedian and MTV personality Nick Cannon will DJ and bring his own celebrity pals to add to Christian’s contingent. He commented: “Quite simply, it feels amazing. I feel like I can do anything and this is just another facet of ... Read more...

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07.3.08 · 6 AM

Paris, Pamela duke it out for holiday headlines

A phalanx of paparazzi photographers from New York and Los Angeles, along with a contingent of celebrity correspondents, is invading Vegas this holiday weekend. They’re here in the hope of headlines when the spotlight falls on two blond beauties who will be rivals for attention. Paris Hilton will be at the Hard Rock for boyfriend Benji Madden’s Good Charlotte poolside concert. Actress-model and former Vegas showgirl Pamela Anderson will celebrate her birthday at the LAX nightclub in the Luxor. Add ... Read more...

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07.2.08 · 5 PM

Strip Scribbles: Sightings in Vegas

Star Survelliance: Our hometown hero Steven Jackson, who is now a running back for the St. Louis Rams and formerly played at Eldorado High School, dined at Fix in the Bellagio with friends in the private dining room. They enjoyed spicy wings, rock shrimp and the surf and turf … Wayne Brady and Jennifer Tilly were separate lunch and dinner customers at the new Brio Tuscan Grille restaurant in the Town Square complex while magician Penn Jillette — not wishing ... Read more...

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07.2.08 · 12 PM

Tonight’s Luxe Life tips

Country king Lee Greenwood will entertain at the “Topping Off” ceremony of the new Planet Hollywood Towers by Westgate — the tallest timeshare building ever built and the first vacation ownership resort fully integrated into a major casino complex. The country-pop singer and songwriter will sing his God Bless the USA hit as a giant 50-foot American flag is sent to the top of the building. Slyvester Stallone, PH Chairman Robert Earl, Gov. Jim Gibbons and PH President Mike Mecca ... Read more...

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07.2.08 · 10:05 AM

Hard Rock’s Body English serves up Black Eyed Peas

Fans cameras were in overdrive when Apl.De.Ap of the Black Eyed Peas showed at Body English nightclub in the Hard Rock Hotel and put on a totally unexpected surprise performance while he was partying there. His Black Eyed Peas partner Will.i.am had spent the afternoon lounging poolside in a VIP cabana and boxer Mike Tyson dined there at Ago, and along with actor Aaron Yoo they all watched Apl.De.Ap’s wild show. NBA player Brandon Rush, was selected 13th in the ... Read more...

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07.2.08 · 9:43 AM

Fun facts as Phantom enters third year at Venetian

Last week, Luxe Life reported on the cast and crew celebration of the second anniversary of Phantom – Las Vegas Spectacular at The Venetian. We didn’t have time on deadline -– or the space— to go digging for the fun facts of the 24-month run, and you all know how I love those wacky stats. In all, they’ve performed the 95-minute show exactly 930 times in the $40-million Venetian theater. To stage it cost an additional $35 million, for the ... Read more...

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07.2.08 · 8 AM

Nicole celebrates with her Pussycat Dolls; a Killers surprise

Stunning lead singer of the Pussycat Dolls, Nicole Scherzinger, celebrated her birthday in top-pop style at the Luxor. She brought all the glamour girls from the gorgeous group — Kimberly Wyatt, Melody Thornton, Ashley Roberts, Jessica Sutta — and founder-creator Robin Antin and record producer Marco ‘Polo’ Bruno. First stop was the chic Company American Bistro eatery, where the model-thin girls selected shrimp ceviche and Soho burgers, followed by grilled Maine lobster paired with two wine courses. Then, a multi-layered ... Read more...

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07.2.08 · 6 AM

Charles Barkley breaks gambling vow for a good cause

Less than two months after paying off a $400,000 marker to the Wynn Las Vegas that he’d “forgotten about,” former NBA star Charles Barkley said he’d give up gambling in Vegas for the next couple of years. Now he’s breaking the promise — but it’s so he can donate his winnings to a good pal, actor Don Cheadle. Charles, a former Phoenix Suns star and now an NBA analyst for Turner Network Television, is one of more than a dozen ... Read more...

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07.1.08 · 7:23 AM

Soccer star’s honeymoon party seems never to end

It’s the multimillionaires’ honeymoon that wont end –- and the romantic newlyweds have become the darling couple of Sin City. British soccer superstar Wayne Rooney had originally wanted to marry his 22-year-old supermodel bride Coleen McLoughlin here in Vegas. She won though with her desire to marry in a villa in Portofino, Italy. But ever since their June 12 wedding, she compromised with the Vegas honeymoon and her 22-year-old husband who makes megamillion$ from the Manchester United team have partied ... Read more...

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