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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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Facebook07.31.08 · 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...
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Birthday boy Piven not withdrawn at Bank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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...