Las Vegas Weekly

November 13, 2008 · 6 AM

Morning Call Exclusive: Ashlee & Pete, Heidi & Spencer and the Kardashian sisters will likely ring in the New Year in Las Vegas!

By Robin Leach

Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt at Social House.

Photo: Pure Management Group

For the first time since the upcoming birth of their first baby, Ashlee Simpson and Fall Out Boy rocker husband Pete Wentz will make a joint appearance here to celebrate New Year’s Eve. Hard rumors swirled last night that the mighty Pure Management Group has booked them to ring in the New Year with a countdown at Pure nightclub in Caesars Palace.

Also rumored is that another tight twosome, Heidi Montag and beaufriend Spencer Pratt of MTV’s The Hills, will spend their New Year’s Eve at French designer Christian Audigier’s nightclub in Treasure Island.

Photo: Erik Kabik/Retna

The Kardashians at Pure.

The Dec. 31 Strip extravaganzas also include the Kardashian sisters teaming up for the countdown and New Year’s celebration at LAX nightclub in the Luxor. Sexy bombshell Kim, our current Vegas Magazine cover girl, will be joined by sisters Kloe and Kourtney and other family members, including mom Beverly and Olympic gold medalist stepdad Bruce Jenner for the Strip festivities.

We got the news late last night, but it couldn’t be officially confirmed, although I was told that if I ran with the star stories, I wouldn’t be off the mark! The Strip nightclubs are in a tough battle this year for competing celebrities, and the first salvo fired by the Pure executives will force the other clubs in town to keep competitive.

“They landed the biggest of the hot young celebrities way in advance of anybody else because it’s doubtful stars will be in Vegas the weekend before or the weekend after New Year’s simply because it falls midweek on a Wednesday this year. Looks like they’ve scooped the lot,” one nightclub executive said.

Photo: The Palms

Jessica Simpson pats little sis Ashlee's baby bump at the grand opening party for George Maloof's new Palms Place on May 31.

Vegas DeLuxe is keeping an eye open and an ear perked for first news on all the other stars headed our way for the holidays! Paris Hilton and Good Charlotte rocker boyfriend Benji Madden won’t be here this year as they have accepted a New Year's Eve booking in Australia. She’ll launch the new social networking system Bongo Virus, and he’ll be the guest DJ at the Sydney Harbor party.

Photo: TVT

Benji Madden and Paris Hilton.

Two years ago it was reported that Paris had been paid $500,000 for a new Bondi Blonde Beer campaign there, and now Down Under snoops say it’ll be double that for the two of them this Dec. 31. You’ll actually be able to watch it online before you go off to party because Australia is so many time zones ahead of us! Expect the couple to vacation there on the Gold Coast afterwards for a week.

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