Las Vegas Weekly

April 28, 2009 · 11:18 AM

Photo Galleries: Celebrity birthday and bachelor parties up and down the Strip

By Robin Leach

Supermodel Marisa Miller at Jet in The Mirage.

Photo: Denise Truscello/WireImage

Let’s start, though, with beautiful Sports Illustrated swimsuit cover model Marisa Miller, who was all over The Mirage on her daylong visit there. The stunner, who also is a Victoria’s Secret angel and lingerie model, started out at tops-optional Bare Pool Lounge. Marissa turned plenty of heads, posed for photos and signed autographs for fans. Four hours later, she had another gawking crowd of admirers at the new Rhumbar as part of the kick-off to The Mirage’s upcoming 20th anniversary celebrations.

More than 100 fans packed the outdoor patio for a glimpse of her in a sexy chocolate Lloyd Klein dress and Christian Louboutin heels. Marisa capped off her visit wearing a shimmering silver cocktail dress for her red carpet entrance to Jet. She entertained her party with champagne and cocktails and enjoyed a dance floor workout!

Actress Jaime King celebrated her 30th birthday all weekend long at the Tao and Lavo nightlife empire. The Sin City and Pearl Harbor star also took over a Tao Beach cabana with her husband, film director Kyle Newman. The couple ordered Red Mango frozen yogurt to go with the birthday cake, as they are investors in the company! Jaime thrilled her fans by slipping off her black floral Cynthia Vincent sundress to show off her pink bikini model body. After soaking up the sun with friends, she ordered an in-cabana massage. Jaime enjoyed birthday dinners at Lavo and Tao, where she wound up in the nightclub dancing with friends Paris and Nicky Hilton.

Also seen in a Tao Beach cabana was Pussycat Dolls lead singer Nicole Scherzinger shading herself from the sun in a floppy straw hat, sunglasses and a sheer black cover-up over a black bikini. How the girl keeps her figure is beyond me because she ordered sushi, crispy rice and tuna, sea bass fish and chips, mojitos and margaritas and even a giant fortune cookie, but she kept the words of wisdom to herself!

Also celebrating her 30th birthday at Lavo was poker’s sexy pro Lacey Jones. Lacey and friends first enjoyed Italian dinner specialties by chef Ralph Scamardella after enjoying a pitcher of sangria on the outside open-air terrace patio. Before the night was over, they hit the upstairs nightclub for the C-Level boutique fashion show.

Elsewhere in Tao and Lavo were dancer, actress and former pro wrestler Stacy Keibler; actor Dash Mihok, who treated 30 pals to a blowout bachelor party dinner; Lost star Jorge Garcia, for yet another bachelor party; and boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. As if that star list wasn’t enough, The Bachelor and The Bachelorette reality star DeAnna Pappas held court with friends, including former unsuccessful contestant Jeremy Anderson and CBS’ Big Bang Theory star Kunal Nayyar.

Photo: Aaron Thompson

DeAnna Pappas and Jeremy Anderson at Tao.

Photo: Denise Truscello

Nat Sharratt, Kyle Newman, Jaime King, Sat Hari and Jsu Garcia at Tao Beach.

Photo: Al Powers

Jorge Garcia and friends at Tao.

NBC Heroes stars Milo Ventimiglia and Masi Oka were in town for a friend’s wedding and also hit Lavo. Newly single from his breakup with co-star Hayden Panettiere, Milo had to get extra security to ward off the throng of over-eager females! Lavo partners Jason Strauss and Noah Tepperberg were at the adjoining table entertaining Rush Hour director Brett Ratner, comedian Pauly Shore and rocker Evan Seinfeld of The Spyderz.

Robin Leach has been a journalist for more than 50 years and has spent the past decade giving readers the inside scoop on Las Vegas, the world’s premier platinum playground.

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