Las Vegas Weekly

February 12, 2009 · 11:30 AM

Photo Gallery: Eva Longoria, Mario Lopez add star power to Eleven Spa debut

By Robin Leach

Ken Paves, Eva Longoria and Mario Lopez.

Photo: Denise Truscello/WireImage

It was a case of old and new Hollywood glamour on a collision course to perfection at last night’s gala grand opening of the lavish and luxurious Eleven Spa. That’s one better than a perfect 10, folks!

The new super spa -- click HERE for yesterday’s advance coverage -- is one platinum palace of pleasures and pampering. Sexy Desperate Housewives star Eva Longoria and handsome Extra host Mario Lopez flew in on a private jet from Hollywood to support their friend and hairstylist hero to the stars Ken Paves, who opened his salon at the spa in Town Square.

Ken escorted business partner and Eleven Spa visionary Nikki Oden on the red carpet; she wore a stunning strapless black dress by John David Couture. Nikki changed into three outfits during the night, while Eva wore a simple but sexy black dress with towering six-inch stilettos and posed with Mario, dressed in black, as well, for our photos.

Eva and Mario joked around as best of friends while doing red carpet interviews. He played with her hair as she “fixed” his for the cameramen. At one point, Eva tripped on her pumps, so Mario took off her shoe, showed it to the black tie crowd and teased that she was so short with such big shoes! Click HERE for our affiliate Las Vegas Weekly red carpet coverage by Emily Gimmel.

Old Hollywood was represented by a melee of marvelous models decked out in silver screen outfits as cigarette girls passed out samples of Eleven Spa’s secret lotions and potions.

Throughout the night, even when I talked privately with Eva, Mario and Ken in a VIP lounge for our exclusive video report you’ll see posted here later, Ken told everyone that Eva was his muse! Naturally, she raved about Ken. They enjoyed a private tour of the spa and a fashion show by John David Couture models and the songs and music of singer Jennie Laws. Also spotted at the opening were Jessica Simpson’s former personal assistant, CaCee Cobb, and Miss Nevada USA Georgina Vaughan. Jessica is a client of Ken’s, and they are partners in his hair-extension products sold on HSN.

Eva held a glass of champagne for the toast I was asked to make in introducing partners Nikki and Ken. But she drank only water all evening, which will add fuel to those pregnancy rumors. The only thing she told me about her romantic life when we chatted privately was that she will be in Phoenix this weekend for the NBA mid-season break with San Antonio Spurs husband Tony Parker.

Photo: Preferred PR

Eleven Spa owners Ken Paves and Nikki Oden.

“We are there for Valentine’s Day, but we’re not doing anything extra special for the big day because we make everyday of the year a love affair between us,” Eva said. “Ken even taught us how to cut each other’s hair when he’s not around to do it.”

Mario confirmed for our Vegas DeLuxe cameras that he’s already training for the Los Angeles Marathon and then will compete in an Iron Man triathlon, all to raise funds for the Boys & Girls Club. Then he revealed that he has future political aspirations in California.

After their two-hour visit, the trio took off for Planet Hollywood, where just last month Ken was a judge in the Miss America Pageant that Mario hosted. Mario invited them to Koi, which he’d visited a few times during his Miss America duties. They took over the Fountain Room with its amazing Strip views. Eva ordered the extra spicy tuna with crispy rice, rainbow and tiger rolls, yellowtail sashimi and spicy seared tuna for the party to share. Before they left, they stopped at the Koi bar to watch late-night basketball highlights!

Check out our funny and candid conversations with the stars -- and see what happened as Mario plucked the petals from a rose, saying, “she loves me, she loves me not” with Eva -- here later when our exclusive Vegas DeLuxe video is posted.

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