Las Vegas Weekly

June 3, 2009 · 8 AM

Photo Gallery: Gilles Marini, Kelly Monaco, Ice-T and MMA stars celebrate

By Robin Leach

Actor and Dancing With the Stars finalist Gilles Marini at Prive in Planet Hollywood.

Photo: Ash Hopkins

Dancing With the Stars finalist Gilles Marini was on a boys’ night out in Las Vegas. Vegas DeLuxe has already told you, thanks to Holly Madison, how Gilles was pulled onstage at Planet Hollywood while watching the topless adult cabaret Peepshow. Star Mel B wanted to get Gilles for Kelly Monaco’s scene where she handcuffs an audience member to her bed, pours pink paint over him and gets his handprints to cover up strategic parts of her body! Gilles went onstage as one of three guys but wasn’t selected in the final cut.

Gilles had dinner next door at the Strip House and then moved on down the Planet Hollywood mezzanine to Prive. He ordered Cape Cods with his buddies and waved to the friendly and lively crowd enjoying the music, but nobody tempted him to show off his winning dance moves or hunky physique! He called it a night at 3 a.m.!

Later, as part of what became a weeklong birthday celebration, Peepshow star Kelly Monaco partied at Prive. The DWTS Season 1 winner, who still commutes weekly from Peepshow to General Hospital in Hollywood, was joined by several of her co-stars and dancers from Peepshow. Champagne was the drink of the night for all the toasting and birthday wishes, and somehow even after their show, the glamour girls still had the energy to keep dancing until 3 a.m.

Actor and rapper Ice-T and his voluptuous wife Nicole “Coco” Austin dined at the Strip House before he “took over” the weekly We Rock Hip Hop party at Prive. Ice-T arrived at the hotspot shortly after midnight with Coco, who was dressed in black short shorts, a low-cut, bust-bursting white tank top, red belt and fishnet stockings. The happy couple danced on their VIP banquettes and sang along to the music until 2 a.m. That’s when he got up onto the DJ booth to perform several of his hits, and Coco was right by his side. She even gave a shout-out on the mic to the cheering crowd. They left at 3 a.m., which was the same time that Las Vegas regular Wilmer Valderrama of That ’70s Show departed after taking photos with fans. Wilmer will be seen this summer in a big screen version of CHiPs.

Over at the Hawaiian Tropic Zone in Planet Hollywood, there were two separate mixed martial arts parties hosted by George Roop and Dave Kaplan. Octagon model Shanda Panda was at one to celebrate her MMA Sports magazine cover issue release, and recording artist Pittsburgh Slim performed at the other. He even wound up going out onto the Strip-side outdoor patio as he sung “Girls Kiss Girls,” “My Flashy World” and “My Bitch Is Crazy.” Leading the applause in the crowd were actor Simon Rex, also known as Dirt Nasty, and Andy Milonakis. Entertainer Jeremy Cornwall also performed for two consecutive nights at HTZ.

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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