Las Vegas Weekly

November 23, 2009 · 2:42 PM

Strip Scribbles: Regis Philbin and Kelly Ripa wrap filming in Las Vegas

By Robin Leach

Regis Philbin and Kelly Ripa chat during one of the episodes of Live With Regis and Kelly, which are currently being taped in the Encore Theater at the Wynn.

Photo: Glenn Pinkerton/Las Vegas News Bureau

Today is the second and final day of taping of Live With Regis and Kelly at Encore Theater in the Wynn. Yesterday and today’s four shows will air today, tomorrow, Wednesday and Friday, with a previous program repeating on Thanksgiving Day. Said Regis Philbin: “We just love being here in Vegas. It’s a nice shot in the arm for all of us.”

Photo: Glenn Pinkerton/Las Vegas News Bureau

Regis Philbin and Kelly Ripa are welcomed back to Las Vegas by the Bally's Jubilee! showgirls to shoot episodes of Live With Regis and Kelly in the Encore Theater at the Wynn on Nov. 22, 2009.

Kelly Ripa will be seen at two Strip spectaculars: Cirque du Soleil’s Beatles Love at The Mirage and Steve Wynn’s own Le Reve. Guests this week include former Las Vegas hometown hero Jimmy Kimmel and actors Neil Patrick Harris, Mark Harmon and Thomas Gibson. Friday’s show will see the debut of Regis and his wife Joy’s new romantic love songs CD.

Photo: Shane O'Neal/N9NE Group

Joe Rogan with Playboy Bunnies at The Playboy Club in the Palms.

Photo: Shane O'Neal/N9NE Group

The Ikki Twins, Rikki and Vikki Mongeon, at Moon in the Palms.

Photo: Shane O'Neal/N9NE Group

The Ikki Twins, Rikki and Vikki Mongeon, at Moon in the Palms.

Star surveillance

Just before I left town for Thanksgiving week down here in Cabo San Lucas, I had dinner at Nove Italiano in the Palms, and to my delight discovered my longtime friend Daisy Fuentes with her mom in the adjoining booth. They shared the shrimp franchaise, crudo, arugula salad and a whole fish. Daisy went back into the kitchen to sign executive chef Geno Bernardo’s celebrity door. Daisy took her mom up to The Playboy Club for an after-dinner drink. The next night, she treated her mother to dinner at Iron Chef Kerry Simon’s Palms Place restaurant. They enjoyed crispy rice, pot stickers and halibut. … The Rev Theory, formerly Revelation Theory, partied at Moon in the Palms with seven friends. … The Ikki Twins, twin models Rikki and Vikki Mongeon of A Double Shot at Love, danced and posed for photos in Moon. ... The night before UFC 106, UFC President Dana White had dinner at N9NE Steakhouse in the Palms with a party of seven enjoying rock shrimp, an 8-ounce filet and mac and cheese. They hit Moon afterward. TV host, comedian and longtime UFC commentator Joe Rogan also had dinner at N9NE, with a group of eight. He ordered sashimi, a beet salad, New York sirloin with blue cheese and a side of stone crab risotto followed by a visit to The Playboy Club, where he posed for photos with the Bunnies. After their concert at The Pearl, One Republic, in T-shirts, skinny jeans and the latest Pumas, was joined by 14 guests for dinner at N9NE, where they ordered dirty martinis, salad, rib eyes and gnocchi. … Singer-songwriter and producer Al B. Sure hosted a group for Z-Trip’s Revolution featuring DJ Skribble.

Photo: Scott Berry/Hard Rock Hotel

Alfonso Ribeiro with Clinton Sparks at Body English in the Hard Rock Hotel.

Abraham McDonald, who won the $250,000 top prize in Oprah Winfrey’s karaoke contest, watched Human Nature’s show at Imperial Palace and posed for photos with the Australian quartet afterward. … Actor Alfonso Ribeiro dined at Rare 120 and was spotted greeting MLB star Jason Giambi before going to Body English, where he met Detroit Tigers pitcher Dontrelle Willis.

Photo: Riviera

Jimmie "J.J." Walker.

Tonight’s tips

It’s the newest hotel tower in downtown Las Vegas redefining opulence, luxury and magnificence. Our Merry Mayor of Mirth Oscar Goodman joins Golden Nugget head honcho Tilman Fertitta for the red ribbon cutting to welcome guests to the new Rush Tower with retail stores and the Chart House restaurant alongside the 75,000-gallon aquarium. ... Jimmie “J.J.” Walker is dyn-o-mite when the Good Times roll again as he headlines the Riviera Comedy Club for a week. His supporting acts are Stanley Ullman and Natt Morales. … DJ Five starts his residency run at Prive in Planet Hollywood with DJ Franzen and DJ Scooter welcoming him.

Photo: Scott Harrison/Retna/www.harrisonphotos.com

Adrienne Bailon hosts at LAX in the Luxor on Nov. 20, 2009.

Tomorrow’s teases

Gorgeous Desperate Housewives star Eva Longoria Parker spills the secrets about her new Beso restaurant and Eve nightclub at MGM’s CityCenter. We join Marie Osmond as she launches her line of handbags, and we showcase the new Mandarin Oriental uniforms as the staff takes part in a fashion show before next week’s gala opening. Robin Thicke is out on the town, and Adrienne Bailon celebrates at separate Strip parties.

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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