Las Vegas Weekly

April 16, 2010 · 4:51 PM

Strip Scribbles: HRH celebrates anniversaries of The Joint, Rehab show

By Robin Leach

Wyclef Jean.

Photo: Erik Kabik/Retna

It’s a big weekend for Hard Rock Hotel executives and guests, as the luxurious SkyBar overlooking the new HRH Beach Club opens tonight. Additionally, singer Wyclef Jean opens the new season of Rehab on Sunday with Tru TV cameras rolling on all the action as more than 4,000 partygoers from around the world invade the biggest daytime entertainment destination in Las Vegas.

Photo: Erik Kabik/www.erikkabikphoto.com

SkyBar at the Hard Rock Hotel.

In the middle of the two pool happenings, there’s the first anniversary of The Joint, and in true rock and roll style, Them Crooked Vultures perform tomorrow. The group is Dave Grohl of Nirvana and Foo Fighters, Joshua Homme of Queens of the Stone Age and John Paul Jones of Led Zeppelin. TCV is touring in support of its debut album, a self-produced 13-song CD.

*Congratulations to Holly Madison and her cast at Peepshow on its first anniversary Sunday. There’ll be cake and champagne to celebrate at the end of Sunday’s performance at Planet Hollywood.

Photo: Patrick Walthers

Rick Mazer, Nathan Burton and Donny Osmond.

*As expected, there were surprises at the 500th show of Nathan Burton Comedy Magic at the Flamingo and its simultaneous second anniversary. We surprised Nathan Burton by showing up after the finale and making Donny Osmond appear. Then Flamingo President Rick Mazer appeared with a cake and showgirl to congratulate Nathan.

Photo: Courtesy

Cynthia Ann Chavelier collects her winnings after hitting a $414,616 jackpot at The Riviera on April 12, 2010.

*Cynthia Chavelier is a Wheel of Fortune fan, and investing $25 in play with quarters, she came up a Mega Jackpot winner of $414,616 at the Riviera. “I hadn’t played in a while and just felt this machine was calling to me. I didn’t even know I’d hit the jackpot until the lady next to me said I was a winner,” she said. She and her husband visit Las Vegas three times a year, and she’ll use the money for their retirement and a family reunion here.

TICKETS ON SALE THIS WEEKEND

*Rihanna’s 2010 North American tour Last Girl on Earth featuring Ke$ha stops at Mandalay Bay Events Center on July 17, and tickets go on sale tomorrow at 10 a.m. The tour kicks off July 2 in Seattle and hits 25 cities.

Photo: Hard Rock Hotel

Rihanna in her suite at the Hard Rock Hotel.

*The Jagermeister Music Tour: Korn’s Ballroom Blitz makes a stop at The Pearl Concert Theater in the Palms on June 4 with guest 2 Cents, and tickets go on sale tomorrow at noon. Emceed by standup comedian Big Jay Oakerson, the tour kicks off May 1 in support of Korn’s ninth studio album Korn III: Remember Who You Are.

*The Goo Goo Dolls perform at The Pearl as part of the band’s U.S. tour, and tickets go on sale tomorrow at 1 p.m. The band’s ninth studio release, Something for the Rest of Us, is scheduled to be released this spring.

*Tickets went on sale today at noon for Huey Lewis & the News’s May 29 concert at The M Resort. The San Francisco band has sold more than 20 million albums worldwide.

Photo: Erik Kabik/Retna/www.erikkabikphoto.com

Don Cheadle and Annie Duke.

*Poker pro and Celebrity Apprentice runner-up Annie Duke, actor Don Cheadle and the best poker pros in the world are the featured participants competing for the $500,000 first-place prize in NBC’s 6th Annual National Heads-Up Poker Championship presented by GoDaddy.com, which premieres Sunday at 9 a.m. on NBC. Heads-Up, airing for six consecutive weeks in that time slot and taped at the Caesars Palace Poker Room from March 5 to 7, features 64 top poker players competing in a series of heads-up (one-on-one games of No Limit Texas Hold’em) matches to determine the winner. Defending champion Huck Seed, Chris Ferguson, 2009 World Series of Poker Main Event champion Joe Cada, Doyle Brunson, Johnny Chan, Phil Hellmuth, Phil Ivey and Daniel Negreanu are among the players.

STAR SURVEILLANCE

*Singer Jason Derulo stopped by Mario Barth’s newly opened King Ink Tattoo Studio and Bar Room at The Mirage and had Mario himself rework three of his existing tattoos. Jason performed on American Idol last week and at Haze in Aria last night. … Actor and newlywed Vince Vaughn took a Couples Retreat to the Hard Rock Hotel with wife Kyla Weber and friends. Peter Billingsley, Ralphie in A Christmas Story and Couples Retreat director, was part of the group. Their stops included the High Limit Lounge, Nobu, Skybar and Rare 120. … Actress, fashion designer and singer-songwriter Taryn Manning partied at Ghostbar in the Palms. Taryn danced the night away with five friends. … Poker pro Beth Shak dined at Lavo in the Palazzo with friends and afterward went to Tao for Worship Thursdays. At Tao, Vincent Lecavalier and members of the Tampa Bay Lightning celebrated the NHL stars’ upcoming 30th birthday.

Photo: Joe Fury/N9NE Group

Taryn Manning at Ghostbar in the Palms.

*Today is National Eggs Benedict Day, and to mark the occasion, executive chef Martin Heierling of Silk Road at Vdara is offering several modern-style egg dishes such as eggs Benedict and his signature “Eggs, Eggs, Eggs,” featuring fried, poached and scrambled eggs with homemade chutneys. Silk Road is open for breakfast seven days a week from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Don’t forget that April 24 is National Pigs-in-a-Blanket Day and May 4 is National Orange Juice Day, so plan accordingly because for those, I don't know where to send you to celebrate! Meantime, it’s no yolk, but we’ll crack open our weekly highlights list and scramble them all into order for National Las Vegas Day in a quick-hit package we lovingly refer to every week of the year around here as the ROYAL ROBIN RUNDOWN:

FRIDAY, APRIL 16

*Comedian Bill Engvall is at Treasure Island.

*Comedian and Fox News commentator Dennis Miller has three nights of comedy standup shows at The Orleans.

*Randy Travis performs for two nights at Silverton Casino Lodge.

*Earth Wind and Fire are at the Las Vegas Hilton for two nights.

*Nashville Unplugged is at The Ovation at Green Valley Ranch.

*Southern rock band The Outlaws are at the Cannery.

*Las Vegas’ own Tony Marques performs two nights at Tropicana.

SATURDAY, APRIL 17

*Don’t forget Them Crooked Vultures celebrating the first anniversary of The Joint at The Joint.

*Country singer Gary Allan is at Mandalay Bay Beach with tracks from his eighth album released this week.

Photo: Ron Koch/Pure Management Group

LL Cool J at Pure in Caesars Palace on Jan. 23, 2010.

PARTY PATROL

Rapper and actor LL Cool J hosts yet another official grand opening party at Wet Republic at MGM. … DJ David Guetta spins at Haze. … Nik Ritchie of The Dirty.com hosts at Tao Beach in The Venetian. … NBA legend Gary Payton is at the 2010 NBA Finals tipoff at Lagasse Stadium in the Palazzo. … European dance sensation Cascada performs her hits at Pure in Caesars Palace. … Earth Day’s Party for the Planet at Shark Reef Aquarium in Mandalay Bay gives the first 500 guests free tickets when they recycle batteries or cell phones. … Former beauty queen and reality TV star Shanna Moakler hosts at Moon in the Palms. … ACM Awards Vocal Group of the Year nominee Randy Rogers Band hosts a pre-awards celebration at Lavo. … Country singers Randy Houser and Toby Keith jam at Toby’s I Love This Bar & Grill in Harrah’s.

SUNDAY, APRIL 18

*The 2010 ACM Awards hosted by Reba McEntire are at MGM Grand Garden Arena.

*Peepshow celebrates its first anniversary at Planet Hollywood.

*Wyclef Jean performs at the opening of the 3 acres of tropical paradise known as Rehab at the Hard Rock.

*The Dead Weather perform at the Pearl traveling directly from the Coachella Music Festival in Indio, Calif.

*Justin Timberlake’s Shriners Children’s Hospital Open being held this October here seeks volunteers for his golf tournament as National Volunteer Week gets under way.

*Aid for AIDS of Nevada also is seeking volunteers for next Sunday’s 20th Annual Walk.

Photo: Tom Donoghue/www.donoghuephotography.com

Brooks & Dunn.

MONDAY’S TEASES

We’ll have full ACM Awards coverage, from the red carpet, backstage interviews, rehearsals, telecast and parties to the downtown shows, along with a preview of the Brooks & Dunn CBS special being taped Monday at MGM Grand. We’ll also have photos of the pool parties with Wyclef Jean and LL Cool J and see if Kate Gosselin finally faces the music when Dancing With the Stars returns for its movie theme night.

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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