Las Vegas Weekly

May 3, 2010 · 11:20 AM

Photos: Hollywood and sports stars take over Tao and Tao Beach

By Robin Leach

Selita Ebanks at Tao Beach at The Venetian on May 1, 2010.

Photo: Denise Truscello/WireImage

Supermodel and Victoria’s Secret angel Selita Ebanks was a sexy star attraction during her three-day visit to The Venetian and the Palazzo, and she shone brightest of all when she celebrated the new summer season grand opening of Tao Beach. Joining her for fun in the sun were Hollywood and sports stars jumping to the sounds of DJ Vice.

Oscar and Grammy winner Jamie Foxx was spotted wearing an Erick Morillo T-shirt in anticipation of the mega deejay’s return to Tao for Memorial Weekend. Other celebrities with sensational and sizzling senorita Selita included Michael Strahan and fiancee Nicole Murphy, Reggie Bush, Larry Johnson, Dwight Freeney and A Bronx Tale actor Chazz Palminteri for the second consecutive day. Swagg presented the Tao Beach grand opening over the weekend.

The party continued into the evening with an all-star lineup of Sean “P. Diddy” Combs, Nelly, T.I., Busta Rhymes, Jeezy, Too Short, Tyson Beckford and Swizz Beatz all dining at Tao after the Floyd Mayweather Jr.-Shane Mosley fight. Michael Strahan and Nicole Murphy, along with friends including Tichina Arnold, also hit Tao for dinner, as did True Blood’s Anna Paquin and Stephen Moyer. After dinner, most of the celebrity crowd headed upstairs to the packed nightclub, where DJ Vice was spinning as the star guests continued to roll in with the arrivals of Paris and Nicky Hilton, Olivia Munn, Jamie Foxx and Quentin Jammer.

Photo: Denise Truscello/WireImage

Dwight Freeney of the Indianapolis Colts at Tao Beach in The Venetian on May 1, 2010.

Photo: Denise Truscello/WireImage

DJ Vice and DJ Clue at Tao Beach in The Venetian on May 1, 2010.

An entire row of celebrity VIP tables lined the DJ booth, and dancing the night away were Michael, Nicole and Reggie, who kept the party going with six bottles of Ace of Spades champagne. Michael and Nicole popped by to say hello to Paris and Nicky’s table and bought them tequila shots. Tichina, who played Pam on Martin opposite Martin Lawrence, was spotted in the club, as was Chazz, who has made it a nightly stop after his one-man A Bronx Tale in The Venetian Showroom.

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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