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01.31.10 · 11:39 PM

The Showgirl moves on: Bette Midler’s exultant Vegas finale

As Bette Midler folded up her feathered fans—after singing the first verse of “Wind Beneath My Wings” to her orchestra, the next to “4,500 of my closest friends”—it felt like something more than a Vegas show was ending. Midler began her two-year run as a headliner at the Colosseum at Caesars Palace in February of 2008—just as the toughest two years this town has seen were dawning. And as she leaves Las Vegas, it seems like a moment of star ... Read more...

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01.29.10 · 2:51 PM

Please pass the connective tissue

When you eat with a chef sometimes you end up trying things that would normally make you shudder. Maybe it’s snails, pork cheek or something vaguely sausage-y on a stick. Exploring a menu with a kitchen professional at the table is like taking a guided tour of an art museum — without the expert the art will still be beautiful, but understanding the backstory is what really makes it sing. So, when Wazuzu chef and Weekly blogger Jet Tila mentioned ... Read more...

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01.12.10 · 4:19 PM

Celebrate the biggest weekend in sports with FREE tickets to UFC 109: RELENTLESS!

Las Vegas Weekly has your tickets to one of the hottest events of the season, UFC 109: RELENTLESS at the Mandalay Bay Events Center on February 6th! ENTER HERE Hall of Famers Randy “The Natural” Couture and Mark “The Hammer” Coleman finally go head-to-head after 10 years of anticipation. Top middleweight contenders Nate Marquardt and Chael Sonnen will duke it out to move one step closer to a shot at the title. Plus, Frank Trigg will challenge former welterweight champion ... Read more...

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01.4.10 · 6:35 PM

Pay it … backward

“How’s your day going?” the gentleman at the Starbucks in our Anthem Highlands shopping center offered as my wife and I drove up to his window to collect our coffees on a recent Saturday. I gave the rote response — “Fine, fine, thanks for asking.” “It’s about to get a whole lot better,” he said, a slightly mischievous look on his face. “How’s that?” I wondered out loud, figuring we were about to be offered a free sample of the ... Read more...

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01.2.10 · 4:56 PM

New Year’s lookbook: What celebs wore for NYE in Las Vegas

On New Year’s Eve in Las Vegas everyone wants to look their absolute best and nobody more than the A-listers who walk the city’s red carpets and toast the New Year with bottles of comped Champagne in front of well trained cameras. Take a look at who scored (Ciara, Christina Aguilera’s hotter-than-hot platform heels) and who tanked (Devon Aoki) with their outfit picks for New Year’s Eve. Read more...

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01.1.10 · 3:49 PM

Five notes and quotes from Lavo on NYE

1. Besides Napoleon Dynamite, whose lips really hurt that bad? As my newfound friend of the evening, Andrea Peterson of Tulsa, Okla., so astutely pointed out while we waited in the ladies’ room line, “Now, I understand the perfume and the mints, but who walks into the ladies room, sees the Carmex and decides they just have to use that?” 2. Why do ladies so often pawn their purses off on their dates? I know we’re not kangaroos, but there ... Read more...

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01.1.10 · 12:41 PM

New year, same old walk of shame

The elevator in Planet Hollywood’s South Tower is taking forever to stop on the 15th floor. OK — it’s likely running no slower than normal, but when your bangs are matted to your forehead and the rest of your hair is pulled back into a ponytail that shouts, “I don’t normally carry a hairbrush and thank God I had a tie,” minutes seem like hours. I’m waiting with two tourists. They have rolling suitcases with them and are, I presume, ... Read more...

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Cocktail of the Week May 15, 2013
by Sabrina Chapman

The Golden Pillar: An architectural cocktail built for XS

This Sunday, XS nightclub celebrates the grand reopening of its after-dark pool party, Night Swim. Along with the bash comes a new offering of signature cocktails served by the pitcher, ...
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