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The official swimsuit photo of the Miss USA 2009 pageant contestants and reigning queen Crystle Stewart at Planet Hollywood.
Glamour photographers love to shoot at first light, and this morning, the 51 Miss USA 2009 contestants were up way before dawn busy with hair and makeup!
They selected their Jessica Simpson swimwear, and by 7 a.m. they were parading to the sixth-floor pool of Planet Hollywood. By 9 a.m., official Miss USA photographer Darren Decker had captured that one perfect photograph with the best lighting from the rising early morning sun.
Flo Rida and Teairra Mari.
The collection of dresses that R&B artist Teairra Mari wore while shooting her new music video would cause a scene wherever she went — even if her new single wasn’t titled “Cause a Scene.” The Jay-Z discovery formerly known as “The Princess of Roc” while at the rap mogul’s Roc-A-Fella label filmed for 12 hours at Rain in the Palms as she readied her debut album release with Warner Bros. next month. For the record (pun intended), Teairra parted ways with Jay-Z’s house of hits so she could complete her high school education and then return to the mad music world of savagely short skirts, fabulous flirty fashions and mind-blowing eye makeup. While filming the music video, she wore one silver ensemble made up of pieces of mirror as a walking disco ball, and her gold crocodile hot pants sent temperatures sky high! Another outfit by designer Tom Tom was a sparkly, corseted, black one-piece that plunged so low, it almost met up with the cut-so-short hemline! Teairra posed provocatively in it for my own digital snapshot, and then winked to display the green and silver squared eye shadow!
It was an extra long day for Flo Rida. After he finished singing for the cameras at Rain, he raced over to Blush in the Wynn and performed a 45-minute set while standing atop the bar there at 1:30 a.m. yesterday! During his performance, Flo Rida caused his own scene and made it rain by tossing $10,000 to the crowd. Fans surrounded him for photos and autographs! Professional poker player Antonio Esfandiari drank champagne and watched in quiet amazement.
Christmas at Caesars Palace Las Vegas
Caesars Palace is usually a nice place to take a stroll but around
Christmas time the lights and the trees really give you that special
holiday feeling. Think about it, artificial trees, artificial snow,
artificial ice and reindeer. Las Vegas is all about the make believe.
Paris Las Vegas at Christmas
Do the French ever find a kind word to say at Christmas? Don’t worry at Paris Las Vegas everyone is nice and they never forget Christmas. The city of lights transforms into the city of Christmas lights.
Christmas Decorations at the Monte Carlo Las Vegas
I don't know about you but the Christmas Decorations they use at the Monte Carlo Las Vegas scare me. Really, is it Mardi Gras in December? The Monte Carlo usually has a number of trees set up in its lobby and they all have some very interesting ornaments.
The Lights of Las Vegas
The Las Vegas lights are only brighter during Christmas.
Christmas at the Bellagio Las Vegas
The Bellagio Las Vegas does Christmas very well. The gardens have the large Christmas Trees and the lobby is decorated in such a festive fashion that you almost forget that everything is so expensive.
Christmas at the Rio Las Vegas
The Rio Las Vegas has some good decorations during the holidays. You can expect some Christmas themes in their Masquerade in the sky show as well as throughout the resort.
Steve Wynn gave the public a first view of his latest creation, Wynn Encore Las Vegas, during grand opening ceremonies on Tuesday. My first impression is best summed up by borrowing Wynn's one word description of Encore, "Lovely." Encore must be experienced in person so make plans now and book reservations.
Do yourself a favor and tour the new Wynn joint. Bring the camera, good
photos are easy to take at the Encore.
The Venetian has a special offer for first-time members to their Club Grazie player's club (free to join) -- earn at least 1,000 points on your first day ($1,000 playthrough on slots, $3,000 playthrough on video poker), and you'll spend that night in one of their luxurious suites.
Unlike other casinos, the player's card at Venetian (and Palazzo -- they're both considered the same casino when it comes to gaming) don't update points dynamically. You need to remove the card and re-insert (and press "Promo") to find out how many points you've earned.
Here's what else you can get for your first 500, 1,000, 2,000, 3,000, and 4,000 slot points:
500 points: souvenir, $10 slot credits
1,000 points: gondola ride, ticket to Madame Tussauds, $15 slot credits
2,000 points: two gondola rides, two tickets to Madame Tussauds, $30 slot credits, $20 food comp at food court
4,000 points: ticket to Blue Man Group, $75 Canyon Ranch SpaClub treatment, $75 slot credits, $50 food comp at food court
You can only redeem one of these offers on your first trip.
Once you hit 3,000 points, you'll later receive an invitation to the free New Member Slot Tournament, which includes two free nights in a suite.
Oh we are so jealous because we already signed up without these offers. We did about 10,000 points the first time we played and have been getting free room offers ever since.
If you're planning to do some gambling and haven't played at Venetian or Palazzo yet, this is a very good offer. Particularly if you were planning to crash at the Motel 8.
Britney Spears and Larry Rudolph.
Demand for tickets to see Britney Spears both here in America and in Europe has been so high, she has already added six new concert dates for a present total of 41 shows. When tickets first went on sale, more than 400,000 were snapped up almost immediately.
Additionally, six additional shows were just added to her London 02 Arena stop, where in just 48 hours, some 100,000 tickets were sold for her now eight performances there. The Circus -- Starring Britney Spears is her first arena tour in five years and will feature the Pussycat Dolls.
“Britney and I are both thrilled to see how excited her fans are for the Circus tour,” said her manager, Larry Rudolph. “This show will blow people’s minds and promises to show Britney’s fans something they will never forget!”
Britney’s set to perform here in Las Vegas on April 25.
My bet is that when the new XS nightclub opens at the Encore to its fully sold-out crowd on New Year’s Eve, more than one of the new Black Pearl drinks will be sold -- even though it’s $10,000! It is the world’s most expensive cocktail -- but you do get two glasses of the concoction to share with your soul mate. The club’s new signature cocktail will actually be known simply as The One, and the cocktail recipe is of rare vintage Dom Perignon Enotheque champagne and a shot of prized Louis XIII Remy Martin Black Pearl cognac. You can’t get more expensive champagne or cognac if you tried. As a keepsake of experiencing the world’s best, you will be presented with either a ladies 18k gold chain and black pearl pendant or a set of men’s sterling silver cufflinks with black pearl insignias.
Danny Gans.
*Is it possibly true that included in the new contract Steve Wynn executed with entertainer Danny Gans, he gets two rounds of golf a week as a perk at the prestigious and super-private Shadow Creek Club? Danny is adding 50 percent new material to his long-running Strip show, which moves to Steve’s new Encore in February. … Other leftover notes from my opening-night jottings: It took a total of three years from start to finish to execute the sprawling XS day-and-night entertainment complex. … The Switch restaurant, where the ceiling and walls change five times during the unique dining experience, was Steve’s very own idea -- and it’s the only restaurant in the world that becomes its own different venue nightly! I’ve got a reservation there next Monday with my longtime friend executive chef Marc Poidevin. Although we’ll have photos of Marc in his kitchen and at his antique Parma ham-slicing machine, The Switch is the one restaurant Steve says he will never allow to be photographed by anybody for any reason. That’s solely because you have to see the amazement with your own eyes as the changing scenes, sliding walls and retracting ceilings could never be captured on film or video for full effect. I’ll do my best to describe it for you next week, but my advance peek yesterday proved it will be more than the food that will make your mouth open wide! … The official red-carpet, star- studded gala opening of Encore will be Jan. 24 to coincide with Steve’s own birthday, and more than 200 VIP guests including Hollywood celebrities will be on hand for that soiree!
*In a late-breaking series of escalating rumbles this morning, it may well be that yet another major Strip hotel will be sold now to an out-of-state gaming company with plenty of cash on hand that has been looking for a while to expand into Las Vegas. This could be very interesting to see new neighbors at play as Steve Wynn keeps insisting “let’s decorporatize the Strip” -- as he did at last night’s Encore opening.
Wednesday, Dec. 24
*Celebrated French chef Guy Savoy arrives from Paris for Christmas and New Year’s celebrations at his swank Caesars Palace restaurant, and for tonight and tomorrow, he’s cooked up a special $130 per person, five-course Bubble Bar menu with oysters, Dover Sole, the world famous artichoke and black truffle soup, a baby black truffle chicken and a chocolate fondant, plus of course the most amazing selection of champagne wishes!
Thursday, Dec. 25
*Merry Christmas, everybody! Believe it or not, Jet nightclub in The Mirage is open with a visit from DJ Tiesto, who’s on his In Search of Sunrise Tour for two nights with a special appearance by Farsheed. It’s safe to expect this holiday havoc to party on till dawn.
Friday, Dec. 26
*The first ladies of soul are angling for a slot on President-elect Barack Obama’s inauguration day concert. In the meantime, though, The Pointer Sisters are at Silverton Casino Lodge for one night only.
*It’s a celebration with Kool & the Gang for two nights at the Las Vegas Hilton as the four guys have you dancing to all their favorite hits. They’ll hold the fort till Barry Manilow’s Monday night return.
*Hometown crooner and pianist Brian Evans, who is racking up those TV composer credits, sings for his supper in two weekend shows at the Trump International Hotel that will now continue on weekly.
*The tribute Eagles band known as Hotel California throw down the welcome mat at the Suncoast Hotel with a concert of -- what else? -- Eagle hits. … Comedian Jo Koy starts a three-night gig with Asian overtones at South Point. … The Maz Jobrani trio will raise the roof at the House of Blues in Mandalay Bay.
Frank Mir.
Saturday, Dec. 27
*It’s all about UFC 92 action tonight in the headlined and anticipated battle of warriors Rashad Evans and Forrest Griffin. After the mixed martial arts fight, almost every club in town is throwing a party. It starts at LAX in the Luxor when UFC head honcho Dana White hosts his official UFC after-fight party. Not to be outdone, Chuck “The Iceman” Liddell will host his haymaker at Studio 54 in the MGM Grand, and he’ll announce the winner of an Iceman Rx Hummer H2 prize. Elsewhere in MGM, Wanderlei “The Axe Murderer” Silva will host his party in Tabu Ultra Lounge. Fighter C.B. Dollaway teams up with the MTX AudioFight team to host the UFC 92 after-party at Hawaiian Tropic Zone in Planet Hollywood’s Miracle Mile. Ultimate Fighter Season 8 champion Ryan “Darth” Bader and world extreme cage fighters Jamie “The Worm” Varner and Aaron “A-Train” Simpson also will attend the frenzied festivities.
Frank Mir.
*The Monkees aren’t coming into our zoo, but lead singer Davy Jones will be in town. He’s booked for a one-night holiday weekend gig at Silverton Casino Lodge.
*My longtime producer pal Ron Dante, who has the Archies back on the charts, opens for singing sensation Imelda Papin at The Orleans for one night only.
*If heavy rock is your thing, you’ve got an amazing five-pack lineup appearing at the House of Blues in Mandalay Bay. The Cab appears with The Higher, The Maine, Ashbury and A Phoenix Forever.
Sunday, Dec. 28
*Body English nightclub at the Hard Rock Hotel doesn’t let up on the bridge weekend between Christmas and New Year’s. LL Cool J is the special guest for the Sunday school that lets the ladies in schoolgirl outfits drink champagne without a check!
Coming up this weekend
Our incredible photos and interviews with daredevil stunt drivers Robbie Maddison and Rhys Millen. They know they could die when they make those New Year’s Eve jumps here in Vegas. They know they will have to stare death in the face. How will they do it? How do they face it? Vegas DeLuxe has the candid and chilling conversations with Robbie, who will attempt to scale the Arc de Triomphe at Paris Las Vegas, and Rhys, who will attempt to back-flip a pickup in The Rio’s parking lots. They both admit that what they are trying to do could very well kill them. Then we’ll be back on Monday to go Dancing With the Stars and get ready for all the fleet-footed stars coming to play here for the incredible New Year’s parties!
In the meantime, Dec. 25 (tomorrow) marks the start of the 12 days of Christmas. Our sexy, sassy starlets at the cabaret revue Crazy Girls at the Riviera present their gift of a photo package with their interpretation of a time-honored favorite: “The Twelve Days of Christmas.” Beginning tomorrow, we’ll run the first photo, and each day thereafter, another photo will be posted.
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays, everybody, from all of us at SincityNow!
Mirage Las Vegas
Penthouse Magazine CEO Marc Bell has made public the details
of a plan to buy a major Las Vegas strip property. Does this mean we
will be seeing nude dealers throwing cards in the future? Perhaps
considering Penthouse has indicated some of the magazines’ ladies would
do double duty as dealers at the property.
Any bets on what property they might acquire? Rumors have been floating down the boulevard that MGM Mirage might be shopping the Mirage for cash to complete the CityCenter mega-project. Nudes swimming with dolphins, what a concept. Could this be a sneak preview of the next revision for the neon city that constantly reinvents itself?
MGM Grand Shopping
The De La Hoya-Pacquiao fight at MGM Grand next month has gone viral.
HBO Pay-Per-View is using Facebook to tout the fight taking place on Dec. 6.
“Dream Fight” is a Facebook application that anyone can play and invite friends to.
The app allows any photo to be placed on the face of a boxer, with that boxer progressing through rounds by fighting virtual opponents.
In addition, every time a player plays the game, they can enter a sweepstakes drawing for a trip to see the real thing — Oscar De La Hoya and Manny Pacquiao at MGM Grand on Dec. 6 at 6 p.m..
To download the Facebook application, visit this link.
