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One
published report has Michael Jackson
reviewing designs that could include a 50-foot statue of
himself that would stand in the Nevada desert, should the
moon-walking one land a Las Vegas show deal. The statue,
which would fire lasers from its eyes, is apparently from
the same designer who has put together sketches for Jacko’s
potential stage which includes audience controlled human
cyborgs. And quickly moving on …
Nevada gaming legislators have given MGM Mirage
the green light on the $1.5 billion MGM Grand Macau
hotel and gaming resort which is being developed in
partnership with Pansy Ho, daughter of
embattled former Macau monopoly man Stanley Ho.
This would also seemingly open the Las Vegas door to another
high-profile off-spring, Australian James Packer,
who has been waiting-in-the-wings because of a relationship
with Ho’s son, Lawrence. Packer is the son of the late
tycoon Carey Packer, the millionaire who
took the MGM Grand for nearly $40 Million at a blackjack
table in less than an hour a few years back.
Happy Birthday to rotund comic Jeffrey Beacher!
The man behind the Madhouse madness celebrated with a party
at Body English over the weekend. Doing the duties as
birthday songstress was none other than Paris
Hilton.
Speaking of Beacher, his Unprofessional Bowling League (B.U.B.A.)
got started at PMG’s Lucky Strike Lanes
(Rio All-Suite Hotel) last week with twenty of the league’s
130 teams getting going including your very own Vegas
Eye bowlers. Michael Politz unveiled his ‘Ball
of Doom’, a custom-made, transparent bowling ball
complete with an inlaid skull, and then used it to gutter
his way to a 43. On the plus side, Alex ‘Big Al’
Mavros brought the heat, scorching the lanes with
his nearly 30-mph fastball, the highest speed reached by any
bowler that evening. When all was said and done,
Team Vegas Eye barely squeaked by
Team Beacher’s Creatures which consisted of three
little people, a strong man and a belly dancer? Oy vey …
The High Roller Riders Association held
their Official Pre-party at SCORES Las Vegas
Saturday night for their 5th Bi-annual Poker run. The High
Rollers sold raffle tickets for one lucky person to win a
$30,000 dollar custom chopper, while SCORES helped to raise
$2500 at the event. The Chopper was built by American
Performance Cycles to benefit Nevada Cancer Patients. SCORES
also helped to support the local industry with tables and
rooms at both “The BIG Sleepover” and MOON on Sunday night
with comedian Jon Lovitz and Cary
Hart. This Saturday, March 31st
come join SCORES Las Vegas as they give
“Our Salute to Sexy Twins” hosted by the Bentley
Twins. There will be complimentary bottle service
to sexy female twins from 11pm – 2am.
To promote the importance of reading, Mac King
will read to a group of Southern Nevadan youth and perform
magic and comedy entertainment today (3/26) at 4pm
at Sammy’s Woodfired Pizza; 6500 W. Sahara Ave.
Complimentary pizza and soda will be served to the children.
This event is open to the public.
Every
Monday during the months of April and May, Harrah’s
Carnaval Court will welcome the best flair
bartenders from around the globe to contend for more than
$50,000 in cash prizes in the annual international
bartending competition, Ultimate Flair Bartending
Championship (UFBC). Potential competitors will showcase
their skills in the hopes of winning free, automatic entry
into the UFBC finals held on June 4th through the 7th.
When you’re watching ‘Dancing with the Stars’
later tonight, and every Monday night, don’t forget to vote
for our pal and former 90210 hunk Ian Ziering.
The former Steve Sanders actor has been busting his butt in
training for the show and we’re cheering him on! Just
remember, if you don’t vote for him, we might run that
little tidbit we know about you, you know that really dirty
secret that no-one else knows, after all the Eye sees
everything! Now go and vote …
Come and
join Chef JR Degan and Salt Lick
Bar B-Q owner Scott Roberts this
Friday, March 30th from 11am – 1pm at their new
location inside Santa Fe Station for a
private lunch and tips on creating the perfect family BBQ.
The first Salt Lick Bar B-Q in Las Vegas opened in April
2006 at Red Rock Resort, with the second location opening on
Monday, April 2nd at the Santa Fe Station; 4949 N. Rancho
Dr. Please RSVP to Jeff Lovari at 702.221.6538.
Congratulations to OPM Nightclub’s top dawg
and his gorgeous wife, Michael and Camilla Goodwin,
on the arrival of their second child last week, a bouncing
baby girl, Jada Micel! The newest member of the Goodwin
family weighed in at 7lbs and 8 oz and both mother and baby
are doing great. “I really have my hands full now,” said the
proud father with a smile.
We wanted to share a message from Sapphire’s
director of marketing, Shai Cohen, coming
direct from the world’s largest gentlemen’s club and winner
of the Review Journal’s
‘Best of Las Vegas Online Poll’. “We want to first
thank everyone who voted for us online, helping us win this
tremendous honor. We achieved this award through hard work,
dedication and great service to Las Vegas and our guests!”
Congratulations to Cohen and the whole Sapphire team!
The El Cortez has started offering a
version of ‘Gaming Gourmet’, where players are served food
via carts right on the casino floor. While traditionally
this was not done over fears of players using the food to
mark cards, how healthy can it be to handle food and El
Cortez gaming chips at the same time? It will be interesting
to see how this trend progresses …
The
official public opening of The Grand Canyon Skywalk
is this Wednesday, March 28th. The Grand Canyon Skywalk will
be the first ever cantilever-shaped glass walkway to suspend
more than 4,000 feet above the canyon’s floor and extend 70
feet from the canyon’s rim. Located at Grand Canyon West’s
Eagle Point, guests will enter and exit The Skywalk via
temporary buildings while the adjacent visitor’s center is
being completed. Open from dawn to dusk, admission for The
Skywalk will be $25 per person in addition to a purchased
Grand Canyon West entrance package. For more information,
please call 1 (877) 716-WEST.
Last Saturday at The Culinary Institute of Las Vegas,
high school seniors with career goals in the culinary
industry participated in the first round event in The Art
Institutes Best Teen Chef 2007 competition. 23 finalists
have moved to Dallas, Texas to compete for a full-tuition
scholarship worth approx. $40,000 to study culinary arts at
The Art Institutes, and the title Best Teen Chef.
Tomorrow
morning, five Las Vegas casino dealers will speak to the
Nevada Assembly's Judiciary Committee to voice their support
for a new bill that would forbid tip-redistribution, a
direct response to Steve Wynn and Wynn Las Vegas’ action to
cut casino managers into the tip pool. According to Wynn,
the move was done to close the estimated $35,000 gap between
supervisor and dealer salaries.
Smoked meat magnate Gary Cantor has been
spotted at Mandalay Bay in recent weeks,
walking the casino floor in his patented velour track suit.
No word on what ‘buddy, buddy’ is up to, although whispers
say he’s looking to expand his Las Vegas footprint from his
T.I. Cantor’s Deli location.
Planet Hollywood
has announced that they will unveil Planet
Hollywood Magazine later this summer in the
property’s 2,600 rooms. The magazine, which will be produced
bi-annually, is being published by in-room media kings,
On-Board Media. "Las Vegas has always been
Hollywood’s playground and a center stage for top-name
performers, from the great Frank Sinatra to pop-icon Kelly
Clarkson," says Robert Earl, co-chairman of
Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino. “Planet Hollywood
magazine will be a tangible piece of our property’s
entertainment culture.”
The UNLV Basketball Team (players over 21+)
celebrated their successful Sweet Sixteen season at
OPM Nightclub on Saturday night. Also in the house
celebrating her 21st birthday was Rene Rougeau
with some friends.
Grammy Award-winning vocalist Steve Tyrell
is truly a renaissance man. In his four decades in the music
business he has achieved great success as an artist,
producer, songwriter, music supervisor and performer. His
productions have won numerous Grammys and have been
nominated for Academy and Golden Globe Awards. Steve Tyrell
will be playing at the Nugget on April
12th through the 14th. For more info, visit
www.stevetyrell.com.
This Saturday, March 31st, at 10am Café
Ba-Ba-Reeba will be hosting a Paella Cooking Class
featuring the outstanding Chef Raul. The
cost is $35 and includes homemade churros, three tapas
courses, paella, dessert, Spanish wine and a Paella
cookbook. Then on Tuesday, April 3rd from 6 – 8pm,
join in on the fun on the back patio for Spanish
wine-tasting. For $30, guests will sample 33 Spanish wines
of all styles and price points. Reservations in advance are
required. Call 702.258.1211 today!
The SCORES gentlemen’s club franchise has signed on as a
sponsor of the 15th annual Gentlemen’s Club Expo
taking place this August at Mandalay Place. SCORES currently
operates nine locations around the globe including SCORES
Las Vegas and the all-new SCORES Los Angeles, which is
expected to open its doors sometime this summer.
Rumors have
Canadian crooner Matt Dusk, (made famous by
the reality television show ‘The Casino’) returning
for an end-of-year date at the Las Vegas Hilton.
‘The Casino’ was the FOX Television show
filmed at the Golden Nugget last year while
fledgling execs Tim Poster and Tom
Breitling controlled the property.
Review
Journal gossiper Norm Clarke reports that
something is up with Prince and “his
unconfirmed departure” from the Rio. Didn’t we confirm that
last week when we announced the new nightclub taking over
the Club 3121 space? It
just goes to show why our readers are so far ahead of the
water cooler-curve …
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