January '08 Entertainment—The Vegas Eye Column

New Years Eve Recap

New Year's Eve hosted by Paris and Nicky Hilton at LAX Nightclub was a night to remember as the celebrity packed party. This year celebrities walked the LAX red carpet, including the Hilton sisters, celebrity investor and resident DJ AM, recent Vegas show girl Pamela Anderson before hosting at PURE Nightclub, actress Ashley Leggat, Larry Birkhead, and rapper/dancer Kevin Federline before heading over to host at Tangerine Lounge & Nightclub. Once inside the gorgeous two-story club, the Hiltons headed to their plush VIP tables on the stage to celebrate the many memories of 2007. At the stroke of midnight, the celebrity sisters got on top of the DJ Booth with friends to ring in 2008 with the masses, accompanied by two Magnums of Dom Perignon for a club wide champagne toast. Toasting to the New Year, Birkhead sipped on drinks while dancing the night away with some beautiful ladies. Close by, Leggat enjoyed the complimentary party favors and partied with her girlfriends until the early morning hours. As DJ AM spun the hottest sounds of 2007, After enjoying our time at The Emerald Ball held for Cancer survivors at The Rio Politz brought his friends Ian Ziering, actress Melissa Gilbert, and The Apprentice star Omarosa made Bar Noir their late night party spot of choice to make New Year's Eve spectacular in Las Vegas.

Club-goers were treated to a very special knockout New Year's Eve party at PURE hosted by the ever-popular Pamela Anderson. The blonde bombshell arrived just before 11pm, planting herself and an entourage of friends in a premier spot on the club's main stage where they could overlook the entire dance floor. The anticipation throughout the whole club grew as it got closer and closer to midnight, when Anderson took charge on the microphone and led PURE and all its partiers through the official countdown to 2008. After spending the last few seconds of the year inside the main room of Sin City's sexiest night spot, Anderson made her way to PURE's famous terrace to lead a rooftop champagne toast under the flashes of the Las Vegas fireworks. Anderson wished the crowd on the terrace a happy New Year's, fed pieces of cake to her PURE Owner Robert Frey and friends and posed for the flashes of many fans' cameras. The actress, model, and previous Las Vegas showgirl slipped out for the night just before 2am after celebrating the holiday at the hottest nightclub in the country. Also celebrating at PURE were Kansas City Chiefs running back Larry Johnson, MTV reality star Justin “Bobby” and Junior Seau of the 16-0 New England Patriots.

Just up The Strip at Tangerine inside T.I., Kevin Federline hosted an unforgettable New Year's Eve bash that had club goers rocking all night. He later counted down to the New Year and raised a toast to the jam-packed club. Federline jumped on stage to address the crowd and was joined by friend and former Atlanta Falcon Jamal Anderson. After hanging out in VIP with friends, Federline headed over to the DJ booth where he took over the mic as he joined DJ Skee and kept the party poppin' until the wee hours of the morning. After his hosting duties at Tangerine, Federline made his way back over to LAX with his large group of friends to top off an unforgettable evening. The night marked the end of an era as Tangerine will close it's doors to undergo a complete renovation and will reopen as an exciting nightlife experience in mid 2008. Also making Tangerine his New Year's Eve destination was Denver Broncos tight end Daniel Graham.

Lil' Jon & Avril Lavigne at LAX

On the night before the biggest party of the year, Paris and Nicky Hilton returned to PURE Nightclub last night where Paris heated things up as hostess for the evening. The sultry sisters arrived just after midnight along with Nicky's beau, David Katzenberg, and headed straight for the main stage where they posed for a flurry of flashing cameras and waved to excited fans who filled the club. Once the duo and their friends settled into their prime spot near the DJ booth, Paris borrowed the microphone, sang and danced for the crowd while sister Nicky cheered her on from her seat close by. Joining in the celebration were Kevin Federline as well as Brody Jenner, Frankie Delgado and Justin “Bobby” Brescia of The Hills. Hip-hop couple Nas and Kelis, linebacker Junior Seau of the 16-0 New England Patriots, De'mario “Raz B” Monte Thornton of the R&B group B2K, Heroes actress Dania Ramirez and Olympic sprinter Maurice Green were also spotted soaking in the vibrant scene at the nation’s number one nightclub.

Meanwhile LAX Nightclub kicked it into high gear on Sunday night as Lauren Conrad, Audrina Patridge and Whitney Port of MTV's hit show The Hills hosted a wild party at Sin City’s swankiest nightspot. The Hills clan joined by Stephen Colletti, Lauren Bosworth, Baywatch's Jeremy Jackson and a group of friends setup shop at a table on the VIP stage while co-stars Jenner and Delgado joined by Justin “Bobby” Brescia and a large group of buddies took to a VIP table on the dance floor. The tables didn't separate the two parties as they all partied together throughout the night. Also partying up on the VIP stage was rocker Dave Navarro and DJ Skribble who took in the wild scene and marveled at the packed house. At midnight and as her song "Girlfriend" blasted over the sound system, punk-pop star Avril Lavigne came in with husband Deryck Whibley to let loose as they partied in one of LAX's ultra VIP lofts drinking Belvedere Vodka and dancing all night long to the sounds of DJ Vice.

Later in the evening after a night at PURE, the Hilton sisters couldn't hold back their excitement for to usher in 2008 at LAX and dropped in with an entourage for a pre-New Year's Eve soiree. After addressing the packed house the sisters headed to their VIP table to take photos with friends and toast with shots of Patron. Sunday night at LAX also brought out a slue of additional celebrities including Cris Judd, Dancing with the Stars' Cheryl Burke and Karina Smirnoff, Lil' Jon, DJ Homicide, UFC tough guys Georges St-Pierre and Josh Koscheck, local entertainers Zowie Bowie and the cast of the reality show Sunset Tan and Pauly Shore.

Wynn for the Winners

Last night at the Pearl theater inside the Palms home town guy Ne-Yo made a surprise performance along side Jay Z, and then he made his way over to his favorite Vegas hot spot tryst, he was greeted by a trumpet line playing the Jay-Z kanye west song roc boys, this lead to ne-yo performing his hit song, "Because of you." Alongside neyo was the ufc light heavyweight champion Quentin Jackson, upon arrive the song (The Champ is here) was played and Quentin was greeted to the staff with sparkles in hand. It was a high energy night and a great crowd.

In addition, upstairs at Blush hall of fame NBA player Charles Barkley was having another great night in Vegas.