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Britney Checking
Into the Palms for a Week in Vegas
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Pop princess Britney Spears is expected to
check into the Fantasy Towers suites of the Palms Hotel here
today, as a weeklong guest of owner/mogul George
Maloof, as predicted earlier this week here in
Luxe Life. The reservations for her week-long stay were
made late last night.
Ironically, it was at the Palms where Britney was staying
when, two years ago, she had her "surprise runaway" Vegas
marriage to a childhood Louisiana sweetheart that lasted
just 55 hours before one of Maloof's lawyers got the
nuptials reversed with a just-as-quick divorce agreement.
Its expected that, while here, Britney and newly-reunited
manager Larry Rudolph, who is a pal of
George's, will spend time in the Palms recording studio with
its direct access from her suite via private elevator. She's
already worked in the studio previously.
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Yesterday, the Palms recording studio was recognized as "best in the
country for its design." Celebrating their tremendous achievement in
studio design, The Studio at The Palms was honored at the 2006
Technical Excellence and Creativity Awards for audio production and
creativity. "Every element of the studio from design to our staff is
top-notch in the music industry and we're thrilled that our peers
recognized us for those elements. The studio has been open less than
a year and has already made an impact in the music world," said Zoe
Thrall, director of The Studio at The Palms.
Sir Elton John, The Killers,
The Blue Man Group and Britney herself are among
the stars who have already used the facility, and insiders tell
Luxe Life that Britney is already at work on a new album as she
fights separated husband and wouldbe rapper Kevin Federline
in a bitter divorce and custody battle. (Click
here for all the earlier Luxe Life reports on that
furious feud.
Luxe Life will monitor all of Brit's weeklong stay, and the
very real possibility that, with Fed-Ex also coming to town for a
surprise show to revive his flagging national tour for his
sales-flop CD 'Playing with Fire,' their tormented troubled paths
may well cross!!
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Yesterday Maloof, (to right), while announcing the spring
opening of his new, 4-level, 40-ft-tall underground Pearl
2,400 seat showroom theater at the resort. during a hard-hat
construction sneak-preview for Luxe Life was
tight-lipped about the possibility of Britney appearing
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Borat Demands $3 Million to Appear on
New Year's Eve; Jay-Z Plans a Surprise Show at TAO
Vegas nightclub owners are shocked and in disbelief at the
outrageous $3-million payday that box-office movie king
Sacha Baron Cohen wants for a New Years Eve appearance on
the Strip as Borat, the weirdo Eastern European
journalist! Admittedly, his new movie, 'Borat:
Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of
Kazakhstan' is #1 and soaring higher, but nobody's going higher than
a cool $1 million, according to casino executives and nightclub
insiders I talked to this evening.
The dinosaur demands came to light this afternoon as Luxe Life
learned that rapper-mogul
Jay-Z will make a special, top-secret appearance in
concert at
TAO late on Saturday night, and that a rival nightclub allegedly
offered $400,000 to him to perform elsewhere. The last-minute,
one-upmanship money offers were turned down as the contract for his
TAO appearance had already been signed. Nobody will confirm but one
club thought he was being paid a whopping $250,000 for his one night
special show and thus the near half-million dollar rival offer!!!
Its obvious the mega-bucks nightclub wars have erupted one more
time.
Last weekend, pop-prince Nick Lachey's galpal
Vanessa Minnillo had been announced to appear at
PURE as a Pussycat Doll but, at the last minute, she decided to hold
her 26th birthday party atTAO instead. It's believed that the bid to
try and change Jay-Z from TAO was related to that rivalry, but
Luxe Life has been unable to confirm it.
Jay-Z is coming out of a self-imposed retirement and is ready to
promote his new album 'Kingdom Come,' which wont be released until
next Tuesday. TAO's Saturday show will be his first performance of
material from the new album, and his appearance won't be advertised.
"It'll just be a word of mouth thing," said one of TAO's executives.
"We want to ensure our VIP customers get well looked after first."
I understand that the inside of the TAO nightclub will undergo a
massive one-night renovation makeover to accommodate Jay-Z's
concert. The owners of TAO are in New York celebrating its 6th
birthday there on Friday night, and then 25 of them will hop a
flight first thing Saturday to be here for Jay-Z's surprise show.
I'm assured that Jay-Z is bringing in a contingent of his own
celebrity pals for the rave-up and TAO promises another major
turnout of stars too. Luxe Life will provide it as
"breaking news" as the hours tick closer and last-minute travel
plans get locked into place.
Extra security will be in place at The Venetian for Jay-Z's arrival
and appearance and stratospheric counter-offers are flying on
Borat's demands for a New Years Eve Strip appearance and Luxe
Life readers can be assured that the "mega-bucks war" between
the big casino nightclubs here is boiling over yet again.
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