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Las Vegas DJs Tip Residency Plans at Ultra
April 3rd, 2013
When Ultra Music Festival’s second weekend took hold of Miami on March 22-24, there were a number of Las Vegas nightlife operators and DJs on hand. And while Tao Group partner Jason Strauss hosted CrossFit workouts with Insomniac’s Pasquale Rotella, Nicky Romero and Playboy’s Miss September, Alana Campos, and the Wynn operators held a secret show with Steve Angello at the Miami Art Museum, it was the DJs who provided the biggest glimpse into the future of Las Vegas. Read more »
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Britney Spears Takes Whirlwind Spin Through Town Square
March 27th, 2013
When Britney Spears signs her inevitable residency deal, we know for a fact that she’ll only hang out in the finest outdoor malls disguised as small-town thoroughfares that Las Vegas has to offer. Read more »
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Caesars Doing Bill’s Over as Gansevoort
March 20th, 2013
Once renovations are done on the hotel formerly known as Bill’s Gamblin’ Hall & Saloon early in 2014, Caesars Entertainment confirms it will begin its new life as Gansevoort Las Vegas. Which is Dutch for “Why the hell are there so many vowels in that word?” Read more »
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1 Oak Lures in Legend
February 28th, 2013
Mirage nightclub 1 Oak celebrated its birthday the same way JFK celebrated his: By having someone croon “Happy Birthday” to them. And look how well that turned out for Kennedy. (Fine. Too soon.) Read more »
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Print is Dead: Brandi Glanville Has a Book
February 28th, 2013
Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star and plastic surgery enthusiast Brandi Glanville was at Lavo on February 22 to celebrate the publication of her book Drinking and Tweeting: and Other Brandi Blunders. Because apparently that’s a thing you can write a book about now. Read more »
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Grenier Pulls Off A Rare DJ Feat
February 21st, 2013
In the course of the evening, Adrian Grenier also got up in the booth to play a track from the Skins, the Brooklyn band he produces. Before he left, though, he put on Nirvana’s “Lithium”—which has to mark the first time any club has ever forced its patrons to awkwardly jam to a downbeat grunge anthem. Read more »
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Chris Paul Wins MVP, Hightails It to Lavo
February 21st, 2013
After winning the NBA All-Star MVP with 20 points and 15 assists, Chris Paul did what any reasonable human being would do in that situation: get the high holy hell out of Houston and come to Las Vegas. Paul came directly to Lavo after the February 17 game to celebrate both his brother CJ’s 30th birthday and helping to marginally ruin LeBron James’ evening. Read more »
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Bourdain, Ripert Take Out the Knives
February 14th, 2013
The bad thing about accepting a nation’s highest honors—like chef Eric Ripert did when he became a French chevalier—is that it tends to reflect poorly on a whole country when you duck out of major confrontations. Still, if we were faced with disgracing our native land and sitting there while Anthony Bourdain puts you to the screws, we know which way we’d bounce. Read more »
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Light Nabs Skrillex
February 14th, 2013
The Cirque du Soleil/Light Group nightclub Light officially has an opening date now—April 26. It has something else too: an official dubstep dispenser—Skrillex. Read more »
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Lowe Samples Citizens
February 14th, 2013
Parks and Recreation’s Rob Lowe was spotted at Citizens on February 9, disappointing the most hard-core of Chris Traeger fans by eating a burger. Read more »
