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Volcom
August 23rd, 2012
Founded on a snowboarding trip by Richard Woolcott and Tucker Hall in 1991, the Volcom concept of mixing clothing with art, music and athletics catapulted the brand into international success in the action-sports world. Read more »
My Object of Affection
Holly Madison, 32
Actress, Peepshow at Planet Hollywood
August 23rd, 2012
"My most prized possession is a collection of troll dolls sent to me from fans around the world." Read more »
Concerts
Nicki Minaj
PH Live at Planet Hollywood, Aug. 4
August 9th, 2012
Minaj brought her sexy, “girl power” energy to the Las Vegas stop of her My Pink Friday world tour. The bass-heavy “Did it on ‘Em” and “I Am Your Leader” amped up the theater, and when Minaj dove into her latest single, “Beez in the Trap,” the crowd recited the lyrics for her. Touring rap star 2 Chainz shocked the audience by joining Minaj to perform his verse on the song. Read more »
Surf Soon Won't Get Around Anymore
August 8th, 2012
Tide's out—or more accurately, never came in—for Surf: The Musical Read more »
Health & Beauty
Best New Men’s Store
July 26th, 2012
Preppy Americana is always in style, and it’s easily attainable now that Original Penguin is in town. The brand, which started as America’s answer to Lacoste in the 1950s, opened its first Las Vegas outpost in Miracle Mile Shops at Planet Hollywood in October. Read more »
Showstopper
Plot doesn’t slow down the party at Surf
July 26th, 2012
Think: Grease Jr. meets Beach Blanket Bingo Lite. Each has characters of Shakespearean complexity compared to Surf: The Musical, the new Beach Boys-powered jukebox-er hangin’ 10 at Planet Hollywood. Should that matter when the point is reveling in a beloved band’s music? No—unless a show concocts characters and a plot, implying you should care what happens, and to whom. Read more »
Nightlife
Best Nightclub Art Show
July 26th, 2012
Unless you left your libido at home, it’s impossible not to be tantalized by the black-and-white erotic photography in Gallery, courtesy of Los Angeles-based Christian Horan. Read more »
Soundscraper
Phoenix grind, Jamaican jams and Austin facials
June 28th, 2012
It’s all about scraping the underground’s underbelly for cool sounds this week. Read more »
Music
Tour Buzz
June 28th, 2012
The 2003 Jack Black film School of Rock was based on a school operated by Paul Green. The story goes that VH1 crews visited Green’s School of Rock Music in Philadelphia and filmed there; three years later, VH1’s parent company Viacom made an intermittently funny movie about a guy who teaches Led Zeppelin songs to kids. Read more »
Dining
Chefs’ Night Out
What they eat during off-hours seems to be a hot topic. We sent our critic to get a sampling.
June 7th, 2012
Chef’s Feed, a new app for the Android or iPhone, is on its way to Las Vegas. A cool concept already launched in American cities such as San Francisco, the app provides an interface that indicates where top chefs in a given city eat and their recommended dishes. Read more »
