Vanity
2012 Nightclub Awards
Best Ladies Night: Vanity
December 20th, 2012
Local ladies happily avail themselves of the complimentary admission and free booze on offer at almost every club, every night of the week. But dangle a sparkly carrot in front of them (or, better yet, a purse), and you can expect an early rush of girls as giddy as if they were about to receive a pink convertible on their 16th birthday. Read more »
Halloween Costume Contests
The Seven Biggest Hauls
October 25th, 2012
For some, Halloween is the one time of the year when it is totally acceptable to dress like a slut. And, yes, even some of you guys use it as an opportunity to show off your dedication to the gym. But for others, it’s a major cash cow where months of elaborate costume constructing (or strategic body-paint planning) result in a major payoff that could earn you more in one night than many people’s annual salary. Here are your seven best chances to score some major moolah. Read more »
DJ Profile
King Richard’s Opus
Classically trained Richard Beynon orchestrates his Hard Rock residency
March 29th, 2012
Clarinet is probably not the first thing that springs to mind when referring to electronic dance music. Show tunes and jazz standards are unlikely to cross your mind, too. Yet for 26-year-old DJ/producer Richard Beynon, that’s where his foray into the industry began. Read more »
Gossip
Vanity celebrates defunct HBO show about vanity
March 29th, 2012
Don’t think the end of Entourage means that was last time you could see Vince and Matt Dillon’s Brother and The Short One all together in one spot. No, Vanity on March 24 was all about reliving the magic of season after season of thinly drawn conflict melting away into a placid puddle of absolutely no repercussions, character growth or meaningful change. Read more »
Gossip
Pick a Shore, any Shore
November 3rd, 2011
Not that they need any particular reason to show up in town, half the cast of Jersey Shore was here for the weekend to play into as many stereotypes as they could in as short an amount of time as possible. Read more »
Gossip
Ice T makes tracks, scares crowds
September 8th, 2011
With reality TV being the No. 1 source for creating today’s new celebrities, Ice T and Coco of TV’s Ice T Loves Coco jumped on the bandwagon, hosting Vanity Nightclub on Friday night. Ice T tried out his DJing skills later that night when he played Coco’s allegedly never-before-played single, making the crowd wild. Read more »
Gossip
JWoww turns 25, boobs turn 4
March 3rd, 2011
In the latest episode of Jersey Shore, Jenni “JWoww” Farley turned down an offer to hook up with a stranger because she liked how things were going with her new boyfriend, Roger Matthews. You know, like a normal, reasonable person would do. We weep for what Jerz might become if this plague of rational behavior and consideration for other people’s feelings continues unabated. Read more »
Gossip
Night-lights
February 17th, 2011
• The DJ roll call just keeps getting longer. LAX is adding a residency of its own with Sharam starting his monthly residency there Feb. 23. It will be called Destination Sharam, presumably because Destination Tiësto would have been too confusing. Read more »
Scene
Report Card Time
Checking in on nightlife’s Class of 2010
December 16th, 2010
Here we are staring down the barrel of another New Year. While the local economy has crawled along since 2008, the nightlife industry has pushed forward undaunted, like a Red Bull’d-up bottle baron in the face of a dozen short skirts and miles of rejection. Read more »
The Latest Gossip
Twisted Sisters
October 7th, 2010
Kristina and Karissa Shannon, the blond twins who stole Hugh Hefner’s heart right after the mass exodus of Holly Madison, Kendra Wilkinson and Bridget Marquardt, celebrated their 21st birthdays Oct. 2 at Vanity. Read more »
