June 22, 2009

Pimps Face Steep Fines in Las Vegas

Despite vetoing approximately 50% of the bills placed before him to sign, Nevada Governor Jim Gibbons is set to sign today Nevada Assembly Bill 380, which makes Nevada’s prostitution laws the strictest in the United States.   
Las Vegas ranks second in the nation following Atlanta for having the most child prostitutes. 
If a person is convicted of [...]

June 22, 2009

‘Old’ Ushers in ‘New’ at Peepshow in Las Vegas

Spice Girl Mel B ended her four-month run as the Peep Diva in “Peepshow” at Las Vegas’ Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino on Sunday, the same day her counterpart Kelly Monaco, 33, ended her four-month run. Holly Madison, 30, is set to replace Monaco on June 22. Broadway and R&B songbird Shoshana Bean is set to [...]

June 22, 2009

Andrew Cohen Wins Casino Employees Poker Championship at World Series of Poker in Las Vegas

Andrew Cohen, from Las Vegas, captured the $500 buy-in Casino Employees No Limit Hold’em championship at the 2009 World Series of Poker, winning $83,778.  This year’s field drew 867 dealers, floorpeople and bartenders and generated a prize-pool of $389,700.
Originally from New York, Cohen is a bartender at the Palms Casino, inside the Nine steakhouse in Las [...]

June 22, 2009

Five Thousand “I Do’s” on New Las Vegas Wedding Reality TV Show

Did you attend the wedding of controversial ex-NBA player Dennis Rodman to bombshell entertainer Carmen Electra at the Chapel of the Flowers in Las Vegas?   Did you “miss” your own wedding, perhaps being a bit too tipsy to properly take it all in?  Or maybe you have the urge to soon get married in Las Vegas, but [...]

June 22, 2009

Animal Rights Groups Fighting Mad Over Dolphin Acquisitions at The Mirage in Las Vegas

As reported on by Las Vegas Backstage Access on June 7, the dolphin named Sgt. Pepper died on June 4 at The Mirage from complications from a lung infection. 
Now we learn that two days before the death, two animal rights groups, Born Free USA and The World Society for the Protection of Animals, filed a [...]

June 22, 2009

Eva Langoria Parker & Todd English – - Hungry in Las Vegas

Eva Langoria Parker of “Desperate Housewifes” fame and star chef Todd English are teaming up on a Latin-themed steakhouse planned for the new CityCenter in Las Vegas.  
The restaurant will be a spinoff from Beso in Hollywood and is planned to open later this year when the CityCenter opens.  Jonas Lawrence, formerly of Rokbar in Miami, is the [...]