Archive for January, 2010

GAY COMMUNITY IN UPROAR

Joy Behar suffered an extreme case of foot-in-mouth disease on episode of
The View, as she shared her understanding of gay relationships.  During the “hot topics” segment,  Behar shared her belief that  they [the gay community] don’t take monogamy and infidelity the same way that the straight community does…if they have an affair, some one night stand… even though they’re in a committed relationship… they don’t break up the relationship the way straight people do.”

Whitney Houston Announces World Tour

The Living Legend & Icon known as “The Voice,” Whitney Houston
recently announced her world tour dates The Nothing But Love Tour will support her DOUBLE PLATINUM album, I Look To You. The tour will venture to South Korea, Japan, Europe, and Australia. As Whitney Houston is and has always been my favorite singer, I can’t wait to go see a TRUE diva return to the stage! And yes, the U.S. tour dates will be announced shortly, as that will be a separate leg of the massive tour.

“I’m going to the Grammys alone, as always!” she said  Thursday on 104.3 MY FM’s “Valentine in the Morning” show, according to US Magazine.com. “Even when I was in a relationship, I always have gone alone.”

However, “I’m still single, if that’s what you really want
to ask!” she added.

She was then asked about photographs that circulated online earlier this month of her and Kemp getting close in Mexico, and she only said “It was a blast!”

Of course, she’ll have plenty of company at the show: She’s nominated for a Grammy, with Jay-Z and Kanye West, for Best Rap/Sung Collaboration for “Run This Town.”

WHAT: The updated “Le Rêve” show schedule is now at 7 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. on Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Friday and Saturday. The show is dark (no performances) on Wednesdays and Thursdays. Ticket prices are $99 (Splash Zone), $129 (Premium Seating) and $179 (VIP Indulgence Package), plus service charge and tax.

WHEN: Effective January 8, 2010

WHERE: “Le Rêve,” presented exclusively at Wynn Las Vegas

OTHER: For more information please visit www.wynnlasvegas.com or call 702-770-9966.

“Le Rêve” redefines the traditional theatrical experience with an evocative aqua spectacle in-the-round. The show features an ambitious blend of aerial acrobatics, provocative choreography, powerful performances and elaborate effects.
“Le Rêve” is created and directed by Franco Dragone of Franco Dragone Entertainment Group.

Rumors around town that on Feb 19th Harrah’s is going to buy BASE Entertainment which owns; Phantom of the Opera, Jersey Boys, Peep Show ( soon to be scaled down) , Wayne Brady and The Theater of the Performing Arts at Planet Hollywood. Sources also tell me that AEG Live will be handling all their ticket operations.

I need to say the Agave in Summerlin just across from Red Rock casino has certainly upgraded their bartenders.  They must have hired a half a dozen of the hottest girls I have seen this side of the Vegas strip.  The best part is that they are open until 2 AM with a full menu.  Now I am not sure whether to go to Roadrunner on Flamingo or Agave for their 10PM hours.  It’s nice to stay in the neighborhood. Saturday nights at Roadrunner have really been hopping with a strip DJ and club quality hunnies!!!

PHOENIX (Special guest Sea Wolf)
Thursday, January 28th at 8pm

KENNY CHESNEY

Friday, May 14th and Saturday, May 15th at 8pm
Friday, July 2nd and Saturday, July 3rd at 8pm

ASIA 65 – TIMELESS MEMORIES
Saturday, February 27th at 1pm and 7pm

EXPERIENCE HENDRIX TRIBUTE TOUR
Saturday, March 6th at 8pm

RUSSELL PETERS
Saturday, March 27th at 9pm

RESIDENT SHOW
SUPERNATURAL SANTANA (A Trip Through the Hits)
Feb 3rd – May 2nd

WASTED SPACE ROCK BAR
HYPER CRUSH
Jan 28th at 10pm

BOWLING FOR SOUP
(Special guests Just Surrender and One Pin Short)
Jan 31st

TROUBLE ANDREW & GHOST RIDERS IN DISGUISE
Feb 11th at 9:30pm

ADLER’S APPETITE
Feb 18th at 10pm

THE HEAD CAT
(Special guest Yeller Bellies)
Feb 21st at 9:30pm

CASH’D OUT
(Special guests Jaxy and the 357′s and Cadillac 9)
Feb 25th at 10pm

BLACK REBEL MOTORCYCLECLUB
(Special guest The Whigs)
Feb 28th at 9:30pm

GALACTIC
March 7th at 9:30pm

YOUNG DUBLINERS
March 14th at 10pm

WILD RECORDS PRE VIVA PARTY
March 31st at 10:30pm

Wednesday, January 27    2:00 PM
OPEN MEDIA WORKOUTS
Location: Elite Las Vegas Boxing Gym
5155 Dean Martin Dr. Las Vegas, NV 89118

2:00 PM – BEIBUT SHUMENOV
2:30 PM – ERISLANDY LARA
3:00 PM – GABRIEL CAMPILLO
3:30 PM – GRADY BREWER

Thursday, January 28
4:00 PM  DOORS OPEN FOR OFFICIAL WEIGH IN
Location: Hard Rock Hotel & Casino – Wasted Space Club
4455 Paradise Road Las Vegas, NV 89169

5:00 PM OFFICIAL WEIGH IN – Main Event On Scale

Friday, January 29     6:00 PM
CREDENTIAL DISTRIBUTION BEGINS & DOORS OPEN
Location: Hard Rock Hotel & Casino – The Joint Box Office
4455 Paradise Road Las Vegas, NV 89169

7:00 PM                                FIRST FIGHT BEGINS

8:00 PM                                FOX SPORTS NET BROADCAST BEGINS

FOLLOWING FIGHT            POST FIGHT PRESS CONFERENCE
Location: Ringside

MEDIA WRISTBAND DISTRIBUTION:  Fight night media wristbands will be distributed beginning at 6:00 PM on Friday, January 29 from Hard Rock Hotel & Casino – The Joint Box Office.  Please present valid identification to receive your wristbands and you will be directed into the venue.

About “Campillo vs. Shumenov II”:  Presented by KZ Event Productions and Golden Boy Promotions, with Campillo vs. Shumenov presented in association with Sampson Boxing LLC.  The bout will be televised live on Fox Sports Net (FSN) and its regional sports network affiliates beginning at 11 pm ET / 8 pm PT (check local listings).  Doors will open at 6 pm and the first bell rings at 7 pm.

FOR WHAT IS CONSIDERED A BARGAIN PRICE, INVESTOR CARL ICAHN IS ABOUT TO PURCHASE THE BANKRUPT FONTAINEBLEAU LAS VEGAS PROJECT.

Carl Icahn is poised to buy Jeffrey Soffer’s unfinished Fontainebleau Las Vegas in a bankruptcy sale for $157 million, a big discount for a project that has so far cost $2 billion to build.

Icahn Nevada Gaming Acquisition LLC made the only qualified bid, an attorney for the bankruptcy examiner said in court documents filed in Miami. Thursday’s auction was canceled, according to the papers. A hearing on the sale is set for Jan. 27 in Miami, when a judge must approve the sale for Icahn to take over.

Icahn’s November offer of $156.5 million, including financing during the Chapter 11 bankruptcy case, set the minimum for others to beat. The 63-story Fontainebleau, about 70 percent complete at a cost of $2 billion when it filed for bankruptcy in June, sits on about 27 acres at the north end of the Las Vegas Strip. It will cost about $1.5 billion to finish, former bidder Penn National Gaming Inc. has estimated. Although two rival offers for the project were received, “the examiner has determined that the submissions are not qualified,” Eve Karasik, attorney for the Chapter 11 examiner, said in court papers, without identifying the bidders. A source close to Soffer said Wednesday that the Vegas project only has a license on the Fontainebleau brand for another year. The Fontainebleau name “will never be on the property once it opens,” the source said.

Fontainebleau Las Vegas LLC and affiliates Fontainebleau Las Vegas Holdings LLC and Fontainebleau Las Vegas Capital Corp. sought court protection from creditors June 9, listing assets and debt of more than $1 billion each. Icahn, 73, triggered a bidding war with Penn National in court on Nov. 23, leading to the billionaire investor’s so- called stalking-horse offer. Penn National stopped bidding in court at $145 million, including $50 million in debtor-in-possession financing, after first offering $101.5 million.

Soffer, a partner in the Turnberry development in Aventura, launched the Fontainebleau Vegas shortly after purchasing the original Miami Beach hotel in 2005. The Fontainebleau Miami Beach is fending off creditors trying to collect more than $60 million in construction bills from that resort’s renovation. While the two projects are separate, the insurers that backed Soffer’s Vegas loans are suing to treat the Fontainebleau Miami Beach as collateral on the Vegas debt.

Soffer has said the Vegas woes will have no bearing on the Fontainebleau Miami Beach.

Source: BETH JINKS AND DAWN MCCARTY
Bloomberg News

Former child star of “Lost Boys,” “License to Drive” and “Lucas,” star Corey Haim celebrated the premiere of his latest film “American Sunset” with friends and fellow cast mates at Hawaiian Tropic Zone inside Miracle Mile Shops on Saturday, Jan. 23.

About Hawaiian Tropic Zone
Hawaiian Tropic Zone boasts a sexy modern décor, alluring dining room, mouth-watering menu items, cat-walk stage for nightly entertainment, largest video wall in Las Vegas, cabaret dancers, full bar, water wall entrance, strip-side patio and live DJ appearing nightly. Exotic and friendly Hawaiian Tropic models serve as “table concierges” to assist with guests’ every dining need as well as participate in nightly beauty pageants. Hawaiian Tropic Zone is located inside Miracle Mile Shops at Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino.