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Stealing Rich Men’s Shrimp at The Palms

Hotels, Las Vegas, Nevada, Sin City, The Famous and the Infamous
Posted April 23rd, 2007 by Christopher - 5 comments

The changes at The Palms Hotel and Casino, with the exception of the new condominium tower, are now complete. The last change in the process was the completion and opening of The Pearl on Saturday night, featuring a live performance by Gwen Stefani and appearances by a number of celebrities.

We’d promised some photos from the red carpet at the event. Unfortunately, the red carpet at this event was a staged area inside of the ballroom next to The Pearl and since we didn’t know that ahead of time we hadn’t requested proper press credentials, alas.

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Gwen Stefani Opens The Pearl

Hotels, Las Vegas, Nevada, Sin City, Special Events, The Famous and the Infamous
Posted April 19th, 2007 by Christopher - Add comment

The Maloofs know how to work it. One of biggest features of the recently expanded Palms Hotel and Casino is their live music venue they are calling “The Pearl.” Not a reference to the mysterious hatch in Lost, The Pearl is said to be – nay, hyped to be – one of the best places to experience live performances of music anywhere… ever.

From the photographs, The Pearl definitely looks like a great venue with some very unique, very special features.

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“What’s Wrong With Mikie???”

Las Vegas, Nevada, Sin City, Stories, The Famous and the Infamous
Posted April 3rd, 2007 by Christopher - 7 comments

My friend Christopher Nolan has said some funny stuff about Michael Jackson in the past, what with all of his seemingly out-of-this-world ideas, eccentricities, et cetera (to say nothing about allowing himself to be too close to scandals and people taking pop-shots at him because he’s an easy target.) In a funny-serious sounding voice, he’ll posit in the form of a question, “What’s wrong with Mikie???

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Miss America at the Aladdin, Katie Rees Was Robbed

Hotels, Las Vegas, Nevada, Nightlife, Shows and Entertainment, Sin City, Special Events, The Famous and the Infamous
Posted January 26th, 2007 by Christopher - 3 comments

The Miss America Pageant is currently underway at the Aladdin Resort and Casino (being remodeled and soon to be Planet Hollywood Las Vegas.) This has me thinking about beauty pageants in light of the recent “scandals” involving pageant organizations and their participants.

It’s been yet another controversial year for the Donald Trump-owned beauty pageant, with The Donald getting hated on (even called a “pimp” by Rosie O’Donnell) for removing the tiaras of a couple of contest winners, including Nevada’s own Katie Rees, and his ownership and style of managing his pageants.

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