See? Robbers are totally hot.

Jet at The Mirage is handing out $5,000 to the hottest cop and robber tandem tandem tonight. Which is good a reason as we’ve heard lately for a bunch of girls to run around handcuffed to each other. It’s right up there with “Because we fell asleep and those are the kinds of dreams we have” and “There was an L Word convention in town.” Click for more words and pictures »

By Jason Scavone

Well, at least we know who threw that fourth-quarter pick. (Photos by Scott Harrison | Retna)

Holly Madison, whose former Girls Next Door compadre Kendra Wilkinson is married to Colts receiver Hank Baskett, turned up to her Holly Bowl Saturday night at Lavo decked out in Peyton Manning gear. So clearly, all this Playboy connection cursed the Colts. That sound you just heard was all of Indianapolis suddenly changing their subscriptions to Hustler.

Over at Strip House, Channing Tatum of America’s inexplicably No. 1 movie Dear John was with wife Jenna Dewan to celebrate the flick’s opening. Vince Neil celebrated his birthday at Simon inside Palms Place, while Rick and Kathy Hilton hung out at Blush inside Wynn Las Vegas.

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All’s fair in war, poker and turning people’s sexual frustrations against them. (Photos by Al Powers | SpyOnVegas.com)

It’s got to be kind of awesome to be a professional poker player when you’re a chick. Anyone who’s spent more than eight minutes in a poker room knows that any girl within 10 yards of a poker game completely derails the action. Have you ever played at the Wynn on a Friday night near the rail when girls are coming in to go to Tryst or XS? There are like two hands an hour and they have to keep calling for a fresh setup because the deuce of hearts got marked with drool. Basically, what we’re trying to say is if you’re a chick poker player and you flash a little cleave around, you can do alright for yourself. Look at Jennifer Tilly.

Vanessa Rousso, who’s top five in women’s all-time money winnings, may or may not use that strategy, we have no idea. But we’d totally do it if we were in her shoes. Regardless, she celebrated her 27th birthday Friday night at Tao, and it was sponsored by All In Magazine and GoDaddy. In retrospect, maybe the GoDaddy affiliation answers our question.

Over at sister club Lavo, David Copperfield and a ladyfriend were spotted having dinner. Hopefully, she knew enough not to go to his island. That’s just a friendly reminder fellas: Get accused of rape, still get dates. Assuming you can make doves appear from your pants. In the non-euphemistic way.

Revenge of the Nerds’ Ogre, Donald Gibb, had dinner at Strip House inside Planet Hollywood. NEEERRRRDS! The Palms saw former Raiders QB Jim Plunkett at N9NE Steakhouse dor dinner with George Maloof before heading up to the Playboy Club. Upstairs at Nove Italiano, Jon Lovitz and a friend ate dinner.

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So. Star Wars porn parody incoming, then? (Photo by Al Powers. Additional photos by Powers, Scott Harrison | Retna)

Solid weekend for Tito Ortiz, who not only celebrated his 35th birthday at Lavo with wife Jenna Jameson after watching the Super Bowl yesterday, but also spent Saturday night after UFC 109 adding insult to injury for Mark Coleman after his loss to Randy Couture.

It’s a classy move, but then, we suppose the UFC isn’t exactly the top hat-and-monocle set. (Note to self: Call Dana White re: Extreme Top Hat-and-Monocle Cagefighting league.)

Elsewhere in the weekend in UFC, Dana White and Chuck Liddell were hanging out at Wasted Space on Friday where they gave away 60 tickets to the Saturday fight at Mandalay Bay. This is exactly why Gary Bettman couldn’t get casual fans back after the NHL lockout. He wasn’t personally appearing in Toronto bars and handing out tickets. Click for more words and pictures »

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This is just like that one movie about drum lines … RoboCop. (Photos by Erik Kabik | Retna)

Carlos Santana cemented his newfound coziness with Andre Agassi and Steffi Graff Saturday when he had the Agassi Prep Academy’s drum line on stage with him during Supernatural Santana at The Joint inside the Hard Rock Hotel.

Just to balance things out, he should have gone to play “Soul Sacrifice” at a high school football game.

Agassi and Graff were in the audience at the show, and Santana shouted them out during his set. A set that included a cover of Cream’s “Sunshine of Your Love.” Actually, a whole show of ’60s psychedelia/dinosaur rock guitar god covers would be kind of awesome, but would probably come down to “Sunshine of Your Love,” “Crosstown Traffic” and That One Iron Butterfly Song.

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That is the look of a man indulging someone. (Additional photos by Isaac Brekken)

Jon Stewart did his Valentine’s Day shopping at The Mirage’s Sugar Factory Friday night, where he was performing for the weekend. We’d say something about how out-of-character it seems, but apparently the pricey lollipops were good enough for Randy Couture, too. He celebrated his win over Mark Coleman in UFC 109 at Eve inside Crystals with a lollipop for dessert after he and his crew had dinner at Beso. Friday night at Eve saw 2008 Playmate of the Year Jayde Nicole in for her birthday.

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The cast of Glee, seen here posing for a photo with a young Larry King. (Photos by Scott Harrison | Retna)

Glee’s Naya Rivera celebrated her birthday Saturday night at Jet inside The Mirage along with fellow casters Mark Salling, Heather Morris, Jenna Ushkowitz and Kevin McHale. Do you think when they go anyplace, people are disappointed they don’t break into some elaborately choreographed routine? Like, if you saw the cast of Glee at the DMV (because that’s how they do everything — together in one big group), wouldn’t you be looking behind the counter to see if there was a dude with a saxophone hiding under there? They really need to organize this better.

By Jason Scavone

Hey! You can see an ass-whooping from here. (Photo by SpyOnVegas.com)

Hello, Mountain West. How you doin’?

After UNLV rocked No. 12 BYU last night, 88-74, the Runnin’ Rebels moved into a tie for first with the Cougars and No. 23 New Mexico atop the Mountain West standings, with each squad boasting a 7-2 conference record.

Junior Tre’Von Willis dropped a career-high 33 on the Cougs in front of the home crowd at the Thomas & Mack — and SpyOn has all the pics to prove it. Willis, rocking 18 points per game, outperformed conference Player of the Year favorite Jimmer Fredette, who pumped in 21.

It was a must-win for the Rebels to keep their conference title hopes alive, but no less of a test is in front of them Wednesday at home when they host the Lobos. UNLV has already beaten UNM in their barn, 74-62, Jan. 9. With the rankings coming out tomorrow, UNLV might make a jump back into the top 25. At the very least they should knock Cornell out of the 25-hole in the ESPN pole. Leading the Ivies is like having the least-fake tits at the Spearmint Rhino. For God’s sake, they get to play in a conference with Dartmouth. They still use peach baskets in New Hampshire.

By Jason Scavone

Don’t blame us, we voted for the Lingerie Bowl.

Despite the fact that the “Super Game” sounds like something Balki Bartokomous would have called the Super Bowl, that, and variants on it, are what casinos are forced to go with for the names of their parties. This is why we’re going to hole up with a case of Pilsner Urquell and a visceral hatred of Roger Goodell. For the record, we like the Colts and the under, which means you should run out right the hell now and bet the Saints and the over. As much as you possibly can. Throw your cash at the window with both fists. Click for more words and pictures »

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Example No. 7,853 of Why Randy Couture is Harder Than You. (Photos by Erik Kabik | Retna)

Randy Couture squares off with Mark Colemen in the main event tonight at Mandalay Bay Events Center in UFC 109, with Nate Marquardt-Chael Sonnen, Mike Swick-Paulo Thiago, Matt Serra-Frank Trigg and Demian Maia-Dan Miller on the undercard. Naturally, this means celebrations around town for people getting their teeth kicked in. Hawaiian Tropic Zone at Planet Hollywood has a viewing party and Marquardt’s official afterparty, while Tao has the official fight afterparty hosted by Rashad evans and Rachelle Leah. Click for more words and pictures »

By Jason Scavone