Joan Jett not included.

The thereminiest, table climbingest, mutton choppiest band in Vegas, The Black Jetts, headline at Wasted Space inside the Hard Rock Hotel along with the Funky Jah Punkys and Corner Stone, plus DJ Sid Wilson from Slipknot. Masks optional. Click for more words and pictures »

By Jason Scavone

It’ll be like strippers squared. Without the usual surcharge. (Photo by Hew Burney | SpyOnVegas.com)

Rick’s Cabaret and the Hard Rock Hotel will be jointly offering the Rick’s Cabaret Rockstar Suite, which will feature a private dance floor with stripper pole, nightclub lighting and sound and a master bath with a personal spa. All of it will overlook the Hard Rock Beach Club, so you can look down at the off-duty strippers at Rehab while your room reminds you of … more strippers.

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(Photos by Scott Harrison | Retna)

Lil’ Wayne brought his gravelly flow to The Pearl inside the Palms Saturday night. We’re pretty sure those are the same pants he wore in the “A Milli” video. We’re also going to go ahead and preemptively apologize for the fact that you’re going to be walking around the rest of the day with that mumbled “amilliamilliamilliamilliamilliamilliamilliamilliamilliamilliamilliamilliamilliamilliamilli” running through your head. So, uh, sorry about that.

By Jason Scavone

Robert Downey Jr. feels the spirit, deep down in his soul. (Photos by Erik Kabik | Retna)

Film industry showcase ShoWest kicked off yesterday at Paris Las Vegas, bringing in studio bigwigs and on-screen talent to start the buzz machine going on upcoming flicks.

Robert Downey Jr. even belted out a little of Oingo Boingo’s “Weird Science” when he was pimping out his upcoming Sherlock Holmes, directed by Guy Ritchie and co-starring Jude Law as Dr. Watson. The first Holmes adaptation to hit the big screen since 1985′s Young Sherlock Holmes is slated for a Christmas Day release, which will prompt fanboys everywhere to spend their Christmas morning wondering who would win in a fight: Iron Man or Sherlock Holmes. (That magnifying glass ain’t gonna help with your repulsor ray problem, Sherlock.)

The Hangover director Todd Phillips presented a clip from the Vegas-based movie starring Arrested Development’s Jeffrey Tambor, Zach Galifianakis, Heather Graham, Ed Helmes and Bradley Cooper. Fellow director McG threw out a clip of Christian Bale in Terminator Salvation which, frankly, was fucking distracting. Click for more words and pictures »

By Jason Scavone

The cast of La Reve will be dancing with Lil’ Kim in next week’s episode.

Tuesday’s episode of Dancing with the Stars will feature a performance from 19 cast members of La Reve, which is the second Vegasiest DWTS moment since Penn Jillette made the show barely palatable for the 20 minutes or so he was on.

Maksim Chmerkovskiy, who along with Denise Richards was bounced in week two, helped choreograph some of the pieces in La Reve.

By Jason Scavone

It was the only school function featuring Tiesto.

Aw, look out kids. Nightclubs just got straight intellectual up in this piece. It’s going to be all industry night with Aristotle and check out Marie Curie shaking it on the go-go stage. That don’t say nothin’ about our boy Hemingway mixing it up behind the bar.

Jason Strauss and Noah Tepperberg of Tao and Lavo were in Boston yesterday speaking to Harvard Business School grads about the nightlife industry. The school recently did a first-of-its-kind case study on the duo’s New York venture Marquee. Next, Harvard’s John F. Kennedy School of Government is going to do a study on the politics of getting tore up, bro. Up top!

By Jason Scavone

Just an urchin livin’ under the street.

Prive’s We Rock Hip Hop slides more to the “rock” side of the equation tonight with former Guns n’ Roses drummer Steven Adler coming in with DJ Rush. Someone should set up Dr. Drew and two orderlies stage left with a blowgun and a crash cart just in case anything goes awry. Click for more words and pictures »

By Jason Scavone

Look close. You can totally see zombies.

Honestly, when the lights went out for Earth Hour on Saturday, we were pretty sure it had nothing to do with the environment and everything to do with a zombie attack. Though authorities assure us it really was in the interest of promoting some green initiative or the other, we’re still hesitant to put down the shotgun and machete. Even though the lights came back on when they were supposed to, these could be some of these calculating newfangled zombies trying to lull us into a false sense of security.

It was a little anticlimactic when the lights came back on slowly instead of one blinding flash, but that probably would have fried the grid or something. This also had to be the easiest sell in the world to casino operators when they saw how much cash they’d be saving from turning off a 30 foot marquee for an hour. Click for more words and pictures »

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We’d have an easier time hounding a Rock of Love girl for an autograph. (Photo by Scott Harrison | SpyOnVegas.com)

Playboy’s 2007 Playmate of the Year, Sara Underwood, was at Tabu inside MGM Grand for her 25th birthday Saturday night where she signed autographs and took pictures with fans. More power to anyone who can ask a Playmate for an autograph, but we couldn’t do it. It’s basically saying to someone, “I like your boobs; sign this.” We might think it, but we’d never say it. Because we’re classy like that.

Body English at the Hard Rock hotel had Pittsburgh Slim and From G’s to Gents host Fonzworth Bentley stop in. Slim performed the night before at Jet inside The Mirage. The Hard Rock’s Wasted Space saw secret Gorgoroth fan Mark McGrath doing two songs and hanging out with Scott Russo from Unwritten Law.

Pure at Caesars Palace got Antoine Walker and Holly Huddleston, formerly of Sunset Tan. N9NE Steakhouse had NFL center Melvin Fowler for his 30th birthday with a group of 25. Skateboarders Jake Brown and Jeremy Rodgers sipped absinthe at the Playboy Club.

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Andrew Dice Clay, shortly before his performance of “It’s Tricky.” (Photo by Ray Alamo | SpyOnVegas.com)

Andrew Dice Clay followed up his Friday night performance at Sushisamba’s Sugarcane by hosting at LAX inside Luxor, where he was dressed like D.M.C., and jumped on the mic to shout out the club. Wonder if he’s still angry about call waiting.

Jon Lovitz kicked back gin and tonic at the Playboy Club inside the Palms Friday, then spent Saturday with unlikely wingman Criss Angel at LAX. Then again, Lovitz probably needed a magician to remove the Phil Hartman Hex that Andy Dick put on him. (It’s an ancient voodoo curse that involves leaving cocaine and handguns out for anyone who wants them.)

The Palms also saw Jaime Pressly at a bachelorette party at Rain with 10 friends and donning an afro wig (we assume she got a deal on it from 50 Cent) and Miss May 2006 Alison Waite at a table near the DJ booth. Pittsburgh Steelers’ Trai Essex bounced from Rain to Moon around 2 a.m. Click for more words and pictures »

By Jason Scavone