Restaurant begone! CatHouse at Luxor is leaving the door wiiiiiiide open for an enterprising TGIFridays to swoop into the now-vacant bordello-themed restaurant game. The Kerry Simon-helmed restaurant won’t be a part of the barley-two-year-old operation anymore as the ultralounge takes over the entire 7,000-square-foot space starting this weekend. Great. Now where are we going to get our steak with a soupcon of hooker in the air?
Oddly enough, after two year’s, we’re still not tired of this at all. (Photo by Melissa Reese | SpyOnVegas.com)
It’s been two years of bordello-themed goodness already. CatHouse at Luxor marks its second anniversary tonight, which means the Coquettes should be in rare form. It also includes an open vodka bar for the ladies until midnight. Of all the 2-year-old classy-whorehouse-themed clubs, it’s our absolute favorite. Click for more words and pictures »
We know what you’re thinking, and we had to look it up, but yes, Onch is a dude. (Photos by Erik Kabik | Retna)
Onch, from the never-shall-be-forgotten-in-the-history-of-television-much-like-The-Honeymooners Season 1 contestant on Parison Hilton’s My New BFF, was at CatHouse inside Luxor to celebrate Onchmovement jewelry, which, as far as we can tell, involves hot gluing rubber ducks to other accessories.
Onch brought with him Season 2 contestants Stephen Hampton, Arika Sato and Nicole Marie White for added … BFFness. We guess.
E! News! It’s what’s on while you’re waiting for The Soup.
CatHouse saw Ashlan Gorse of E! News kicked it Independence style at CatHouse inside Luxor Saturday where she and her friends did dinner before moving the party to the lounge. She wasn’t the only TV personality out and about — Bill Maher was at Blush with a group of friends putting back Veuve. Maher was on the dance floor, because nobody busts a move like a self-righteous pundit who keeps a toe in the comedy game.
The fourth also saw Karina Smirnoff and Maksim Chmerkovskiy celebrate poolside at Palazzo’s Azure. The engaged couple lounged in a daybed before Smirnoff pushed Chmerkovskiy into the water. You’d think those poised dancing reflexes would keep someone from getting the drop on you like that, but maybe it’s null and void because she’s a dancer too. You know, like when ninjas fight.
Smirnoff played announcer for the Tory Burch fashion show. The night before, Chmerkovskiy bought her a necklace from Van Cleef and Arpels — a store that has absolutely nothing to do with Lee Van Cleef. Stupid false advertising.
By 2015, VH1 celebs will make up 18 percent of the population. (Photo by Hew Burney | SpyOnVegas.com)
Daisy-lovin’ hopefuls Cage and Tool Box, two of the latest to go through the Chris Abrego VH1 sausage grinder on Daisy of Love, were at CatHouse inside Luxor Wednesday night, coming in around 3 a.m. One-time Miss America Katie Rees was also there, while Mike Tyson — who has his own documentary out and has The Hangover on its way, was spotted with a ladyfriend. What was Tyson’s irresistible pick-up line?
Over at Dos Caminos inside Palazzo, Craftsteak chef and Top Chef judge Tom Colicchio was having dinner, while comic Eddie Griffin was in the lounge.
Rumored Peepshow next-gen star Holly Madison was at Primp salon inside Palms Place yesterday getting a trim and roots job. She had to get ready for today’s Bikini Death March going on right now on the Strip.
Finally, two of the best poker pros in the game right now, Phil Ivey and Daniel Negreanu were at Playboy Club playing a little blackjack. Sometimes, when you gamble for a living, you’ve just got to blow off a little steam gambling.
After the Britney show on Saturday night, opening act Pussycat Dolls took over Pure at Caesars Palce, with Nicole Scherzinger, Jessica Sutta, Melody Thornton, Ashley Roberts and Kimberly Wyatt joined by manager Jeff Haddad and Dolls creator Robin Antin. Much to Thornton’s chagrin, it was billed as “A Club Appearance Featuring Nicole Scherzinger and Those Other Four Broads in Sparkly Lingerie.”
The actual concert afterparty, that Britney attended, as at Phil Maloof’s Sky Villa inside Palms Place, which was only attended by about 50 people and saw Paul Oakenfold in to spin until around 3 a.m., and circus performances from the show. It was too small for the human cannonball. God, there’s never a human cannonball around when you need one.
Greek’s Gregory Michael, Katrina Darrell of bikini fame and Titans defensive back Cortland Finnegan were all at the club as well. Comic book artist Jim Lee was celebrating his engagement along with friend and System of a Down drummer John Dolmayan. Yes, this does mean there’s going to be an upcoming comic about a brave, cape-wearing drummer fighting the forces of wrongdoing in Armenia, why do you ask?
Two of the Pussycat Dolls, Roberts and Thornton, hit the down last night. They split time between CatHouse and Jet. At the Luxor club, they took a booth with two of the backup dancers for Britney and were both seen engaged in a little makeout session. Click for more words and pictures »
Nope. We don’t know why those girls are still wearing rabbit ears the day after Easter. (Photo by Hew Burney | SpyOnVegas.com)
Shawn and Matsuflex from Tool Academy had dinner last night with Frenchie from Rock of Love and I Love Money at CatHouse inside Luxor last night. Can we just pause to reflect on how completely awesome I Love Money 3 is going to be once the Tool Academy dudes and a few of those For the Love of Ray J and Rock of Love Whore Bus broads get on there? We haven’t even seen the crew from Daisy of Love yet. To really round out an all-star cast, they should bring The Entertainer and Becky Buckwild back. Every good team needs a few veterans. Think of them as the Cecil Fielder-and-Tim Raines-on-the-’96-Yankees of reality television.
(And for those not following @BeckyBuckwild, @TheEntertainer1/@FrankMaresca and the fake @EzraBMasters (Buddha) account on Twitter, you missed a gem of a fight on Friday that included some trenchant insights and biting wit like “@EzraBMasters I’d be amazed if you could beat Frank in an IQ test” and “@EzraBMasters Ok! Keep workin that Homo Thug Fake Gentleman look! It is fooling everyone lmao!”)
Anyway, after snapping some photos upstairs, Shawn and Matsuflex greeted guests for 20 minutes outside the entrance. Later, Shawn turned up at Jet inside The Mirage for Handcuffs and Heels, which also saw Miss Nevada Katie Rees helping judge contest winners.
Beer before liquor, never sicker; liquor before beer, never fear; liquor and beer at the same time, and you should probably slow down a little because it might mean you’ve got a potentially damaging drinking problem that can’t be solved with a simple rhyme.
Stella-engroovening Taye Diggs went back for to Ka at MGM Grand for the second time since the show opened in 2005, joined this time by a friend and a couple of vodka/sodas. Coincidentally, we call vodka our “only friend,” too.
Diggs said Ka was his favorite Cirque show, leading to the crestfallen casts of Love, O, Zumanity, Mystere and Believe looking downward dejectedly and slowly shuffling out of the room.
Adter the show, Diggs turned up at CatHouse inside Luxor at 3:45 a.m. with two girls, drinking Patron and dancing until 6 a.m., when the three of them left together. He’s had that much practice since ’98 that Diggs can now restore two grooves at once. Impressive.
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