03.15.10

MORILLO MADNESS ENGULFS TAO

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Once again we need to find a line of work that involves being flanked by go-gos. (Photo by Al Powers | SpyOnVegas.com)

DJ Erick Morillo made a rare non-three-day-weekend appearance at Tao Saturday night for Morillo Madness. It’s exactly like Ren & Stimpy’s Space Madness. Except, you know. Without space. And until nine in the freaking morning. Lord. There are jobs involving some form of mining that are less demanding.

JC Chasez of N ‘Sync and Desperate Housewives’ Shawn Pyfrom were there for the show after having dinner at Lavo. The two of them joined up with Chace Crawford on Sunday at First for, among other things, duck eggrolls. Crawford, apparently, has a long-standing vendetta against fowl, because he had Peking duck on Sunday night at Tao before heading over to Lavo. True Blood and Southland’s Kevin Alejandro was there as well.

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03.11.10

RUDY HUXTABLE LIKES MAGIC

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Dr. Huxtable is very concerned. (Photo by Matt Weis)

Fresh off her NAACP Image Award win for Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series late last month, Keshia Knight Pulliam was in town to celebrate both that and boyfriend Kaseem Penn’s 31st birthday and no matter how many times we type that it’s still going to be deeply disturbing to think of Rudy having a boyfriend. The House of Payne star went to see Believe at the Luxor last night, getting a shout-out from Criss Angel and a round of applause from an audience that hoped if they clapped long enough Denise and Sondra would come out too.

Over at Tao, Justin Timberlake kept his 901 Tequila celebration for the Nightclub & Bar Convention’s DJ Spin Off with the Crystal Method and Kid Capri. They had a tough crowd, though. Not only did they have to keep Timberlake happy, but they also had to perform under the withering gaze of DJ Pauly D. Venus Williams hit up Tao after spending time earlier in the night at Lavo with sister Serena where Asher Roth was checking out his DJ Wreckineyez on the decks for Label Junkie.

UPDATE: According to a site (that isn’t loading right now) called Flynet Online, JT brought back a couple of Tao go-gos to his suite.

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03.10.10

SOMEWHERE, LEX LUTHOR LAUGHS

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Ever since budge cutbacks, things have been pretty rough for Superman. His heat-vision now is just a can of Aqua Net and a book of matches.

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03.10.10

JT REMINDS US HE HAS A TEQUILA

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If he starts giving this out for Christmas, does that mean no one gets a dick in a box anymore?

Of all the celebrity vanity projects one could have, we suppose tequila is a more noble calling than, say, Kim Kardashian’s celebrity perfume. But it still traps you in kind of crappy situation of being always in pitchman mode. And really, who has that kind of enthusiasm for hawking something 24 hours a day other than Billy Mays or Diddy? Apparently, Justin Timberlake is happy to throw his hat in the ring. He was spotted last night at Lavo knocking back his own 901 Tequila with a group of friends and business associates. If Diddy can shamelessly goad Chester French into recording “Ciroc Star” it’s only a matter of time before Timberlake pulls the strings on some unsuspecting boy band to record “901 Ways I Love You and Also These Fine Margaritas.”

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03.1.10

SAINTS CONTINUE SB CELEBRATION

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That is one lucky Pierre. (Photo by Al Powers)

Pierre Thomas and Lance Moore of the Saints were at Lavo inside Palazzo Friday night to celebrate their Super Bowl win, where they did dinner and then went up to the club to toast with Ace of Spades. You know there was at least one guy in the club that night who went heavy on the Colts who had to watch them knocking back Ace of Spades and was just seething the whole time. If Hank Baskett had walked into the club right when that was all going on, we’re pretty sure a crime would have been committed.

Downstairs at Lagasse’s Stadium, Roxy Olin, Gretchen Rossi, Slade Smiley, Gilles Marini and Shaun Sipos all came out for the premiere of Fly Girls on the CW. The Palazzo will be featured on the April 14 episode. We’re going to wait for the episode that involves Body Glove and knee pads, the way the Fly Girls are meant to be.

Over at Strip House, NASCAR driver Ryan Newman had dinner in the private dining room with 13 friends. Retired Ravens linebacker Jamie Sharper checked out DJ Homicide at Vanity inside the Hard Rock Hotel.

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03.1.10

KIM HAS GIANT PAIR OF … PERFUME BOTTLES

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We get angrier at Reggie Bush every day. (Photo by Denise Truscello. Additional photos by Truscello, Scott Harrison | Retna)

Kim Kardashian is brilliant. Not because she roped someone into putting out a fragrance with her name on it, but because she found a dress that makes her gigantic boobs even bigger. It’s like finding just the right floodlight to make the Washington Monument look even more like a dong.

Kardashian was at Tao Saturday night for the debut of her perfume along with mom, Kris Jenner and Jonthan Cheban and Simon Huck from SPINdustry. A neighboring table sent over a bottle of Cristal, and Reggie Bush’s Saints teammates Pierre Thomas and Lance Moore came by to congratulate her.

Also in the crowd was Jay Cutler, while Hunter Parrish of Weeds was at Lavo, as was Shaun Sipos of Melrose Place.

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02.25.10

WE HAVE A WINNER

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It totally could’ve been you. (Photo by Jessica Blair | SpyOnVegas.com)

A little bit of belated housekeeping. Congratulations to Adrian Munoz of Kansas City, Mo., for winning our Lavo bottle contest. Stay tuned in the future for more giveaways, cool stuff and of course, free booze. Of course, if you can’t wait that long for more hooch, there’s always tomorrow night’s SpyOnVegas.com Open Bar at the Hard Rock Hotel’s Luxe Bar in the new HRH Tower from 6 to 9 p.m.

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02.22.10

HOW I MAD MEN YOUR MOTHER

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Yes, this is just a thinly veiled excuse to run Hendricks pics. (Photo by Al Powers. Additional photos by Powers, Denise Truscello)

We’re going to get through this quick, because if we stop and think too long about Christina Hendricks, we’ll just have that scene of her in the red dress in Season 1 stuck in our heads on loop. So here we go.

Hendricks was hanging out with Neil Patrick Harris Saturday night at Lavo inside Palazzo for dinner, which we’re sure was a nonstop Algonquin Round Table of bon mots about life as a television icon. If only Alf could have been there too to round out the trio.

Giuliana and Bill Rancic dined by themselves, while Kelly Bensimon of Real Housewives of New York City had dinner with friends before heading up to the club. Jeff Probst was also enjoying dinner there. Also eating was Wale, before he went up to the club and dropped a 20-minute set.

On Sunday, Harris was spotted at Hash House a Go Go for brunch with Probst and other friends. There goes that whole bon mot thing again. You heard it here: Neil Patrick Harris is our generation’s Dorothy Parker.

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02.16.10

ARQUETTE GETS FASHIONABLE

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David Arquette, starring in the Singin’ in the Rain reboot by Werner Herzog. (Photos by Al Powers)

David Cox — rolling without Courtney Cox, but with her niece — celebrated his clothing line, PROPR, last night at Lavo inside Palazzo. The line was developed with musician Ben Harper and ex-Penguin creative director David Bedwell, and Arquette personally did their T-shirt collection.

He set up in the private dining room, getting a magnum of Dominus to go with dinner and told the assembled crew that his biggest fear was losing Cox’s niece, who was on her first trip to Vegas. His second-biggest fear was that Alexis Arquette could turn up any minute. He also made his way over to XS at Encore.

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02.15.10

DANCING WITH THE QUEEN OF HEARTS

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Come on, say it with us just once, Kim. “Off with their …” (Photo by Scott Harrison | Retna. Additional photos by Denise Truscello)

In the span of a week, Reggie Bush went from winning the Super Bowl to handing out stuffed teddy bears at Lavo. That is just … good God. Someone get that poor sap a beer and a trip to Rick’s, pronto. That’s way too much of a swing in seven days.

He was at Lavo inside Palazzo Saturday night where Kim Kardashian hosted the Queen of Hearts Ball. Sadly, she didn’t order anyone’s head off. Seems like a perfectly good waste of a title for the evening. While on the red carpet, former Dancing with the Stars partner Mark Ballas, who had dinner earlier with girlfriend and former American Idol contestant Joanna Pacitti, surprised Kardashian.

Kardashian and Bush had dinner at Lavo before heading up to the club. She got her teddy bear and obligatory nightclub cake and took pictures with fans before jumping on the mic to shout out the crowd. Also there were Real Housewives of Orange County stars Gretchen Rossi and Slade Smiley, and Alexis and Jim Bellino. Jim surprised Alexis with a trip to Vegas, while Rossi and Smiley were celebrating their anniversary. Rossi was also celebrating the debut of her single, because apparently no one learned goddamn anything from Boogie Nights and “The Touch.”

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