Aren’t we ready as a society for more Jon Bon Jovi submarine movies? (Photos by Samantha Fisher)

New Jersey’s third-favorite sons (behind Springsteen and the Shore house) were in town early this weekend. Beatles nut Richie Sambora finally talked Jon Bon Jovi into going to see Love Friday night at The Mirage ahead of their Saturday MGM Grand Garden Arena show. They started with a group of 16 doing dinner at Japonais. After the show they met the cast, where Sambora and Bon Jovi got a round of applause and Sambora talked to members of the audio team about “While My Guitar Gently Weeps.” What? NOT “Wanted Dead or Alive?” Well then what’s the point of even inviting Richie Sambora?

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We really want to meet the rest of his potato-themed relatives. (Photos by Al Powers)

Nelly did a half hour at Tao last night to support his Apple Bottom Jeans along with younger brother City Spud. He must be a second cousin to Ron White’s Tater Salad. Nelly dropped “Hot in Herre,” “E.I.,” :Shake Ya Tailfeather,” and “Dilemma” for the crowd, where Marlon Wayans, Tito Ortiz and Phil Hellmuth. For a full look at the night, check out SpyOn.

Over at The Mirage, Sharon Stone brought her son, Roan (Roan Stone? That’s a thing? That is a thing.), to see Love at the 7 p.m. show. They hit the gift shop afterward for T-Shirts. Earlier, they were at the Secret Garden and planned to take a trip to the Hoover Dam today.

Hines Ward was spotted at N9NE Steakhouse with a group of 11 in the private dining room. Roger Clemens was hanging out with members of Santana’s band at B.B. King’s Blues club at The Mirage. They didn’t actually want to hang out with the Rocket, they just heard you can play the hell out of the saxophone when you’re doing HGH.

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Kind of would have been sweet if he jumped a motorcycle over all those children. (Photos by Ana Dobrijevic)

Carey Hart and Pink celebrated their fourth wedding anniversary last night at Love inside The Mirage. Is that fourth chronologically, or fourth by amount of time they’ve spent “on” in their on-again-off-again relationship?

They pulled up to the back of the theater after dinner at Rio’s Cafe Martorano, then they went backstage where one of the Nowhere Men gave Pink a bouquet of white roses and pink orchids, just like she had at her 2006 wedding to Hart. Backstage, Hart talked tattoos with the Hippies, and Pink pressed the Nurse about how she does her aerial work.

Also at last night’s show was director Robert Zemeckis and producer Steve Starkey, who are working on the 3-D Disney remake of Yellow Submarine. Starkey worked on Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi, plus teamed with Zemeckis on Who Framed Roger Rabbit? It’s got to be kind of rad to have a lifetime pass, even after you’ve worked on Matchstick Men.

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(Photo by Denise Truscello. Additional photos by Shane O’Neal, Gennie Larson.)

Sirius Radio’s Playboy Morning Show host Andrea Lowell married James Kim on Wednesday, with a wedding dinner at Simon and a party at the Playboy Club. That’s just cold, to make a newly-married guy go hang out at the Playboy Club and pose for pictures with bunnies. That’s like taking someone out of a prisoner of war camp, feeding him a big buffet and then make him hang around a bunch of steaks.

Over at N9NE Steakhouse, UFC head Dana White had dinner with Shane Victorino of the Phillies just a few nights after they were hanging out at the Playboy Club. Tuesday night at N9NE, Tampa Bay third baseman Evan Longoria had dinner with a group of 10 that moved up to Moon later in the evening. Who was there to greet him? Dana White, who was with Ultimate Fighter Season 1 winner Diego Sanchez. We’re telling you, either Dana White has his eye on Bud Selig’s job or he’s bringing in a bunch of baseball players to fight. We’re pretty sure Canseco is available.

Activist and actor Ed Begley Jr. was at last night’s Blue Man Group inside The Venetian, while American Idol Season 8 winner Kris Allen brought his band and wife, Katy, to the 9:30 show of Love. He did a set next door at the B.B. King Blues Club after. On Monday, Babyface checked out Mystere and hit Believe on Tuesday.

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She’ll be playing the part of the girl with a whole lot of dialogue. (Photo by Gemi Larson)

The West Wing’s Allison Janney continued her 50th birthday celebration with Wicked’s Megan Hilty and two other friends last night at the 7 p.m. show of Love at The Mirage where they tipped back a little Veuve Clicquot. West Wing creator Aaron Sorkin has a new show coming out about being behind the scenes of a TV show, which is just like every other show he’s ever done. He does like to reuse a lot of the same actors, though, so Janney has a good shot at a new part. Still, we’d rather just see him remake Sports Night than anything else. Janney can take over Felicity Huffman’s role because literally anyone else, including a mop with a bucket on its head and some lipstick painted on would be an improvement over Felicity Huffman.

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Everybody wants some … magic. (Photo by Tom Rutan. Additional photos by Ana Dobrijevic)

Eddie Van Halen spent his Friday night NOT rocking out with a surprise concert somewhere, which is an absolute tragedy. He should be required, by law, to make at least one surprise appearance per weekend at some little divebar in whatever city he happens to be in at the time. But instead, he went to see Believe at Luxor. That’s time that could’ve been much better spent playing “Running with the Devil” at like the Cheyenne Saloon or something.

Meanwhile, fashion designer Betsey Johnson was at Love Friday, dancing in the aisles to Beatles songs. When she went backstage, she stopped by the wardrobe department, snagged some fabrics from the costume shop and said the show inspired her next collection. Great. The next big thing in fashion is going to be running around with no shirt and painted up in spots. Can we wait for the summer line for that?

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We suppose that’s truth in advertising, then. (Photos by Ana Dobrijevic)

Don’t ever accuse Love of not having a lot of range. On the same night Vaness Minnillo and Nick Lachey kept their “We’re probably dating but it’s not really official” Vegas tour, Motley Crue drummer Tommy Lee brought his girlfriend and Crue backup dancer Sofi to see her friend, cast member Melena Rounis.

Minnillo said she fell back in love with Nick after seeing the show (Jesus, really? Was it between that and the 483rd time she made him rewarch Love, Actually?), while Lee — seeing the show for the fourth time — joked around with the cast and said he wanted to run away and join the circus. Which is saying something when you’ve already run away to join Motley Crue. It’s like running off to dental school when you’re already a physician.

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And playing the part of Paul? Ozzy Osbourne. (Photos by Ana Dobrijevic)

Variety is reporting that director Robert Zemeckis is teaming with Disney to remake Yellow Submarine — which, at this point, they should only make announcements for movies that aren’t getting remade. But, tucked into that news is word that Cirque du Soleil is going to add a second Beatles-based show to its oeuvre.

Disney and Robert Zemeckis are looking to catch the wave of Beatlemania, floating a new 3-D Yellow Submarine for the bigscreen, with merchandising in tow and prospects for spinning off both a Broadway musical and a Cirque du Soleil stage production.

How that would work with Love at The Mirage — or even where the show would play — remains to be seen. All we know is that with Cirque’s current rate of expansion, it’s going to replace Starbucks has the hacky watchword for ubiquity sometime around 2012.

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Ahh! We can see Charlie, but he’s dead. We’re just like Hurley. We knew this day would come. (Photo by Ana Drobrijevic)

It was a slow night in Hobbiton, so Dominic Monaghan brought Evangeline Lilly out to see the 7 p.m. show of Love at The Mriage Friday night along with Monaghan’s parents from someplace called “Manchester,” which we’re pretty sure is nowhere near The Shire.

The gang drank Dirty Martinis during the show before going backstage to meet the cast. Although they missed Ryan Philippe coming in for the 9:30. Monaghan and Lilly doubled up on Cirque with a night at O on Saturday — but it got really awkward when four Ringwraiths were at the same performance.

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The Wings should be concerned. Datsyuk looks like he’s ready to run off and join the circus. (Photo by Ali Radon)

Lady Byng winner Pavel Datsyuk showed off his gentlemanly, sportsman side Saturday night at The Mirage’s Love that he went to see with Toronto defenseman Luke Schenn and his brother, Brayden, who’s considered one of the top prospects in this year’s draft. They were followed by a camera crew from Canadian sports network TSN, which pretty much ensures Don Cherry will be making fun of them for the entire ‘09-’10 season.

The Schenn brother even decided to skip dinner and go to the late show of Zumanity, which will make the footage the most exciting thing to hit Canadian television since the Maple Sap Network went off the air.

Meanwhile, Friday night saw former Rangers captain Mark Messier at Blush inside Wynn Las Vegas with Vince Carter and Tom Brady, as well as Ricki Lake. Carter also hit up Lavo at Palazzo where oil heir Brandon Davis was hanging out. Brady, for his part, was giddy as a schoolgirl to finally be in the same place as a talk show host and hopes one day, he can be on TV too.

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