DJ Erick Morillo moves it, moves it. (Photo by Hew Burney)
Erick Morillo, the man who unleashed “I Like to Move It” on an unsuspecting world, resumes his post at Tao inside The Venetian as the master of the Las Vegas three-day weekend. He inaugurated the summer over Memorial Day weekend with a Sunday set then, and he’ll be putting it to bed for Labor Day with a Sunday set this weekend. Think of this as the cherry on top of your sundae. By “sundae” we of course mean “spending most of the day drinking cheap beer in the sun while your roommate burns hot dogs on the grill.”
Basically, Tao’s own personal Ted Nugent. (SpyOnVegas.com)
The Venetian’s Tao tonight celebrates the birthday of Mood Director Jimmy Greenup. The title of “Mood Director” in this case means, essentially, “partier.” Which is a solid gig if you can get it. Be prepared for costumed hijinks, and perhaps a hint of tomfoolery.
FACT: This is Ja Rule’s swimsuit. He’s very modest. (Via JaRule.net)
Ja Rule set up shop at Tao Beach today at The Venetian, having lunch in a cabana with friends, keeping things simple with a salad and a frozen Tao-tini. Even that, though, couldn’t erase the lingering sting of not being nominated for a Best Supporting Actor award for his role in The Fast and the Furious.
You know what the ladies love? Cool James, clearly. The man with the top down on the black Corvette that’s fly because it’s sittin’ on Daytons was at Tao inside The Venetian last night for dinner with his manager and a bodyguard for an array of seafood, duck and beef — and also Lemon Drop Martinis and peppermint tea. Funny. We’d have thought he would’ve went for milky cereal. Baby.
She’s also available to improbably date Paul Giamatti. (Photo by Ryan Weber)
Aaaaaand, we’re back. Did you miss us? Give us a kiss. Wait, no, no tongue. We have standards. Anyway, on with the show.
Pineapple Express’ improbably Seth Rogan dater Amber Heard (shut up, that made sense), hosted at Tao inside The Ventian Friday night. She came with a group of ladies including her sister, Whitney. We’re pretty sure they couldn’t leave ’til late, as one member of the crew spent at least two and a half hours listening to one song on a Phish bootleg over and over again.
After dinner and before going to the club, they were served with a giant fortune cookie dessert platter. That’s our favorite way to eat fortune cookies. Gigantic. Come to think of it, that’s our favorite way to eat all cookies.
Also at Tao were America’s Next Top Model season 8 winner Jaslene Gonzalez having dinner with Jeff Beacher. Gonzalez was also at The Bank on Friday, along with British hip-hop star Estelle. Of course, being the top female rapper in Britain is kind of like being the smartest cat on I Love Money.
Birthday PowerPoint presentation? (Photo by Radiant Photography)
We’d like to take a second to congratulate Wayne Brady on a full of year of making, uh, stuff up at his show in the Venetian. Brady celebrated the occasion at the 40/40 Club in the Palazzo.
Meanwhile, next door at Tao in the Venetian, Ryan Phillippe and girlfriend Abbie Cornish celebrated Phillippe’s birthday. Sadly, despite being in a nightclub, he didn’t wear that little outfit from 54. Yeah, you know the one. Oh, wait, we’re thinking of Mike Myers.
Also at Tao were D.L. Hughley – in for dinner – and Bill Bellamy – in for some partying.
There’s glass between us. Photo by Melissa Reese | SpyOnVegas.com
Tao in the Venetian is bringing back DJ Vice as a resident DJ beginning Labor Day Weekend.
DJ Vice will take over the tables on Saturday nights at Tao and is scheduled to also be the resident DJ at sister-club Lavo in the Palazzo on Sunday nights. When Lavo opens, that is.
Yeah, yeah, he’s attractive. In a really pretty way. (Via New Line Cinema)
As our stint here at Fiasco draws to a close, we thought it might be OK to share some personal information: despite a post to the prior, we actually don’t like Jason Lewis. See, his Sex and the City character – Smith – threw a wrench in our grand plan to name our future kid with a first name that’s also a last name. Now, any kid named Smith is going to be immediately be branded with a Carrie Bradshaw-loving mom, but it isn’t so. He would actually have just a really mean mom. And a really weak-willed dad because it’s harder to pitch a last name first name to a potential baby daddy than you would think.
So, in conclusion, we will be at Pure in Caesars Palace tonight, confronting Jason Lewis about mucking up our imaginary child’s future.
If you were going to name your child Apple or something, we can’t help you, but here’s a few other places famous people will be in town this weekend, should you have beef of your own. Click for more words and pictures »
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