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Say what you want about NASA, but we like this new direction the space program is taking.

By Jason Scavone

If you’re going to go by just one name, it needs to be a lot cooler than Lloyd. (Photo by Jessica Blair | SpyOnVegas.com)

Lloyd, of the New Orleans Lloyds, kicked off his birthday celebration Saturday at Union inside Aria with a group of 20. He was also celebrating his mother’s, sister’s and aunt’s birthdays as well, which raises some serious questions about what the hell goes down in Novembers with the Lloyd family that ended in all these August birthdays?

That night, he hit the stage at Haze for a three-song set of “Girls Around the World,” Get it Shawty” and “Bed Rock.” Then he got the crowd to sing happy birthday to the girls, which is the kind of thing that very few people get to do for their mom, however very few people have mothers who would hang out in a club all night. It’s a recipe for spending the whole night trying to explain what a Ke$ha is.

At Tao, Asher Roth had a table for the night. On Sunday he hit up Tao Beach where he mentioned that he has a new song coming out based on last year’s performance there. He finished the night at Lavo where Antoine Wright jumped in the booth with DJ Vice. Click for more words and pictures »

By Jason Scavone

Cabrera’s gift? Hair tips. (Photo by Denise Truscello. Additional photos by Marklen Kennedy, Al Powers, Ron Koch.)

It’s the end of your favorite fake I.D. era. Especially you, Guy Who Still Had A McLovin License Well Into 2008.

Christopher Mintz-Plasse, who still looks enough like a 14-year-old that he’ll be showing his real I.D. well into the 2020s celebrated his 21st birthday Saturday night at Tao with Ryan Cabrara and actor Evan Ross. They started at the restaurant until he was all good and legal like before they went over to the nightclub. Mintz-Plasse jumped in the DJ booth with DJ Vice and Michael Phelps to do shots.

Phelps had been at Tao Beach during the day with Miss California Nicole Johnson. Nothing like lazily kicking a couple laps in the pool on a Saturday and then having Michael Phelps show up. Time to slowly get out of the water and retreat to your cabana. Retired football players Eddie George and Michael Irvin were also poolside. Click for more words and pictures »

By Jason Scavone

Candy is always the better interpretation.

The Bank is celebrating Father’s Day with Find Your Sugar Daddy. Which is different from every other night in a club how? Not much, except the table with the biggest tab decides which girl walks away with a $2,500 prize. The rest of you, proceed as normal by doing something cool for your dad. Like bringing him a girl worth $2,500. Click for more words and pictures »

By Jason Scavone

Just look at those smiling faces. Wait, can Priscilla even smile at all anymore?

Lisa Marie Presley, Priscilla Presley and granddaughter of the King Riley Keough celebrated her 21st birthday Friday night with dinner at Union inside Ario before heading down to Haze. Where she wasn’t allowed in until just after midnight as her birthday wasn’t until Saturday. Apparently having an entire showroom named after your grandpappy doesn’t go as far as it used to. Consider yourself on notice, Frankie Mystere.

On Saturday, Keough got a cake at Yellowtail before going to The Bank for bottles of vodka. Good lord, bottle service on your 21st? Whatever happened to paying your dues and drinking Kamchatka-and-whatever-you-have-in-your-refrigerator as a mixer? Like Kamchatka and maraschino juice, or Kamchatka and syrup? Doesn’t anybody stick to the classics anymore? Lisa Marie and her husband, Michael Lockwood, left to go hang out at Caramel. Which will explain why Caramel will be bombarded with flowers in forthcoming weeks.

By Jason Scavone

We’ve long been an admirer of the criminal classes.

Bound to happen sooner or later: Someone’s robbing The Bank. The Bellagio nightclub does The Heist tonight, where the girl who can get the most Bank Bucks from VIP tables — by any means necessary — wins $2,500. The twist is, the servers are the coppers with badges and everything, and if they catch you in the middle of your nefarious affairs, they’ll throw you in the clink. Finally, someone’s giving us the women-in-prison night we’ve always demanded. Click for more words and pictures »

By Jason Scavone

Mesh top and a thong? We like her taste in clothes. (Photos by Scott Harrison | Retna)

Completing the pool trifecta, The Hills Kristin Cavallari hosted Saturday at Aria’s Liquid where she hosed down the crowd with a watergun.

You know, if the pools are start going to do watergun fights, why doesn’t someone just set up a pool complex that’s like your old backyard? A couple of sprinklers, a Slip ‘n Slide, a half deflated kiddie pool with stale, warm, dirty water. To really round out the experience, the bar could serve cheap canned beer, off-brand soda and burnt hot dogs. You’re telling us you wouldn’t go there every day to sit in a busted lawn chair and try to talk everyone into Wiffle Ball?

After the pool, Cavallari and a group of 10 went to Union before bouncing over to The Bank at Bellagio where she sadly didn’t continue to rock the mesh top.

By Jason Scavone

If this is Malin Akerman’s plan for Watchmen 2: Watch Sexier, then we’re on board. (Photos by Scott Harrison | Retna)

Geek love is the purest kind of love, because it’s never complicated by any of that messy reciprocity. Case in point, objet d’nerdlust Malin Akerman headed up the ReRock Denim launch at Tao Beach Saturday night along with Rachel Bilson, Jessica Lowndes and Joy Bryant. (Jumper! Kyle XY! Extremely minor role in Spider-Man 2! Geek love all around.)

Actress Samaire Armstrong (episode of The X-Files!) joined the girls while Samantha Ronson held down DJ duties. (Lived with a bona fide alien for a couple years!)

Eventually, the party moved to a skybox in the club where co-owner Jason Strauss was continuing his birthday celebration while the house was packed with Paris and Nicky Hilton, Reggie Bush and Jamie Foxx. Click for more words and pictures »

By Jason Scavone

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See? This is what happens when you don’t pack enough food or women to withstand a shipwreck.

By Jason Scavone

Band photo or Match.com ad? YOU DECIDE.

“Next Big Thing” and “Cat & Mouse” duo Nikki and Rich hit the stage at The Bank inside Bellagio tonight. On their MySpace page, Nikki and Rich describe themselves as “Lauryn Hill meets The Supremes while hanging out with Alicia Keys listening to Outkast ‘Hey Yah’ (sic).” So, basically their musical style is every musical style ever, with the notable exception of klezmer music. Click for more words and pictures »

By Jason Scavone