02.15.10

Brooke Burke, seen here with three friends and one guy who wandered off Con Air. (Photo by Scott Harrison | Retna)
Oh, Wild On. Such a savior for lonely nights in the late ’90s when Internet porn was still kind of crappy. The Wild On maven, Brooke Burke, was at Tabu inside MGM Grand for a pre-Valentine’s Day party Saturday night. She was putting her Dancing with the Stars skills to work, rocking out on the tabletop to Ke$ha’s “Tik Tok” and Sean Kingston’s “Fire Burning.” One of those, by the way, has 40 million-plus views on YouTube. So. Nicely done, America.
Over at Tryst, chef Cat Cora was at the owner’s table with Wynn chef Paul Bartolotta. XS saw soccer player Freddie Ljunberg out for a second evening while Mr. Olympia, Jay Cutler, was also in the crowd.
Also at Wynn, UFC fighter Chuck Liddell took his family, including kids Trista and Cade, to see La Reve. They ducked backstage to meet the cast afterward, with Liddell getting a little Dancing with the Stars time in with the ballroom dancers. He returned Sunday night to hit up XS.

By Jason Scavone
02.12.10

John Hamm should’ve set the standard for Hamms everywhere having to dress like ’60s executives. (Photo by Danny Mahoney)
Mia Hamm, or, as she’s known in L.A. and Boston, Mrs. Nomar Garciaparra, was with fellow United States women’s soccer players Kristin Lilly and Tisha Venturini at Tryst inside Wynn Las Vegas last night. The three former North Carolina teammates were all involved in the 1999 World Cup final shootout against China that ended in Brandi Chastain’s sports bra.
Meanwhile, over at Haze, Drake was inside the Aria club to perform for the crowd there on a stage covered in bills. SpyOn has the pics starting here.

By Jason Scavone
01.22.10

(Photo by Danny Mahoney. Additional photos by Ethan Miller | Getty Images, Al Powers | SpyOnVegas.com)
For a fourth birthday party, this one had a disappointing dearth of terrifying, terrifying clowns. Regardless of its inability to spawn childhood nightmares, Tryst at Wynn Las Vegas brought out Chuck Liddell and free agent/Vanity and Wasted Space co-owner owner Jason Giambi to the celebration. Neither of whom made nary as much as a single balloon animal. Seriously, what kind of 4-year-old party is this?
Over at CityCenter’s Crystals, Matt Goss performed at the grand opening of Tiffany & Co., while Eve drew Avril Lavigne around 1:45 a.m. MMA fighters Dan Henderson, Gray Maynard and Rashad Evans grabbed a table with their training partners.
Finally, Aria’s Haze celebrated Estelle’s birthday with a microphone-shaped cake and a performance of “One Love.” If you want to see what a 20-foot Etta James with a vicious sweet tooth would sing into, head over to SpyOnVegas.com.

By Jason Scavone
01.21.10

It’s an anniversary, not a leg muscle. (Photo by Tony Tran | SpyOnVegas.com)
Tryst is now almost seven times older than Conan O’Brien’s run on The Tonight Show. The Wynn Las Vegas club marks its fourth anniversary tonight. It’s a pretty important milestone to make it as far as the Polk Administration (Still whipping the ass of William Henry Harrison.) and it’s not the only thing that’s coming in on 48 months in the books. Tao next week celebrates four years of Worship Thursday with Jamie Kennedy hosting and $10,000 on the line for Tao A-Go-Go. Although no one romantically linked to Jennifer Love Hewitt (that we know of) will appear at Tryst tonight.
By Jason Scavone
12.14.09

When you throw two no-hitters, you can have the good booth too. (Photo by Danny Mahoney)
White Sox ace Mark Buehrle was at XS inside Encore Friday night with his wife. He had to go there, because it’s the only place on the planet that manager Ozzie Guillen can’t yell at him for something. The music is too loud for him to yell over. Oh, he’ll stand at your table screaming, but all you can really make out is that little Venezuelan who looks like he used to have a lot of hustle is going all purple in the face for some reason. Probably something to do with bottle service, but you really don’t know.
Tampa Bay hurler Matt Garza had a table at Tryst that night, too, which means we were one Evan Longoria appearance away from a Rays/Sox preseason game played somewhere in the vicinity of Bartolotta.
By Jason Scavone
12.10.09

FINALLY someone stepped up to the plate and got us what we deserve for Christmas. (Photos by Erik Kabik | Retna)
Economic ruin? What economic ruin? If the economy were based solely on toys (which would be awesome) Tryst, XS and Drai’s would have kicked things back into gear all by themselves yesterday during their annual KLUC toy drive after buying up $68,429 worth of stuff at Wal-Mart — more than double last year’s record setting $32,000 total.
Not only did they load up a trailer and a stretch Escalade with toys and more than 200 bicycles, but Santa was flying around in a chopper overhead that was loaded up with toys and brought to Nevada Power, where everything was being collected. This is partly because it provided a fast and effective means of toy transportation, and partly because Santa was always secretly envious of Jan-Michael Vincent in Airwolf. Click for more words and pictures »
By Jason Scavone
12.8.09

Piles of toys (and candy) will always, ALWAYS be awesome. (Photo by Erik Kabik | Retna)
Last year, Tryst and XS managing partners Cy and Jesse Waits and about 100 employees netted $32,000 worth of toys for the annual KLUC toy drive, the largest single donation in the history of the drive — now they’re looking to top it.
The toy drive — this time with 200 employees expected — will be back at the South Rainbow Boulevard Wal-Mart at 10 a.m. before they leave with a police escort to deliver the haul to the Nevada Power parking area.
“All we want to do is make a difference in the lives of the children in Las Vegas during this time of year,” Jesse Waits said. “Giving back to the community is something we take seriously and our Tryst/XS family will continue to support the KLUC toy drive and other philanthropic organizations for years to come.”
“Our participation in the toy drive isn’t about us,” Cy Waits, said. “We just want to make a true, positive impact on these Las Vegas families and children in need. We just want to make a difference.”
By Jason Scavone
10.9.09

(Photo by Tony Tran | SpyOnVegas.com)
What the hell? This is the third straight day the martial arts have broken out at the clubs. Oh well, at least the angry spirit of Bruce Lee hasn’t possessed Las Vegas. Aw, crap. Well, all things considered, a tale of both the macabre and ass-kickery is kind of fantastic.
By Jason Scavone
07.24.09

(Photo by Al Powers | SpyOnVegas.com)
It’s like being stuck in a club inside a Japanese cartoon.
By Jason Scavone
07.21.09

Hey! It’s a Destiny’s Child reunion!
We’ll be honest: The “Single Ladies” video makes us think of the Twilight Zone episode with the murderous doll. (That probably doesn’t narrow it down.) But there’s something vaguely creepy about the whole dance: It’s performed by humans, but it’s not human movement. We assume, though, that Beyonce is human and not some Weird Science Kelly LeBrock-esque android secretly assembled in Jay-Z’s labs. Jury’s still out.
Anyway, if you’ve got all the moves down, and you think you can dance it better than Joe Jonas, Tryst at Wynn Las Vegas is giving away tickets to the high-priced Beyonce July 31 show with a “Single Ladies” dance contest.
You and two of your friends (we’ll let you argue over which one gets to wear the off-the-shoulder leotard) can shake it to the first 60 seconds of “Single Ladies” Saturday at 6 p.m. First place is three first-row tickets to the show, a room, a table at Tryst and a trip to the salon before the show. Second place gets three tix to the show and a table at Tryst, while third lands a Beyonce gift bag worth $500. To register, call (702) 770-7115.
By Jason Scavone