(Photo by Ray Alamo | SpyOnVegas.com)

Apparently, Thunderdome let out early on Sunday.

By Jason Scavone

Benny Benassi will sleep when Benny Benassi feels like sleeping. (Via myspace.com/benassi)

Now that it’s dipped to chilly sub-100 temperatures on a daily basis, all the pools are kissing summer goodbye. This week Daylife Sunday at MGM Grand’s Wet Republic comes to a close, but SpyOnVegas.com and Benny Benassi are teaming up to give the old girl a proper send-off. The pool we mean, not your mom. BOOSH! Click for more words and pictures »

By Jason Scavone

This is the kind of photogenic presence that lands you Into the Blue 2.

Audrina Patridge of The Hills set up shop at Wet Republic inside MGM Grand Saturday afternoon with her sister, Casey, in one of the bungalos. Between jumping in the pool and eating Mongolian chicken skewers, Patridge took the time to greet fans and pose for pictures, letting some of them come into the VIP area. How many of those people were just looking for Patridge to vouch for them to take over her old room in Laren Conrad’s house is uncertain.

Non-Hasselhoff Knight Rider’s Jasmine Dustin as staked out on a daybed at the pool, a day after hosting at Rok Vegas inside New York-New York. Dustin is also a model on one of the lenticular images above the bar at Rok.

By Jason Scavone

Mario Lopez demands more señoritas. (Photo by Isaac Brekken | Getty Images)

Recently be-shirted Mario Lopez spent Saturday afternoon hosting at MGM Grand’s Wet Republic, lounging about in a bungalow. The Extra host stuck with water and Red Bull for the day, because Mr. Belding would have totally been disappointed otherwise.

The previous night, Lopez had dinner at N9NE Steakhouse inside the Palms where he dined with casino co-owner George Maloof and boxer Oscar de la Hoya. When de la Hoya first sat down, Maloof asked GM Jesse Shen to introduce himself and see if it was OK to seat Floyd Mayweather next to de la Hoya. The Golden Boy said, “Yes, of course. Maybe we can ink another deal and go at it again.”

Mayweather and his group of 22 were originally going to eat around 7:30 p.m., but when he learned de la Hoya was coming, he changed his reservation to be there at the same time. As de la Hoya went back to sign the door at N9NE, Mayweather waited for him to finish before he signed it himself. He said to Maloof and Shen, “I whooped him once, if he wants, I’ll do it again.” Click for more words and pictures »

By Jason Scavone

Drives a pimpmobile, drinks from a pimp cup and wields a furious pimp hand. (Photo by Scott Harrison)

Comedian Katt Williams did two shows for his It’s Pimpin’, Pimpin’ tour this weekend at The Pearl inside The Palms. We heard it was the pimpinist pimpathon to pimp a room full of pimped-out pimps since The Mack played at an Oakland film festival.

There for the Saturday show were Too Short, comedian Luenell, former Bobcats shooting guard Alan Anderson and actor Shemar Moore.

Moore had a busy weekend, spending the Fourth at Blush inside Wynn Las Vegas along with Charlie Murphy. Revelers on the patio lit hundreds of sparklers while the DJ blasted “Born in the U.S.A.,” continuing in the fine tradition of Ronald Reagan of people who don’t listen to all the lyrics before using that song. Click for more words and pictures »

By Jason Scavone

FACT: Kaskade won the annual International DJ Hot Dog Eating Contest in 2002. (Via KaskadeMusic.com)

Wet Republic at MGM Grand knows what Fourth of July Weekend is all about: Grilling. For the third straight day, the pool holds a backyard barbecue at 11 a.m. to ensure that you will have consumed at least your body weight in hamburgers and hot dogs. It’s a noble calling. Kaskade spins to make it all go down easier. Now for some potato salad. Click for more words and pictures »

By Jason Scavone

FACT: Benny Benassi is a total narcoleptic. (Via myspace.com/benassi)

Wet Republic at MGM Grand does Daylife Sundays at 11 a.m. with legendary DJ Benny Benassi on his Rock N Rave Tour. Benassi brings a touch of Italy to the pool party, by which we mean he’ll be periodically sprinkling oregano on girls in bikinis. Looking for sun in all the wrong places? Read on. Click for more words and pictures »

By Jason Scavone

Flo Rida. Not pictured: Sidekick Diz Neywolrd.

Flo Rida did a five-song set at MGM Grand’s Wet Republic yesterday, including “Low” and “Elevator.” He ran around the venue to interact with crowd during the show, capping it all off with a plunge into the pool. What no one else noticed though, was the cartoonish swarm of bees, flying in formation as a giant arrow, chasing the rapper all through the venue. It totally went down like that.

After the party, he hung around in the ultra-pool’s lounge.

Also out on Sunday was Barbara Walters, who had lunch at Chinois inside Caesars Palace’s Forum Shops. At Bellagio’s Bank, Tiger Woods was getting in some quality knee rehab and Danger Mouse, Cee-Lo and company, capped off a Gnarls-tastic weekend.

By Jason Scavone

Miranda Lambert, seen here throwing out gang signs for the East Syde Combyne Harvezterz. (Via MirandaLambert.com)

Yesterday Album of the Year winner Miranda Lambert and Blake Shelton stopped by Wet Republic at MGM Grand for a for a taping of Great American Country’s Top 20 Country Countdown yesterday, along with Keith Anderson.

Eddie Montgomery of Montgomery Gentry was also poolside. Who knew all these country stars had this much fight in them? We’d kind of assumed the total number of cowboy hats in town after Sunday would drop roughly 68 percent. The number of guys trying to cook an angle on a post-divorce Shania Twain, however, we knew would hold steady.

By Jason Scavone

You can see in his eyes that this is the exact moment where Verne Troyer regrets ever doing Austin Powers. (Via DefJam.com)

Wet Republic at MGM Grand launches its Daylife Sunday industry party with Ludacris and DJ Skee at 10 a.m. See, Ludacris is the perfect choice to host this kind of pool party because he can totally swim laps around anyone in the pool, on account of his freakishly huge arms.

By Jason Scavone