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 »
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 »
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 »
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.
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.
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.
We’re your ice cream man, stop us when you’re passing by.
You remember when you were a kid and you’d chase after the ice cream truck to score Creamsicles and Bomb Pops? Wouldn’t it be better if there were booze involved? Well, that’s what we thought, anyway, but then again, we were the only 8-year-old hanging out with a Gimlet in one hand and a SuperSoaker in the other.
Anyway. MGM Grand’s Wet Republic took two things we all know and love and put them together into the poolside treat, the Drunken Popsicle. Served in plastic cones with a long, thin spoon through the middle in lieu of wooden sticks, the Drunken Popsicles come in Red Bull/vodka, Corona limon and Frida Margarita. They’re served in an acrylic, modernist tray for rapid deployment of the cones. Click for more words and pictures »
This is much better than writing a paper on the Medieval philosophy of Boethius.
Going on this very second, until 6 p.m. over at MGM Grand’s Wet Republic is Summer Rebellion, a pool party put on by UNLV’s nightclub management program. It’s free entry for UNLV students and alumni, and includes a volleyball tournament. So if your only other option is sitting in a dank classroom on a nice day and listening to some prof drone on about Jacques Lacan or the mating habits of starfish (turn the lights down low, baby, it can be sexual or asexual — awww, yeah), you may have a viable alternative on your hands.
Seriously. We also would have accepted Laura Prepon.
Wilmer Valderrama was everywhere this weekend, begging the question: If we’re going to have a That ’70s Show actor running around town, why can’t we get Mila Kunis? Valderrama started the day yesterday at MGM Grand’s Wet Republic with, apparently, new best friend Criss Angel while Lil John did his duty on the turntables.
Then Valderrama and Angel hit The Bank inside Bellagio, drinking Patron straight from the bottle all night. There’s something unspeakably brave about sharing a bottle with Criss Angel, like a doughboy coming off the farm to sign up for duty on the Western Front in World War I.
On Friday at the Bank, Playboy playmate Destiny Davis was there along with Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim pitcher Kelvim Escobar. Escobar is on the disabled list right now and KILLING our fantasy team. Keep that arm well protected at the clubs, please. Click for more words and pictures »
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