Archive for March, 2008
Vegas Show News: X Burlesque, Crazy Horse Paris, Forty Deuce
In this week’s round-up of Vegas show news, it’s all about the burlesque…
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MGM Grand’s Crazy Horse Paris Picks New Dancers
Last week, MGM Grand’s Crazy Horse Paris hosted auditions to add three new dancers to its roster of beauties. Guest judge Dita Von Teese, managing director Andree Deissenberg, international choreographer Molly Molloy and show manager Volga Mostouskaya had such a hard time choosing that they eventually made the decision to think outside the box and pick four instead of three. And after ten hours of auditions, the finalists were announced at Tabú Ultra Lounge in a special party hosted by Von Teese.
Among the quartet are two Las Vegas dancers. Russian-born Polina Volchek was a dancer with The Fashionistas until it recently closed its run, and Krystle Richeson, a Virginia girl who moved here after touring with the Radio City Rockettes. The other two winners were Korean-born Elena Lee Rodriguez and another Virginian, Kara McKinney.
The four dancers will now head to France to undergo two months of rehearsals, costume fittings and styling. When they are done, they will then enter the dancer rotations between the three Crazy Horse Paris troupes in Paris, Spain and Las Vegas for a two-year contract.
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“X” Burlesque Celebrates One Year Anniversary
Date: March 9th, 2008 |
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Planet Hollywood to Host 21 Red Carpet Premiere Party
Looking for Hollywood glamour in Vegas? Then mark your calendars for March 12, which is when Planet Hollywood will host the star-studded red carpet premiere party for the movie 21.
The movie is based on Ben Mezrich’s book, “Bringing Down the House: The Inside Story of Six M.I.T. Students Who Took Vegas for Millions,” which is inspired by a true story.
In the movie, Ben Campbell (played by Jim Sturgess) is a shy, brilliant M.I.T. student who finds the answer to his tuition woes in the cards…literally. He is recruited to join a group of the school’s most gifted students on weekend blackjack trips to Vegas where, armed with fake IDs, they proceed to win millions from the casinos.
Led by math professor Micky Rosa (Kevin Spacey, who also produced the film), they count cards and employ an intricate system of signals to continuously grow their fortunes. Everything is rosy until Ben starts pushing the limits and comes under the radar of the casino’s head of security, Cole Williams (Laurence Fishburne). Kate Bosworth (Superman Returns), Aaron Yoo, Liza Lapira, Jacob Pitts and Josh Gad co-star as fellow students.
Also making appearances in the film are various Vegas landmarks including the Planet Hollywood resort (you can see the various light columns and other casino decor in some of the movie stills that are accompanying this article), The Venetian, Red Rock Resort and the Playboy Club at the Palms.
All of the stars of the movie are set to appear at the world premiere party, which starts at 9:30pm, so if you want to see any of them, I would suggest trying to find a viewing spot early. The event is actually occurring during the annual ShoWest movie theater industry convention, so it’s possible any number of other celebrities could show up for the red carpet stroll.
21 will be released by Sony Pictures in US theaters on March 28th. Until then, the studio and Trailer Addict have been kind enough to provide us with this theatrical preview of the film:
Date: March 5th, 2008 |
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Vegas Dining Reviews Around the Web
With the wealth and depth of restaurants available to the hungry denizens of Las Vegas, it’s almost impossible to visit them all. Not to mention, everyone’s taste is different, so it’s possible to get different reviews for the same restaurant.
Here are a few of the better reviews we’ve spotted around the web of some of best places to eat around Vegas. Prepare to drool…
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Over at MySpace, Kevin has dedicated his blog to reviewing restaurants he’s visited, and he does so with great detail. Among his catalog of reviews …
Date: March 2nd, 2008 |
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Las Vegas Deals from Multiple Sites
It’s usually not necessary to pay normal airfare prices and rack rates for hotels in Las Vegas because this city always has an abundance of special deals available. Normally you’d have to search all over the internet to make sure you are getting the best price on the best deal for you, but no longer. BootsnAll has just added a new feature that collects all the best Las Vegas travel deals from multiple sites on one page.
There are airfare-only deals from many different departure cities, hotel packages for a specific number of nights …
Date: March 6th, 2008 |
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New Las Vegas hotel deals for March
We’ve just collected up a few new really interesting hotel deals and have added them to our Las Vegas Deals page. We frequently receive special offers from hotels who bundle lowered hotel rates with free dining credits or show tickets or discounted golf and whatnot, and we put them all in one place so you can always get the latest deals we’ve come across.
New in March we’ve added special deals offered by the Excalibur, the MGM Grand, and Treasure Island, and there are a few others that are still valid from before as …
Date: March 4th, 2008 |
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