AMERICA IDOL JUDGES HIS TAO BIRTHDAY BLAST A BIG WINNER
It was the big 5-1-birthday celebration for American Idol judge Randy Jackson.
With wife, Erika Jackson, Randy welcomed the show’s executive producer Nigel Lythgoe who is also a judge on So You Think You Can Dance along with actress Rosario Dawson.
They dined first in Tao’s Asian-themed eatery at The Venetian on assorted sushi platters, lobster wontons, Chilean Sea Bass and Kobe beef. He toasted his table and then the entire restaurant burst into a “Happy Birthday” sing-along when the servers brought out a birthday cake. Alongside joining the fun were Sex and the City actor Willie Garson and Brothers & Sisters star Dave Annable.
When the birthday brigade went up to Tao nightclub afterwards there was yet another birthday cake and flashing sparklers and Dancing with the Stars instructor Karina Smirnoff joined the group putting on her own dance display on the catwalk while That 70’s show star Wilmer Valderrama and My Boys star Kyle Howard partied on at the adjoining VIP table.
Earlier, Sopranos star Robert Iler, American Idol runner up Blake Lewis, poker greats Phil Ivey and Antonio “The Magician” Esfandiari partied in the VIP dance floor section alongside Miss Nevada Veronica Grabowski and her three galpals. Also in Tao were San Antonio basketball star Robert Horry, Miami Dolphins player Jason Taylor and his wife and for the second consecutive night Dave Annable who will be seen shortly in the new Meryl Streep movie Julia & Julia.