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*E! Television is running all week the 1-hour countdown special “12 Sexiest Vegas Jobs,” which features the Playboy Club bunnies who were filmed at George Maloof’s Palms resort hotel casino.
*Our local rock heroes Panic! At The Disco release their 2nd album Pretty. Odd—recorded at the Palms—on March 25 and headline the annual Honda Civic tour starting Apr. 10 in San Francisco and running through June 14 in Anaheim.
Their 2005 debut A Fever You Can’t Sweat Out, has sold more than 1.7 million copies in the United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan. On tour in 2006, the band grossed nearly $6 million from 50 concerts, according to Billboard Boxscore.
*Starting today (MON) Bellagio’s Conservatory & Botanical Gardens celebrates the 2008 Chinese New Year, the Year of the Rat, with a unique display filled with hidden meanings. The design will be guided by the ancient practice of Feng Shui—the art of using surroundings to attract harmony, balance and positive life energy. The dramatic centerpiece of this exhibit will be found perched atop an oversized, flowering branch-a botanical, 5-foot-tall rodent made of red low-growing herb, and pink tropical plants. Those long curling tail and delicate whiskers will be made of metal. Just steps away is a 18-foot tall Chinese God of Wealth and Fortune amongst gleaming I-Ching coins, flanked by two Ming Dynasty-styled dings, ancestral vessels that protect against bad luck. A zigzag bridge leads to a beautiful, wing tipped gazebo painted a deep red lacquer with shimmering gold trim and green-tiled roofs. A majestic mountain, seen as a pillar between heaven and earth, will serve as a dramatic backdrop. The Chinese New Year botanical exhibit will run until Mar. 15.