STRIP SCRIBBLES
*Billionaire basketball owner and HDTV cable king, Mark Cuban hung out at the Playboy Club for two hours after midnight enjoying Miller Lite beers. Everybody loved the Dancing with the Stars star because he happily signed autographs and took fan photos. He even asked to have a souvenir photo with bunny servers Magali Garcia and Katie Putnam.
*I’ve been trying hard to get photos of the “top-secret” visit that pop-princess Miley Cyrus made to the Siegfried & Roy’s Secret Garden at The Mirage during time off from one of her recent MGM concerts a weekend ago.
She and her dad Billy Ray Cyrus and their family took part in the Dolphin Trainer for a Day program there. Billy insisted on a strict “no-camera or paparazzi” rule, but he did relent for one photo-agency so they could sell the private-pix for beaucoup dollars!
*Sad to see another Vegas landmark restaurant pack its bags in the interest of modern-day progress—Sir Galahad’s at Excalibur is now closed. The future plans have not yet been revealed, but it’s more and more of an indication that the themed castle will have less and less reliance on King Arthur’s merry men!
*Sad to say au-revoir. As strongly rumored here in Luxe Life several weeks ago, we’re going to miss comedian Gordie Brown when he ends his current run in the Venetian after February 13.
Wayne Brady will double-up on his performances nightly, but both Gordie and the hotel executives hope he can return to a newer more intimate theater there later this year.
*The original Jersey Boys theater at the new Palazzo resort alongside The Venetian was planned with 2,200 seats, but the cast, producers and hotel executives agreed to slash it back to 1,650 seats to provide much more intimacy.
*Actress-singer Ashanti kept on her sunglasses in the dimly lit private dining room at Sushi Roku at the Forum Shops at Caesars, but she still happily signed autographs and posed for photos with 15 fans.
On her way out she even stopped by one table of ten diners and hugged the birthday boy as a surprise!
*Congratulations to Cathouse and Palms Place celebrity chef Kerry Simon on the launch of his new “personalized luxury home kitchens.”
He’s teamed with chef-pal Douglas Keane from Sonoma and San Francisco design house Karl Hasz to “revitalize the world of residential luxury kitchen design.” They’ll come to your home to examine your cooking and design styles and then they’ll create your own individual master cuisine control!
*Mark your diary accordingly because Feb. 9 will be the 44th anniversary of The Beatles first appearance on the old famed Ed Sullivan CBS TV show. The Fab Four tribute band at the Sahara will trim its ticket price that night to just $25, with all the money going to the Nevada Cancer Institute in remembrance of George Harrison who died from the deadly disease in 2001.