STRIP SCRIBBLES
*We all sort of know that wrestlers stick to a pre-determined script when they brawl with those thuds and grunts inside the ring. But sometimes the script goes wrong! When our hometown champion Floyd Mayweather got pulled into a between the bouts tangle with Big Short at the WWE pay-per-view show at the Thomas & Mack center, his fists actually broke the wrestler’s nose by accident!
*Deal or No Deal host Howie Mandel shopping up a storm at Miracle Mile Shops in Planet Hollywood and he even carried out his own shopping bags from Metropark… believe it or not, but birthday girl Paris Hilton managed to squeeze in one more nightclub party before she left town—click here for yesterday’s Luxe Life roundup of her six-nights of parties.
She sipped Dom Perignon champagne and danced on the rails of her VIP booth at the new Bank Nightclub in Bellagio. Paris sang along to her own tune, “Stars Are Blind” as the club’s managing partner, Jodi Myers simultaneously celebrated her own birthday along with the socialite.
*Rapper Fat Joe, who hails from Miami, was thrilled to discover his local Café Martorano restaurant in Fort Lauderdale had opened a branch here at the Rio resort.
So while partying in Vegas he made it a point each night to start with a meal of his favorite famous meatballs, cooking in the kitchen with chef-owner Steve Martorano.
*So I’m enjoying a delicious dinner at the new Cathouse restaurant at the Luxor and while chatting with celebrity chef Kerry Simon in comes Crazy Town lead singer Shifty Shellshock filming his own follow-up reality show to Celebrity Rehab. Naturally he turned the cameras on us, and before we knew it I was giving him a strong lecture—despite drinking a fine wine—about him staying on the wagon and steering clear of drugs and hard booze!
Mindfreak magician Criss Angel had filmed there earlier the same day with a secret and extraordinary card trick for his A&E TV show.
Grammy winner and country music superstar LeAnn Rimes and her Dean Sheremet also dined there on tuna tartar, black pepper chicken wings with watermelon salad, braised beef short ribs, kabocha squash polenta, truffle macaroni and cheese and red velvet cake. Who else would want you to know this? Last night LeAnn and Dean celebrated their 6th wedding anniversary by seeing Cirque du Soleil’s The Beatles Love musical at The Mirage. It was their second visit to the show.
*Funnyman actor Jim Belushi stopped by the X-Girls show at the Flamingo and wound up posing for photos with the topless beauties.
Famous guitarist Estoban also took in the adult-cabaret revue, which celebrates its one-year anniversary tomorrow—but the big celebrity red-carpet party will hold till next month!
*As hip-hop R&B artist Akon checked into the Hard Rock hotel casino, rocker/actress Juliette Lewis hopped into her limo waiting in valet. Akon then dined at Robert DeNiro’s new Ago restaurant there. Music mogul Steve Rifkind also checked into one of the new Hard Rock suites. Affliction Clothing owner Todd Beard partied there in his penthouse with UFC stars Rampage Jackson and Randy Couture and illusionist Criss Angel. They all wound up at the blackjack tables in the famous Peacock Lounge.
*Grammy-award winning hip-hop star Common gave his own KO performance at Studio 54’s Pavlik-Taylor welterweight fight at MGM after-party, hosted by boxing legend Winky Wright.
Common captivated the crowd with an hour of his hottest tracks and, right on the spot, created a free-style rap praising the nightclub. During the show he pulled a lucky female fan from the audience and serenaded her with his pop-hit “Love of my Life”. Common and Winky retired to the VIP skybox sipping on Ciroc vodka and Silver Oak cabernet until they were surrounded by the sexy Ciroc models offering them delectable Truffle-tinis and Godiva liqueur Ciroc vodka shots in glasses made from the chocolate! They decided to end the fun there at 3 a.m. and move onto the nearby Tabu Ultra Lounge, and as dawn rose they were the last to leave.