STRIP SCRIBBLES
*Can it possibly be true that Kevin Federline, the estranged hubby of Britney Spears spends like royalty when he parties in Vegas? In court documents he had to file in LA, his financial statements showed that his on and off Vegas visits for just eight months totaled over $50,000 for rooms and revelry! At Tao’s beach pool club in The Venetian he signed for $2,632 in one day and then $2,862 in the Tao nightclub! At Hard Rock’s beach club he shelled out $3,000 for a day in the sun. Over at the Scores strip club he left a $2,000 tip on a $365 dancer’s tab! No wonder Brit and her lawyers are steaming about her alimony payments to him!
*Lindsey Lohan’s mom, Dina, 14-year-old younger sister Ali, and 12-year-old brother Cody were all over town this weekend filming segments for Dina’s new E! Network reality show Living Lohan. Dina and Ali were filmed in my pal Michael Boychuck’s Amp salon at the Palms getting manicures and pedicures. Monte Carlo magician Lance Burton entertained them with tricks at former Lt. Governor Lorraine Hunt’s Bootlegger restaurant. The Lohan legacy also turned up on the terrace of Nove Italian restaurant in the Palms for a two-hour sup and sip of OPC Wine, an intriguing blend from Napa. Dina told chef Geno Bernardo they would be back to film there before their trip ended. Afterwards Dina and friends went upstairs to the Moon nightclub and had nightcaps of Ketel One Redbulls and the trendy green Tourment Absenth drink rage. While filming in the Palms for the June telecasts Ali has been recording at George Maloof’s recording studio there.
*To mark singer Trini Lopez’s birthday on May 15 he will be given a star on the Vegas Walk of Fame in front of the Riviera. His new CD that he recorded for my producer pal, Ron Dante at the Palms recording studios will be released the same day! Elton John is the latest star to also spend time at the Palms laying down new album tracks.
*It’s a two-day celebration here for my good friend, chef Roy Yamaguchi as he celebrates his 20th anniversary with a cross-country culinary tour.
Tonight he’ll play chief judge of his Aloha Kitchen Challenge which pits six chefs against each other in Roy’s Westside restaurant: Eric Klein from Spago at Caesars Palace, Linda Rodriguez from Hachi at Red Rock Resort, Adam Cho from Rick’s Café at Lake Las Vegas and Paul Hollins, Robert Rolen and Adam Barberia, all from the Vegas Cordon Bleu School of Food Arts. I’ve known Roy those entire 20-years and you can bet I’ll be there tomorrow night (TUES) when he fires the grill to cook his own five-course 20th anniversary wine dinner at his Eastside restaurant.
*Actress Alyssa Milano turned up for the late-night weekend performance of Mystére by Cirque du Soleil at TI. … Congratulations to model Holly Kiser who is prominently featured in all the ads for Privé nightclub at Planet Hollywood Resort on winning Bravo TV’s Make Me A Supermodel when viewers voted her as winner over the 12 contestants.