STRIP SCRIBBLES
The stars came to Vegas this weekend—and gorgeous blonde bombshell Jenny McCartney even took her dad to the MOON nightclub atop the Fantasy Towers in the Palms where they were staying!
Daytime drama queen Susan Lucci lunched at Wolfgang Puck’s Postrio restaurant inside the Grand Canal Shops at The Venetian. During her skin-care infomercial film shoot there, Susan took a detour into Jimmy Choo’s shoe-store for a brief shopping break.
As Susan walked onto the set she said: “I am so happy to be here. I just love the Venetian!” She filmed on an indoor gondola and gave demos of her “Youthful Essence” in St. Mark’s Square, and in front of the resort on the Rialto Bridge and the Doges Palace balcony.
*Actress turned rocker Juliette Lewis and her band Juliette and The Licks celebrated their concert after-party at JET nightclub in the Mirage.
After the Rox club show, the hit band arrived at 2 a.m. Our hometown rocker, Killers‘ drummer Ronnie Vannucci, enjoyed bottles of Belvedere, Jack Daniels and Heineken Beer. Acclaimed DV-DJ Roonie G re-mixed a montage of Juliette’s movies and music videos to create the ultimate A/V experience—Lewis loved the scene so much she took the DJ’s microphone and got on the raised dancer pole banquette and shouted to the crowd how much fun she was having. After rounds of endless shots and dancing, Juliette finally called it a night! Electronic music vocal artist Dan Diamond also celebrated the release of his newest video, “She’s A Dancer” with an impromptu performance for lucky club-goers with rapper Too Short enjoying shots of his favorite Patron Tequila.
*Our hometown porn princess Jenna Jameson is also a successful business-woman and she’s now partnered with Heatherette fashion designer Richie Rich to open a combo bar and clothing store in Manhattan’s hip Chinatown district—and it will be called The General Store where Richie’s designs and clothing have been picked by Jameson. They will open next year and, if successful, open a first spin-off here in Vegas.
*Latest celebrity to sign chef Barry Dakake’s office door at his N9NE Steakhouse in the Palms was Andre Agassi’s tennis-partner and wife, Steffi Graf. My pal, bartender John O’Donnell walked her arm-in-arm back to the chef’s line. To celebrate Steffi, Andre treated some of the other diners around them to Cristal champagne!
*Movie submissions can now be made for the 10th anniversary of the CineVegas Film Festival which will unspool starting June 12 at the Brenden Theaters in the Palms with Dennis Hopper returning for the 5th year again as Chairman.
Producers and directors began this weekend and have from now until March 15 to submit their films to compete for the cash prizes and other awards at the ten-day festival. In addition, CineVegas revs up with a new on-line contest encouraging vacationers to become film-makers and transform their next travel adventure into a short film through Trip Takes, a new online film contest presented by CineVegas and Condé Nast Traveler. From now until February 15, anyone can capture their vacation on video, no matter what the destination, and submit their original film, up to five minutes long, to the Trip Takes contest. All films will be posted on the Trip Takes website and will be judged by both an online audience and a jury of experts, including Dennis Hopper. The top five finalists will have their films shown at the Film Festival with the winners divvying up $7,500. The contest is open to residents of the 50 United States and the District of Columbia who are at least 21 years old by the date of entry. For official contest rules and to submit a film, please visit cinevegas.com.
Said Mike Plante, associate director of programming, “What better way to celebrate our 10th anniversary than to highlight films shot around the world by people from across the country?”