STRIP SCRIBBLES for June 1
… Pop the champagne because congratulations will be in order somewhere around 3pm today when the roller coaster at New York New York resort casino makes its one millionth run
… Hip-hop artist Mickey Avalon and his crew of “white-boy” rappers, The Dyslexic Speed Readers made up of Simon Rex and Andre Legacy 
hit JET nightclub at the Mirage for a short concert of freestyle rapping that basically made fun of every Hollywood celebrity they could think of. This new cult-crazed star had swarms of screaming girls singing every word of his songs as they fought each other to get closer to his VIP booth
… The pool party gets a new meaning this summer when The Platinum Hotel and Spa invites guests to a free movie and video concert on its fifth-floor pool deck. Starting tonight, it will run every Friday and Saturday through October at the new, non-gaming, non-smoking hotel, located just a block off the Strip. Tonight’s premiere is Moby and No Doubt in video concert, and tomorrow it’s a screening of Pirates of the Caribbean and U2 in concert. Next weekend it’s Live Aid 2005 from Hyde Park, London plus Duran Duran’s concert and the Some Like it Hot movie
… Our recent 2nd annual celebrity poker tournament for Opportunity Village raised over $100,000… Don’t miss gorgeous Playmate of the Year, Sarah Underwood with several of her Playboy Bunny brood to party with her at the Palms pool this afternoon
CLINT’S DREAM: For the past 3 years my good friend, Clint Holmes, has been hard at work planning his very own musical, Just Another Man. The former six year Harrah’s headliner, voted Entertainer of the Year numerous times, opens it tonight in a run lasting until June 24th at the Judy Bayley Theater of UNLV before taking it to London’s West End as a pre-Broadway test.
It’s the wonderful story based on his parents, his African American jazz musician father and his mother, a white English opera singer that runs over six decades starting in 1944. Clint, who I’ve known since the mid 70’s, says this project has been the most difficult and yet the most rewarding creative thing he’s ever done. Fellow Strip singer Earl Turner will play his father in the show which will also feature Clint’s sister Gayle Steele.
And now for all the other weekend highlights in what we affectionately call around here the Royal Robin Rundown:
FRIDAY JUNE 1ST:
* Our favorite home-town rock heroes, The Killers play poolside at the Hard Rock and pray that lead singer Brandon Flowers doesn’t lose his voice.
* For folksy friendly family humor it’s Ray Romano for two nights at the Mirage while Robert Schimmel brings his searing, scorching shock and awe brand of comedy to the Monte Carlo for two nights, and Howie Mandel continues on at MGM until June 13th.
* One-time movie star turned crooner, James Darren, brings back the oldies singing for three consecutive nights up at the Suncoast.
* Credence Clearwater REVISITED will also take us back in time with two nights of shows at The Orleans.
SATURDAY JUNE 2nd:
* The Beauty of Magic with Hans Klok and Pamela Anderson opens at the Planet Hollywood Theater.
* Chinese classical pianist Lang Lang will perform with a 35 piece orchestra on the floating stage at Lake Las Vegas. His special guests include a seven year old musical prodigy, Marc Yu and opera singer Giorgia Fumanti.
* At the Silverton pool the sweet sounds of yesteryear’s soul from The Stylistics.
*It’s worth the 25-minute drive down the I-15 to catch Joan Jett and her Blackhearts appearing at Primm Valley Casino resorts.
* Please support our 5th annual Best in Show of “Mans Best Friend” at the Orleans Arena at 12 noon. I’ll be MC along with Frankie Schinta and a host of other celebrities as we pick the king of the canines in this wonderful duke-out of the dogs to benefit the Animal Foundation.
SUNDAY JUNE 3rd:
* The Charlie Daniels Band serve up that Southern styled metal guitar twang in a special concert at the Planet Hollywood Theater.
* The best Sunday night pool party just might be the charmed affair at the BARE topless optional lounge at the Mirage.
MONDAY’S TEASE: First please check in with Luxe Life over the weekend because we’ll post a special interview with Mindfreak magician Criss Angel, who will risk death for the third time this year as of 4:30am Monday morning.
He’s to be locked inside a concrete coffin and hoisted five stories above Times Square and has 24 hours to escape before it crashes to the street below.
We’ll run our exclusive interview as our Luxor resort headliner jets into New York and give you the internet links so you can watch him live via a lipstick camera from inside his sealed concrete tomb. Then we’ll be back Monday monitoring Criss’ first few hours of captivity, plus our reports of Pamela Anderson’s Vegas premiere party and all the other hot happenings.
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