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"The Hills" Travel: Audrina's Big Bash

egw — 2008-08-18T08:50:12-05:00

Girls just wanna have fun, and occasionally wield their own cameras: Audrina Patridge snaps herself while hosting a party at Christian Audigier The Nightclub at Treasure Island in Las Vegas. First Lauren Conrad hosted a soiree there, and now it's her (once and future?) bestie's turn, along with potential new TV love interest Corey Bohan. Can he be the JustinBobby of 2008?

The fourth season of "The Hills" premieres tonight at 10 pm. But why watch when we'll have your full recap tomorrow morning? And follow along with Audrina's recently announced network-TV debut in the new series "Do Not Disturb" at HotelChatter.

[Photo: Gossip Girls]

Bikini Travel: Ryan and Abbie, Poolside in Vegas

egw — 2008-08-12T09:15:09-05:00

If you've got a bar, who needs a beach? Ryan Phillippe and girlfriend Abbie Cornish ("Stop-Loss," "Elizabeth: The Golden Age") drink Grey Goose and cranberries by the pool at the Venetian in Las Vegas. Later, the pair went to a performance of Cirque du Soleil at the Bellagio with hundreds of thrill-seeking Midwesterners.

Meanwhile, Phillippe's ex Reese Witherspoon was spotted in Morocco--not in a bikini, but fully clothed and sharing a meal with long-haired Jaunted fave Jake Gyllenhaal. So which would you choose for your summer vacation this year: Vegas or North Africa?

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[Photo: Hollywood Backwash]

Vegas Rumors Travel: Do Desperate Housewives Play Dominoes?

egw — 2008-08-06T09:00:05-05:00

Slot machines and baccarat are so over: Eva Longoria is reportedly partnering with Victoria "Posh Spice" Beckham for a night spot in Vegas that introduces the soon-to-be latest craze in betting games: Dominoes!

Longoria opened her own Hollywood restaurant "Beso" last year, where it not only failed to die but has thrived. But it was in looking for venues to launch Beso II in Vegas, she was introduced to the Beckhams, themselves looking for a toehold in the scene.

Apparently, the dominoes were Posh's idea, so celebrities can cry and run away from the tables when they lose just like at age 5. Will they also offer Connect Four?

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[Photo: Hollywood rag]

Get Buzzed this August for $9k

DanielR — 2008-07-21T16:30:20-05:00

Celebrities losing weight is so 20th century; the hot new trend is going totally weightless! We told you about Joey Fatone taking a Zero G flight for his 31st birthday back in February, and now the anti-gravity flight provider has even raised the bar for those willing to spend $9,000.

On August 17, Zero G will host a flight out of Las Vegas for a select 16 people--the normal load is 35--with one very special guest, astronaut Buzz Aldrin. With more room to float freely for 30 seconds at a time, the lucky crew can mingle with Buzz and ask him about all the wild stuff he did when he was weightless for hours at a time.

We can think of what we'd want to do weightless in a plane, and it's dirty. If you're paying nine grand, we'd be hoping for a bit more excitement than throwing chips at each other from across the cabin!

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· Zero G Platinum Flight [Official Site]
· Zero Gravity Travel coverage [Jaunted]

[Photo from Buzz's flight in November 2007: Zero G]

Rumored Concert Travel: Casino Life for Mariah?

egw — 2008-07-18T10:00:18-05:00

Is it time to put Mimi out to pasture? A Vegas casino has reportedly made an offer to Mariah Carey for a residency there--with a $100 million price tag.

The Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino, which rose out of the ashes of the Aladdin this year, thinks the singer could be the next Celine Dion or Elvis. It's the same place whose clubs called in Heidi Montag's employer, Bolthouse Productions, to help them get with the times.

Vegas is a great place to make money (just ask Dion, who raked in almost $400 million over five years at Caesars) but we're not sure it's really Mariah's style!

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[Photo of Carey performing in Vegas in '06: Swagger City]

Chinatown Travel: Sino City

BS — 2008-06-10T12:50:01-05:00

Las Vegas dining is ruled by big-name chefs like Wolfgang Puck, Joël Robuchon and Daniel Boulud. But the restaurants from the famous types are usually more expensive and less well reviewed than their New York and Paris counterparts--and are sometimes set in fake New York or fake Paris.

The New York Times has word this week, though, on a genuine ethnic neighborhood in Sin City--the makeshift Chinatown that has sprung up over the last decade. This being Las Vegas, even Chinatown is set in a mall:

Ask any Chinese tourist and you'll find that Las Vegas' Chinatown is high on their checklist. Tour buses regularly motor a mile off the Strip to stop at Chinatown Plaza, an open-air mall founded in 1994 ...
"Everyone in China knows about Chinatown here," one woman said. "They go to the Strip, and then they go to Chinatown."

Like so many other Chinatowns, Vegas' has a great restaurant scene, with everything from Sichuan to Korean on offer. And, yes, there's plenty of karaoke.

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[Photo: Evil Jungle Prince]

Travel Snapshot: Tourism Marketing and Double Entendres

pbb — 2008-06-05T16:30:01-05:00

A tipster just sent us this snap, taken near McCarran International in Las Vegas. Why advertise one sunny destination in another? The Travel Industry Association's annual conference was on in Nevada, and Orlando didn't want to miss out on the fun.

Oh, and you're not the only one with the dirty mind. Liz Benston at the Las Vegas Sun is right there with you. The ad may work for Orlando, she writes, but it'd never fly in her hometown:

Take the double and potentially negative meaning of "stays with you forever" when applied to a whirlwind trip to Las Vegas, for example.

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