Melissa Arseniuk
Story Archive
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celebs
Celeb forecast: Four days of fun with LMFAO, Vanilla Ice and more
Friday, Sept. 4, 2009 Whether spinning, singing or simply smiling for cameras, the Strip will be packed with stars for Labor Day Weekend.
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celebs
Investigation into DJ AM's death continues
Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2009 As investigators continue to piece together the details surrounding DJ AM’s death last week, mounting evidence suggests drugs were a factor in death of the famed DJ.
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celebs
Celeb recap: Paris Hilton, Hometown Hotties and SuperDraft dream girls
Monday, Aug. 31, 2009 The Strip was packed with stars this weekend, including Paris the heiress, Stacy Keibler, Jason Priestley and Annalynne McCord.
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Entertainment
Jon Gosselin not quite king of Wet Republic
Monday, Aug. 31, 2009 File under not exactly a shocker: Jon Gosselin was at Wet Republic on Saturday but the Jon and Kate Plus 8 patriarch failed to make much of a splash.
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Entertainment
Rain remembers DJ AM
Saturday, Aug. 29, 2009 Rain nightclub went quiet last night as it said goodbye to one of its own. “Today is a sad day in the nightlife community, and an especially somber time for Djs across the world,” Goldstein’s friend and opening DJ act, DJ R.O.B., said last night.
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celebs
Carmen Electra books second stint at Crazy Horse
Friday, Aug. 28, 2009 Electra’s second Crazy Horse run will see her showcased in three vignettes, “Leçon D’Érotisme,” “Étoile de Paris,” and an unnamed solo number that will be “choreographed around Electra’s fluid dance style.”
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celebs
Celeb forecast: 90210 stars from then and now
Friday, Aug. 28, 2009 Jason Priestley, Annalynne McCord and a slew of other stars are hitting the Strip.
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The emancipation of Mimi
Thursday, Aug. 27, 2009 Ladies and gentlemen, Mimi Bobeck has left the building. Well, almost.
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Jackson's kids spotted in Vegas
Monday, Aug. 24, 2009 As the controversy surrounding their father’s death continues to flash across TV screens nationwide, Michael Jackson’s children were spotted in Las Vegas this weekend.
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Green Day marries old and new at Mandalay Bay
Monday, Aug. 24, 2009 Green Day may be 22 years old but that doesn’t mean the band has grown up. At least, not much.
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Celeb Recap: Party all the time
Monday, Aug. 24, 2009 From shock rock and punk-pop to rap and R&B, there was a show in town for almost every music-loving concertgoer.
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A&E
Black Eyed Peas give surprise performance at Rain
Saturday, Aug. 22, 2009 Friday was a good, good night at Rain nightclub. The Palms hotspot made a last-minute announcement Friday and said Will.i.am of the Black Eyed Peas would perform at the club that night.
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Celeb forecast: Shock rock, crooning Boyz and Ms. Conrad
Friday, Aug. 21, 2009 Music fans will be well-served this weekend as the usual line-up actors, actresses and reality show personalities takes a back seat to bands.
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Kings of Leon bring the best of times to The Joint, almost
Thursday, Aug. 20, 2009 The lessons learned from last night's concert at The Joint: Kings of Leon’s fans love to dress in plaid; they love to drink; oh, and they love Kings of Leon, too.
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Celeb recap: Olympic swimmers, Kardashian sisters and Hollywood A-listers
Monday, Aug. 17, 2009 Pirates, pretty sisters and stars with birthdays all invaded Las Vegas this weekend. Here’s how the parties shook out:
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Navigating the high seas at the Palms to discover a ‘Pirate’s Guilty Pleasure’
Sunday, Aug. 16, 2009 Oreos, threesomes or alcohol: One writer heads to the Palms to find out exactly what makes a pirate feel guilty.
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A pregnant Kourtney and other Kardashians come to play
Saturday, Aug. 15, 2009 Kourtney and Khloe Kardashian might have taken Miami, but the eldest Kardashian forgot to take something else, and is now pregnant.
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Celeb forecast: Booty plundering and sisters with booty
Friday, Aug. 14, 2009 A pirate's life at the Palms and Kardashians by the pool: Just another weekend in Vegas.
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Jeremy Piven finds peace as a pushy salesman
Thursday, Aug. 13, 2009 “He could be Ari Gold’s trashy cousin,” Jeremy Piven said of his character in The Good, Don Ready, as he walked the red carpet Wednesday at the film's Vegas premiere.
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Will Ferrell talks two great men: Jesus and Manolo Blahnik
Thursday, Aug. 13, 2009 While walking the red carpet for the Vegas premiere of "The Goods" last night, Ferrell had to decide who he would like to high-five. The Son of God! No wait, the god of stilettos!
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Redneck and proud: Gretchen Wilson
Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2009 Born to a single, 16-year-old mother and raised in a trailer park, Gretchen Wilson was a high school dropout. Since catching her break in 2004, however, she’s gone on to record 10 top 10 singles, win a Grammy and earn her GED.
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Celeb recap: Panic, Gossip and Playboy
Monday, Aug. 10, 2009 Have No Doubt: From Gwen to Usher to Ali Landry celebs were out and about this weekend.
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A&E
In face of league punishment, Rashard Lewis hits Studio 54
Saturday, Aug. 8, 2009 When Rashard Lewis celebrates his 30th birthday at MGM Grand tonight, don’t expect him to do any shots unless he sees exactly where they came from.
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A&E
For Usher, there’s no place like Palms
Saturday, Aug. 8, 2009 Usher says the Palms is his “second home,” and last night the R&B singer had a few hundred guests over to his second living room for a little cocktail party.
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Celeb forecast: Cloudy with a chance of Usher
Friday, Aug. 7, 2009 Have No Doubt: Usher, Gwen Stefani, Estelle and Jenny McCarthy will all be doing Vegas this weekend.
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Ashton Kutcher and Anne Heche on sex and Spread
Thursday, Aug. 6, 2009 Ashton Kutcher has been having a lot of sex and he likes to talk about it.
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Nerdwrap: Vegas overrun by influx of brainiacs
Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2009 The recent boost in brainpower started over the weekend with Defcon and hasn't abated, with Diggnation and Tao's "tweasure" hunt upon us.
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Celeb recap: Sasha Fierce and a whole lot of stars
Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2009 Beyoncé wasn't the only show in town this past weekend: Reality stars, rock bands and really hot models were all on hand for another Vegas weekend.
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A night with the bootylicious Beyoncé
Monday, Aug. 3, 2009 Backed by an 18-member, all-female band, Beyoncé drew from a range of hits for last night’s concert, sourcing songs from both her solo career and former Destiny’s Child days.
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The pants, they aren't a-changin'
Monday, Aug. 3, 2009 A plea for Mötley Crüe frontman Vince Neil: Please, change your pants.
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Vince Neil has hectic homecoming weekend
Monday, Aug. 3, 2009 Between signing autographs, visiting his bar and rocking The Joint with Crüe Fest 2, Vince Neil had a hectic homecoming weekend in Las Vegas.
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This Papa don't preach: Comedian Tom Papa hits Caesars for two nights of stand-up
Friday, July 31, 2009 When asked about the routine he'll perform this weekend, Tom Papa's response is neither long nor modest: “Hilarious,” he says. “In a word, hilarious.”
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Celeb forecast: Sasha Fierce and so much more
Friday, July 31, 2009 Beyoncé Knowles and her superstar husband, Jay-Z, are in town for the final four shows of Knowles’ alter ego, Sasha Fierce’s, North American tour.
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Entertainment
Chatting couture and concerts with Beyonce's mom
Friday, July 31, 2009 “She’s quite a vocalist,” says Beyoncé's mother, Tina Knowles, in what may have been the biggest understatement of the day. And with mom's help, one who looks damn good, too.
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Move over Beyonce, Mariah's coming to Las Vegas
Thursday, July 30, 2009 Mariah Carey is coming to Las Vegas for a quartet of shows at the Palms that will be the most intimate of the multiple Grammy Award-winner’s career.
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Ashton can Digg it
Thursday, July 30, 2009 Ashton Kutcher is an actor, Demi Moore’s much younger husband, and an avid Twitter fan. Twitter addict, even. And he’s also coming to Vegas to join Digg.com founder Kevin Rose for an episode of Diggnation next week.
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Prive goes dark: Inside the last night at Planet Hollywood
Tuesday, July 28, 2009 In terms of ironic endings, this morning’s finale at Privé couldn’t have been any better.
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Celeb recap: Steak and sizzle with the stars
Monday, July 27, 2009 Stacy Keibler, Steven Tyler, Blink 182, Slash, Mena Suvari, Mel Gibson and this little rapper named Snoop...
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Celeb forecast: Rapping and rocking through a Vegas weekend
Friday, July 24, 2009 From Blink 182's reunion tour to Snoop's second local performance in two weeks, this weekend is all about the music.
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Celeb recap: Twins in Sin (City)
Monday, July 20, 2009 Identical Playmates, basketball pros and Ryan Cabrera covered in cake - this weekend the temperature wasn't the only thing heating up.
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A&E
Twin Playboy centerfolds enjoy a footloose and Hefner-free Friday
Saturday, July 18, 2009 It has been almost a year since Hugh Hefner let his twin girlfriends, Karissa and Kristina Shannon, out of his sight for the night.
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Ballers, Bunnies, Busta Rhymes and the Bizkit
Friday, July 17, 2009 This weekend is shaping up to be one chock-full of NBA players, Playboy bunnies, hip-hoppers and rockers, with a few small-screen personalities thrown in the mix, too.
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Music
The (unavoidable? evolved?) return of Limp Bizkit
Friday, July 17, 2009 Limp Bizkit isn't exactly popular around these parts, what with a couple of canceled shows on their track record. But Fred Durst and his bandmates have chosen Las Vegas as the site of their first U.S. show together in eight years. And it's free.
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Rancid still rocks
Tuesday, July 14, 2009 Punk rockers Rancid took over the Joint, playing tracks from their first and latest albums and everything in between.
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Hef alert: Playboy mogul heads to Vegas to see Holly
Tuesday, July 14, 2009 Hugh Hefner is coming to Las Vegas to sneak a peek at his ex, Bo Peep.
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Celeb recap: Blame it on the Goose
Monday, July 13, 2009 Gossip Girls and UFC vets mingled all over the Strip this weekend as Las Vegas played host to some very happy celebs.
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Holly gets hitched at Planet Hollywood
Monday, July 13, 2009 Holly Madison appears to be a married woman – and Hugh Hefner, Criss Angel, and muscle-strapped UFC fighters have nothing to do with it... Well, sort of.
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Chuck Liddell shows off fancy footwork
Monday, July 13, 2009 Chuck Liddell is a UFC fighter, not a fashion icon, and here’s why: The Affliction-loving Iceman showed up for his post-UFC 100 party on Saturday wearing flip-flops and some peculiar toenail polish.
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Incubus gets off on creativity
Saturday, July 11, 2009 Incubus frontman Brandon Boyd never wanted to be doctor or a lawyer or a baseball player. But surfer? Now, there's a career.
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Topless and talented: Carmen Electra debuts at MGM Grand
Friday, July 10, 2009 Carmen Electra tossed her pasties aside to guest star in Crazy Horse Paris this week.