Nicki Minaj – On Top of the World

Nicki Minaj unleashes “old Nicki” on a new track that has leaked online titled, “On Top Of The World”. No weird voices. No gimmicks.

While dedicating the track to everyone on the come up, Nicki raps about finally making it over a beat reminiscent of Queen Pens, “Party Ain’t A Party”.

Anne Hathaway in a Purr-fect Role as Catwoman

Anne Hathaway has a new gig as Selina Kyle! Remember her? She’s the woman who became Catwoman in Batman. Anne will be portraying the same role in “The Dark Knight Rises” flick to be directed by Christopher Nolan. 

Anne will be starring alongside Christian Bale who will be the great Bruce Wayne a.k.a. Batman. I think would look great in the cat suit don’t you? But aside from just looking great, I’m sure Anne will be purr-fect and will portray the role well. With her acting skills and achievement, we only expect the best!

Anyway Direcot Nolan is very to be able to get Anne for the role. He said, “I am thrilled to have the opportunity to work with Anne Hathaway. Who will be a fantastic addition to our ensemble as we complete out story.”

 

Other stars included in “The Dark Knight Rises” are Morgan Freeman, Gary Oldman, and Michael Cane. However, the roster is still not complete but you can expect a huge stars lineup!

The Complaint: Anne Hathaway as Catwoman

Look, we want to see Anne Hathaway in a cat suit as much as the next guys — she's a wonderful, beautiful actress, and the Catwoman getup is second only to the Princess Leia bikini in the fantasy costume hall of fame. But we're afraid this is going to turn out to be one of those things that's better in theory, like chocolate beer, or sex on a beach, or Halle Berry in a cat suit. 

First off, Hathaway's got big — call 'em iconic — shoes to fill, namely Michelle Pfeiffer's kitten heels. And unlike Michelle Pfeiffer, who could star in a YouTube series if she cared to exist in this century, there's nothing particularly feline about Hathaway — not in the face or the gait or the intonation. Her intonation, as you will learn at the Oscars next month, is less villainous than vapid, more charming than disarming. And though she's proven her chops in a variety of genres (Anne Hathaway is a pharmaceutical rom-com pro if there ever one), there's this kind of lovable goofiness to her that's more doglike than catlike. And we mean that in the kindest possible way. 

But the real problem with this — because this is kind of a big deal — is the fantasy thing. Christopher Nolan, who'll be directing Hathaway in the third installment of his Batman series, The Dark Knight Rises, can't do sexy female characters, which Catwoman sorta has to be. His stories are cerebral parables about men and their choices. Women in his films tend to be butch or asexual (respectively, Hillary Swank in Insomnia and Ellen Paige in Inception). Nominally sexy characters, like Marion Cotillard in Inception or Scarlett Johansson in The Prestige, are treated almost as afterthoughts, plot necessities, or concessions to male viewers. They're gorgeous, but they're buttoned-up. Practically Victorian. You don't button up Scarlett Johansson, man. 

Maybe we're thinking about this all wrong. Three years ago, everyone pitied Heath Ledger for having to don Jack Nicholson's purple mantle. We would have called you nuts if you told us his Joker would become the definitive one. So, yeah, it's possible that Nolan will update and outdo Tim Burton once more. One thing's for sure: he'll again find a way to twist a ludicrous comic-book concept — a woman dresses like a drunk girl on Halloween to fight crime — into a relevant, piercing metaphor. A metaphor for what, though? How about for our unmeetable expectations when it comes to a catsuit? How about that?

Bubba Smith: Standing Tall and Talented

Bubba Smith's Police Academy character, Officer Hightower, was strong but silent. Hightower's gags peddled on a depiction of Smith's stunning 6'7", 265 pound frame as inhumanely powerful but inherently meek. In the first movie of the franchise, Hightower's graduation speech was a simple, laconic, "thank you." In a later film, he slam dunked a basketball so hard that it broke the blacktop beneath the hoop. Hightower was cipher. Did he derive his strength from his silence? Or was his silence a manifestation of his strength?

Officer Hightower was fierce but docile, an effective and trustworthy policeman who didn't need to make any funny noises to prove himself (i'm talking about you Jonesy!)

In real life, Bubba Smith was far more relatable than his Police Academy incarnation would suggest, but he was just as impressive physically, if not more.

As the first pick in the 1967 NFL draft, the Baltimore Colts took a freak of nature , a massive-but-quick defensive lineman, an end who could push people around, slither to the quarterback and even run down a speedy back trying to go outside, despite having the disadvantage of a higher center of gravity.

He appeared in two Super Bowls with the Colts, winning Super Bowl V. Though his NFL career lasted just nine seasons, Smith cut a figure that was never really replicated in the league before or since. Sure there have been huge, quick tall  guys -- Hall of Fame linebacker Ted Hendricks (6-7), John Matusak (6-8), Ed "Too Tall" Jones (6-9), Harold Carmichael (6-8) -- but none as immediately personable as Bubba Smith.

And he parlayed that talent to the big screen and small, starting with a series of Miller Lite commercials. Although the commercials were equally as facile in their comedy as the Police Academy approach, ("I love the easy open cans," as he rips the entire top off of a can), they showcased Smith's manner of belying scale on camera. He looked like a nice guy, not some Beaumont, Texas-raised monster burying you on the football field.

Bubba Smith might not have been a talent like Paul Robeson, but he was a Renaissance man for the integration of black athletes in mainstream consciousness. In the decades before Michael Jordan redefined sports and race in America, Bubba Smith was a strong, huge, dark black man that white audiences weren't scared by.

The racial aspects of Smith's life story are certainly downplayed in many of his obituaries, but the history of integration in the college game is intrinsic to his journey from a Gulf coast Texan to a Hollywood star. And it all started in at Michigan State.

In 1963, then Michigan State football coach Duffy Daugherty recruited a handful of players from the south. It wasn't unheard of, but uncommon for black athletes from the south to play for Big Ten schools. Charles "Bubba" Smith was Duffy's top recruit, and the University fell in love with their big man, devising the simple chant "Kill, Bubba, Kill." By his senior year, he was drawing triple blockers and entire offensive schemes designed to avoid him.

At a school that revered their football heroes as much as any, Bubba Smith connected with Michigan State fans like no other. That kind of magnetism might have derived from his physical size and athletic prowess, but it was cemented by a kindness to match. Teammates boasted of his support on field and off.

Michigan State Wide Receiver Gene Washington, also from east Texas and competed against Smith in high school: "I also remember how supportive he was of my track career. During both the indoor and outdoor track seasons, I could count on ‘Bubba’ being there in the stands, cheering me on.”

Watch those Police Academy clips, they are funny and sweet. But remember that Bubba Smith, as much any athlete of his generation, moved the barriers of racial integration in sports and society as consistently as he moved hopeless offensive lineman.

Sweet Stacy Keibler as

Aki kaurismaki ariel online Are you ready for a vacation you will never forget? Do you like adventures in the sun, awesome local and international cuisine; or maybe you just want to relax on the beautiful carribean and enjoy the turquoise blue ocean, warm breeze and white sand? Whatever your pleasure, Playa Del Carmen is the place for you!

Shark Attack Victim Bethany Hamilton Helps Others Keep Positive Attitude

Bethany Hamilton is the latest celebrity to volunteer for “Extreme Makeover Home Edition.” If you’re not familiar with Hamilton’s story, she’s the professional surfer who, in 2003, at the age of 13, was attacked by a shark while surfing in Hawaii and lost her arm as a result.

The “EMHE” family being featured are Katrina and Mike Carr and their four adopted children, who are struggling in a house that is unsafe and too small to serve their needs, which include many physical challenges.

Their 3-year-old twin daughters Ryanne and Rina were born with Amniotic Band Syndrome, which caused Ryanne the amputation of her legs and one arm, and Rina the loss of a leg. Nine-year-old Nokolas was recently diagnosed with Sensory Integration Dysfunction, which causes an inability to organize information as it comes through the senses. And Mike Carr has undergone pancreas and kidney transplants over the past decade.

 

Like Hamilton, they remain upbeat through their personal challenges. Meeting the surfer, who literally rode in on a wave to greet them in Hawaii, was a highlight, but equally rewarding for Hamilton.

Bethany Hamilton - Kauai Hawaii Surfing

Hamilton went for a morning surf along Tunnels Beach, Kauai with friends Alana, Byron and Holt Blanchard. Around 7:30 a.m., she was lying sideways on her surfboard with her left arm dangling in the water, when a 15 ft tiger shark attacked her, ripping her left arm off just below the shoulder. If the shark had bitten 2 inches further in, the attack would have been fatal.

Bethany had lost almost 50% of her blood that morning. Her friends helped paddle her back to shore, and fashioned a tourniquet out of a surfboard leash around what was left of her arm before rushing her to Wilcox Memorial Hospital. Her dad was supposed to have a knee surgery that morning but she took his place in the operating room. She then spend six more days in recovery at the hospital.

Despite the trauma of the incident, Hamilton was determined to return to surfing. Three weeks after the incident, she returned to her board and went surfing again. Initially, she adopted a custom-made board that was longer and slightly thicker which made it easier to paddle. She has observed that she has to kick a lot more to make up for the loss of her left arm. After teaching herself to surf with one arm, she has again begun surfing competitively. She is now back to using competitive performance short-boards again..

Red Sox/Yankees best ESPN Sunday Night Since 2007

From ESPN -

Red Sox/Yankees on Sunday Night Baseball: ESPN’s Most-Viewed MLB Game Since 2007

ESPN’s Sunday Night Baseball presented by Taco Bell  on Aug. 7 – when the Boston Red Sox defeated the New York Yankees 3-2 in 10 innings – averaged 4,722,000 viewers and 3,460,000 households to become the most-viewed MLB telecast on ESPN since June 3, 2007 (Red Sox/Yankees - 5,304,000 viewers; 3,985,000 household impressions), according to Nielsen. ESPN’s Red Sox/Yankees telecast generated the largest national audience of the weekend’s three-game series for the rivalry (broadcast or cable).

Additionally, the telecast’s 3.5 rating tied Yankees/Red Sox on Aug. 9, 2009, as the highest-rated MLB game on ESPN since 2007 (4.2 rating for Yankees/Red Sox on June 3 and April 22). Sunday’s telecast averaged a 17.0 metered market rating in Boston and an 8.6 rating in New York.

Year-to-Date

Overall, ESPN’s Sunday Night Baseball is averaging 2,534,000 viewers this season, an increase of nine percent season-to-date over last season (2,321,000). The corresponding 1,892,000 households are up seven percent over 1,768,000 last season and the 1.9 rating this year is up six percent compared to a 1.8 rating in 2010.

This Week

This week’s Sunday Night Baseball telecast (Aug. 14) will feature Albert Pujols and the St. Louis Cardinals hosting Troy Tulowitzki and the Colorado Rockies at 8 p.m. ET.  The game will also be available on ESPN Radio (with Jon Sciambi and Chris Singleton), ESPN Deportes, ESPN3.com and ESPN Mobile TV. Baseball Tonight will precede the game at 7 p.m.

Jade McCarthy leaving NESN

From NESN -

NESN's Jade McCarthy will be leaving the network at the end of August after serving as the host/anchor of NESN Daily for the past year.

Statement from Jade McCarthy:

"My husband was recently offered a new professional opportunity in the Philadelphia area. At the same time, we are expecting our first child this fall.  It was a difficult decision, but we have decided it is best for our family to move back to Philadelphia.  I want to thank all the people who gave me this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to work in my home town of Boston during such an exciting time. I will miss working with all the great people at NESN."

A search for Jade's replacement will begin immediately.

Wednesday's MLB Pitching Probables

PHI at LAD 3:10 PM
PHI: V Worley (R) 8-1, 2.35
LAD: C Billingsley (R) 10-9, 4.17

PIT at SFO 3:45 PM
PIT: J Karstens (R) 8-6, 3.05
SFO: J Sanchez (L) 4-6, 4.10

LAA at NYY 7:05 PM
LAA: H Takahashi (L) 3-2, 3.35
NYY: I Nova (R) 10-4, 3.81

CHW at BAL 7:05 PM
CHW: P Humber (R) 8-8, 3.56
BAL: T Hunter (R) 1-2, 4.43

DET at CLE 7:05 PM
DET: R Porcello (R) 11-6, 4.49
CLE: U Jimenez (R) 6-9, 4.64

OAK at TOR 7:07 PM
OAK: G Gonzalez (L) 9-9, 3.10
TOR: H Alvarez (R)

COL at CIN 7:10 PM
COL: Undecided
CIN: M Leake (R) 9-7, 3.92

SDG at NYM 7:10 PM
SDG: A Harang (R) 10-3, 3.91
NYM: R Dickey (R) 5-10, 3.72

ATL at FLA 7:10 PM
ATL: T Hudson (R) 11-7, 3.22
FLA: A Sanchez (R) 6-5, 3.73

KAN at TAM 7:10 PM
KAN: F Paulino (R) 1-8, 4.19
TAM: W Davis (R) 8-7, 4.55

SEA at TEX 8:05 PM
SEA: J Vargas (L) 6-10, 4.02
TEX: D Holland (L) 10-4, 4.35

WAS at CHC 8:05 PM
WAS: R Detwiler (L) 1-1, 2.66
CHC: R Lopez (R) 2-3, 5.17

BOS at MIN 8:10 PM
BOS: J Lester (L) 11-5, 3.23
MIN: N Blackburn (R) 7-9, 4.58

MIL at STL 8:15 PM
MIL: R Wolf (L) 8-8, 3.61
STL: K Lohse (R) 9-7, 3.45

HOU at ARI 9:40 PM
HOU: A Rodriguez (R) 0-4, 4.78
ARI: J Collmenter (R) 6-7, 3.58

Casting for New Reality Show in Las Vegas!! Trailer Park Housewives!

 CASTING
INFORMATION FOR A NEW REALITY TV SHOW SET IN LAS
VEGAS

From
the creators and producers of  reality TV
shows: Gigolos, The Gun Store, Goodfellas Bail Bonds, Gold Diggers and
Bachelorette Party: Las Vegas, Way Out, Conan O’Brien Can’t Stop comes a brand
new brow-raising must-see reality television show set in none other than Las
Vegas, Nevada.

If you
live in Las Vegas , are a married Housewife and live in a Trailer Park
or you are thinking about getting married and live at a Trailer Park…We want
you for a new hit Reality Television Show!

Take
everything you thought you knew about civilization and forget it as the lives
of six special women and their entourage will show you how life is really lived
in this fascinatingly disturbing and amusing world of Trailer Park Housewives.

You’ve
seen all the affluent, sexy, bitchy housewives from across the country, now
it’s time to meet the Real Women behind their men in a setting never before
revealed on television. Trailer Park Housewives will deliver the rowdy
rambunctious clans from the local area Mobile Home Trailer Parks in Las Vegas .  The series
follows the lives of sexy blue collar housewives, who live a trailer park
lifestyle.  From a self-proclaimed “Queen
Bee” whose home is 3 feet longer than anyone else’s and doles out orders much
like a modern day “Lord of the Flies” to the innocent newbie trying to fit
in….there is a social hierarchy among this clan that rules supreme in the
Trailer Park setting.  If you lived here
you’d be home by now!

Your
husbands or significant others should each have “Vegas” type jobs such as:
Realtor, bus driver, blackjack dealers, concierge, nightclub industry, zoo
keepers, be in the witness protection program, former or current mob family
members, been an extra on CSI more than 5 times, an attorney, poker player, work at
a strip club or casino in any facet or spend way too much time there, a tram
operator or just your typical every day pimp who loves watching the show
Breaking Bad.  The somewhat gray areas of
the law that go on within the Trailer Parks fence reads like a combination of
COPS, CSI, Judge Judy, Pawn Stars and the 700 Club all
sprinkled together. A six-pack of beer, some video poker and a temporary
restraining order are quality entertainment in these houses on wheels...

In a 2
- 5 minute video, describe yourself, your life situation and what it’s like
living in a Trailer Park as a Housewife. You need to pop and show us why you
are a Trailer Park Housewife! We need to see personality, humor, seriousness
and frank honesty with your ability to communicate.  Looking for fun situations or just quirky
bizarre families is the type of content we would like to see from potential
participants in this new show.

Submit
your DVD or VIDEO along with contact information: full name,
email address, age and phone number to:

  

TrailerParkHousewives@Gmail.Com

 Or Snail Mail –   Attention “TPHW”

 9744 Wilshire Blvd, Suite 205

 Beverly Hills, CA   90212

Shooting
Tips

 All
you need is a video camera.

 Make a
plan.

 Make
sure you're lit up and in focus.

 Make
sure we can hear you clearly

 Try a
variety of locations and activities.

 Remember,
the camera is your friend!

Ladies of Las Vegas! Dress for Success of Southern Nevada Event Sunday!

LVMS creates $194 Million economic impact for Las Vegas!!

LVMS NASCAR Weekend shows dramatic increase in
economic impact $194 impact!

The 2011 NASCAR Weekend once again proved to
be a huge economic windfall for the Las Vegas economy. This year’s event posted the third-highest
financial impact on the community in the 14-year history of the event.



This year’s event, held March 4-6,
contributed $194,699,000 to the local economy, according to figures released by
the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority. That represents a staggering
17.4-percent increase in economic impact over the 2010 event.



“This is tremendous news for our entire
community,” said LVMS President Chris Powell. “This is a major shot in the arm
for all local merchants. It’s also a great indicator that NASCAR remains strong
and is a major player in Southern
Nevada. This is the biggest
sporting event each year in Nevada, and we’re proud of the role the speedway plays
within the community.”



The survey showed that race fans attending
this year’s event spent an average of $252 more per person that fans attending
the 2010 event. However, ticket prices remained steady and the average rate for a room dropped by $7 per night.





“Las Vegas and NASCAR continue to have a great
relationship and the annual NASCAR Sprint Cup race is the largest single-day
event in Las
Vegas
each year,” said Rossi Ralenkotter, president and CEO of the Las Vegas
Convention and Visitors Authority.  “This year’s race demonstrated
once again that Las Vegas continues to be a fan favorite on
the NASCAR circuit and we look forward to many more years of successful
events.”





The race weekend included the Kobalt Tools
400 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race, the Sam’s Town 300 NASCAR Nationwide Series
race, Stratosphere Pole Day and two nights of dirt-track racing for USAC and
the World of Outlaws.





“Everyone knows that Las Vegas has the best of everything,” said Las
Vegas Mayor Carolyn G. Goodman. “We have the best hotels, the world’s greatest
restaurants, incredible boutique shopping and we have no equal when it comes to
our entertainment lineup. I’m very happy to say that our annual NASCAR Weekend
continues to be among the most exciting on the circuit providing fans with a
great experience. These races have become part of the draw of Las Vegas and I look forward to many more in the
years to come.”



Tickets for the 2012 NASCAR Weekend already
are on sale at www.lvms.com
or 1-800-644-4444.

Frankie Moreno plays in The Lounge tonight at The Palms!

Fan of The Who's Tommy? New concert at Ovation with local rockers!

 The Who's TOMMY in Concert at
Ovation inside Green Valley Ranch

Today at 8:00pm - August 30 at 10:00pm

           

When British rockers The Who
released their double-LP Tommy in 1969, rock and roll was changed forever. Pete
Townshend’s scorching rock opera told the loose story of a “deaf, dumb and
blind boy” who unwittingly becomes leader of a messianic movement.

The album’s release
introduced the now-classic songs Pinball Wizard and Acid Queen, among several
others. It was subsequently adapted as a star-studded film in 1975 and as a
Broadway production in 1993.

“This is the next step in the
progression,” says Troy Heard, director of The Who’s TOMMY in Concert, opening
in August at Green Valley Ranch. “We kept the narrative through line developed
for the Broadway production, while stripping away the theatrical elements and
taking it all back down into a rock concert form. The storytelling is still
key, though, and there’s enough here to excite both rock lovers and theatre
goers without alienating either.”

The cast is made up of
popular local rockers and theatre performers from around the valley. Jason
Andino, Sandra Huntsman, Brandon Nix, and Francesca Camus head an absolutely
stacked cast.

The Who’s TOMMY in Concert,
produced by RagTag Entertainment opens Tuesday, August 9, at the Ovation Room
in Green Valley Ranch. Tickets are $15, and available at all Station casino
locations, or online at www.stationcasinos.com.

Performances: 16, 23, and
30th 8
PM

For more information, please
contact RagTagEnt@Yahoo.com or call 702 – 280 – 0481.

Back to School Blues? Party them away at PBR Rock Bar & Grill! Open bar specials!

 PBR Rock Bar & Grill invites college students to
party for one last end-of-summer bash before they have to go back school and
hit the books on Tuesday, August 22.

College students that present
their student IDs at the party will enjoy an open bar priced at $10 for men and
$5 for ladies from 10 p.m.
until midnight. Revelers who wish they were still in college can
partake in the festivities and indulge in the open bar for a special price of
$20 for men and $10 for ladies.

PBR Rock Bar will help create a true college atmosphere
by setting up beer pong tables to help college students refresh their skills
and get warmed up for the college beer pong parties to come.

PBR Rock Bar & Grill is the latest spot to hit Las Vegas offering beers, bulls and plenty of babes in its
sprawling, 16,800-square-foot venue. Open daily from 8 a.m. until the early morning hours, PBR Rock Bar & Grill offers guests hearty, American comfort food and
barbeque around the clock. Beautiful babes and bad ass bull riders are dared to
attempt to defy gravity on PBR Rock Bar & Grill’s daunting, hydraulic mechanical
bull.

Located at the center of the
world-famous Las Vegas Strip at Miracle Mile Shops at Planet Hollywood Resort
& Casino, PBR Rock Bar & Grill’s expansive; 3,000-square-foot
patio gives patrons a front-row seat to all of the action. Complete with 105
wall-to-wall high-definition televisions, PBR Rock Bar & Grill provides sports enthusiasts with the perfect
game-day retreat. For more information, call 702.750.1685 or visit
www.pbrrockbar.com.

DJ Vice at Moon Nightclub for BANG Tuesdays

Sexy Leopard & dazzling fire engine red lips..Lacey Schwimmers turns up the heat at Vanity!

Lacey Schwimmers Hard Rock
Hotel party weekend continued in Vegas and moved indoors to VANITY NIGHTCLUB
where the Dancing With The Stars dancer performed a high energy live version of
her new hit single “Love Soundz” showing she is not only a world class dancer
but a great singer too. The performance included a lot of dancing of course and
she was joined by her friends and fellow dancers onstage tonight.



Images Credit: © Erik Kabik/ RETNA/ erikkabik.com

Birthday Bash! Hip Hop Artist Fatman Scoop at LAX!

Hip-hop artist Fatman Scoop
celebrated his birthday at LAX Nightclub inside Luxor Hotel and Casino with a
very special live performance. Just before 1 a.m.
the guest host for the night entered the venue with his small posse of six.
Resident DJ Gusto got the party started by spinning one of Fatman Scoop’s track
before the artist immediately jumped on stage and started his birthday
performance.

Before the lively entertainer
with the unique voice began an assortment of hit songs, he asked the security
to remove the ropes and allow his fans to get up close for the mini-concert.
His crowd pleasing set included his own singles, “It Takes Scoop,” and “Drop,”
and also adding his rough, raw, loud voice covering Crooklyn Clan’s, “Wanna
Jump,” Taio Cruz’s, “Dynamite” and more.

Highlight of the night for
the avid Sin City partygoers was when Fatman Scoop made his way to the center
of the nightclub’s dance floor and sang to DMX’s track, “Party Up (Up In
Here),” where he had the fans simultaneously jumping up-and-down inside the
mega-club. He closed with a crowd favorite and his GRAMMY® Award-winning
single, Missy Elliott’s, “Lose Control.”

Following his 30-minute set,
the birthday boy was presented with a cake specifically decorated to match his
stage name. The hip-hop artist was smitten by his ice cream themed birthday
cake as he blew out his candles and asked if he could take it home with
him.  Following the cake presentation
Fatman Scoop returned to his private VIP table and continued to celebrate his birthday with his wife and close
friends until the early hours of the morning.

Photos by Scott Berry

Taye Diggs enjoys fan favorite Blue Man Group Show in Vegas!

 Actor Taye Diggs and a friend
were spotted enjoying Blue Man Group at The Venetian Las Vegas on Saturday,
Aug. 6. Diggs is best known for his roles in the Broadway musical Rent and
television series Private Practice.

About Blue Man Group Las Vegas

Wildly popular around the
world, Blue Man Group defies simple description. A musical feast? Yes. A roller
coaster of comedy? Absolutely. A stunning mix of technology and raw
imagination? You bet. It’s all that and so much more. This explosion of color,
humor, music, and technology comes to life every night in the custom-built Blue
Man Group theatre at The Venetian® in Las Vegas. The show’s contagious energy engages the audience,
thrilling adults and kids alike. It’s intense, exciting, interactive and above
all – a must-see.

Ticket prices start at $59
plus tax and service fees.  Call
702.414.9001 or 1.800.blueman for ticket and show information. Special military
and children’s pricing available. Ask about Blue Man Group’s dinner and VIP packages. Blue Man Group will be moving to the Monte Carlo Resort
& Casino in the fall of 2012.  Visit
www.blueman.com/vegas for more information.

Bikinis and Chippendales! One word...FABULOUS!

Bikini Contest Winner!

On Saturday, August 6,
several performers from the hit male revue Chippendales including former 98°
member Jeff Timmons, guest hosted the weekly bikini contest at Pleasure Pool at
Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino. Also spotted at the Pleasure Pool was
Rachel Federoff, VP of Matching on Millionaire Matchmaker.”

 Photo credit: Scott Harrison

Angels Vs. Demons bash at Gallery Nightclub..sizzling beauties Angel and Holly!

It was a battle between the
heavens and hell last night when Angel Porrino hosted an “Angels and Demons”
theme party at Gallery Nightclub www.GalleryLV.com  at Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino. The
reality starlet and “Absinthe" headliner was joined by "Holly's
World" co-stars Holly Madison and Josh Strickland, along with her
boyfriend, Tal Cooperman. Porrino looked stunning in a sultry, devil-inspired
Betsey Johnson dress as she walked the red carpet before the
event.

Porrino got the ethereal
night sizzling hot when she started dancing in her VIP booth with Madison and Strickland to hits like Foster the People's
"Pumped Up Kicks." The sexy stunner sipped on Grey Goose cocktails
and took photos with friends throughout the night.

Gallery is a place where all
the deepest fantasies can be explored from 10 p.m.
until 4
a.m. Wednesday, Thursday,
Friday and Saturday. For more information call 702-818-3700 or visit
www.GalleryLV.com. Follow Gallery on Twitter @GalleryClubLV, or become a
Facebook fan at facebook.gallerylv.com

Photo credit: Denise
Truscello/WireImage

TNA Knockout In Playboy

Traci Brooks

On July 26, 2009, it was revealed that TNA had signed a deal with Playboy making Traci Brooks the first TNA Knockout to ever pose for Playboy. Current TNA Knockout Christy Hemme has previously posed for the magazine prior to signing with TNA.

However, on September 2 it was reported that Playboy had decided not to publish Brooks' photo shoot on their magazine. The photo shoot was instead released through their Cyber Club on September 17, 2009.  

I don't think I can post her Playboy pictures here, but I will post other pictures instead.

CM Punk

As I mentioned in my post:
CM Punk Biggest Player In Wrestling! 
I mentioned that Traci Brooks dated CM Punk. 

Also, in my post: 
TNA Wedding 
I mentioned that Traci Brooks married Frankie Kazarian. 

Traci Brooks Playboy Pictures

Kazarian Was Suicide

On July 21, 2008 TNA's official website announced that Kaz had been released, but it was revealed to be a storyline. He claimed that after failing to beat Kurt Angle for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship and letting down his company in the finals of the World X Cup, he had fallen out of love with wrestling and, so, had made the decision to leave.

Suicide

In late 2008 Kazarian made his return to TNA Wrestling as a masked wrestler named Suicide, who was featured in Midway's TNA Impact! video game. He debuted at Final Resolution in December 2008 as a face, swinging to the ring on a cable, attacking the Motor City Machine Guns. At Destination X Suicide won the TNA X Division Championship, in his debut match, in the Ultimate X match. Because of an injury to Kazarian, Suicide was portrayed for several weeks by Christopher Daniels, who was in the costume when the character won the X Division Championship.

Afterwards, Daniels began feuding with the Motor City Machineguns of Alex Shelley and Chris Sabin, who on the April 30 episode of Impact! accused him of being Suicide. On the May 7 edition of Impact!, Jay Lethal and Consequences Creed joined the accusations by also accusing Daniels of being Suicide. On the May 14 edition of Impact! the Motor City Machineguns and Lethal Consequences were trying to unmask Suicide in an attempt to prove that they were right about his true identity, but Daniels made the save and helped Suicide clear the ring of Shelley, Sabin, Lethal, and Creed. 

At Slammiversary, Suicide retained the TNA X Division Championship against Shelley, Sabin, Lethal, and Creed, in a King of the Mountain match. On the July 16 episode of Impact! Suicide lost his X Division title to Homicide after he cashed in his "Feast or Fired" briefcase. On the October 15 edition of Impact! Homicide stole Suicide's costume and claims to now know his true identity.

                           Suicide                                                            Kazarian                                        Christopher Daniels

On the February 11, 2010, edition of Impact! Gerdelman made his final TV appearance as Suicide, losing to Matt Morgan in an 8 Card Stud Tournament qualifying match. On the February 18, 2010, edition of Impact!, Gerdelman made his return as Kazarian.

TNA Wedding

Tracey Brookshaw (Traci Brooks) and Frank Gerdelman (Kazarian) were married on on January 7, 2010, with a number of their wrestling colleagues in attendance. The blushing bride had fellow Knockouts So Cal Val and Christy Hemme by her side, along with former TNA star Gail Kim, who was currently wrestling in WWE. Kazarian, who was performing as Suicide at the time in TNA, was accompanied by Samoa Joe, and fellow Fortune members Christopher Daniels and AJ Styles.

Daniels, who was best man, commented on his Twitter: "Frankie and Traci's wedding was a beautiful affair." "Some tears were shed, but the joy overflowed!! Absolutely fabulous!!"