George W. Bush, fresh off of his personal killing of Osama bin Laden with a golden six-shooter for which he deserves all credit, has finally commented in public about the dead Al Qaeda leader. The old galoot was booked at "a conference of hedge fund managers in Las Vegas" on Wednesday, and while he and the other thousand hookers were putting on their faces for the night, he was able to spare a few quotes.
Be aware! Despite what you may think/hope, shooting a gun at a reality show is, in fact, illegal, as 40-year-old Las Vegan Carlos Barron learned on Monday night following an unfortunate altercation with the seven-person crew filming Spike's Repo Games. It seems Barron had been yelling at the driver of a van parked in front of his home; the Repo Games crew allegedly saw him hit the driver, and approached to intervene. Barron responded by drawing a handgun and firing "multiple shots." He then barricaded himself in his home before fleeing through a window, eventually being apprehended by a police dog. No one was hurt in the incident. [Las Vegas Sun]
The Sahara Hotel and Casino, one of the anchors of old Las Vegas, where Sinatra sang and the Rat Pack played, is closing, due to money problems. It's been around since 1952. It's seen the entire rise and fall of the Las Vegas legend unfold, and its loss will be, in many ways, a sad sign of a once-great desert oasis kingdom returning, slowly, to the very sands from which it came.
Las Vegas police have arrested two men in connection with yesterday's heist of $32,000 in chips from the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino. The driver's been arrested; the man who police say received more than half of the stolen chips has been arrested; and police are searching for Steven Gao, who they say pulled the stick-up heist himself. These arrests come just weeks after 29 year-old Anthony Carleo was arrested for his spectacularly not-well-thought-out heist of $1.5 million in chips from the Bellagio.
While New York City college student Hubert Blackman was vacationing in Las Vegas he hired a stripper to come to his room. She gave him a lap dance and performed a sex act on him (illegally). Now he's suing.
Gay magazine The Advocate used its own formula to assemble a list of the most homotastic cities in America and published the results today. You may be shocked by which city is the gayest, and which ones don't even rank.
Hollywood's resident madman Nicolas Cage went on a property buying spree in the 2000s, only to find out that, oops, he couldn't afford all those houses. This is one of those places, an $8.9 million palace in America's grossest city.
Kim Kardashian's music career is actually happening, and she's as confused as you are. "I didn't mean to, but I did this song," she explained at the debut performance of "Turn It Up." Earlier that day, she shot the video.
The fearsome news Voltron that is the Daily News Beastweek has compiled a list of the 40 Drunkest Cities in the US, using the average number of drinks consumed per person in a month. So how did your city fare?
The Way We Live Now: debating. Gambling, you mean? That's a cheap shot. Your whole city is a cheap shot. At least we're not snooty elites. At least we're not degenerate craps hustlers. Is Vegas done? Yes. No. Wanna bet?
What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas. Unless what happens in Vegas is that a glass-encased, concave hotel creates a "death ray" of concentrated sunlight and burns a guest. This is something everyone should know about.
