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Man Gets Very Lucky in Vegas: Giving 7,777 Hugs in One Day
Las Vegas is known to be the city of stunts--some of them spectacular, most of them cheesy--but yesterday, there was one stunt we could really get behind, or in front of, actually.
Jeff Ondash, a 51-year-old man from Ohio broke the Guinness World Record for hug-giving on Saturday night in front of Paris Las Vegas. To do it, all he needed was to hug 7,777 people. Ah, the lucky 7s. And it's crazy to think that's how many people are walking along the Strip in a given day. At least!
NPR reports that Ondash did it to raise money for the American Heart Association during American Heart month, a cause near and dear to his heart since both his father and brother passed away from heart problems.
But Ondash wasn't just some lonely soul standing on the Strip asking for hugs. No, no, no. He has a whole hug-asking persona and a crew that cheers him on.
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Get Your Teeth Whitened on the Way To The Pleasure Pit
About to head out to Vegas for Valentine's Day Weekend but you've just noticed that your teeth are not as pearly white as you'd like them to be? Don't bother calling your dentist for last-minute, expensive teeth whitening appointment. Just head to the Miracle Mall Shops at Planet Hollywood.
Near the PH Towers entrance and the Ben and Jerry's is a Brite Impressions kiosk that does 20-minute teeth-brightening for $99. All you have to do is sit in one of these very public chairs with a gadget affixed on your teeth for 20 minutes. Then you can hit the nightclubs like a rock star later that night or impress the sexy lady dealers at PH's Pleasure Pit. Let's just hope your new teeth color plays nice with black lights.
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Roses Are Red, Violets Are Blue, Sugar is Sweet, This Man Will Sleep With You
The latest hot accessory for bachelorette parties? Possibly.
Sometimes it feels like it’s the men who get all the, um, fun in this town, what with their gents clubs, their go-go dancers, their hot-girls-straight-to-their-rooms and their free limo rides to the legal brothels outside of town.
But ladies, rejoice, for the final sexual revolution is here. This hunky man wants to sleep with you. He’s only a couple of hours away from the Strip, and the only condition is that you have to pony up $200. Really, what’s not to love?
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Collective Sigh: It's Time to Bid Farewell to Sexy Snake Man
It’s Sexy Snake Man Donald Schultz’s last day outside O’Sheas today, so to commemorate our loss, we’re bringing you this picture of him in his box from our Sunday afternoon perve research trip. We weren't alone, either - SSM has picked up a hefty number of groupies over the past 10 days, which made us feel a bit better about, you know, our big ole pervathon.
New game: how many snakes can you see in this picture? We can only count the one on the ground on the right and the one in the foliage to the left, but at the time, we saw a few more. In fact, we’re going to keep staring at this picture until all 80 materialize.
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Less of the Snakes, More of the Sexy Snake Man at O'Sheas, Please
Ever since we read that there were snakes taking up residence at O’Sheas this week, we’ve been psyching ourselves up to go and see them. Yup, psyching ourselves up even more than we usually do to hit O’Sheas (leprechauns, we jest. Sorry).
In case you’re in the dark about the whole affair, there are muthaf*cking snakes living with one man in a trailer on the muthaf*cking Strip outside O’Sheas, supposedly in a bid to raise awareness of the danger of snake bites. It’s called Venom in Vegas and is being filmed for Animal Planet’s Wild Recon show.
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Only In Vegas Does the Airport Have a Mirrored Ceiling
Nice Vegas fashion in the foreground, btw
We arrived in Vegas yesterday to start our residency here at VegasChatter. We’d never flown into town before, so this was our first peek at McCarran (so forgive us if we’re preaching to the converted). But wow, we liked what we saw (apart from some dodgy carpeting choices around the gates).
We already knew the airport had slot machines, but we were expecting them in the departure lounges and before security. But in the car rental building? And the baggage hall? How very sensible. Heathrow – or LAX, where we flew from – could definitely learn a thing or two.
But our favourite thing of all was the mirrored ceiling in the baggage hall. Totally unnecessary, totally amazing, and totally putting us in the mood for Vegas naughtiness. McCarran, we salute you.
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What's That Smell? Oh, It's Just the Cannabis Convention
Don’t assume all conventions are boring, dude. As well as the Adult Entertainment Expo (AKA porn convention) taking place January 7-10, it’s just been announced that the Mandalay Bay Convention Center will become stoner central from March 19-21 as it hosts Cannapalooza: billing itself as “the international marketplace for all things cannabis.”
The convention will host an “educational symposium” with experts and celeb guests (um, Woody Harrelson? Megan Fox?) banging the weedy drum, as well as showcasing cutting edge “products and technologies”.
The lucky recipients of all this wisdom? Industry insiders, medical users, and those who have what it coyly refers to as having a “casual interest” in the scene. Yup, it’s open to the public for $15, and you can find out all about it here. Better book it quick – we’re assuming interest will be, um, high. Dude.
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The Palazzo Kicks Off The Holidays With Cranberry Bog
Usually when folks walk into The Palazzo, it's the scent of jasmine that puts them at ease amidst the frenetic casino action. But yesterday, the Palazzo was all about cranberries.
That's because the resort officially opened their Arctic-inspired Winter Wonderland in the Waterfall Atrium, near the Shops at the Palazzo, with the pouring of over 225,000 Ocean Spray cranberries into a water feature in between the escalators.
Additionally, the Palazzo unveiled a 16-foot tall polar bear mother and 6-foot tall polar bear baby, made entirely of 10,000 specially-developed “Polar Bear” white poinsettias developed by Ecke Ranch. The giant topiary creations weighs in at approximately 5,000 lbs. The mother and baby polar bear are also a symbol of the Palazzo's partnership with the Polar Bear International (PBI) to raise awareness about conservation of polar bears. Awww.
The kick-off event was overseen by a camera-ready ice king and queen and their fairy attendants in white wigs and angel wings. The ice royalty won't be there all the time, nor will the complimentary sweets from Sweet Surrender candy shop, or the complimentary egg nog lattes from Café Pressé but the holiday display will remain up through the New Year.
Just don't pick the cranberries out of the bog.
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Try Not To Eat The Bellagio's Christmas Display
Last year’s display. We think this year’s should top it.
Flying reindeer made from pecans, polar bears with coats made from white carnations and a 42 foot fir tree – it could only be Christmas at the Bellagio.
The hotel’s currently creating its ”shimmering winter wonderland” in the Conservatory and Botanical Gardens, ready to open December 6. And yes, they’re throwing the lot at it. The 42-ft tree will be the centerpiece, with “oversized holiday ornaments” floating around it (because why hang them from the tree when you could float them beside it?)
Then around it, you’ve got the crazy stuff. Toy soldiers standing 15 foot high? Check. A family of polar bears with coats made from white carnations (34,000 of them to be precise)? Check. A fleet of reindeer made from pecan nuts? Check. Oh, and they’ll be “flying” over a “living holiday card” made from flowers. Nice.
The whole shebang’s on display until January 2, and if, like us, you’re wondering how the flowers will last till then, they’re being kept fresh by a “specially designed water drip system”.
Nuts. We love it. See you round the Shasta Fir.
[Photo: brianstrublephotos]
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Blue Vinny Triumphs in the Battle For New York, New York
There’s the face of a leader if ever there was one…
Here’s proof that a little bit of fake tan can go a long long way. The Vinnys competition at New York, New York is over, and the blue one won it.
In case you forgot (really? You have more pressing things on your mind?) the Vinnys were two actors campaigning to be the next spokesperson for NYNY. Vinny Red won’t mind if we say he was small, bald and a bit podgy, kind of a Jason Alexander lookalike. Vinny Blue was taller, marginally hotter, with a dodgy fake tan that didn’t quite fill up to his hairline. A bit like a poor man’s Will Ferrell.
But his heavily gelled hair has won the day and his victory was announced this morning on the Brooklyn Bridge (the Vegas one, not the real one – at least, we hope it was the Vegas one).
Blue Vinny’s new job will entail “providing hospitality” to guests, and “working with employees to enhance the guest experience”. Sounds like our kind of job. Let’s just hope his taste in tracksuits will sharpen up and his suits will get a little less shiny if we’re going to have to see him around every day.
[Photo: Erik Kabik/RETNA]
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The Other Las Vegas Palms: A Warning on Sahara
Being English, we’re always excited by your weird American roadside signs – but we thought this one, which we spied driving down Sahara, was pretty special.
To be honest, we never associated Vegas with mortuaries or cemeteries. We thought the nearest this place gets to rites of passage is with the chapels and the batchelor party packages. We thought Palms here meant Playboy bunnies and Matt Goss. Now we know different. Job done.
So thanks for appealing to our common sense, Palm Mortuaries. From now on, we’ll be cabbing it of an evening.
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Chew on This: 50 Meatballs in 10 Minutes
In case you missed it yesterday, Joey Chestnut shoved 50 meatballs into his mouth in 10 minutes at the first-ever Martorano’s Masters Meatball Eating Championship The Rio Las Vegas. The contest was actually sanctioned by something called the Major League Eating. In total, Chestnut consumed 6.25 pounds of meatballs and for his troubles, won a $1,500 cash prize.
The second place winner, Pat "Deep Dish" Bertoletti, managed to finish 49 meatballs but being one ball short, he only received $750 for his cash prize. A 105-pound woman named Sonya Thomas wasn't too far behind with 42 meatballs ($500 prize) and a rookie named Ben Monson consumed 38 meatballs to finish in fourth place ($250 prize.)
Here's what else is on in Vegas:
· Cher adds more dates in Spring 2010 [Newswire]
· PHanatic Pass at Planet Hollywood; $599 for any 10 nights you want [PH Vegas]
· A Twitter Deal for The Rio is not valid on any weekend whatsoever [Rio LV Social]
· The only acceptable Snuggies to wear clubbin' in Las Vegas [LV Weekly]
[Photo: ABC Local]
