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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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Do You Have to Dress Up for 'Let's Make a Deal?'
Wayne Brady is taking a break from Making %@it Up and is currently hosting the new-old TV game show, Let's Make a Deal which is filmed at The Tropicana and airs on CBS at 9am (Las Vegas time!)
If you were a fan of the original game show in the 60s and 70s and grew up watching the reruns in the 80s, you could get excited by this new incarnation which is far less annoying that the new incarnation of "Price is Right" with Drew Carey. And attending the show could be a fun way to kill time during the day in Vegas.
The great news is that the tickets are completely free. Tapings occur twice a day, starting at 11am. The bad (or more good news depending on how much you love costumes) is that to be selected to participate in the deal-making with Wayne, you have to be dressed in costume.
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Even Will Ferrell and Marky Mark Carry Giant Souvenir Drinks
If you were in town on Saturday roaming the Strip bleary-eyed then you may have missed Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg filming their new movie The Other Guys in front of The Flamingo.
The movie is about two New York City detectives who apparently, wind up in Vegas for the weekend. Will Ferrell was reportedly decked out in Vegas tourist gear and the both of them were spotted "sampling" some of the giant souvenir drinks this town is known for. We're guessing theirs didn't include Everclear.
The film also stars Eva Mendes, Samuel L. Jackson, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson and Michael Keaton but no word if they will shoot scenes here as well. However, some "locals" do get love. Robin Leach also reports that a special scene was shot with the Jersey Boys in the Palazzo the day before as well.
To see all the photos from the shoot, go to the Las Vegas Sun exclusive gallery.
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Only Six More Days Until Top Chef Las Vegas Action Unfolds
It’s almost Top Chef time! We know the suspense and excitement of Top Chef Las Vegas is killing you. Well, you can breathe a little easier now that you know we here at VegasChatter.com will be following each and every episode of our fave food reality TV show and posting our brilliant thoughts/insights/opinions as all the delicious drama of Season Six unfolds. The show premieres on August 19 at 9pm.
Although we were really hoping Bravo TV would kick Brit bully, Toby Young to the curb, we cannot wait to see Natalie Portman, Nigella Lawson and Hubert Keller in guest judge action. (We kinda have a crush on Keller.)
If you want to hear what the judges have to say about the upcoming season, tune in here. Otherwise, we expect to see you back here for all the post-play reports and recaps. In the meantime, you can peruse some of our past stories on where Top Chef was spotted filming in Sin City.
And of course, this is Las Vegas so we're gonna have to indulge in somefriendly wager fun. Any guesses on who’s gonna take home the $100,000 prize?
Place your bets here and send any Top Chef filming gossip to us here!
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The 'Steaks' Are High for Top Chef Las Vegas
The countdown is on for the Season Six premiere of Top Chef: Las Vegas. We’re setting our Tivo to Bravo TV on Wednesday, August 19th, 9 p.m. ET/PT for all the tasty Sin City fun and to see if any of our Stalking Top Chef sightings ever panned out.
Just in case there's a few of you out there who aren't familiar with Top Chef, here’s how it works: Week after week, "cheftestants" show off their culinary chops over a progression of quickfire tests and elimination challenges. Losing chefs are whittled down and told to pack up their knives and go home.
Last man (or woman) standing will receive some serious swag: $100,000 furnished by the makers of the Glad family of products, $100,000 of merch provided by Macy's, a feature in Food & Wine magazine, a showcase at the Annual Food & Wine Classic in Aspen and will earn the title of "Top Chef."
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Vegas Needs to 'Just Say No' to Kevin Federline
The Hard Rock's Paradise Tower has officially opened this week and we're dying to get inside there. While we won't be able to sleep on the faux fur blankets for another week, we're a little dismayed to hear that Kevin Federline has already shacked up in the joint with his new girlfriend and a camera crew from VH1. Yup, that's right. K-Fed is getting a reality show.
If Kevin sullying up the white sheets at the Paradise Tower and getting paid to film his pointless life wasn't bad enough, it turns out K-Fed is the worst Vegas Visitor ever. Apparently K-Fed doesn't have the decency to tip hard-working staffers in an already-depressed economy, even though he was comped when he hit up Wasted Space.
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Miss Howard TV Contest is Coming to Vegas with Artie Lange
The current Miss Howard TV, Andrea, is shown here on the left.
Uh-oh. It's been decided that the location of a new Howard Stern show, Artie's Party: A Search for the Next Miss Howard TV, will be at The Hard Rock Hotel and Casino. Hosted by Howard Stern's sidekick Artie Lange and the infamous Ronnie “The Limo Driver” Mund, the show is essentially a bikini contest, and the contestants will be interviewed by Lange and Mund.
The winner will be the next Miss Howard TV. But of course, it wouldn't be a Howard Stern production without lewd comments and perverted requests of the sexy contestants.
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How to Book The Real 'Hangover' Room
With the success of The Hangover, Caesars Palace has definitely made the most out of its huge starring role by running a "Hangover Facebook Contest" and putting together a couple of "Hangover"-inspired packages for guests.
But after watching the movie ourselves we were curious if you could actually book the villa suite that Doug, Alan, Phil, Stu, a baby and a tiger all spent the night in. It turns out the suite you see in the film is actually a fake one built specifically for filming and therefore cannot be booked. However, it was modeled after Caesar's Forum Tower Emperors suites, pictured here.
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This is One Hangover That Could Get You Cool Stuff
This is the kind of hangover we want - no headaches or nausea and awesome prizes to win.
In honor of the new movie The Hangover out this Friday (think Old School in Las Vegas) starring Bradley Cooper, Justin Bartha and Ed Helms, Caesars Palace--where most of the movie takes place--is having a giveaway.
It's this simple: visit the Caesars Palace Facebook page, become a fan, write something on your own Facebook profile about Caesars and/or The Hangover, and then write on Caesars' Facebook page letting them know that you did.
You'll be entered in their drawing to win one of five grand prizes, a three-night/four-day Hangover Vacation Package or one of 25 first prizes for a two-night/three-day package. And you'll be staying at Caesars Palace...duh.
It's easy enough to enter (you can even do so on Twitter) and hey, you could get lucky and win! But if you do, try not to let what happens in The Hangover happen during your Vegas vacation. Getting one of your two eye teeth knocked out is bad, but waking up to find someone's baby in the room? Strange...and not a responsibility you want in Vegas.
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Stalking 'Top Chef Las Vegas': The M Resort's Restaurant Was Faked?
The filming for Top Chef Season 6: Las Vegas has officially ended, with the show throwing a wrap party at Blush inside The Wynn on Saturday night. But that doesn't mean chatter about the upcoming season is over.
Norm Clarke reports that while the M Resort was an official host site for the filming, the scenes for the M resort were actually shot on a soundstage in an industrial park.
"They built a replica of the (M) restaurant at an industrial park," a spy told me Sunday, a day after Bravo wrapped filming. "That added more space between the ovens, etc. so it would be easier to get around. More control over the shoot also," the spy added.
And we imagine that the soundstage was necessary for the elimination rounds and the fake pantry/storage room that they always have the cheftestants sweating out the elimination rounds in.
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Stalking 'Top Chef Las Vegas': The M Resort's Buffet Studio
Rumors have been circulating for a few weeks on foodie fanatic blogs that Season 6 of "Top Chef" will be filming at the new M Resort, the one we told you about yesterday that laid off 100 workers last week. Indeed, we even heard from a very inside source of our own that the popular show's sixth season would be filming here.
But our attempts to verify what would seem to be a very simple little fact have been weirdly unsatisfying. First of all, we totally don’t buy the PR rep for M who claimed total ignorance as to whether or not the show was filming there. If you’ve ever been at a Vegas hotel when they’re shooting a movie or reality show or, heck – even a local newscast – on site, you’ll see at least one PR type standing there, cell phone to ear, babysitting the crew. No one gets to film at a property unless they’ve cleared it with the PR people. It’s house rules.
Mystifyingly, we were told by the PR person to “just call the main number and ask the operator” if the show was filming on site. Huh? The operator would know and you don’t? Again, we don’t buy it.
