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It Wouldn't Be Caesars Palace Without a Hangover

We were walking through Caesars Palace the other day when we couldn’t help poking our noses into the official giftshop at the entrance to the Forum Shops. We go crazy for tat, and Caesars is usually one of the best at providing it (no offence CP, it’s just your plastic Roman chariots really do it for us).

Anyhoo, in between the plastic Roman chariots we spied this: a t-shirt of the Hangover baby. You mean that joke hasn't worn thin? Not a chance. If you want it, it's yours for $22. Heather Graham, sadly, not included.

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Cash Cab Shouts Out To Vegas Tonight

Surprisingly neither the ugliest nor meanest-looking cabbie we've seen.

Cash Cab: It’s the game show that takes place right here in this cab. We’ve been watching the New York City edition for a few years now but tonight we get to see host Ben Bailey pick up passengers in Vegas. The comedian had a gig at The Orleans back in May and took his cab to the Strip.

In general, the game show takes unknowing passengers looking to get to dinner, a show, in this case maybe a strip club, and offers them money in exchange for correctly answering trivia questions. If they get to their destination before incorrectly answering three of Ben’s quizzes, they win cash. And then get tempted to go double or nothing. Since these eps were in Vegas, we certainly hope to see a lot of gamers going for the double up.

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Tweet of the Weekend: Rusty Griswold's Secret Vegas Vacation

Many people got trashed in Vegas this weekend, and lots of them told the world about it. So, every Monday we’re bringing you our favourite tweet of the weekend. And don’t forget to follow us at @vegaschatter.

Forget Lebron James. Forget Justin Bieber. There was a celeb in Vegas right under our noses this weekend, and none of us noticed. Ethan Embry was here, people. Ethan Embry! Rusty from Vegas Vacation! And looks like we were all too busy admiring Nick Cannon's suit choices and watching naked ladies, because he tweeted this:

As we get older,we miss things we never thought we would.52hours in Vegas not one drunk yelled Papagorgio.Never thought I would miss that.

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This Vegas Virgin Did It with 'Saved By the Bell'

We told you about our first time...visiting Vegas, that is. And now it's your turn to tell us yours. Next up, Vegas deflowers our reader Michael at a very young age. And Zach Morris and AC Slater make an appearance. Enjoy!

Well I honestly can't remember the year, but the reason I am writing this is because the previous “Vegas Virgin” story reminded me of when my parents had taken me and my brother to Vegas.

Every time my parents went to Vegas before, I would hear stories of them staying at The Stardust. Apparently back in the day it was "the-shiz." Even when my brother and I went this time, I can remember the hotel. I remember how smoky the hotel hallways smelled, all the mirrors all over the freak’n place and I think what catches most kinds in … wait for it … the damn crazy looking carpets all casinos have now.

Since this is a story about my first trip to Vegas, it would not be a true Vegas trip unless you meet someone famous. I remember sleeping up in the room while my dad went to play slots or something. The next thing I remember my dad comes running in the room and told my mom, “We need to get downstairs NOW.”

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Does Naming a Theater After Yourself Make You a Douchebag?

The Louie Anderson Theater: coming soon to a casino near you

Anyone catch the Late Late Night Show with Venetian regular Craig Ferguson last night? We did, thanks to the glories of Jetblue’s in-flight TVs, and lo – who did we see on there but everyone’s favorite diminutive, rotund comic, Louie Anderson.

Lozza was talking about his transfer from the Excalibur to the Palace Station, and as well as confirming that Palace Station definitely doesn’t have a train station in it, he also let slip that he’s having what he called “my own showroom”.

Ie, his own showroom, named after him. Interesting, cos that seems to be the latest trend in Vegas. What with the four month old Gossy Room (which, it has to be said, we’re slowly coming round to, although it still brings out the smirk in us) and the new Human Nature Theater adding to the Terry Fator and Lance Burton Theaters and Chippendales Showroom, it seems that you’re nobody in Vegas unless the room you perform in bears your own name. How hubristic!

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Planet Hollywood Really Needs a 'Get Him To The Greek' Package

See? It’s Planet Hollywood! Where’s Holly Madison?

Bored of the douchebag brigade recreating moments from The Hangover left, right and center? Get ready for them to have a new vocabulary, because Get Him to the Greek, which went straight to the top of the box office when it opened at the weekend, was partly filmed in Vegas.

The plot, as you’ll probably know by now, is about a record exec (Jonah Hill) dispatched by his boss P Diddy to fetch rocker Aldous Snow, AKA Russell Brand, from London to LA, via New York and Vegas. We actually found it very funny (although we’re in a minority of one among people whose views we respect on this one, and it could have had something do to with Russell Brand kissing us right before we saw the film).

But best of all, obvs, we liked the Vegassy locations. As well as a generic strip club and drug deal (we’re thinking North Las Vegas), we spied places we knew: the Strip, for one, where P Diddy gets run over.

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Vegas Has Come a Long Way Since 'Vegas Vacation'

Audrey and Rusty break VegasChatter's cardinal hotel rule--never, EVER, lay on the bed comforters.

We were just taking a little break here when we realized we had Vegas Vacation on our DVR, a movie we have not watched since it hit cable TV in the late 90s.

Yes, this the movie where the Griswolds head to Las Vegas for a little vacation. And boy, has Vegas come a loong way since 1997. Clark and co. shacked up at Mirage and resort fee be damned, we are so happy the rooms there now look like this instead of that above. The guest elevators, however, are still as confusing to get to as they were when the Griswolds visited.

We only had time to watch a little bit of the show before work was beckoning us again but we were shocked by how much younger and less frozen Wayne Newton's face was. (And in 1996, he was performing at the MGM Grand.) We also got a little sad seeing Siegfried and Roy at their peak using disco balls and white tigers. But then Roy's futuristic codpiece ruined the moment. And hey, Rusty stole Mr. Pappagiorgio's identity!

Got a favorite movie about Vegas? Let us know what it is! (PS. Shot of younger, unfrozen Wayne after the jump.)

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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!