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more about #lasvegas more comments → GlasgowRose: Chiming in late, but willing to bet that Bravo lifted the quickfire idea of cooking on a train from the finale of BBC's "Last Restaurant Standing" - d... more » MisterHippity: How To Read This Live Blog Click the "Earlier Discussions" link at the bottom of this thread, repeatedly, until all the comments have downloaded. The... more » MisterHippity: Ok, so the moral of this week's (Top Chef) episode is: Win or lose, any chef can have a bad hair day! more » Lizawithazee: See ya next week! This was fun. A highlight of the week. Mr. Hippity-- kudos for the proper and delicious use of the word "penultimate." more » adiam7: Good night everyone, this was fun thanks Misterhippity it was great as usual more » DahlELama: Man, that was a lotta liveblogging; I'm spent! G'night guys! Thanks for a great time as always, Hip! more » dippitydoo: so? is the jersey liveblog on for tomorrow? did brian give the final word? more » Six and a Quarter: Nite everyone. Good gabbing with you. more » MisterHippity: So I guess we'll get to see some avant-gaga looks for her royal Gaga-ness herself! more » BicycleShed: Goodnight everyone! more » summeroflove: Even more importantly, this looks like *great* liveblog show! *hint hint* more » GonzoMaz: Goodnight all...the 2 hours flew by!! more » DahlELama: Is Lady Gaga on next week? Or just on some ep in the future? more » dippitydoo: the real gaga shows up! more » Lizawithazee: OMG IS THAT LADY GAGA? more » -
#topchef
Live Blogging Top Chef, Week 13
It's Top Chef penultimate episode time, which means we decamp to a new locale. So we're leaving Las Vegas and its lights so bright, palm sweat, and blackjack on a Saturday night. And good riddance, Palm Sweat City! More » -
#vivalasvegas
Las Vegas Stripper-Mobile Ends Its Reign of Sexy Terror
In the Unabridged Oxford Big Book of Terrible Ideas, the "stripper-mobile"—a truck carrying a Plexiglass box in which scantily clad women pole-danced—ranked just below eugenics. Obviously, it was a runaway success. So how was it stopped so quickly? More » -
#distracteddriving
'Stripper-Mobile' Proves Every Las Vegas Stereotype Correct
Just read an article about a truck that drives around Las Vegas with a stripper dancing in it, and boy are my preconceived notions about that place tired (from being completely confirmed.) Whatever happens in Vegas, is ridiculous in Vegas. More » -
#poorhouse
Howards Hughes' 1000 Heirs Will All Inherit Nothing
Howard Hughes' failure to procreate, plus his crappy taste in real estate, has resulted in a small town's worth of wannabe heirs, all of whom will receive virtually nothing when they sell Howard's last swath of land next year. More » -
#thegays
Five Even Gayer Weddings You Can Have in Vegas
Tonight at midnight, same-sex couples in Nevada will be able to register as domestic partners. How are Vegas gays commemorating the event? By squabbling over whether or not to have a big gay wedding. Please, it's not gay enough! More » -
#mediacrack
Senator Dares to Insult 'A Hardworking Nevadan Who Toils Every Day on Behalf of Advertisers'
In your proper Monday media column: One newspaper attacked by Harry Reid, another newspaper attacked by Blondie, women's magazines that sit at the checkout line unread, and a reporter hurt in Afghanistan. More » -
#recessionomics
Out: Manhattan Office. In: Chicken
The Way We Live Now: In Manhattan! You can rent office space there now, cheap! Well, not you. "You" are a part-time chicken farmer and failed celebrity chef. But, you know, other people can rent in Manhattan! More » -
#polls
Where Is the Great American News City?
Gambling, gangsters, celebrities, creeps—Las Vegas is "journalism heaven," says this guy. OH? We know a few cities that would dispute that. Newspapers may be dying, but news is alive and well. Where are America's Best Stories? Candidates below! More » -
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#mediameltdowns
The Revenge of the 'Man on the Street' TV Reporter
Pity the poor reporter dispatched to the Vegas strip to get "man on the street" reactions from drunk tourists on the death of Michael Jackson. Steve Ryan of "ABC13 Action News" was one such reporter, and he struck back hard. More » -
#quacks
Michael Jackson's Doctor Is A Bankrupting Sketchball
Bankruptcy documents of Conrad Murray, Michael Jackson's personal physician who attempted to revive Jackson at the scene of his death, have emerged. The picture painted: Murray was a financially strained doctor who had liens on child support, among other things.
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#nuptials
The Least Salacious Hookers With Rock N' Roll Story You'll Read This Week, But A Sweet One No Less
File under "Probably Not In This Week's Altarcations": the founder of "Hookers For Jesus" and some guy in a Christian rock band got married in Vegas. The name of the band? "Stryper." +4 [CNN] -
#terrible
The Worst News Cycle: A Long Week In Suicides
A former president of South Korea, a guy pushed over a bridge, an actress, and two cases of assisted: suicides are all over the news this weekend. What the hell is going on? More » -
#weekendgawker
Gawker: Live, From Vegas!
Nick Denton's media empire has its feet in sandboxes everywhere: New York. Detroit. L.A. Silicon Valley. And now, for the first time, Gawker's broadcasting from Las Vegas for the weekend. Giddyup. More » -
#advertising
'Vegas: The Place to Cheat on Your Wife'
Las Vegas has tried lots of advertising angles since this recession started, like "Vegas is affordable!" and "Vegas is family fun!" But now they're going back to the tried-and-true "Do Blow With Hookers, In Vegas!" More » -
#disasters
The Sad Reality of Joaquin Phoenix's Act
The never-ending parade of miseries that is Joaquin Phoenix's is-he-or-isn't-he trip from retiring actor to budding rapper rumbles on. In this chapter, he fights a heckler at a Miami show. More »
