Every year since 1984 the adult entertainment world has been enjoying a night off from the hot and sticky Hollywood, Ca. movie sets and flocking to Vegas, to be admired on a very special night for the work that they do. The AVN Vegas awards were created to celebrate the actors, actresses, and the crew behind the cameras in the porn industry. Their goal is to celebrate the industry’s pledge of erotic artistry and free spirit. The AVN Vegas is endorsed and sponsored by Adult Video News which was started in Chatsworth, California.

The 2008 AVN awards show was a milestone for the event, since they were marking their 25th year of the awards. The insanely popular Vivid Entertainment Group took home the most awards last year, where they were credited with numerous awards in a variety of different categories including Best Film and Best Director.

While you might suspect that the only people you would see at this awards show are busty blondes and toned guys, you would have guessed wrong. It is very common to find porn actresses socializing with some very famous Hollywood mainstream celebs at the AVN Vegas ceremony. Some unlikely individuals who have been spotted or even handed out awards in past events include Dustin Diamond, Christina Aguilera, Criss Angel, Carrot Top, Sean Penn, Eddie Van Halen and Dave Navarro among others. Even rappers are involved in the adult entertainment world these days; it has been said that Snoop Dogg and 50 Cent have been funding porn films for a few years now.

The 2009 Adult Show Vegas will have over 100 categories with everything from best director to best actress and all other categories linked to erotic movies you can imagine. The awards handed out to the winners are called “Woody’s” and the recipients of a Woody are selected by industry equals and other professionals and critics of the erotic film industry. Nominees for the Las Vegas Adult Show must have movies available for purchase in at least 100 stores, and the film should have been released before the 30th of September of the previous year. The 2009 AVN Awards Show is going to be held on January 10th , 2009 in the Mandalay Bay Resort Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada.

The game of poker in the past was a game available only in hotels in Las Vegas or from video poker machines, but now it is more in style than ever in Las Vegas, Nevada thanks to the TV and the internet.

The famous Venetian, is now banking on this new found popularity with its new audience-participation show called “The Real Deal!” in its showroom located in the Venetian Resort Hotel and Casino, starting in October.

The new game show will merge comedy and game show elements to entertain its live audience. The audience will also be able to participate in the well loved game of Texas Holdem’ alongside the world’s best poker players. The show has many prizes for the audience including a chance to win 1$ million.

In “The Real Deal!” the audience will play with players like Doyle Brunson, Phil Hellmuth and Daniel Negreanu. Around 10 of the World’s most famous poker players have already signed up for the game show about poker. The audience will be able to play along with the 90 minute game thanks to handheld, wireless, touch screen devices located on each seat.

“People who visit Las Vegas want to play poker games,” Negreanu says, “but obviously they can’t play in a big game with the people like Doyle or Phil Hellmuth. But, in this show, they actually can.” At the beginning of each show, six audience members will be chosen to sit at the poker table on stage with two pros. Each audience member is then involved in the action by being dealt a unique set of poker cards on their devices. Everyone in the showroom is then involved in the action with big-screen monitors located on stage.

The show’s creators say that you don’t have to be a professional poker player to join in the poker game. There are other ways to enhance your point total, that doesn’t involve playing poker necessarily. Betting on the suit of the next poker card or trying to guess which state a particular audience member is from, are just some of the ways to come out a big winner in this game.

The show’s creators are also placing bets on the personalities of the pro poker stars to create some great moments. Poker players like Scotty Nguyen, the flamboyant five-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner, definitely can keep an audience entertained and should provide some memorable moments in this revolutionary poker game show .

The world-famous Bellagio Hotel and Casino has just unveiled the Yellowtail Sushi Restaurant and Bar and invited some trendy stars to taste their cuisine. This is the Light Group’s fifth restaurant and their first since they partnered with the Dubai-based Zabeel Investments in February.

The restaurant attracted stars including Leonardo DiCaprio, Eva Longoria, Charlie Sheen and his wife, Paris and Nicky Hilton, Wilmer Valderrama Michelle Rodriguez, Ryan Cabrera, Marlon Wayans, Shar Jackson, Rick Solomon, Brandon Davis, Playboy Playmate Destiny Davis, and Miss Nevada 2008 Veronica Grabwoski.

The celebrities were invited to taste the delicacies of Chef Akira Back, a former pro-snowboarder turned “Iron Chef America” contender. The celebs feasted on such specialties as Tai snapper, Kobe beef tataki , king crab tempura, rock shrimp, big-eye tuna pizza, the spicy tuna strawberry roll, and of course every type of sushi you can think of.
Paris dined on the beef tataki, ordering seconds and even thirds. Eva congratulated Chef Back while drinking non-alcoholic beverages and abstaining from the sushi. Wilmer enjoyed the delicacies of the famed chef and ordered table shots for his entourage.

The stars ended the night by mingling on the hotel’s terrace that overlooks the iconic lake, while the Bellagio’s fountain show was enjoyed by all. A concealed balcony offers outdoor veranda seating and a panoramic landscape of Lake Bellagio and its fountain and light show. But the best visual extravagance is the 25-by-13- foot bronze display at the lobby resembling the dorsal side of a Japanese amberjack.