February 6, 2008 | 1:10
pm
The local Fox affiliate is
reporting the arrest of Katie Rees. According to the report:
"Rees was arrested Tuesday night. Investigators said officers pulled her over for a traffic violation and when they attempted to arrest her, she began to elbow and kick at the police."
Rees, who was trying to become Miss USA, was stripped of her title as Miss Nevada after salacious pictures of her emerged. She later became Miss Jet 2007. (Jet is the nightclub at the Mirage.)
During the night of the Miss America pageant, Rees, accompanied by a mini-Donald Trump, was to pass her crown to former Miss USA Tara Conner at Jet. As I reported on the
Buffet, Conner's people pulled her at the last moment, sending Jet a note that read in part:
"In no way or manner can Tara be photographed with the Miss Nevada girl or a midget Trump at all. . . . Tara has a wonderful relationship with Mr. Trump and this could easily come off as disrespectful."
(Photo by Sarah Gerke)
January 16, 2006 | 8:22
am
I have to say that Paris Hilton seemed more, well, shiny than usual. So, I asked her about her jewelry:
"I went to Loree Rodkin two days ago and went completely insane and bought everything she made. Everything I am wearing is Loree Rodkin tonight. I am obsessed with her."
Yes, you are wondering too, and so I had to ask:
"A couple hundred grand. I don't even want to think about it."
She can afford it.
(photo by Sarah Gerke)
January 13, 2006 | 9:42
am
There is opening and then there is OPENING. Back in 2005 I covered the opening of Jet, the new nightclub at the Mirage. But that was just a soft opening. The Grand Opening happened on New Year's Eve with Kid Rock spinning as DJ. But now the buzz is on for tomorrow night at Jet with what is called the Celebrity Grand Opening Weekend celebration. Among those expected Leonardo DiCaprio, Tobey Maguire and the Hilton Sisters. I will be there, of course, and let you know all that happens.
(photo by Chris Greenberg/Getty Images)
December 15, 2005 | 6:52
am
Last night I went to a sneak preview of Jet the new nightclub at the Mirage. Also, to open this month at the Mirage is a new restaurant Stack. Both are being run by The Light Group who did this before by creating first Light nightclub(which has been a rare long term success in a fickle business) at the Bellagio and, more recently, Fix, a very hot restaurant, also at Bellagio. So, not surprising is that Jet has similar design elements to Light including a rectangular main room, plenty of tables for VIP bottle service and an all around sense of high-end LA nightlife aesthetics: no camp, no cheese, no tackiness. The large club also has smaller more intimate rooms that feature rock and house music as alternatives to the hip-hop and dance music of the main room.
Both Light and Stack are the fruit of a two year struggle to help bring the Mirage back after the Siegfried & Roy show closed in October, 2003 when Roy was infamously attacked by one of his tigers on stage. Obviously, that tragedy captured the world's attention and almost immediately resulted in the 267 employees of the show being out of work. But Siegfried & Roy were not just any performers; it is safe to say that no casino in Vegas has ever been so entirely branded by their headliners as the Mirage was by S&R. After over 5,000 sold out performances spanning more than a decade attracting millions of customers to the casino: from the rooms to the restaurants to the souvenir shops the Mirage was also devastated. But the Mirage is finally coming back in a big way both with Jet and Stack as well as a planned Cirque show built around the Beatles opening next year.
(photo by Sarah Gerke)
The local Fox affiliate is reporting the arrest of Katie Rees. According to the report:
