Each year since 1984 the adult film world has been taking a day off from the steamy Hollywood, Ca. film sets and heading to Sin City, to be admired one night a year for the work that they do. The AVN awards were founded to pay tribute to the actors, actresses, and the crew behind the cameras in the erotic film industry. Their goal is to honor the industry’s promise of erotic artistry and free spirit. The AVN awards are supported and sponsored by Adult Video News which is based in Chatsworth, California.
The 2008 AVN awards show was a milestone for the ceremonies, since they were marking their 25th year of the awards. The wildly popular Vivid Entertainment Group received 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 notice at this celebration are busty blondes and toned guys, you would have guessed wrong. You are very likely to find porn actresses associating with some very famous Hollywood mainstream stars at the Vegas Adult Awards ceremony. A few unlikely individuals who have been seen 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 porn world these days; it has been said that Snoop Dogg and 50 Cent have been funding adult movies for a while now.
The 2009 Las Vegas Adult Show will contain over 100 categories with everything from best director to best packaging and any other category connected to adult flicks you can imagine. The awards presented to the winners are called “Woody’s” and the recipients of a Woody are selected by industry peers and other experts and critics of the erotic film industry. Nominees for the Las Vegas Adult Show must have movies available for purchase in at least 100 video stores, and the movie should have been released before the 30th of September of the prior year. The 2009 Adult Show Vegas is going to be held on Saturday, January 10th in the Mandalay Bay Resort Casino in Vegas.
Texas Holdem’ was a game available only in hotels in Vegas or from video poker, but now it is more widespread than ever in Vegas thanks to the TV and the internet.
The famous Venetian Casino, 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 and Casino, starting in October.
Their new show will unite comedy and game show elements to entertain its live audience. The audience will also be able to take part in the well loved game of Texas Holdem’ alongside the some famous poker stars. 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 best poker players have already signed up for the show. 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 Sin City casinos want to play poker,” Negreanu says, “but obviously they can’t play in a big game with the likes of Doyle or Phil Hellmuth. But, in this show, they actually can.” At the start of the 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 hand on their devices. Everyone in the showroom is then involved in the action with big-screen monitors located on stage.
The show’s producers say that you don’t have to be a poker player to take part in the game. There are other ways to add to your point total, that doesn’t involve the game of 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 winner in this game.
Creators of the show are also placing bets on the personalities of the pro poker stars to create some interesting moments. Someone like Scotty Nguyen, the flamboyant five-time World Series of Poker winner, definitely has an idea how to entertain the crowd and will provide some great entertainment in this TV poker game show .
The world-famous Bellagio Hotel has just unveiled the Yellowtail Sushi Restaurant and Bar and invited some popular celebrities 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 welcomed icons 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 stars were invited to taste the delicacies of Chef Akira Back, a former pro-snowboarder turned “Iron Chef America” competitor. The stars 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 under the sun.
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 celebrities finished the evening by mingling on the hotel and casino’s terrace that overlooks the iconic lake, while the Bellagio’s fountain show was enjoyed by all. A private balcony offers outdoor veranda seating and a panoramic panorama of Lake Bellagio and its fountain and light show. But the greatest visual treat is the 25-by-13- foot bronze statue at the opening resembling the dorsal side of a Japanese amberjack.
