Each year since 1984 the adult entertainment world has been escaping from the steamy Hollywood, Ca. film sets and travelling to Las Vegas, to be honored on a very special night for the work that they do. The Las Vegas Adult Show was created to award the actors, actresses, and the folks behind the cameras in the adult film industry. Their goal is to celebrate the industry’s vow of erotic creativity and free spirit. The Las Vegas Adult Show is supported and sponsored by Adult Video News which was started in Chatsworth, California.

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

You might have guessed that the only people you would notice at this celebration are busty blondes and toned guys, you would have thought wrong. It is very common to find porn actresses socializing with some very famous Hollywood mainstream personalities at the Vegas Adult Awards 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 movie industry these days; rumor has it that Snoop Dogg and 50 Cent have been funding adult movies for a few years now.

The 2009 Adult Show Vegas will feature over 100 categories ranging from best sex scene to best supporting actress and all other categories pertaining to adult films imaginable. The awards presented to the winners are called “Woody’s” and the recipients of a Woody are determined by industry peers and other professionals and critics of the adult film industry. Nominees for the AVN Vegas are required to have movies available for purchase in at least 100 video stores, and the film should have been released before the 30th of September of the prior year. The 2009 AVN Vegas will be held on the 10th of January in the Mandalay Bay Hotel Casino in Las Vegas.

Poker used to be accessible only in Las Vegas casinos or from video poker, but now it is more in style than ever in Las Vegas, Nevada thanks to the TV.

The popular Venetian Hotel and Casino, is now betting on this new trend with its new audience-participation show called “The Real Deal!” in its showroom in the Venetian Hotel and Casino, beginning in October.

Their new show will mix 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 top poker players. Many prizes are available 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 game 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 Las Vegas, Nevada want to play poker,” Negreanu says, “but obviously they can’t play in a big poker tournament with the people like Doyle or Phil Hellmuth. But, in this show, they actually can.” When the show begins, six audience members will be chosen to sit at the poker table on stage with two professional players. 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.

Creators of the show say that you don’t have to be a poker player to join in the poker game. There are other ways to raise your point total, that doesn’t involve 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 champion in poker in this game.

The shows producers are also betting on the great personalities of the pro poker players to have great moments. People like Scotty Nguyen, the flamboyant five-time World Series of Poker winner, definitely knows how to work the crowd and will provide some great entertainment in this upcoming 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.