Every year since 1984 the adult entertainment world has been taking a day off from the hot and sticky Hollywood, Ca. film sets and flocking to Las Vegas, Nevada, to be honored one night a year for the work that they do. The Vegas Adult Awards were started to pay tribute to the actors, actresses, and the folks behind the cameras in the porn industry. Their goal is to honor the industry’s vow of erotic artistry and free spirit. The Las Vegas Adult Show is endorsed and sponsored by Adult Video News which was started in Chatsworth, California.

The 2008 Vegas Adult Awards was a high point for the awards show, since they were observing their 25th year of the awards. The insanely popular Vivid Entertainment Group went home with the most awards last year, where they were honored with numerous awards in a variety of different categories including Best Film and Best Director.

One would think that the only people you would spot at this awards show are busty blondes and toned guys, you would have guessed wrong. You are very likely to find porn stars socializing with some very famous Hollywood mainstream personalities at the AVN Vegas ceremony. A few unlikely individuals who have been spotted or even presented awards in past events include Dustin Diamond, Christina Aguilera, Criss Angel, Carrot Top, Sean Penn, Eddie Van Halen and Dave Navarro among others. Even rap stars are involved in the adult entertainment world these days; some people say that Snoop Dogg and 50 Cent have been investing in porn movies for some time now.

The 2009 Las Vegas Adult Show will have over 100 categories with everything from best sex scene to best packaging and every other category linked to erotic films you can think of. The awards offered to the winners are called “Woody’s” and the recipients of a Woody are chosen by industry equals and other experts and critics of the adult movie industry. Nominees for the AVN awards are required to have films available for purchase in at least 100 video stores, and the movie must 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 Las Vegas, Nevada.

Texas Holdem’ used to be available only in casino hotels in Las Vegas, Nevada or from electronic poker machines, but now it is more in style than ever in Las Vegas, Nevada thanks to the TV.

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

The new game show will join comedy and game show elements to entertain its live audience. The audience will also be able to join in the famous 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 most famous 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 Vegas casinos want to play different types of poker games,” 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.” When the show begins, 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 poker hand 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 pro poker player to play in the game. There are other ways to increase 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 champion in poker in this game.

Creators of The Real Deal are also betting on the great personalities of the pro poker stars to create some interesting moments. People like Scotty Nguyen, the flamboyant five-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner, definitely definitely knows how to entertain the audience and will create some moments to remember in this TV poker game show .

The world-famous Bellagio Hotel has just unveiled the Yellowtail Sushi Restaurant and Bar and invited some fashionable 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 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 icons were invited to taste the delicacies of Chef Akira Back, a former pro-snowboarder turned “Iron Chef America” competitor. The stars indulged 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 imaginable.
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 icons finished the night by mingling on the hotel’s balcony 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 landscape of Lake Bellagio and its fountain and light show. But the greatest visual treat is the 25-by-13- foot bronze installation at the entrance resembling the dorsal side of a Japanese amberjack.