Every year since 1984 the adult entertainment world has been taking a day off from the sweltering Hollywood movie sets and flocking to Las Vegas, Nevada, to be honored on a very special night for the films they create. The Vegas Adult Awards were started to award the actors, actresses, and the crew behind the cameras in the adult entertainment industry. Their goal is to pay homage to the industry’s pledge of erotic artistry 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 landmark for the ceremonies, since they were observing their 25th anniversary. The wildly 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.

One would think that the only people you would notice at this event are busty blondes and toned guys, you would have thought wrong. You are very likely to find porn actors mingling with some very famous Hollywood mainstream personalities at the Las Vegas Adult Show ceremony. Some unlikely individuals who have been caught 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 industry these days; some people say that Snoop Dogg and 50 Cent have been investing in adult films for some time now.

The 2009 Vegas Adult Awards will feature over 100 categories with everything from best actor to best packaging and all other categories connected to erotic movies you can imagine. The awards presented to the winners are called “Woody’s” and the recipients of a Woody are determined by industry colleagues and other experts and critics of the erotic film business. 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 previous year. The 2009 AVN Awards Show is going to be held on Saturday, January 10th in the Mandalay Bay Hotel Casino in Vegas.

Poker used to be accessible only in hotels in Vegas or from video poker machines, but now it is more in style than ever in Vegas thanks to the internet and TV.

The famous Venetian Hotel, is now gambling on the popularity with its new audience-participation show called “The Real Deal!” in its Venetian Showroom, debuting in October.

The new game show will mix comedy and game show elements to entertain its live audience. The audience will also be able to join in the great game of Texas Holdem’ alongside the some famous poker stars. There will be 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 poker 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 take a vacation in Las Vegas casinos want to play poker games,” Negreanu says, “but obviously they can’t play in a world 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 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 poker player to join in the poker tv show. There are other ways to build 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 professional players 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 provide some great entertainment in this revolutionary 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.