Forbes.com writer Shivani Vora lists her picks for the top ten cities for foodies (the term used to describe those who really love gourmet eating) in an article that published today online. Her number two choice was, of course, Las Vegas, and it ranked right behind New York City.
She gives nods to Restaurant Guy Savoy […]

Megabucks is the most famous progressive slot jackpot around, with machine in over a dozen cities. It tends to hit here in Sin City, of course, we also have most of the machines. Megabucks last hit at the Fremont Casino on the 19th of May… it was at 10.7 million dollars.

According to the Megabuck-O-Meter over at IGT it was at 10.62 million as of 10:00am Vegas time today.

Meaning it’s ripe to hit again, so to help Vegas visitors and locals alike find the nearest chance to hit this sweet prize I give you my Las Vegas Megabucks Locator Map.

You can also see a listing of all the Casino’s with Megabuck’s machines in the extended text.

CineVegas is giving away free passes to the movie Talk to Me starring Don Cheadle playing DC radio host Ralph Petey Green.

The screening is tomorrow at 7 p.m. at the Century Theatres inside The Orleans casino (take the escalator up).

To get your pass, stop by between 1 and 5 p.m. at the CineVegas office, 4300 E. Sunset Rd. #E3, Henderson.

The first 50 people to pick up a pass will also receive a free Talk to Me poster.

Each pass is good for two and like all movie passes, does not guarantee a seat, so show up early!

The eleventh annual Black Hat security conference will occupy more space at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas this year in order to accommodate more people, more topics, and, of course, more controversy.

It appears as if the Gloved One has been taken under the wing of the Purple One! However much journalists dig for information, you never really know the true facts about those two pop-royals—but one thing is for sure, part-time Vegas resident Michael Jackson is hard-at-work on a new album, and once that’s finished, Prince has agreed to help produce Michael’s concert series to promote the comeback chart-chaser.

Both Prince and Black Eyed Peas star Will I. Am have been working on Michael’s return CD. Composer and producer Will commented: “Man, he still sings like a bird. He could go anywhere. We have a real opportunity to do something here. It’s either going to be really big or nobody’s going to care. Ain’t no middle ground on this one.” Prince believes with his guidance it will go to No. 1 and that Michael will hit the road with a series of Prince-sponsored concert dates to promote it. I’m told it would be global in nature in selected cities on selected dates with Prince and Michael turning up together for certain appearances!

Michael, who had been living full time in Vegas until a recent house-hunting trip in Maryland, is said to want absolute quiet and privacy until the record project is complete—and he can return as a music industry superstar all over again.

Don’t put UFC head honcho Dana White in the same room as lovebirds Jenna Jameson and former UFC world champion Tito Ortiz—because it might just wind up as the biggest battle they’ve ever been involved in.

“It’s nastier than anything seen in the UFC ring,” I was told. “Dana and Jenna are just fighting and feuding in each other’s face as if it was a pay-per-view championship match-up.”

Allegedly, Dana is so furious with Jenna’s demands for her boyfriend, he’s griped: “Don’t put us in the same room together because it’ll be an ugly fight.”

A reliable UFC source told me that Tito, who wants to be a movie star, has complained one too many times that he’s under-paid, considering that he’s partly responsible for the new fight-league’s success.

Now that he’s living with porn-princess Jenna Jameson, she’s taken up his cause and acting like his manager. She decided to go head-to-head against Dana to get her love-mate more money—and she’s using her skills as a canny businesswoman to up the ante. Remember, she did sell her Club Jenna adult film business to Playboy Enterprises and walked away with a $60-million payday!

“She wants Tito to make more money from the UFC bouts. She knows he’s a big-time UFC star who can draw crowds, so she’s using that leverage. Tito totally trusts her - and she’s got the edge in all of this.”

Dana is standing firm, but there are rumblings he will have to give in to some of Jenna’s demands. Meantime, the “unlikely couple” hosted a kick-off party at the new Nikki Beach club up at the Grand Sierra resort and casino in Reno as they judged the Nikki model search.

Jenna, the business mogul, will add to her own big-bucks fortune with a new upcoming series of graphic-art comic books. She’ll play super-heroine “Shadow Hunter” - but won’t have to go nude or play out sex-scenes. At most it’ll be some cleavage and bare- knuckles as she fights the forces of evil! The first 144-page book is scheduled for release in June of next year.

She said: “It’s creatively liberating and my character is sultry and sexy - and really kicks ass.” The 32-year-old adult-world superstar ‘s autobiography “How to Make Love Like a Porn Star: A Cautionary Tale” is now being shopped to Hollywood studios to be turned into a mainstream movie.

For the first time since joining European magician Hans Klok’s The Beauty of Magic spectacular at the Planet Hollywood, Pamela Anderson’s stage entrance appearance inside a magician’s cage went wrong.

Pamela simply failed to materialize in a split second after the curtains were closed and re-opened. “Crazy, but those are the moments,” she laughed. “I love theatre, and my entrance on stage simply broke.”

Pamela also revealed that she’s been rehearsing another illusion and expects it will be added to their show very soon. LUXE LIFE has learned it will be the dangerous “Spikes of Fire,” where Pamela is trapped inside a metal cabinet and flaming shafts of steel are rammed into it!

Pamela commented: “I’m having the best time. I want to be in Vegas forever. It’s so glamorous. I’m definitely staying till December—then who knows! Maybe no more TV or film. This is what I love doing. It’s so over the top.”

It was an afternoon of fabulous food, fantastic fun and good sport—although all but two of us had never played the game of bocce before. I was partnered with Lauren, one of the Pussycat Dolls casino dancers at Caesars Palace and we won our first round by totally annihilating hypnotist Anthony Cools, 8-1.
For once I put a spell on him!

A group of local Strip celebrities and Caesars beauties gathered at RAO’s Italian restaurant at Caesars Palace for the match on the bocce court overlooking the resort’s main pool. While waiting for our semi-finals match, Lauren, her Pussycat casino dancer gal pal, Angie and I bathed in the beautiful bellinis of squeezed white pears and champagne made by celebrity mixologist, Tony Abu Ganim. They were so glorious and bountiful that in the next game Lauren and I became the team that couldn’t shoot straight, losing 8-0! RAO’s partner Ron Strachi hopelessly beat us, but you’d expect him to know the game better than us!!! The games were such a success that they will become a quarterly event, and with the bikini beauties on hand I can sense ESPN is just around the corner!

Hundreds of cooking enthusiasts and fans turned up to greet celebrity TV chef Duff Goldman at the Forum Shops of Caesars Palace—and my former Food Network colleague Bill Boggs hosted the cook-off with local chefs going spatula to sieve competing for the Chef Crystal Award.

Chef Dave Simmons from the Stage Deli defended his last year’s win in the finals, but lost to Chef Jose Aleman from BOA who stunningly prepared six amazing dishes in less than 12 minutes of the final round!

Among the surprises was an appearance from sassy Amy Reilly, a master of gastronomy and author of the controversial aphrodisiac cookbook “Fork Me Spoon me.” Amy, who lives part-time here in Vegas, told me even she’s surprised by the sales success of the book, but it proves that people want to stay home to cook and then have real fun in or out of the kitchen!

Duff has been cooking since age four when he started watching TV cooking shows. The day-long event included live cooking performances, demonstrations, an entertaining seminar, samplings of food and beverages, autograph signings and then the round-robin local chef cook off, which also featured Chef Kiko Ojeda of The Palm, Chef Kiichi Okabe of Sushi Roku and Chef Matt Montoya of Trevi Italian restaurant.

Family members say a man was kidnapped at gunpoint Sunday morning then found a short time later shot to death on the streets of Las Vegas. Two police departments are now involved in the investigation….