BRITNEY ON BEST BEHAVIOR- BUT STILL WRAPPED IN THE ARMS OF MAGICIAN
♠ September 1st, 2007 by ♣Pop-princess Britney Spears and Mindfreak magician Criss Angel arrived separately for the gala celebrity-studded opening of the new LAX club at the Luxor this morning- but eventually woundup together wrapped in each others arms.
It was the biggest nightclub opening the world has ever seen- with crowds lining up as early as 5pm to get into the newest Vegas hot-spot. “I’ve been in this business for 20-years and have never seen anything like this” LAX co-owner Steve Davidovitch told me on the red carpet. “We had 50,000 email requests for 1st night invitations. We’ve only just opened and the line is almost 10,000 long and snakes the entire way around the casino, past registration and out into the main hotel entrance.” Fans, partygoers, guests were even hanging off the pyramid’s interior balconies watching the frenzy.
It was touch-and-go with Britney’s arrival. She decided to have her hair and makeup done in Los Angeles before hopping a 10pm private plane to the Executive Terminal here at McCarran - but Air Traffic Control kept her jet circling due to heavy inbound holiday weekend flights and instead of arriving at 11pm as planned - it was minutes past midnight before she raced down the red carpet.
She was smiling and waving coyly - and you’d never know she was fighting brutal battles with ex husband Kevin Federline for custody of their children and the new investigation by LA County’s Dept of Children & Family services that she’s neglecting her children and not properly handling their dental hygene, sleeping and eating requirements. As she sped down the red-carpet she refused all requests to answer questions - even those about her new ‘leaked’ single “Gimme More,” her new comeback album set for Nov. 13 release- and whether she and Criss Angel will perform a disappearance, reappearance illusion with mirrors next Sunday night at the MTV Video Music Awards and then float with her dancers suspended over the stage.
Criss was also coy about the subject. He told me: “I keep secrets- I’m the master of illusion. Every morning when I wakeup I read the press to find out whats happening in my life. They seem to know more than I do. Maybe I’ll come over your house and we’ll watch the show together. I’m not saying anything and I’m not giving away any secrets. My job is never to reveal the truth.”
This was Britney on her Best Behavior- Girls Gone Mild! She and her 3 galpals sipped champagne and orange juice in a private VIP booth alongside DJ Am’s altar-booth. She put on two different pairs of sunglasses through the pre-dawn hours and went uptop the altar booth to shout-out to the jam-packed club filled with her frenzied fans. Plans were to keep LAX open past 6am this morning to accommodate the 9,000 people who would be lucky enough to go through the doors during the 3-time turnover flow.
“Luxor is forever changed” its president Felix Rappaport told me.” This is the defining moment for the Luxor- and also for Vegas too with as new era of elegant and luxurious nightlife.” Celebrities attenjding included Dave Navarro with new steady galpal Nicole Bennet, Carrot Topwith regular squeeze Melanie, Desperate Housewives new heart-throb Josh Henderson, Shawn and Damien Wayans, fight champ Floyd Mayweather Jr. despite the fact he’s previously been 86′d from the hotel due to a prior altercation, Spamalot star John O’Hurley, and the sexy Fantasy dance troupe, NBA stars Drew Gooden, Al Harrington, Dahntay Jones, Cuttino Mobley, Hills cast members Brody Jenner and Frankie Delgado- and investors in the new Luxor nightlifge enterprises LAX and Company: Wilmer Valderrama, Nicky Hilton and DJ AM. Ironically Britney’s ex-husband K-Fed’s ex wife Shar Jackson was also at opening night.
Although they arrived separately, performed their red-carpet duties separately and even inside were apart for a while, as the early morning hours ticked on Criss and Britney started hanging out together in the same main VIP stage booth. Then they began dancing together- “very cozy as a couple” as one person noted for me.
“Then Criss wrapped his arms around Britney and started whispering in her ear. Her face lit up with a huge smile and she began clapping her hands with the excitement of it all. With that the twosome took off from the nightclub for the inner sanctum exclusivity of its new Noir Bar speakeasy lounge.” he added.
Before I called it a night early today co-owner Robert Fry told me “Its way beyond anything we ever expected. Its the biggest turnout I’ve ever wiotnessed in my life and was much much bigger than when we opened PURE. Its exceeded every one of our expectations. The great thing for us is that although it looks as if the world is here for LAX we’re still slammed full at PURE and Tangerine. So many people showed up with extra guests trying to get in that in fact we’ve been trying to send the LAX overflow up to PURE and giving disappointed guests here complimentary champagne and tables at PURE- but we’re full there too! There’s no doubt anymore that Vegas is the ultimate #1 nightclub city in the world.”
LUXE LIFE has full photo coverage of the entire night from start to finish and we’ll have them here for you on Tuesday morning after all the Labor Day weekend parties are concluded- plus intimate details of the new 3-bedroom suite built and decorated within the past 30 days especially for Britney’s visit.
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