Each year since 1984 the adult film world has been escaping from the sweltering Hollywood movie sets and heading to Las Vegas, to be awarded on a very special night for the work they have accomplished throughout the year. The AVN Vegas awards were created to honor the actors, actresses, and the crew behind the cameras in the adult entertainment industry. Their goal is to honor the industry’s pledge of erotic artistry and free spirit. The Vegas Adult Awards are endorsed and sponsored by Adult Video News which was started in Chatsworth, California.

The 2008 AVN Vegas was a milestone for the ceremonies, since they were commemorating their 25th year of the awards. The extremely popular Vivid Entertainment Group took home 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 notice at this awards show are busty blondes and toned guys, you would have guessed wrong. It is very probable to find porn actors associating with some very famous Hollywood mainstream celebs at the AVN Vegas ceremony. Some unlikely individuals who have been seen 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 rappers are involved in the porn industry these days; it has been said that Snoop Dogg and 50 Cent have been investing in porn movies for a while now.

The 2009 Las Vegas Adult Show will feature over 100 categories ranging from best sex scene to best film and all other categories linked to porn films you can imagine. The awards handed over 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 adult film business. Nominees for the Adult Show Vegas are required to have movies available for sale in at least 100 retail outlets, and the movie should 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 Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada.

The game of poker in the past was a game available only in Las Vegas casinos or from video poker machines, but now it is more popular than ever in Las Vegas thanks to the internet and TV.

The famous Venetian Hotel and Casino, is now gambling on the popularity with its new audience-participation show called “The Real Deal!” in its showroom in the Venetian Hotel and Casino, 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 well loved game of Texas Holdem’ alongside the best poker players in the world. 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 best poker players in the world 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 take a vacation in Sin City want to play poker,” Negreanu says, “but obviously they can’t play in a top poker tournament with the players such as Doyle or Phil Hellmuth. But, in this show, they actually can.” At the start of the show, 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 hand 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 tv show. There are other ways to raise 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 shows producers are also betting on the great personalities of the pro poker players to have great moments. Poker players such as Scotty Nguyen, the flamboyant five-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner, definitely can keep an audience entertained and will provide some great entertainment in this TV poker game show .

The world-famous Bellagio Hotel has just opened the Yellowtail Sushi Restaurant and Bar and invited some famous icons to taste their fare. This is the Light Group’s fifth restaurant and their first since they partnered with the Dubai-based Zabeel Investments in February.

The Las Vegas sushi restaurant invited 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 celebrities were invited to taste the delicacies of Chef Akira Back, a former pro-snowboarder turned “Iron Chef America” contestant. 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 you can think of.
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 ended the night by mingling on the hotel’s terrace that overlooks the iconic lake, while the Bellagio’s fountain show was enjoyed by all. A concealed balcony offers outdoor veranda seating and a panoramic vista of Lake Bellagio and its fountain and light show. But the greatest visual treat is the 25-by-13- foot bronze installation at the lobby resembling the dorsal side of a Japanese amberjack.