Celebrity sightings @ pacquiao-cotto fight!

**MR. NUTHUGGER** · 11-16-2009, 07:54 PM

Also on Friday, Third Eye Blind performed at Pure at Caesars Palace, while Caesars' Saturday night headliner, Chelsea Handler and her entourage had dinner across the street, at Tao.

Joining the comedienne for dinner at the Venetian was the same, previously-cited entourage that accompanied her to Pure on Saturday: Chuy Bravo, Ted Harbert, Mary McCormack and Natasha Bedingfeld.

After dinner, the group moved the party up a level, to the nightclub, for a few rounds of Grey Goose.

Meanwhile, NeNe Leakes of "The Real Housewives of Atlanta" had dinner next door, at Lavo, with her husband and a few friends.

The reality show siren and her hubby had lunch across the casino floor, at Dos Caminos, on both Thursday and Friday.

Also at the Palazzo-Venetian complex this weekend was "Dancing with the Stars" stunner Melissa Rycroft and her fianc�, Tye Strickland.

The soon-to-be-married couple and their future wedding party celebrated their upcoming nuptials with a weekend-long bachelor/bachelorette weekend.

The happy couple checked into one of the Palazzo's luxurious Siena suites on Friday, then got things going with a pair of Broadway-style shows: "Jersey Boys" for the girls and "Phantom: The Las Vegas Spectacular" for the guys.

After the musicals, Strickland and his groomsmen popped by the Palazzo's newest watering hole, Fusion, for a ****tail or two before heading over to Tao.

As the guys headed to Tao, the girls made their way to the Asian hot spot's sister spot, Lavo, where they had a fun-filled dinner in the private dining room before continuing their girls' night at the upper-level nightclub.

Meanwhile, Strickland and the guys had a party of their own, in the VIP at Tao, where they drank Jack Daniels and Coors Light until the lights nearly came on at the end of the night.

The Jack and Jill weekend continued on Saturday with a boys-against-girls poker tournament inside the Venetian's poker room, where both sides nibbled on Sweet Surrender cupcakes between hands.

The afternoon continued as the couple took a very con****uous and PDA-filled gondola ride down the Grand Canal at the Venetian. The bride-to-be later met up with her bridal party at the Canyon Ranch Spa where they pampered themselves with manicures and pedicures while the guys got their game on -- and by that, I mean drinking buckets of beers and eating cheeseburgers, chicken nachos, pesto pizza, wings, BBQ pork sandwiches and cookies while watching the game -- at the Palazzo's sports book, Lagasse’s Stadium.

The groups reconvened later Saturday night for dinner at Dos Caminos, then checked out the dueling pianos at the resort's Salute Lounge before taking in the late showing of "Blue Man Group." After the performance, it was off to First Food and Bar for some late night eats before the crew called it a night.

Saturday afternoon saw Playboy’s Miss December (and Hugh Hefner’s current No. 1 girlfriend), Crystal Harris do an in-store autograph signing at the only Playboy Store on the Strip. The “Girls Next Door” personality signed autographs and greeted fans at the Forum Shops location from 11 a.m. until 2 p.m.

Around that same time, Mark Wahlberg and Will Ferrell were spotted on location at the Flamingo as crews shot scenes for "The Other Guys."

The cameras were over at the Venetian the day before, and shot inside the Jersey Boys Theater, though neither Wahlberg nor Ferrell were there for that one.

Also on Saturday afternoon, rappers 50 Cent and Diddy did separate in-store appearances at the new Hard Rock Caf� on the Strip. Fiddy stopped by to sign a few autographs and promote his new album, "Before I Self Destruct," while Diddy popped by with his new band, "Dirty Money."

Later that the day a host of All-Star chefs gathered at the Venetian for one of the city’s biggest foodie and vinophile events of the year, the annual Carnivale du Vin.

Among the A-list collection of culinary heavyweights were chefs Mario Batali; Daniel Boulud; Emeril Lagasse; Michael Mina; Charlie Palmer; Wolfgang Puck; Nancy Silverton; Kerry Simon; Charlie Trotter; and Norman Van Aken.

Rocker-turned restaurateur, Sammy Hagar, was there, too, and did his best to promote his new eatery, Cabo Wabo Cantina, which had its quiet open in the old Trader Vic's space within the Miracle Mile Shops last week.

Stunner Karina Smirnoff also popped by to taste the culinary delights.

The charity event, which was held in support of Lagasse’s namesake non-profit, kicked things off on Friday with a VIP reception at the Palazzo's recently reborn Sports Book, Lagasse’s Stadium.

As the foodies and winos got their fill at the Venetian Saturday night, Jessica Lowndes of the new "90210" cast was next door, at the Palazzo, to ring in her 21st birthday at Lavo.

Her boyfriend, actor Aaron Paul, flew in for the party, as did Ryan Braun of the Milwaukee Brewers.

The b-day girl and her b-day partiers had lunch at Dos Caminos on Saturday before having dinner at the Italian-themed eatery and nightspot later that night.

Also at Lavo on Saturday was actress Rosario Dawson and her DJ boyfriend, Mathieu Schreyer.

Lowndes’ weekend continued on Sunday when the group ventured out to try some indoor skydiving before wrapping up the weekend with a dinner at Tao.

The actress was also spotted relaxing with some retail therapy at the Palazzo on Friday as she shopped her way around the resort's luxury Shoppes, and then later took in a performance of "Phantom.”

Another hottie, VH1’s Amber Smith, was also out and about on Saturday night: The “Sex Rehab with Dr. Drew” personality was at Hawaiian Tropic Zone at Planet Hollywood while hip-hopper Fat Joe entertained inside the casino, on the mezzanine level, at Priv�.

Former New York Met, Daniel Joseph “Rusty” Staub, was also in town this weekend, and was spotted having dinner on Saturday at Society Caf� at Encore. Brian Urlacher of the Chicago Bears also stopped in that night to grab a few drinks with friends.

If this weekend's selection of star sightings left you wanting more, do not despair: Chris Noth, aka "Mr. Big" from "Sex and the City," will be at the Las Vegas Convention Center today, first for the ribbon-cutting grand opening at 9:45 a.m., then at IGT’s booth at 10:30 a.m.

Also expected at the expo is the reining Playmate of the Year, Ida Ljungvist, who will be at Bally Technologies’ booth from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., then reappear for what's being billed as "a special appearance" from 3:30 to 5 p.m.

Melissa Arseniuk writes about Las Vegas entertainment and celebrity events. She can be reached at 702-948-7823 or by e-mail at melissa.arseniuk@lasvegassun.com.

**ИATAS** · 11-16-2009, 07:55 PM

I didn't read all that **** but you can clearly see Fat Joe in that video shot of Cotto's wife crying with her son on her lap, he looks sad like he just misplaced his cheeseburger

**MR. NUTHUGGER** · 11-16-2009, 07:58 PM

Originally posted by Иatas206

i didn't read all that **** but you can clearly see fat joe in that video shot of cotto's wife crying with her son on her lap, he looks sad like he just misplaced his cheeseburger

floyd mayweather jr. Was there too!!

**PhonzoXD** · 11-16-2009, 08:02 PM

Floyd was there and they never panned to him?

**TheCheetah** · 11-16-2009, 08:03 PM

Derek Jeter!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

**Bretty Poy32** · 11-16-2009, 08:05 PM

so thats floyd jr with a pen and notebook....

**Pullcounter** · 11-16-2009, 08:07 PM

Originally posted by ИATAS206

I didn't read all that **** but you can clearly see Fat Joe in that video shot of Cotto's wife crying with her son on her lap, he looks sad like he just misplaced his cheeseburger

BWHAHAHAHAHAAHHA!!!!

that was good.

**shogunn** · 11-16-2009, 08:11 PM

floyd was hiding, then left after the 4th seeing waht Manny just did to Cotto.

**MakeDamnSure** · 11-16-2009, 08:26 PM

Floyd was shaking his legs

Celebrity sightings @ pacquiao-cotto fight!