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Strip Scribbles: Mandalay TV commercial shoot and two more major restaurant changes: Wednesday, June 19, 2013; By Robin Leach; Two of the supermodels vying for the $100,000 ‘Face of Mandalay Bay’ yearlong contract have now been booted from VH1’s "Model Employee" reality show. Tonight, another model — or maybe two in a surprise twist — get the pink slip and we will be left with just four or five finalists.

Chase bank to celebrate Chinatown opening with lion dance: Wednesday, June 19, 2013; By Richard N. Velotta; JPMorgan Chase has opened a multilingual Chase bank in Las Vegas’ Chinatown area.

EDMbiz: More than shop talk, the coolest panels and why you should go: Tuesday, June 18, 2013; By Andrea Domanick; EDMbiz is back! The second annual electronic dance music conference is returning to the Cosmopolitan June 18-20, part of Insomniac’s EDC Week series of events leading up to Electric Daisy Carnival this weekend at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway.

'Priscilla' and 500 drag queen costumes bus across the desert for nine-week run at the Venetian: Theater:; Tuesday, June 18, 2013; By Robin Leach; The journey on Interstate 15 across the desert from Los Angeles to Las Vegas for the "Priscilla" musical touring company is as incredible an undertaking as the Australian outback drag-queen scripted adventure itself. The big, glitzy, colorful theatrical production complete with an on-stage cutaway bus takes nine trucks to transport — two of which are just for the wardrobe costumes and hair pieces! Cast and crew arrived Monday, and Tuesday morning, “Priscilla School” opened to teach hired Las Vegas locals how best to help the cast fast-change in and out of the myriad of outrageous outfits. "Priscilla Queen of the ...

Criss Angel survives 'the most dangerous and frightening thing I’ve ever done in my life': Entertainment:; Tuesday, June 18, 2013; By Robin Leach; For 10 nail-biting minutes, several thousand people stood in total silence and watched magician Criss Angel inch his way, blindfolded, across two steel beams swaying 50 feet in the air. The "Mindfreak" star, who is shooting a new series of one-hour specials for Spike TV, was in full view of the audience members, who stopped shopping at the Fashion Show mall on the Strip.

Strip Scribbles: MGM to open its walls on the Strip so tourists can see into the casino; Reviv hangover spa opens next month: Tuesday, June 18, 2013; By Robin Leach; The front façade from the famous gold lion to the north end by M&M’s World is coming down.

The tastemaker: EDMbiz host Jason Bentley breaks down EDC Week’s unifying groove: Weekly Q&A:; Tuesday, June 18, 2013; By Andrea Domanick; Bentley has made separate careers of music supervision for film and advertising, as well as DJing nightclubs and music festivals.

New Miss Nevada winners plan for national pageant as Miss America chief rankles Vegas: Tuesday, June 18, 2013; By Robin Leach; The newly crowned Nevada representatives going onto the Miss America pageants have less than 90 days to prepare for the national spotlight.

Pat Benatar, Cheap Trick combine for a powerful evening at the Palms: Tuesday, June 18, 2013; By Robin Leach; It was the night two great institutions of rock ‘n’ roll teamed up for a knock-out show for the ages -- and the “guinea pig” audience loved them for it.

In love at EDC? Now you can get married at the festival: Electric Daisy Carnival:; Monday, June 17, 2013; By Andrea Domanick; Add Electric Daisy Carnival to the list of unique ways to wed in Las Vegas. EDC organizer Insomniac has teamed up with the Viva Las Vegas Wedding Chapels to give festival attendees the chance to wed at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway this weekend.

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