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 By
Polly Peluso
polpeluso1@yahoo.com
Photos by Steve Crespi
Well, my former boss Hugh Hefner is back in the lime light in a
fantastic way in Las Vegas. At the time I was an executive for Playboy,
they had Playboy Clubs all over the world, Hotels, a Motion Picture
Production, Limo Service, Record Department, Models Agency and Playmate
Promotions, Playboy catalogue plus not only Playboy magazine but other
magazines.
Photo of Hugh Hefner with 3 young beauties that live with him:
Holly, Christy, Kendra at Playboy Club opening at Palms
Then the blowout from the Playboy Casino came when the person in charge
of the London Casino was caught skimming off the top and this eventually
affected all of their services. The only thing left then at that time
was the magazine. Now Hef is in "hog heaven" with the opening of the
fabulous new Playboy Club opening in the Las Vegas Palms Hotel. The
Maloof family owners of The Las Vegas Palms Hotel are very closely
connected with the Playboy enterprises now and also give parties at
Hef’s magnificent mansion estate in Los Angeles When living in Los
Angeles I attended at least 40 parties of all kinds and have hundreds of
photos of stars of that era. George Maloof announced that it cost
$40,000 to stay in the two story Playboy Hotel-Casino section. Does that
come with Playmates ?
Gordie Brown , beautiful wife and Manager Bernie Yuman at Venetian
Hotel opening of his show.
A steady "name " at the Palms and elsewhere is Paris Hilton. Last year
Paris Hilton or a great look-a-like crashed many of the Academy Awards
big charity parties after the awards were given out and scooped up
expensive bags of expensive clothing , perfume, etc. as the Beverly
Hills Stores give the stars at these big charity parties great gifts as
it is all in the name of charity. Since last year, the charity party
givers will be giving a close watch out for the real or look-a-like
Paris who does not pay to go to any of the parties. The first time
I met Ron L. Hubbard, the founder of Scientology was when a bunch of us
would meet on the beach at sunrise and thank God for the rising sun, the
water, etc and sing some hymns. Hold hands and pray together. No talk of
money or doctrine - just coming together to worship and acknowledge God
in a different way. But then "things " changed "big time" with the need
for everything monetary and it became like a worship to Hubbard himself.
I dropped out early on.
photo of James Spader, Steve Crespi am William Shatner
Sadly,Tom Cruise recently has "hurt" himself for his strong beliefs of
this doctrine which he thinks everybody has to become . He went from top
star to 260 rating. Even fired by Paramount Studios - so now he has
bought his own studio. Cruise may be able to recapture his fans but he
may need to tone down his ranting and raving about his Scientology.
Especially as no one seems to know of anything charitable or worthwhile
that the group does. Everything is some big secret. Gordie Brown
gave an elegant, polished performance at his opening night at the world
famous Venetian Hotel. The opening night included Robert Goulet and Penn
and Teller and many more celebrities. This is a must see show - all
about talent and not lights, acrobats, etc. that so many Las Vegas shows
that cost big bucks have become. Following the show, Bernie Yuman,
Gordie’s Manager was so excited to tell Gordie that David Letterman has
invited Gordie to be a guest on his famous TV Show. Celebrity
photographer Steve Crespi was invited by "Boston Legal"stars, James
Spader and William Shatner" to join their party at a convention. Tori
Spellman has been selling her clothes on E-Bay. Her multi millionaire
father, Aaron Spellman ("Beverly Hills 90212", etc.etc.) died recently
and had cut her out of his will as he did not approve of her second
marriage. She is now going to become a producer herself. Good luck with
that Tori.
Photo of four lovely girls at Playboy Club opening at Palms
Las Vegas famous "war expert" , author and speaker John Alexander and
his equally famous film critic wife,Victoria Alexander are in Africa.
This year, they have been in Afaganastan, India, Peru - everywhere
dangerous. John speaks about Future Conflicts and what must be done to
save the world from destroying itself. John was a commander during the
Vietnam massacre.
Most Las Vegans know of the famous resident, Liz Renay., Liz went to
prison because she would not "snitch" on a mobster and while
incarcerated wrote best seller books and painted about 80 beautiful
pictures. And oh, yes the first woman to run down Hollywood Blvd. naked
on a dare . Her life has never been one of peace and quite. About two
weeks there was a murder in her home - but thank goodness she was not at
home at the time and did not even know the intruders. Liz and I are
planning on resuming our speaking engagements together soon. Some great
Country Western stars, Big and Rich, Brooks & Dunn, and Vince Gill will
be at the Hilton in December. "Dancing with the Stars "will be
performing Dec. 30 at Thomas & Mack. Baby Boomers will want to see and
hear James Darren at the Suncoast. The Dixie Chicks are slated for the
MGM. As for nightclubs- every Hotel on the strip has outrageous
nightclubs with celebrities galore enjoying them along with the rest of
the "hotties"."The Booze Hounds" are keeping the Los Angeles nightclubs
"hot" with their Punk-Rock style. However, Las Vegas is indeed the
entertainment capitol of the world.
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