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Latin America: it's a different kind of place! Their music is sexier, their food is spicier, and their taste in fashion? Well, let's just say it gets hot down there, and maybe it's hard to think clearly sometimes. At least, that's how I'm choosing to excuse some of the outfits that got busted out for the 12th Annual Latin Grammy Awards, which went down in Las Vegas at the Mandalay Bay last night. More»

Another week, another GOP debate! Last night was the Ninth Republican Party Primary Debate hosted by CNN and the Western Republican Leadership Conference, and moderated by CNN's Anderson Cooper in Las Vegas. Here's everything you need to know that happened. More»

Where's the best place to blow a bunch of money on alcohol, girls, and gambling? Why Las Vegas, of course! That being said, it was Justin Ross Lee's perfect get away to prove that even though he doesn't have much dough, he still shines like a pretty penny. Let's take a look into JRL's little excursion, shall we? More»

via la.guestofaguest.com: Being a pop star is the best, right? You win the genetic jawbone lottery, then someone writes a bunch of songs for you and it's all Demerol and Grey Goose, a guest spot on "CSI: Poughkeepsie," and a never-ending series of studio-selected starlet girlfriends that you can hold hands with in public places until US Weekly offers you $250k just to come out of the closet. Even with how stressful it can get finding late-night macrobiotic food on tour in Topeka, it's still a better life than yours or mine 364 days out of the year. But as we observed in the case of Joe Jonas, it might not be so great to be famous on your birthday. MORE>>

Being a pop star is the best, right? You win the genetic jawbone lottery, then someone writes a bunch of songs for you and it's all Demerol and Grey Goose, a guest spot on "CSI: Poughkeepsie," and a never-ending series of studio-selected starlet girlfriends that you can hold hands with in public places until US Weekly offers you $250k just to come out of the closet. Even with how stressful it can get finding late-night macrobiotic food on tour in Topeka, it's still a better life than yours or mine 364 days out of the year. But as we observed in the case of Joe Jonas, it might not be so great to be famous on your birthday.

[Photo via] Playing on the same team as Michael Jordan, the greatest basketball player of all time, must give you some kind of a little-brother complex, which different people naturally deal with in different ways. But if Scottie Pippen was like the little brother who wanted to follow his overachieving big bro to Harvard, Dennis Rodman was the little brother who rebelled, popped on some eyeliner, and applied early decision to Sarah Lawrence. And based on the photos taken last night at his 50th birthday party at Chateau nightclub inside the Las Vegas Paris hotel, The Worm hasn't exactly changed in his old age. More»

Have you stocked up on bottled water and batteries? Updated your Last Will and Testament? Mel Gibson-proofed your house? If the answer to any of these questions is "no," you'd better get it together, because come Friday night, Carmageddon is upon us, and in the words* of County Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky, "it is totally going to f*#% your s*#$ up."

But don't reach for the suicide pills just yet (keep them close just in case), because we're here to help. Presenting: the Guest of a Guest LA Carmageddon Survival Guide! More»

via la.guestofaguest.com Don't you just love it when celebrities' outfits just make you cringe? It's like watching a car crash - you just can't look away. The Billboard Music Awards were chock full of these "yikes!" moments. Check out some of the most inappropriate and unflattering outfits of the night. MORE>>>

In case you were wondering where Sinbad was last night, don't worry. We have photographic evidence that he was in Las Vegas, attending the Billboard Music Awards (along with five of our lucky readers!). Yes, the BMA's were back for the first time in five years, which may be why they still think Sinbad is a celebrity. Even he doesn't seem to believe he was actually invited, which may explain the bling-y pirate blouse he's rocking. Of course, this being Vegas, there was no shortage of outfits presumably designed to make the transition from the Awards show directly to the clubs afterward—and miserably failing at both. More»

Media and fashion tastemakers are beginning to stamp her as the new Tavi, but Bebe Zeva is a bit different. Her blog, "Fated to be Hated" is the front-row to her style, life, fashion and thoughts on her life in Las Vegas. She could soon give Tavi some firm competition. More»

AT&T acquires T-Mobile for $39 billion, becomes one of the two dominant U.S. wireless providers with Verizon, analysts suspect further consolidations [LAT]
Cruise missile blasts Gaddafi's Libya compound in international campaign bring him down, his whereabouts unknown [HuffPo]
Record rainfall pounds L.A.: topples trees, collapses roofs, floods freeways and leaves 41,000 DWP customers without power [KTLA]
Wyclef Jean shot in hand over the weekend in Haiti the night before the country's presidential elections [PE]
David Schubert, the Las Vegas DA who prosecuted Paris Hilton and Bruno Mars for cocaine possession, gets busted over the weekend for the exact same crime [TMZ]