There are so many different kinds of parties in this world of ours: you've got pizza parties, club parties, day parties, BBQ parties, lemon parties (if you don't know, don't ask), and so on. But now that summer is officially here, there's one kind of party that towers above all others: the pool party. And while I shouldn't necessarily have to convince you of that, here are 9 foolproof arguments, complete with photos, from this weekend's 3-day blowout party at the Encore Beach Club in Las Vegas featuring Deadmau5, Steve Angello, Sebastian Ingrosso and more. More»

Let's say you're Robin Thicke, noted Canadian songwriter and musician and improbable frequent Lil' Wayne collaborator. You've recently made some questionable headlines for getting arrested for smoking weed in NYC, which, if you've ever been to NYC, is really, really hard to do. You have two choices: either stop smoking weed (and eff that, am I right?), or go to a place where you'd probably have to ask the Chief of Police to block the wind while you roast a J in order to get arrested. As you can probably guess, Robin chose option B, and spent the weekend in Vegas celebrating the opening of the Lily Bar & Lounge (and playing an impromptu mini-set) inside the Bellagio alongside other notables like Alexandra Richards, Rick Fox, Eliza Dushku, Whitney Port, and more. More»

Vegas clubs are the worst, but they're also the best. What I mean by that is, all the things we purport to hate about L.A. clubs—the overblown production design, the Gestapo door policies, the drink prices that make you think you're being punked—are all even more ridiculous in there. At the same time, Vegas is basically a full-sized Ninja Turtles playset with alcohol, so it's far easier and a lot more fun to embrace the absurdity than to complain about it. With that in mind, here are some amazing Le Panda shots of Diplo burning down the house during his Monday night residency at XS in the Encore hotel with Flaunt Magazine and Black Banditz. More»