Monday, August 16, 2004
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NORM: Nicky Hilton gets married in a fever

Nicky Hilton's party night at Palms ends in wedding vows. Lindsay Lohan shows some snarl at the Palms.

First Britney. Now Nicky. After party-hopping at the Palms, Nicky Hilton, the more reserved half of the infamous Hilton sisters, got hitched at a downtown chapel at 2:30 a.m. Sunday.

Spies tell me Hilton, 20, and her hubby, New York money manager Todd Meister, 33, were in such a hurry to get married that they bought dummy rings for $50 each at the Vegas Wedding Chapel, 320 S. Third St.

Her sister, Paris Hilton, attended the quickie wedding, along with Bijou Phillips and Jeff Beacher, creator-host of Beacher's Madhouse at the Hard Rock Hotel.

Earlier, the Hilton sisters and Nicole Richie took in the Stuff magazine pool party at the Palms, where they had high-roller suites. The wedding party was seen at Light, the Bellagio nightclub, before heading for the Clark County Courthouse to get a license.

Britney Spears married childhood pal Jason Alexander on Jan. 3 after partying at the Palms. She soon had the 55-hour marriage annulled.

Lohan loses it

Hollywood's new teen "it" girl, Lindsay Lohan, who recently starred in "Mean Girls," threatened to kick some booty Saturday at the Palms.

Lohan, who turned 18 on July 2, was exiting Skin, the Palms pool venue and ground zero of the Stuff party, with a drink in hand and bodyguard behind her when a fan asked to take a photo.

"Get away or I'll kick your ass right here," barked Lohan, who appeared on the cover of Rolling Stone recently and told the magazine that she never does drugs or drinks at nightclubs.

Palms owner George Maloof said underage drinking is "not something we allow."

Lohan's boyfriend, Wilmer Valderrama, who plays Fez in "That 70s Show," stayed behind at the party.

The Scene

and Heard

Local publicist Laura Herlovich would have been in a world of hurt had she kept her schedule Friday. Herlovich, who owns PR Plus, had planned to visit her family in Punta Gorda, Fla., on Thursday but had to delay her trip a day because of a scheduling conflict. Hurricane Charley ravaged Punta Gorda, 110 miles south of Tampa, late Friday. Her family is OK, and their property suffered minimal damage compared to that of others. ...

Elvis Presley stylist Trent Carlini is performing a special two-hour tribute show at 7:30 p.m. today at the Hilton on the 27th anniversary of Elvis' death.

Sightings

Paris Hilton, playing peacemaker when bad blood surfaced between Lohan and Tara Reid during dinner Saturday at Little Buddha at the Palms. When the sniping continued at the poolside Stuff party, Reid, living up to her wild-child rep, walked out on a plank and dove into the center of the pool. She was last seen being escorted to her room. ... The Stanley Cup, getting a standing ovation Saturday night when Tampa Bay Lightning backup goalie John Grahame marched the hoisted trophy into N9NE Steak House. He later took it to Rain, the Palms nightclub. ... Los Angeles Lakers rookie Luke Walton, finishing second to actor Nicholas Gonzalez in the Stuff magazine celebrity poker tournament on Saturday night. ... Also at the Stuff party at Skin: Walton, Gonzalez, Valderrama, Lance Bass, Devon George and Kareem Rush of the Lakers, Danny Masterson, Chris Masterson, Laura Prepon, Phillips, Beacher, Eric Balfour, and Rick and Karl Yune. ... At Body English (Hard Rock Hotel): Henry "The Fonz" Winkler and Nicole Richie, visiting her boyfriend, DJ AM.

The Punch Line

"I'm not the public." -- Actress Lauren Bacall, on being told that a store was not open to the public.

Norm Clarke can be reached at 383-0244 or norm@reviewjournal.com