You needed a scorecard to keep up with newly single Nick Lachey and his female companionship Saturday.
First he raised eyebrows by arriving at the Pussycat Dolls Lounge with Cacee Cobb, personal assistant to his ex, Jessica Simpson.
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After taking in Pamela Anderson's appearance as a Pussycat Doll, Lachey, Cobb and friends moved over to Pure's main room, where they occupied the VIP section that features oversized white beds.
Lachey was furiously text messaging just before Entertainment Tonight reporter Vanessa Minnillo arrived about 2:30 a.m., about 15 minutes after Cobb left. When she joined Lachey, the curtains were closed, adding fuel to the reports that their relationship has been heating up.
They were recently seen dirty dancing at a New York club and dining with friends the next night, according to published reports.
Minnillo, a former Miss Teen USA who briefly lived in Las Vegas as a child, met Lachey when she appeared in his upcoming video.
MEDIA UPDATE
The Nevada Broadcasters Association will pay tribute to the Alabama, Louisiana and Mississippi state broadcasters associations April 25 at the Four Seasons Hotel. Information: 794-4994 ... Judy Reich is leaving KVBC-TV, Channel 3 as director of programming and community affairs Friday, after 18 years at the station. She's still weighing options "for the next chapter of my life."
Correction: The last name of Tao co-owner Marc Packer was misspelled in Sunday's column.
SIGHTINGS
Rapper Ludacris, pulling fellow rapper Lil Jon and R&B star Usher on stage at the Maxim party at Tryst (Wynn) on Saturday. They unsuccessfully tried to get Christina Aguilera to join them. ... At Tao (The Venetian): Usher, Ludacris and Nas and his wife, Kelis, along with their entourages, firing up the crowd about 2 a.m. as DJ Vice played their hit songs. ... Anderson, throwing white roses into the crowd from her ceiling swing during her Pussycat Dolls performance. When she danced on stage, audience members tossed money at her, which she gathered and placed in the G-string of several Pussycat Dolls. When she wasn't performing, Anderson sat with friend/photographer David LaChapelle. Also in the crowd: Haylie Duff, Hilary's sis. Spies tell me Anderson was seen climbing into a private plane still wearing the sequined pink and blue bikini, which she wore while walking through Caesars' casino. ... Dream Works honcho Jeffrey Katzenberg, bolting from ringside when a melee erupted at the end of the Floyd Mayweather-Zab Judah fight at Thomas & Mack. Also at the fight: Jay Z, Toby Keith, Usher, Aguilera, Lennox Lewis, Magic Johnson and Shane Mosley. ... At Nobu (Hard Rock): Jamie Lynn Sigler of "The Sopranos," at the table of Hard Rock Hotel scion Harry Morton, who was celebrating his 25th birthday party. Also in the room: Michael J. Fox and Anthony Michael Hall. ... At Rain (Palms): Suge Knight, Cyrus from the band New Found Glory and Eddie Kennison of the Kansas City Chiefs. ... Cuba Gooding Jr., at The Steakhouse (Luxor). ... Magic Johnson, downing barbecue shrimp at Piero's Italian Cuisine. ... Former Georgetown basketball coach John Thompson, huddling in the VIP room with Keith at the launch of Keith's CD, "White Trash With Money," at his joint "I Love This Bar" at Harrah's. ... Monte Carlo headliner Lance Burton, featured in May's Marie Claire, levitating Molly Sims of NBC's "Las Vegas."
THE PUNCH LINE
"It was so nice here in New York City that the cabdrivers thought it was spring and took their annual shower." -- David Letterman
