Manly man Mike Tyson reportedly was hot, bothered and stinking mad after leaving OPM on Saturday.
Religious objections are behind the takeover attempt of V Theater, says producer David Saxe.
Some minority investors "appear to have an issue with Stripper 101 because they are Mormons," Saxe said in a telephone conversation from Mexico.
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Stripper 101 is the striptease dance studio Saxe introduced two months ago at the theater in the Aladdin's Desert Passage.
Saxe, the managing partner of the theater ownership group, identified Richard Heftel, who operated the troubled C2K nightclub at The Venetian, as the head of the Mormon-led opposition.
Saxe said Heftel and Jocelyne Uy, chief operating officer of the Variety Theater Group, "will be put in their place."
The group voted Saxe out Thursday, Uy said.
The takeover attempt came as Saxe, the majority shareholder, was en route to Mexico.
Saxe, who provided many of the acts for NBC's summer hit "America's Got Talent," returned Sunday and met with his attorney, Ross Goodman.
After the meeting, Saxe said, "It's like going on vacation and coming home and finding your gardener sitting in your house, saying he owns it. It just doesn't work that way."
THE SCENE AND HEARD
The Jenna Jameson-Tito Ortiz romance, first revealed here earlier this month, continues to sizzle. The porn queen and the ultimate fighter showed up at Tao (The Venetian) at midnight Friday and left arm in arm about 2 a.m. after some dancing. They had the fight crowd buzzing Saturday when they settled into their ringside seats before the Chuck Liddell-Babalu Sobral battle at Mandalay Bay. Teased about making the gossip pages, Ortiz, the former UFC light heavyweight champ, told my Eye Spy: "I'm going to have a lot more gossip pretty soon."...
More on Mike Tyson's bizarre go-go dancing marathon at OPM (Forum Shops at Caesars), that ended at dawn Saturday. Tyson "borrowed" about two dozen bar towels to hand out as souvenirs. He'd towel off the sweat and toss the keepsakes into the crowd of female spectators. After leaving the club, my spies say, Tyson became enraged and threatened to pulverize three guys before security intervened. Then he grabbed a female tourist who was snapping some photos, and the slurring ex-champ invoked his four favorite words, which began with "Show me your ...."
SIGHTINGS
"American Idol" Kelly Clarkson, at Jose Eber's salon at Fashion Show mall Sunday. ... Former UNLV basketball star Marcus Banks, partying with rap mogul Suge Knight at OPM on Saturday. ... Babyface, lunching at Joe's Seafood, Prime Steak and Stone Crab (Forum Shops at Caesars) on Sunday. NBA star Tim Duncan was in Saturday night after the UFC bouts. ... Bill Maher, in the crowd at Celine Dion's "A New Day" (Caesars Palace) on Saturday. ... Nelly Furtado, with a large bachelorette contingent at Tao on Friday and at the Pussycat Dolls Lounge at Pure on Saturday. ... Lorenzo Lamas and friends, at The Mirage, taking in "Love," Danny Gans and Stack restaurant. ... Members of The Killers, dining at Fix (Bellagio), before attending the UFC event. ... At Rain (Palms): Daredevil Mike Metzger, NBAers Drew Gooden and Melvin Ely, motocross rider Brian Deegan and Duncan.
THE PUNCH LINE
"This weekend in Los Angeles, California, it's the Emmy awards. I'm not going this year. Last year was embarrassing. William Shatner and I showed up wearing the same toupee." -- David Letterman
