Britney Spears and Paris Hilton created paparazzi gridlock with a club-hopping marathon that lasted until sunrise Monday.
At one point, about 50 paparazzi swarmed the blond icons, who had crowds in a frenzy during their stops in five nightclubs.
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"It was like the paparazzi Super Bowl," an eyewitness said.
The big mystery of the night occurred when photographers noticed Spears had lost her pants, in a manner of speaking.
Showing off her svelte new look, Spears was spotted in long black pants and a white satin blouse with black neck tie when the evening started. Later in a Tryst (Wynn) VIP booth, she dropped her pants for fishnet stockings and headed for the dance floor. Later she was seen in black shorts.
Accompanied by Palms owner George Maloof, Spears and Hilton danced their way across Las Vegas, after starting with dinner and drinks at Tao, The Venetian restaurant and nightclub.
From there, Spears and Hilton, partying together for the first time, had the crowd buzzing at Tryst, the Playboy Club (Palms), where they tried their luck at blackjack, and then to Light (Bellagio), where they were seen dancing on VIP booth banquettes.
They left Light about 5 a.m. and stopped a Caramel Lounge (Bellagio) for a nightcap.
Spears, her two children and a nanny spent the weekend in one of the $15,000-a night Sky Villa suites at the Palms.
THE SCENE AND HEARD
Blue Man Group will headline the pre-race show at UAW-DaimlerChrysler 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway on March 11. The NASCAR race will be the group's first appearance at a speedway or a NASCAR event. ...
Body English, Rain and Tao landed in Maxim magazine's "10 Hottest Megaclubs in America" feature, which appears in the December issue. The other seven: Club La Vela in Panama Beach, Fla., Crobar in Chicago, LAX in Los Angeles (which is also going into the Luxor), MJQ Concourse in Atlanta, Pacha in New York City, Space in Miami and Sutra in Costa Mesa, Calif. ...
Brandon Flowers, frontman for The Killers, shared this nugget from his pre-stardom days Monday with Mark and Mercedes at KMXB-FM, 94.1 (The Mix): During a busboy stint at Spago (Forum Shops at Caesars) he waited on Celine Dion's table.
SIGHTINGS
New York Yankees slugger Jason Giambi, pouring Jack Daniel's shots for a group of Marines at the "Dorm Days" show at Body English (Hard Rock Hotel) on Sunday. ... Jay Mohr ("Last Comic Standing") and Nikki Cox ("Las Vegas"), at "Love" (Mirage) on Sunday. ... Comedian Kathy Griffin, in the crowd at "Jubilee" (Bally's) on Sunday. ... Paula Abdul and a gal pal, taking in "Cavalia" on Sunday. ... Wayne Newton and family, touring the stables and taking photographs after the show with "Cavalia" horse trainers and artists. ... Oscar winner Adrien Brody, having lunch at Joe's Seafood, Prime Steak & Stone Crab (Forum Shops at Caesars) on Monday. ... Mike Tyson, turning heads at Seamless After Hours in the wee hours Monday. ... Whoopi Goldberg, catching lunch at Mesa Grill (Caesars) with the Pellegrino family, who are opening Rao's Caesars Palace in December. Goldberg was broadcasting her "Wake Up With Whoopi" syndicated radio show live from Caesars Palace poker room Friday morning. ... Atz Kilcher, whose daughter, Jewell, hit the big time, had a CD release party Friday at Wulfy's sports bar in Pahrump on Friday.
THE PUNCH LINE
"If you're interested in sending a gift to the couple, they're registered at Bed, Brainwashed and Beyond." -- Jimmy Kimmel, on the Tom Cruise-Katie Holmes wedding.
