Projects from far, wide turn eye to Vegas

This week's production calendar has an international flavor, with projects from Ireland, France and Canada.

Irish television's "How Low Can You Go," for example, follows intrepid travelers Bazil Ashmawy, Michael Hayes and Mark O'Neill on road-trip adventures.

In their fourth and final season, the trio's California-to-Florida trek includes an inevitable Las Vegas stopover.

Their Glitter City itinerary stretches from the Fremont Street Experience to the Gold Coast, where the three (who've never gambled before) will receive gaming instruction, explains associate producer David Haas.

And, "after they stay in a deluxe suite at Mandalay Bay and lose all their money, they'll be spending their final night in the Circus Circus parking lot," Haas notes. "It's a riches-to-rags story."

Back to Tupac: "The Final 24," a documentary series from Toronto's NextFilm Productions, profiles 20th-century icons who have met premature deaths.

This week, the show charts the last days of rapper Tupac Shakur, leading up to Sept. 7, 1996, when he was hit by four bullets in a drive-by shooting near the Strip.

Locations for the hourlong program, to be telecast in the United States on A&E's Biography Channel, include the "Welcome to Las Vegas" sign and various sites on the Strip, Paradise Road and East Flamingo Road, where the fateful shooting occurred.

Horsing around: Jill and Tony Curtis are used to being in the spotlight.

This week, however, they share it with horses they've rescued from abuse, abandonment and slaughter -- through Jill's Shiloh Horse Rescue and Sanctuary -- in a French documentary titled "Where the Horses Go: The Jill & Tony Curtis Story."

The documentary's locations this week extend from Shiloh's home base in Sandy Valley to a horse auction in Cedar City, Utah -- and to Southern California, where Tony will appear at this weekend's Hollywood Collectors & Celebrities Show.

Calling all party people: Lifetime's reality series "It's My Party" plans eight half-hour episodes in Las Vegas, focusing on a top event planner -- and hosts planning "big, over-the-top, extravagant, elaborate events," according to Katie Macintosh, who's casting the show's party planner.

Currently shooting in Orange County, Calif., "It's My Party" also wanted to feature Las Vegas "because of the excitement and lifestyle," says Macintosh, who's looking for events (with budgets in place) happening between now and Jan. 6.

If you're a party planner interested in being the star of the show, e-mail lifetimepartyplanner@ yahoo.com; those with events scheduled may e-mail lifetimepartyLV@ yahoo.com. Or call (310) 601-3202 for more details.

Carol Cling's Shooting Stars column appears Mondays. Contact her at 383-0272 or e-mail her at ccling@ reviewjournal.com.