Bubbly with Jay-Z’s signature being sold
A colossal 3.9-gallon bottle of champagne is for sale at Tao nightclub for $100,000.
It comes with Jay-Z's autograph and a guaranteed hangover.
The 15-liter bottle of Ace of Spades was signed by Jay-Z on Saturday during his hosting stint at Tao nightclub, The Venetian hot spot.
The bottle, known as a Nebuchadnezzar in the bottle family, holds five times the amount of bubbly that comes in a double magnum, but is only half of the king of champagne bottles, the 30-liter Melchizedek.
Jason Strauss, a managing partner in the New York-based Tao group, called the mammoth gold bottle "an amazing showpiece."
"What makes it unique is that there are only two of these in the world, and one is signed by Jay-Z," he said.
Tao obtained it four weeks ago from Armand de Brignac Champagne of Reims, France, which produces The Ace of Spades brand.
Jay-Z featured the champagne in his 2006 video "Show Me What You Got" after Cristal boss Frédéric Rouzaud made some disparaging remarks about the music mogul's fondness for Cristal. Jay-Z led a boycott of Cristal and switched his allegiance.
THE SCENE AND HEARD
The restaurant lineup at the Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas was announced Tuesday. Four of the five have strong New York ties; the other will be operated by acclaimed Los Angeles chef David Myers of the restaurant Comme Ca. The others: Blue Ribbon, Estiatorio Milos, Scarpetta, and Steakhouse STK.
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SIGHTINGS
Jay Leno, doing a man-in-the-street interview for "bad bosses" Tuesday night near the Paris Las Vegas hotel fountains. ... Jim Belushi and Jerry O'Connell, filming a TV pilot called "The Defenders" on Tuesday at Planet Hollywood Resort. On the set Monday were local defense lawyers Michael Cristalli and Marc Saggese, whom the pilot is loosely based on . Belushi was in the news on Tuesday after the celebrity Web site TMZ.com reported that he caused a ruckus on an American Airlines flight Sunday from Los Angeles to Las Vegas . Things got heated when a flight attendant awoke him on the 40-minute flight, according to TMZ. The plane's captain called the tower in Las Vegas, and police met Belushi at the gate. Belushi continued on after police determined that no crime was committed, TMZ said. ... Flamingo headliner Marie Osmond, with four of her children at "The Lion King" at the Mandalay Bay Theatre on Monday night. The Donny & Marie show was canceled Tuesday because of Donny's battle with allergies. ... Singer-songwriter Neil Diamond dined at Sinatra at Encore at Wynn Las Vegas both Saturday and Sunday evenings.
THE PUNCH LINE
"The president met with Afghanistan's president, Hamid Karzai. Both presidents agreed that we have to work to wipe out terror networks like al-Qaida, the Taliban and Fox News." -- David Letterman
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