Lohan sporting new accessory

Lindsay Lohan's ankle accessory and a new friend had 'em buzzing during her whirlwind visit to Las Vegas.

One day after she successfully completed a six-week stint of residential and extended care treatment at a Malibu rehab center, Lohan showed up at Pure Nightclub in Caesars Palace at 12:40 a.m. Sunday wearing an alcohol testing ankle bracelet.

Lohan flew to Las Vegas to surprise her assistant, Jenni Munro, and check out the nightclub where her 21st birthday party was to have been July 2.

Lohan voluntarily chose to wear the monitoring device to Pure "so that there's no question of her sobriety when she goes to places where alcohol is served," her publicist, Leslie Sloane, said in a statement.

New monitoring technology allows around-the-clock detection.

Late into her four-hour stay at Pure, she was joined by illusionist Criss Angel. They were seen holding hands on the VIP stage and on their way out of the club at closing, about 4:15 a.m.

Her group, which included "The Hills" star Lauren Conrad and her on-again boyfriend Brody Jenner, briefly moved upstairs to Lohan's suite before they were all seen piling into Angel's black Rolls Royce. They returned to Caesars about an hour later, when Angel dropped them off.

When she headed for the airport late Sunday afternoon, she stopped at the Luxor to say goodbye to Angel, who was waiting outside.

SIGHTINGS

NHL Hall of Famer Wayne Gretzky with a group that included some of his children, at the 4:30 p.m. Sunday performance of "Mystere" (Treasure Island). ... Music star Ashanti, dining with her family and celebrating mother Tina's birthday Saturday at Tao Asian Bistro (The Venetian). They attended "Mystere" earlier. ... NBA star LeBron James, at Tryst (Wynn) on Saturday night after dining at Joe's Seafood, Prime Steak & Stone Crab (Forums Shops at Caesars). Also dining at Joe's, Seattle SuperSonics rookie Kevin Durant for the second consecutive day. ... Pamela Anderson and illusionist Hans Klok, partying Saturday with a large group of friends at Voodoo Lounge (Rio). ... At Pure on Saturday: Kansas City Chiefs running back Larry Johnson, Sacramento Kings head coach/former UNLV standout Reggie Theus and NBA veteran Derek Fisher. ... At OPM (Forum Shops at Caesars) on Saturday: NBA veteran Gary Payton and Johnson, along with World Wrestling Federation stars Gangrel, The Tonga Kid and Rikishi. ... At Body English (Hard Rock Hotel) on Saturday: Guitarist Slash, Angel, Godsmack's Sully Erna, Scott Ian of Anthrax, Billy Morrison of The Cult/Camp Freddie and John Dolmayan of System of a Down. ... Members of The Deadly Seven, a local punk rock version of The Pussycat Dolls, being escorted out after crashing a private rock 'n' roll event Saturday at Simon Kitchen and Bar at the Hard Rock Hotel. They were shown the door after causing a commotion that included berating Slash, who was being honored with a display case by the Hard Rock. ... Sacramento Kings player Kenny Thomas, bowling a few frames at Lucky Strike Lanes (Rio) on Saturday. ... Jenner, Conrad, Whitney Port and Frankie Delgado, lounging Saturday at Venus Pool Club (Caesars Palace).

THE PUNCH LINE

"It was 194 degrees in Las Vegas today. All over town, women have been forced to take off their clothes and rub their bodies against cold metal poles just to survive." -- Jimmy Kimmel

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