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Vergara's Fiancé Tears Her Dress in Weird Brawl

Nick Loeb was thrown out of Miami club, sources say

(Newser) - Sounds like Sofia Vergara didn't have a great New Year's Eve: In the wee hours today, she got in a fight with her fiance Nick Loeb at a Miami nightclub, and Loeb ended up getting kicked out. Sources tell the New York Post the Florida businessman got upset...

Tony Parker Sues Club for $20M Over Hip-Hop Brawl

Says owners should have known better than to allow both Drake, Brown inside

(Newser) - The fallout from Chris Brown's throwdown with Drake's entourage continues: Now Tony Parker is suing the New York City nightclub where it happened for a cool $20 million. The NBA star says the club, WiP, should have known that allowing Brown and Drake—who've both been involved...

New Yorkers Crack Down on Sex in Cars

Back-seat love annoys neighbors

(Newser) - New Yorkers are getting fed up with clubgoers who make hanky panky inside of parked cars. Residents between Seventh and Eighth Avenues around West 30th Street say randy partiers are having sex in cars, leaving condoms on the street, honking car horns at all hours ... you get the idea. So...

Florida Town Bans Dance Clubs, Skating Rinks

They draw 'unlawful and/or undesirable activities,' city manager explains

(Newser) - Somebody get Ren McCormack on the phone. The town of Weston, Fla., has passed an ordinance that specifically bans nightclubs, dance halls, and skating rinks, the South Florida Sun-Sentinel reports. None of those establishments has ever existed in the suburban town, and the mayor says they want to keep it...

Shia LaBeouf Gets Pummeled in Nightclub Brawl

Plus, four more memorable celebrity bar fights

(Newser) - Shia LaBeouf had quite a night last week in Vancouver, first allegedly getting himself kicked out of a nightclub before getting into a brawl with a guy outside. TMZ —which has video, of course—reports that LaBeouf and the other man involved first got into an argument inside, then...

Topless 'Daylife' Booms in Vegas
 Topless 'Daylife' 
 Booms in Vegas 
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT
Jun 13, 2010 5:45 PM CDT

Topless 'Daylife' Booms in Vegas

Only in Sin City can you go nightclubbing in broad daylight

(Newser) - If you're bummed about having to wait until dark to experience, you know, nightlife, get excited: Las Vegas has a booming “daylife” scene, which will surely spread to the rest of the world soon. Vegas’ many poolside clubs for the 21-plus set offer the same barely clothed cocktail waitresses,...

Cafeteria-Nightclub Lands Philly School in Hot Water

Booze shouldn't be sold in schools, say Philly officials

(Newser) - Nightclubs serving booze shouldn't be allowed anywhere near elementary schools, let alone inside them, angry lawmakers in Philadelphia said after learning a charter school let its cafeteria double up as a nightclub on weekends. Officials have ordered the Harambee Institute of Science and Technology, which serves around 500 kids from...

World's Best Small Music Venues
 World's Best 
 Small Music 
 Venues 
TRAVEL
Mar 21, 2010 2:33 PM CDT

World's Best Small Music Venues

From NYC to London, Berlin to Mississippi

(Newser) - Want to see hear some great music in a tiny place? The Guardian asks industry insiders for tips:
  • Pegu Club, New York: Hitting this unassuming West Houston Street spot is “like going back to the great clubs of the 20s, when the staff were pretty and jazz and cocktails
...

Carrie Prejean Too Godly for Nightclub Gig

 Carrie Prejean 
 Too Godly for 
 Nightclub Gig 
No work after 12am, please
Dec 8, 2009 9:25 AM CST

Carrie Prejean Too Godly for Nightclub Gig

But she'd just love to motivate 'physically challenged athletes'

(Newser) - Apparently, starring in a solo sex tape jibes just fine with a godly image—but for Carrie Prejean, appearing at a club after midnight is “in direct conflict with her reputation as a Christian.” That’s what her mom wrote in an email canceling Prejean's planned appearance (fee:...

Fireworks Blast Kills 100 at Russian Nightclub

140 injured as celebration turns deadly

(Newser) - An explosion and fire caused by fireworks killed more than 100 and injured at least 140 overnight at a nightclub in Russia’s sixth-largest city. The Lame Horse in Perm was celebrating its eighth anniversary, one official says, and “there were fireworks launched at the scene, and one hit...

40% Bare Is How Women Best Attract Men

But too much flesh smacks of infidelity

(Newser) - Researchers have discovered that women who bare 40% of their body are the most effective at attracting males. Female scientists studied women at a popular nightclub, and placed percentage values on how much skin they exposed. A bare arm counted for 10%, a leg 15% and so on. They found...

Cops Probe Rape Complaint at NY Jet's Home

(Newser) - New Jersey police are investigating a complaint by a Canadian tourist who reported being raped at the home of New York Jet star defensive back Kerry Rhodes after she met him and a friend at a Manhattan night club, reports the New York Post. "I am not the subject...

Drug Users Worldwide Fall into 'K-Hole'

Ketamine remains legal in some places, but can cause severe problems

(Newser) - “Special K” isn’t part of the most important meal of the day. It’s part of a dangerous trend that’s seeing recreational drug users turn to ketamine, a substance commonly used as a horse tranquilizer, GlobalPost reports. In humans, ketamine induces a hallucinogenic, immobile state. “Everything...

Boy-Crazy LiLo Returns to Wild Ways

Friends fear star is in downward spiral

(Newser) - Lindsay Lohan is back to her pre-Samantha Ronson ways: “a different man every night,” a pal tells the New York Post, and as many as six nightclubs in one evening. Friends are concerned the star is entering a Britney Spears-level “meltdown”—but without any stable family...

Saddam Would Be Proud: Vice Is Back in Baghdad
Saddam Would Be Proud: Vice Is Back in Baghdad
ANALYSIS
Apr 19, 2009 9:09 AM CDT

Saddam Would Be Proud: Vice Is Back in Baghdad

Violence is down, allowing Baghdad to return to its old tricks

(Newser) - Religious extremists and kidnappers are mostly gone now from Baghdad’s streets, clearing the way for the return of prostitutes and gamblers, the New York Times says. Violence—and thus nighttime curfews—in Iraq’s capital has subsided, allowing liquor stores and nightclubs to revert back to their Saddam-era numbers....

UK Bans Ad With Lusty 'Pope'
 UK Bans Ad With Lusty 'Pope' 

Apr 2, 2009 4:02 AM CDT

UK Bans Ad With Lusty 'Pope'

It caused 'serious offense,' ad council rules

(Newser) - A British advertising commission has blocked the use of a dancing, beer-guzzling photo-manipulated "Pope John Paul II" in an advertisement promoting a nightclub, reports the Telegraph. "It was hugely offensive," said a spokeswoman for a Polish organization, one of several Catholics who complained about the brochure. "...

LiLo Settles Suit Over Missing Mink

Woman says Lohan stole coat from club

(Newser) - Lindsay Lohan has settled with a woman who claims the actress stole her mink coat from a club, the New York Post reports. It's unknown how much Lohan paid to get the lawsuit to go away. Masha Markova lost the $11,000 wrap last year at New York's 1OAK; photos...

Spend V-Day With LiLo and Sam
 Spend V-Day With LiLo and Sam 
Feb 5, 2009 9:18 AM CST

Spend V-Day With LiLo and Sam

Couple to host party in Florida

(Newser) - No Valentine’s Day plans yet? Fear not: You can spend the most romantic night of the year with power couple Lindsay Lohan and Samantha Ronson—assuming they don’t break up again first, Perez Hilton reports. LiLo is hosting a party at a Florida nightclub, “with music...

Pyrotechnics Likely Caused Thai Club Fire

Club was ill-equipped for fire safety

(Newser) - Firecrackers or a pyrotechnic New Year's display are the likely culprits in last night’s Bangkok nightclub blaze that killed 61 people and injured 200, the BBC reports. Witnesses said flames shot from a stage set the ceiling on fire, which then fell onto terrified partygoers. “People were screaming...

Dozens Perish in Bangkok Club Fire

(Newser) - Fire swept through a high-class Bangkok nightclub jammed with several hundred New Year's revelers early yesterday, killing at least 59 people and injuring more than 200, the AP reports. A number of foreigners were among the casualties from the blaze, which erupted shortly after midnight. Victims died from burns, smoke...

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