Floyd Mayweather: Is That Cash in Your Pocket ...

Posted Nov 15th 2009 8:25AM by TMZ Staff

... or are you just a complete idiot?



Floyd Mayweather and a hundred thousand of his closest friends -- plus Diddy, Ray-J, Mario Lopez and Jermaine Dupri -- hung out at XS in the Encore hotel after the Manny Pacquiao fight last night.

Common sense eventually prevailed. Floyd put the money away rather than "make it rain."

Filed under: Hot Vegas, TMZ Sports, Photo Galleries

Tags: diddy, encore, floyd mayweather, FloydMayweather, jermaine dupri, JermaineDupri, las vegas, LasVegas, manny pacquiao, MannyPacquiao, mario lopez, ray j, RayJ, xs

Rihanna Gives You Wings

Posted Sep 6th 2009 10:23AM by TMZ Staff

Looking cleavagey in a stunning white dress, Rihanna hit up XS nightclub in the Encore in Las Vegas where her drink of choice was reportedly a vodka Red Bull.



She's got our heart rate up -- no energy drink required.

Filed under: Paparazzi Photo, Rihanna

Tags: encore, las vegas, LasVegas, nightclub, rihanna, xs

Steve Wynn Leaves Guests Cold

Posted Jun 24th 2009 11:00AM by TMZ Staff

Steve Wynn was in hot water this past weekend -- for not having hot water.



This letter went out Saturday to all the people staying at his super swanky, 2000-room, $2.3 billion Encore hotel in Las Vegas, apologizing for the "failure of our primary source of Hot Water" and offering the "Spa Facilities" as a backup.

Wynn gave his hot-headed guests a $50 credit for the "inconvenience." The problem has since been fixed.

Tags: encore, hot water, HotWater, las vegas, LasVegas, letter, steve wynn, SteveWynn

Why The Dave Matthews Band Doesn't Rate

Posted Feb 10th 2009 9:12PM by TMZ Staff

On the food chain of death, the late saxophonist LeRoi Moore of the Dave Matthews Band is kinda like plankton, according to The Recording Academy.

The Academy is finally saying why LeRoi didn't make the cut in its "Encore" segment of the Grammy show:

"Nearly 250 members of our music community have passed in the last year, and all of them have been listed in the program book for the 51st Annual GRAMMY Awards, including LeRoi Moore. For the "Encore" segment of our annual GRAMMY Awards telecast, unfortunately we are unable to include all of the talented and wonderful people within the allotted timeframe. The Academy recognizes Moore's contributions to music and music education, and we are deeply saddened by his premature passing."

They're tellin' the story. You buyin' it?

Filed under: Music

Tags: Dave Matthews Band, DaveMatthewsBand, DMB, Encore, Grammys, Grammys 2009, Grammys2009, leroi moore, LeroiMoore, The Academy, TheAcademy