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The dethroned Miss Rees is being given a hero's welcome in Las Vegas. Says Rees, "I'm really excited about the party at JET. I haven't been able to go out and spend time with my friends at all since the ordeal. It will be a relief from all the stress." Nothing like a little stress relief.

The campy "coronation" is being billed as "Hail to the Queen," and her majesty will be crowned on Monday, January 29 at JET nightclub at The Mirage.

Rees, dethroned after sexy photos of her and some female friends emerged on the Internet, will co-host the opening night on March 31 alongside Pete Giovine and Jeff Beacher, recently named "Best Showman on the Strip" by Rolling Stone. "Miss Nevada is going to push the envelope, even for Beacher's Madhouse," Beacher told TMZ.

So what, exactly, does that entail? According to Beacher, Rees will be hosting a female orgasm contest during the opening of the show. They had us at "female orgasm."

The night also promises "half-naked girls, midgets, and monkeys." Sounds like just an average night in Vegas.

While Britney was busy passing out, Usher was being responsible.

The R&B superstar knew exactly what to say during a New Year's Eve party in Tao in Las Vegas -- right when his buddy Jamie Foxx tried to peer pressure him into taking a shot of booze on stage.

Though Jamie had no problem shooting his back (while fisting a bottle of Dom in the other hand), Usher politely declined and passed his off to the hottie standing to his left.

From Oscar-winner Jamie Foxx to golden globes owner Pam Anderson, some of L.A.'s biggest and brightest stars and Pauly Shore partied Vegas style. Check out the action at TAO, Jet and PURE.

The guitar legend attempted to count down the seconds at Treasure Island's club Tangerine.

Although he doesn't seem to be in full rocker mode ... he proved last month that he plans ahead for any "big" party.

She was swigging champagne, passed out cold and fell to the floor, if you believe the New York Post. Brit's rep says it's all b.s. -- she was just so damn tired she was falling asleep.

No matter the cause, no star can resist the urge to toss their inhibitions and rock out Vegas-style. Thankfully, our friends at spyonvegas.com were there to catch 'em in the act.

Once-aspiring rapper Kevin Federline trotted out family -- and some rather impressive family jewels -- for yet another release party for his album "Playing with Fire," which has sold less than 2,000 copies.

The recently un-Speared Fed-Ex graced Las Vegas hotspot TAO with an an entourage of ten, including his brother, his bodyguard, Leor the Jeweler (the Jacob of Vegas, as it were). Sources tell TMZ that the studiously un-thugged-out Federline had some dinner, then headed upstairs to a VIP lounge where he seemed to take in the atmosphere (i.e., pensively surveying a soon-to-be lost world?).

His family was there to lend support -- handsome brother Chris gave him an affectionate hug for the snappers. Perhaps he was just making sure nothing happened to the astonishingly large four-karat diamond studs Kev had in each ear. The Feds and their followers ended up in the casino, and who knows...maybe even playin' craps for bus fare. Watch for these earrings soon at a Vegas pawnshop.

Cameras caught Lachey scowling as girlfriend Vanessa Minnillo celebrated her birthday at TAO Nightclub this weekend. Lachey arrived late at around 1:30 AM, missing dinner, and we're told they left together at 3 AM.

Is there trouble in paradise or is it just an off night for Nick? You decide.

First, Paris hit up Vegas hotspot Jet nightclub in the Mirage hotel, where she got cozy with world-famous illusionist and Minnie Driver's supposed boyfriend, Criss Angel. Paris even made sure to capture the moment on film. Hey, they don't call it Sin City for nothing. Then it was off to TAO nightclub in the Venetian where she hooked up with Canadian-born model James Neate.

Hilton was in Vegas to attend a joint 26th birthday party for best friend Kim Kardashian and her boyfriend Nick Cannon.

Kim and party pal Paris Hilton took turns dancing on the catwalk and passing the house mic around during the evening. At one point a TMZ spy says Paris was heard saying, "Hey you f***ers -- it's my friend Kim's birthday! I love you bitch!"

TMZ has learned that while K-Fed was getting jiggy on "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno," the mother of two was letting loose and throwing back Jack and Cokes at Las Vegas' TAO nightclub.

We're told Britney, with a friend in tow, arrived shortly after 1AM wearing a flowing black dress with black leggings and partied in a private skybox overlooking the club.

The pop princess was later joined by two of her dancer buddies and stayed until 2:45 in the morning.

It's good to see motherhood hasn't stopped Brit from getting her groove on every now and then.

meras spotted Travis Barker and Paris Hilton in the midst of a seemingly serious conversation inside of PURE nightclub in Las Vegas Friday night. The pair have been spotted together frequently lately, and Paris recently had a run-in with Travis' estranged wife, Shanna Moakler.

Paris was in Sin City for the weekend to celebrate her sister Nicky's 23rd birthday. The sisters dined at Social House -- a sushi restaurant above Tangerine at the Treasure Island hotel -- on Friday night with DJ AM, Kevin Connolly and Travis Barker, among others. The group then walked the red carpet at Tangerine, but Paris didn't stop for interviews. Travis, however, did.

He told "EXTRA's" Carlos Diaz that he hasn't spoken to Paris or Shanna since the incident. "I've been broken," he said, referring to the sling around his arm. "I've been dealing with my arm and I'm finding out people have been beefing and I have no clue."

Once inside Tangerine, Paris and Travis were spotted together in the VIP section, but they each left separately after a short time to go to PURE. That's where photogs caught the pair having a conversation that looked a little more serious than your usual club dialogue.

Kevin Federline was blinged out when cameras spotted him in Las Vegas this weekend, but one accessory was notably missing -- his wife.

Though Britney Spears gave birth to the couple's second child together less than a month ago, Federline appeared to be enjoying the time away from the full house, stopping at the trendy TAO nightclub/restaurant for dinner.

It appears Britney has little to worry about though -- K-Fed was noticeably solo.

Two of Vegas' leading nightlife operators have reunited to make the nightclub Tryst at the Wynn Las Vegas perhaps the most buzzed-about nightclub on the Strip, and what's even more appealing about their story is that, even in the cutthroat and often downright nasty world of Vegas club land, Cy and Jesse Waits have managed to keep it in the family -- they're twins.

The brothers Waits landed in Vegas from southern California in the late '90s and cut their nightlife-impresario teeth helping to amp up the profile of the House of Blues; they made "Thursday Night Fever" and "House of Blues Sundays" two of the hottest parties in a town where rambunctious parties aren't exactly scarce. The pair parted ways in 2001 to take on separate assignments; eventually, Cy became the GM at Tabu Ultra Lounge and Jesse took the same job at Drai's After Hours, one of Vegas' most unrelentingly popular celeb-boîtes.

Then hotelier Steve Wynn brought the well-connected Victor Drai on to take over operations at his hotel's club La Bete with an aim to transforming the troubled spot, and thereupon Drai hired Cy and Jesse to bring the club up to Wynn's famously exacting standards. And by any standard, they've done well: The club has become, almost from the time it opened earlier this year, a regular stop for a glittering panoply of celebs, from the Hiltons to Jessica Simpson to Usher to Jay-Z, all of whom enjoy the beautiful-people treatment in the VIP area (pictured right).

And, finally, the guys seems to be enjoying the fruits of their labors. Even their parents' friends, as they tell us here sitting in front of the club's signature 90-foot cascade, are giving them props back home.