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Posted on: Sunday, September 28, 2008

Let's go: Vegas

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The popular summer series, from the folks who brought you "American Idol," brings the talent search to the gambling mecca.

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OCTOBER

"America's Got Talent": NBC's hit summer series from "American Idol" producers returns with performers from across the country ready to compete in the reality show's third season. The talent search, hosted by Jerry Springer and presided over by celebrity judges David Hasselhoff, Piers Morgan and Sharon Osbourne, is open to acts of all ages. 8 p.m. MGM Grand Garden Arena. $39.50, $49.50, $57.50, $99.50, www.ticketmaster.com.

NOVEMBER

20-23

2nd Annual Beaujolais Nouveau Celebration honors the tradition regulated by French law. Beaujolais nouveau, a red wine made from gamay grapes in the Beaujolais region of France, is released no sooner than the third Thursday of November, when it is ready for consumption just six weeks after the harvest. Celebrations are held all over the world with more than 65 million bottles of beaujolais nouveau consumed in the months to follow.

Vegas festivities begin one minute past midnight, Nov. 20, launching the weekend celebration of events, tastings and beaujolais nouveau wine pairing menus for the 2008 release. At Paris Las Vegas, www.parisasvegas.com, 877-603-4386.

VEGAS DEALS

It's no secret that Las Vegas is struggling more than a little bit to fill hotel rooms, triggering a number of deals for visitors during the next few months. Find details at www.lasvegaslogue.com/deals.

Circus Circus Las Vegas rates from $36 per room per night, Sunday to Thursday; from $75 per room per night Friday and Saturday, until Nov. 30. Promo Code: EENTERT.

Luxor rates $90 per room per night plus one $30 dining credit at Fusia or The Luxor Steakhouse, one $20 spa credit for Spa Services, one 2-for-1 admission to The Spa at Luxor, one 2-for-1 IMAX Movie Theatre ticket, $10 in free slot play for new Player Club members. Through Dec 29. Promo Code: PLUX.

Luxor winter rates start at $80 per room per night. Stay two nights and get third night free on select dates through Jan. 12. Only one free night per stay. Promo Code: PSTAY1.

Mandalay Bay "Endless Summer TAN" rates start at $110 per room per night and includes Fly Back Free certificates, 10 percent discount at selected restaurants, $50 off a Cabana (Monday to Thursday), 2-for-1 spa access, 10 percent off spa treatments, 2-for-1 House of Blues breakfast, and $300 saving certificates to Mandalay Place. Through Nov. 30. Promo Code: PFALL1.

FREEBIES

Check out Vegas' dueling piano competitions, where pianists play and the audience chooses a winner by applause: the Piano Bar at Harrah's Las Vegas (9 nightly), Kahunaville restaurant at Treasure Island (9:30 nightly) and the Bar at Times Square at New York New York (8 nightly). Free at Harrah's and Treasure Island; $10 at New York New York.

Santa Fe and the Fat City Horns — six members of Bette Midler's 13-piece band from "The Showgirl Must Go On" — perform a weekly act at 10:30 p.m. Mondays at the Lounge at the Palms. Free.

House of Blues at the Mandalay offers "Nothing but the Blues" concerts inside the Crossroads room. Bands change weekly, and there's no cover charge. At 9 p.m. every Wednesday, 702-632-7600. Free.

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