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Usher has a knack for spotting famous ladies at his Vegas shows these days -- and Friday proved no different ... with none other than Doja Cat and Jessica Alba catching his eye.

The singer was doing his thing heading into the weekend, and like he normally does -- Usher made his way into the crowd as he continued to croon. Of course, he honed in on a couple of female celebs here were in the audience ... the same way he has for months now.

First, he spotted Doja ... who was celebrating her 28th birthday, and who seemed more than happy to entertain Usher -- especially as he floated along to his song 'There Goes My Baby.'

DC started dancing with Mr. Raymond ... and they even got the rest of the concert-goers to sing along as he put the spotlight on her. She wasn't nearly as timid as some other stars have been when Usher turns his sights onto them ... a little like Alba, who was next.

It's actually pretty funny how he noticed her ... 'cause as soon as he did, he scurried on over to give her the VIP treatment -- which, in this case, included a little twirl and 1-2 step!

¡La piloto de carreras Christy Georges-Barnett convirtió $25 en más de un millón en una máquina de Las Vegas y su reacción al golpe de suerte no tiene precio!

La piloto de 63 años, que actualmente compite en USRA Dirt Mods y Super Trucks ganó el premio mayor a principios de esta semana en el famoso Caesars Palace de Las Vegas.

El hotel de lujo y casino compartió un video en TikTok de un transeúnte en el momento en que Barnett se puso eufórica a gritar: "Es un millón de dólares".

La multitud estaba completamente en shock. Luego, la cámara se acerca a la máquina para asegurarse de que el premio fuera de más de $1,18 millones.

Por cierto, Christy es una de las mejores corredoras y su carrera despegó después de que decidiera comprar una moto cross cuando tenía solo 20 años.

Desde entonces, ha sido cuatro veces campeona de Dirt Track Pro Stock, 4 veces campeona del Open Wheel Dirt Modified Track, 2 veces campeona del Flat Track de 3 ruedas (250cc), y la lista continúa.

Georges-Barnett es también la única mujer que ha ganado un título UMP Dirty National y la mujer más rápida en un NASCAR en Bonneville Salt Flats (208 MPH).

Race car driver Christy Georges-Barnett turned $25 into more than a MILLION BUCKS at a Las Vegas slot machine ... and her reaction to the big hit was priceless!!

The 63-year-old -- who currently races USRA Dirt Mods and Super Trucks -- won the jackpot earlier this week at the famous Caesars Palace on the Vegas strip.

The luxury hotel and casino shared a bystander's TikTok video of the moment Barnett went hysterical ... showing her yelling, "It's a million dollars," at the slot machine.

The crowd was in complete shock ... and the camera zoomed in on the machine to make sure viewers could clearly see the winning pot was over $1.18 million.

BTW, Christy is one of the best female racers out there ... and her need for speed took off after she decided to buy a dirt bike when she was just 20 years old.

Since then, she's become a 4-time Dirt Track Pro Stock Track champ, a 4-time Open Wheel Dirt Modified Track champion, a 2-time 3-wheeler Flat Track champ (250cc), and the list goes on.

Georges-Barnett is also the only woman to win an UMP Dirty National title and the fastest woman in a NASCAR at Bonneville Salt Flats (208 MPH).

Her husband, Sherman Barnett, also races in stock cars, Super Trucks, Modifieds, Xmods and Late models ... so maybe they take the hunk of cash and get a nice whip!!

The Vegas Golden Knights raised their championship banner last night in awesome fashion ... and let's just say it's a celebration Mark Davis could get behind!

The Stanley Cup champs opened the '23-'24 season at home Tuesday night (they beat the Seattle Kraken 4-1) ... and in true Sin City fashion, the organization used a giant slot machine on the T-Mobile Arena ice to get the party started.

Team captain Mark Stone got the festivities going when he emerged holding the coveted Stanley Cup trophy above his head ... skating around the ice as the fans lost it.

31-year-old Stone skated up to the big ass slot machine and gave the lever a tug ... and it came up "🏆🏆🏆"

That's when the giant banner, reading "STANLEY CUP CHAMPIONS 2023", was slowly hoisted towards the rafters.

The Golden Knights had an incredible season last year. They finished with the best record in the Western Conference, scoring 111 points. Once in the playoffs, the GK made things look relatively easy, beating the Winnipeg Jets (4 games to 1), Edmonton Oilers (4 games to 2), Dallas Stars (4 games to 2) and Florida Panthers (4 games to 1).

Although this is only the organization's 7th season, they have been insanely successful, winning three division championships, two conference championships, and now a Stanley Cup title.

Zak Bagans is exercising his right to scare the crap out of folks at his Haunted Museum ... by bringing in some creepy-ass artifacts from famous exorcisms!!!

The "Ghost Adventures" star tells TMZ ... he recently got his hands on the fabled "Exorcism Box," which was used during the 1970s real-life exorcisms of Anneliese Michel ... whose story is the inspiration behind 2005's "The Exorcism of Emily Rose."

Zak tells us he got the box from filmmaker Christopher Saint Booth, who wanted to get rid of it after a disturbing experience, to put it mildly. While he had the box, Booth says he felt something growing inside him, and a doctor determined the growth contained teeth and stem cells.

Booth says he had an archbishop exorcise the box ... and while doing so, he saw a dark figure dart past him. Booth believes it was Anneliese, who died way back in 1976 following 67 catholic exorcism rites.

Zak says Booth told him the archbishop saw the figure too, which appeared to have Anneliese's face, and it was shaking uncontrollably as if being pushed away from the box by a dark energy. Booth believes the "Exorcism Box" absorbed all the energy from Anneliese's exorcisms.

If that doesn't give you enough chills ... Zak also obtained a copy of the infamous Exorcist Diary, which inspired the 1974 movie "The Exorcist."

There are only 6 copies of the diary, 2 of which remain in a vault at the Vatican. The diary documents a 3-month period of exorcisms on a 13-year-old boy in St. Louis way back in 1949 and includes a map of Hell.

Zak says Booth had the diary while working on a documentary called "The Exorcist File" ... and Booth says he felt very oppressed and suicidal whenever the diary was nearby.

And, get this ... Zak says Booth told him he had the diary with him in a hotel room when he saw a horned, shadowy figure appear just before something scratched his ankle and pulled him out of bed. 😱

Since bringing the items to his Haunted Museum in Las Vegas, Zak says countless guests are refusing to enter the new Exorcism Room Exhibit before they even know what's inside ... with some saying they felt light-headed.

Zak is not new to the exorcism world -- he filmed the 100th episode of "Ghost Adventures" in the house where the notorious St. Louis exorcism was performed.

It's a timely acquisition for Zak with Halloween lurking, and "The Exorcist: Believer" just hitting theaters.

Zak Bagans está ejerciendo su derecho a asustar a la gente en su Museo Embrujado, ¡¡¡trayendo algunos famosos artefactos para practicar exorcismos a su colección!!!

La estrella de "Ghost Adventures" le dice a TMZ que recientemente adquirió una "caja de exorcismo" que se utilizó en los exorcismos de Annalise Michel en los infames años 70, y cuya historia inspiró la película "El exorcismo de Emily Rose".

Zak nos dijo que consiguió la caja del cineasta Christopher Saint Booth, quien quería deshacerse de ella después de una experiencia perturbadora.

Booth dice que mientras tenía la caja consigo sintió que algo raro crecía dentro de él y un médico determinó que ese crecimiento contenía dientes y células madre. Luego le pidió a un arzobispo que la exorcizara, y al hacerlo, vio pasar a una figura oscura que cree era de Annalise, quien murió en 1976 después de 67 ritos de exorcismo católico.

Booth le dijo a Zak que el arzobispo también vio a la figura sacudiéndose incontrolablemente, como si una energía oscura la empujara fuera de la caja. Booth cree que la "caja del exorcismo" absorbió toda la energía de los exorcismos de Annalise.

Zak también nos cuenta que obtuvo una copia del infame Diario del Exorcista, que inspiró la película de 1974, "El Exorcista."

Solo hay seis copias de los diarios, dos de los cuales permanecen en una bóveda en el Vaticano y documenta un período de 3 meses de exorcismos a un niño de 13 años en St. Louis allá por 1949, que también incluye un mapa del infierno.

Zak dice que Booth tuvo el diario mientras trabajaba en un documental llamado "The Exorcist File", y que se sentía muy oprimido y suicida cuando estaba cerca de él.

Y escuchen esto... Booth le dijo que tenía el diario consigo en un hotel cuando vio aparecer una sombra con cuernos, justo antes de ser arañado en el tobillo y sacado de la cama.

Desde que trajo los objetos a su Museo Embrujado de Las Vegas, Zak dice que innumerables visitantes se niegan a entrar en la nueva exposición de la Sala de Exorcismos, antes incluso de saber lo que hay dentro. Algunos dicen haber sido tocados o haberse sentido mareados.

Zak no es nuevo en el mundo del exorcismo. Él fue quien filmó el episodio 100 de "Ghost Adventures" en la casa donde se realizó el famoso exorcismo de St. Louis.

Chandler Jones seems to be handling his messy split with the Raiders well ... the former Las Vegas star was spotted at a tattoo parlor this week appearing to be in good spirits while getting his first-ever tat.

TMZ Sports has learned ... the 33-year-old pass rusher was at Valerie DiMaggio's West Coast Tattoo Parlor in Vegas on Wednesday -- just four days after the Raiders cut him.

Jones, accompanied by a woman who seemed to be his love interest, was seen smiling ear-to-ear throughout his visit ... while he worked with artist Bobby Vegas to get some crosses etched on the side of his neck.

We're told Jones was "super friendly" and "super happy" while he made his way around the shop -- a somewhat surprising sight, considering last week he not only broke down in tears while on a live stream, but he was also arrested for allegedly violating a protective order.

But, according to DiMaggio, Jones was "a real nice guy" the entire time.

DiMaggio says Jones got tattooed for around 30 minutes ... and after it was all finished, he was so thrilled with it, he promised to come back to potentially get some matching ink with the woman he was with.

El mejor uso de 2.300 millones de dólares de la historia es la mejor manera de describir los conciertos inaugurales de U2 en The Sphere Las Vegas, porque es realmente diferente a cualquier otra experiencia de concierto en la Tierra.

Disculpas a los Swifties y la Beyhive, pero The Sphere —la estructura esférica más grande del mundo que es en realidad una gran pantalla LED de 580.000 pies cuadrados— produce los efectos visuales más realistas imaginables y se convirtió en el telón de fondo de dos espectáculos de U2 este fin de semana para poner en marcha la residencia de 3 meses de la banda.

La pantalla gigante abarca casi todo el teatro, y mientras Bono y su equipo tocaban "Where the Streets Have No Name", el público fue transportado a un desierto estéril, pero es tan realista, que te sientes como si estuvieras en "Burning Man" (festival famoso por su desenfreno), pero sin el polvo y los baños públicos, aunque probablemente con la misma cantidad de drogas... sigue siendo Las Vegas después de todo.

Las vistas casi eclipsarían por completo a la banda, U2 tocó en un escenario relativamente pequeño con forma de tocadiscos. Aunque con frecuencia se proyectaban en la pantalla "The Sphere ¡que tiene 360 pies de alto y 516 pies de ancho!

Incluso hay un momento en que Bono tira de una cuerda gigante que está aparentemente conectada a un enorme globo, pero el globo es en realidad un gráfico proyectado cientos de metros por encima de la banda.

Best use of $2.3 billion, ever ... is the best way to describe U2's opening shows at The Sphere Las Vegas, because it's literally unlike any other concert experience on Earth.

Apologies to Swifties and the Beyhive, but The Sphere -- the world's largest spherical structure that's really a 580,000 sq. foot large LED screen -- produces the most realistic visuals, which became the backdrop for two U2 shows this weekend to launch the band's 3-month residency.

The giant screen comprises almost the entire theater, and while Bono and crew played "Where the Streets Have No Name" ... the audience was transported to a barren desert, but it's so realistic, you feel like you're at Burning Man -- without the dust and port-o-potties. Probably the same amount of drugs, though ... it's still Vegas, after all.

The sights would almost completely upstage the band -- U2 played on a relatively small stage, shaped like a record turntable -- except for the fact, they were frequently projected onto The Sphere screen ... which stands 360 feet tall and 516 feet wide!!!

There's even a moment where Bono's pulling on a giant tether, seemingly connected to a huge balloon ... except the balloon is actually a graphic projected hundreds of feet above the band.

¡U2 se abalanzó sobre Las Vegas para el primer show de su residencia de tres meses, y la experiencia no solo fue electrizante, fue, literalmente, fuera de este mundo!

La icónica banda de rock irlandesa comenzó su concierto el viernes por la noche para su "U2: UV Achtung Baby Live At Sphere", dentro de una monstruosa estructura similar a un planeta de 516 pies de ancho y 366 pies de alto, y con una extensión de casi dos manzanas de la ciudad.

Aún más llamativo fue el impresionante espectáculo de láser, que combinaba luces de neón blancas y azules rodeadas de torres de pantallas de televisión que proyectaban imágenes del grupo sobre el escenario. En un momento, se proyectó un video de Elvis Presley, con antiguas imágenes de Las Vegas y los miembros de U2 envueltos en burbujas.

Por supuesto, el recinto estaba abarrotado con más de 17.000 fans. Todos disfrutaron de los éxitos del legendario vocalista, Bono, el guitarrista The Edge, junto con el bajista Adam Clayton y el batería Bram van den Berg, quien sustituyó al enfermo Larry Mullen.

El cuarteto interpretó algunos de sus temas más conocidos, como "The Fly", "Angel of Harlem", "Desire", "One", "Mysterious Ways" y "Atomic Punk". Ataviado con sus características gafas de sol, Bono se mostró de una forma inusual, dando vueltas alrededor de su micrófono mientras entonaba las letras.

U2 swooped down into Las Vegas for the first show of their three-month residency ... and the experience was not only electrifying, but it was literally out of this world!!!

The iconic Irish rock band kicked off Friday night's concert for their "U2:UV Achtung Baby Live At Sphere" performance inside a monstrous planet-like structure that is 516 feet wide and 366 feet tall -- and consumes nearly two city blocks.

Even more eye-popping was the stunning laser show, combining streams of white and blue neon lights surrounded by walls of flat screen TVs flashing images of the group onstage. At one point, a video of Elvis Presley was streamed with vintage snapshots of Las Vegas and the U2 members ensconced in bubbles.

Of course, the venue was packed with 17,000-plus fans. They were all treated to a slew of hits compliments of U2's legendary singer, Bono, and guitarist, The Edge, along with bassist Adam Clayton and drummer Bram van den Berg, who took over for the ailing Larry Mullen.

The foursome cranked out some of their most recognizable tunes including "The Fly," "Angel of Harlem," "Desire," "One," "Mysterious Ways" and "Atomic Punk." Wearing his signature sunglasses, Bono was in rare form, dipping and twirling around his microphone stand while belting out his lyrics.

The starry guest list was extensive too, BTW -- big names like Paul McCartney, Adam Scott, Snoop Dogg, Ava DuVernay, Matt Damon, Bryan Cranston, Chelsea Clinton, Chris Blackwell, Mario Lopez, Dakota Fanning, Darren Aronofsky, Diplo, Dr. Dre, Elizabeth Banks, Flava Flav, Gayle King, Guy Oseary, Neil Patrick Harris, Jane Buffet, Jane Seymour, Jason Bateman, Jeff Bezos, Jimmy Iovine, Jimmy Kimmel, Jon Hamm, Josh Duhamel, Katy Perry, Lebron James, Luke Wilson, Oprah, Orlando Bloom and Oscar De La Hoya, just to name a few.

The Sphere in Vegas -- a remarkable architectural and technological wonder -- is finally open for business Friday night in Vegas!

The Sphere -- which took 4 years to build at a cost of $2.3 BILLION -- will open its doors to 17,500 lucky fans who will watch U2 christen the venue.

The stats are breathtaking ... it's 360 feet tall and 516 feet wide ... the largest spherical structure on planet Earth. Another record -- its 580,000 square-foot LED exterior, which can be programmed to display the coolest images y'all have ever seen.

There are 167,000 speakers in the joint, and they say the sound is just incredible.

Of course, there's a big AI presence ... 5 AI humanoid robots will greet visitors as they gawk at what's inside.

The venue will not only host concerts, there will be super cool events like a feature called "Postcard from Earth" directed by Darren Aronofsky.

Adele expresó su curiosidad este fin de semana sobre el museo embrujado de Zak Bagans en el desierto y el tipo la escuchó alto y claro y !la está invitando!

La estrella de "Ghost Adventures"  —famoso por estar obsesionado con todo lo paranormal— se enteró de que Adele estuvo hablando con los miembros de la audiencia acerca de su Museo Embrujado en Las Vegas durante uno de sus recientes espectáculos y él está encantado con su aparente curiosidad.

Adele estaba charlando con un invitado en su concierto y este le preguntó por cosas interesante que hacer en la Ciudad del Pecado. Sonaba muy interesada cuando mencionaron la atracción turística y espeluznante de Zak.

El museo ha estado en posesión de Zak durante bastante tiempo y tiene una gran colección de artefactos que supuestamente están embrujados. También hay un montón de historia sombría en el edificio en sí. El museo ha sido el tema principal de un capitulo de su show.

Zak nos comentó que está invitando personalmente a Adele a ir a su establecimiento para una visita VIP gratuita, y no sólo eso, también puede ser parte de una sesión de espiritismo personal si así lo desea.

Él dice que estaría dispuesto a conseguir a la conocida psíquica y medium Patti Negri para la ocasión.

Ahora, tan loco como suena, Adele ha lidiado con la tragedia personal en los últimos años, incluyendo la muerte de su padre en 2021 y el reciente fallecimiento de la madre de su mejor amiga. Es de suponer que podría intentar ponerse en contacto con estas personas.

Quiera o no, la oferta de Zak está ahí y ella está prácticamente al lado así que ¿por qué no?

Adele expressed curiosity this weekend about Zak Bagans' haunted museum in the desert -- and the guy heard her loud and clear, 'cause he wants her to swing by for a scream or two ... on the house!

The "Ghost Adventures" star, who's famously obsessed with all things paranormal, caught wind of Adele talking to audience members about his Vegas-area Haunted Museum during one of her recent residency shows ... and he's thrilled about her curiosity.

ICYMI ... Adele was chatting up a guest at her concert, asking what they like to do in Sin City, and sounded awfully interested when they mentioned ZB's spooky tourist attraction.

Zak's museum features a crazy big collection of artifacts that are purported to be haunted. There's also a lot of grim history with the building itself, and the museum's been the subject of one of his shows.

Anyway, Zak tells TMZ he's personally inviting Adele to come to his establishment for a free VIP tour -- and, not just that, she can take him up on a personal séance too if she's so inclined.

He says he'd be willing to get well-known psychic/medium Patti Negri to lead it -- as PN is well-versed in this field.

Now, as kooky as that sounds ... Adele has actually dealt with personal tragedy in recent years -- including the death of her estranged father in 2021 and the recent passing of her BFF's mother. Presumably, she could try to contact these individuals ... if not others.

Whether she wants that or not, Zak's offer is out there now. And, she's practically right next door -- so why not take him up on it?