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That Awkward Moment

The Most Dubious Moments of 2014

Lots of things happen in Vegas. Weird things. Crazy things. Great things. Dubious things. A pretty solid amount of dubious things...

JANUARY 1

Michael Bay’s CES Meltdown

Onstage at CES, Michael Bay was saying he “creates visual worlds that are so beyond everyone’s life experiences,” and then... um, technical difficulties. And so he just walked offstage. Which... oddly did not explode.

APRIL 8

Clooney and Wynn Mixed It Up

It started pretty innocently between Steve Wynn and George Clooney: food, drink, banter. Then Steve Wynn had some unkind words about Clooney’s friend, who happens to be the leader of the free world, and found himself on the receiving end of a very public tongue lashing. Clooney: still not a Republican.

OCTOBER 28

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Well... there’s this ancient Japanese “art form” called nuru massage. And it was illegal in all 50 states. And then it wasn’t. And there’s this “spa” in Nevada practicing this art. And “nuru” in Japanese means “slippery”. And... that’s all we have to say about that.

NOVEMBER 12

The <em>Duck Dynasty</em> Got Musical

The Duck Dynasty clan announced they’re working on a 90-minute musical. Sort of like life imitating art, that’s imitating art, that’s imitating a bunch of bearded, camo-clad men making duck calls and saying pretty controversial things? Or something?

NOVEMBER 22

Obama and Jeter’s Vegas Vacation

It was a pretty nice little Saturday. Derek Jeter and President Obama played a few rounds of golf. Maybe talked a bit on immigration reform. Maybe discussed Hillary’s postseason odds. Probably not. But still. It was almost like Jeter was out of retirement, and Obama was in it. Almost.