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PHOTOGRAPHY BY AL POWERS (DION); CHRISTOPHER DEVARGAS (HEADLINERS); JOHN BODNAR (HICKS) FROM THE EDITOR-IN-CHIEF At Bally's with headliner Taylor Hicks, who presented 10,000 euros to the Wounded Warrior Project via BiLLe's Celeb Charity Challenge. His fantastic show was renewed for a year, starting October 17. Backstage at the Colosseum with Publisher Joe Vann and Celine Dion, in celebration of the icon's September Vegas magazine cover. Shooting portraits of nine men and four women for this month's issue of Vegas magazine turned out to be quite an eye-opening undertaking for assistant editor Emma Trotter and me. Used to posed photos with a wide smile and one hand perched on our hip, we were blown away by how easily the guys were willing to goof around and improv for the camera. And so we kicked off our annual men's issue, the one time a year I yank myself out of a world of weekly hair appointments (thank you, Hotbox's Amber Harlan), spray-tan appointments (Terry at Bronzed is a genius), fashion, and Champagne long enough to focus solely on Vegas's most fabulous men. Who better to lead the pack than actor Michael Chiklis, who plays tough guys better than anyone? Flip on CBS to find him as gangster Vincent Savino, in frontier-era Las Vegas. The new primetime drama Vegas follows him and costar Carrie-Anne Moss, who plays an assistant DA, as they navigate the Follow me on Twitter at @abbytegnelia and on vegasmagazine.com. ABOVE: I toasted the premiere of Top Chef Masters season four at The Cosmopolitan, which hosted the season, with Kidville "mayor" Melissa Weiner and Fox5's Rachel Smith. LEFT: Shooting our men's issue portraits with local headliners Michael Grimm, Frankie Moreno, and Jeff Timmons. Wild West in the shadow of the sheriff, real-life Vegas hero Ralph Lamb, played by Dennis Quaid. If you haven't already, set your DVR for Vegas—and then prepare for a busy month. As it starts to get chilly, tuck into the Smith Center for a night at the theater. (I wouldn't miss Nevada Ballet Theatre's groundbreaking Jewels for the world.) Or grab tickets to that one local headliner you've been dying to see. My favorites are pictured on this page. A men's issue covering everything from whiskey and watches to our town's top newsmakers and a Vegas history lesson that traces back to a cowboy sheriff from the 1960s? I could get used to this. ABBY TEGNELIA 24 VEGASMAGAZINE.COM