Party at strip club, and Heidi’s hosting

Heidi Montag is picking up a paycheck (reportedly $25,000) to host Friday's third anniversary party for Crazy Horse III strip club.

The 26-year-old former star of MTV's "The Hills" last made a splash in Vegas in 2010, when she showed up in a bikini at a pool displaying a panoply of plastic surgery, most remarkably new heaving bosoms.

Photos of that Vegas appearance exploded tabloid sites and still pop up in stories about her.

So where have she and her husband, "Hills" co-star Spencer Pratt, been?

We talked by phone while she lounged in the backyard of her in-law's swimming pool in Pacific Palisades, Calif.

"Mostly, Spencer is just finishing up his last semester at USC, and that has kind of been taking up most of our time. But we love seeing all the new movies out, and books, and things like that. So we definitely keep ourselves entertained on a daily basis."

Pratt isn't interested in becoming a politician, with that job's glad-handing and fundraising, she said.

"He likes knowing information, what's going on, but I don't know if he wants that lifestyle. It's a lot of meet-and-greets."

Politics is certainly not as fun as going to strip clubs with Pratt, she said.

At Crazy Horse III, she will not be stripping, but she craves her first lap dances.

"I want to actually ask some of the women at Crazy Horse to give me some lessons because I'd love to learn as much as I can from these sexual perfection dancing pros," she said.

"And I'm excited there's drinking there. That's fun too. I mean, two of my favorite things - lap dances, professional dancing, drinking - it sounds like the best party ever.

"The Crazy Horse - that really is the height of my year right now, so I'm super excited."

As for those famous bosoms? "They're great. Feeling good."

SEEMS LIKE OLD TIMES

At his Caesars show, Elton John has started showing a film of John Lennon onstage with him at Madison Square Garden in New York on Thanksgiving 1974.

As John told fans this weekend, he had made a bet with Lennon that a song they did together, "Whatever Gets You Thru the Night," would be a top hit. Lennon didn't think so. John said that if Lennon lost the bet, the former Beatle would have to go onstage with him. He did.

John's people have posted a story about it on EltonJohn.com.

COMING UP

"Top Gear" is filming today at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, and Wednesday at the Tropicana. ...

Hey foodies: The Asian Food Festival is noon through night Saturday-Sunday at the Silverton ($10).

VEGAS TWEETS

"I keep seeing stocky bald guys in Vegas & thinking they're Rick Harrison from Pawn Stars." - @arielmz (a pastor)

"That awkward moment when yr leaving Vegas and the stripper that was calling you all night is not only on yr flight but sitting next to u" - @LeaLorraine13 (from "Bad Girls Club")

"Vegas won't be on this week due to the Presidential debate so stay tuned for the following Tuesday and thanks for all your support!" - @MichaelChiklis (the actor)

"Drinking champagne with my girlfriend and Vince Neil in Las Vegas. This is happening." - @RomeMusica (Rome of Sublime)

"I saw a baby yesterday with a shirt that said 'I am what happened in Vegas.' - @itsBroStinson (a satirist of Neil Patrick Harris' Barney Stinson character)

Doug Elfman's column appears Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays. Email him at delfman@reviewjournal.com. He blogs at reviewjournal.com/elfman.