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THE STARDUST OF YESTERDAY

offers a colorful entertaining look back at one of Las Vegas' most iconic casinos..with hundreds of photos and reproductions of memorabilla, the book recounts the story of the Stardust's life from it's 1958 birth as the ream of "Mr Lucky" Tony Cornero, through the "Lefty" Rosenthal era immortalized in the book and the movie Casino!!! to it's ownership by Boyd Gasming Corp. and eventual demise to make way for Boyd's new landmark on the Vegas Strip, Echelon Place "Old Vegas" is immortalized in "The Stardst of Yesterday"

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Prince's healiner deal with the RIO launches Nov. 10, with the Grammy winner taking over Club Rio and a restaurant ro be called 3121 Jazz Cuisine..The club, where Prince will appear when his schedule allows, will be known as 3121. the title of his most recent CD..A Prince show will clst $125 per person (yikes) or $312.10 for dinn er and the show..On Wednesday, the restuarant will open daily at 5 pm....

Source.. Norm Clarke..LVRJ

RIO
 
REALLY BIG SHOW

The talent is continuing to grow for the "Comic Relief", the Hurricane Katrina fundraiser..NOv 18 at Caesars Palace..Confirmed additions are.. Roseanne Barr..Lewis Black..Mike..Susie Essman.. D.L. Hughly..Jimmy Kimmel..George Lopez..Bill Maher..Howie Mandel..Ray Romano..Rebecca Ronijin (she's a comedian?} Rita Rudner..Steve Schirripa..Sarah Silbverman..Jon Stewart..Stephen Colbert (he's hysterical}.. Triumph the comic dog... Billy Crystal..Whoopi Goldberg and Robin williams will be hosting and it will be on HBO...

Source..Norm Clarke..LVRJ
 
SIGHTINGS

Leonardo DiCaprio, partying with pals Lukas Haas..Ethan Suplee and Kevin Connolly of "Entourage" at Stack (The Mirage} before settling in at Jet nightclub....Denzel Washington, in the crowd at Forty Deuce (Mandalay Bay} on Saturday....Julia Louis Dreyfus and her family at "Love" the Mirage....also seen were Elisabeth Shue and Amy Brenneman.... Jewel and a gal pal having lunch at Joe's Seafood Prime Steak and Stone Crab .....Michael Jordan, dropping more than $1 million at a blackjack table over the weekend :eek: crap.. give me some :(

Source.Norm Clarke..LVRJ

DOWNTOWN LAS VEGAS
 
NEWS

With a divorce in the works and her body looking like a millions bucks,is Britney Spears plotting a comeback in Las vegas? That was her plan more than a year ago according to Jack Wishna, who pitched her for a "Celine Dion" like deal..The deal breaker was, she "didn't want her hubby Kevin Federline part ot the Vegas scene!!, in fact she had him booted out of the room during negoitations, Wisha said. Spears won't have to worry about that distraction now. Cting "irrecncible differences" she petitioned a divorce on Monday in L.A. Superior Court!!. She's asking for legal custody of the couples two baby boys.. Sean Preston 14 months..and Jayden James 2-months..Federline will have reasonable visitation rights!! Palms owner George Maloof who had developed a close friendship with Spears, mad his intentions clear on Tuesday!! "There will always be a standing offer for her to play at the Palms, particulary in our new venue", he said. No actual deal has been presented as of yet.. Spears divorce filing came five weeks after reports that Federline was behaving like a bachelor, partying with single women at The Venetian and later in a suite there.. "Everybody loves a comeback" said Wishna.. but time will seal this deal!!!

Source- Norm Clarke LVRJ

THE PALMS
 
The wedding of the year will be in Las Vegas next week..Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are getting married here..with George Clooney standing in as best man!!!. The public is invited and there will be a photo opportunties. But it will cost you!!That's because te suprise MOCK wedding is taking place at Madame Tussauds, with life-sized figures of Pitt and Jolie..Robert Schuller, who will be "officiating" at the 11 am ceremony. Admisson is $24 or $15 for Nevada residents..

Norm Clarke..LVRJ
 
VEGAS NEWS

President Bush's wax likeness is taking a thumpin' these days at Madame Tussaud's celebrity waxworks here.. Bush's head suffered about $25,000 in damage when some visitor attacted it the day before the election :lol: "No one's pushed one over before" said Jack Taylor, spokesman for the big tourist attraction. Bush has needed repairs a number of times, mostly from having his nosed punched..pinched...and twisted" but this was the most damage.. when the visitor pushed it over.. it damaged the back of the head.... will tke some time to repair it!!!

Still mysterious after all these years, PRINCE left 'em guessing after dedicating "Purple Rain" to someone he said "I promised to play this for" a spokesman said he thought it was for Ed Bradley who passed away recently......Nick Lachey was with new girlfriend Vanessa Minnillo early Sat. and had a hugh cake delivered to their table.. it was her 26 B-day..they danced and partied till 3 am.....Rolling Stone Ron Wood, sketching two of Lights dancers at the Bellagio hot spot.. he was with his wife and son.. and friends..

RIO
 
NEWS

After bombing in New York, aspiring rapper Kevin Federline is looking at Las Vegas to change his luck!!!On a U.S. tour to promote his debut album, Federline has been in talks to make a stop in Las Vegas in the next month (oh, goodie). Federline has had a rough time this month, On Nov. 4, he drew only 300 people in a venue that holds 1,500..His wife Britney Spears, was a no-show although she apparently was in New York at the same time :(. On Monday she filed divorce papers... he has concerts scheduled in Anaheim, San Diego and West Hollywood. The Las Vegas show, will be either Thanksgiving weekend or the first weekend in Dec.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Ticketing issues were a royal pain for Prince fans over the weekend, but no one was complaining about his show!!!Many fans had to wait 5 hours :( to get tickets.. but say it was worth the aggravation.. said one fan who paid $1,200 for two VIP tickets and dinner for opening night.. Prince who rarely talks to the media, walked through his 3121 Jazz Cuisine restaurant Friday, gereeting fans at their tables (big of him).. Once the show started at midnight,, he went into his retro, and spent the rest of the night playing most of his hits from the 80's and 90's.. he opened with "Sexuality" but he substitued the word "Spirtuality" WHY????

Source.. Norm Clarke..LVRJ
 
SIGHTINGS

Harrison Ford and Calista Flockhart, atending the 7:30 peformance of "O" (Bellagio) on Sunday!! later backstage, Ford put on a clown nose and hat and posed with the cast members>>>>>>> Nick Lachey, being presented a birthday cake by Pussycat Dolls at Pure (Caesars) on Saturday, after he and his girlfriend Vanessa Minnillo dined at Social House (Treasure Island)>>>>>>Ray Romano, backstage with the "Love" (Mirage) cast and crew on Saturday>>>>> At seperate tables at Social House on Saturday..Ming-Na of "ER" and Playboy Mansion Playmate Carmella DeCesare, who hosted the night at Tangerine (T.I.)>>>>> Atlanta Braves pitcher Mike Hampton, courtside at the Las Vegas Venom's game against the Hollywood Fame

Source- Norm Clarke..LVRJ
 
NEWS

The wedding band Elvis Presley slipped on Priscilla's finger at their 1967 wedding in Las Vegas is on the auction block!!! Elvis had the band decorted with 8 baguette-cut diamonds within a border of 16-filled cut diamonds. The 30th anniversary of the wedding, which took place at the original Aladdin, will be April 1st...Auction organizers expect the ring to fetch between $100,000 and $150,000. I;ts among the collection of celebrity memorabilla on display for the next 3 weeks at the Aladdin/Planet Hollywood, culminating with the Dec. 14-15 auction... Other items including jewelry worn by Marilyn Monroe in "Some Like It Hot" Charlton Heston's costume from "Ben-Hur" the blue jacket worn by Mike Myers in "Austin Powers" and some clothing worn by John Wayne and the Lone Ranger...

Source..Norm Clarke..LVRJ your Vegas reporter desertwind ;)
 
SIGHTINGS

At Pure (Caesars Palace) on Thrusday..Bill Maher..Whoopi Goldberg.. Billy Crystal.. Robin Williams..Dave Attell..Gabriel Iglesias..Jay Davis..Louis C.K.. Daniel Tosh..Kat Williams and hip-hop- star E-40....CNN anchor Anderson Cooper, in the audience for Maher's show on Thursday... James Caan, delivering one of his best lines of the nigt...at the Nevada Cancer Institute benefit "Bond For The Cure" at the MGM Grand Garden on Thurs. Caan said about George Hamilton. that "he was the 5th best looking black man in America" (perenially tan) the crowd of 1,000 raised $5.3 million for the benefit

Source..Norm Clarke..LVRJ
 
NEWS

Members of a birthday party got the surprise of a lifetime when Britney Spears sand "happy Birthday" and the Spanish Trails Country Club.. Spearsd remainedd out of sight, but the celebrants and staffers knew ho it was after the word spread like wildfire that she was in for dinnerWednesday. Spies say Spears avoided the media for two days by staying in a private residence in Spanish Trails. She surfaced on Friday when Palms owner George Maloof too her on a shopping spree and later accompied her to one of his nithgclubs, where they joined her former manager Larry Rudolph and "Dancing With The Stars" runner-up Mario Lopez. After hanging out at Moon nightclub in the Palms Fantasy Tower, they played basketball in the Hardwood suite. Maloof, who has made no secret of his interest in having Spears perform al the Palms new 2,400-seat venue, was seen purchasing a dozen dresses, along with accessories and other clothing at Dolce & Gabbana, which was closed for almost two hr's while she shopped...Spears, who was reportedly working on her music in the Palms recording studios, spent Friday in one of the Palms $25,000-a-night villas (ridiculous)with her two children and their nanny.. with Thanksgiving coming up, it;s unlikly she will still be in town when estranged husband Kevin Federline arives in Vegas..he's here for a Friday appearance (who cares) to promote his new CD "Playing With Fire" (how original) NOT :(

Source. Norm Clarke..Las Vegas Review Journal
 
NEWS

Britney Spears and Paris Hilton created paparazzi gridlock with their club-hopping marathon that lasted till sunrise Monday..At one point, about 50 paparazzi swarmed the blond icons, who had crowds in a frenzy during their stops in 5 night clubs!!!"It was like paparazzi Super Bowl" said one eyewitness. The big mystery of the evening, occurred when photographers noticed Spears had lost her pants, in a manner of speaking. Showing off her svelte new figure, Spears was spotted in long black pants and a white satin blouse with a black neck tie when the evening started. Later at Tyrst (Wynn} VIP booth, she dropped her pants for fishnet stockings and headed for the dance floor. later she was seen in black shorts. Accompanied by Palms owner George Maloof, Spears and Hilton danced their way across Las vegas, after starting with dinner and drinks at Tao, at The Venetian, from there Spears and Hilton partied together for the first time and then were seen at the Playboy Club (Palms} then tried their luck at the blackjack table and then went on to Light (Bellagio} were they were seen dancing again. They left Light about 5 am and stopped by Caramel for a nightcap..Spears and her two baby boys and her nanny spent the weekend in one of the $15,000-a night Sky Villas suites at the Palms... must be nice.... :rolleyes:

Source..Norm Clarke..Las Vegas Review Journal
 
NEWS

Palms owner George Maloof said he has not discussed as deal with Britney Spears. Although he has made his interest known in bringing Spears to The Palms, Maloof said, "I;ve never negotiated in public, and I wouldn't talk about it anyway, because it would be confidential" Las week, a tabloid report claimed Maloof has a 20-week, $15 million contract with Spears, he said "I don't know where that came from, or who came up with it". Spears spent last weekend at The Palms Fantasy Tower and was taken on a shopping spree by Maloof!!

Norm Clarke..LVRJ
 
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