Baby Blue’s career might not be over

Hit singer-producer Pharrell Williams hints that more music may be on the way from Blue Ivy Carter, baby of Jay-Z and Beyonce.

Williams produced Jay-Z's recent song "Glory," featuring the cries of then-2-day-old Blue Ivy -- making her the youngest performer to chart on Billboard.

On Monday, I asked Williams whether an album by the baby was on his production schedule.

"Can't talk about it. It wouldn't be an album for her -- but I can't talk about what he's doing. That's all I can say," Williams answered.

Williams is working on new music with Jay-Z, Usher, the Scissor Sisters, Adam Lambert and many others.

Williams came to Vegas to add star power and emotional support to the Billionaire Boys Club clothing line (he's creative director) during the MAGIC fashion convention.

He was scheduled to host a party Monday night with retailer KarmaLoop at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas.

He's also co-producing music for the Oscars on Feb. 26, with "The Dark Knight" composer Hans Zimmer.

I asked Williams whether they would fix those big Oscar music numbers, which are usually panned by critics and viewers. He couldn't comment.

"We're gonna have fun. We definitely want to be respectful of the business. At the same time, we want to add our flavor to it," he said.

But after our interview, I discovered last week's news broken by Deadline.com that Oscar producers plan to nix those music performances this year.

Anyway, Esquire named Williams "Best Dressed Man in the World" seven years ago. I asked him who should be inducted into a celebrity couture hall of fame.

His picks: Steve McQueen and Robert Redford.

What makes Williams stylish?

"I'm just a fan and so eager to do it. I think that's what most of it is -- ambition and drive and curiosity.

"You can't just wing it. You've gotta at least be interested."

DIDN'T SHE ALREADY HAVE IT ALL?

Take a look at that photo illustration. It's what a Whitney Houston stage could have looked like on the Strip if she had signed up for a regular hotel gig.

What happened: A few years ago, set designer Andy Walmsley got a call from Vegas talent agent Joey Battig, asking him to sketch a stage for Houston, an orchestra and no dancers.

Houston's plan was to sing hit after hit in a simple setting, he was told.

So Walmsley drew up this concept art. He's an Emmy-winning production designer for "American Idol," "So You Think You Can Dance" and "America's Got Talent."

But Battig told Norm Clarke in Sunday's Review-Journal that Houston's deal was scotched "when they found out she couldn't sing anymore."

ATTENTION GUN NUTS AND GAMERS

Here's the wackiest thing you'll see today online, and it's happening "somewhere outside of Las Vegas."

Developers behind the new PlayStation 3 game "Twisted Metal" have set up an interactive machine gun in the Nevada desert. They won't say where.

You can fire the gun, by remote, at an ice cream truck.

The military-grade M249 Saw is pointed at a real-life version of "Twisted Metal's" "Sweet Tooth" ice cream truck.

Adults who register online fire the gun by clicking their computer keyboards. The site is adults only with lots of cussing: ShootMyTruck.com.

In "Twisted Metal," you drive cars, motorcycles and other vehicles armed with rockets, guns and bombs. The game's only point: to blow up cars.

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