Tuesday, December 09, 2003
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NORM: Slot player no lonesome loser
Annie Liebowitz using Rio "Showgirls" in a photo shoot.
Paris Hilton coming for music awards.
S.R. Nathan takes in show at Aladdin.
Brendan Gaughan looking scruffy.
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A local off-Strip property known for its big National Finals Rodeo crowds has a Texas-sized dilemma.
Seems a rodeo fan unfamiliar with how slot machines work thought his machine had jammed when bells and whistles went off on Friday.
Apparently perturbed, he got up and walked away.
Sources say the hotel's surveillance crew has a general idea of what he looks like from videotape and have been trying to find him to let him know he won a $1,600 jackpot. Here's the really tough part: They're looking for a guy in a cowboy hat amid a sea of Stetsons.
The Scene and Heard
The cast of "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" is in town next week for five days of filming. ...
Vanity Fair and Turi Vodka are hosting a party for the cast at Light, the Bellagio nightclub, on Sunday night. ...
The partying starts tonight as the A-list crowd begins arriving for the Billboard Music awards on Wednesday at the MGM Grand. Paris Hilton is reportedly attending the Vegas Magazine bash at Studio 54 (MGM Grand) while Carmen Electra is hosting an event at Baby's (Hard Rock Hotel). No Doubt, Sting and the Hilton sisters are reportedly attending Wednesday's after-party at the Palms' ghostbar sponsored by music giant Interscope, the company that is partnering with Maloofs Music, the Maloof brothers' newest venture. ...
Three cast members of the Rio's "Showgirls" topless revue are in Los Angeles today for a photo shoot for Vanity Fair's March Hollywood issue. Dancers Candice Dickerson, Melody Vanderet and Michelle Gaftoi are posed around actor Jack Black, who is shown on a motorcycle jumping through a ring of fire for famed photographer Annie Liebowitz. With the show dark most of this month, three other cast members, Cristina Dobosan, Milania Del Los Santos and Inna Bashta, are in Paris this week to visit former cast members Michele Shaw and Suzanne Brasington, who just joined the new Lido show.
Sightings
Monday at the National Finals Rodeo at the Thomas & Mack Center, Baseball Hall of Famer Nolan Ryan, former pitcher Rick Sutcliffe, Hall of Fame horse trainer D. Wayne Lukas and beer baron Pete Coors. ... Spotted at The Mirage on Monday: Baseball legends Frank Robinson, Randy Johnson, Dave Winfield and Don Baylor. ... Singapore President S.R. Nathan and his wife, Urmila, watching Ovation (Aladdin) under heavy security on Monday night after having high tea. A bit of a mystery is how the 79-year-old Nathan selected Ovation, a new show that features cloggers, jugglers, a puppeteer and a magician. Secret Service arrived earlier in the day to give the showroom the once-over. ... Harrah's headliner Clint Holmes is booked on the nationally syndicated Wayne Brady Show at 11 a.m. on Thursday (KTNV-TV, Channel 13). ... Craftsman Truck Series driver Brendan Gaughan pulled onstage during the buckle presentation at the Gold Coast on Sunday night. He apologized for his scruffy beard, saying his racing contract calls for a clean-cut public persona. ... Gwen Stefani and her No Doubt bandmates, dining at N9NE (Palms) on Monday.
The Punch Line
"I just don't have the energy right now. I just can't do the dance." -- Jack Nicholson, on his waning interest in being a ladies man.
Norm Clarke can be reached at 383-0244 or norm@reviewjournal.com.
