Monday, September 15, 2003
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COLUMN: Norm!
Britney: She's not that innocent
Britney Spears performs early Sunday morning at the Palms.
Photo by Jeff Scheid.
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Britney Spears is getting on with the girls again.
Barely two weeks after her famous French kiss with Madonna during the MTV awards show, Spears steamed up the stage again with her new erotic persona.
During a surprise four-song performance at the Palms nightclub at 1 a.m. Sunday, she crawled onto a black-and-white chaise lounge with her female dancers and put on a sizzling Sapphic show. Later she had her white top pulled off by one of the girls, leaving her in a skimpy red star-spangled sequin bra.
On several occasions, she flirted with kissing her female dancers in front of the 1,500 revelers, most of them stunned when Spears appeared on stage.
Palms owner George Maloof said Spears wanted to play in a nightclub for the first time and "promote her new album," which he described as a "sexy, hot production."
The Scene and Heard
Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez have split, according to numerous national publications, and sources at several of Affleck's favorite Las Vegas haunts say he didn't show, but a bajillion media hounds did. ...
KVVU-TV, Channel 5, the only local station with video of Spears' show, is airing it twice today between 7 and 9 a.m. ...
The New York Post is reporting that Steve Wynn has picked New York hotelier Richard Cotter to run Wynn Las Vegas, the former Desert Inn.
May I recommend ...
ABC's one-hour "Primetime" show featuring Las Vegas airs tonight at 10.
Sightings
Demi Moore and Ashton Kutcher, getting flashed backstage by a female performer after the 10:30 p.m. "Zumanity" show Saturday (New York-New York). ... Britney and entourage partying in the VIP room at ghostbar (Palms) Saturday. ... Shane Mosley, celebrating his victory over Oscar De La Hoya, at Light (Bellagio). ... On Friday, Paris Hilton and Tara Reid were dancing up a storm on the dance boxes at Light with heavyweight champion Lennox Lewis looking on. ... At Spears' miniconcert at the Palms: Julius Erving and Michael Keaton in the owners' VIP skybox with N9NE co-owner Scott DeGraff, members of Journey, Reid, Hilton, the Wayans brothers, David Arquette, Scott Caan, Paul Walker, Paul Pierce, Robert Horry, Mike Bibby, Mekhi Phifer. ... At rumjungle (Mandalay Bay) after the fight: Mosley, Lewis, Christina Aguilera, Shawn Marion and Gary Payton. ... Patti LaBelle, doing an a cappella rendition of "The Lord's Prayer" at the after-fight party at Prana, the nightclub in Crustacean (Aladdin). Also there: Rosie Perez, Montel Williams and Payton. ... At Tabu (MGM Grand): Cirque du Soleil's Guy Lalliberte and Cirque performers, Willie Garson of "Sex in the City," Dean Winters of "Oz," Taylor Hackford, director of "An Officer and a Gentleman" and Keaton. ... Charles Barkley at Studio 54 (MGM Grand). ... About 800 showing up for Steve Harvey at Thomas & Mack on Friday, after the initial seating setup was cut from 8,000 to 4,000. ... Keaton at Whiskey Beach (Green Valley Ranch) on Saturday. ... Michael J. Fox, having dinner at Michael's (Barbary Coast) on Friday.
Norm Clarke can be reached at 383-0244 or norm@reviewjournal.com.
