Tuesday, March 30, 2004
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NORM: Disappearing act mystery solved
Rumor has it Ben Affleck, Matt Damon and possibly Brad Pitt will attend a friend's bachelor party Friday at The Venetian.
Matt Damon
Brad Pitt
Pink addressed her breakup with motocross star Cary Hart of Las Vegas in the April GQ.
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The mystery of the missing meteorologist has been solved..
When John Fredericks of KVBC-TV, Channel 3 was announced as the "Best of Vegas" weatherman last Saturday at the awards show at the Rio, he was a no-show, although he attended earlier as a presenter.
So presenter Cook E. Jarr asked the other finalist and perennial winner, Nate Tannenbaum of KTNV-TV, Channel 13 to accept on Fredericks' behalf.
"I didn't think I'd win," Fredericks explained by e-mail. "I've always thought the award belonged to Nate as long as he was in Vegas."
"However," he added, "the REAL reason I missed my cue was because I was buying drinks for a U.S. serviceman who just returned from Iraq. I just wanted him to know how much he was appreciated and respected. I guess I kinda lost track of time ... for a worthy cause!"
The Scene and Heard
A little birdie says that Ben Affleck, Matt Damon and possibly Brad Pitt will be attending a bachelor party for one of their pals on Friday at the AquaKnox restaurant (The Venetian). ...
Golf Magazine ranks Cascata, the ultra-exclusive high roller golf club owned by Caesars Entertainment, among the top 20 golf courses built in the United States since 1959. It ranks No. 19 in the nation for its "endless desert views" and "overshadows all others on the Nevada scene." ...
Pink, on her breakup with motocross star Cary Hart of Las Vegas in the April GQ: "I want him to be the father of my children one day, but I'm not ready for one day yet. I want to go on dates and be a young girl." ...
Jason Alexander of "Seinfeld" fame will host The Lili Claire Foundation benefit dinner and auction June 12 at the Bellagio. That's the same week Jerry Seinfeld is at Caesars Palace for June 11-12 shows. Seinfeld hinted to "Extra" that he's got a TV deal in the works with NBC. ...
That red 1974 Ford Torino driven by Ben Stiller in "Starsky & Hutch" is yours for $75,000 at the GR8auto shop at Hot Rod Hill in Henderson. ...
Ted "Captain Butthead" Wilson, a 295-pound eating machine from Pittsburgh, downed 73 chicken wings in just 15 minutes Saturday to win ESPN Zone's first "King of the Wings" contest. ...
NBC's animated sitcom "Father of the Pride" spoofs Siegfried and Roy's lions, not their tigers, notes eagle-eyed teacher Marriane Gordon of Toledo, Ohio. ...
Shannon Scott, whose aunt and uncle, Buck and Cindy Scott owned Denver's rip-roaring Colorado Mine Company restaurant in its '70s and '80s heydays, is looking for a "good smokey three-piece jazz club" here on his next visit. I'll run the readers' recommendations on Wednesday.
Sightings
Paul Anka, Lt. Gov. Lorraine Hunt and Hollywood producer George Schlatter, taking in Don Rickles at the Stardust over the weekend. Hunt and Rickles go back to the 1960s when they shared the Sahara Casbar Theater. ... Tom Arnold, among a dinner party of 14 Saturday at Spago (Forum Shops at Caesars). ... Actors Larry Manetti ("Magnum P.I.") and Dennis Farina, checking out the Breeze Bar at TI Saturday night.
The Punch Line
"Never put a sock in a toaster." -- Eddie Izzard
Norm Clarke can be reached at 383-0244 or norm@ reviewjournal.com.
