Brandon Flowers minces no words in magazine interview.
Kanye West is up for eight Grammys in ceremonies tonight.
Chrissi Scinta sings at memorial service for slain police sergeant.
Vanessa Williams will be the featured performer at Saturday's Alzheimer's fundraiser at the MGM Grand Conference Center.
Organizers of tonight's Grammy Awards show might want to keep Kanye West and Brandon Flowers apart to avoid any sour notes.
Sparks are already flying after Flowers, the frontman for the Killers, said the lightning-rod rapper, "makes me ill."
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Flowers made the comments in a recent Rolling Stone interview that also included jabs at Jamie Foxx.
West has been nominated for eight Grammys, including Record of the Year for "Gold Digger," which features Foxx reprising his Ray Charles role that won him an Oscar last year.
Asked if he was a fan of West, Flowers said, "He makes me ill. I wanted to love him so much when he first came out. He has this sweet voice, and there's a cuteness to it. And then you see him in interviews and he's like a lion. It just ruined the whole package for me."
As for Foxx?
"I think he's confused about who he is," said Flowers.
Foxx should move on, because "there's too much of it (Foxx as Charles). He sings 'Georgia on My Mind' on Ludacris' new single. They don't even use the real one!"
The Killers, a Las Vegas quartet whose fan club includes U2, are up for three awards.
MEDIA UPDATE
Moves aplenty on the local broadcasting and PR scene:
Mark Neerman, KVVU-TV, Channel 5 news director, announced Monday he is leaving Feb. 17 to become managing editor at NBC-owned KNTV in San Francisco.
"I applied there as a 14-year-old to be on a show called 'Mainstreet,'" said Neerman. "Years later, I was told I had the position, if the show wasn't canceled. But it got canceled."
Elsewhere, Mark Sayre, longtime political reporter at KTNV-TV, Channel 13, resigned Monday after management wanted him to move to the morning shift. Sources said he stood up during a meeting on Monday and quit after the move was announced.
"Mark contributed to this station in many ways during his 14 years here," news editor Dick Tuininga said in a staff memo.
Cindy Cesare has left KLAS-TV, Channel 8 after five years of covering the court and crime beat to start her own company, CinCity Media, Inc.
Insiders say John Overall, former news anchor at Channel 5, who moved to Phoenix in June 2004, is exploring a return to Las Vegas.
At Wynn Las Vegas, Adeana Shendal, named senior public relations manager in charge of entertainment in July, is leaving to become director of public relations at the Four Seasons in Las Vegas.
THE SCENE AND HEARD
Nine-time Grammy nominee Vanessa Williams will be the featured performer at Saturday's Alzheimer's fundraiser, "Keep Memory Alive," at the MGM Grand Conference Center. ... A sweet moment at the dedication Friday of Mel Torme Way, formerly South Fashion Show Drive: Torme's son James Torme recalled his father's famous contract rider: He requested a slice of chocolate cake and glass of milk after each performance.
SIGHTINGS
Chrissi Scinta, singing "Amazing Grace" at the memorial ceremony for Sgt. Henry Prendes at City Hall on Monday night. ... Chris Martin of Coldplay, thanking the crowd at Friday's concert (MGM Grand Garden) for such a turnout in a city with so much "sexy" competition like the "Chippendales and strippers." He added, "after all those little, boring places in England, this is 10,000 times better."
THE PUNCH LINE
"Robert Blake has filed for bankruptcy. Blake said if he had to do it all over again, this time he would have shot his accountant." -- Jay Leno
