Anthony Michael Hall also planning film based in valley.
Criss Angel makes stop at party for Lance Burton.
Michael Imperioli grabs bite at Venus pool at Caesars.
Kevin Spacey plans film on card-counting tale.
Another Las Vegas flick is in the cards for two-time Oscar winner Kevin Spacey.
Spacey, who won a Best Actor Oscar for "American Beauty" and another for Best Supporting Actor in "The Usual Suspects," told MTV he's producing and starring in a film about a group of card-counting college kids who take on Las Vegas.
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That sounds like an adaptation of Ben Mezrich's book "Bringing Down the House: The Inside Story of Six M.I.T. Students Who Took Vegas for Millions."
Spacey spent several months here in early 2000 filming "Pay It Forward" with Helen Hunt, Haley Joel Osment, Jay Mohr and James Caviezel (who went from Jerry, a homeless person, to an iconic role as Jesus in "The Passion of the Christ" three years later).
THE SCENE AND HEARD
Elvis' longtime right-hand man Joe Esposito, a host at Wynn Las Vegas, has a new book about The King coming out. Titled "Remember Elvis," it's a compilation of 200 interviews, from Hilton doormen to Steve Wynn, Jerry Weintraub, Dick Clark, Kenny Rogers, and ex-girlfriends, Esposito said. It hits the book shelves July 4. ...
Anthony Michael Hall, of "The Breakfast Club" fame, is planning a Las Vegas film, as well. According to Cinematical.com, he's working on "Life and Death in Las Vegas," which he wrote and plans to start shooting by the end of the year. If he gets his wish, the cast will include Paris Hilton and Wayne Newton. He's telling reporters it's about "a bunch of people chasing an inheritance that they're all screwed out of by Wayne Newton." ...
Hot spots, cool stuff: The Palms is unveiling its $40 million pool renovation on July 1 with a re-opening party featuring the band Camp Freddy and the first anniversary party of 944 magazine. Camp Freddy member Dave Navarro also will play with his former Jane's Addiction bandmates in their new band, The Panic Channel. ... Light nightclub (Bellagio) has an anniversary party and a celebrity poker tournament this weekend. Confirmed invitees include Kobe Bryant, Vin Diesel, Paris and Nicky Hilton, the cast of "Entourage," James Woods, Michelle Rodriguez and Michael Vartan. ...
Mike Mills of Memphis Championship Barbecue and members of the UNLV football team join "BBQ with Bobby Flay" on the Food Network at 2 p.m. Saturday. The episode is entitled "Crazy BBQ."
SIGHTINGS
At Lance Burton's 10th anniversary party on Wednesday at the Monte Carlo: Robert Goulet (who was pulled onstage for some sleight of hand), Clint Holmes, Penn and Teller, Alan Thicke, Criss Angel, George Wallace, Gordie Brown, Tanya Roberts, Bill Acosta,Mac King, Gabrielle Versace, and Burton's mother, Hilma, whom the magician told at the end of introductions: "You got a bigger round of applause than Robert Goulet!" ... Comedy magician Nathan Burton, advancing through the first round of voting on Wednesday's debut of NBC's "America's Got Talent." Local singer-harpist Kathy Kavanaugh was voted off. ... Longtime "Phantom of the Opera" director Hal Prince, checking out King's comedy magic show at Harrah's on Tuesday. ... Michael Imperioli of "The Sopranos," washing down a lobster sandwich with Macallan Single Malt Highland Scotch Whisky on the rocks Tuesday at the Venus pool at Caesars Palace, before hosting at Pure. In the house: boxing champ Floyd Mayweather and ultimate fighter George St. Pierre.
THE PUNCH LINE
"That's like Jack Daniel's buying Alcoholics Anonymous." -- Jay Leno, on Nestle chocolate buying weight-loss company Jenny Craig.
