Shanna Moakler threw a party at Light to celebrate her divorce.
One month after opening on the Strip, Gordie Brown has landed on "Late Show With David Letterman."
The big night will be Nov. 15, when Brown, the new headliner at The Venetian, gets four minutes as part of Impressionist Week on the CBS show.
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Brown's manager, Bernie Yuman, recently informed Brown just before he went on stage of the new theater at The Venetian.
"Talk about an added rush," said Brown, who will be making his late-night debut. "I'm still smiling."
In September, Ronn Lucas was selected for one of the spots during Letterman's Ventriloquist Week.
Brown is working with his friend Bruce Fine on what material to go with for the golden opportunity.
He's leaning toward the golf or guitar sketches, which feature well-known personalities such as Garry Shandling, Chris Rock and Jim Carrey. Brown said he may have a surprise or two.
Brown is well-known in Canada, where he grew up and appeared as the lead character in a 1999 TV drama entitled "Twice In A Lifetime." In it, he played an angel who got to fight for a person who had died but was granted a second chance to turn around his or her life.
Brown got his start in Las Vegas when he auditioned for "Melinda: First Lady of Magic" in 1988. He was hired by the Saxe family, which produced the show, as guest performer.
Brown and David Saxe became best friends, and Saxe was best man at Brown's wedding.
THE SCENE AND HEARD
Elena Batman, who plays Carlotto the prima donna in "Phantom: The Las Vegas Spectacular" (Venetian), had her own cheering section during Friday's show. Two buses carrying more than 60 of her former professors and alumni from Northern Colorado University in Greeley, Colo., showed up to support the NCU grad and Greeley native. More than a dozen local alums and fly-ins also turned out for the show. The group planned the visit around the school's College of Performing Arts' annual meeting.
SIGHTINGS
Jim Edmonds of the world champion St. Louis Cardinals, enjoying a steak at N9ne (Palms), not far from a table where Detroit Tigers pitchers Jason Verlander and Nate Robertson were getting over their World Series setback in the company of NewYork Yankees slugger Gary Sheffield. At another table: Mo Vaughn. ... At the Playboy Club and Moon nightclub (Palms): Suge Knight, actor Chazz Palminteri, Jason Hervey of "The Wonder Years" and Sheffield and Verlander. At ghostbar (Palms): ultimate fighting champ Chuck Liddell and Ed Lover, former MTV veejay. ... Shanna Moakler, gasping at the arrival of a pink multitiered cake at her divorce party on Friday night at Light (Bellagio). Atop the cake was a defiant bride and a bloodied groom. She was overheard saying that she might develop a reality show featuring divorce parties after nasty breakups. Back for a second night in a row: Tiger Woods, Michael Jordan and Charles Oakley. Charles Barkley was also in the foursome. ... At Social House (Treasure Island) on Friday: Jenny McCarthy, Kevin Dillon of "Entourage," Jonathan Davis and Fieldy Arvizu of Korn, and Hervey. Later, as Friday's host at Pure, Dillon hung out with friends on the terrace. Also on the terrace: Criss Angel and NASCAR driver Kevin Harvick. ... Dave Navarro, at Tryst (Wynn) with a buxom galpal. ... Actress Elisha Cuthbert, with three galpals at Tao (Venetian) on Friday, not far from Shawn Wayans' table, where comedian Anthony Anderson paid a visit. Earlier, Cuthbert and her friends attended "Love" (Mirage). ... Don Marrandino, president of Harrah's and the Flamingo, getting a rosary tattoo Friday at Vince Neil Ink (O'Shea's), the first tattoo shop inside a casino on the Strip.
THE PUNCH LINE
"(Mel Gibson) got an award yesterday from the L.A.-based Latin Business Association. They were honoring him for making his latest film, 'Apocalypto,' which has an all-Hispanic cast. And for his lifelong contribution to the tequila industry." -- Jimmy Kimmel
