Cast members of Love, the Cirque du Soleil show at The Mirage, perform today on "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno."
Photo by Jeff Scheid.
The wedding band Elvis Presley slipped on Priscilla's finger at their 1967 Las Vegas wedding is on the auction block.
Elvis had the band decorated with eight baguette-cut diamonds within a border of sixteen fill-cut diamonds.
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The 40th anniversary of the wedding, which took place at the original Aladdin, will be April 1.
Auction organizers expect the ring to fetch between $100,000 and $150,000.
It is among the collection of celebrity memorabilia on display for the next three weeks at the Aladdin/Planet Hollywood, culminating with the Dec. 14-15 auction.
Other items including jewelry worn by Marilyn Monroe in "Some Like It Hot," Charlton Heston's costume from "Ben Hur," the blue velvet jacket worn by Mike Myers in "Austin Powers," and costumes worn by John Wayne and the Lone Ranger.
THE SCENE AND HEARD
NBA Commissioner David Stern will tip off All-Star Week as the keynote speaker at a Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce luncheon on Feb. 14 at the Four Seasons Hotel. Tickets for the event ($50 for members, $65 for nonmembers) can be purchased by calling the chamber at 641-5822, option 2. ...
Las Vegas headiners are all over late-night television tonight: 17 dancers and acrobats from "Love," the Cirque du Soleil-Beatles show at The Mirage, are live in-studio on "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno." Over at CBS, Gordie Brown, who opened last month at The Venetian, is on "The Late Show with David Letterman" as part of Impressionists Week. ...
Turnout shouldn't be a problem at the Global Gaming Expo today when the models unveil the 2007 cocktail outfits for the local nightclubs at the Las Vegas Convention Center. ...
Amazing Johnathan's Comedy Central special "Wrong on Every Level" premiers Saturday at 10 p.m., with repeats at midnight Saturday, midnight Monday and 2 a.m. Tuesday. ...
Chaka Khan will be the first special guest to perform at Prince's 3121 club at the Rio when she takes the stage tonight. The eight-time Grammy Award winner is best known for her 1984 cover of Prince's "I Feel for You" and "I Am Every Woman," which hit No. 1 on the R&B charts in 1978. ...
Relish this: the Oscar Mayer Wienermobile will be parked near the valet area at Imperial Palace today from noon to 2 p.m. It's in town to promote Oscar Mayer's "Sing the Jingle -- Be a Star" contest, which has three Las Vegans among the 20 finalists. The local trio: Austin Monk, 10-year-old son of former KQOL-FM 93.1 morning duo Monk & Kelly; Mya Constantino and Lexi Price. Vote at the Web site: www.singthejingle.com.
SIGHTINGS
Michael Douglas, at the best table in the house at Ivan Kane's Forty Deuce (Mandalay Bay) on Monday, and leaving with a bag of swag for his wife, Catherine Zeta-Jones. ... Priscilla Presley, Lisa Marie Presley and her daughter, Danielle, 17, at Social House (Treasure Island) with pop singer Ryan Cabrera on Monday night. ... Houston Astros All-Star third baseman Morgan Ensberg, working out Monday at the Bellagio Fitness Center, while staying at Bellagio. ... Denver Broncos wide receiver Javon Walker, leaving a $1,000 tip after partying at Jet (Mirage) on Monday with teammate Champ Bailey and Steve Sands of the Golf Channel. ... Baseball Hall of Famer Ozzie Smith, dining at Morton's on Monday night.
THE PUNCH LINE
"Britney has already cut him off financially -- she even had two of his gold teeth extracted." -- Jimmy Kimmel
Norm Clarke can be reached at 383-0244 or norm@reviewjournal.
