A Carl's Jr. commercial with the Maloof brothers has caused a stir.
The new Carl's Jr. $6,000 burger commercial featuring the Maloof brothers in a Palms suite is not going down well in Sacramento, Calif.
The ad, unveiled last week in one of the Sky Villas in the Palms' new Fantasy Tower, is causing a stir, in part, because of its timing.
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It shows the Maloof brothers, who own the Sacramento Kings, washing down the Carl's Jr. Six Dollar Burgers "with a bottle of Bordeaux wine that's the price of a used Hyundai," according to a Sacramento Bee business reporter.
The Maloof brothers, the story line goes, "were flaunting their wealth at the same time they're asking local voters to help pay for a new Kings arena. Talk shows were buzzing and press conferences were denouncing the campaign's appropriateness."
The Maloofs are facing an uphill fight in the Nov. 7 election. Sacramento County voters are being asked to pass a quarter-cent sales tax to raise $600 million for a new sports and entertainment facility and another $600 million for community projects throughout the county.
Negotiations for the new arena have been at an impasse for months, and there was no movement during last week's meeting between the Maloofs and city officials.
TRAFFIC TALENT
KTNV-TV, Channel 13 has whittled down 250 entries for an on-air traffic reporter to five finalists: Shawn Tempesta, Joscelyn Cook, Kim Smith, Beth Monk and Wendy Lee Curtis.
Monk, a radio traffic reporter for the KKLZ-FM morning show, made headlines this year when she became the first person to be cited under a new city law that makes feeding the homeless illegal.
All five will do on-air traffic reports between 6 a.m. and 7 a.m. this week with Mark Pfister and Captain Paul.
Voting will take place at the end of the week.
THE SCENE AND HEARD
Khoury's Fine Wine & Spirits in Henderson received a VIP rush order late Saturday. A member of Elton John's entourage was on the telephone, requesting that a bottle of 40-year-old Honduras rum be immediately delivered to Guy Savoy Restaurant at Caesars Palace. ...
Bill Champlin and other members of the band Chicago will join the local group Santa Fe tonight at The Lounge at the Palms. It's guest artist night and there's no charge. ...
Fans of the "Second City" cast at Flamingo Las Vegas will recall Kay Cannon. She left a couple of years ago when her boyfriend, and now husband, Jason Sudeikis, joined "Saturday Night Live." Kay has been hired as a writer for "30 Rock," the NBC show starring former "SNL" head writer Tina Fey.
SIGHTINGS
Paris Hilton and illusionist Criss Angel, doing a pole dance together at Jet (The Mirage) on Saturday, when the deejay played her song "When Stars Are Blind." From there, they headed off to Body English (Hard Rock Hotel) and the Empire Ballroom with her new beau, James Neate, and Jeff Beacher. Also at Body English: actor Jason Statham and Billy Corgan of Smashing Pumpkins. ... Pauly Shore, shouting out to the crowd on the mic much of the night at Tao (The Venetian) on Saturday and chatting up Corgan, who was making the rounds. ... At the Playboy Club and Moon nightclub on Saturday at the Palms: Steve Wynn, Amare Stoudemire of the Phoenix Suns and former Suns star Dan Majerle, the rock band System of a Down and NFL quarterback Jay Fiedler. ... Penn Jillette, officiating at the vow renewal ceremony for Twisted Sister's Dee Snider and wife Suzette on Saturday at The Joint (Hard Rock Hotel). ... Pride fighter Phil Baroni, hosting an after-fight party Saturday at Pure (Caesars Palace) for many of the fighters. ... Raymond Jones, former cast member of "Erocktica" (Rio) in the audience at Sunday's final show after flying in from Nashville to show his support. He sang opposite lead Gabriella Versace before his recent move to Nashville, Tenn.
THE PUNCH LINE
"The opening credits include the word 'Hasselhoff.'" -- From David Letterman's Top Ten Signs Your Television Show is Going to Be Canceled
