Elizabeth Taylor arrives at her 75th birthday party on Tuesday at the Ritz-Carlton at Lake Las Vegas. Photo by Jane Kalinowsky.

Several Las Vegas offers are among proposals Michael Jackson is "reviewing and evaluating," his spokeswoman said Tuesday.

Raymone K. Bain issued a statement, she said, to refute rumors that he can't find work in Las Vegas and that he will appear or perform on "American Idol."

"Mr. Jackson has been presented numerous proposals -- proposals which he has not solicited, but were presented to him, several of which include performing in Las Vegas," Bain said in a press release. "Mr. Jackson is currently reviewing and evaluating each proposal. He does not believe that he is under any time constraint for making his decisions."

She added, "Mr. Jackson did not move to Las Vegas to shop a Vegas show. Mr. Jackson is in Las Vegas because he likes the city and found it a convenient location to record with the artists, songwriters and producers who are working with him in the studio."

MOVING TO LAS VEGAS

Oscar winner Nicolas Cage has purchased a second home in Las Vegas, this one an $8.5 million, seven-bedroom mansion in Spanish Hills Estates subdivision, according to a real estate Web site.

It's the second home purchased by Cage, who won his Oscar in 1996 for "Leaving Las Vegas," in the Las Vegas area in the past year. He paid $2.5 million a year ago for one in the same subdivision.

The newest purchase includes a 16-car garage, according to bergproperties.com. Cage owns dozens of cars.

THE SCENE AND HEARD

Former Las Vegas headliner David Cassidy has a tell-all memoir coming out in Britain next week, according to MSNBC entertainment columnist Jeannette Walls.

Titled "Could It Be Forever," the book covers Cassidy's drug use and sexcapades, including an encounter with Italian icon Gina Lollobrigida, who wanted to see if a certain rumor was true. ...

Frankie Scinta's emergency eye surgery on Monday has canceled The Scintas show at the Sahara until Monday, barring complications. The surgery was successful, and Scinta is resting comfortably. ...

On this day in 1984: Michael Jackson won a record eight Grammys, bettering Roger Miller's six in 1965.

SIGHTINGS

Film legend Elizabeth Taylor, at the Ritz-Carlton (Lake Las Vegas) to celebrate her 75th birthday with friends. Preceding her on the red carpet were Siegfried & Roy, Steve and Elaine Wynn, and Debbie Reynolds and her daughter, Carrie Fisher. Eddie Fisher divorced Reynolds to marry Taylor in1959. Accompanying Taylor were her children, Michael Wilding, Christopher Wilding, Elizabeth Todd and Maria Burton. ... Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger, getting his speed fix with friends at Fast Track Indoor Go-Kart Racing on Tuesday. Monday, he and his pals checked out "BODIES...The Exhibition" at the Tropicana. ... MTV star Andy Milonakis, ad-libbing a rap song on the mic at Jet (Mirage) on Monday. ... Tennis player Benjamin Becker, filming a Tennis Channel interview at the Hofbräuhaus Las Vegas on Monday night. ... At Joe's Seafood, Prime Steak & Stone Crab (Forum Shops at Caesars) Monday night: Latin singing superstar Luis Miguel and friends at one table and star chef Mario Batali, with his business partner and famed restaurateur and Italian Wine guru Joe Bastianich, at another.

THE PUNCH LINE

"This just in: President Bush has now promised that we will be out of the Academy Awards by 2010." -- David Letterman

Norm Clarke can be reached at 383-0244 or norm@reviewjournal.com