Barbra Streisand at Planet opening

Barbra Streisand will head the entertainment lineup for the Nov. 16-17 grand opening of Planet Hollywood Resort.
Joining her will be political satirist Jon Stewart; Bruce Willis and his band; Earth, Wind & Fire; Sugar Ray; DMC and Big Bad Voodoo Daddy.
Streisand is a major coup for Planet Hollywood founder Robert Earl, who has been privately promising a shocker. She’s become one of the biggest-ticket headliners in the world.
Her two-day Madison Square Garden engagement in 2000 was billed as her farewell, but she has since toured and appeared in Las Vegas a year ago at the MGM Grand.
Stewart, host of Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show,” will open the weekend celebration, with Streisand performing the next night.
Earl’s entertainment lineup is a strong start toward his vow that the weekend will be one of biggest openings held in Las Vegas.
He’s also promised more than 100 big-name red carpet attendees.
KLOK COMING OUT
Dutch illusionist Hans Klok clarifies his sexuality — he’s gay, not bi — in this week’s Q Vegas Magazine.
Klok, who stars with Pamela Anderson in “The Beauty of Magic,” came out in a National Coming Out Day interview.
“I’m proud about who I am,” Klok told Q’s Erica Grimaldo. “I don’t want to lie.”
The magazine hits the newsstands on Thursday and the vegas.com Web site at midnight tonight.
His acknowledgement wasn’t planned, Q magazine editor Corey Burgess said. “It just kind of came out in the interview. The show’s PR company wanted a feature, and it just happened to coincide with National Coming Out Day.”
Klok told Q he’s been out in Europe for years and has had a partner for 16 years. But people had been telling him not to come out in Las Vegas for a couple of years.
The bisexual rumor has been fueled by Klok and Anderson hinting they are romantically involved.
THE SCENE AND HEARD
Tonight’s Halloween headliners: Paris Hilton hosts at LAX Nightclub (Luxor); Criss Angel, at Pure (Caesars Palace), Chippendales hunk Bryan Cheatham, at the annual Beaux Arts Ball at Studio 54 (MGM Grand), and supermodel Tyson Beckford, at The Beatles Revolution Lounge. …
Las Vegas band Panic at the Disco has been laying down tracks on a new album at the Palms recording studios. Others who have recorded there include: Celine Dion, The Killers, Elton John, Lil Jon, music producer Timbaland and Britney Spears, who is getting “best-album-yet” raves from her “Blackout” project. …
Fright Dome, the Halloween-themed venue in the Adventure Dome at Circus Circus, was featured on the Travel Channel’s Sunday special, “Halloween’s Most Extreme.” The special counts down the extreme Halloween attractions and traditions. Fright Dome was No. 3. The show will re-air at 8 tonight. …
ABC auditions for a new game show, “Duel,” from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday at Fashion Show mall. Must be over 18, a U.S. resident and able to spend two weeks on the project. For info, e-mail duelgameshowcasting@ yahoo.com …
We will miss the voice and great humor of our pal, Robert Goulet, who died Tuesday at age 73. R.I.P.
SIGHTINGS
Tony Danza, star of “The Producers” (Paris Las Vegas), cooking up his family Sunday sauce recipe for performers Tuesday at the Eiffel Tower Restaurant. Joining Danza was chef John Joho. … Oscar-winning actor Nicolas Cage, dining with his family at BOA Steakhouse (Forum Shops at Caesars) on Saturday. … Kid Rock, having drinks at Tableau (Wynn) over the weekend. … “Desperate Housewife” Teri Hatcher, having lunch Sunday at Spago Las Vegas in support of the Keep Memory Alive fundraiser for the Lou Ruvo Brain Institute. Lunch with Hatcher netted $150,000 at a charity auction in February. Her group took part in a cooking demo with chefs David Robins and Eric Klein, then dined on Santa Monica Pear Salad, chilled grouper, chilled Maine lobster and pumpkin cheesecake. … Gary Sheffield of the Detroit Tigers, at Tryst (Wynn) on Sunday. … Frankie Muniz of “Malcolm in the Middle,” at the Las Vegas Convention Center on Tuesday for the “Hands on the Wheel” campaign against text messaging. In town for the SEMA Show, he has taken an acting break to race cars and is involved with the Champ Car Atlantic Series. … At Danny Gans’ show tonight to benefit The First Tee of Southern Nevada: Louie Anderson, Lance Burton, Kenny Rankin, George Wallace, Nick Faldo, Bret Saberhagen, Lou Ferrigno, Joe Theisman, KISS guitarist Tommy Thayer, Kate Linder of “The Young and the Restless,” Greg and Mike Maddux, Jake Busey, Cris Judd, Rick Barry, Brian Hunter, Jim Colbert, Stephanie Louden, Dan Jansen, Greg Pruitt and Rollie Fingers.
THE PUNCH LINE
“O.J. stole the equipment.” — From David Letterman‘s Top Ten Colorado Rockies excuses.
Norm Clarke can be reached at (702) 383-0244 or norm@reviewjournal.com. Find additional sightings and more online at www.normclarke.com.