Brooks might get surprising send-off
Garth Brooks may be in for a surprise tonight during the finale of his three-year run at Wynn Las Vegas.
His wife, Trisha Yearwood, who often joins him onstage during his one-man show, is hinting that she has got something up her sleeve.
"Maybe I'll just go out dressed as Cher or something," she told ABC Radio News.
"I should do that. I should go out dressed as Barbra Streisand. I don't know. I should do something."
She said the stay in Las Vegas helped bring out Brooks' humorous side.
"His sense of humor is great, and a lot of people don't know that about him, that he's a goofball, and I think the Vegas show really allowed him to really show a lot of people another side to him."
She added, "I hope he'll take what he's done in Vegas and somehow incorporate that into the big show."
That reference to "the big show" has some Garth watchers interpreting her comment as one of the reasons why Brooks is walking away from the last two years of his five-year deal with Steve Wynn.
Brooks, 50, is reportedly working on a one-man show that is scheduled to be filmed next summer.
When he announced his retirement in October 2000, he said he would remain on the sidelines until his youngest daughter turned 18.
Wynn talked him out of retirement in 2009 by gifting the country superstar a private jet as part of the deal, allowing him attend his daughters' events and get to his Wynn shows on time.
His daughters are now 20, 18 and 16.
THE SCENE AND HEARD
Sports bettor and philanthropist Bill Walters and his wife, Susan, the honorees at the Opportunity Village Camelot fundraiser on Thursday, announced a $1 million donation to the nonprofit at the end of the evening. They have been involved with Opportunity Village for 15 years and built the family campus that bears their name. The Ralph Engelstad family earlier committed $2 million to Opportunity Village, which serves those with intellectual disabilities by raising funds, creating jobs for clients and using celebrity partnerships to raise awareness for the cause. ...
NFL Hall of Famer Gale Sayers signs autographs and takes photos Sunday from 10 a.m. to noon and 5-7 p.m. at the Red Rock Resort sports book.
SIGHTINGS
Andre Agassi, Zappos' Tony Hsieh, chef Michael Mina and Agassi Foundation for Education CEO Steve Miller, dining together at Le Thai, the downtown hot spot, on Tuesday. ... Singer Enrique Iglesias, celebrating at Haze (Aria) on Thursday after attending the Latin Grammy Awards at Mandalay Bay. ... At the Interjet ceremony marking the inaugural flights linking Las Vegas to Toluca, Mexico, on Thursday: Interjet owner Miguel Aleman, reigning Miss Mexico Mariana Berumen, Planet Hollywood founder Robert Earl, former Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman, Mexican Consul Mariano Lemus Gas, Las Vegas personalities Holly Madison and Laura Croft and Otto Merida, president and CEO of the Las Vegas Latin Chamber of Commerce.
THE PUNCH LINE
"The economy is so bad that on the way to work, I saw Phil Jackson holding a sign that said, 'Will coach for food.' " - Jay Leno
Norm Clarke can be reached at 702-383-0244 or norm@reviewjournal.com. Find additional sightings and more online at www.normclarke.com. Follow Norm on Twitter @Norm_Clarke. His weekly segment, "Norm Clarke's Vegas," airs during the "Morning Blend" on KTNV-TV, Channel 13 every Thursday.
