Jacobs yet to leave TV reporting job
KSNV-TV, Channel 3 entertainment reporter Alicia Jacobs insisted on Friday her status at the station remains unchanged but acknowledged she's been in "discussions" with management for some time.
In her first statement to the media, Jacobs said "several productive meetings" have been held and "many exciting things were discussed."
Her comments were in response to a report by Review-Journal Medialogy columnist Steve Bornfeld, who wrote that Jacobs and the station were parting company.
Bornfeld based his story on "a high-placed source" at the station. Whether Jacobs is leaving on her own terms or the station's wasn't clear, he wrote.
"No decisions made," Jacobs said in an email late Friday afternoon. "My station and I are in no hurry to decide anything, so I will take a bit of time to decide what is best."
She said Bornfeld's accounts were "completely inaccurate," adding "these discussions have been in the works for quite some time."
According to station sources, Jacobs was called in for meetings after Las Vegas police charged Mötley Crüe lead singer Vince Neil with battery domestic violence and disorderly on Tuesday.
Jacobs pressed charges against Neil after he stated he never touched her during a March 24 incident at the Shimmer Cabaret. Neil and Jacobs had split a week earlier.
Jacobs' first comments about Bornfeld's report showed up on her Twitter site Thursday. She tweeted, "Thank u 4 all the very kind tweets & texts about my rumored departure from ch 3. I assure u, Ive made no decision. Keep u posted. All good."
'VEGAS DOZEN' SALUTE
A music legend and a homegrown NFL superstar are among the 2011 "Vegas Dozen" honorees to be saluted Wednesday at Fashion Show Mall. The event, sponsored by Saks Fifth Avenue and a benefit for the Nevada Cancer Institute, celebrates locals who "exemplify great personal and professional commitment to the community."
Joining Carlos Santana, the first resident headliner at the Hard Rock Hotel, and Steven Jackson, an All-Pro running back with the St. Louis Rams: KLUC-AM 98.5 deejay Chet Buchanan; art collector and philanthropist Patrick Duffy; Myron Martin, president and CEO of The Smith Center for the Performing Arts; Neil Moffit, CEO, Angel Management Group; Jim Rogers, owner, KSNV-TV Channel 3; Michael Shulman, philanthropist; attorney Leonard Stone; longtime UNLV basketball coach Jerry Tarkanian; John Unwin, CEO, The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas; and Dana White, president, Ultimate Fighting Championship.
Emceeing the event, which takes place at 6 p.m. at Saks Fifth Avenue, will be Mercedes Martinez of MIX 94.1's Mark and Mercedes radio show.
THE SCENE AND HEARD
Hotspots and cool stuff: Fifi, the world's only flight-worthy Boeing B-29, will highlight this weekend's second annual Legends Over the Colorado Fly-In at the Laughlin-Bullhead International Airport in Bullhead City, Ariz. ...
Correction: The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society of Southern Nevada Golf Tournament at South Shore Golf Club at Lake Las Vegas is being held on Monday.
SIGHTINGS
Wayne Newton, opening the 60th birthday party of longtime attorney Jim Jimmerson with "Please Release Me" on Friday at The Palm (Caesars Palace). Among the 260 invitees: Steve Wynn and fiance Andrea Hissom, Mayor Oscar Goodman and wife Carolyn, Larry Ruvo (regretting he picked Friday to take his arm out of a sling as he gingerly navigated through the crowd), Sig Rogich, former Gov. Robert Miller, Mark and Jane Schorr, and numerous judges and former clients. ... CBS late-night host Craig Ferguson, marrying "co-host" Geoff the gay robot Friday in a mock ceremony at the Little White Chapel, including strippers, a leprechaun and Elvis impersonator/ minister Jesse Garon. It will air Thursday.
THE PUNCH LINE
"New York lawmakers are deciding if corn should be the official state vegetable. Yeah, because when people come to New York, their first thought is, 'I gotta try this corn.' " -- Jimmy Fallon
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