Marie Osmond sings for her son
Marie Osmond made a heart-wrenching return to the "Donny & Marie Show" at the Flamingo Tuesday, a day after the funeral of her son, Michael Bryan.
Early in the show she dedicated the opera song "Requiem" to Bryan, 18, and referred to him as her "angel."
After finishing the song, she left the stage. Brother Donny told the crowd "how Marie just got through that opera number I'll never know. I hope you all appreciate what she's going through tonight."
He added, "I admire my sister a lot."
At the end of the tear-filled evening, Donny helped steady Marie when she couldn't finish the final line of a prayer that begins with Donny singing, "May tomorrow be a perfect day."
As they walked to the top of a stairway, Marie sang the line, "May you find love and laughter along the way."
After Donny sang, "May God keep you in his tender care," Marie broke down while trying to close the show with the words, "Until he brings us together again."
Bryan took his own life in Los Angeles Feb. 26 when he leaped from his eighth-floor apartment.
He had battled depression.
A VEGAS SWEEP
XS nightclub at Steve Wynn's Encore was the big winner as Las Vegas swept all seven nightclub categories of the 2010 Nightclub & Bar Awards at the industry convention Tuesday at the Las Vegas Convention Center.
XS won Mega-Club of the Year and New Club of the Year. Tao, at The Venetian, won Nightclub of the Year.
Much-decorated DJ Paul Oakenfold, who joined Rain nightclub at the Palms last year, won Resident DJ of the Year. The Palms also won Single Promotion of the Year for Midsummer Night's Dream.
The Hard Rock Hotel took home the Ongoing Promotion of the Year.
Blush Boutique Lounge at Wynn Las Vegas gave Wynn properties three awards. Blush won for Lounge of the Year.
THE SCENE AND HEARD
The death Monday of Randy Kwasniewski, president and chief operating officer of the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, comes amid rumors of mounting issues and a management shakeup. A source who talked with Kwasniewski last week said he appeared "stressed out ... fatigued and lost a lot of weight." There has been talk that management has been "on thin ice," the source said. The property has been dealing with a challenging transition since Morgans Hotel Group bought it from Peter Morton for $770 million four years ago. ...
NBA veteran and avid snowboarder Al Harrington wants to take a shot at an indoor snow park in Las Vegas. The New York Knicks forward is looking for co-investors, according to the Wall Street Journal. ...
"Jersey Boys," the musical production at the Palazzo, has a new Joe Pesci character. Jonathan Rodriguez, like Pesci, grew up in New Jersey singing. ...
Two upcoming Broadway shows certain to eventually get the attention of Las Vegas entertainment scouts: "The Addams Family" and "Billy Elliott." A longtime Broadway insider tells me "The Addams Family" has a great shot at a Tony Award for best musical.
SIGHTINGS
Local actor Rusty Meyers posted a message on his Facebook page Tuesday that he was filling in last night for the Colonel Tom Parker role in "Viva Elvis" (Aria at CityCenter). He did all the voices for the pirate show at Treasure Island, other than Steve Wynn's. ... New UNLV football coach Bobby Hauck, lunching Monday at the Pink Taco (Hard Rock Hotel) with Steve Stallworth, former UNLV quarterback and the South Point's general manager.
THE PUNCH LINE
"The Academy Awards show was so long this year that they had to keep adding to the montage of dead actors." -- David Letterman
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