Oprah summons LV impersonator

Larry Edwards, a longtime Tina Turner impersonator, is over the moon, and his feet won't be touching earth any time soon.

He received a call Tuesday from Oprah Winfrey's producer informing him that he will be among some tribute artists who have been invited to be part of the show Oprah is taping with Turner and Cher.

The producers told Edwards, a fixture for years in "An Evening at LaCage" at the Riviera, they want a "very Vegas" show featuring faux Tinas and Chers.

The show will air on CBS on May 8.

PUPPY LOVE

Timing is everything. Ask Alicia Jacobs, KVBC-TV, Channel 3 entertainment reporter.

She was interviewing Donny Osmond in a Flamingo suite on Monday when her cell phone went off.

Osmond immediately recognized the ringtone, put an arm around Jacobs and starting singing her the lyrics of "Puppy Love," his big hit of 1972, when he was 14.

Jacobs, a dog lover, had the ringtone installed to remind her of the nickname of her miniature dachshund, Bojangles, after Sammy Davis Jr.'s classic.

THE SCENE AND HEARD

Local model Sarah Larson generated some early buzz at the AFAN AIDS Walk on Sunday. Just before the event started, George Clooney's galpal came on stage at the World Market Center and made a $25,000 donation. Event hosts Penn & Teller matched their walk team's fundraising efforts with a donation of $50,500, bringing the Rio headliners' total to $101,000. More than 7,500 walk participants raised more than $500,000. ...

That Enormous Norm-a-thon benefit for Mary Kaye Trio co-founder Norman Kaye raised almost $20,000, thanks to the 34 entertainers who put on a memorable show for 700 at The Orleans. Kaye, the last surviving member of the legendary lounge group, recently suffered a stroke and faces some serious financial issues. The Orleans picked up the tab for more than $10,000 in costs...

Former Las Vegas photographer Don Pack died last week in St. George, Utah. He was 70. Pack was working as a photographer in Los Angeles in the early 1960s when he captured one of most enduring photos of the "Rat Pack." He moved to Las Vegas in 1994 and St. George in 2004.

SIGHTINGS

Andy Roddick and James Blake, among a group of tennis pros Monday at Jet (Mirage) for a bachelor party for tennis colleague Mardy Fish. Fish is marrying Stacey Gardner, a briefcase-holding model on the NBC hit gameshow "Deal or No Deal." Roddick was recently engaged to Sports Illustrated swimsuit model Brooklyn Decker. ... Rap pioneer Tone Loc, rocking the house at Jet (Mirage) on Monday with his two biggest hits, "Wild Thang" and "Funky Cole Medina." ... NFL Hall of Famer Thurman Thomas, dining with friends at N9NE Steakhouse (Palms) on Monday night. ... Boxing referee Joe Cortez, in the crowd at Bootlegger Bistro on Sunday, taking in a special appearance by former local headliner Bob Anderson, who joined host Dennis Bono in a duet. Cortez reffed the Joe Calzaghe-Bernard Hopkins title bout Saturday at Thomas & Mack Center.

THE PUNCH LINE

"Everyone's still talking about the pope's visit to Yankee Stadium. After the Mass, the Yankees retired Roman numeral XVI." -- David Letterman

Norm Clarke can be reached at (702) 383-0244 or norm@reviewjournal.com. Find additional sightings and more online at www.normclarke.com.