Picture captures show biz history
Ten years ago on Valentine's Day, illusionists Siegfried & Roy met backstage with Oscar-winning actor Jon Voight and his family.
What a difference a decade makes.
Siegfried Fischbacher and Roy Horn, who were at the height of their popularity as one of the most successful acts in Las Vegas entertainment, will say farewell Saturday at Larry Ruvo's 13th annual Keep Memory Alive gala at Bellagio.
A photograph taken that night 10 years ago at Siegfried & Roy's show at The Mirage captured the rare family reunion.
With Voight that night was daughter Angelina Jolie, who was filming "Girl, Interrupted," a role that would win her an Academy Award a year later.
With Jolie was her husband, British actor Jonny Lee Miller, though they were estranged at the time and soon would be divorced.
Also in the picture is Angelina's film-making brother, James Haven, whom she singled out during her Oscar speech, declaring her love for him.
With the group was Angelina and James' mother, Marcheline Bertrand, who had separated from Voight when Angelina was a year old.
Marcheline died two years ago of ovarian cancer.
On May 5, 2000, a couple of months after her Oscar win, Angelina, 24, married fellow Oscar winner Billy Bob Thornton, 44, in Las Vegas at the Little Church of the West.
THE SCENE AND HEARD
Danny DeVito is among the celebrity lineup for the Keep Memory Alive fundraiser. Returnees include Teri Hatcher of "Desperate Housewives," actress Hilary Duff, Steve Schirripa, formerly of "The Sopranos," architect Frank Gehry, and celebrity blogger Robin Leach. The chefs will be Wolfgang Puck, Todd English, Jean-Philippe Maury and Martin Heierling. Making their local debut will be the ladies of Peepshow, which opens for previews March 30 at Planet Hollywood Resort. ...
Bon Jovi has been added to the mix for the big opening week of The New Joint at the Hard Rock Hotel. They are the third band lined up for the weekend. The Killers open the new 4,000-capacity venue on April 17, Paul McCartney follows on April 19 and Bon Jovi on April 24. Tickets go on sale to the general public at noon this Saturday.
SIGHTINGS
Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger and a few of his Super Bowl champion teammates, partying Monday at Jet nightclub inside The Mirage during the nightclub's second annual Crunk Cup Ball. ... NASCAR drivers Tony Stewart and Ryan Newman and their crews watching Carrot Top (Luxor) on Monday, with Joe Balash, NASCAR Nationwide Series director. .... At Coyote Ugly (New York-New York) on Monday: NASCAR driver David Stremme, with friends. ... Actor-director Danny Glover, dining Tuesday night at Twin Creeks restaurant (Silverton). ... Luxor headliner Criss Angel, shooting a gag Tuesday at MGM Grand with Howie Mandel for Howie's "Howie Do It" show on NBC. ... "American Idol" Season 2 finalist Josh Strickland, who originated the role of "Tarzan" on Broadway, at the "Peepshow" cast welcoming party Sunday night at Strip House (Planet Hollywood Resort), along with director and choreographer Jerry Mitchell, who conceived the show. ... "Girls Next Door" star Kendra Wilkinson, filming her new E! reality show at the Palms casino. She filmed a photo shoot for Marc Ecko Cut & Sew in the Hugh Hefner Sky Villa.
THE PUNCH LINE
"(US Airways pilot Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger) was supposed to attend the governor's ball (after the Oscars), but at the last second he veered into the fountain outside the hotel." -- Jimmy Kimmel
Norm Clarke can be reached at (702) 383-0244 or norm@reviewjournal.com. Find additional sightings and more online at www.normclarke.com.
