Primm ticket was proper, Brady says

Entertainer Wayne Brady has fessed up to driving too fast.

Brady, in an interview with the KMXB-FM, 94.1 morning team of Mark and Mercedes, confirmed getting the speeding ticket near Primm that we reported here Friday.

He's not challenging the ticket, he said.

"I admitted to speeding. I was doing about 80-something, and I was trying to go around this incredibly slow person in front of me. I freely admit it."

He added, "You are no one till you get a speeding ticket in Primm," he said.

Brady, who is appearing at The Venetian, told the deejays he was listening to the Ramones' "I Wanna Be Sedated," which might have contributed to his lead foot.

The lyrics to the song go:

"Just put me in a wheelchair get me to the show

Hurry hurry hurry before I gotta go

I can't control my fingers I can't control my toes."

SPEAKING OF SPEEDING ...

Trouble-prone NFL linebacker Joey Porter isn't too concerned about his latest brush with the law.

The Miami Dolphins free-agent signee told ESPN on Thursday that his misdemeanor citation from Metro for fighting with Cincinnati Bengals offensive lineman Levi Jones was "like a speeding ticket."

But he added that it was no way for a father of four to act and offered an apology to Jones, who claims Porter had his posse jump him in the Palms casino on March 18.

Miami Herald sports columnist Dan LeBatard saw it coming.

Eight days before the Porter-Jones battle, he wrote: "The newest Miami Dolphin has a history that includes being shot in the butt in a drive-by, being three hours late to his own wedding because he was arrested, an ejection for punching a player in the mouth during warmups and an incident that involves two of his mean dogs getting loose and killing a neighbor's miniature horse."

THE SCENE AND HEARD

Nikki Crawford, the Lady of the Lake in "Monty Python's Spamalot" (Wynn), will sing the national anthem Sunday for the NHRA Summitracing.com Nationals at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. ...

Las Vegas filmmakers Zak Bagans and Nick Groff are celebrating their one-year deal with the Sci-Fi Channel/NBC Universal for "Ghost Adventures." Filmed in Nevada's so-called haunted towns, it will air June 1 on the Sci-Fi Network. An overseas shoot of "Ghost Adventures II" is in the works.

HOT SPOTS, COOL STUFF

An open casting call for MTV's "The Real World" will be from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Tuesday at Rain nightclub at the Palms. Applicants must be 18-24 years old and are asked to bring a recent picture of themselves (which will not be returned) and photo ID. Seven characters with "strong personalities" will be chosen. ...

Carmine Gotti, star of the reality TV series "Growing Up Gotti," celebrates his 21st birthday with a party at Pure (Caesars Palace) tonight. ...

Director Joe Carnahan and Jeremy Piven and other cast members of "Smokin' Aces" will attend the launch party of the film's DVD tonight at Revolution (Mirage). They will arrive via red carpet about midnight.

SIGHTINGS

The cast of "Real World Las Vegas," reuniting at their kickoff party Thursday at Moon nightclub (Palms). They begin shooting the reunion episodes next week. ... Steve Schirripa, on "The Tonight Show With Jay Leno" on Thursday, doing his "Steve the Judgmental Bastard" character. Schirripa, who was on the Don Imus show on Wednesday, might have been Imus' last guest. ... Film great Tony Curtis, meeting "Buffalo" Jim Carrier, colorful owner of Allstate Auto & Marine Electric, at Carrier's business. Gene Kilroy, Muhammad Ali's longtime manager, drove Curtis to the business for the meeting. Curtis and Carrier stared at each for so long that Curtis cracked, "We're in awe of each other." Said Carrier, "It was a spiritual moment, being with a legend like that."

THE PUNCH LINE

"It's tax season. Earlier today, Britney Spears checked herself into an H&R Block."-- David Letterman

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