Two Joans getting together on TV
F rank Marino will join comedienne and fashion guru Joan Rivers today on her hit TV show "Fashion Police" on E!.
It will be the "Divas Las Vegas" headliner's first television appearance with Rivers in more than 20 years.
Rivers sued Marino for $5 million in the 1990s to stop him from using her material, but they patched things up.
"I'm so excited to be working alongside Joan again. It will be nice to be in a room with someone that has had more plastic surgery than me," Marino said. "Trust me, it's not easy keeping up with the Joanses."
THE SCENE AND HEARD
Mike Tyson, in an interview Thursday with "Gridlock" hosts Paul Howard, Seat Williams and Ed Graney (KWWN-AM 1100/98.9 FM), said his cellmate during his three-year prison term remains one of his best friends and works for him. Tyson was incarcerated from 1992 to 1995 after being convicted of raping pageant contestant Desiree Washington.
Dao Vu, host of "The Morning Blend" on KTNV-TV, Channel 13, had a craving for funnel cakes, so she headed to the San Gennaro Feast late Wednesday afternoon. She spotted Elton John on an amusement ride with 16-month-old son Zachary and clicked a rare photo.
SIGHTINGS
Star chef Wolfgang Puck, honored Thursday at a Vegas Uncork'd lunch by Bon Appetit marking the 20th year since his first Las Vegas restaurant, Spago, opened in the Forum Shops at Caesars. Often credited with igniting the city's fine-dining revolution, Puck was joined by chefs who have worked for and with him over the years. He also led a saber ceremony in front of Caesars Palace before returning to Los Angeles to cater George Clooney's $40,000-a-plate fundraiser for President Barack Obama. NBA veteran Grant Hill, hosting a birthday celebration at Lavo (Palazzo) for wife Tamia, an R&B singer. They also showed up at Surrender (Encore). Also at Surrender: celebrity chef Bobby Flay, in a bungalow. At Wednesday's opening of the Planet Hollywood restaurant, in the former BOA Steakhouse space: Planet Hollywood founder Robert Earl, Harrah's exec David Hoenemeyer, Stratosphere headliner Frankie Moreno with brothers Tony and Ricky Moreno, Jeff Timmons, Angel Porrino and Tony Hernandez of "Absinthe," Thunder from Down Under, Paul Shortino, Nathan Burton, Ricardo Laguna and Murray SawChuck. Ralph Johnson, a founding member of Earth, Wind & Fire, checking out Catfish Alley restaurant Tuesday on the Strip.
THE PUNCH LINE
"Membership and recruiting of al-Qaida is drying up. Far be it for me to tell terrorists about strategy, but I think membership started to subside when they went to the suicide bomber exploding underpants." - David Letterman
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