Bette Midler "Miss Divine" is utterly dedicated to being Ms. Las Vegas although her show doesn't open until February 2008. Midler plans to spend a lot of time here before then. Her recently released album, Bette Midler Sings The Rosemary Clooney Songbook and Bette Midler Sings the Peggy Lee Songbook which were both nominated for Grammys, are 2 classics which will go down in history. One of the key questions in talking to Midler is how to pursue a career. "Discipline is the most important thing. I don't know, it's a different generation now then when I was brought up. You definitely need energy and imagination, but more then anything you need Discipline."

According to Midler this is the biggest show she has put together yet and that "You have to be careful and cautious and don't throw in the kitchen sink." She added, "I don't have to pick up and move now that's the wonderful part of it and now I have got 2 years to try all of these great restaurants in Las Vegas." There will be a complete transformation of the Colosseum to accommodate Ms. Midler's show which is scheduled to premier February 20, 2008.

Planet Hollywood Brings Hollywood To Las Vegas
Bruce Willis is certainly one of the top box office draws in Hollywood. He means business when he says "Planet Hollywood's grand party in September will be the biggest thing to ever hit Las Vegas." Willis, who seemed to be very relaxed at the sneak preview, was with his partner Robert Earl, the CEO of Planet Hollywood. When asked if he was going to do another music album, he smiled and said "Maybe?" After a long introduction of various restaurants, the media was surprised when three great sport legends where introduced. They were boxing great Sugar Ray Leonard, one of the best baseball players of our time, Roger Clemens and Career Grand Slam record holder, Pete Sampras. Shortly after the press conference we were given a tour of the hotel which started with the "Extra" lounge. This is where "Extra" does all their national broadcasts when they are in Las Vegas in addition to other media doing their interviews also. There is no question that Hollywood premiers will be a big part of Planet Hollywood. Bruce Willis and Robert Earl both assured me that the premiers at Planet Hollywood will be much like those in Hollywood.

While in the "Extra" lounge I interviewed Sugar Ray Leonard about his participation with Planet Hollywood's and his thoughts about Oscar De La Hoya and Floyd Mayweather Jr. "I met Robert Earl a few years ago, We had a great time at Planet Hollywood over at Caesars Palace. When they considered taking over the "Aladdin" and rebuilding it they contacted me about their sports projects, It's Been a great business relationship," said Leonard. On the two fighters Leonard states "Oscar is a true champion, he doesn't have the speed that Mayweather has so he has got to definitely work on his body to break him down, on the other hand, Mayweather's speed is what can cause a knock out and especially build up points, either way this championship fight is a great plus for boxing."

Will Power Winner of the Vegas Grand Prix Salutes Race Course
Will Power in the No. 5 car (Team Australia) said he is a better driver after driving throughout downtown Las Vegas, in what is said to be one of the best street courses in the world. The street course has a lot of passing zones, that's what makes racing exciting and that is what the fans want." He continues, "In Europe the Grand Prixs have more areas where you can go off the course and get back into the race without damaging your car. In Vegas you have got to watch out for the cement walls and the streets are not as smooth which makes for a great challenge in racing." Robert Doorbus in car No. 14 (Team Menardi) won second place and Paul Tracy in car No. 3 (Forsythe Championship Racing) took 3rd place.

Bradley Yanover of DDB Ventures, is known for producing Oscar nominated movies and Dale Jensen, owner of the Arizona Diamond Backs MLB Team and partner in the NBA Phoenix Suns are the promoters of the Vegas Grand Prix and also in Phoenix Arizona. "We couldn't be happier with this first event, it's only going to be getting better."

During the weekend of festivities we caught up with some celebrities who played poker at Binion's Bullpen at Binion's Gambling Hall and Hotel. Mimi Rogers, who had a brief marriage to Tom Cruise, certainly has proven that she is one of the busiest actress in Hollywood. Rogers who plays Texas Hold'em started at age 7. When asked if playing poker was as hard as reading a script, she stated, "A script is second nature to me but Texas Hold'em takes a lot of skill and concentration." Rogers is currently working on "Storm Cell" with Ryan Kennedy and Elyse Levesque. Other celebrities who attended the tournament were Cheech Marin, Johnny Chan, etc.

Pearl Concert Hall Is A Gem
George Maloof and his associates have done it again! Maloof has created a state-of-the-art concert hall that has great sound unlike any I have heard—no matter where you sit. The concert hall which opened recently to a sold-out crowd of 2,700 with a red carpet event of the Who's Who in music. Gwen Stefani who opened the venue performed a knock out show with such hits as "The Sweet Escape," and "4 in the Morning." At the close of her show she got a standing ovation and came back for 3 encores.

VARIETY THE CHILDREN'S CHARITY
On September the 1st, Saturday, the stars will come out to celebrate a fundraiser, for Variety the Children's Charity, in conjunction with Peter Allman's birthday. The event will be held at Ruth's Chris Steakhouse on Paradise Road in Las Vegas. Some of the celebrities scheduled to attend include; Clint Holmes, Steve Rossi, Marty Allen, Tom Hallack, T. Fox, Eddie Mekka, just to mention a few.

For more information call 702-265-9099 or email allman@celebrityscene.com.

Until then, keep your visions positive, and keep positive people around you.