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Siegfried & Roy in talks for show
 Siegfried
& Roy's
return to the stage at next year's "Keep Memory Alive" fundraising event
could end up as a television special.
Larry Ruvo
hinted at a
Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce luncheon at the Rio on Thursday that
exploratory talks have been scheduled with a national cable network.
Siegfried & Roy
announced in February that they will come out of retirement for one
night to help fund the
Lou Ruvo Brain Institute, which is being built downtown. When
completed, it will be a national center for the prevention, early
detection and treatment of Alzheimer's, Parkinson's,
Huntington's, ALS and memory disorders.
Lou Ruvo
was the longtime owner of the Venetian, a popular now-closed Italian
restaurant on Sahara that introduced pizza to
Las Vegas, according to Larry Ruvo, Lou's son.
Larry Ruvo, senior managing director for Southern Wines & Spirits, also
told the crowd of 300 that he's been contacted by a company that owns
one of the powerhouse TV networks. The corporate giant has expressed an
interest in taking a significant funding role in the institute, Ruvo
said.
SPRINGSTEEN
STOPPING HERE?
A Bruce
Springsteen Internet fan site is reporting Springsteen has an Oct.
19 date in Las Vegas at the MGM Grand.
The 24-city tour
is not official, but Backstreets.com, a quasi-official Springsteen site,
usually has reliable information.
Here's the link:
http://www.backstreets.com.
SHOWER POWER
Tommy Lee
and Ludacris are taking part in what is being billed as a
Guinness Book of Records bid for the "world's largest group shower"
Monday at Planet Hollywood Resort.
The event will be
held at the resort's pool to promote water conservation in Las Vegas. As
part of the Discovery Channel's new show "Battleground Earth," Lee and
Ludacris travel across the country to raise awareness about the
essentials of being eco-friendly.
Doors open at
noon, with the shoot taking place shortly thereafter.
Ludacris will be
filming segments for "Battleground Earth" with Toxic Audio at the
V Theatre (Planet Hollywood Resort) at 5:30 p.m.
The Scene And
Heard
Deanna Adler,
the mother of Guns N' Roses drummer Steven Adler, has nearly
completed a tell-all book on her son's rise and fall. Written with her
son's assistance, the book will be titled "No Bed of Roses." She's
putting her Strip-view condo at Regency Towers up for sale and moving
back to Los Angeles to wrap up the book. ...
Kim Cattrall
of "Sex and the City" hosts the invitation only grand opening Tuesday of
The Palazzo pool, from 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. |
