Even parrots like getting the scoop from Las Vegas’ gossip guru. I suppose it’s only natural that they’d be attuned to tweets. You can follow Norm too, here.

A great inside look at the life of Sin City’s very own Ace Insider, Norm Clarke.

Forbes.com, 3.1.10
Writing up gossip in Sin City is the Wild West of entertainment beats. Norm Clarke is the sheriff.

How has Tiger Woods handled the gossip media?
His press conference made it clear that Tiger still thinks he’s calling the shots on this story. What we learned is that he’s a control freak. Two-and-a-half years ago I got a tip that Tiger had a girlfriend. My reaction was: Is she blond? If you can’t tell me with certainty it’s not his wife, I can’t run it.
What probably foreshadowed all this was Tiger hanging out with Charles Barkley and Michael Jordan. The chicks were lined up 10-deep around those guys. That’s a lot of temptation to give up. But when you have a wife and two kids, the fact he did this for so long, having unprotected sex with all these skanky women, is incredible even to us hardened gossip columnists.

Read the rest of Norm’s Forbes interview here.

The Outpost

Read more here.

Norm recaps:
Regis: “In our audience today is a guy who has been here many, many years now, covering the news, the entertainment news, and it’s like a column from the old days when Walter Winchell and all those guys were banging out material. And this is the place to go, all this material. And it’s Norm Clarke, right over here. There he is, right there. He does a great job.”
Kelly: “Where is Norm? (peering into the crowd) … behind the camera.” (a boom camera had just swung out at the start of the show, sort of obscuring our view)
Regis: “NORRRRRM Confidential!”
Kelly: “We got Norm some great seats, right behind the camera.”
Regis: (holding his hands up in front of him like a bear baring its claws) “Be nice to Norm or he’ll ruin you in his column tomorrow.”

When Cara and I went backstage, Regis and Kelly spent about 10 minutes with us. I thanked them for the incredibly kind gesture. Regis said, “I’m not kidding. The first thing I do when I get to Las Vegas is read your column.”
I was told later by a Wynn PR rep that it was Regis’ idea, after hearing I wanted to visit them backstage.
It certainly made my day/week/month/year – being schmoozed by an old pro.

The show aired on Tuesday, November 24th.

Tony and Norm: Photo by Megan Edwards, Living Las Vegas

Mention “Bernard Schwartz” and few ears turn to listen, but utter “Tony Curtis” and the four-syllable namesake makes heads turn. Tony Curtis, born Bernard Schwartz, has appeared in over 100 movies with talented stars including Marilyn Monroe and Burt Lancaster.

Our own Norm Clarke had the pleasure of interviewing the spunky film star at the Clark County Library Flamingo branch on Sunday. Over 400 people filled the library theatre (including overflow seating) for this anticipated event. Following a private reception, Curtis answered Norm’s questions with a twinkle in his eye and the dramatic flair of a true Hollywood actor.

An Engaging Conversation: Photo by Megan Edwards, Living Las Vegas

From inside a coffin for his first film to the dance floor beside Yvonne DiCarlo, Curtis spoke with Clarke about his intriguing adventures in his newest book, a memoir entitled American Prince. To the crowd’s delight, Curtis even rose out of his wheelchair to demonstrate his dance moves. Aside from half-jokingly identifying himself as the best on-set kisser (in answer to a question from Clarke), Curtis named Cary Grant and Marilyn Monroe as the actors he admired most.

Once an icon whose very hairstyle was imitated by Elvis Presley, Tony Curtis now spends his time painting and basking in the success of his Hollywood years. After a standing ovation, over 200 people waited in line to have their copies of Curtis’ memoir American Prince, and Norm’s Sinsational Celebrity Tales signed. With the entertaining conversation between Curtis and Clarke and the hard work of the library staff, this event was sensational, to say the least!

The venerable Tattered Cover in Denver (one of the finest indie bookstores in America) recently hosted a signing for our own Norm Clarke and his newest title, Sinsational Celebrity Tales. Authors on Tour recorded his comments and you can listen to him HERE. Norm shares the background on his biggest stories including crashing the Review-Journal servers on the $200 steaks in Vegas story; Britney’s wedding/annulment dinner at N9NE Steakhouse at the Palms, and the infamous bitch-slap from Pete Rose objecting to Norm adding him to the top ten worst tippers list in his first book. A fun look at the world of celebrity gossip from the inside — and according to Norm, the celebs never fail to deliver story leads, day after day in Sin City.

SIGHTINGS
Steve Wynn and his girlfriend, Andrea Hissom, attending a birthday party for the wife of South African hotel and gambling magnate Sol Kerzner at The Dorchester in London on Saturday night. Also in attendance: Sarah Ferguson, Simon Le Bon and Geri Halliwell. … Famous sisters Joan and Jackie Collins, meeting with Cher backstage after her show Tuesday at Caesars Palace.

SIGHTINGS
Steve Wynn and his girlfriend, Andrea Hissom, attending a birthday party for the wife of South African hotel and gambling magnate Sol Kerzner at The Dorchester in London on Saturday night. Also in attendance: Sarah Ferguson, Simon Le Bon and Geri Halliwell. … Famous sisters Joan and Jackie Collins, meeting with Cher backstage after her show Tuesday at Caesars Palace.