Sinsational Celebrity Tales

The Outpost ~ by Les Gapay
It’s Vegas, baby!
There’s something about the town. The feel, the buzz, the energy, the celebrities, the shows, the people watching, the buffets, the slots, the volcano at the Mirage, the lions at MGM Grand, the shark tank at Mandalay Bay, the fountains at the Bellagio, the Elvis impersonators and the Liberace museum …
Every day, to find out what’s going on in town I check out Norm Clarke’s Vegas Confidential column in the Las Vegas Review-Journal. It gives the latest buzz and gossip about celebrities from Paris Hilton and Britney Spears to Pete Rose and Charles Barkley, where to go to eat, what shows are hot and even breaking news about Sin City …
I found it’s best to find out about goings on about town by reading Norm’s column and now his latest book, the light-hearted Vegas Confidential: Sinsational Celebrity Tales, published by Stephens Press.
Norm has the credentials for the book and column. Alan Feldman, head public relations executive for MGM Mirage, says: “Norm’s is the must-read column every morning.”
In a town overflowing with buzz every day, Norm has great access and owns the inside track on what makes the town tick.

Read more here.

Norm always finds the juiciest stories in the City of Sin. This time, he’s spotted details about a potential duel between Las Vegas mayor, Oscar Goodman, and Antoinette “Mafia Princess” Giancana.

Ms. Giancana and Goodman plan to open competing crime syndicate museums on the Strip, Clarke reports.

The “Mafia Princess” may have authentic material from mob families for her museum’s exhibits, but Goodman does not seem to be backing down anytime soon. Oscar Goodman was once a defense lawyer who handled criminal cases for Chicagoan Anthony “Ant” Spilotro – the man rumored to have killed Ms. Giancana’s father.

Click here  to read more! (ABC 7 news article by Chuck Goudie & Ann Pistone, “Momo’s daughter will fight mayor in museum battle”)

Jerry Seinfeld and George Wallace are happy voters!

From Norm’s Vegas Confidential Column November 7, 2008:

The victory party at Jerry Seinfeld’s home in New York City on Election Day had a little something for everyone.

“We were all terribly happy,” said Flamingo headliner George Wallace, Seinfeld’s former roommate.

The celebration “was bigger than New Year’s Eve. We wanted fireworks,” said Wallace, after Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama was declared the winner over Sen. John McCain.

The gathering consisted of a number of old friends of Seinfeld and his wife, Jessica, including “Seinfeld” star Michael Richards.

Wallace said a celebratory voice was heard over the party din when Obama and his wife, Michelle, appeared on the runway with their children for his victory speech at Chicago’s jam-packed Grant Park.

“Oh, that’s my dress!” hollered Cuban-American fashion designer Narciso Rodriguez. The red and black ensemble from Rodriguez’s Spring 2009 Ready-to-Wear collection featured a criss-cross black satin detail, one of Rodriguez’s signature looks.

Another surprise came at the end of Obama’s speech.

“Jerry went ‘that’s my music,’” Wallace said.

It was the theme song from “The Bee Movie,” which was co-created by Seinfeld, who starred in the animated comedy about a bee who rebels against being forced to make honey and files a class action lawsuit against humans.

“This is big,” said Wallace. “It’s big for the world. Did you see how the world reacted? People rejoicing in Kenya, Australia, Hong Kong. To me, it had nothing to do with race. More non-African-Americans put him in office.

“It teaches everybody what an education can do,” said Wallace. “He got to Harvard because of his education. He became a senator through education.”

Wallace said he wouldn’t miss the inauguration for anything.

“Oh yes, I’m going,” he said.