Little doubt Stefani making run at Zappos Theater
IT seems Gwen Stefani showed her cards at the Zappos Theater on Sunday night. Amid word from the VegasVille entertainment scene that she’s planning a residency at the theater, Stefani posted a backstage photo with Jennifer Lopez after Lopez’s show Sunday night.
Stefani commented, “@ jlo your Vegas show was so good.” Her presence and post reinforce reports from sources during the week that Stefani plans to perform at the former Axis theater, replacing Britney Spears as a recurring headliner there.
However, Caesars Entertainment officials have not issued any announcement of a Stefani residency.
Celebrity journalist and TV personality Perez Hilton (in town over the weekend for the One Night For One Drop charity show at Mandalay Bay) and Us Weekly posted stories Sunday reporting Stefani’s plans to play The Zap. Us Weekly quoted a source as saying, “She went to the show last night to check out the venue she’ll be playing. She was dancing the whole night!”
Stefani, a coach on NBC’S “The Voice,” most recently played the Strip on Aug. 19, 2016, at T-mobile Arena. She was scheduled to co-headline, with Jon Bon Jovi, at the Keep Memory Alive Power of Love Gala at the MGM Grand Garden Arena last April. But she was a late scratch from the program, having suffered a ruptured eardrum during a cross-country flight, and Jennifer Hudson stepped in to save the night.
Lance wades in
Master magician Lance Burton, a headliner at the Monte Carlo from 1996-2010, remains steadfastly retired. But he still performs one-offs in theaters outside Las Vegas. He’s hosting another of his “Lance Burton & Friends” performances March 24 at the Louisville Palace in his original hometown.
Burton also headlined in Iowa last November, a gig he booked at the Des Moines Civic Center after screening his film, “Billy Topit,” at the 2016 Wild Rose Independent Film Festival. Again, he’s joined by fellow stage men Fielding West, Michael Goudeau and Keith West.
For this show, Burton has picked up a guest star, Cody Clark, a young magician who attended the same high school and college as Burton and who happens to be on the autism spectrum, weaving tales about his condition into his act.
In a show benefiting the Kentucky Humane Society, Burton seems to be inching toward the wide, gray chasm between retirement and regular work. But he is not planning to become a full-time headliner again, saying, “This is like going on a fishing trip with my buddies.”
But not goldfish. That’s Mac King’s act.
About that wager
Steven Siegel and Darin Feinstein have effectively taken their dispute over a dodgeball wager to social media. The latest figure made public, by Siegel, is a bracing $125,000.
For dodgeball.
To recap: Feinstein’s Red Mercury team beat Siegel’s collection of Siegel Group staffers March 25 at the After School All-stars charity event at the Bill and Lillie Heinrich YMCA.
It was the third straight victory for Red Mercury. Before the match, both sides agreed the loser would pay $5,000 to the charity. It was Red Mercury’s third consecutive victory over Siegel, and Feinstein’s crowing about the winning streak led Siegel Group Senior Vice President Michael Crandall to challenge Feinstein’s team to a $100,000 rematch. The loser would pay that, plus the original $5,000 prize, to the After School All-stars.
Feinstein re-issued his $50,000 offer, which was in place before the Feb. 25 match, which was conditional on Siegel’s personal participation . This is where it gets knotty: Siegel does not play dodgeball because of a chronic shoulder injury. But Feinstein re-posted a video of Siegel, a well-built guy and well-known gym rat, performing squats.
Feinstein commented, “Ouch, lol. Shoulder looks shot,” and tagged me just to make sure I read that jab. Siegel answered, “Last time I checked, this is doing legs.”
The kicker: Siegel added, “But I agree to play now with my bad shoulder for $125K.”
Now it’s a whole thing. Feinstein says he’s not budging from his original $50,000 offer, contingent on Siegel playing on the court. On Monday he said he’s not moving from that number. We’ll keep you posted and keep the balls in the air, as it were.
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