Monday, Feb. 23, 2004 | 10:34 a.m.
"Vegas Live! With Clint Holmes and Sheena Easton" was not aired this morning, and will be off the Las Vegas ONE (Cox cable channels 1 and 19) schedule for at least the next two weeks.
Las Vegas ONE General Manager Bob Stoldal has a meeting scheduled for today with the show's producers about its future on the station.
A decision was made to temporarily pull the show because it is "no longer in production," and the station did not want to air "second- and third-run repeats," according to Stoldal. He and co-producer Howard Lefkowitz both said production has ceased because the show wants to move to a studio that can accommodate a live audience.
"We have gifted and talented hosts who can talk as well as sing and the show needs an audience for them -- and our guests -- to play off of," Lefkowitz said this morning.
KVVU Channel 5 General Manager Susan Lucas told VegasBeat on Friday that she had been negotiating with Lefkowitz and Garson and that her station is prepared to air the show starting next month.
The producers see a KVVU connection as a possible first step to the show being broadcast nationwide on its sister Fox and Meredith Broadcasting stations.
"I don't know when we're going back to do the show again, and I don't know what studio we're going to go back to," Holmes told us Sunday night. "But I do know that there are a lot of things in motion and all of them are good."
Slipping a Mickey
Enrique who?
Tennis goddess Anna Kournikova did not have her usual companion, singer Enrique Iglesias, by her side when she traipsed down the red carpet at Caramel (Bellagio) before attending the second anniversary party for the club Light on Saturday night.
She was on the arm of thespian and pugilist Mickey Rourke.
Neither was talking about what kind of a relationship they have, but there was clearly something going on.
Kournikova, who was featured in the recent Sports Illustrated 40th anniversary swimsuit issue, spent much of the hour she and Rourke were at Caramel sitting on his lap as they chatted with guests Mark Wahlberg, David Arquette, Leonardo DiCaprio, Luke Wilson, Lukas Haas, Pete Yorn and Tobey Maguire.
The Russian-born beauty and the "9 1/2 Weeks" star did not talk with Demi Moore and Ashton Kutcher, who stayed mainly on the other side of the lounge. They also missed Nicky and Paris Hilton, who came with fellow heiress Casey Johnson. That trio came, were photographed on the red carpet and promptly left to go party at Palms.
After Rourke and Kournikova joined DiCaprio in singing "Happy Birthday to You" to a member of DiCaprio's posse, and a cake was brought out, they left Caramel to go on to Light. Rourke fell a few paces behind her, and the crowd surged toward her. Kournikova called out to him, "C'mon Mickey -- hold my hand."
He did just that, and they were escorted through the crowd of onlookers by Light overseer Sean Christie.
Inside Light, we asked each of them to expand on their relationship, but neither were talking.
Also parading through the crowd -- which at its peak must have been 50 people deep -- to get to the red carpet: Angie Harmon and Jason Sehorn, Jason Lewis and Willie Garson from "Sex and the City," megaproducer Jerry Bruckheimer, Hank Azaria ("Along Came Polly"), Richard Kind ("Spin City"), Donald Faison ("Scrubs"), Adam Rodriguez ("CSI: Miami"), Playboy's Miss May 1999 Tishara Cousino, football players Warren Moon and Marshall Faulk and, of course, Robin Leach.
It's MAGIC
There are more than 100 parties, fashion shows and celebrity appearances scheduled this week for the MAGIC (Men's Apparel Guild in California) show. Here are some scheduled highlights:
Sharp: The men's fashion chronicler GQ takes over ghostbar (Palms) tonight for a private fete. DJ Poet Name Life from the Black Eyed Peas mans the soundboard ...
Spin: DJ Cameron Douglas -- son of Oscar-winner Michael Douglas -- spins at a private Bellagio party tonight for Scam-Co., a line of novelty T-shirts based on the original Scam Co., which made novelty gags such as hand-buzzers and X-ray vision glasses ...
Hot spot: V bar (Venetian) is hosting three MAGIC parties this week, including Wednesday's party for Eve ("Barbershop 2") and her new fashion line, Fetish ...
Rock: On Tuesday, The Stills -- one of the hottest, most critically acclaimed bands of the year -- entertain at Venus (Venetian) at a private event hosted by Vibe magazine and Ocean Pacific fashions ...
Skin tight: Also Tuesday, Body Glove fashions marks its 50th anniversary by introducing the new Womens Fitness Collection from designer Nina West. Her father -- Adam West, TV's original "Batman" -- is expected to attend the event.
VegasBits
Fans: Pamela Anderson, Moby and Hard Rock Hotel Chef Kerry Simon were at the Elton John show at Caesars Palace on Sunday night. After the show, the whole group, plus David LaChappelle, had a late dinner at Simon Kitchen and Bar (Hard Rock). Also, Moore and Kutcher attended John's show on Saturday ...
Girl power: Barbara Walters and Paramount Pictures President Sherry Lansing together attended the 7:30 p.m. Saturday "Zumanity" show ...
Feast: Supermodel Estella Warren and boyfriend Harley Pasternak had dinner at Circo (Bellagio) on Saturday before hitting the Light party ...
Monied: Billionaire casino magnate Sol Kerzner and family members partied Saturday night at OPM (Forum Shops at Caesars). Kerzner, known as the Donald Trump of South Africa, is famous for developing such properties as Sun City in South Africa, the Atlantis Paradise Island Casino & Resort in the Bahamas and the Mohegan Sun Indian casino in Connecticut ...
Property: Game show legend Bob Eubanks turned heads as he checked in at Four Seasons on Sunday afternoon. He's in town to speak at the Coldwell Banker convention, which starts today at Mandalay Bay ...
New math: We were correct in reporting last week that The Mirage is adding seven poker tables, but apparently ran out of fingers when tallying the total number of tables the hotel will now have. With a total of 31 poker tables, The Mirage now has "the largest poker room in Nevada," according to Donna Harris, the hotel's director of poker operations.
From Sun wires
His ship came in: Johnny Depp poached some unexpected plunder at the Screen Actors Guild Awards Sunday.
Depp was the surprise best-actor winner for "Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl" at the event, the last major film honors before the Academy Awards.
Depp, who did not attend the Los Angeles ceremony, beat Sean Penn, who had been the favorite to win for "Mystic River."
The guild's other film prizes went to the Oscar front-runners: Charlize Theron as best actress for "Monster," Tim Robbins as supporting actor for "Mystic River" and Renee Zellweger as supporting actress for "Cold Mountain."
"The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King," considered a shoo-in for the best-picture Oscar, won the guild's ensemble-acting award, the guild's equivalent of a best-picture honor.
Among the guild's TV awards, "Sex and the City" won for comedy-acting ensemble on the same night the series ended its six-year run.
Other TV winners included:
Actor in a TV movie or miniseries: Al Pacino, "Angels in America," HBO.
Actress in a TV movie or miniseries: Meryl Streep, "Angels in America."
Actor in a drama series: Kiefer Sutherland, "24," Fox.
Actress in a drama series: Frances Conroy, "Six Feet Under," HBO.
Actor in a comedy series: Tony Shalhoub, "Monk," USA.
Actress in a comedy series: Megan Mullally, "Will & Grace," NBC.
Ensemble in a drama series: "Six Feet Under," HBO.
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