Vegas bets everything on Celine

Also Manilow.

March 16, 2011 at 3:12PM
(The Minnesota Star Tribune)
(The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Well, not everything, but she's the latest hope. The picture above is from her new Vegas show, which includes "Goldfinger." Hence the outfit. The scene before the show, according to the Daily Beast:

This long piece is worth the read, and you don't have to be a Dion fan; I'm not. But the history of Vegas is always interesting, boom or bust, and this piece not only interviews Dion but people living on filthy sofas in the sewers. Do you know how much she gets per show? How much the gift-shop charges for "Celine Dion sparkling flip-flops"? Head over here for the whole story.

If you haven't been to Vegas lately, enjoy this cellphone video of a big music mogul doing what our artists do when they stroll through the elegant spaces of the topline casinos: fist-fight like common thugs.

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